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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
6
A fragmentary Mobile page notes the Marseillaise hymn amid a German Relief Hall recital with John Lynch and Cecile Sherman. wedding at St Vincent's for Mae Leona Pond and John Eugene Bressingham. lectures, dances, and social visits from Mrs. Fox, Miss Ferrill Stewart, and Mrs. Penny. various club rehearsals and parties mark a busy community scene.
A portrait of a school teacher described as a Best Society missionary whose influence matches the law in importance. The piece notes her heavy workload and low pay, volatile future prospects, and belief that cheerful encouragement and affection move children forward through humane first defense.
Puss Junior joins Yankee Doodle Dandy on an airship voyage above New Mother Goose Land. They evade a near collision with a strange craft as clouds and Rainbow Bridge offer wonders above the skyway. The tale teases a next installment while interleaving local society notes and club reports.
A reader asks if milk baths were ever common. The article notes famous women like Poppeia and Sarah Bernhardt reportedly used milk or milk-based baths for skin health, while a physician criticizes hot soapy baths as drying. He favors shower baths, bran or grain bags in hot water, or vinegar to invigorate and tighten skin, but warns of cost.
Advice suggests blackheads stem from digestion or bowel trouble, not hair or cold cream. If bowels and diet are fine, wash face in hot water with soap, rinse hot, then close pores with ice. Use tincture of liquid green soap or cold cream with an ice rub after massage.
Miss Sabra Mae Chunn of Jackson Alabama is the guest of her aunt Mrs L H S Chappette on south Broad street. She is a graduate of Jackson High School and daughter of Mr and Mrs A E Chunn. Dr George C Kilpatrick, Mobil e physician, is ordered to report to Fort Oglethorpe and will depart tomorrow, stopping in Camden to visit his father Captain John Y Kilpatrick and family.
Charles and Robert M. Todd formerly of Mobile enlisted in April in the navy and trained at Mare Island. They were assigned to the U. S. S. St. Louis and invite letters from Mobile friends addressed to U. S. S. St. Louis care postmaster New York NY.
A collage of society items lists departures and visits of local residents from New Orleans Selma Birmingham and other towns with mentions of Miss Ella Miss Susie E Lyons Mrs J B Simons and Mrs William Nesbitt. It also features a political note praising Registration Day activities and a brief testimonial promoting Chamberlains Tablets for stomach issues with Mrs M R Sears of Baldwinsville NY sharing her experience.
The second in a series of entertainments will be given by Mobile Lodge No. 321 at the lodge home on Government street next Thursday evening at o'clock. An elaborate program has been arranged. The lodge will meet tonight in regular session.
An advertisement claims despondency stems from indigestion and constipation and that Chamberlain's Tablets relieve it by improving digestion and bowel movement. The ad notes Switzerland has the world’s smallest equine population with about three horses per 100 residents.
At Arlington National Cemetery the Confederate Veterans and allied groups held memorial exercises in the Confederate section at the foot of the Dixie dead monument. Thousands heard eulogies for Confederate troops, with flowers laid on graves and wreaths placed at the unknown tomb. Bishop Collins Denny paid tribute to Southern women and Northern generosity for the memorial shaft, praising the knightly gesture of honor across former foes.
Bishop Denny said the monument seals fraternal union between sections as America unites. The roll of honor was read by Adjutant General Mickle. A human flag display drew 2,200 students and veterans. Mosby Raiders formed a new group. estimates show 10 600 veterans and 100 000 visitors with 9000 registered and 7000 badges issued.
Arthur Pope Murray from Atlanta walked to Washington for the reunion where veterans will be reviewed by President Wilson and Vice President Marshall. A G A R guard and Fort Myer trainees will line the parade route, as Ernest G. Baldwin is re elected commander in chief. 62% camps and 602 delegates attend. Memorial to Jefferson Davis progresses with October dedication planned and women of the South praised.
Cincinnati June 7 You are rein stated and I am glad to favor you We need such men as Hans Wagner in the game Good luck This encouraging message was sent to John Henry Honus Wagner last night by Chairman Herrmann of the national commission after Wagner had signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates No minor league in the country has anything on the Western Association in the way of furnishing a tight pennant chase The eight teams have been racing along with only a hundred points separating the first and last outfits.
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