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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1914
Page
3
A verse titled The Snowy Traveler describes Ole Man Winter and his blizzards across the country with rustic dialect and warnings to heed his knock. The page also features Thoughts for the Day with poems and reflections on love and faith from Frank L. Stanton and Thomas Kempis.
Dr and Mrs E W Rucker entertain at the Country Club Saturday dinner in honor of debutante Amelie Hill of Montgomery and Delia Johnston of this city. Guests include the debutante set. Hill, cousin of Mobile belles Amelie and Virginia Guyons, is well known in Mobile society and will visit Edna Manning soon.
A social event in the community honors debutante Miss Edna Manning with Miss Edna Finch of Pensacola as guest. Miss Anna Belle Courtright hosts as part of the young set’s popular season of gatherings.
Promote Vitalitas sample drinks at Sutton's Drug Store with a call to visit the Vitalitas man. The ad touts a new earth liquid with claims of health benefits and disease fighting properties, inviting readers to ask for a booklet and sample drink.
An invitation notes a pleasant compliment event scheduled for Wednesday December 16 at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The read text emphasizes a courteous social gathering featuring two named young women.
Miss Katharine Blackman of Alexandria, La., honored by Miss Alice Jones at a te a with two hundred guests from the younger set. The drawing room glowed with smilax and bamboo, pink and white accents dominated the decor, tea was poured by Miss Katharine Jones, and a dance to follow featured guests including Miss Holland Fitts and Miss Martha Bradshaw.
Oscar J. McMillan and Miss Ethel L Hoyle married on November 26 1914 in Jersey City New Jersey. They reside in Whistler Alabama after December 15 with many friends receiving wedding cards.
Miss Helen Womack hosted a motor trip to Creola Thursday afternoon with Miss Effie Soost Miss Laura Harte and Mrs Ramsey attending a refined tea hosted by Mrs Schley They stayed overnight in Creola as guests and returned to the city Friday afternoon.
A private ceremony was held at the Cathedral rectory on Tuesday at 3 PM. Joseph F. Pacetti of Meridian, employed by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, wed Miss Shannon, a lifelong Mobile resident. The couple left that evening for Meridian to start their new life together amid friends’ best wishes.
Eighteen members attended the Mothers' Club meeting at the Settlement Home. The treasurer reported $6.80 in funds. They voted to divide the Christmas donation between the Red Cross Seal committee and Belgian sufferers. Three committees were named: Visiting chaired by Curtin, Dwyer, and Greason. Refreshments by Dwyer and Curtin. Dishwashing by Greason and Strill. Hot coffee and wafers were served.
The triennial convention in New Orleans draws attention amid upheavals in the organization and the resignation of Miss Sadie American as secretary after 20 years. Attending are Mrs. Hirshfield, Mrs. Julius Goldstein, and Mrs. Flossie Herzfield.
Popular new song from Mrs Kate Ayers Robert with both words and music by the Mobile composer. The plaintive negro melody is praised for its haunting sweetness and lasting memory reflecting credit on a cultured Mobile woman.
Mobile hosted visiting D. A. R. members with a noon boat ride on the Apollia followed by an informal luncheon. Guests returned in time for the conference’s afternoon session as sandwiches, ginger ale, cake and coffee were served by the captain lunch committee: Mrs. B. F. Adams, Mrs. Joseph Tucker, Mrs. James O. Smith, Mrs. B. A. Wood and Mrs. Harris Vaughan.
Miss Gustrine Milner and Miss Edith Orr return from a hunting trip to Mobile. Mrs. Ekilen Peter Bryce arrives back from Mobile after serving as a distinguished D A R convention delegate. Mr. and Mrs Troy Hails relocate to the city for the winter. Mr and Mrs Clyde Hunter return from Cuba via Mobile before heading to Birmingham.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the First Baptist Church hosts a white sale in Bush Auditorium on Friday and Saturday December 4 and 6 with a musical tea tonight at 8. A Japanese tea and Christmas sale of art goods run 7 to 9 with calendars bags and gifts. The Fancy article and Christmas sale committee meets Friday at 4 at Mrs C P Robinson's 982 Government Street. Library committee meets today at 4 at YWCA chaired by Mrs J H Patterson. Sigma Phi Sorority redistricts officers Saturday at 3. Women's Belgian Relief Association meets at 3:30 Saturday for reports and plans. Dr Ellen B Ligon invites public attendance to hear reports from Mobil movement. Spinsters meet Saturday at 10 in Battle House Parlor C.
