Today’s Bridge and Concert Social Schedule
Today hosts include the nday Bridge Club with Mrs. Piflans at 1 p m and a Plain Péarce concert at 8 p m. NWA R D meets Mrs. R Swell at Spring Hill at 3 20 p m. An art party features Mrs H Penrose Vass, Leila, and Miss Anna Etta at 3 p m with William Moore entertaining a bridge party at 2 30 p m and tea at 5 p m. Cars depart city at 8 16 and 8 30 p m for the club. return to town by 11 30 p m. Thursday sees Afternoon and general Bridge Club meetings at 3 p m with Mrs. Harry Haverman and Mrs. E J Buck. Favored friends receive today’s invitation cards for Mrs Harris C Vaughan and Mrs Bernard A Wood. Athlesian Club convenes Wednesday December seventeenth from 4 30 to 6 p m. Afternoon Tea honors Glee Club with Miss Elizabeth Hobart hosting December 27 from 5 to 6 p m.
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Harris C. Vaughan
Bernard A. Wood
Athlesian Club
Elizabeth Hobart
Glee Club
Christmas Dance by Mobile Terpsichorean Club
The Younger society awaits the Christmas dance of the Mobile Terpsichorean Club on Thursday at 8:30 PM in German Relief Hall. Planned features include elaborate light effects and three German figures with chaperones listed as Mr. and Mrs. Bullock, Mr. and Mrs. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Soost, and others.
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Mobile Terpsichorean Club
Hair Stain Promises Instant Brown or Black Restyle
An advertisement touts Brownstone Hair Stain to touch up gray hair instantly with no damage. It offers options from light brown to glossy black, requires no experience, and includes a booklet after sending 10 cents. Sold by Kenton Pharmacal Co. and in Mobile by local pharmacies.
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Kenton Pharmacal Co
E. Pike St
Covington
Mobile
Bienville Pharmacy
Dave
Bauer
R. L. Braswell
Harvard President Urges Midnight Return for Students
In Boston on December 11, fashionable Back Bay hostesses received messages from Professor Lawrence Lowell, Harvard University president, requesting that Harvard students be sent home at midnight to ensure ample sleep for morning classes. Hostesses reportedly agreed to implement the plan at future functions.
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Boston
Back Bay
Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Harvard
Parcel Post Weight Limits and Rates Expanded
Postmaster P D Baker reports official orders from Postmaster General Burleson raising parcel post weight limits for first and second zones to fifty pounds and for third to eighth zones to twenty pounds. New rates apply to parcels over four ounces with tiered charges by zone and books to be admitted as parcel post matter from March 16 1914 with a per 2 ounce or fraction rate for 7 ounces or less.
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P. D.’ Baker
Burleson
Bulletin
Inunction on Suffrage Law Challenged in Chicago
William J. Brown sues Chicago board of election commissioners seeking an injunction to stop spending on separate ballots for women and to bar women from voting until the law’s constitutionality is resolved. The suit argues the city would incur hundreds of thousands in costs and require precinct redistricting under the statute capping precincts at 300 votes.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Board of Election Commissioners
William J. Brown
Pride Comes After a Fall into a Good Thing
A brief item notes a proverb shaped reflection on misjudgment and reward. It underscores humility after success and hints at a positive outcome emerging from a setback. The concise line ties pride to later fortune in a compact moral framing.
Forecasters of Universal Peace in York Speak on Anglo American Harmony
The event features William T. White and Sir Cecil Arthur King addressing peace between the United States and Great Britain, noting a century of border-friendly relations and predicting a future where disputes are settled by reason. They laud President Wilson and the Duke of Connaught and foresee lasting English speaking unity enduring beyond a century of peace.
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York
Canada
Ee Ware
Jo News
William T. White
Cecil Arthur King
Washington
William M. Renwick Riddell
Toronto
Bryan
United States
Europe
White
England
Mr. White
Wilson
Duke of Connaught
Mr. King
John Willison
Two Boys Stop Passenger Train Wreck Near Anderson Ind
Two unnamed boys aged eight and ten saved Big Four No 48 from disaster near Anderson Indiana by spotting a rail sixteen inches out of place and signaling the approaching train. They waved coats on the track until the engineer stopped the locomotive as passengers contributed to a reward purse.
