Early Morning Society Wedding of Harriet Peterson and Augustus Flynn
Miss Harriet Alma Peterson and Mr. Augustus H Flynn wed at 5 45 am in a dawn ceremony attended by sister Myrtle Peterson and best man Wilmer Miller. The couple planned a New Orleans honeymoon then home to a Brown Street bungalow. A Sunday reception and Monday supper hosted friends marked the joyous occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Alma Peterson
Augustus H. Flynn
A. P. M. Peterson
Myrtle Peterson
Wilmer Miller
Captain Peterson
New Orleans
Brown Street
Arthur Dolores Willamor
Hslava Street
Debutantes Play Bridge in Farewell at Fowlkes Home
Four favorites in youthful coteries Miss Marguerite Wefel Miss Eva Homer of Asheville her guest Miss Hilda Broadwood and Miss Lucile Rush enjoyed a game as substitutes yesterday when Miss Agnes Fowlkes entertained the Monday Bridge Club. This affair is a bit of a farewell on the hostess part as she.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Wefel
Eva Homer
Asheville
Hilda Broadwood
Lucile Rush
Agnes Fowlkes
Darkens Gray Hair Makes it Beautiful
If your hair is gray, streaked with gray, apply Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer to darken and beautify hair. It is not a dye, nor greasy, nor sticky and helps the scalp, stops dandruff, itching, and hair loss, with growth benefits. Sold for 50 cents by Van Antwerp Drug Co., Mobile, Alabama. Out of town by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Antwerp Drug Co
Mobile
Ala
Fire in refuse destroys Hermanville town
Hermanville, a town of 1 200 near Jackson Mississippi, was nearly razed by fire that consumed the bank hotel six stores four residences the railroad station the Masonic temple and many smaller buildings. The blaze started in refuse behind a store and burned out before midnight with an estimated loss of 60000 dollars, partly insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Miss Lucile Rush Wins Prize at Mobile Seance Social
A Birmingham social event hosted a game for prizes with a pair of white silk hose awarded to Miss Lucile Rush, daughter of Mrs. Rush a renowned bridge player in Mobile. Consolation went to Miss Marguerite Festerazzi for a string of sea green beads. Salads and tea followed the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Lucile Rush
Wedding Music at Todd Wintersmith Ceremony
Mrs. Howard Walker the accomplished organist of the Christian Church led the Todd Wintersmith wedding in Gulf City with renowned musical talent. Miss Salome Garnett performed De Kovéns I Love You So and Mr. John Willis sang Cadman At Dawning, as harmony filled the church.
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Howard Walker
Christian Church
Gulf City
Todd- Wintersmith
Harmony Divine
de Kovén
You
Salome Garnett
John Willis
YWCA Luncheon Preparations Set for Thursday Meeting
Mrs. C E Vincent and the YWCA ladies’ committee plan a Thursday morning session at the association rooms to finalize luncheon arrangements for the January 26 Battle House event. Helpers with unreported table counts must attend and submit lists by January 22. No business Monday during luncheon hour.
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C. E. Vincent
Y.W. C.A
Association Rooms
Battle House
Seale Harris
R. P. Pope
Augusta Hooks
Philstrom
Wooden shoes echo in Paris streets and schoolyards
In Paris Latin Quarter narrow lanes echo with clattering wooden shoes worn by children in long black aprons and coarse white socks. The upturned soles strike cobbles as they march to the ecole communale, a vivid note alongside Browning's Hamelin image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamelin
Holland
Paris
Ecole Communale
Golden Anniversary
Fifty years ago on January 21 1864 a Mobile Confederate captain obtained a furlough and traveled to Williamsburg South Carolina to be received in a family circle as a husband and father in a new home after his service.
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Williamsburg
West Point Route Buys Six All Steel Day Coaches
The West Point Route ordered six all steel day coaches at about $60,000 for delivery in May. They will be used on local Montgomery to Atlanta trains and replace partly steel cars with fully steel bodies. The new cars will be vestibulated and include modern improvements while discarded wooden-bodied cars remain for emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
West Point
Atlanta
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary of Captain and Mrs. Preston
On a radiant 1914 day Captain and Mrs. Simon Franklin Preston celebrate fifty years of marriage. They reside on Preston Avenue in Oakdale in an antebellum home famed for its white columns and jasmine scented garden.
