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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1916
Page
6
A four line meditation on friendship and the gift of making friends as a divine mercy. It praises the power to step outside oneself and value noble, loving things and to face life with a cheerful, open heart despite time and aging. Henry Van Dyke is quoted.
In Mobile the late Confederate admiral Raphael Semmes birthday is marked with ceremonies at the Cawthon Hotel at 7:30 PM led by the Electra Semmes Colston Chapter U D C and the Children of the Confederacy. Veterans will attend along with their families.
A Brahmin bride Miss Radhabaj Pawar and groom Shankar Pagar, both Columbia students sent from Baroda, marry at the Vendanta Society temple. They exchanged garlands as elders chanted Vedas. attire reflected native customs. The ceremony links India and the United States in a traditional rite.
A Mobile party featured Miss Smith presented with a crocheted pin tray and flower seed consolation, a blindfolded game, and a decorated linen basket. Guests included Mrs. J. A. Holifield and Mrs. H Lueders among many others. Invitations issued for Norma Claire Sutton to wed William J. Mullen at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile. Matilda Gabriel celebrated her tenth birthday with pink and white decor, games, and a pink theme cake and ice course. Miss Elmer Reed and Miss Lucile Gauthier return from the Eastern Shore to spend winter in Mobile. Local church and youth group meetings announced for the week, with plans for a School of Methods and a Neighborhood Sewing Circle.
An advertisement promises a dandruff cure using four ounces of liquid arvon applied at night to moisten and rub into the scalp. It claims rapid relief by morning and complete dissolution after three to four more applications, with itching ending and hair appearing fluffy and glossy. Liquid arvon is sold at drugstores as an inexpensive, reliable remedy.
A column lists Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindey leaving for New Orleans and Bogaloosa to stay months, plus numerous small society movements. It notes Mrs. W. R. Power and daughter Martha returning to Mobile, visits by Mrs. Jack Mahon to Montgomery, illness recovery of Miss Maggie Kemp, and various family visits and travel plans among Mobile area residents and friends.
Puss Junior meets three fiddlers in the grand Castle of Old King Cole. They insist no cats reside there and mock feline noise while Puss searches for his father. The brief encounter highlights feline distrust and a wary curiosity about Puss in Boots.
A short dialogue among three fiddlers and a cat named Puss ends with Puss declaring he must continue his journey. The fiddlers admit no harm and the cat remarks he has heard worse fiddle noise. The traveler leaves, time pressing.
The article argues that mouth-breathing in childhood spoils mouth and nose shape and facial expression, linking bad teeth and adenoids to mental and moral impressions. It promotes orthodontia and adenoid removal, notes schools push dental care, and urges overall health for beauty. It also includes reader questions about fattening wrists ears and cheap dentifrices.
Central Trades Council of Mobile issues invitations to Whistler unions for an open meeting in Mobile at 8 p.m. to hear Hon. S. J. Bowie of Anniston, Alabama. Ladies Auxiliary to the International Association of Machinists hosts Vesuvius Lodge 221 families at a heart party. Boys' Social Club appoints Willie Mott and Glen Burdett to organize a ball on October 20 at Odd Fellows Hall.
The civil term begins October 5 with trial calls on October 3 4 5 6 and 7. Cases include State v Sanders and Parker City v Smith Puckett Tew Holt Petty Koubel and others before Mobile City Court.
The Jewish New Year begins this evening at sundown and lasts twenty four hours. Services at Temple Shaarai Shemayim start 6 PM with Rabbi Alfred G. Moses and 10 AM Thursday led by Rabbi I Lubel. Choir music features Prof. Dunster and works by Sigmund Schlesinger. Public invited. Orthodox and Reform differ in two day vs one day observance.
Plain clarified coconut oil is recommended as a greaseless, inexpensive hair cleanser. Use a teaspoon with water to produce rich lather, rinse easily, and enjoy soft, bright hair that removes dust and dandruff.
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