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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1912
Page
5
A Bangs poem contrasts two doors within a chamber. Forgetfulness locks away sorrow and anxiety, while Remembrance opens to joyous memories, kindness, hope, and blessings that brighten life for all. The speaker frames Forgetfulness as guarded and Remembrance as an ever open gateway to contentment.
The article notes many Mobile residents, especially vacationers, returning home as school time approaches. It mentions memories gathered from summer trips to mountains, seas, and distant cities. It also recalls Mrs. John Hemlich of Chicago visiting Mrs. R. M. Sheridan.
The piece tracks a flurry of scalar social news from Mobile. It notes the Tapia child returning to Chicago with relatives in Montgomery, the Hess marriage in Loxley and plans to set up housekeeping with the groom’s parents, and the Mims party heading south after North Dakota travels. It also mentions Miss Sallie Withers’s typhoid illness after a summer in Virginia, Dr. and Mrs. Moody’s Mobile arrival, Mrs. Griffin hosting her mother and children, Henry W. Partridge relocating to Lewistown area work with South American trade, and welcomes newcomers to Mobile society.
The piece lists Meridian guests with Mrs Henry Woods and a Jackson sojourn, W D Nesbitt and Annie Bush of Mobile at Wrightsville Beach, and W J Sherwood of Brooklyn taking charge of Mobile electric lines. It covers the Leinkauf school Teachers Institute in Mobile, with Miss Georgia Alexander of Indianapolis delivering an English education lecture. Also notes Miss Marjorie Bobb of New Orleans visiting Atlanta after Kanuga Lake summer.
Lena Rivers dramatized as Mary J. Holmes tale Dreamland with full cast and special scenery. No advance in prices.
In Homer Georgia Mrs J N Hill testifies Foley's Honey and Tar Compound eases coughs colds and prevents croup in her five children. She praises its reliability and notes it is the only remedy her family uses for colds. The ad claims the compound contains no opiates. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
Three girls aged 12 to 14 fled from St. Josephs Home in Peekskill to avoid school duties. They crawled over a 15 foot wall using a rope of sheets and blankets, walked to Peekskill station, rode a train to Yonkers with help from a kind conductor, then walked to the Bronx where Mary Jager's mother sheltered them. They planned the escape two days prior and traveled with lemon crackers and a Bible.
Washington dispatch reports calls for help for women and children detained by liberals in Leon as Mena's forces surrender at Granada. Minister Weitzel notes relief to few Americans and foreigners and cites bombardment at Managua where 182 women and children were struck by projectiles while no men were reported hurt.
A vintage patent medicine claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles as well as diabetes rheumatism and weak backs for men and women. Promises bladder regulation in children and offers mail delivery for $1.00 with two months of treatment per bottle. Testimonials requested from other states. Dr EB Hall Saint Louis Missouri. Sold by druggists.
On a San Francisco ferry the husband recalls driving by automobiles causing a bank to be crossed and a parade of honking cars. Dust gravel covered the family including a crying baby while his wife refused to speak on the trip home.
Washington September 28 Reverend James Montgomery of the Metropolitan Methodist Church urges young women to organize mutual protection against men who harass them on F Street. He cautions women to avoid relying on police and to signal peers for help rather than seek law enforcement.
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