Strikers Ball Opens New Year With Imperial Chinese Soiree
Strikers ball in Mobile features a Celestial Kingdom theme with guests in silks and brocades. Elia Packer Blacksher leads a debutante rosebud pairing as mandarin guests dine on oyster cocktails and champagne. Notables from other cities attend as General Julian Whiting chairs the reception in a festive year start.
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Celestial Kingdom
China
Rosebud
Elia Packer Blacksher
Mondhiun
Crivia
Julian Whiting
Whiting
H.pillany
W.cox
Winston Jones
F. L. Ross
S. S. Rubira
Charles A. Hall
D. R. Burgess
C.J. Gay
New Year’s Eve Celebrations At Battle House And Tea Club
Miss Ethel Brown hosted a watch night at the Battle House with Mr Edwin Taylor presiding over music and dancing. Guests enjoyed confections from Cuba and Mexico with a grand New Year ball planned. Miss Myrtle Olfinger invited forty youths to a New Year welcome. The Tea Club hosted by Mrs Joe Goldsby featured a large guest list and social games ending as 1913 gave way to 1914.
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Ethel Brown
Battle House
Brown
Edwin
Taylor
Cuba
Mexico
South America
Fidelia Club
Tie Odlock
Myrtle Olfinger
Harrison Fisher
Mrs. J. T. Cochrane Hosts Finis to Discards’ Year
Mrs. J. T. Cochrane closed 1913 with a year end tea for the Discards club at her Government street home. Four tables of players included Mrs. Joseph Bradley Read and Mrs. George Huntington Clark of Birmingham among others. Prizes went to Miss Mabel Houstis, Mrs. D. P. Bestor Jr., Mrs. Joseph McPhillips, and Mrs. A. W. Brooks.
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J. T. Cochrane
Joseph
Bradley Read
George Huntington Clark
Birmingham
Henry Hall Clarke
E. Db, Bondurant
A. W. Brooks
J. W. Woolf
W. T. Kelly
Mabel Houstis
D. P. Bestor, Jr
Joseph McPhillips
Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma Holds Year End Meeting at Barton Academy
The regular monthly Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma meeting at Barton Academy on December 31 heard Miss Katherine Curry serve as secretary in Miss Jessie Curry’s absence as she became Mrs. Jarges Worthington. The club honored Mrs Worthington with a rising vote of thanks and welcomed two scholarship girls, Oralie Boullenet and Rose Laney. The play The Piper is set for January 24 at Lyric to benefit the permanent scholarship fund at the University of Alabama. An open meeting featured Mrs William Mastin, who spoke on her trip abroad and offered costuming guidance for The Piper cast. Refreshments were provided by Misses Elida Nelson, Pearle Schwarz and Irma Pitard. The group plans to reconvene February 7 at 10:30 a.m. at Barton Academy after a program including Pierpont or Lowell call, a piano solo by Miss Pearle Schwartz, scenes abroad by Mrs William Mastin, and a vocal solo by Miss Effie Soost. Miss Sarah Logan hosted a Sunday school class party with Mamie Quill assisting, amid lingering Christmas decorations and coordinated color schemes for the menu. The class includes Bernard Smith, Norman Graham, William Campbell, William Ward, Carroll O'Dwyer, Layette Touart, James Partridge, Dan Farnell and Charles Lisgender.
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Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma
Barton Académy
Katherine Curry
Jessie Curry
Jarges Worthington
Worthington
Oralie Boullenet
Rose Laney
University of Alabama
Willam Mastin
Elida Nelson
Pearle S. Schwarz
Irma Pitard
Barton Academy
Pierpont Or
Lowell
Pearle Schwartz
William Mastin
Effie Soost
Sarah Logan
Miss Logan
Mamie Quill
Bernard Smith
Norman Graham
William Campbell
William Ward
Carroll O'Dwyer
Layette Touart
James Partridge
Dan Farnell
Charlies Lisgender
Miss Warene Payne Hosts Holiday House Party
Miss Warene Payne entertained a school girl crowd with Christmas decorations and games including the Flower Wedding. Virginia Hogg won a prize for the most correct answers and several local girls and boys attended the event at her home, including Annie Bouyette, Harriet Sims, Marie Boyette, Jessie Moore, Edith Van Antwerp, Lucille Lyon, Martee Lyon, Helena Dolive, Emma McAlpine, Katherine Ladd, and Edgar Boyatte among others.
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Warene Payne
Ansewer
John Quill
Marguerite
Virginia Hogg
Suffragists and Antis Predict 1914 Victories
In New York the two sides report progress. Dr Anna Howard Shaw cites approvals of women to city and federal posts as proof government trusts women. Mrs Arthur Murray Dodge notes membership rise from 41,000 to 90,000 and aims to double again in 1914. They celebrate Michigan bill defeat as a key win and oppose federal amendment.
