Social Events and Theater Draw Crowds in Mobile
In Mobile society a busy day features te Dansante in honor of the sea at the Vineyard of Cawthon hotel from 4 to 6 30 p m. A D A R December meeting at Ish Rite Cathedral at 3 with Cavalier Chapter planning at 5 p m. Children’s Story Hour at Harte Auditorium with Miss Nona Duffee and Miss Estelle Chautiron. Spinsters’ meeting at Battle House 11 am discussing costumes before the annual ball. Shakespeare Club meets at 11 am with Mrs C J Torrey. Christmas Market at German Relief Hall all day under Christ Church Parish Society. The Argyle Case at the Lyric attracts crowds amid other dances and events. Vivian Penny leads a party to enjoy the detective play with Mrs T C Thomson hosting yesterday for Bridge Club with twelve players and prizes for Mrs Garland and Mrs Roy Albright.
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Shakespeare Club
C. J. Torrey
Christ
Church Parish Society
Lyric
Vivian Penny
Robert Hilliard
September Morn Prize Prompts Varied Styles In Mobile
In Mobile reports the September Morn prize wins praise with playful Kewpie style variants. At New Brigge Club Mrs Garland discusses the piece while another club’s meeting sees Mrs Walter Higgins win a best score trophy reflecting youthful springtime amid autumn’s mists. The Fifth District Sunday School convention at St Francis Street M B E Church drew full attendance with eight diplomas, Miss Nannie Baker delivering the presentation. College graduates listed include Misses Moffat Cox Rose Webb and Mesdames Worthington Rhea Sirmon Smith. Rev E A Donnell led devotions and Mr Cawthon spoke on Trout Line Schools. County convention plans set for February Mobile and state for April. Mothers’ Club reports twenty-two attendees and a Christmas program with Bible lesson by Louise Windham. Auld Women’s Club debates safe fashion and reform while noting the natural waistline and the “thirty Indies” measure.
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Mobile
St. Francis Street M. BE
Fifth District
Nannie Baker
Moffat
Cox
Rose and Webb
Mesdames Worthington
Rhea
Sirmon
Smith
E. A. Donnell
Gov
St. M. BE
Ll. Cawthon
Mothers’ Club
Louise Windham
Jette
Queen Mary
England
Germany
Gaby de Lys
Auld Women’s Club
Navajo Records Flash Back 1900 Years Unearthed for Study
Records from Arizona to the University of Pennsylvania Museum claim to rewrite theories on Navajo origins. Anemone Shewank and her brother, heir to leadership, coordinate translation with Prof. G B Gordon. The carvings on stone and bark recount three ancient North American races and a hidden history.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Arizona
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Shewank
Anemone Shewank
Carisle
G. B. Gordon
University Museum
Eastern University
North America
Alabama farm demonstration agents elected in three counties
State board of agriculture elected farm demonstration agents for Blount Monroe and Greene Tuscaloosa counties. Sam Ingram will serve Blount, J B E Carter Monroe, R C Lett Greene and southern Tuscaloosa. J T Watt transfer to South Carolina as livestock agent at Clemson College. Possible Auburn professor J B Hobdy named for vacant post. Mrs. Owen of Montgomery pledged Auxiliary support. Board members present included Capt. Kolb, Profs Duggar Duncan, Judge Robinson, and W H Knight.
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Gomery Ala
Alabama
State Board of Agriculture
Sam Ingram
Blount County
J. BE. Carter
Monroe County
R. C. Lett
Greene
Tuscaloosa
J. T
J. B. Hobdy
Auburn
R. F P. Kolb
J. F. Duggar
Z. N. Duncan
J. Ais Robinson
la Fayette
W. H. Knight
Greensboro
Pape's Diapepsin Quickly Solves Indigestion Woes
An advertising pitch claims Pape's Diapepsin digests all foods and stops sour, gassy stomachs in five minutes. It promises fast relief, strengthened digestion, and freedom to eat favorite foods without fear, noting immediate improvements like no gas, belching, or head fog.
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Pape
Hilliard Cousin of Mobile Railroad President Honored
Robert Hilliard the famed American actor, visiting Mobile for a two day engagement at the Lyric Theatre in The Argyle Case, is noted as first cousin to John J. Cochrane of Mobile, president of the Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railroad, with social courtesies extended by the Cochranes.
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Robert Hilliard
John T. Cochrane
Mobile
Lyric Theatre
Hilliard
John J. Cochrane
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Mr& Cochrane
Why Lord Murray Cut Contracts In Colombia
Panama December 13. Lord Murray of Elibank, partner of Lord Cowdray, arrived in Panama en route to New York. He discussed the delicate matter of U S Colombian relations, stating the Peay dispute should be settled in mutual honor. He denied hostility toward American interests and cited contract withdrawal due to changes and congressional turmoil in Colombia.
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Colombia
Panama
Lord Murray of Elibank
Lord Cowdray
Republic of Colombia
South America
New York
Washington
Lord Murray
Caribbean
United States
Pearson
Lora
Muarry
Chamber
Bogota
Back to the Farm Movement Fails in Kansas
Kansas census shows rural population down 13 819 in five years while city school population rises 16 000. Education officials cite shift toward urban areas as evidence of a stalled back to the farm movement.
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Kansas
Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Prisoner’s confession shocks police in Cincinnati
A prisoner named Frank Selser, a former inmate, confessed to authorities in Cincinnati on December 13, astonishing police with details of his past crime and claiming involvement in further offenses.
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Py Associated Press
Cincinnati
Frank Selser
Rabbits Supplied Free Meat to Needy in Oregon
In Pendleton Oregon farmers fed the hungry by killing 1200 rabbits from a two square mile area. The meat was sent to Portland and other cities for distribution among the poor as drives continue across a 25 square mile region. A traveling salesman confessed to robbing twenty seven churches over the past year and estimated taking about $500 from collection boxes.
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Py Associated Press
Pendleton
Ore
Oregon
Portland
Selser
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In Mobile
Vineyard of Cawthon Hotel
Cavalier
Stanley Finch
North Conception Street
Harte Auditorium
Nona Duffee
Estelle Chautiron
Battle House
New Bridge Club
T. C. Thomson
M. J. McDermott
J. A. Reaves
Stirling Somerville
C. A. Garland
Roy Albright
Cuticura
N. Royal St
Hazel Winans
Selby
Cawthon Vineyard
Phil. P. Cresap Company, Ltd
New Orleans
Lovisiass
Great Canal
the Canal
Willis J. Abbot
Great Canal Zone
Colfe
Lael
Yeend Potter Co
Por Gaur
Yin
Shakespeare
Board of Agriculture
Ongogeice
Dauphin Street
Robert
Robert Edesen
Wilton Lackay
rose _ Coghlan
Max el Tial
Faust
Maull Bros
St. Louis
the Merchants Bank
Water and
ST. Francis Streets
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