Social Season Opens With Dances And A Home Wedding
January events fill Mobile with social gatherings as Queen Wefel presides over a charity dance at German Relief Hall and Miss Jessie Caroline Brown ties the knot with James Worthington at the Brown Street home. Eva Fuer of Asheville arrives as a guest, with debs Elise Hall Webb and Margaret Horn attending. An etiquette watch-night party on New Year’s Eve and a January 7-8 dance mark the season, while Miss Cowan hosts a novelty shower for Leinkauf School families and Mobile’s social circle celebrates.
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Wefel
Eva Fuer
Asheville
N. C
Elise Hall
Webb
Margaret Horn
Ethel
Kyro
Brown
Jessie Caroline
James Worthington
Coe
St. Stephen’s
Brown Street
Miss Curry
Mr. War
Glenn
Mwain
Rela
Misses
Bertha Curry
Neva
Shillito
Fe Roberts
Mattie Hickey
A. BL. S. Society
Leinkauf School
E. K
Leinkauf
Ipeycom
Cowan
Winning so sweet a bride receives many good wishes
A concise wedding notice notes a couple entering marriage with many well wishes for a long and happy life together. It emphasizes the joy of their union and the community’s support.
Pittsburgers in Mobile This Holiday Season
This item lists Pittsburgers visiting Mobile during the holidays. It mentions Miss Edith Heckert and Miss Jean Heckert hosting cousin M. L. Kidney and his wife, attorney from Pittsburg, and Howard Ryan a newcomer from Phila now in Gulf City who will sing at the Eaten Chapter's meeting. It notes Mrs. S. M. Landay now Mobilian after Captain Landay's service, her summer visit with her East Liberty mother, and Minor Guend and Marion Robbins residing in Wilkinsburg visiting Mobile for Christmas. It also notes Friend plans to return to Pittsburg and then head to Bloomfield New Jersey.
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Mobile
Society event features hearts game and holiday guests
Mrs Susie Quigsey and Mrs Calvin Wens host a Valentine afternoon with Miss Margaret Owen of Columbus Mississippi Miss Frankie Thompson of Atlanta Miss Georgia Rankin of Asheville and many others as players and visitors Brookie Poetz wins a filagree perfume prize Olivia Duggan takes the gold hat pin luncheon follows with serving girls Edna Manning returns from Europe to visit Pensacola and Mobile connections highlight the social gathering
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Susie Quigsey
Calvin Wens
Margaret Owen
Columbus
Frankie Thompson
Atlanta
von Erzdorf
Georgia Rankin
Asheville
Hale
Marie McPhillips
Amelia Kron
Olga von Erzdorf
Elizabeth Anderson
Pensacola
Marion Maury
Many Meetings of Scientists
Atlanta reports the sixty fifth meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science with the programal division of societies and sections in full swing. Key sessions include mathematics and astronomy with the Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America at Georgia Tech and joint meetings of the physics and physical society, mechanical science and engineering, plus entomology with zoology. Dr Edward C Pickering retired as president. Dr Edmund B Wilson named successor amid calls to reform naval observatory leadership.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
American Associati
Advancement of Science
Sieanek
Section
Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America
Georgia School of Technology
Physical Society At
Tech
Entomological Society of America
American Phytopathological Society
Association
School Garden Association of America
Edward C. Pickering
Harvard
Edmund B. Wilson
Columbia
United States
Naval Observatory
Pickering
Harvard Astronomical Observatory
Congress
Lotto Party Hosted by Miss Dorothy Wefel Tuesday Evening
Miss Dorothy Wefel will host a lotto party Tuesday evening at o'clock. The event invites participation and promises a social gathering with drawings.
