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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1915
Page
2
A lyric poem by Alice Be Allen in Good Housekeeping pines for intimate shelter. The speaker envisions being with a beloved across seasons a country road a pine forest and a sheltered home where warmth and love endure amid changing weather.
The article lists multiple marriages scheduled for Wednesday. The Perry-Dickins unite at Dauphin Way Baptist at noon, Sheehan-Shedden at St Joseph’s at 3:30, Rutherford-Cronin at Christchurch rectory at 4, Alexander-Culver at home at 5:30, Smith-Creary at 6, and Arnold-Overall at home at 9.
The first wedding today was that of Miss Alabama Dickens and Mr. Filden Perry at Dauphin Way Baptist Church at high noon. Maid of honor was Miss Katie Lou Kelly, and best man Mr. Clarence Perry. The couple leaves for a three week wedding trip afterward.
Burgess hosted a Tuesday dinner in white and green for Miss von Creary of the Dri, with a center bouquet of hydrangeas and lilies of the valley. Guests included Miss Julia Clark, Miss Laura Clark, Miss Gladys Boone, Miss Mary Emma Creary, Miss Freda Donald, Lt. Edwin Kennedy Smith, Mr. Robert Smith, and others in attendance.
The mobile ceremony this month engages Pensacola society as the bride elect, with many local friends and relatives. Her aunt Mrs. Paul of Washington, visiting Pensacola, has left for Mobile to attend the wedding, a notable event for the Pensacola news.
Simple, inexpensive treatment claims to stop dandruff and scalp itching. Rub resinol ointment into the scalp at night, then shampoo with resinol soap in the morning, using hot water and finishing with cold rinse. Prescribed by physicians for eczema and similar skin issues.
Dr M L Ogan explains the Sloane Hospital typhoid outbreak linked to Typhoid Mary Mallon. He notes Miss Mallon carries bacilli of high infectiousness and remains the most famous carrier in history.
Calendar item lists three weddings at local residences and churches with times 4 5 6 80 p m plus social gatherings including Wednesday Bridge Club Sewing Party Easter Ball and Chautauqua Circle meeting at various locations and times with named organizers and venues.
Thursday event notes include Mothers' Club at Settlement Home 3 P M Sewing Circle with Miss Alice Drago 10 80 Wedding Perry Dickens Dauphin Way Baptist Church at noon Wedding Sheehan Shedden home M E M's Dance German Relief Hall 8 45 P M Matrons' Social Club with Mrs C J Johnston 2 30 P M
The club notices cover events for Friday including Bridge with Miss Marie Clifton at 3 p m and Card Club with Miss Laura Pillans at 3 p m, a Fifth Anniversary Dance, a drawingroom cotillion, a birthday party, a Camp Fire meeting, and Saturday activities such as Discards with Miss Mabel Houstis at 3 p m Shakespeare Club at 11 a m and a regular Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma meeting at Burton Academy.
Mrs Brandon has returned to Mobile after caring for her dying father in Chicago. Ben Fridge of Mobile visited his sister Mrs Marshall for several days. Lee Hammel traveled to Taladega for his uncle’s illness. Mrs Pokorny of New Orleans plans a Mobile visit. Mrs Savage of Evergreen visits son L W Savage in Mobile before visiting Washington DC. Dr J H Savage of Gadsden praises Mobile during a Gulf City visit. Trinity Parish house hosts Clows and Japanese Girls rehearsal for April 16 lawn fete at 3:30 PM.
A Tuesday evening bridal reception at the Goode home celebrated the engagement of Lucille Overall and Arnold Overall. Guests included Marie Layette, Zemma Mastin, Mary Danner, Mattie Belle Kirkbride, Talulah Sage, and many local residents and professionals among the attendees.
The Tipperary Girls held a first ball at German Relief Hall on Tuesday with a white and green decor theme and dainty white dresses with green sashes and masks. Little Misses Beryl and Mignon Vau trot led the march singing It’s a Long Way to Tipperary, drawing applause. The seventy five member group plans annual dances after this debut success, with John Braun chairing the reception committee.
The Bachelors Cotillion Club hosted an Easter Dance at the Battle House Auditorium on Tuesday night, featuring about fifty couples. Mr. Maiden Commack chose Miss Willie Luscher, with Easter lilies and eggs decorating the affair and chaperones including notable local residents and guests.
The Raphael Semmes Camp hosts a Friday camp fire at the Armory honoring the Electra Semmes Colson Chapter. Commander Bancroft and Adjutant Daly arrange reparations for the event and its stories.
A Tuesday evening lecture by Mr. Roderick McKenzie at Trinity Parish House drew a large audience who called it entertaining and delightful. The speaker’s views were praised as splendid and realistic, making the event a genuine treat.