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Associated Press
New York
Jan
National American Woman Suffrage Association
National Association
Anna Howard Shaw
Arthur Murray Dodge
Shaw
Nineeteen
Michigan
Leopard Spots and Creatore Bring Stage and Band to Lyric
The Lyric Theatre announces two performances tomorrow featuring Miss Russell in The Leopard Spots a dramatization by Thomas Dixon and with eleven gowns in her Cort company. Seats are on sale for the show and for Creatore's Banda Verdi at matinee and night performances Sunday and Monday January 4 and 5. critics praise the band and vocalists in Donizetti and Verdi repertoire.
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Isuh
Lyric Theater
Miss Russell
Cort
Lyric Theatre
Thomas Dixon
Creatore
Banda Verdi
Charleston
S.C
Academy of Music
Lamberto Grand Opera
Donizetti
Lucia di
Salads and Ice Course Served by Three Misses
Jesse Acree and Dalis Ward featured at an event where a delightful salad and ice course were served in the evening by three dainty misses named Jennie Prout Susie Prout and Neenie Hunt.
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Jesse Acree
Dalis Ward
Jennie
Susie Prout
Uéenie Hunt
Paris Paper Pulls A New Year's Joke
In Paris the city budget of 86 million dollars was not passed before the year end. A newspaper posted a lawyer in the city hall to sign a statute declaration at midnight, claiming the vote was invalid. The paper says it will not seek nullification but prints the facts for readers.
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Associated Press
Paris
New York City Leads London in Population
New York City leads London in population by about one million, based on figures released by Dr. W H Guilfoy statistician of the board of health. New York's population is 5,576,966 reflecting growth since the last count. The London figure excludes the city’s large suburban area, and while New York grows London regresses.
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New York
London
W. H. Guilfoy
Board of Begith
General Jones Ark Begins March Toward Albany
General Rosalie Jones leads suffragist cadre from New York City toward Albany to press Governor Glynn for support. The march covers about 175 miles over seven days, aiming to deliver a formal message from the suffrage movement. Col. Ida Craft and Sgt Martha Klatseliken join as veterans along with scout Mrs Olive Schuttz.
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New York
Van
Rosalie Jones
Washington
Al-bany
New York City
Glynn
Ida Craft
Martha Klatseliken
Olive Schuttz
Presents From Norway To Be Given Seamen Christmas Eve
Three hundred Scandinavians are expected for the annual Christmas tree and feast of the Norwegian Seamen's mission at the German Relief Hall. The event Thursday night at 8 o'clock is led by Rev. Andreas Rigland of the Uve mission. Kjellaird says over five hundred presents have been received from Norway for distribution that night, with an elaborate dinner and musical program.
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Andreas Rigland
Uve
Kjellaird
Norway
Morgan Reports For Duty In Montgomery
Sergeant Morgan arrives in Montgomery to begin duties with Adjutant General Scully. He previously served in Texas City, Texas with the 22nd Infantry and traveled from duty station to join the Alabama post.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lewis l, Morgan
Alabama
Scully
Texas City
Texas
Twente
Aviator Bonnier Reaches Jerusalem by Air from Paris
General Francois Bonnier, a French aviator, landed near the pool of Siloam in Jerusalem on New Year’s Eve while en route from Paris to Cairo. The first air voyage sighted in the Holy City drew a large crowd that cheered the arrival of the aircraft and pilot.
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Associated Press
Jenrusaleiem
Francoisg Navies Bonnier
Paris
Cairo
Medley of Verdi Donizetti and Grieg Impresses Matinee Audience
The matinee featured a refined Lammermoor and a superb Rigoletto quartet with Turci Paroglini Barelli and Deluce. Guerente improved as solo cornet in Silver Threads Among the Gold. A lively medley from Lucia di Lammermoor to Solonello and a Grieg Peer Gynt Suite showcased strong voices and orchestral skill. A finale medley of patriotic airs stirred the crowd. Sale Friday.
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Lammermoor
Gomes
Pinex and Sugar Syrup Cough Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Pinex pine extract with sugar syrup as a home cough remedy. It promises rapid relief within 24 hours for coughs and related respiratory issues, with dosing guidance and a money back guarantee. The copy highlights Pine extract’s claimed healing power and notes availability through druggists or direct from the Pinex Co.
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Vinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Visitors include Indiana justices in city
Among the visitors to the city are Associate Justice John B. Cox of the Indiana supreme court and Judge C. M. Portune of the Terre Haute superior court. They came from a Baldwin county tour where they were guests of Mon Frank H. Stone of Jay Minette and J. H. Scott of Kelley Alabama.
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John BE. Cox
Indiana Supreme Court
C. M. Portune
Superior Court of
Terre Haute
Baldwin County
Mon
Frank H. Stone
Jay Minette
J. H. Scott
Kelley
Ala
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