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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1916

Page

19

Picture contest invites thirty five winners at Empire Theatre

Five theater tickets will go to the best thirty five pictures submitted to the office by Wednesday night. The page lists numerous prize winners from last week with full names and addresses including Lola Belle Pullen Catherine Duk Demersel Lou Agnes Wilkom and many others. readers are reminded of the ongoing contest and club notices follow.

Empire Theatre Lola Belle Pullen Spring Hill Ave Catherine Duk Lillian Lomas Berg Seovecesesee Jefferson Texas Wortuhig New Jersey Selma St New Conti Gregory Kenny, JR Cane Eresas Maedel Sa Elmira William Hamlin St. Emanuel St. Ives Elce Eles & Asta Selma St. Marie -Carrold S. Jefferson St Pherdinand ‘Brown S. Broad St. Brand S. Conception St Aia Ain Oie S. Hallett St. SP GPEP Een ERCP ESRI Ernie Abel Aaa Government St. Leaetta Schreiner Ae Salataste N. Joachim St Eay Eietele Niols Lexington Ave N. Reed Ave Dexter Ave Monroe St Bob Lock Ecremeie Ie Inetnet Semmes Ave Gladys Armstrong Evens Pres Ars Sleldiol S. Monterey St Mobile Ala Wen William A. Lavett, JR

A Busy Sampler of Social and Church News in Mobile

The Montgomery Journal notes a devotional poem and a call to kindness. Mobile items include Miss Ethel Schwarz visiting, an illustrated sermon by Lowe at First Baptist, a Leap Year hop by K M O S F, and multiple society events with performances, meetings, and club activities across Mobile and Pensacola audiences.

Ethel, Schwarz Mobile Henry A. Schwarz Miss Schwarz Montgomery Journal First Baptist Church Lowe Egypt Mobile and Ohio Railroad James O. Dickens Gov’t ST. Methodist Church Government Street Methodist Church James Krassford James Chaplin Henry Hall Daisy Hyer Henry’ Hall Pensacola News Woman's Missionary Society of Old Shell Road

Club Calendar Highlights Mobile Women’s Groups

A dense listing of weekly meetings for Mobile clubs and societies. Notable items include Emma Jones Branch at 11 a.m., Health Talk at 3 p.m., and various chapters of YWCA, U D C Electra Semmes Colston, and Craighead Club with multiple divisions and lessons.

Emma Jones Christ Church Chapter House Cawthon Mobile Infirmary Association C. J. Torrey Mobile Suffrage Association Battle House C. F. Stoppelbein Ladies’ Aid Society Christian Church Elliot Johnstone Mothers’ Club B'nai B'rith Hall Electra Semmes Colston Cawthon Hotel Craighead Club Burgett Memorial Co. J. Torrey Moose Auditorium Craighead Law Club

Dear Miss Eros Love Advice Column Excerpt

Inquiries on love affairs addressed to Miss Eros are printed if concise. A divorced widow asks if a New York man’s visit and declarations justify marriage while a twenty-year-old wonders if her feelings for a man she met at a party are love and how jealousy affects their situation.

Miss Eros Eros New York

Sewing Circle Hosts Pleasant Day in Battles Wharf

Mrs. E Courtney entertained the Sewing Circle at her Highland Heights home for a spend the day gathering with needlework social chat and a three course dinner. Guests included James Carney E Ricardy John Mitchell Bay Minette George Martin Mobile and others staying at Beach Hotel. A large touring party visited Battles with Grace Hutchings and Californians F Sharp and family among recent guests.

Battles Wharf Ala E. Courtney Highland Heights James Carney E. Ricardy John Mitchell Bay Minette George Martin Mobile Beach Hotel Chico California Battles Grace Hutchings F. Sharp G. E John Moslander Panama City Fla Coventry C.' W. Soost Daught Pearila

These Mobile Children Celebrate Their Birthday

The Item celebrates each child listed born in January with ages 1 to 14 and invites them to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon. Tickets have been mailed for the event.

Charles R. McKeley Spring Hill Frank J. Calametti N. Hallett St Evelyn M. Fayard N. Franklin Jacques Godard S. Conception John A. Hughes, Jr S. Warren Nellie C. Rain S. Bayou St Bernice Bittle N. Jackson St George Yockers Texas St the Item Empire Theatre

Whistler churches note Sunday services and events

Whistler Alabama church listings show Baptist Methodist and Episcopal services. Sunday schools at 9 30 a m with named superintendents. morning and evening services list topics including Disappointments of Life and Gethsajmane. a church campaign program and a joint installation at Odd Fellows Hall follow.

Whistler Ala Whistler Methodist Francis M. Atchison William M. Cato Wilbur Cato Baptist Church Bethany Baptist Heywood T. Vaughan W. “Jones Ernest L. Graham Gethsemane St. Paul's Episcopal Joseph J. Harris Henry C. Everett Meyer Memorial Baptist Eighth Mile Henry Brance J. W. Whitsett Baraca Baptist Sunday School Bethany Baptist Church Mexico Ladies’ Auxiliary No. 61 Vesuvius Lodge No. 221 Odd Fellows Hall W. S. Cato Pat McDonough Frank Renicke M. DD. Therrell MD Kerr Robert Wicke John Ma Jone Edwin Doody Tlerbert Mathews Misa Ethel Webster Miss Irma Laws Janie Smith Gladys Kelly Madeline Stauter Bell Ballentine Pauline Griffin Effie Mathews Rothmyer Pryor Aggie Liversage Maggie Barry Marie Seabury Alice Crabtree Adolph Vetter Edward Kerr Luther Cato Edward Finnegan Mat Lawa

Funeral Held for Mrs. Robert P. Mathews in Crichton

Funeral services were conducted at the family home on Mobile street with interment at Pine Crest cemetery. Local social notes report residents visiting, moves to Bayou la Batre, and a county bond issue meeting at Odd Fellows hall with Commissioner Quinn presiding.