Prof. William T. Sedgwick of Boston was elected president of the American Public Health Association at its Jacksonville session. Rochester, New York, to host the 1915 convention. Eight thousand Typhoid deaths yearly blamed on lingering effects, per Dr. Louis I. Dublin, with calls for broader autopsy use and death birth registrations.
The 1914 Alabama Society Daughters of the American Revolution adjourned to meet in Huntsville in 1915. Officers named include Mrs John Lewis Cobbs as state regent, with Mrs William Harvey and others elected or re-elected. A Walker county school project received $300 in support from chapters.
Mrs Douglas Campbell and Miss Anna Bridgman host for Miss Eleanore Brooke Poetz at 8 30 p m in Battle House salon Dan Sant. The Elwell Bridge Club meets Mrs Rivers Rush at 3. Larkin Club hosted by Mrs W A Ulbricht on Spring Hill Ave at 3. No Trump Club with Miss Marie Webb at 1 30. Miss Xilla Blacksher hosts Friday Bridge Club at 3. Mobile Branch S A C W meets Parlor C Battle House at 3 30. Mrs J G Thomas hosts Colonial and Mobile Dames at 1. Friday Afternoon Social Club at 3 with Mrs J M Brown 363 North Jackson. Miss Clayetta Brownlow hosts Tennis Club at 7 30 on Selma Street. C P L Law Study Club meets 4 in Colonial room Cawthon Hotel.
Recent appointments of postmasters announced today include W. N. Collins named postmaster at Kansas City Missouri. The item notes the December 4 timing and lists Collins among new postmaster appointments.
New Orleans Dec 4 Miss Sadie American a principal founder and longtime executive secretary of the National Council of Jewish Women severed all connection with the organization at a convention. The action came during an executive session and surprised many as the group prepared to revise the constitution to limit the secretary’s powers. A statement from Miss American cited misconduct by several officers as making service with them inconsistent with dignity and self respect.
A poverty scene at 508 South Lawrence Street shows widow Mrs Annie Riley her daughter and granddaughter in need of clothes food and fuel. They must move next Monday from Major James K Glennon’s rented home where they have lived five months. The Item invites contributions and the United States customs office staff are collecting for Mrs Riley.
Dayton Ohio resident J Schneider, age fifty, says a single bottle of Vinci cured her years long cough and headaches. She reports renewed appetite and strength and praises the remedy, noting her druggist offered a money back guarantee if it did not help.
Corrigan, the famed horseman nicknamed the Sage of Hawthorne, spent Thursday in Mobile at the Battle House with his bride of two weeks. They planned a winter stay in Magnolia Springs and he will attend the New Orleans winter meeting in January.
Senator Myers of Montana after a state department conference on copper shipments to Europe said Britain would soon adopt a more favorable attitude toward American copper producers. If not, some mines may have to shut down. He trusted the state department’s assurances to the London foreign office.
Dispatch from Consul Canada at Vera Cruz says railway communication between Mexico City and Vera Cruz is nearly hopeless as old employees are discharged terminals are jammed with freight and all offerings are refused causing widespread disruption.
Edwin A. Merritt Jr. congressman for the thirty first district dies at his home in Podam at age fifty four. He was serving his third term and was a Republican and speaker of the state house when nominated for representative congress.
The excursion steamer Charles E. Cessna has quit its regular up river and bay trips for the season and will not operate until Mardi Gras except for special charters. It will run two daily trips during Mardi Gras week and then follow a similar fall schedule.
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