It Isn’t Raining Rain to Me Poem by Loveman
A lyrical poem by Robert Loveman describes a day when rain turns to flowers and violets. The speaker celebrates nature’s abundance with daffodils roses clover and bees amidst a joyful mood.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1914
Page
7
A lyrical poem by Robert Loveman describes a day when rain turns to flowers and violets. The speaker celebrates nature’s abundance with daffodils roses clover and bees amidst a joyful mood.
The wedding of Mabel Louise Olsen to Wil fred Lemuel Allen will take place tomorrow at First Lutheran Church at 4 p.m. Rev. Dr. Hennig will officiate with John Norville as best man and ushers Andrew Barkman John Allen and Martin Brichman. Maid of honor is Miss Mattie Freeland with sister Miss Inga Olsen as bridesmaid. Out-of-town guests include Mr and Mrs Brown of Bon Secour and Mrs Bromberg. Also today Craighead Parliamentary Law Class meets at 4 45 in the Cawthon hotel assembly room.
A lawn party will be held Saturday August 15 at the Curran hotel grounds Battles to raise funds for enlarging the Catholic church at Battles Wharf. Tea tables refreshment booths music and a varied program will entertain attendees with the Pleasure Bay open until 9 20 p m. Advance welcome extended. Miss Alba Gower spent the weekend at Coden as guest of Miss Gabriella Barret with Misses Bessie Evans and Alice Jones also present.
The column lists social arrivals and departures including Miss Jean Traise visiting Sadie Taylor of Mobile in August, Marion Inge's delayed return from London, and guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wilkens. It notes George Gage recovering from malaria fever, James Armor returning from Pascagoula, and Miss Mabel Stanard heading to Birmingham to stay with her brother J. C. Stanard and family.
Mrs A Y Harvey and her daughter Miss Eliza beth Harvey, guests of Mr and Mrs John Harvey on Georgia avenue, have returned to Meridian after their Mobile fete. Mrs Pride Jones and her son Pride Jones with daughter Miss Margaret Jones plan a trip for rest at Point Clear this week. Mrs Jones shows health improvement after time at the Inge Bondurant sanatorium.
Mrs Frank DuBois and sister Helen Gaillard are at Mrs D W Goodman’s Long Beach home between Gullport and Pass Christian. Mr DuBois spends weekends there while Maudie Woolf returns from Perdue Hill to Mobile. Dr and Mrs E A Peterson visit Pass Christian. Hilda Broadwood hosts Rebecca Herndon at Point Clear. Mrs J E Herpin and children return from Battles Wharf after six weeks away. Margaret Coleman Phares Coleman Jr and sister arrive from Birmingham to visit Aunt Mrs Harry Inge in Mobile.
The passage lists several Mobile residents embarking on travels and visits. Phares Coleman plans a health voyage in August. Miles of Birmingham reintroduces new steps to Magic City dancers after a recent exhibition at Hotel McAlpin. Aletta Stoll and Hattie Arnold return with plans for a weekend in Battles. H. V. Eichord heads to Savannah then New York, Washington, and Atlantic City. Mrs. Inge and Richard Inge tour Washington New York and North. Montreal replaces New Hampshire visit. Nellie Friend visits Anna Tait in Camden. E C Boykin and family fish in Coden. Mrs. E M Robinson and Bessie head to New York City then Fortress Monroe to visit Mrs. Pettus.
Isabelle Evesson-Cooper, once a famed stage actress, died yesterday at her Stamford Connecticut home. She rose to prominence in Little Lord Fauntleroy and played Rosa Leigh in Rosedale, earning wide recognition during her touring years.
Assistant Surgeon General W C Rucker arrives in Mobile to present stereopticon views on bubonic plague risk in Mobile and New Orleans. He will discuss rat control and city cleaning as plague prevention during an open air address in Bienville Square assisted by Dr Seale Harris and Pearson's Band.
Reports from the residence of R. Eastburn at 105 Tuttle avenue indicate he was overcome by heat while motoring from Delchamps last Wednesday. He is in favorable condition and denies sunstroke, noting that the heat may be the worst of the car related ailments in this climate.
An article outlines a postponed Gulf City town planning program to be studied in England during August. It notes lectures by Raymond Unwin and others at University of London and Hampstead, with guests visiting sites in England and plans for a home program next season.
Amherst resident M. R Crandall praises Saxo Salve after a pimple grew large and experts advised cutting it out. He credits Saxo Salve with a full cure and notes a buyback on empty tubes. Sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp Inc Mobile Alabama.
The anniversary mass of requiem for the late Bishop O'Sullivan will be sung at the Cathedral on Tuesday morning at 8:30. It is eighteen years since the beloved prelate passed away and a large congregation is expected to attend to honor and pray for him who led Mobile's diocese for years.
An Associated Press report from Paris cites an affidavit by Jean Monbynes, a returned student, detailing the killing of five French youths and two Italians in Germany. One Frenchman shouted "Long Live France" at Lorrach and was executed. others protested and were shot. The Italians were killed between Waldshut and Immendingen after disputes over a train window and a German sitting on him.
The article counsels visitors in Europe to prioritize American sights and destinations. It emphasizes broadening travel plans to include U.S. landmarks, cities, and experiences before exploring Europe in depth.
A discussion on a false standard of culture questions child rearing as vulgar while noting Eugenics promises for motherhood. The text praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for ill wives, suggesting it restores health and enables brave, healthy children.
Two story modern house on a good lot at the northwest corner of Conception and Savannah. Liberal terms offered.
The report lists Ferrill Gossett aged 23 and five feet eleven inches tall, 150 pounds with a slender build, dark complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair and distinctive scars and marks. Father named Alexander Gossett from Meridian Mississippi. A $25 reward is offered for each escape.
Clarence L. Palmer alias Boatright 5 feet a inches tall 150 pounds with dark upper left teeth a crooked little finger brown scar left ear from Knoxville home listed. Palmer Sheriff Mobile County.
Six persons drowned during boating and swimming on the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Joseph Gassekiewa and his daughter died when a motor boat overturned on the Schuylkill. Sheridan, Beck, an unidentified man near Camden, and Joseph Wosnjuch also perished in river incidents.
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