Mobile F. T. Wallen Item Avenue Luther McNamon Bayou la Batre Rufus Roberts Hattiesburg Laurel Bogalusa New Orleans Francis Johnson Sylvester Krebs John Greene Will Walker Odd Fellows Hall Quinn Richard Hines Fagen Grand Bay Roe Vigor Aline Botter Ruth Harkey Spring Hill Avenue Is. Harkey

Dorris De Witt Honored With Serial Prewedding Showers In Prichard

Miss Dorris De Witt, a January bride, received multiple ante nuptial showers in Prichard Ala across venues on St Michael street Rivers street and at home. Gifts ranged from cut glass to hand painted pictures and china. Local society notes also report resignations moves and visits among residents including J A Pruette leaving J W Butterly Company for Mount Vernon and Mrs Heather Jordan hosting relatives in Whistler. The Prichard Social Club announces a grand ball at Turner's hall on January 19.

Winstanley Phillips Stein Ziegler Berger Jennie Moffat Rivers Street J. A. Pruette J. W. Butterly W. B. Dismukes Mary Miller Gironelle F. M. Terryll J. S. Mills W. B. Hicks Milton Fla Heather Jordan Angus Valley Jordan E. W. Lovett Ala L. J. Davis Clarke County Ladies’ Aid Society M. B. Church Robert Carswell N. M. Barnes Prichard Social Club Turner’s Hall

Misses and Socials in Local Notices

Miss Nellie Mellwain hosted Y P A members at her home enjoying refreshments late into the evening. Mrs. Cox and two daughters of Mobile visited Mrs. F T Wallen this week. Mrs. Petersdorf moved to her daughter’s home on Item Avenue after an operation at the infirmary. Mrs. Mickle of Mobile visited Mrs. H L Swetman this week.

W. A. Jackson Elmira Street B. F. Nathan Edgar Discher Harry Fowler Marion Matthews J. M. Matthews South Broad Street James Haley Haley Margaret Hanley Mellwain Cox Mobile F. T. Wallen Petersdorf Guy Jarsons Item Avenue Unders Mickle HL Swetman

Inferior Court Figures Fined In Local Case Row

In the inferior court Dink Carter John L Williams Peter Tunstall Sam Franklin Louis Henderson Wes Busey and Willie Beverly were fined 1 and costs of ten for gaming by Judge Chamberlain. Frances Jenkins Lesley Pearson Charles Henderson and Ed McLaine were fined 6 and costs or ten days for vagrancy.

Dink Carter John L. Williams Peter Tunstall Sam Franklin Louis Henderson Wes Busey Willi Beverly Chamberlain Inferior Criminal Court Frances Jenkins Lesley Pearson Charles Henderson Ed McLaine

Horse Killed in Auto Collision on Palmetto and Conception

Police report states an automobile owned by H. B. Rubira collided with a wagon horse on Palmetto and Conception streets driven by Edward Smith. The horse was injured severely and died within minutes.

H. 8 Rubira Palmetto and Conception Streets Edward Smith

Also Mentioned on This Page

Robert Loveman Louise Cowan Moss Point G. L. Isard Shakespeare Club Raphael Semmes Ethel Schwarz Montgomery George Gaines Laura Pillans Elizabeth Matthews Liberty C. B. Riddle Ben Marshall Miss Pillans Pillans Mary Easley Goldsby Bessie Mayers Isabelle Goldsby Viola Gaines Rebekah Herndon Agnes Belle Gold J. B. Harvey Sims James ©. Smith James R. Hagan Clara Schumann Club Council of Jewish Women Faust Mephistopheles Lula Farrell Emile Fritz Alphonse Hanley George Rhodes Marine Street Christ Child Society Marie McPhillips Matt Mahomer IV Zemma Unruh Margaret Costello Katherine Greenwood South Conception Street Ladies’ Aid OF Ladies’ Aid of the Bush Auditorium Ladies’ Aid Socity Woman’s Missionary Society Woman's Missionary Society Polymnia Music Circle James Wade Cox Christ Church Auxiliary Margaret Austill OLD Shell Road School Improvement. Association Old Shell Road School Improvement Association Parliamentary Law Club Century Book Club W. K. Linscott C. S. Shawhan Ellen Wilson Business Women's Elizabeth Fonde BE. M. Daffin Semmes Emanuel A. Alvarez United States Court Templeton Thames Burnt Corn John A. Fore Charles W. Hill Waynesboro Alice Welch Julian Wicke Thomas Allman Salilia Peterson Whistler School Improvement Association Maud Kimbal Mobile County J. Henry Seabury W. E. May James R. Fawcett J. Henry Thomas Layton Gilbert Alec DD. Sharp J. FE. Barrett Inside Sentinel Nicholas Platt Outside Sentinel GL. Hamm J. J. Barrett Thomas B. Allman A. PD. Sharp Crichton Prichard Taylor-Reynalds Optical CO Dauphin ST Van’s Old Chester Margaret Deland Jean Webster Winston Churchill Rex Beach Stewart Edw Zane Gray Michael O’halloran Gene Stratton Porter K Mary Roberts Rinehart Polly-Anna Eleanor H. Porter Beltane the Smith Jeffrey Farnel Booth Tarkington Samuel Hopkins Adams Penelopes Postscripts Kate Douglas Wiggins Mr. Bingle Geo. Barr McCutcheon
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