D A R Ball at Battle House Highlights Mobile Leaders
Alabama D A R State Regent Joseph V Allen hosts a Continental Assembly ball at the Battle House Mobile with Mrs Storey national president general, Mrs Allen and other officers in attendance. Dancers Miss Metta Thompson and Miss Marie Shaffer perform in gowns of lavender charmeuse and white satin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metta Thompson
Joseph V. Allen
Thompson
Alabama
Mobile
Battle House
Alabama Daughters of the American Revolution
Continental Assembly
Elizabeth McAlpine
Caroline Ruffin
South
Storey
Allen
Rhett Goode
J. Morgan Smith
J. G. Winter
E. D. Bondurant
C. B. Bryan
Memphis
G. L. Smith
I'tra
Ellen Peter Bryce
Tuscaloosa
Finch
Gray
Killarney
Mrs. Goode
Richmond
Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Winter
Mrs. Bryce
Miss Thurber
Mrs. Shawhan
Mrs. Tucker
Mrs. Robbins
Dadeville
Daughters of 1812
Colonial Dames
Marie Shaffer
Gladys Tompkins
Lawrence Neuberger
Reeves Boykin
Shaffer
Mr. Neuberger
Boykin
Gabriella Barret
Adrian Taylor
Mabel Hartwell
Jack Courtney
Annie Moore Provost
Carl Holzborn
Mary Knight Rush
Paul van Antwerp
Marie Kemp
Marion
Chantilly
Robert Marshall
Edna Manning
Joe L. Hermann
Edna Finch
Pensacola
Tom Soost
Marie Hermann
Lloyd Cowley
Lorraine Cunningham
Eleanor Gray
James Gray
Virginia Woolf
Aristide Minnis
Alice Terrill
Ernst Buck
Helen ‘Terrill
Winslow Partridge
Ella Blacksher
Sues for Alienation of Wife's Affections at Continental Assembly
A civil suit by Marshall Barney seeks $100,000 damages for alienation of his wife's affections against Professor Alexander Chessin formerly of Columbia University. Barney pledged any recovered funds to the New York Post Graduate Hospital children's department. The article also details attendees and gowns at the Continental Assembly ballroom event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Bell Barney
Alexander Chessin
Colum University
Barney
Weeks
Children’s Department
New York Post Graduate Hospital
Chessin
Beauty Secret Revealed by English Lady
Through a chance meeting an English woman shares a beauty regimen promising fresh skin. Apply mercorized wax nightly for about a week to shed dead skin and reveal smoother tone, then use saxolite face bath to reduce fine lines and wrinkles after one treatment.
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Elise
Fell Midgette Wedding at St John’s Episcopal Church
Miss Matilda Midgette became the bride of Mr 8S. Q. Fell Thursday morning at St. John’s Episcopal Church with Rev. G. C. Tucker performing the ceremony. The church stood festooned with palms, white chrysanthemum and white rose arrangements. Mrs Tucker offered musical selections before the bridal party entered, and the register signing followed with Miss Vera singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Episcopal Church
Matilda Midgette
Q. Fell
G. C. Tucker
Margaret Rademacher
Oscar Hewett
Mr. J. Midgette
Midgette
Resinol Heals Itching Skin Quickly Says Ad
An old ad claims Regine Ointment stops itching instantly and begins healing. It asserts Resinol Sodp clears eczema ring worm pimples and other eruptions quickly leaving skin clear and healthy. The piece notes doctors have used it nationwide for nineteen years.
Mobile D A R session highlights Mrs Shawhan as state regent candidate
The Thursday afternoon D A R meeting centers on Mrs C S Shawhan a former Mobile chapter regent and prominent candidate for state regent. She helped establish a University of Alabama scholarship and is well known across Mobile and the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Shawhan
C. Ss. Shawhan
Sis
Mobile
Praais for a D A R State Regent Candidate
The passage lauds a cultured woman for her exemplary work in D A R circles and praises her potential as next state regent. It notes her ability to enrich every project and earns praise from Mobile and Alabama D A R chapters for her contributions.
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Mobile
Alabama
Sewing Club Meets With Miss McDonald
A morning sewing session at Miss Helen McDonald's Spring Hill avenue home entertained ten members with three new recruits Corinne Thoss Lillian Thoss and Genevieve McClure and two guests Katherine Hughes Effie Soost. A luncheon at noon capped the graceful gathering.
