Romance and Weddings Brighten Selma Social News
In Selma and Mobile society items, engagements and nuptials headline a week of parties and arrivals. Miss Virgie Strong wed Mr. Lovell J. Cunningham with family witnesses at Dr. Dickerson's residence. Nell Barclay of Selma hosts a dinner for Mrs. Shields at the Hotel Albert.
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Birmingham
Strong
Lovell J.nningham
Dickerson
Aony
Virgie Strong
Allen
Nell Barclay
Selma
Albert
Aoe Spotswood
MatDuffie
Shields
Selma Times
Pacific Fleet
Southard
Philathea
Oakdale
Gene’ ‘Southard
Mar“Puryear
Puryear
Margaret Puryear
Marie Louise Tollefsen
Zellah Mae Rush
Amanda md
Glenna Gatewood
Kenopke
Addie Hitchcock
Walter Wojohn
Charles Nett
J. M.nett
Betha Langan
Lu Roberts
Car
Leonaompson
Lillie Belle Brewton
Bessie Cunningham
H. Ww. Cunningham
Berane
City of
Mobile
Clara
Bells’ Landing
J. M
Purdue Hill
Clarke
Little Daughter
Imf
J . Davis
Little River
Magon
Montgombee
Birthday Celebration for Mobile Children at Empire Theatre
The Mobile Item notes a birthday party for local children born in August. Names listed include Katherine A. Martin and Wilhelm Weir Alexander among others, ages ranging from 2 to 13. Invites readers to send full birthday details to the Mobile Item and attend a birthday picture party at the theater.
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Katherine A. Martin
Canal
Julius Henderson
Stanley Marybelle Lucille Talbot
Mary L. Williams
Herndon Ave
Godfrey W. Alexander, Jr
H Velma M. Macreadie
Kilmaine
Marjorie Singleton
Toulminville
Willie &. Cieutat
Elmira
Godfrey Weir Alexander
the Item
Caldren
Rndon
Ch St
Visitors and returns noted across several Alabama towns
The Washington County News reports Ebenezer visitors Mrs J O Shipp on a two weeks stay. Montgomery Journal notes Mr and Mrs Stuart Patton and family of Montgomery returning from Mobile. Selma relatives hosted by Mrs J Mitchell include Mrs Lawrence Hubbard and two sons Talladega and Mrs Richard Beil and baby Birmingham. Marion Times mentions Rosa Gerhardt Mobile visiting PD Gerhardt. Choctaw Advocate records Miss Mary as a pleasant visitor and Pensacola Journal notes Mr and Mrs Frank Berry of Mobile returning after visiting Mrs Barrett.
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Ebenezer
J. O. Shipp
Washington County News
Stuart Patton
Montgomery
Mobile
Montgomery Journal
Lawrence Hubbard
Talladega
Richard Beil
Baby
Birmingham
Union Street
Selma
Cee
Selma Mes
Rosa Gerhardt
PD. Gerhardt
Marion Times
R. P. Roach
Mary
Ruth
Lucy
Margaret
Frank Berry
Berry
Barrett
Pensacola Journal
Record Lumber Cargo Sails From Gulfport for London
One of Gulfport Mississippi's most valuable cargos sailed on the British steamer Brinkburn bound for London. The shipment included 1,407,000 feet of gum valued at 35,170 dollars, 350,000 feet of mahogany at 35,007 dollars, 74,000 feet of oak at 2,224 dollars, 31,000 feet of ash at 1,082 dollars, and 170,000 feet of cottonwood at 4,239 dollars, totaling 2,032,000 feet worth 77,722 dollars.
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Gulfport
Miss
Brinkburn
London
Crack in Liberty Bell Not Widened By Journey
The Liberty Bell has not widened its famous crack by the journey from Independence Hall to the Panama Pacific Exposition, according to guardian James J. Quirk of Philadelphia. He measures the crack twice daily to monitor any changes.
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San. Francisco
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
James J. Quirk
Quirk
Butler County Receives Piling for Road Bridge
Butler county receives a carload of creosoted piling for the Pigeon creek bridge and fill on the Greenville Honoraville road near the county line. The piles were treated near Mobile and the road is nearly finished to the county line, promising one of the county’s best roads.
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Greenville
Ala
Butler County
Pigeon Creek
Greenville-Honoraville
Mobile
Good Roads Day Arrangements Led by City Officials
President John Craft and County Highway Engineer Harry Fisher planned Good Roads Day in Grand Bay Alabama for Monday morning. Craft named a Grand Bay committee to handle details with addresses by Craft Oscar L Gray Bourne Ward and others. A Citronelle meeting follows Tuesday with invites sent to City Commission Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club members.
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John Craft
Harry Fisher
Grand Bay
Ala
City Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Two Sailors Held For Deserting Vessel
John Knoblin and Mattson seamen were jailed in Mobile county on a desertion warrant from US Commissioner Jere Austin. The vice consul of Norway Louis Donald says they deserted the steamer Corinto. They will be placed aboard when the vessel sails from the port.
