Washington wedding day celebration shines in Mobile
The Mobile Chapter of the D A R hosted a grand Washington wedding day event at Mrs Gregory Smiths home on Saturday January 17 at 3 30 p m. Attendees enjoyed a formal program with music by Battle House orchestra and a luncheon after. Mrs C S Shawhan presided and officers and members wore chic attire as portraits of ancestors contrasted with modern fashion.
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Washington
Gregory Smith
W. J. Atkinson
Killarney
Battle House
Ora Lée McMillan
C. S. Shawhan
Mobile
Lucile ‘Rush
Mary Knight Rush
Lloyd Richard
Haywood Hunter
Roger de Coverly
Bettie Hagan
Mabel Goode
Mr. Haywood Hunter
Battle House Orchestra
T. K. Jackson
Dan Sant Shines Again at Cawthon Meet
Two experts guided amateur exponents through new measures boosting renewed grace at the Cawthon event yesterday. The Dan Sant display drew praise for skill and precision, marking another notch in a brilliant performance.
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Dansant
Cawthon
Sullivan enters Democratic race for U S senator
Roger C. Sullivan announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for U S senator with a statement outlining his platform. He praises the Wilson program, favors business alignment with evolving politics, pledges full campaign finance disclosure, and commits to answering questions during the campaign.
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International News Service
Chicago
Roger C. Sullivan
United States
Democratic National
Numerous Guests Honor Mrs Wediner at Dauphin Way
The passage lists a host of attendees including Miss Mary Danner Miss Butler Miss Virginia Creary Miss Ethel Schwarz and many others paying social tribute to Mrs John Wediner at Dauphin Way with mentions of guests from Greensboro Galbraith Springs and Jamaica plus travel details of Mr Kerr who recently visited Mobile and left on Saturday evening.
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Deen
Farrel
Mary Danner
Butler
Virginia Creary
Ethel Schwarz
Gee
L. Lowenstein
Master Lowenstein
Ruth
Meta Hugh
Orville Cawthon
Bettie Hagan
John Quill
Moore
Imogene Little
J. Vedner
Cables
Greensboro
Inge Selden
Jeter
Boyles
Taylor
Oviatt
Festorazzi
Lloyd Richard
Haywood Hunter
Syd Robbins
R. J. Bolling
Brown
Col
F. M. Maddox
F. R. Harsh
Gladys Tompkins
Stewart le Blanc
Will Chapman
Bay St. Louis
Leighton McMillan
E. J. Gower
H. B. Stamps
Galbraith Springs
Greensboro, Ala
John Wediner
Dauphin Way
Mr. Kerr
Jamaica
Mobile
Rainbow party to aid Oakdale Mission funds
The Oakdale Home Mission Society of the Methodist Church invites the public to a rainbow party at the home of Mr and Mrs A B Wisner 354 Washington Avenue Oakdale Friday night January 23 at 8 o clock. Proceeds support the search for the end of the rainbow and the pot of gold long sought for.
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A. B. Wisner
Washington Avenue
Oakdale
Jolly Six Sewing Circle entertained by member at Springhill home
The Jolly Six Sewing Circle members Helen Yeend Loretta Bogue Helena Muscat Lillian Yeend Venetia Herman and Marguerite Mackay gathered at Venetia Herman's Springhill avenue home Friday evening. Games were played and refreshments served.
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Sewing Circle
Jolly Six Sewing Circle
Helen Yeend
Loretta Bogue
Helena Muscat
Lillian Yeend
Venetia Herman
Marguerite Mackay
Springhill Avenue
Annual YWCA Luncheon Promises Delightsful Social
The first annual luncheon of the YWCA is announced for Monday January 26 at 1 o clock in the Battle House. Music by the Battle House Orchestra and soloists from Mobile will accompany a lunch served on mezzanine level tables for fours, sixes and eights. The arrangements committee lists Mrs. Charles Vincent as chair with Mrs. Seale Harris Miss Augusta Hooks and Mrs KK Pope as sub chairs, with a notice urging members to submit names by Thursday January 22.
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Young Woman’s Christian Association
Battle House
Charles Vincent
Seale Harris
Augusta Hooks
KK. P. Pope
Board Up
George Leftwich
H. H. Clarke
R. V. Taylor
Lingle
J. P. Walters
M. Lott
J. W. McAlpine
Dan McNeill
A Merry Progressive Pea Nuts Party at George Street
Miss Margaret McDonald hosted a Friday evening party on George Street featuring six tables of progressive pea nuts. Winners were Miss Luella Tracy with a bonbon cup and Greg Doyle with a tie clasp. punch and refreshments followed, then an impromptu dance.
