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Newspaper

The Mobile News Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1925

Page

8

Benson-Children event and local club notices unfold

Community notices include a Kermess card party at Cawthon Vineyard on October 8 for boys school, with chairmen and volunteers listed. Mobile Shrine No. 2 meets October 8 at the Masonic Temple, and Phi Kappa Fraternity hosts its second anniversary ball at Battle House auditorium with committee details and attire notes.

Mobile Shrine No. 2 Mobile Phi Kappa Fraternity Cambda Phi Kappa Fraternes Battle House Tambda

Gets It Pain Remedy Ad Claim

An advertisement proclaims Gets It will stop any pain in 3 seconds. It promises pain relief with a touch and shrinking of the corn until it vanishes. The ad urges trying Gets It for personal benefit and notes it is sold at druggists for a few cents.

Danderine Promise For Thick Gleaming Hair

A nostalgic ad-like fragment touts Danderine as a quick fix to moisten the hair and brush it through for thick heavy looking strands. It claims soft glossy waves, fresh fragrance and magical growth benefits from routine use.

Personal News From The Community Observations

Mrs W J Ryan and daughter Lillian Louise travel to Miami to join Mr Ryan. Mr and Mrs Lea M Brown and their mother Mrs L Eichold return after a month in New York and Canada. Mrs Florence Meyer Altmont of Los Angeles visits Mrs Adelaide Proskauer Meyer on Michigan Avenue. Mrs H Newman hosts her daughter Mrs Harry Cramer of Hattiesburg as guest. Mr W C Baumhauer and family return home in Mobile after summer at Fairhope. Mrs Maude Thayer Hannon returns to Montgomery from a visit with Mrs Allen Blacklidge. Miss Margaret Cawthon of Selma comes to attend wedding of Miss Anna Kate Martin and Mr Mason Pritchett on October 15. Mrs Douglas Adair visits Birmingham with her daughter Mrs Germer Petesch.

Naomi Davis New York Finklea “Davison Lea M. Brown L. Eichold Canada Florence Meyer Altmont Los Angeles Cal Adelaide Proskauer Meyer Michigan Avenue Margaret Cawthon Selma Anna Kate Martin Mason Pritchett

Roumanian Debt Mission to Sail for United States

A Roumanian debt mission led by M. leeaiees, Roumanian minister to Great Britain, will sail for the United States this month to negotiate a settlement of Roumanian debt to the United States, officials announced in London on October 7.

America London International News Service United States M. Leeaiees Great Britain

Suburban News Briefs Include Departures and Local Teaching

J Jensen left today on the Commercial Trader for San Francisco and other ports and expects to be gone several months. H C Skull spent the past weekend with family on Fourth Street. Miss Starke of Mobile teaches first grade here. Due to crowding, sixth and seventh grades are separated. Rev. Kirchoffer of Christ Church Mobile will preach at Community Church Sunday at 8 p.m.

J. Jensen San Francisco Kirchoffer Christ Church Mobile

Local social notes and church service announced

Whistler Mr and Mrs F C Johnson return to Jacksonville after two weeks visiting friends and relatives. John Emmerson and family move into a new home near Prichard. Miss Louis Waldorp of Vinegar Bend visits Mr and Mrs J E Barrett. Miss Eula Mae Seabury hosts Miss Mary Brook of Mobile. Bishop William G Maedowell of Alabama will conduct a confirmation service at St Pauls Episcopal on Sunday October 19.

F. C. Johnson Jacksonville, Fla Louis Waldorp Vinegar Bend, Ala Mrs J. E. Barrett Eula Mae Seabury Mary Brook Mobile William G. Mae- Dowell Diocese of Alabama St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Mo Kwong Club Meeting and church notes

The W M A of the Baptist Church held an interesting Wednesday morning meeting. Mrs Jordan and her children were called to Coffeeville Alabama due to her father's serious illness. The Mo Kwong Club will meet at Mrs J M Hall’s River street home Thursday at 9 30 am.

