Love of Women and Everyday Faith in Alabama
A Birmingham News page blends verse with society items. Miss Addie E. Cox tours Baldwin county Baptist women’s work then visits Zion church at Mertz station and proceeds to Theodore Magnolia Springs Bayou la Barre Grand Bay St Elmo. A Boys Detention Home board meets at Battle House. OK Shell road school marks its first birthday with a 300-child cake slice.
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Addie E. Cox
Montgomery
Baptist Woman’s Missionary Society
Eastern Shore
Baldwin County
Zion Church
Mertz Station
Mertz
Bay Shore
Theodore
Magnolia Springs
Bayou la Barre
Grand Bay
St. Elmo
Battle House
OK Shell Road
Frances Sheffield
Hundley
Alabama
Birmingham
State Woman Suffrage Association
Birmingham News
Mobile
Mobile Equal Suffrage Association
Mermaid Miss Browne Stirs Passengers Aboard Great Northern
San Francisco. Miss Marinet Browne, a mermaid from San Francisco, shocks passengers by appearing in a brief bathing costume on the Great Northern on the Waikiki to Honolulu voyage. She performs daily in the ship’s tank and teaches swimming to youngsters. Browne, an accomplished swimmer, eyes a comfortable fortune and hints at a romance with a young army officer at Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Marinet
San Francisco
Cal
Waikiki Beach
Honolulu
Miss Marinet Browne
Great Northern
Miss Browne
Fanny Woodcock Missionary Society Meeting Noted
The Fanny Woodcock Missionary Society will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday at 11 a m in the Burgett Memorial. A full attendance is requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Society First Christian Church
The
Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
Fanny Woodcock Missionary Society
Burgett
Social calendar packed with clubs, receptions, and dances
Monday events include Ball New Year Minskers at German Relief Hall and a hosiery shower for Miss Madeline Schimpf. A Battle House dinner and dance hosts B'nai B'rith families. Tuesday features an Auction Club, Sirens Ball, unveiling of Andrew Jackson Tablet, and Minto Laubenheimer bridal events. Wednesday brings card, bridge, linen shower, and Minto Laubenheimer wedding at home. Thursday and Friday offer YWCA party, sewing circles, various bridge events, and St Joseph's Club soiree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Schimpf
Mercedita Laubenheimer
Battle House
Mobile Order
B'nai B'rith
Eula Walsh
Andrew Strauss
Illinois Street
Andrew Jackson
U.S. D
James Haley
John B. Logan
W. A. Jackson
Elmira Street
Young People's Jewish Association
B'nai B'rith Hall
Effie Soost
Hortense Reiss
H. Ss. C
Aletta Turner
LeBaron Lyons
George Dunlap
Mildred Shaffer
Benedetta Toomey
Bessie Sullivan
Minto-Laubenheimer
Nevin
Cawthon Hotel
James S. Coléman
Gabriella Barret
St. Joseph’s Club
Margaret Hanley
Marine Street
Trinity
Elwell
J. St. George Tucker
Miss Elizabeth Matthews to Visit Liberty notables
Miss Elizabeth Matthews of Liberty Missouri will arrive tomorrow to visit Miss Laura Pillans and Mrs George Gaines with several events planned in her honor The first informal gathering for a few young people will be held Thursday evening hosted by Mrs Howard Walker Also the Mobile Infirmary Association holds its annual meeting Tuesday at 11 o clock at Mrs C J Torrey s residence All members urged to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Matthews
Liberty, Mo
Laura Pillans
George Gaines
Howard Walker
Miss Matthews
Mobile Infirmary Association
C. J. Torrey
Liberty
J. W. Ulmer
Meridian
Mobile
B. H. Jennings
Rose Laney
Cosmopolitan Club
8. J. Wright
Clayton
Ala
Fairhope Notes On Road Work and Local Visits
The road-working force for the state-aid northbound road arrived Saturday and will start work at once. Seventeen Mobile tourists toured Fairhope. George Crawford visited the Gaston Crawford home. Oswald Grorud moves his sawmill to Bailey’s Creek. The Wolf cottages are being improved after purchase by Mr. Martin. An informal luncheon honored Miss Bright who departs for Chattanooga. A teachers training class reorganized at the organic school with studies in history psychology and crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhope