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Margaret McDonald
George Street
Luella Tracy
Greg Doyle
Miss Tracy
Helen McDonald
Bright “Finis
Alice Kelly
Elsie Malone
Ella Carlisle
Marguerite Kelly
Mabel Markess
Lillian Brown
Neily Kelly
Ethel Shoemaker
Meridian
Mrs. Willis
Alita Wilson
Fred Brettel
John Bussy
John Creary
Vidmer Mason
Guy Airey
Irving Hawkins
Robert McDonald
Emile McLeod
Earl Maxfield
Albert Mason
B. T. Alvarez
C. J. Kelly
Joe Alvarez
The Piper Returns at Lyric for Scholarship Fund
The A B S S presents The Piper at the Lyric next Saturday January 24 with matinee 2 15 p m and night 8 p m Proceeds support the scholarship fund Eight dozens of patrons listed include Mr and Mrs Henry Hall Jr Judge O J Semmes Mrs C N Owen Mrs Alex Howard and others
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the Lyric
Henry Hall, Jr
O. J. Semmes
C. N. Owen
Alex Howard
G. M
Craighead
Widow J oins Catholic Faith in Rome
In Rome an American colony believes Mrs. Philip Van Valkenburg travels there to join the Roman Catholic Church. Known as the "$10,000,900 widow" before marriage, she has again sought divorce, and it is thought she will seek Vatican annulment of her marriage after confirmation, arguing the wedding was not performed by a Catholic priest.
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Rome
Philip van Valkenburg
van Valkenburg
Cast Players Present Hamelin Pageant Strolling Enthralls
Hamelin crowd gathers for a staged pageant by Cast Principals including Binertte cocheseur Hilda Kern Michael and Neva Shillito. Characters such as Jacobus the Burgomeister, the Devil, and various townsfolk appear in a festive tableau with a crowd of men women children nuns and priests witnessing the performance.
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Rhett Goode
Ellen Ligon
William Mastin
Binertte Cocheseur
Hilda Kern Michael
J. McAndrew
Neva Shillito
Hamelin
Jacobus
Burgomeistes
Hortense Reiss
Barbara
Edna Thurman Kurt
Eloise de Winter Ancelm
Myrtle Tully
Ursula
Edna Lewis
Hans
Peter
Madeline Johnson
Jan
Nellie Berouson
Suies
Helen Ties
Aimee McCormick
Sree
Frances Dean Reynolds
Fialere
Madeline Hirshfield
Engagement of Sophie Yockers to Charles Gelbke
Mr. John Yockers announces the engagement of his daughter Sophie to Charles W Gelbke. Their wedding is set for high noon January 27 at the Cathedral Rectory. Card notices not sent. Miss Ethel Hoyle travels to Montgomery to visit Miss Lucife Freeman in Cloverdale.
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Gelbke-Yockers
John Yockers
Sophie
Charles W. Gelbke
Ethel Hoyle
Montgomery
Lucife’ Freeman
Cloverdale
Hoffman Announces Daughter Louisa Hoffman to Joseph Richard
Mrs Sophie Hoffman announces the marriage of her daughter Louisa Hen rietta Hoffman to Mr Joseph Francis Richard on December 24 1913. The couple will reside in Birmingham, drawing regret from friends in Mobile.
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Richard Hoffman
Sophie Hoffman
Louisa Henrietta Hoffman
Joseph Francis Richard
Richard
Horne
Birmingham
Mobile
Annual meeting of ung Woman's Christian Association
All members and friends are invited to the annual meeting to start the new fiscal year on Wednesday at 3 20. Seven board seats will be elected and officers and committee chairmen will present brief reports. Social hour follows under Mrs Henry Hall Clarke and Mrs J H Patterson with music and refreshments. Friday evening vesper service drew a large crowd with Rev M Donnelly speaking on service and a vocal solo by Mrs W M Ezelle.
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The
ung #Woman's Christian Association
Henry Hall Clarke
J. H. Patterson
M. Donnelly
W.M. Ezelle
R. P. Pore
Religious Work Committee
Finance Committee
Alabama Woman Builds School in New York City
Special to The Item. Mrs. T. Darrington Semple, founder and principal of the Semple School for Girls, rises from Alabama roots to run a long established New York City school. Her daughters Ellen and Emily assist, while her home and school sit near Central Park West. The piece notes her youthfulness, charity plays at the Plaza raising funds for the Fresh Air Fund, Red Cross beds, and Polyclinic Hospital, and she states woman’s place remains in the home.
