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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1914

Page

6

Debutante Season Notes From Mrs Hall Event List

Broad cast of social events includes a 11 o clock gathering at Jury Book Club hosted by Miss Agnes Orton Caldwell, a 4 30 p m circle meeting, a noon wedding at 67 North Annistree, and the Onard Schwenck wedding at the rectory. Also listed are bridge games, sewing circles, parish and missionary meetings, a charity tea, a dinner dance, theatre party at the Lyric, and a Knights of Columbus dance. The piece highlights debutante Elise Whiting Hall and a government street reception last evening in her honor.

Elise Hall Cecelia Webb Henry Hall Government Street Elise Whiting Hall

IMOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL THE SINGERS

IMOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL THE SINGERS appears in an unsigned line of verse or a playful caption on a page segment. The fragment hints at a musical figure praised for beauty and talent but provides no clear attribution or event context.

Imost

Elegant Society Party Highlights Dainty Attire and Roses

A refined gathering hosted by Mrs. Hall drew 175 guests as Drago’s orchestra played inside a spacious, ornamented ballroom. Attendees wore turquoise and pink gowns with silver accents, roses framed mantels, and guests included Miss Hall and Cecelia Webb among nearby social circles in Montgomery. Leinkauf and Marion Sirmon planned future visits while Mrs. Leon Drum and relatives prepared to arrive at Mrs. Drum’s parents’ home.

Chum Cecelia Webb James H. Webb York Miss Hall Killarney Drago

Orphan Asylum Board Sets May Lawn Party Date

At the Board of Management of the Protestant Orphan Asylum the date for the annual lawn party was fixed as Friday May 15 the third Friday in the month being chosen for the important event.

Protestant Orphan Asylum

Fidelia's Informal Dance Ends With Mardi Gras Flair

The Fidelia club hosted an informal dance last evening with selected costumes postponed for Mardi Gras season. After dancing guests enjoyed a Dutch spread and more social delights into the early hours. Out of town guest Mildred Williams of Atlanta was detained at her uncle H. W. Leinkauf's home with chicken pox and will join carnival festivities later alongside Stella Bloch of New York and Helen Bloch of Selma visiting relatives in the area.

Fidelia Club Mildred Williams Atlanta Durance Vile H. W. Leinkauf Stella Bloch New York M. FE. Bloch Sigmund Haas Helen Bloch Selma

Mrs Lillian Norvell Visits Spring Hill Guests

The Nashville visitor’s seven day Mobile stay brings informal reception at the Maury home in Spring Hill hosted by Mrs James Maury. About thirty old-time friends and former schoolmates attend with Madeline Marion Flora Gaillard as hosts. Mrs Norvell leaves for Tennessee today.

Lillian Norvell Nashville R. B. Owen Nannie Gayle Owen Maury Spring Hill James Maury Madeline Marion Flora Gaillard Hebe

Euterpean Fraternity Delivers Strong Harte Auditorium Program

The fourth public session at Harte auditorium drew a large, enthused audience for a refined Gulf City cultural program. Highlights included MacDowell piano solos and readerly characters, soprano and baritone numbers, Shelley poems, and multiple instrumental pieces performed by Helen Brown, Minnie F. Black, Mrs. J. G. Hamilton, Mrs. James O. Dickens, Dr. D. A. Planck, Irene Dunster, Dr. Helen B. Ligon, Mrs. C. C. Bean, Mrs. Elmo Davison, Mrs. F. P. Davis, Dr. F. A. Dunster, T. H. Halliwell, B. L. Taylor, Kern, Mrs. W. F. In, and others, under the direction of Rev. Gardiner Co. Tucker.

Euterpean Harte Auditorium Gulf City Gardiner Co. Tucker MacDowell Helen Brown Minnie F. Black J.G. Hamilton James O. Dickens Shelley D. A. Planck Irene Dunster Helen B. Ligon Watts C. C. Bean Elmo Davison Water City F. P. Davis F.A. Dunster T. H. Halliwell B. L.taylor The Miss Kern

D A R Chapter Meeting At Beottish Rite Cathedral

The Mobile Chapter D A R will hold a very important business Saturday at 3 30 at the Beottish Rite Cathedral.

Mobile

Married Life at Boland’s Sparks a Shopping Strike

Helen Curtis confronts poor service and higher prices at Boland's corner grocery. She rejects the clerk, tests a rival store, and questions a bill while recalling a lingering habit of frequent orders and familiar promises. The episode ends with her resolve to switch suppliers amid winter winds and public scrutiny.

Nora Helen Boland’s Boland Nota Roland Hele

Gulfport Man Named to Mobile County Board of Registrars

James R. Hinson of Gulfport was commissioned by Governor O Neal to fill a vacancy on Mobile county board of registrars. Hinson will replace Findlay Mc Fallen, who resigned to run for member of the board of revenue and road commissioners from the First district.

Montgomery Ala James R. Hinson Gulfport O'Neal Board of Registrars Mobile County Hinson Gulfcrest Findlay McFallen Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners First

Manassas Club Invitation Arrives in Mobile Society

Handsomely engraved invitations received by Mobile society figures invite them to the Manassas Club event on Wednesday evening February 18, 1914 at nine o'clock. The card bears the club initials embossed in the inscription.

Mobile Manassas Club

Newman Reading Circle Hosts February Meeting

The Newman Circle at 203 St Emanuel Street held a well attended Monday evening session with thirty members present. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Steiffer and local members Me A. Strausse M. C. Martin H. Minto B. J. and C. A. Chambers.

Newman Reading Circle B. J. Chambers St. Emanuel Street Newman Circle Steiffer Me . A. Strausse M. C. Martin Tec H. Minto B. J C. A. Chambers Father Ryan Miriam Clark Gertrude Weeks Alabama Henry Miller Bogues M. E. Ruffin Augusta Wilson M. C. Ruffin

Four Dozen Men Seek Law Careers in Alabama Exam

Twenty four young men, all white, entered a semi annual law examination at the capitol in Montgomery. The state examining board is chaired by Thomas Knight with J Winter Thoring and W F Dickinson among its members. The two day test is conducted under their supervision.

Montgomery Capitole State Law Examining Thomas Knight Greensboro J. Winter Thoring W. F. Dickinson Opelika

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Miss Agnes Orton Caldwell Jury Book Club Iique Circle H. H Getpnieg North Annistree Onard-Schwenck P. J. M Acker L Claire Sewing Circle Conti Street Christ Church Bauer Sewing Society B’nai B'rith Peoples Missionary Meetingment Street Methodist Church Saints Charity Chapter South Ann Street Imogen Little le House the Lyric Annetta and Leila McMillan Celia Webb Mary Atris B. G Knights of Cahall Extraordinaire Florence Kelly Mr. Henrich Rudolph Florence Hamilton Hardee Senter-Rowley Miss Josephine Senter Kathryn Senter Betty Brown Florence Taylor Helen Holliday Cawthon Hervey Valentines Washington’s M. B Staub’s’syr Dauphin ST Lina Cavaleri Lina Cavalieri Lina Cavalier Lucian Muratore Lina Lucian Fidelia Lyric Theatre Orman Holl Euterpean Fraternity D. A. R. Meeting Mabel Herbert Urner Continental Congress Mrs. Or New England Manassas Bilt Baga Bell Home Mobile Electric Co North Royal Street
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