Ala
Mobile
George Crawford
Gaston-Crawford
Magnolia Avenue
Oswald Foster
John D. Luce
United States Navy
O. H. Grorud
Fly Creek
Bailey's Creek
Point Clear
Martin
M. L. Johnson
Miss Bright
Chattanooga
Tenn
Miss Martin
Knox
Allen
Minnick
Pilcher
Barrick
Organic School
Thompson
P. P. IX. Club
Imperial Potentate to Visit Mobile Shriners
Abba Temple of Shriners announced that J Putnam Stevens Imperial Potentate of all Shriner bodies in North America will visit Mobile in late February. He will be joined by a royal escort and many prominent Shriners. Dr J H McCormick, potentate of Abba Temple, leads arrangements for a state and nationwide home-coming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abba Temple of Shriners
J. .Putnam Stevens
Imperial
North America
Mobile
Abba Temple
Stevens
Imperial Potenate
J. H. McCormick
Unfilled U S Steel tonnage rises in December
New York January 10 unfilled tonnage of United States Steel Corporation for December 381 totaled 7 806 220 tons, up 616 731 tons from November. The report notes continued increases in unfilled steel tonnage as the year closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Movable Guests Fill Mobile Clubs and Homes
Mobile social notes list many residents and visitors over the holidays. James Gibboney Jr Leopold Forcheimer and others return to Tome School Port Deposit Md and to Mobile area homes while friends travel from Pittsburgh Pittsburg to Irvington Ala and Selma Gulfport and other destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gibboney, Jr
Leopold Forcheimer
Mobile
Tome
Port Deposit
B'nai B'rith Lodge Adopts Resolutions of Respect
Beth Zur Lodge of the Independent Order B'nai B'rith reads resolutions of regret for Dr. Henry P. Hirshfield and notes tributes to Capt. Peter F. Alba and Julius Herzfeld. A picture from the B'nai B'rith international meeting in San Francisco was presented by delegates Henry A. Forchheimer and Aaron Schwarz and to be hung in the lodge room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Zur Lodge
B'nai B'rith
H. C. Brown
Henry P. Hirshfield
Walter Mitchell
Joseph Schwarz
Alex Bloch
Peter F. Alba
Julius Herzfeld
San Francisco
Beth Zur
Henry A. Forchheimer
Aaron Schwarz
Municipal Citizenship Subject Of Address
James H. Zelnicker spoke on Municipal Citizenship before the Young People's Jewish Association at B'nai B'rith hall. The event featured vocal and instrumental selections, praising American ideals and the franchise, and commending Mobile’s Home Economics Club and school improvement groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Zelnicker
Young People’s Jewish Association
B'nai B'rith Hall
Zelnicker
Home Economics Club
Mobile
U. S. Officer from Alabama Killed by Snowslide
Lieut. Joseph E. McDonald of the Twelfth United States Cavalry, a native of Alabama, was killed Sunday by a snow slide while coasting with four companions at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. The four others escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston, Mont
Joseph E. McDonald
Twelfth
United States Cavalry
Alabama
Mammoth Hot Springs
Fort Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park
Johnston Likely Named New York City Postmaster
Washington January 10 Joseph Johnston a former Atlanta Journal city editor appears practically chosen as New York City postmaster He previously served as fire commissioner under Mayor Gaynor and is now the leading candidate for the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Johnston
The
Atlanta Journal
New York City
Johnston
New York
Gaynor
Deaths and Funerals Burials in Mobile Baldwin and Grand Blanc
Obituaries outline burial arrangements for Giles D. Walker of Grand Blanc Michigan who died in Alabama at Bon Secour age 77 and for John Hall of St. Louis Missouri buried at Carpenter's Station Alabama. Also noted are funeral of Mrs Corinne Lacoste Barlow from 300 St Joseph Street with Magnolia Cemetery burial and listed pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles D. Walker
Grand Blanc
Mich
Bon Secour
Baldwin County
Alabama
Roche & Burke
Michigan
Frank W. Walker
John Hall
St. Louis
Carpenter’s Station
