Thoughts for the Day and Social Notes from Jackson to Meridian
The column records religious reflections by Bonar and Stevenson, then details social notices from Jackson and Meridian. Mrs. Robert Hall Wiles attends events but misses due to flu, Kathleen Browne visits Meridian for a Whist Club gathering, and Miss Ella Packer Blacksher is hosted at a luncheon with attendees including Miss Amelie Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Browne
Meridian
Charles Kyle
Girls‘ Whist Club
Marcelle O'Rourke
Mobile
M. F. O'Rourke
Miss Browne
Sisterhood OF the Temple
Ella Packer Blacksher
Birmingham
Alice Jones
Marguerite Nabers
Highland Avenue
Amelie Hill
Montgomery
Personal Notices From Mobile and Selma Residents
Personal mentions report visits and stays by Mr. and Mrs. Clara Fritz of Mobile with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cater in Selma at the Hotel Albert Mrs. C M Beckwith of Montgomery visiting Mobile guests of the V ivian Marshall Mrs Crawford Jackson of Mobile ill at an infirmary in Selma and his wife with him Kathleen Brown has returned home to Georgiana after visiting Mobile Lillian Langan visiting Gulfport Eunice Harwell spent weekend with W W Harwell of Chinchula Ellen Folk has returned home after visiting Leaksville Miss H E Spratt after visiting Mrs Nellie Shepherd Geor ga has returned to Battles Alabama.
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Trinity Social Club
Rachael McGaughey Finch
Ben
Louise Perry
George P. Huard
M. C. Thomas
Gulfport
Catherine Bromley
Annie Ollie Ward
N.C. C
Monroe’ Hunnerwell
N. C.C
Spring Hill
Dogma Rooney
George Dure
Edward Joseph
Aleta Doyle
Myrtle Hunnerwell
Mary Virginia Doody
Edward Doyle
Teresa Doyle
Tom Doody
Lizzie Hunnerwell
Teresa E. Doyle
Ed Nelson
Mary Dowling
A. Dowling
Monroe Hunnerwell
Huunnerwell
J. Mabry
Gulfcrest
Hinson
Ed Lamas
Montgomery
Ed Jr
Alden
I.c. Geron
Lucile Burke
H. C. Lowenstein
New Orleans
E. L. Jones
Ruthy Palmes
Welton Palmes
Clara
James T. Ward
W. T. Kelly
Mobile
Carroll Prince
Greensboro
Grace Hutchins
Battles
Mamie. Gordon
Dr. Gordon
Canoe
Ala
Fidelis Hanton
Bagdad
Fla
H. G. Libbey
G. B. Vaughan
Birmingham
E. T. Barrett
Spring Hill Avenue
Cora Moody
Bernice Hamilton
Bertha Smith
Bayou la Batre
J. Fisk
A Ww. Clover
Brewton
Clover
C. C. Gewin
Paul Byrne
Tom Byrne
Chicago
Loretta
Frances Byrne
Hilda
Grace Drahan
Clara Fritz
Selma
Mrs
Frank
Hotel
Albert
C. M. Beckwith
Vivian Marshall
H. B. Walker
Crawford Jackson
Jackson
Kathleen Brown
Georgiana
Lillian ‘Langan
Eunice Harwell
W. W. Harwell
Chinchula
Ellen Fqlk
Leaksville
H. E. Spratt
Nellie Shepherd
Georg Ala
Court docket notes for chancery actions this week
In the Courts Chancery Court with Judge Thomas S. Smith presiding. Executrix Ella H. Mechem leads a case against Frank G. Blair et al. Icy Belle Gray sues Joshua Gray by confession. Effie Michelson vs Lawrence Michelson set for January 10. Wiley Denmark vs Molly Del Buono on demurrer. Weekly call includes multiple civil actions from Tuesday to Friday involving Spurlocks, McDowells, the Thomas/Admiral party, Equitable Mortgage Co. versus Peoples Bank, Tolman versus Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railway, and Kenyon/Croom disputes.
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Chancery Court
Thomass. Smith
Ella H. Mechem
Executrix
Frank G. Blair
Icy Belle Gray
Joshua Gray
Effie Michelson
Lawrence Michelson
Wiley Denmark
Molly del Buono
Carrie Spurlock
Will Spurlock
William McDowell
George A. Thomas
Admir
Equitable, Loan and Mortgage Company
Peoples Bank of
Seizure of Corfu Island Protested by Austrians
Austro-Hungarian government protests to the American ambassador in Vienna over French and British detachment occupation of Corfu. The note calls it a flagrant breach of the London treaties of 1863 and 1864 and accuses Britain and France of ignoring international law. The envoy has been asked to relay the protest to London and Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sayville
Vienna
Ederick C. Penfield
Corfu
Overseas
Great Britain
France
Woman Publisher Nannie Senter Dies in Columbus
Mrs. Nannie Rogers Senter editor and publisher of the Columbus Commercial died suddenly in Columbus Mississippi. She was widow of J. T. Senter founder of the Commercial and a longtime political leader in the state.
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Columbus
Miss
Nannie Rogers Senter
Columbus Commercial
Canadian Loss an Error in Overseas Casualty Figures
Ottawa said reports from London exaggerating Canadian casualties in a major overseas engagement were incorrect. The military department issued a clarification that 585 Canadians were not killed or wounded as reported.
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Ottawa
London
Military Department
Bonds Boosted in Baldwin County For Road and Bridge Projects
Baldwin County voters will decide on county bond issues Tuesday tied to the state bond issue amendment. Mobile residents toured Baldwin to promote road construction and a bridge across the delta linking Mobile with Baldwin. Attorney John E. Mitchell spoke in Fairhope Battles Point Clear and Barnewall and planned further talks to explain benefits and address tax fears.
