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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1912
Page
5
The Chic of the Moment in Hats and Society News
A fashion note on white plush hats dominating winter style with hand crafted drapes and velvet finishes. Local society updates include Misses Margaret and May Queen returning to Semmes from Mobile, Rev. Matthew Brewster and family returning from Shanty Shane in North Carolina, Mrs. Richard Hf. Clarke living in New York, and Miss Carlotta Hamilton heading to Mary Baldwin Institute. The Hamilton place on Government Street near Michigan Avenue is up for sale affecting the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Brewster
Brewster
Rogers Brewster
Carlotta Hamilton
Mobile
Mary Baldwin
Staunton
P. J. Hamilton
Thie
Government Street
Michigan Avenue
Hamilton Place
Seals Couple Appointed Guests Of Sister In September
Mr and Mrs Carl Seals of Birmingham were guests during September of their sister Mrs Smith at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Seals
Birmingham
Mrs. Smith
Stollenwerck Family Returns From Small Chicora Wedding
Mrs S Harriston Mrs C S Wood Miss Antoinette Stollenwerck and Master Augustus Stollenwerck have returned to their home at Chicora Mississippi from attendance at the Stollenwerck Small wedding. The last named are the children of the groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. 5
Harriston
C. S. Wood
Antoinette Stollenwerck
Augustus Stollenwerck
Chicora
Miss
Stollenwerck
Mobile Teas and Returns Highlight Local Social notes
Mrs George Marsh of Bessemer visits daughter in Mobile. Mr John W Marshall recently moved to Selma and suffers fever there. Friends in Mobile wish him a speedy recovery. Captain Tom Dorgan returns after ten days at Healing Springs. The Misses Knott, noted Mobile teachers, return to their Dauphin Way home after summering elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudia Whenon
Elva Chute
Pascagoula
Mobile
George Marsh
Bessemer
John W. Marshall
Selma
Tom Dorgan
Healing Springs
Zemo Dandruff Remedy Promises Quick Relief
Zemo from E. W. Rose Medicine Co. claims fast dandruff control with no smell or smear. It sinks into pores to restore scalp health and leave hair glossy. Sold by druggists for 1.00 a bottle with a 26 cent test bottle guaranteed for money back at Van Antwerp Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zemo
E. W. Rose Medicine Co
St. Louis
van Antwerp Drug Store
First Woman Fire Inspector Appointed in New York
Mrs. Sarah Christopher, the first woman fire inspector, is appointed by Fire Commissioner Johnson to the bureau of fire prevention with a 1200 dollar yearly salary. She will oversee skirt, suit and cloak factories in the city where over 100000 workers, mostly women, are employed and will enforce the factory smoking ban and install fire drills in every factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Christopher
Bureau of Fire Prevention
Fire Department
Johnson
Christopher
New York
Fairhope Notes and Local Visits Reflect Quiet Tide
Fairhope residents plan a restful vacation and Knott High School prepares for October 1 enrollment. Miss Hattie Denmark returns from Gulf Crest, while Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Knechs head home to Biloxi. Mr Gaynor St John Turner visits the old city, greeting friends. Miss Leah Gaston visits the Cranworths as the Lyons family enjoys Healing Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhope
Knott High School
Hattie Denmark
Gulf Crest
Mr. Gaynor St. John Turner
Mobillan
Montgomery
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Gray Hair Reversal
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Preparation offered as a simple, harmless cure for gray hair and hair loss. The ad stresses hair color preservation as vital as dental care and claims gradual, pleasing results with use of the product from Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Pleasant autumn visits noted at Fairhope and Atlanta
The column records short social items including Miss Annie Schilling and Agnes Hanlon returning from Healing Springs, Miss Ethel Bryant visiting Fairhope, Miss Monteil Allman hosted in Atlanta by Mrs. James G. Gwin, and a Hyperion Club event with chaperones Mell Andrews Teague. Stewart Brooks and his sister Stella returned from Sea Cliff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Schilling
Agnes Hanlon
Healing Springs
Ethel Bryant
Fairhope
Monteil Allman
Mobile
Atlanta
James G. Gwin
Hyperion Club
Mesdames Mell, Andrews and
Teague
Stewart Brooks
Stella Brooks