Palmer
Episcopal Church At
Bay
Minette
Carpenter’s
Mobile
Baldwin Counties
Simmons Hardware Company
Australia
New Zealand
Jacksonville
Fla
Partridge Hardware Company
Tucson
Ariz
Corinne Lacoste Barlow
Felix S. Cleveland
St. Joseph Street
G. C. Tucker
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Edwin L. Taylor
B. P. Williams
Martin Cleveland
Gaines Cleveland
Skies Will Weep On Tuesday Weather Forecast
The weather page notes rain likely tonight and Tuesday in Mobile with slightly warmer temperatures. High barometer sits over the Rockies while Calgary records 26 degrees below zero. Roswell tops 78, Williston minus 20, and a strong wind line stretches from Michigan to Texas. A hunt and boat trip ends badly as an engine fails and stranded youths are rescued after rowing in choppy waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Rockies
Calgary
Alberta
Michigan
Texas
Roswell
New Mexico
Williston
Montana
Cotton ginned to Jan 1 totals 10 643 783 bales
Washington reports 10 643 783 bales of cotton ginned before January 1. The census bureau notes 105 799 round bales and 88 921 Sea Island bales. Ginnings by state include Alabama 1 007 408, Florida 54 775, Mississippi 890 646.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sea Island
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Extension schools' work progressing in Alabama farms women
Extension schools of agriculture and home economics for Negro farmers and youths near Russell and Coosa counties report progress. Meetings were held at Wende December 28-29 and Uchee Valley December 31 to January 1 with the Uchee Valley model school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottage Grove
Ala
Russell
Coosa
Russell County
Wende
Alabama
Uchee Valley
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Good Housekeeping
Boys Detention Home
Cje
Selma
Alabama Men's and Women’s
Law Lamar
Selma Women’s Bible Federation
Fred W. Evans
Wesley Bible Class
St. Francis St
M'Cary
Blacksher
Helen McCary
Ella Blacksher
Alice Jones
South Monterey Improvement Association
Womans Auxiliary
St. John's Church
L. R. Haas
Monterey Street
H. T. Inge
Needham Bryan
Tucker School Improvement Association
Mermaid
Fanny Woodcock
R. W. Byrne
Monroe Street
Eva Cunningham
N. Conception Street
May Leatherbury
Richard Inge
Ernest Dennison
Union Savings Bank A Dk
W. H. Noyes
Milwaukee
Wis
William H. Noyes
Clearwater
W. Mills
Dawes, Ala
Windsor
E. Cooper
Yellow Pine
S. L. Bittner
Pittsburgh
Irvington
D. T.sims
Rena Sims
William Paine
Chicora
Bettie D. Rosson
F. E. Smee
Balou la Barre
Helen Tutile
T. W. White
Helen Fowlkes
Oliver Fowlkes
Judson
Amanda Colville
McMinville, Tenn
Helen Womack
Willie Neville
Sweet Brier
Margaret Parker
Frank Milhouse and Son
Atlas
City
J. C. Hobart
Bernice Martin
Irene Edmundson
Oak Park
McLeod
Floyd Moore
Katherine
Gulfport
Caro Cameron
Savannah
Atlanta
Frances *Baumhauer
Annie Grice
Bay Minette
A. A. Byrne
C. O. Meux
Mercedes
James Munroe
Norman Staples
Chinchula
Arthur Stringer
A. L. Davis
Gulf Crest
Nellie Curran of
Battles
L. C. Barron
Washington Avenue
Aubrey Dickson
W. B. Pope
DeRoy Tyler
New Orleans
Tyler
F. S. Cleveland
Ervie Milstead
Brewton
A. C. Parker
Roberts
Stuart Jones
Perdue Hill
Browne Dawson
Edna Manning
Edna Finch
Pensacola
Lillie
Belle” McGowin
Grip
Lucy Herndon
Mable Moore
Nashville
Damaris Smith
Ward-Belmont
John Pokorney
Ed Schwarz
L. Woolf
Schwarz
Edgar Stapleton
Monroose
M. Cooper
H. M. Harrington
Charles Wescott
St. Claire
Kes
Harrington
James. Robertson
Childréf
Deligint
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Ernie
Vena Dukes
Alice
Sedalia
N. G. Perryman
White Springs
Stormer
Wilmington
Del
M. F. Durgin
Minneapolis
J. B.hyde
Alice Petrinovich
Spring Hill
Gladys Truman
Demopolis
Bernard McCoy
Cherokee Street
Howard Pollard
Matthew Rowell
Henry Crenshaw
Katherine Courtney
LOCAL
B’nai B’rith
U. S
C. L. Barlow
Dr. King
England
Circuit Court
Mobile County
Oliver J. Semmes
City Court of
Harry’s Shoe Place
Government St
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
Terminal Station
York
Tuscaloosa
Dauphin and
Fulton Road
Jersey
Dauphin
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