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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1915
Page
2
A playful verse imagines a 5 o'clock tea setting with mentions of Bohea tea and cream. The speaker congratulates the listener on their certainty while inviting agreement, hinting at a light social ritual. The piece showcases witty, garrulous banter and polite mischief through Tea time customs.
A reflective note blends Bacon on perception and crowds with a remark likening society to water and skating as social art. The text sights a gallery of pictures and emphasizes measured, thoughtful social interaction.
Herman Andrews reports a three year acne problem with red painful pimples and white watery spots. after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment a free sample was received, and within three weeks the acne vanished. Sold worldwide by Cuticura Department T Bee ton.
The Southern Association of College Women will hold its twelfth annual meeting in Atlanta on April 22 23 and 24 with headquarters at Hotel Ansley. This marks the second time Atlanta hosts the convention as membership and interest have risen recently. The city hosts its own Atlanta Branch of the association.
The Southern Association meeting gathers seventy to eighty college women at the Atlanta branch university. Officers include Miss Rhoda Kauffman and Mrs Elizabeth Avery Colton with other leaders from Mere dith, Goucher, Newcomb, and Birmingham. Notables like Isa Emily Dutton and Clyde Furst will speak. April 23 banquet and a Saturday reception by Agnes Scott faculty are planned.
Miss Maggie McVay of Jackson visited home folks in Salitpa on Sunday. Visitors included Mrs. Alex Tompkins and children of Grove Hill, Mrs. McCorquodale and children of Jackson, and Mr. J. O. McClure on business. Several locals and guests from New Berlin, Coffeeville, and Tatulaba were noted frequenting the area through the weekend.
In Winn Winn, Alabama, Rev. Luther Gilmer delivered a most impressive sermon Sunday. Various residents were noted visiting relatives and traveling through town, including Mr. Jackson Bolen, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. McLean, Mr. Paul Jones, and traveling salesman Fr. D. Austin of the T. G. Bush Grocery Company.
The Polymnia Circle met at a member’s home for a fortnighly session focused on Massenet after three Wagner programs. Members praised Massenet’s music as vivid and Paris Opera style while noting the return of Mrs J O Dickens and the absence of Mrs E O Zadek. Programs included piano solos, readings on Massenet, and vocal and violin pieces directed by Miss Moon.
Mrs. C. H. Roland of Mobile visited her Crary mother Mrs. B. Graham. Little Marcella Black was injured last week in a door fall but is recovering. Many local residents and visitors are listed, including John Fulfer and family, Dr. Gaines the school inspector, and the Havens, Cheney, and McCrary families visiting Crary or elsewhere. Lester Shreve mourns loss of his Pine Grove home by fire.
In Dawes Alabama on Sunday the Union Bible school elected S. E. Akenhead as superintendent J R Burns as assistant Bruce Logan as secretary Mildred Akenhead as treasurer Helen Burns as organist Mrs J R Burns as chorister Mildred Akenhead also heads cradle roll and Mrs Fay Smith leads the home department The cemetery association plans to fence one acre and secure a speaker for May 30 funeral services were held for J B Russell at Dixon and McKay with Masonic rites Interment followed in Mobile He leaves a widow and two sons in Dawes and Chicago Mrs Edward Conant visited from Minneapolis and other locals were noted including berry shipments to Mobile from A B Gaston and A Rosenquist
Range Range Alabama notices report Minnie Hart back at work after illness. Social notes mention visits from Mrs. Jim Williamson of Mississippi, Mrs. W N Jones traveling to Repton, and Emma P Williamson from Evergreen. Other items note Rev J A Burch preaching and local residents visiting and attending court in Ever.
The page lists musical numbers and performers including Mrs Duke Goodman Mrs Whitney Coombs Mrs William Ezelle Mrs Fleming Miss Nadine Hunter and Mrs D N Browne. It also reports a notice analyzing gas odor in clothes from cleaners explaining contamination by dirty gasoline and settled filth in prior washes.
The cats and sailors department of the W C T U presents an entertainment at Seamen's Bethel Thursday night under Superintendent Miss Josephine Peterson. Soloists include Miss Gertrude Wienand with participants Thompson McRae Edward Fortner Arthur Fortner Margaret Thomason and more. Next week the W C T U meets at North Side Baptist church on a Contests theme. May events include a May night at Tabernacle Baptist church and a state W C T U institute in Mobile. Mrs Chappelle Cory teaches and Anna B Hail speaks across the county showing growing interest in the federation.
Mrs. S. T. Harley of Eldon Missouri describes relief from displacement inflammation and female weakness after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges other women to try the remedy for similar conditions and notes its availability nationwide from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
Rev Dr Frazer and Rev James Clennin led the Irvington quarterly conference last Sunday afternoon with brief Saturday services. The Irvington Ladies Library Association will present Ragtime at Curtis Hall on April 17. Mrs Donald Pennell traveled to Grand Rapids Michigan due to her mother’s illness. St Pauls Guild to meet next with Miss Mabel Montgomery.
The U D C Convention in Bessemer will see new appointees. The Council of Jewish Women asks members to submit candidate selections before the next council meeting, the last Tuesday in April. Send names to 156 South Claiborne Street by April 27.
The regular meeting of the Business Women's Club will be held this afternoon at 6:15 at Smiths Piano Company's parlors.
Large audience saw the photo play at Crown Theatre urged by the Equal Suffrage Association to boost support. The piece is cited as advancing suffrage aims and provoking heavy debate on laws affecting women, with implications for future activism. The Century Book Club met at Mrs. A. A. Edey’s home with record attendance and discussion on illiteracy and Reciprocity Day plans.
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