Orange-Pecan Co Files Articles at Bay Minette
Articles of incorporation for the Orange-Pecan company were filed in Bay Minette on December 11. The company plans to wing and market oranges pecans and other indigenous fruits and nuts, plant and sell land for this purpose and conduct a general commission business. Capital stock is paid in with D. H. Green as president G Eckenberger as vice president J Eckenberger as secretary and treasurer.
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Bay Minette
D. H. Green
G Eckenberger
J. Eckenberger
Eczema Disfigures Woman Recounts Cure by Cuticura
Mrs. E. C. Parker of Hampton Springs Florida describes three years of painful facial eczema and relentless itching. She reports using Cuticura Soap and Ointment after ineffective remedies and claims full relief after two cakes of soap and two pots of ointment.
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Hampton Springs
Fla
E. C. Parker
Bryan Claims Fundamentals and Earning Prospects
Secretary of State William J. Bryan told a New York clerical conference that a lifetime earnings of 30 000 a year for 33 1 3 working years or a million dollars is possible. He cited man’s relation to society government and God as fundamentals and urged that men serve society rather than seek large wealth.
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Associated Press
New York
William J. Bryan
New York Federation of Churches
Bryan
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Deserted British Ship Dalgonar Found Adrift Near Chile
The two masted British vessel Dalgonar, en route from Callao to Taltal, was sighted October 28 about 1200 miles west of Chile by the French bark Marie under Captain Norbet. The ship, bearing thirty likely crew, was derelict with missing boats and cargo shifted, lying nearly on its beam ends. Captain Norbet doubts the crew reached land unless rescued.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Dalgonar
Callao
Taltal
Chile
Marie
Norbet
Liverpool
Receiver for Coal Co. Will Be Maintained
The jury in Chattanooga Tennessee found in favor of the Dayton Coal and Iron Company after peremptory instructions from Judge Sanford. The suit by James Supply Company aimed to force bankruptcy. Dayton Coal had a receiver appointed after the death of stockholder Peter McDonald and subsequent creditor petitions.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States District Court
Sanford
James Supply Company
Dayton Coal and Iron Company
Peter McDonald
Scotland
Wilson's voice fails for Rochester banquet call
President Wilson's cold leaves him without a usable voice forcing cancellation of his telephone address to a Rochester New York Chamber of Commerce banquet. Vice President Marshall spoke in his place and Wilson sent a telegram of regret and apology. He had previously spoken at a Red Cross meeting where his voice barely carried.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Chamber of Commerce of
Rochester
N. Y
Marshall
The
Red Cross
the Red Cross
Why Premier Feared Suffrage for Women
In Victoria British Columbia Sir Richard McBride refused a government suffrage bill request asking that the issue be brought by a private member. He warned women securing the vote could lead to women in parliament and the possible formation of a women's party influencing affairs. Tears of joy and sadness flow from the same tank.
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Associated Press
Victoria
B. C
Richard McBride
British Columbia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tnday Bridge Club
Plain Péarce
O. Nwa. R. D
Mrs. R. Swell
Spring Hill
William
Moore
Wargharita Ligon
Gabriella Barrett
Harry Haverman
Thursday Bridge Club
E. J. Buck
Emile Herpin
St. Emanuel Street
Hazel Winans - Selby
Cawthon Vineyard
F. L. Tapia Over Britton
Dauphin Street
Joe Bullock
W. W. Reed
C. W. Soost
John A. Hughes
John Meador
J. J. Blacksher
George Fearn, Jr
William V. Beroujon
Panam
Canal Fe
Willis
Abbot
Great
Coral Zone
Cal
Phito SY Wot
PTAL
Lawrence J. Lowell
Sec
Orange-Pecan CO
Maud
Coal CO
Haile
Fia
Dr. Pierce
Ella Quick
de Jord
Pierce
Buffalo
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