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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1916
Page
6
The Ladies Aid Society hosts a lawn party at 12 Kenneth Street from 5 30 to 10 pm to benefit the First Christian Church. Guests include Bessie Miller Virginia Pope Gladys Tim bes Marjorie Adams and others. Take Dauphin to Ashland car.
A reflective verse from the Detroit Free Press asks if one has helped, cheered, and done their best. It celebrates quiet virtue, clean heart, and daily effort as sources of personal contentment and growth, even without fame or lasting renown.
A morning wedding for Miss Clarice Thelma Albright and Mr. Charles F. Powell took place at 10:30 with Rev. W H Ventes officiating at St Stephens Methodist Church. The home was decorated in pink and green with palms and smilax while bridesmaids and attendants wore white and pink.
The article details multiple wedding events with brides in stylish gowns and traveling outfits. It notes Miss Thurman’s ceremony at 9 o’clock with Paul Luhring of Evansville, Indiana, and guests from Mobile to Meridian. It mentions the couple’s postnuptial trip to New Orleans and then New York, plus a reception and travel plans for a future Evansville home.
The Ladies' Auxiliary to Vesuvius Lodge No. 221 IAM plans a regular meeting at Oda Fellows' Hall Wednesday at 6 PM. Several local residents report recent travels and visits, including Mrs. Crabtree and Mrs. Deal returning from Meridian, and Newton B. Jackson returning from Shreveport.
The day in Congress shows the Senate meeting at 11 a.m. to re pass the army appropriation bill and resume debate on the revenue bill. The session is not in progress at the moment and will reconvene Friday.
Budapest dispatch reports the Hungarian parliament will consider an interpellation tomorrow on the nomination of an Austro Hungarian ambassador to fill the vacant Washington post. The note comes via wireless from Berlin dated August 23.
William Holston, a former Chattanooga police officer, was shot and killed in a cafe and poolroom. James F. Riley surrendered to police saying they had a personal encounter three weeks prior and that Holston attacked him the night of the shooting.
Miss Bessie Miller, once the honored guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Miller, left Booneville Mississippi this morning. A daughter and companions traveled by boat from Selma Alabama and arrived yesterday, staying as guests at the Cawthon residence.
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