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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1916

Page

8

Alabama Women Missioners Meet in Mobile

Mobile hosts the fifth annual Alabama Conference Women’s Missionary Society convention at Government Street Methodist Church from February 15 to 18. About 150 delegates plus 50 visitors will attend with meals provided by local churches. Dr. W. J. Young of Emory University will deliver the opening sermon February 16 at 8 p.m., drawing wide anticipation among local workers.

Mobile Women’s Missionary Society of Alabama Government Street Methodist Church Missionary Societies Government Street W. J. Young Emory University Atlanta J. E. Northcut J. C. Willis S. S. Tam J. H. McCormick W. F. Ellisor Tam Ellaine Wagner Korea Nora Hoover A. L. Dowdell A. Y. Malone R. W. McDonnell B. I. Dahlberg Institute Our Children McDonnell George Leftwich Brown Miss Wagner Laura E. Davis J. M. Carmichael MacDowell Our Institutional Church Miss Hoover E. N. Passmore E. S. Pugh Maybelle Marshall Emory Watersity J. W. Tucker W. T. Ellisor S. Kirkpatrick J. H. Pearson

Congressional Set Has New Member Receives Oregon Wife

The Washington society notes reveal Mrs. Ellaine Wagner, wife of the new Oregon congressman, already popular with the congressional set. Friday morning session includes devotional, reports from district secretaries and committees, election of officers, Bible study, with a lunch at 2 30 and a motor ride to Settlement Home and Institutional Church.

Oregon Washington Ellaine Wagner Korea Hollingshead Otis Calhoun Miss Wagner

Railway Dockspace Offers Lumber Storage on River Banks

The Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railway offers limited space for lumber logs ties and other heavy commodities on its deep water docks on the west bank of the river. Shed space can be secured and any amount of space needed on Blakely Island with water facilities available.

Wow West Bank Blakely Island

Calls for More Money for Navy

President Wilson urges a vastly larger naval buildup in preparation for global power. The plan would require congress to authorize about four times the administration’s navy program, aiming to outpace Britain by 1921 with 38 first‑line ships and many support vessels.

Washington Wilson St. Louis Congress Secretary of the Navy Great Britain United States United States Navy Navy Department England Germany

Confessions of a Wife Remains Silent in Funeral Orbit

In the church for Mr. Selwin's funeral, the narrator observes Dick's gentle comfort of Mrs. Selwin, noting his sincerity and influence on both family and business. She reflects on love, money, motherhood, and jealousy, sensing a pivotal career move for Dick and contrasting happiness with financial abundance. The

Mrs. Selwin Aunt Mary Margaret Tim Hogan's Saloon Central Office Little Margeret Ann Miss Margaret Mr. Selwin

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