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John Knoblin
Mattson
Mobile County
Court of
United States
Jere Austin
Norway
Louis Donald
Corinto
Lavretta Sues Baymen's Benevolent for Rent
C L Lavretta filed suit in the law and equity court alleging Baymen's Benevolent Association owes $158 for rent of buildings at 24 and 26 South Royal street. An attachment was issued and sheriff seized bar fixtures and furniture.
First Butler County Bale Delivered in Greenville
William Butts a farmer near Greenville brought the first bale of cotton of the season to Greenville marking the likely first of the season in Butler County Aug 14 special report from Greenville Alabama.
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Butler County
Greenville
Ala
Willliam Butts
Light, love, and life in Goethe era reflections
A collage of verse and advice pieces from a vintage publication. It ponders light, love, and death through Goethe quotations, blends in September household tips, wedding gift customs, Dear Miss Eros questions on romance, loneliness cures, and dating realities, ending with a kennel joke.
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Goethe
Cupid's Corner Conducted by Miss Eros
Inquiries on love affairs addressed to Miss Eros will be printed if not too lengthy. Names, however, will not be printed. Address your inquiries to Miss Eros Mobile Item. Personal letters not answered or private correspondence handled. Use ink and write only on one side of paper.
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Eros
Slim
Snookie
Miss Eros
Turner Promoted to Assistant Superintendent in L and N System
Thomas B. Turner rises from trainmaster to assistant superintendent of the New Orleans Mobile division of the Louisville and Nashville, succeeding C. Bose who had been the Mobile division’s assistant superintendent. Turner’s 30 year career included posts from telegraph messenger to trainmaster and general yardmaster in Pensacola Montgomery and Selma. Bose began as an office boy in Louisville and rose through the telegraph and dispatch duties before becoming assistant superintendent at Mobile.
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Orleans
Mobile
Louisville and
Nashville
Louisville
T. B. Turner
Bose
Mr. Turner
Telegraph Department
Montgomery
Columbia
Florida
Pensacola
Selma
Turner
New Orleans-Mobile
New Orleans
In and Out of Town Visitors and Rail Officials
Mobile notes report Mr. and Mrs. E P Brady with Misses Ione Brady Lorna Watson and Margaret Dandson all of New Orleans arriving in Mobile for a Battle House stopover before continuing to Pensacola. J Brooks Clark leaves for Birmingham for a twenty day vacation. Rail officials H H Bolton C M Price and H B Howe visit Mobile on business. Tennis finals announce McLoughlin and Bundy to meet in New York August 30 after elimination round at Onwentsia.
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E. P. Brady
Ione Brady
Lorna Watson
Margaret Dandson
New Orleans
Mobile
Battle House
South
Brady
Pensacola
J. Brooks Clark
Birmingham
H. H. Bolton
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
East
C. M. Price
Frisco
Gulf Lines
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
H. B. Howe
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago
Maurice McLoughlin
Thomas Bundy
New York
Onwentsia Country Club
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Los An
Rodney Graham
Jacksonville
Mary Mahomer
Macon
Charles McDonald
Eutaw_ar- Grea
Warren Christian
Byrd
Point Clear Hotel
Thomas H. Smith
Virginia A. Smith
Martin Lindsey
F. M. Maddox
Frank X. Gorley
St. Louis
R. Gailmann
Maude Smith
Ellisville
Kate Bellingrath
Atlanta
W. N. Brown
Selma Journal
James T. Crowe
John Bernard
Meridian
Gessner McCorvey
Tuscaloosa
Philip Rosenbaum
Elsie Rosenbaum
Tessie Arky
Rosenbaums
Laurel
Hattiesburg
Bilox
Cohen
Pass Christian
Meridian Star
James Hudson
T. J. Alonzo
West Beach
O. C. Walcott
Quintero
Edward Walcott
Dario la Grave
C. J. Pere
Perry
O. Cc. Walcott
Biloxi
Alice L. Capell
Church Street
W. H. Hill
Charmin
Alice Vivian
Bae
W. T. Lermer
Wilford
Thos
T. Palmer
Palmer Kelley
Palmer
A. L. Kemp
Mount Carmel
J. H. Keller
Grand Bay News
Kimbrough
Thomasville Echo
H. A. Hebson
Albert Eakin
O. B. McReynolds
Mae Pond
Annie Dohm
Kate Dade
Bates
0. M. Otte
Greensboro
Mamie Croper
Calfax
W. Barnett
Moss Point
Annie Owens
Little Mary
L. C. Rawls
Little
Jack
Reform
Mes
Charles
Hubner
Little Club
Moving Pictures
Mother Nature
Loe
Dora Belle
Cupid’s Corner
Thomas B. Turner
M Dee Ee
May Manton
Comerce
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Dharning
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