Sea Cliff
Wedding Plans Highlight Northbound Nuptials In Memphis
Mrs. Lee Wilson travels to Memphis to serve as matron of honor for Miss Mary White Withers and Carroll Seabrook with Ada Withers as maid of honor. The ceremony is set for October 1 at St John’s Methodist Church in Memphis with after events in Dallas. The article notes other locals visiting relatives and returning from trips and mentions a 1906 storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Wilson
Memphis
Tenn
Mary White Withers
Carroll Seabrook
Ada Withers
Rebecca Peppers
H. Lee Wilson
Miss Withers
Mr. Seabrook
St. John’s
Gulf coast resorts draw winter visitors to Fairhope
Terrific coast disturbances drive Eastern shore vacationers south with year round resorts. Sojourners stay longer in updated cottages as others move into vacated homes. Northerners seek sun bright verdure away from snow and winter blasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhope
Gulf Coast
Éhase
Mrs Doyle and party return from Zanders coastal visit
Mrs EB Doyle and her daughter Alleto with Mrs T B Doyle came back to the city Monday after hosting friends at Zanders during the summer seashore season. They were joined by Miss Jeanette Braun who had stayed with them. Dr and Mrs F M Ingee plan to arrive this afternoon from their bridal trip via Bridge Cothi and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. J. Doyle
Alleto
T. B. Doyle
Zanders
Jeanetté Braun
F. M. Ingee
New York
Local Man Praises Foley Kidney Pills For Health Return
W A Smith of Bridgeton Indiana reports his health restored by Foley Kidney Pills after years of rheumatism and kidney trouble. He says he now rests well at night and can work like a 35 year old, urging others to try the remedy. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Smith
Bridgeton
Ind
Foley Kidney
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Edward Cruce dies from stabbing in Kentucky quarrel
Edward Cruce cousin of Oklahoma Governor dies in Tialing after a Sunday clash over a buggy whip led to a stabbing by James Holder. In Los Angeles, William J Bryan arrives on the Roosevelt trail and is greeted by voters and a committee in his hotel lobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tialing
Edward Cruce
Cruce
Oklahoma
Jams Holder
Holder
Los Angeles
William J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Signs of the times warn Democrats face risk this year
Champ Clark urged eternal vigilance for the Democratic party and warned that loss would come only from gross carelessness or overconfidence. Elsewhere in Belfast the Ulster Unionist council confirmed a covenant against home rule to be signed on Sept 28 pledging to use all means to defeat home rule in Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Democratic Party
Champ Clark
Clark
Belfast
Ireland
Ulster Unionist Council
Uater
Noted Chattanooga Police Character Inherits Pennsylvania Estate
George Thompson alias Canaryird a known city police figure learned his Pennsylvania uncle had died and willed him valuable property valued at several hundred thousand dollars while confined on a drunkenness charge. Thompson once managed an oil firm in Madisonville Tennessee and has lived in Chattanooga for ten years as lawyers study the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
George Thompson
Canaryird
Pennsylvania
Thompson
Madisonville
Nervous Despondent Women Endorsed By Two Readers
Platea Pennsylvania woman reports relief from nervousness and crying spells after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Walcott North Dakota woman says inflammation and backache faded and mood improved after the remedy. Confidential guidance offered by the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Platea
Mary Halstead
Plates
Walcott
N. Dakota
E. Dakota
Poslam Promises Quick Skin Relief for All Conditions
An advertisement touts Poslam as the fastest, most modern remedy for eczema acne itch salt rheum piles scalp scale and other skin troubles. It claims immediate relief upon application and highlights Poslam Soap for daily use. Sold by Van Antwerp's Drug Co. and druggists with free samples available from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Antwerp's Drug Co., Inc
Shootings Prompt Rural Tension Over Negroed Labor In Briartown
A mob attacked after alleged import of negro cotton pickers into a forbidden area. Farm hands Robinson and Larri more were shot near here last night. both likely to die. White assailants fled, organized to drive out the negro workers. sheriff moved with a strong force to Briartown to curb more trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmore