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Dorothy Wefel
Social events and reunions noted around town
Pan Hellenic Dance at Battle House Auditorium at 9 p m Sigma Delta Phi meets with Miss Olivia Duggan Flo Claire at 3 p m Miss Marie McPhillips hosts cards at 4 p m Mrs John Quill hosts buffet lunch for Mrs Louis Canfield Parker of New York at 2 p m Barton class of 1910 reunion and banquet at Battle House at 9 p m Dr J W Phillips lectures to Euterpeans at Y M C A Auditorium at 8 p m Worthington Curry wedding at noon Mrs Emile Brettel hosts linen and handkerchief shower for Felicia Beach and Mr Broadway at 8 p m Council of Jewish Women meets at Bnai B'rith Halls at 3 30 p m to hear Don Farnsworth on What Women Can Be For a City Barton class of 1903 reunion at Academy music room at 3 30 p m Card party for Miss Babriella Cook at 7 p m Miss Corinne Roberts hosts card party at 3 p m in honor of Miss Marie Clifton
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Council of Jewish Women
B'nai B'rith Halls
Don Farnsworth
Reserve Bank Committee Faces Grueling Tour and Hearings
The reserve bank organization committee will tour the country, holding morning and afternoon hearings six days a week. It plans five hundred mile rail trips, with testimony condensed from hearings, visiting fourteen cities and spending a week or more in Washington. Endorsements for federal reserve board candidates pour into the White House as President Wilson’s allies urge leaving the final choice to him.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reserve Bank Organization Committee
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Wilson
Congress
Parker Destroyer Turns Over To Government In Philadelphia
The Parker destroyer, largest of its class and nicknamed Destroyer of Destroyers, is handed to the government. It carries four 4 inch rapid fire guns, four twin 18 inch torpedo tubes, a crew of 100 with four officers, and tanks loaded for 300 tons of oil. It can cruise 7 000 miles at a top speed of 800 miles.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Parker
Mobile Chamber to Attend Meridian House-Warming
A Mobile Chamber of Commerce delegation will travel to Meridian next week to attend a house-warming for Meridian's new building. The invitation was accepted after a Monday reception from the Meridian board of trade.
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Meridian Board of Trade
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Meridian Organization
Mobile excise panel weighs wholesale liquor license bid
The Mobile excise commission is considering the application of A. S Kohlman and Milton B Kohlman for a wholesale liquor license under 8 Kohlman & Co at 122 124 Government street. The commission had granted Leo F Eldridge of Oakdale a license in 1914 but suspended his license for ninety days. the suspension ends Thursday.
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the Excise Commission of
Mobile
A. S
Kohlman
Milton B. Kohlman
8. Kohlman & Co
Government Street
Leo F. Eldridge
Oakdale
Eldridge
Cotillion Committees Named for South Ann Street Event
On Friday January 2 at the bachelors cotillion several committees and chaperones are listed. Chaperones include Mr. and Mrs. George Fearn Jr and others, with reception and floor committees named and Mr Maiden Cammack and Miss Willie Luscher chosen to lead the cotillion.
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Bachelors’ Cotillion
George Fearn, Jr
William H. Monk, Jr
Ellis L. Mumma
C. C. Mechem
R. A. Rush
BE. D. Flynn
Jex Luce
Paul Danner
H. C. Beaven
F. P. R. Ellis
Alex Howard
Ben Campbell
Myron Sprague
James Gray
Carl McMahon
Frank Ellis
Tom Strong
Cecil Walkley
Maiden Cammack
Willie £. Luscher
Driscoll Escapes from Jacksonville County Jail Again
Albert Driscoll alias A D Cannameyer, long bank and post office robber with escapes from Atlanta and Leavenworth, fled the county jail in Jacksonville Florida last night while held for an office robbery at Green Cove Springs. A Macon woman is believed to have aided the escape. Driscoll had been paroled by Governor O Neal after reform claims.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Albert Driscoll
A. D. Cannameyer
Atlanta
Leavenworth Penitentiaries
Green Cove Springs
Macon
Driscoll
Bridge Club Sees Guests and Prizes Given
Miss Sadie Taylor hosted the Monday Bridge Club with substitutes Miss Margaret Horn Vivian Hoffman and Claudia Marechal. Mrs Christian won first prize a boudoir cap while Miss Varina Gould took the consolation cap. Miss Margaret Taylor joined for luncheon.
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Sadie Taylor
Monday Bridge Club
Margaret Horn
Vivian Hoffman
Claudia Marechal
Christian
Varina Gould
Margaret Taylor
Prize Winners at Hamilton Whist Club Embroidered Hand Kerchiefs
Mrs Henry Hall and two others won prizes at a Hamilton Whist Club event hosted by Mrs Gregory Luce at Battle House. Substitutes included Mrs C L Taylor and Mrs George H Clarke of Birmingham. The gathering featured an impromptu tango tea after the game as players celebrated in formal, graceful style. Lee and Edgar Kimball of Auburn Alabama joined sister Dorothy at a house party hosted by Captain and Mrs H L Miller.
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Henry Hall
Penrose Vass
J. W. Woolf
Hamilton
Lee
Edgar Kimball
Auburn
Ala
Miss Dorothy
H. L. Miller
Silver Wedding Renewed for 25th Anniversary Simmons
In memory of their 25th marriage Mr and Mrs L Simmons held a refined silver wedding at home on Dauphin Way renewing their vows. Attendants included their three daughters Sophie Sadie and Jessie May Simmons. The event featured silver decorations a 26 cake and a plate supper as guests danced the evening away.