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Baldwin County
Delta
Mobile
Baldwin
John E. Mitchell
Fairhope
Battles
Point Clear
Barnewall
Old Baldwin County
Tuskegee Prepares for Negro Farmers Meet
Tuskegee Ala Jan 17 The annual negro farmers conference organized by Booker T Washington twenty five years ago will open at noon Wednesday at Tuskegee Institute. Arrangements aim to instruct 2500 farmers in the fields and provide tutorage in the chapel to hundreds more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegee, Ala
Booker T. Washington
Haughton forbids Braves players to play basketball
Boston January 17 Percy Haughton new president of the Boston Nationals has disciplined players by personally warning Walter Maranville against indoor basketball. He opposed any member playing due to injury risk and Maranville had planned to join a team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Percy Haughton
Boston Nationals
Braves
Walter Maranville
Maranville
Belgium Hit By Severe Floods Across South Flanders
Amsterdam dispatch reports Belgium suffering heavily from floods with the Scheldt river rising several meters. Villages including Wellen Gavere Syngen and Schelderode are completely inundated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Amsterdam
Central News
Belgium
Flanders
Scheldt
Wellen
Gavere
Syngen
Schelderode
Franklin's Birth Observed With University of Pennsylvania Honors
In Philadelphia on January 16 a 210th anniversary celebration of Benjamin Franklin's birth featured leaders from the University of Pennsylvania and advertising men. The festivities included fitting exercises reflecting Franklin's legacy and connections to the institution he founded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
University of Pennsylvania
Preparedness urges industry mobilization for national defense
President Wilson plans a nationwide data collection to prepare manufacturing, railroad, and chemical sectors for quick war mobilization. He asks leaders of five major engineering societies to appoint reps to work with the naval consulting board, creating state boards of five engineers to inventory industrial resources for munitions and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
American Institute of Mining Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineering
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
American Chemical Society
Civilian Naval Consulting Board
Navy
Army
Daniels
Naval Consulting Board
Monroe Park Privileges for Sale
Sealed bids due January 24 1916 for exclusive rights to sell soft drinks refreshments cigars toys jewelry and more at Monroe Park for 1916. One bid covers all privileges with security. Mobile Light & Railroad Company reserves right to reject any and all bids. January 16 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Light & Railroad Company
Sloan's Liniment promises quick relief for sciatica pain
An advertisement extols Sloan's Liniment for sciatic nerve and muscular pain. It claims fast relief without rubbing and broad utility for rheumatic and back pains, urging immediate use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Plot to murder millionaire father revealed in Chicago
Irving and Herbert Updike brothers aged 32 and 19 were jailed in Oak Park after police evidence described a plan to kill Furman D. Updike, a wealthy commission man, and their mother. Herbert aided the plot but alerted authorities. officers concealed in the garage recorded their conversation and recovered a shotgun and two silenced pistols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Irving
Herbert Updike
Furman D. Updike
Oak Park
Lee
Herbert
Updike
Father
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Bonar
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Hall Wiles
The
United States Daughters
Wiles
Wilmer Scott
W. Scott
L. Arras
A. Roh, Jr
G. Roh
E. Es
H. Konstanzer
G. Bitzer
F. ‘Brettel
F. ‘Schimpf
ST. Joseph
Leinkauf School Improvement Association
8. C. Shuford
Horlick
Addie E. Cox
Woman's Missionary Society
Southern Baptist Convention
J. C. Bush
City
J. M. Kailin
North
Alabama
Norborne Clarke
Norborne R. Clarke
Julian Watters
Government Street
Myrtle Ollinger
Mary Joyner
Pensacola
Pensacola Journal
Loraine Cunningham
Annie Franklin
Ellen O’keefe
Atlanta
Inez Kern
Anna Kehoe
Martina Druhan
Edith
Anita Delchamps
Meeting OF Children OF the Confederacy
Children of the Confederacy
Dorothy Griffin
Houston Street
College Women
Southern Association of College Women
Battle House
James R. Hagan
State Music Club
Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs
Woman's Musical Club
Winston Jones
Mary Mott Rhett
Howard S. Walker
Rhett
Dauphin Street
Howard H. Walker
Walker
Roderick McKenzie
Ellen Smith
St. Anthony Street
George and
Martha Washington
Harry T. Smith
C. E. Nichols
St. John's
Woman's Auxiliary
Chapter House
Edna Manning
James Lloyd Abbott
William Buck Taylor
Elizabeth Matthews
Liberty
Hugh G. Barclay, Jr
Harry Fowler
Lucille Schwarz
Grace Langdon Dunlap
O. M. Otts
J. Ernest Thompson
Electra Semmes Colston
Cawthon Hotel
Marion Matthews
C. C's
German Relief Hall
Toomey-Sullivan
Cathedral
C. B. Hayes
Clara Schumann
Ladies’ Aid Society
Baptist Tabernacle Church
Marie Clifton
Harold Beane
Elwell
Charles Taylor
George Rhodes
Marine Street
Matthew Brewster
G. L. Izard
Louise Cowan
Moss Point
Dansant
Mrs. J. C. Bush, Jr
Lorraine Cunningham
Macon
Miss Cary Hall
Mrs. Cedrick
Beatrice, Ala
Mrs. C. P. Smith
Mrs. Herman Smith
Lucy Herndon
Nashville
Ward-Belmont
Clara North
American Laundry
Beaver Board
North Water
Corfu Island
Fes
E. F. Mohr
E .F. Mohr
Providence
F. C. Mohr
J. E. Mitchell
Tuskegee
Haughton
Ethel
Monroe Park
Liniment
Royal
S. Royal St
Frank Long
Cliff Barber Shop
Paramount
Mary Pickford
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