Moderate temperatures for 36 hour shipments north east and west. Tombigbee river and branches little changed next two days except falling at Demopolis. Alabama steady. High barometer area fair weather over lake region and east gulf south Atlantic states. Low barometer area central over New Mexico and extending to the middle Rocky Mountains brings precipitation. Albert Ashenberger, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
Mrs. J O Dickens hosts a luncheon at the Cawthon Hotel in Mobile honoring Miss Lucille Overall who leaves for Virginia at midnight to begin married life. The event features a Dres den compote of pink roses sweet peas valley lilies and heart shaped mints with bridesmaids and guests including Miss Marie Layette Miss Mabel Goode Miss Mary Danner Mrs Russell Hollinger and Mr Dickens.
Pane the home of Mrs. W. D. run hosted a salamagundi party yesterday for the Episcopal Orphans of Mobile. About 200 ladies attended, with prizes donated by multiple guests and grand trophies won by Miss Hattie Arnold and others.
The Tuesday Auction Club met with Miss Marie Hermann hosting an afternoon gathering. Three substitutes attended as Miss Gertrude Arnold Miss Eula Walsh and Irwin Fearn joined in. Mabel Hartwell won first prize a midday tie while Jamie Grace took the consolation two embroidered handkerchiefs. A salad course was enjoyed before departure.
May Manton describes a bolero heavy with flare paired with a sleeveless gown over a thin guimpe. The illustration shows silk and bardine with crepe de chine for the ricces and charianes satin for the sash, adaptable to many spring fabrics.
Cabiria ends its run at the Lyric Theatre with Wednesday matinee and night shows. Signora Italia Manzini stars as Sophonisba daughter of Hasdrubal amid the Punic War action. Pavlova appears Thursday night in a one night engagement praised by the Times-Picayune as more wonderful and better supported than last season.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a cure for biliousness headaches dizziness and constipation by cleansing the liver and purifier of blood. Priced at 26 cents at local druggists.
Whistler Rebekah Lodge No. 138 holds a regular meeting at 7 PM in the I O O F hall. A quiet wedding unites Miss Rachel Louise Dodds and Benjamin A Gibson at Eight Mile Station, with Rev Francis M Atchison officiating and family in attendance.
The vestrymen elected at All Saints Episcopal Church parish meeting include H. M. Hood John T. Cochrane J Lesie Taylor Henry Tonsmeire Dr H T Inge B C Pieckens H M Price M W Glover Myron T Sprague and AV Falck Reports by church officers guild president and auxiliary noted organs and pews for the new building arriving next week and to be installed immediately.
A nearly completed escape tunnel at Philberds internment camp near Maidenhead was found by authorities. The Daily Telegraph says the tunnel could have allowed about 100 German officers to escape within a day if finished. Digging occurred at night beneath a garden and a high wall using fire shovels.
A bill submitting the question of territorial prohibition at the general election November 4, 1915, passed the Alaska House 14 to 2 and moves to the Senate. If enacted it would become effective January 1, 1918.
Francisco Escudero Mexico secretary of finance decreed a one month grace period after March 31 for mining properties to pay taxes. Mexican mining laws provide confiscation of mines failing to pay. A committee of mining men plans to file a complaint with the Washington state department over the risk of total confiscation of foreign owned property in Mexico.
Witnesses at the ceremony included Mr. William Dodds of Memphis Mr. Walter Dodds Mobile Mr. Milas Dodds Bayou la Batre and many relatives. The gathering also listed Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dodds Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kelly Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thomas and others.
The marriage of Miss An toinette Evans of Mobile and Mr DeWitt Milton Pryor of Pensacola was quietly solemnized at St Joseph's Catholic Church Mobile with Father Salentin officiating. The couple left for Pensacola to reside with Mrs Carrie C Mitchell on West Chase Street. Pryor Furniture Company ties and Evans family connections mark the union.
The article notes a grand post Lenten reception at the executive mansion on South Street hosted by Governor and Mrs. Charles Henderson from 8 30 to 11 o clock. Mrs Henderson will wear pink charmu se and pink Killarney roses while the dining room shows green and white tones with white roses lilacs and ferns. An orchestra will provide music and about forty five ladies assist in hosting with guests including Mrs Hamilton Weedon of Troy and Mrs Knox Henderson of Troy.
Miss Carrie Lena Moffett, guest of Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Moffett in Pensacola, is now in New York City studying at Union Bible School after visits to New Orleans Mobile and Baton Rouge. She plans a summer Pensacola stay before returning to China for missionary work, having long served there. She was hosted by Mrs. H. H. Duffee in Mobile.
The idea of going without a break has unclear origins and may not have started with the referenced source. The statement reflects doubt about who first proposed the theory and where it originated.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Cascarets to cleanse the liver and bowels, end headaches and bilious spells, and feel better. It touts gentle inside cleansing for both adults and children, promising wakeful, pleasant mornings after use.
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