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L. Simmons
Dauphin Way
Father Downey
Spring Hill College
Mr. Y. J. Schreiner
Marguerite Simmons
Fannie Goodman
Drago
Guaranteed Cough Syrup Promise For Home Make
A home remedy claim promotes making a cough syrup to avoid store purchases and save money. The spot emphasizes a money saving angle for families seeking relief at lower cost.
Cough remedy instructions and dosing teaser
An item describes a simple home cough remedy using Pinex and sugar with warm water. It outlines measurements and steps to mix a pint, with claims of rapid relief and a familiar home remedy tone.
McCord Plans Daily Speeches Ahead of Alabama Primary
Leon McCord seeks re election as associate railroad commissioner and predicts over 100 speeches before election day. He opens tonight in Greenville and will visit every Alabama county, competing with Frank N. Julian and B. H. Cooper for one of two seats.
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Montgomery
Ala
Leon McCord
McCord
Greenville
Lutler County
Alabama
Mr. McCord
Frank N. Julian
Tuscumbia
Railroad Commission
B. H. Cooper
Birmingham
Tom Taggart Sweeps Hoosier State
Thomas Taggart and his supporters won a sweeping victory in Indiana district conventions, securing chairs across the state as Taggart supporters were elected to every chairmanship. The Associated Press report notes a statewide sweep of DNC leadership by Taggart allies.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Taggart
Program Dance Delights At German Retief Hall
A very successful program dance was held last evening at German Retief Hall. Forty five girls performed with Miss Annie Lou Aafield leading the fun. Informality prevailed with lively numbers and cheerful energy throughout the event.
California mineral output 1913 to reach ninety five million
Sacramento Cal Dec 30 The mineral output of California for 1913 will total 95 million dollars according to a report by F McNutt Hamilton state mineralogist This is an increase of 4 million over 1912 The petroleum yield will total 90 million barrels valued at 43 5 million dollars an increase of 1 5 million
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Sacramento
Cal
California
F. McNutt Hamilton
Oklahoma Planters Lost Heavy on Cotton
Oklahoma cotton planters lost hundreds of thousands of dollars last season due to improper grading. Government experts found a single grade caused about $20,000 in losses. Dozens of samplers are surveying the cotton belt to quantify grading discrimination and grade-value gaps.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
Department
Charles J. Brand
Office of Marketing
Bureau of Plant Industry
Labor Legislation Will Be Their Study
Wisconsin Industrial Commission chair Crownhart urged broad industrial safety laws while leaving application to commissions at the joint session of the American Association for Labor Legislation and the American Political Science Association in Washington. Frank P. Walsh and Mrs. Harriman spoke. Secretary Wilson presided.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles H. Crownhart
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
American Association For Labor Legislation
American Political Science Association
Frank P. Walsh
J. Borden
Harriman
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Wilson
Crownhart
Vedrines Aims To Fly From Paris To Australia
Paris dispatch reports Jules Vedrines completed a Paris to Cairo flight with flawless engine performance and aims to be the first aviator to reach Australia. He plans to cross the sea via the nearest island, a leg of roughly 206 miles, amid a tense Taurtus mountains crossing. The journey proved challenging only over the Taurtus range.
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Associated Press
Paris
Jules Vedrines
Cairo
Egypt
Vedrines
Australia
Taurtus Mountains
Charge of Arson on the High Seas Opens Trial
In federal court at Boston a first of its kind arson on the high seas case opened. Defendent Fish is accused of setting the auxiliary schooner Edgartown afire in 1910. He bailed at 10,000 dollars after arrest in New York and claims the fire started by accident.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mendictme
Fish
Edgartown
Des 435
New York
Bes
South Africa
Imperial Horse Guard
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Mobille Wetoeesa
Treadaway
Emile Herpin
Dia
Jessie C. Curry
E. K. Curry
Edna Manning
Europe
Mrs. Quinn
E. J. Canfield
City
White Mountains
Association In Convention
Battle House
Pan-Hellenic Fraternity
Sigma Delta Phi
Olivia Duggan
Flo Claire
John Quill
Louis Canfield Parker
Barton
J. W. Phillips
Euterpeans
Watts
Emile Brettel
Felicia Beach
Mr. Broadway
Academy Music Room
Babriella Cook
Corinne Roberts
Marie Clifton
Reserve Bank
South Ann Street
Dauphin St
Yeend Potter
Ers Dauphin
Dauphin Street
Gues sTore
Hirecher Bros
State
O’neal
Hamilton Club
Steve Gale
Busi
Hazel Winans - Selby
Cawthon
Tom Taggart
Hoosier
Norborn R. Clarke
Office of Solicitor of
Mobile Cgolinky
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