Names for Summer Homes Across England and Mobile
The piece explores how coastal and countryside homes gain distinct names like Lilac Lodge Fair Oaks Greyling Haddon Hall and Dove Cote. It notes English seaside habitations on the Cornish coast bearing scaled names and recalls Mobile summer houses such as Anchorage Homestead Pinehurst and Rotter dam reflecting personal memory and travel history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Alabama
Steen
Seashore
Jones
Smith
Lilac Lodge
Fair Oaks
Greyling
Haddon Hall
Riveria
Penrose
Trelawn
Plymouth
China
Rotterdam
Anchorage
Pillans
Montrose
Point Clear
Taylors
Pinehurst
Battles
Households Talks on Cheese Types and Uses
Henrietta D Gravel surveys cheese origins from Roquefort to Parmesan, detailing regional production, methods, and ideal pairings. She offers storage tips, serving ideas from hors d oeuvres to desserts, and a cottage cheese pie recipe.
Porch Party at Fairhope Highlights Summer Colony Set
Mrs J P Powell hosted a porch party at her Fairhope cottage this week with guests including Mrs R B Somerville and Mrs C S Wadsworth along with several others. The event featured needlework and luncheon while updates included Mrs Wadsworth’s return to New Orleans and plans for future relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhope
J. P. Powell
Somerville
Cc. S. Wadsworth
W. S. Pugh
W. E. P. Wilson
A. G. Richards
Social updates from Coden to Meridian and North Carolina
The report notes a party at the Rolston in Coden with Misses Harriet and Holland Fitts and chaperoned by Mrs. W. C. Fitts of Birmingham. Miss Malrie Mahon enjoys social favors in Meridian with Mrs. Vesta Creel. Mrs. Elise Solomon and Miss Gertrude Solomon return from a North Carolina trip visiting Heywood White Sulphur Springs, Asheville, and Waynesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coden
Harriet
Holland Fitts
W. C. Fitts
Birmingham
Rolston
Malrie Mahon
Meridian
Vesta Creel
Elise Solomon
Gertrude Solomon
North Carolina
Heywood White Sulphur Springs
Asheville
Waynesville
Social Notes Add Color to Mobile Season
Miss Harriet Fitts visits friends while Mobile recalls her as a fashionable young lady. Joseph I Manning departs for a two week stay. Rosalie Staub returns from Battles Boudousque visit. Mrs R R McGregor and sons travel to Charleston for three months at the old home. Anson Arnold family rents Ross cottage at Point Clear for vacation. Norma Boulet and Corinne Roberts visit with Gladys Mitchell and Carol Levixouf at Sea Cliff. Dr Matthew Brewster returns home recovering from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie Staub
Boudousque
Battles
Anson Arnold
Ross
Point Clear
Tares and Penates
Norma Boulet
Corinne Roberts
Gladys Mitchell
Sea Cliff
Carol Levixouf
Mobile
Effective Cosmetic Wax Promoted in Clubwoman
In a Clubwoman column Julia Orff extols mercorized wax as an economical complexion aid. She claims it replaces many cosmetics, absorbs faded skin, and daily use yields clearer, softer skin with fewer freckles and blemishes. A separate note mentions a saxolite mixture for tightening skin and cites a seaborne sighting near Wood's Coney Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Orff
Makes Nifty Dress for the Afternoon
A stylish costume features a white peau de soie jacket with a plaited bordered voile skirt in double flounce. Purple net embroidery appears over the shoulders and front, with purple velvet bows on the coat and voile sections for forearm sleeves and the basque.
Rector to Recuperate After Attack at Local Sanitarium
Mrs Brewster returned from North Gerelina and will depart with him to Saluda for renewed health. The beloved rector of Churst Church aims to fully regain strength at the Brewster home nicknamed Shanty Shane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ness
Brewster
Gerelina
Saluda
Shane
Churst
Wedding Tragedy Strikes Violet and Joe Mayer in Deadly Typhoid
Friends express deep sympathy as Violet Marx Mayer and her husband Joe Mayer die within weeks of each other. Violet, remembered in Uniontown, died in Selma after typhoid fever, leaving behind a childless home and grieving relatives including Mrs. H. J. Hirshfeld and the Proskauers in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angel of Death
Owers
Violet Marx Mayer
Joe Mayer
Demopolis
Selma
Babe
Kleonerlike
Violet Marx
Uniontown
Mobile
H. J. Hirshfeld
Proskauers
Married couple from Mobile wed in New Orleans
Mr William Pe Quinn and Claudia Davidson both of Mobile were quietly married at Jesuit Church on Baronne Street in New Orleans yesterday. They will spend several days in the Crescent City before traveling to Atlanta. The bride is a niece of Mrs Minnie Baker and the groom is a nephew of Mr J J Manning of Mebie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
William Pe Quinn
Claudia Davidson
Mobile
Baronne Street
Mobile Business College Offers Grades 6 7 and 8 Courses
The academic department announces October 1 start for sixth seventh and eighth grade work. Eighth grade will study Commercial Law Commercial Arithmetic Commercial Geography Letter Writing Spelling Pen Banking Billing and Account Sales Making. Spanish also taught. Experienced teachers excellent penmen reasonable tuition. Call for circular Bell 1346 Mrs C O Meux Principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Busineses College
Requist
Bell
Meux
Dear Mrs Thompson advice column about love and manners
A readers questions column discusses love doubts domestic issues and etiquette. Topics include a tall charming suitor nicknamed Lumberlegs marital abuse and seeking education guidance plus teen body image and letter writing questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Thompson
Lumberlegs
Dot W
Names on the Want Page Get Free Tickets
The Mobile Item offers twelve tickets to vaudeville and motion pictures to readers whose names appear in the Want ads. Call the office to verify your name and claim the free tickets. Advertise in the classified columns to reach 60,000 daily readers and place your want precisely.
Local Notes and Personal News from Selma and Mobile
Lamar Aldrich of Selma, a UA senior, visits his brother in the city. Mr and Mrs Arthur Foreman welcome a fine young son born Sunday. R V Taylor of Mobile and Onto travels to St Louis on company business for about ten days. George Godbold undergoes an eye operation, painful but successful, hoping to return to duty in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Thompson
Lamar Aldrich
Selma
The
University of Alabama
City
Arthur Foreman
R._V.Taylor
Mobile and
Onto
St. Louis, Mo
George Godbold
The Mobilé Want Ads Offer Daily Bargains
Read the classified Want columns daily to catch hundreds of bargains of every description. Many listings will interest you and can save money, as hundreds of readers routinely check the ads to learn what others offer and sometimes win free theatre tickets.
Oh you do look so dely mestic says visiting professional women
A visiting professional woman comments on the independence and energy of women who work for a living. They are described as sharp, capable, and unfeminine in their dedication, often choosing brilliance over rest. The conversation reflects admiration and envy of women forging paths in professional life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bona K. Woolmy
Glia
J. T. Adams
M. D
Amcure
Suncey
Cities vie for 391% international convention in Cleveland
Four cities including Cleveland Nashville and New York compete for the 391% convention with a formal announcement expected this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Nashville
New York
Mont
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S. Stay City
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