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New York
T. Darrington Semple
Semple School For Girls
Semple
Central Park
Eighty Fourth Street
Ellen Semple
Emily Semple
Plaza
Red Cross Hospital
Polyclinic Hospital
Henry J. Sayres
Y W C A Extension Work Continues In 1913
The committee aims to start its work at the new fiscal year beginning January 1 and finish quickly, ideally within the first month. Weekly hoon meetings at Kahn Manufacturing are led by Mrs. Wells Protzman and attract strong attendance. Rev. Richards conducts a Bible class that closed in January with high praise and plans for renewal. The December Association Monthly notes many buildings erected or under construction in 1913 across cities including Charlotte and sites in Ontario and Canada.
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Kahn Manufacturing Company
Wells Protzman
Richards
Association
Atham Charlotte
N. Os
Canada
Indictments Sought for Moyer and Union Leaders in Copper Strike
Special Prosecutor Nicholls aims to bring back Charles H. Moyer C B E Mahoney and other Western Federation of Miners officers for trial after grand jury indictments in copper strike violence. Thirty three arrests have been made. court calendar nears 200 cases. Big Annie Clemens, Calumet strike leader, is seriously ill with pneumonia.
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Grand Jury
Nicholls
Moyers
Charles Tanner
Federation
Circuit Court
MacDonald
Congress
Annie” Clemens
Calumet
Junior Order reinstates and initiates members in council
At its regular meeting last Tuesday night at 7 30 o clock Junior Order United American Mechanics Council No 6 reinstated and initiated several members. A visiting brother from Nashville Tennessee praised the order and its degree work. A delegation will present a flag to Theodore Public School on January 24.
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United American Mechanics
Council No. 6
Nashville
Tenn
Theodore Public School
Diner dansante at Battle House Hosts Elite Society
Mobile society gathered for a prominent dinner dance at the Battle House main dining room. Mrs. M. F. Kirkbride hosted sixteen. several tables were filled by Mr. Curtis Bush, A. J. Ahlum, A. R. Minnis, Paul Danner, Ww. Hl. Bethea, W. W. Cummock, W. K. Syson, te Mechem Jr., Mrs. Harry Donald, and many others.
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Battle House
M. F. Kirkbride
Curtis Bush
A. J. Ahlum
A. R. Minnis
Paul Danner
Ww. Hl. Bethea
W. W. Cummock
W. K. Syson
Te Mechem, Jr
Harry Donald
Quaker Maids Hold Second Anniversary Dance
The Quaker Maids held their second anniversary dance at German Relief Hall on Monday night led by Miss Katherine Bowers and Miss Irene Deegan. The hall featured bamboo decor and a palm-screened orchestra. At nine, the group marched in to Come to the Ball sung by Mr. William Gags, with new dances continued to a late hour.
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Katherine Bowers
Irene Deegan
William Gags
Washington Graduates Seek Theodore Roosevelt as UW President
A movement by University of Washington graduates forms to back Theodore Roosevelt for president of the university. The Seattle action aims to influence the school’s leadership and future direction.
Preferred death to a separation in Illinois marriage tragedy
In Cortland near DeKalb Illinois on January 17 Jack Aldis 25 and his 18 year old wife fled to Iowa to escape censure over their marriage to his niece. They returned when an annulment was pursued and died together by drinking carbolic acid embraced in each other’s arms. The tragedy followed family and social backlash over the union.
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Dekalb
Jack Aldis
Cortland
Here
Aldis
Iowa
Confirmation of Col. William C. Gorgas for surgeon general
President Wilson sent to the senate the nomination of Colonel William C. Gorgas chief sanitary officer of the Panama canal as surgeon general of the United States Army. The nomination was referred to a committee and is expected to be acted on next week with broad expectation of confirmation.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
William ©. Gorgas
Panama Canal
United States Army
Col. Gorgas
Fears Invasion Spark US Naval Torpedo Boat Plan
Washington reports a bill from Representative Rufus of Texas to appropriate 4 million dollars for eight submarine torpedo boats to guard Gulf territory amid fear of a Mexican invasion. The measure, backed by Mr. Hardy, aims to allow immediate navy contracts, despite his past opposition to expanding the fleet.
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International News Service
Washington
Exas
Rufus
United States
Gulf
Hardy
Mr. Hardy
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Night Turnkey John New Urgently With Ill Mother
Acting night turnkey John New went to Cottage Hill on Saturday night to tend his mother Mrs New who suffered pain and was said to be dying.
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John New
Cottage Hill
Mrs. New
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