W. M. A. of the Baptist Church Mo-Kwong Club J. M. Hall River Street

Paralyzing disease remedy advertised by drug store

Van Cleave's Drug Store in Joplin Missouri offers free information and a booklet as a remedy for a paralysis related disease. The ad promotes educational material and a medical remedy through a local merchant.

van Cleave's Drug Store Joplin

Local church ladies plan aid trip for Canton Blind Girls Home

Ladies of Prichard Baptist Church organize support for the Blind Girls Home of Canton China. Mr and Mrs John Warner travel to Bay Minette and Bluff Springs Florida to visit friends and relatives. Harvey Smith of Gilbertown Alabama guests with brothers Arnel and E H Smith.

Ladies of Prichard Baptist Church Blind Girls Home Canton China John Warner Bay Minette Bluff Springs Fla Harvey Smith Gilbertown, Ala Arnel and E. H Smith

Retail food prices show decline in most cities

Department of Labor figures for 19 of 24 cities show slight monthly drops in retail food prices through September 15, yet levels remain well above a year ago. Decreases ranged from 2 percent in Charleston and others to under 0.5 percent in New York, with increases in Louisville Minneapolis and a small rise in Atlanta New Haven and St. Louis. Atlanta’s 13 percent year‑over‑year rise contrasts with an overall annual city average above 9 percent.

Engine Crew Stays In Steam After Mountain Top Accident

Wilkes Barre Pa Oct 6 A P Gus Geiger engineer and Robert Matthews fireman were badly scalded when a Lehigh Valley locomotive flue burst at Mountain Top. Geiger kept the train from harming passengers by stopping gradually as doctors fear both men may die.

Wilkes-Barre A.P Gus Geiger Robert Matthews Leighton Mountain Top Geiser

One Way to Stop Carrying Pistols in Chicago

Evanston police report a mail order pistol can be concealed within its unopened package. Postal authorities notified Hattie Smith that her pistol order arrived at the post office today.

Chicago A.P Evanston Hattie Smith

Woman Arrested for Concealed Weapon and Fine Issued

A patrol officer arrested a woman after she entered a location and was found with a concealed weapon. She was fined 26 dollars plus costs and the weapon was confiscated by authorities.

Atu

Unclear Medical Claim Reported From Vienna

Fragmentary text reports a claimed positive cure in six hundred cases of a condition and mentions cutaneous injections and pain relief. Objectively, details are missing and entities are uncertain.

Vienna

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Samuel Zimmern Bernice Mortimer It Binghamton N. Y Zimmern Kermess School For Boys Cawthon Vineyard Rs. Jackson Irs M. J. McDermott Henry Pillichody Jar Uphaus Emil Brettle Frank A. Sherman John P. McKay Fred Pollfian J. W. Wood, Sr J. Grove Barclay Francis McMahon W. W. Wilkins W. P. McCarthy W. H. Joyer Irma, Lipscomb A. Neely Z. A. Sappington Paul Arata J. W. Irby Robert Johnson Regina Joe May Neeley Alyce Carroll Vegiliacich Joseph Spettie Ramm Annie Sullivan Helen Sullivan Bernadine Streiffer Cecil Barclay Eloise Brogley Janice Brogley Kitty Travis W. W. Way Lily Bragg J. A. Sappinga Uphaus Yhn McKay Frank Jackson Onlian Cawthon Hotel St. John’s St. John's T. W. Driscoll California J. T. Fillingnes Long Beach Gladys Agnes Schreiber Gladys Parker Lyric Theatre G. A. Rhodes Oklahoma City Mamie Roy Stutz Nora Mae Brannen Kathryn Taylor Gladys Lucille Annie Mary Parker Gaylord Williard Jewell Parker W. G. Surginer Alfred Delchamps Hubert Parker Chopin Club the Visitation Academy F. Macdonnell Spring Hill Colege J. W. Walsh Spring Hill College Academy Friends of the Ethel Opeathe H. Newman Harry Cramer Hattiesburg W. C. Baumhauer Fairhope Douglas Adair Germer Petesch Birmingham H. C. Skull Fourth Street Whistler John Emmerson Prichard Edna Wallace Hopper Miles Et Albright & Wood Drug Tronized Yeast Co Atlanta Cdassistal Driveurself Company
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