Birthday Party for Willie Leech at Mrs Hawkins Home
Mrs. Hawkins hosted a fifteenth birthday celebration for her grandson Willie Leech with about fifteen guests. The event featured a boat ride to Coney Island and a finale at moving pictures, with Miss Edith May Leech assisting in hosting the enjoyable affair. Pretty visitors Alberta and Nina Semerson from Bayou La Batre were guests of Mrs S Jackson on Conti Street and enjoyed Mobile's summer entertainment offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molile
Alberta
Nina Semerson
Bayou Lq Barre
S. Jackson
Conti Street
Mobile
Dear Mrs Thompson and the Anxious Reader Advice Column
A snippet from a 20th century advice column presents questions on etiquette for young ladies at dances and hosting duties, engagement concerns, fashion and hair guidance, and home remedies for a goitre and pale hands. The column offers cautious guidance and moral reinforcement.
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Mrs. Thompson
Local celebration honors eight guests with house party
Eight friends were treated to a ride about town and a moving picture viewing hosted by Mrs. George Schwenk marking a cheerful social occasion.
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George Schwenk
Newport Society Hosts Week of Elite Entertainments
Last week in Newport marked the gayest seven days of the season with a $50,000 ball at a private home, noted for its quiet elegance. Inez Milholland attended as suffrage figure, while Mrs. Belmont’s sobriety by restricting liquor drew comment. Midshipman John Melvin of Selma visited from Mobile. other guests included Mrs. Alice Smith and a list of Newport society ladies departing for travel.
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Newport
Mrexy Stuyvesant
Fellows
John Melvin
Selma
Mobile
Marion Robbins
Norfolk
Is This Why English Beauties Are So Fair
A London Herald note touts mercurized wax as a superior substitute for toilet creams. It claims the wax cleanses and preserves complexions, sells widely in Britain and America, and can be used nightly as a cold cream. Saxolite lotion is also popular for wrinkles and facial contour.
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London Herald
British Isles
Mrs J Borden Harriman Backs Wilson In Campaign
New York August 30 Mrs J Borden Harriman president of the women’s Wilson and Marshall club will deliver several speeches this year for the Democratic candidate She calls Wilson the tangible reformer citing New Jersey laws protecting women workers and improving living costs She appears in Union Square introducing a working girl at a recent Democratic mass meeting in New York.
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New York
J. Borden Harriman
Woman's National
Wilson and Marshall Club
Harriman
Democracy
Wilson
New Jersey
Summer Visitors Prepare Autumn Mountain Migration
Spending the summer at their Point Clear cottage, they are in the city for a few days as they prepare for an autumn migration to the mountains.
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Point Clear
Mrs Coleman and Kin Stay At Maaplé Shade Inn
Mrs James I Coleman with two children Franklin and Margaret and sister Mrs L M Brooks of Birmingham are spending the end of the season at Maaplé Shade Inn Pulaski Virginia. Mrs John J Mitchell has returned home from a brief visit to Washington.
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James I. Coleman
Franklin
Margaret
Miss Anna Anderson Engaged to Selma Man
Miss Anna Anderson of Seligg is announced as engaged to Mr. Lucien Burns of Selma after years of noted social visits to Cohen. She is described as a charming girl among the season’s visitors and will be a prominent autumn bride.
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Anna Anderson
Seligg
Cohen
Lucién Burns
Selma
Local Resident Heads South and East This Summer
Miss Rose Weaver of Selma visits Mobile at the start of summer and plans to leave around mid September for Sewanee Tennessee. She will then travel to New York to greet her sister Mrs. W. P. Parrish on her return from Europe aboard the Red Star steamer Lapland.
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Rose Weaver
Selma
Mobile
Sewanee, Tenn
New York
W. P. Parrish
Europe
Automobiling in Europe and American car quality noted
The article notes few laws on European country roads with speeds around thirty to forty miles an hour and praises European woods. It contrasts American cars as newer in design and high in material and workmanship. It mentions Mr and Mrs William Tell and their children leaving for New Orleans to visit friends and relatives.
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Europe
France
Germany
Fingland
Remite
William Tell
Azrandre
1 Ward
New Orleans
Mobile lasses prepare for fall college departures
Miss Grace Harris Miss Flora Gailliard and Miss Theodosia Cobb leave for Agnes Scott College in Decatur Ga. Miss Aline Spencer heads to Niagara Falls New York. Mr Harry Smith plans to enter the University of Alabama law program in Tuscaloosa next week.
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Grace Harris
Flora Gailliard
Theodosia Cobb
Agnes Scott College
Decatur
Aline Spencer
Niagara
N. Y
Harry Smith
University of Michigan
Tuscaloosa
Law
University of Alabama
Keenton Bladon Springs Visit and Mobile Return
Keenton and Bladon Springs host three weeks of visits while Mr. R Stevens returns to Atlanta after a long stay with his sister Mrs Menzel in Mobile. Miss Lucille and Vivian Adams enjoy a summer visit at Shocco Springs Alabama.
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Keenton and
Bladon Springs
Mr. R. Stevens
Atlanta, Ga
Mrs. Menzel
Mobile
Lucille
Vivian Adams
Shocco Springs, Ala
Grayson Family Members vacationing in Alabama visit
Mrs. F. O. Grayson and her niece Miss Gertrude Grayson of Linden Alabama travel to Birmingham to visit Mrs. Grayson’s brother Mr. Y Grayson. Missee Alberta and Nina Simerson from Bayou La Barre are guests enjoying a pleasant visit in Mobile.
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F. O. Grayson
Gertrude Grayson
Linden, Ala
Birmingham
Missee Alberta
Nina Simerson
Bayou la Barre
Mobile
Autumn Farewell Weekend At Grand Hotel Point Clear
September signals the season’s close at the Grand Hotel Point Clear as Mobillans plan a farewell weekend. Many cottage residents depart for the city while autumn beauty and sea mists tempt lovers of poetry and romance along the Eastern Shore.
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Grand Hotel
Point Clear
Grand
Splendid New York City Cook Seeks High Paying, Mobile Posts
A remarkable chef based in New York can earn 825 a week and travel to Pittsburg Savannah Mobile or San Francisco for dinners planned with top culinary skill. Employers must cover all expenses supply a scullion and provide lodging and bath. She oversees two under cooks and handles finances earning 259 or more monthly. Cooking as a specialized art offers growth and wealth, though misstatements about Mrs. H M Friend Jr’s relapse were corrected showing her healthy at home.
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New York City
Pittsburg
Savannah
Mobile
San Francisco
Household Talks on Plum Pudding Varieties and Techniques
Henrietta D Gravel shares steps for green and damson plum puddings. Recipes cover boiling and baking methods, batter components, suet use, crusts, steamer care, and a plum roly poly with directions for glaze and serving.
Observations on a Cincinnati Wife Acquittal
Edna K. Wooley argues that a woman would likely have convicted in the case of Mrs. Mathilda Radeloff, freed by a jury after killing her husband who wronged her. She questions whether a man could face punishment for brutal treatment while a wife is spared.
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Tlogue of
Cincinnatii
Mathilda Radeloff
Cincinnati
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