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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1914
Page
3
Poem fragment describes a sleeping garden where fairies cuddle under a hill and creatures rest. A child figure in a white gown lies still as night covers the scene. The soft verse evokes a nocturnal, protective hush over nature.
The Campbell cottage welcomed Mrs. M. E. Kyle and Miss Ruth Kyle with Miss Loraine Cunningham joining later. Nearby Rolstons hosts include Misses Harriet and Holland Fitts and Mrs. Virginia Woolf with chaperone Mrs. Francis Inge. Birmingham and Mobile guests attend as the celebration continues with wedding gifts arriving.
The Mobile colony at Coden gains new residents with the Charles Cunninghams and their interesting family for the rest of the summer.
An early 20th century beauty claim describes mercorized wax as a safe method to shed old skin gradually. It asserts painless transformation over about two weeks, aided by circulation and natural shedding, with nightly application and morning wash.
Miss Helen Selle Lucier and Mr. Reuben Rockwell, a Fairhope pair, wed in Mobile with Judge Chamberlain officiating last Wednesday. After the ceremony they returned home across the bay. The groom, youngest son of Franklin Rockwell, is active in the Single Tax Corporation and serves as superintendent of its public service. The bride is the youngest daughter of J. D. Lucier of Fairhope.
Mobile friends and relatives note the marriage of Mabel Claire Warnner, daughter of Charles Friend Warnner and Mrs. W. H. McNeill and Mrs. E. S. Barnes, to George Hoyt Smith. The ceremony took place on Saturday, August 8, 1914, in Jacksonville Florida, with home to be established in Jacksonville after September 14, 1914.
Very Rev. Gardiner C. Tucker of St. John's Mobile officiated last week at the wedding of Miss Clara Haynie and Richard Bumford Owen of Bon Secour Alabama in Carney. After the 2 o'clock ceremony a traditional wedding dinner was served before the couple departed for their home on the shores of the coast.
Mrs. William Parrish of Selma reports safe arrival in New York after hurried departure from Paris. The party includes Miss Emily Ferguson and Mrs. Phelps. They traveled via Cherbourg and Southampton with many Americans seeking passage home. Plans include visits in New Jersey and Adirondacks and residence at Colonial Studios in New York. Both women are Alabama Society of Colonial Dames members.
Loving friends announce the birth of Kyle Davidson Glass on August 9 1914 in Uniontown Alabama to Mr and Mrs Julius Franklin Glass The couple are prominent Alabama residents with family ties to Birmingham and colonial ancestry The newborn carries the name of her late grandmother Mrs Alexander Caldwell Davidson The notice notes Mrs J W Whiting's move to Orange Vale near Talladega to join General Whiting.
The Empire theater features Essanay stars led by Francis X. Bushman rival Travers and Bryant Washburn in A Gentleman of Leisure. Also on screen are Lillian Walker Wallie Van Flora Finch Hughey Mack with Vitagraph comedy and Biograph and Edison two reel dramas set for a busy day of comedy and drama.
A Baptist wedding united Miss Jessie Havard and Mr. J Frederick Lundy at Cottage Hill with a large guest list. The reception followed at the groom’s parents home in Mertz with pink and white decor and gifts. Other society news notes travel, visits, and a Tabernacle Baptist church box supper on August 20 to aid the B Y P U library.
Cleveland readers report relief from long standing pains using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Pennsylvania couple credits the remedy with avoiding surgery and restoring daily work ability, while a Hanover resident praises renewed health. Confidences handled by E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
Switzerland reports German forces burned the town of Bruzweiler and destroyed its factories alleging inhabitants fired on a German patrol. The notice notes civilian casualties and widespread destruction across the town as the authorities seek confirmation.
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