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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1915
Page
3
A reflective piece laments how daily life holds quiet sweetness in morning meadows, daisies, twilight hills, and the starry sky. It recalls familiar rooms, home scents, baby laughter, and the crackle of a fire as enduring sources of comfort and meaning.
A testimonial passage praises Peruna as a universal remedy for women. Mrs L Martin of Yolo California credits Peruna with saving her life after three months of illness. The ad claims many women across different lives share similar relief and promote a booklet called The Ills of Life.
A short anonymous verse contemplates longing and reunion. The speaker muses on waiting footsteps and a doorway kiss, weighing Heaven as the present moment here and now. Expressive, intimate tone with ephemeral focus on love and immediacy.
A compact, era tone compilation with maxims on conduct in business hours and social discretion. Includes quotes from Sir Arthur Elys and James Russell Lowell and a nod to Balzac about feeling and restraint. The piece blends aphorisms on utility, opportunity, and restrained emotion.
The Camp Fire Girls led by Miss Lelia Abercrombie held a pleasant Bayview Park session yesterday. A council is set for School No. 40 next Tuesday with each girl bringing a handmade article.
Wednesday evening the Blackfriars presented A Bachelor's Romance to a crowded house in Bay Minette. The company were greeted by the Merchants Band and guided to the hotel where leading citizens hosted a reception honoring the troupe for making Bay Minette a stopping place.
The Birmingham News reports the engagement of Miss Susie Martin to Mr Henry Key Milner. It notes her six month residence in the city from Montgomery and describes her as a charming social leader who has attracted many friends.
The Tuesday auction club moved its regular meeting to Wednesday due to entertainment schedules. Hostess Miss Iane Gordon guided four guest tables set by Misses Eula Walsh Leila McMillan Annetta McMillan and Mrs. Harry Childers.
Miss Eleanor Gray won the club prize and Miss Susie Gaillard the guest prize, both fragrant corsage bouquets of variegated sweet peas. Miss Lee Barclay took the consolation with two pink and blue embroidered handkerchiefs. A salad and ice course followed the games.
Miss Loretta Byrne hosts a Wednesday bridge party at the Spring Hill home for Miss Margaret Merrill of Chicago. Miss Mabel Hartwell won the highest score and a leather bound bridge score. Miss Marie Hermann received a pair of black silk hose.
Mrs C B Hayes presided over a Wednesday 3 p m Bridge Club gathering at her Ashland Place home. Substitutes included Mrs G B Thames Mrs B F Adams and Mrs E D Flynn. Trophies went to Mrs Adams Mrs J L Davis and Mrs W N Hunter for pretty embroidered handkerchiefs. Tea followed with a spring centerpiece of Marie Henrietta roses in a silver basket.
Members left the city in private automobiles at 10 30 for a ride through flower bedecked woods to the Dog River Club House. Prizes of silk hose went to Mrs E C Hughes Mrs L Le Baron Lyons and Miss Mabel Houstis. A substitute joined in the trip. A dinner then followed and a boating trip capped the afternoon before returning home at 6 p m.
A correction notes wreath making is not underway this season. Yeend & Potter stores will be open Saturday 9 am to 6 pm and Sunday 9:30 am to 2 pm to receive flowers for graves. People are urged to bring bouquets and the Confederate flag will decorate each grave. Instead of wreathmaking, a garland will be twined around the shaft during Sunday’s 5 pm exercises.
Nearly 700 guests attended a Saturday evening reception for Mrs William Cumming Story and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Dr Charles D Walcott and the Smithsonian board opened the art gallery, with the Marine Band providing music, following a White House event earlier in the week.
A vintage ad urges readers with backache and kidney discomfort to use Jad Salts. It claims uric acid from meat irritates kidneys and promises relief by taking four ounces of Jad Salts in water daily to flush wastes and restore kidney function.
The Washington Herald notes the band’s return to a venue, marking their first performance there since the president’s wife, deeply loved, passed away. The moment underscores the nation’s somber mood and the band’s role in public mourning.
The Blackfriars arrival boosts Mobile social life as they present Achelor's Romance at the Lyric Theatre with matinee and night performances. An executive board meeting of the Mobile Federation of Women's Clubs is set for Wednesday at 10 30 in the Colonial Room of the Cawthon hotel.
The Old Shell Road School Improvement Association invites a large attendance to a called meeting on Friday April 23 at 3 p.m. Community members and supporters are urged to attend.
The ladies of St Johns church organize a parish festival on church grounds Thursday April 22 and a card and garden party at 3 p m at the residence of Dr and Mrs C P Robinson under the Christ Child Sewing Circle and assisted by the Junior Band.
April 30 program at Christ Church Chapter House features a Song Cycle of the Seasons of the Year in Poetry and Music. Promoters Mrs. James Wade Cox and Mrs. A B Wilmer with Mobile talent oversee the entertainment.
An event titled Danse pour les jeunes gens is planned at St Marys playground in Knights of Columbus Hall on Saturday April 24 at 7 45 p m Adults may enter the floor after 10 p m
A lawn party and entertainment will be held at Mrs. H. O. Hanson’s home on 111 Rapier Avenue this Saturday afternoon and evening. Proceeds go to a missions collection for Government Street Presbyterian Sunday school.
A tea hosted by the Bethel ladies auxiliary at Mrs. W. D. Strattons residence on Tuesday April 27 from 5 to 7 p m benefits the Sea men's Bethel. Also notes regular meetings of the Parliamentary Law Study Club at Cawthon hotel and the Craighead Parliamentary Law Club meeting at 10 30 a m in Parlor C Battle House.
Personal notice states Mrs Isadore Jacobson is visiting her sister Mrs Joseph Myers in New Orleans. Additional brief note says Mrs Richard H Clarke and Mrs Carl Seals will depart this afternoon for Montgomery to visit Mrs Manley Foster.
The Woman's Missionary Union brings Dr J W Phillips of Mobile's First Baptist Church to speak Friday night at the College Auditorium. His topic is The Funny Arab. Also noted are local visits and exams with several residents mentioned including Miss Minnie Pugh Miss Gladys Bolen and Miss Annie Moore Provost.
North Theodore Alabama residents report a horse runaway last Friday ending at Dawes four miles from the start. No injuries or damage occurred. Reverend J. S. Lombard attended Turnerville Baptist services in Chunchula.
At the home of Mr and Mrs L G Deakle a crowd of 9% young friends gathered to celebrate their eldest son Carl Deakle's fourteenth birth day anniversary. The evening included games music singing and dancing until a late hour.
A brief birthday notice marks April 22, 1905 as the birth date of a group of mobile children aged ten. The item notes their birthday celebration and local context.
A group of young friends and family gathered to celebrate Master Deakle's birthday with well wishes. Attendees included lisses Margaret Thomason Erma Devine Margarite Devine Leonora Murdock Orlien Deakle Arsenne Edwina Lucy Cullinane Beulah Crist Ethel Marsh Mayme Talley Violet Mullinane and many Deakle relatives plus visitors Carl Deakle Douglas Thomason Clarence Brewton Garland Deakle Joseph Abrams John Pankey Jr Connie Housmann Herran Lavinghouse Clifford Lavinghouse Wesley Deakle John Walker and H P Cullinane. Ruth Adele and Bertha Browning visited Ruth McCarty a trained nurse at Providence Infirmary. Mrs Roy Rayford and her little daughter visited relatives in Oakdale on Wednesday.
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