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Helen McDonald
Sewing Club
Spring Hill Avenue
Corinne
Lillian Thoss
Genevieve McClure
Katherine Hughes
Effie Soost
Miss McDonald
Girls Mask Dance Committees Named for December 11 Event
Supervising by Miss Aimee Wilson and Miss Lillian Doyle the girls mask dance will be held December 11. Floor committee includes Hudson Percy Ellis Aubrey Raines Gillette Marshall and Wilson. Reception committee lists Spotswood Posey McConnell Smarhorn Herman Taylor Inge. Chaperones include Dr and Mrs Rivers Rush Halliwell Carroll Acree Childers Meader Hempstead Wilson Gillette and Hartwell Doyle.
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Aimee Wilson
Lillian Doyle
Messrs
Howard Hudson
Ed Percy
Robert Ellis
Aubrey Raines
Jason Gillette
Robert Marshall
Alson Wilson
Mobile Girl Honored at New York Convention
Miss Clare I. Cogan of St. Joseph College Emmitsburg Md was elected president of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae at a New York convention held November 27 25 and 29 at the McAlpine Hotel under Cardinal Farley. Delegates from many states and teaching orders attended and many Catholic education women sought honorary membership to aid the federation. The gathering required the Winter Garden for overflow attendees. First vice president is Mrs H S Kelly of Loretta Academy Toronto and second vice president Mrs Frank Hahn of Notre Dame Dayton Ohio. recording secretary Miss Hester Sullivan of St Elizabeths College Convent.
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New York
International Federation of Catholic Alumnae
McAlpine Hotel
Cardinal Farley
Winter Garden
McAlpine
Clare I. Cogan
A. M
St. Joseph College
Emmitsburg
H. S. Kelly
Loretta
Academy
Toronto
Can
Frank Hahn
Notre Dame
Dayton
Ohio
John McEnery
Sisters of Charity
Hester Sullivan
St. Elizabeth's College
Admiral Neeld Released by Germany on Wilson Request
On personal representations from President Wilson through Ambassador Gerard Germany released Admiral Neeld retired of the British navy and his wife who had been held as military prisoners at a German health resort.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dec
Wilson
Gerard
Germany
Neeld
Army Recruits Accepted In November At Local Station
The local U S army recruiting station reports 62 applicants examined in November with 35 accepted and sent on to Jefferson Barracks near St Louis. Lieut Col T J Lewis based in New Orleans led the process. Names on the November batch include Louis Walker Frank S Davis re en listed John Peterson John L Hogan Dock E Nabors Andrew J Malone and Henry G Hinton for various branches.
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United States Army
T. J. Lewis
New Orleans
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Louis Walker
Frank S. Davis
John Peterson
John L. Hogan
Infantry
Dock E. Nabors
Field Artillery
Andrew J. Malone
Henry G. Hinton
The
Coast Artillery
Prince of Wales Fund Reaches 4 Million Pounds
London report states the Prince of Wales fund for national relief has accumulated four million pounds, about twenty million dollars. The total reflects broad public support and ongoing fundraising efforts.
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Associated Press
London
Prince of Wales Fund For National Relief
Mobile woman Miss Holbrook named Alabama governor
A governor was appointed for every state with Miss Helen Shelly Holbrook of Visitation Academy Mobile named governor for Alabama. The convention will meet in Chicago in November 1915. Honorary members were named from many influential women, and Mobile residents celebrate Miss Holbrook’s honors.
War Relief Association announces Saturday meeting at Battle House
War Relief Association invites the public to a 3 p.m. meeting at the Battle House Auditorium to hear progress reports on relief work. The Ladies of Charity fancy work committee, led by Mrs G P Robinson at 982 Government Street, will meet Friday at 4 p.m. and asks all finished work be brought in.
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Charity Chapter
All Saints’ Church
T. A. Johnston
S. Ann St
Battle House
The
War Relief Association
Ladies of Charity
G. P. Robinson
Government Street
Mr Aubrey Jackson Returns From Leisure North Trip
Mr Aubrey Jackson has returned home to Mobile after several months traveling through Louisville Cincinnati and Niagara Falls with a most delightful trip.
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Aubrey Jackson
North
Louisville
Niagara Falls
Cincinnati
Mobile
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Bell Phone
Miss Anna Seoulet
V. Allen
Great Columbia
Earth
Columbia
Prince of
Inis Mercy
Gretta Thompson
Ala‘bama D. A. R
Allie Fowlkes
Mary Emma Nettles
Marie Clifton
Joe Bibb
Marguerite
Festorazzi
Frank Ellis
B. F. Adams
B. F. Adams, Jr
Harry Hardy Smith
W. K. Syson
Clinton McCartney
Joseph McPhillips
J. A. Dew
James McPhillip
Charles Hervey
Bolling
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Togo, Underwood and Galloway Coals
Lostein Jewelern
Royal Street
Raa
Sewing
Kaiser
British Fund Great
Cumi
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