Sam Ribonsin
W. A. Larrimore
John Hilton
Robinson
Larrimore
Serred
Briartown
Eyewitness Found in Lane Killing Probe at Dallisville
Prosecutors say an eye witness was found who claims he was invited into the house to view the killing of Charles Lane at Dallisville Kentucky on September 20. The preliminary exam for Mrs. Charles Lane aged 60 known as Wride began and she has refused to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Charles Lane
Dallisville
Wride
Jane
Wall Collapse Kills Brick Mason in Arcadia
In Ocala Fla on Sept 23 Charles Hawley a brick mason from Arcadia was killed when the front wall of the Carmichael building collapsed trapping him under a heavy iron beam. A three year old child named Joe Anderson was badly injured and several others were not hurt according to reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocala
Fila
Charles Hawley
Arcadia
Fla
Joe Anderson
Fire damages Ralston Millis plant. seven injured in East St Louis
East St Louis, Sept 23 seven people were injured and Captain Lewis Edgar and Thomas Walsh of the fire department were seriously hurt at a blaze that destroyed two blocks of the Ralston Millis Company plant. Loss estimated at 100000. New York, Sept 24 Mrs Ethel C Breen daughter of Richard Croker obtained a final decree of divorce from John J Breen formerly a riding master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East St, Louis
Lewis Edgar
Thomas Walsh
Ralston Millis Company
New York
Ethel C. Breen
Richard Croker
John J. Breen
Professor Baker Addresses Colored Teachers Institute
Professor N. R. Baker, state supervisor of rural schools, was principal speaker at the colored teachers' institute session held yesterday. Seventy seven teachers attended representing five counties in South Alabama. A series of meetings has been arranged by the teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Profesor N. R. Baker
Colored Teachers’ Institute
Atendance
Alabama
Whitman Heads East After Hot Springs Hearing
Whitman ready to depart for Memphis en route to New York after final hearing formalities in Hot Springs. John W. Kart of counsel for Police Lieutenant Becker in the Rosenthal murder case will go to St. Louis toward New York. Sawyer apologizes to the district attorney for labeling Whitman a liar. Witnesses prepare to sign in Judge Hart's office as transcripts circulate for minor corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Huff
Whitman
Memphis
New York
John W. Kart
Becker
Rosenthal
St. Louis
L. F E. Sawyer
Hart
Sawyer
For Rent From Nov 459 St. bet. Lawrence Streets area
One-story brick stores and flats listed with locations from Church to Marine Streets. Details include two-story frames, cottage units, and several flats with rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, electricity, and immediate occupancy. Includes a first class sounding description of condition and rents, notably $50 monthly for a Church Street unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bet. Lawrence
Bet
Sts
Ereeveesreseeaees
Bet. Royal and
St. Stable and Yard
Palmetto
Marine Streets
Dauphinsti
Jackson and
Claiborne
Monroe
Eslava
B. Bey Butler
Warren St
Mr. Zim
Church St
Bet. Jackson and
Chu
St. Anthony
EB. Jackson
Nnklin
Nnklin Bt. Bet. Dauphin
New Francis
New St. Francis St
George
Church
Cedar St
Wy. K
Bath
W. Deter Ave
Marine
Springhill
W. Mobile St
Jefferson St. Bet
R. B
Nun
Scott
E. Foote’s Lane
Franklin
Belava
Bte
Lin
Eslava Madison
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Margaret
May Queen
Semmes
Vermon
Mr. Armstead Christian
Suggsville
Miss Dowdell
Bessie Moffatt
Texas
Frank Penny
J. G. Thomas
Virginia Thomas
Point Clear
W. D. Hughes
New York City
Mallory
Aline Turtel
Adolph Code
Tuscaloosa
T. A. Dickson
Dickson
Edward Hall
Vineyard Service
the Town Cawthon Hotel
Bell
TOD
F. L. Tapia
Dauphin
Eee Weeree
Dandruff
Giblin’s Bakery
South Warren St
Provost-Farrow Coal Co
Byrd Knechs
Biloxi
Leah Gaston
Henry Crawford
M. A. Lyons
Mr. W. L. Woodruff
G. W. Coates
Rosa Coates
Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs
West Seventy-second Street
W. P. Webb
Wrightsville Beach
Moorehead City
N. C
Atlantic Coast
Bowen
Mabel
Washington, D. C
J. M. Pilcher
St.aul, Minn
Prof. Baker
Philadelphal Smelt
Mereaing Co
Philadel
Adea
Karl
E. Karl
ST. Emanuel
St. Francis St
B. Luscher & Son
the Mobile Transfer CO
North Royal Street
Niles
A. N. Maumenier
Optometrist
Ae Pe
Dauphin Street
Partridge-Mickle Grocery Company
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