Mobile Hosts Enjoy Holiday Visits and Box Party
Mr and Mrs Charles Wheeler anticipate their daughter Mrs Tyree from Hagerstown Md to spend Yule in Mobile. Mrs Vesta Creel of Meridian plans a holiday visit to her mother Mrs J S Jacob. Miss Olive Brooks and Miss Lida Belle Camp travel from Shortee College Rome Ga to Mobile for holidays. At the Lyric box party host Mr and Mrs J Curtis Bush and guests Mr and Mrs D P Bester Jr and Mr and Mrs W F Tebbetts dine at the Vineyard afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wheeler
Mrs. Tyree
Hagerstown
Mobile
Vesta Creel
Meridian
J.S. Jacob
Olive Brooks
Stewart Brooks
Shortee College
Rome
Lida Belle Camp
Hattiesburg
Chris
Shortee
the Lyric
J. Curtis Bush
The
Lyric
Fine Feathers
D. P. Bester, Jr
W. F. Tebbetts
Vineyard
Debutante Elise Hall Honored at Lyric Box Party
Miss Elise Hall, a debutante, was the radiant honoree at a Lyric box party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hall Clarke after a play. Guests included Celia Webb Lucile Rush Hilda Broadwood Eta Packer Blacksher Marguerite Wefel and several young men. The supper at Cawthon featured red and green Christmas decor with roses, smilax, and festive cards marking the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisé Hall
Henry Hall Clarke
Elise Hall
Celia Webb
Lucile Rush
Hilda Broadwood
Eta Packer Blacksher
Marguerite Wefel
Mr. Nelson
Cortelyou
Tom Strong
George K. Gage
Jim Gray
Hardy Smith
Henry Hall
Polyhymbian Circle honors McDowell at Mobile gathering
In Mobile, the Polyhymbia Circle hosted a musically rich afternoon at Mrs. Goodman’s St. Anthony Street home honoring American musician McDowell. Performances included Miss Howard, Mrs. J. W. Cox, Mrs. N. Crane, Miss Nonie Garnett, and others with readings and tributes marking McDowell’s birthday. A later reception at the Athelstan Club hosted by Mrs. Harris Vaughn and Mrs. Bernard Wood drew about three hundred guests amid Yuletide decor and formal Attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell
Goodman
Mobile
St. Anthony Street
Hill Crest
D. N. Brown
Howard Walker
Carrie Dickens
Shock
Reading
J. W. Cox
Turrentine
Mode
Athelstan Club
Harris Vaughn
Bernard Wood
Mrs. Vaughn
S. S. Murphy
George A. Leftwich
W. E. Jon
J. Blocker Thornton
Ph St G. Tucker
Devereaux
James H. Patterson
Turner
McCreary Otis
Magig City Cries Discrimination
The Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association of Birmingham challenged Atlantic Coast Line and other carriers before the Interstate Commerce Commission. They charged that east and north freight rates to Birmingham are excessive and discriminatory, charging higher interstate rates than local rates and urged a horizontal reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Dec
Birmingham
Ala
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Atlantic Coast Line
Interstate Commerce Commission
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association of Bham
Points of Crimson Decor Brighten Afternoon Function
The article describes a lavish afternoon event featuring poinsettia centerpieces, red tulle bows, and crimson tones in the menu and candles. The Rowley orchestra provided music with tango and waltz styles, drawing many dancers as guests lingered to enjoy the festive atmosphere. Miss Lind-Al-Hageby, an eminent anti vivisectionist, was set to speak at the Anti Vivisection Congress in Washington. Dr Carrell, 1913 Nobel laureate in Medicine, noted surgeon at the Rockefeller Institute, is among leading figures targeted by opposition at the congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowley Orchestra
Lind-Al-Hageby
England
Washington
Carrell
Rockefeller Institute
Noguchi
Chicago tycoon George Welling ton Brandt dies in city
George Wellington Brandt wealthy manufacturer died in Chicago yesterday. He and his daughter were contenders for the fortune of William Ziegler, a half brother who recently died in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
George Wellington Brandt
Brandt
William Ziegler
New York
Christmas Dance at German Club Aglow with Festive Flair
Christmas bells and debutante belles graced German Relief Hall for an 8:30 p m. Christmas German Club event. Mr T D Nettles Jr and Miss Margaret Horn led fifty couples through the figures as Adrian Taylor chaired the committee and a long list of chaperones accompanied the joyous evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drago
T. D. Nettles, Jr
Margaret Horn
Adrian Taylor
Ben Campbell
W. H. Bethea
John Courtney
Edward B. Overton
J. D. Terrill
George. Fearn, Jr
J. J. Blacksher
R. A. Rush
John Meador
R. F. Neville, Jr
Harry Childers
W. Gilverton
Charles 8. Shawhan
Century fortnightly meeting hosted by Mrs Pope
Mrs. R. P. Pope hosted yesterday at 11 a.m. the regulation fortnightly gathering of the Century club or group, with members in attendance for the standard proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Pope
Club Meeting Highlights Russian Music Folklore
A large attendance at the book club with Miss Alice Marx as the only guest from Uniontown. Mrs. J. W. Hunter led the parliamentary drill while Mrs. C. C. Mechem presided. President Mrs. Brown Dawson chaired the roll call of celebrated Russian musicians. Mrs. Hirshfield presented a Russia paper and Mrs. G. T. Allison discussed Folk Dances Music and Folk Lore with Victrola illustrations. Mrs. W. S. Moore became recording secretary. Maud Truitt is away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Marx
Uniontown
J. W. Hunter
C. C. Mechem
Brown Dawson
Hirshfield
Russia
G. T. Allison
W.S. Moore
Maud Truitt
Christmas Kitchen Shower for Miss Alphonse Hurtel
Mrs. James Hagan hosted a two part social in a festive home yesterday to honor bride elect Miss Alphonse Hurtel. About thirty friends attended a 3:30 kitchen shower and fifty more joined at 5 for tea, gifts tucked in a greenery basket presented by two children, with a poinsettia centerpiece and punch served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hagan
Alphonse Hurtel
Clifton Berney
Miss Hurtel
Katherine Pugh
Mary Augusta Gaillard
Local Ladies Pageant Participants Named
F B du Bois, Mrs J T Wright, Mrs B S Pugh, Mrs Jennie Mims, Mrs John B Harvey and Mrs Frank Craig head a bevy of girls in the event. Miss Izabel Goldsby, Carrie Givens, Agnes Belle Goldsby, Malissa Parham, Etta Gaillard and Mary Easley Goldsby are among the contestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. du Bois
J. T. Wright
President Wilson to host first cabinet dinner of season
Washington December 16 President Wilson will host his first cabinet dinner tonight at the White House with a few invited guests including John Purroy Mitchel mayor elect of New York. The event kicks off the season of state functions and will be followed by dinners and receptions but no New Year’s reception this year as the president departs for Christmas holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
White House
John Purroy Mitchel
New York
Senate
Mississippi
Asheville
N.C
Oil Refinery Fire Ravages Pacific Refining Plant
An Oakland fire severely damaged the Pacific Oil Refining Company’s local plant, with preliminary estimates placing the loss at about 200000 dollars. The blaze occurred yesterday and engulfed the refinery, prompting extensive firefighting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oakland
Cal
Pacific Oil Refining Company
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Magig
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Century Book Club
M. Forchheimer & CO
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Horlick
Pather John
the Golden Cross
Underworld
Oo Norman Hackett
the Bank OF Mobile
National Banking Association
Sama Claus
Eletric
Mobile Electical
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North Water Street
Hammel’s
Siananas
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