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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
5
Poem fragment titled Sweetheart of Mine from the Land of Some Day. The stanza speaks of dreams as truth and beauty, asking a beloved to whisper of love and faith, inviting warmth into the home.
An advertisement promotes Vinci the cadiver and iron tonic to purify and enrich blood and strengthen digestion. It cites a Schenectady case of improved health after Vinci use and offers a money back guarantee if no improvement. The ad lists Van Antwerp's Drug Corporation in Mobile Alabama as seller and mentions Saxo for eczema.
Electrolysis presented as a modern science to remove moles destroy hair and smooth skin. Special January rates promote appointments with Marie E Patterson at Marirel 57 St Joseph St phone 2937.
The verse speaks of lights and home as they frame a parent child bond. It speaks of truth faith beauty hope and eternal love guiding a child from the Land of Some Day into a Safe Home in the arms of love.
The Memphis D A R will acquire a chapter house with location to be decided. A chapter house meeting will be held at Hotel Gayoso on Saturday at 2 o'clock with all local D A R chapters invited. The bylaws and constitution committee will report, and an interesting meeting is anticipated.
Mobile society leaders led by regent Mrs C S Shawhan and dancer Miss Rosa Coates secure the Orpheum for the Society Almanac gala benefiting a Barton Academy scholarship. After Mobile Theatre’s destruction the committee sought a grand venue and will furnish the Orpheum for the event.
Miss Agnes Belle Goldsby hosted the No Trump Club season opener with guest Miss Page Humphries of Wayside Maryland. Two bridge tables featured Gertarde Smith Laura Pillane Julia Creary May Canfield Emily Gray Margarita Ligon Ida Polk Ross and others. May Canfield won the club prize. Goldsby gave a lace collar to the honoree.
The article notes Miss Harriet Fitts of Birmingham will take a prominent part in the Society Almanac, highlighting the vivid interest and desirability of the visiting girl among Mobile society. Her appeal and allure are emphasized as Mobile hesitates to relinquish her to Birmingham.
The article notes Miss Fitts as a gifted performer in a D A R gala with her mother Mrs W C Fitts tied to Mobile chapter work during the Gulf City residence. Thursday Bridge Club met at 3 pm hosted by Mrs Gregory Luce with four tables of bridge and a salad course. Attendees included Mrs L Le Baron Lyons Miss Rosa Lyons Mrs C P Robinson Mrs F P Brady Mrs E D Bondurant Mrs John T Cochran Mrs E M Robinson Mrs Virginia Bixler Sawyer and Mrs Sykes Gilbert. Winners at the four tables were Mrs Bondurant Mrs Kirkbride Miss Lyons and Mrs Lyons.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Wheeler announce the marriage of their daughter Ella to Mr. Alexander Munro Tyree. The ceremony occurred Wednesday evening January 20 at nine o clock at Saint Francis Street Methodist Church in Mobile. A reception followed at the Wheeler home 966 Government Street.
The Informals choose eight couples for a dance at German Relief Hall tonight at 8 80. D A R activities include Mrs W C Storey in Atlanta with Miss Finch of New York and various hosts such as Mrs George Battey and Mrs Adrienne Battey. Storey, a leading D A R figure, travels through the South amid entertainments in Atlanta Richmond and Nashville.
The Montgomery Journal reports a Friday night dance at the Exchange Hotel where only dancers of the turkey trot will be allowed on the floor. Local young men have organized a subscription dance to avoid the enticing music and temptations of the era. Two notable turkey trotters are rumored to be barred unless their dance steps improve.
A Wednesday Polyhynia Circle program drew strong interest and beauty. Notable items included Roll call Quotations Business and the piece Last Hope performed by Mrs. J. W. Cox from an 1856 copy attracting audience entrancement.
In Kiev a one year grace period was granted to 200 Jewish merchants facing a government circular barring Hebrews from trading after January 14. Moscow and Lodz manufacturers argued the closures would harm business, and the minister paused the circular while seeking Senate approval for broader rights. Four Hebrew schools will reopen after prior opposition.
Former Venezuelan President Cipriano Castro arrives at Ellis Island under guard and appears in federal district court seeking habeas corpus release. The narrative blends with local social events including Mrs Nina Boykin and Mrs J O Dickens performances and upcoming gatherings at the Luce home.
Washington Jan 10 The Archbald impeachment trial neared a close with the senate hearing five hours of argument split between Judge Archbald’s defense and the house managers. Senator Henry D Clayton of Alabama prepared to deliver the prosecution’s closing remarks as A B Worthington continued examining alleged misdeeds.
A petition circulated in Little Rock asks the Arkansas General Assembly to remove non-residence disqualification on Democratic National Committeeman Chairman William McCombs and to elect him to the United States Senate to replace the late Jeff Davis. The petition cites broad support for the move and urges the legislators to honor McCombs.
Chicago mayor Carter Harrison denounces leniency of courts as cause of highway robberies and hold ups. He cites December parole of sixty seven convicts from Illinois penitentiar ies and supports strict pistol penalties after a judge fined a man two hundred dollars.
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