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Simon Franklin Preston
Preston
Preston Avenue
Oakdale
Weddings and Social Events in City Notices
A morning wedding at 5 45 at the Cathedral Rectory unites Miss Marriet Alma Peterson and Mr. Augustus Flynn. The day features bridge parties, sewing circles, a Frohsin rehearsal at German Relief Hall, Rosa Bauer Sewing Society meeting, Saint’s Guild, a China shower for Miss Opa Allison, YWCA annual meeting with board election, and social hour led by Mrs. H H Clarke and Mrs. J H Patterson. Auctioneers event occurs at 3 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marriet Alma Peterson
Augustus Flynn
St. Clair Sewing Circle
St. Mary's Asylum
Conti Street
Rosa Bauer Sewing Society
B'nai
Saint’s Guild
S. S
J. W. Kane
Opa Allison
Catherine Street
H. H. Clarke
J. H. Patterson
FE. S. Lavretta
Mrs Edward Moore Honored At American Beauty Dinner Party
A Birmingham social circle honors Mrs Edward Moore at a Vineyard dinner for Dr and Mrs Harry Inge. Table decor features American beauties roses with red bontonnieres for men and matching rose cards listing guests including Huntsville figures and local couples. Music by Rowley Orchestra enhances a gala evening of dancing and wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Edward Moore
Birmingham
Harry Inge
Marion Inge
Winston Garth
Huntsville
Willis Garth
William Atkinson
Sydney Prince
Gregory Smith
Dance and Reception Announced in Gulf City Carnival Season
Mrs S S Rubba plans an afternoon reception and evening dance on February 13 in compliment to Mrs E A Rhodes of New York and to introduce her granddaughter Miss Margery Caldwell. Rhodes and Caldwell arrive February 10 to join Gulf City Carnival social events. Maye Garrett Wedding Announced details engagement of Lily Corinne Garrett to James McKenzie Maye with ceremony at noon January 24 on St Joseph Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maye-Garrett
A. L. Garrett
Lily Corinne
James McKenzie Maye
St. Joseph Street
Mobile
Miss Garrett
Maye
Cold cure recipe promises rapid relief
An old newspaper ad touts a remedy to break a cold in a day using Globe Pine Compound and glycerine mixed into whiskey. Directions specify dosing after meals, with child recommendations by age, and note sealed half ounce bottles. The claim: formula from a reliable doctor and certain results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neiekly
Canada’s High Commissioner Strathcona Dies in London
Lord Strathcona, 94, longtime head of the Hudson Bay Company and Canada’s high commissioner in London, died at 1 55 am after a prolonged illness. Born Donald Smith, he rose from Hudson Bay clerk to head governor, opened Western Canada, pressed the CPR across the continent, and spent his later years in London promoting Canada. His heir is daughter Margaret Charlotte Bliss Howard.
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Associated Press
London
Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
Canada
Donald Smith
Hudson Bay Company
British North America
Labrador
Montreal
Lord Wolesley
West
Lord Strathana
Canadian Pacific
Europe
Empire
Victoria
Margaret Charlotte
R. J. Bliss Howard
Strathcona
House of Lords
Earl of Wemyss
Quartet of Sisters Win Popular Favor in Mobile Society
The article notes a quartet of charming sisters enjoying wide popularity in Mobile with Mr Maye a well known young businessman now based in Little Rock Arkansas. Maye formerly served as a department manager for Van Antwerp Drug Corporation in Mobile and is son of Rev Ernest C Maye a Methodist minister once stationed in Mobile. Mrs Lyons sister of the bride to be will host a gathering at the Lyons home Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Maye
Little Rock
Ark
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Ernest C. Maye
Opelika
A. S. Lyons
Lyons
Oyster Supper by the Trinkty Workers at Parish House
The Trinkty Workers announce an oyster supper at Parish House located at 257 State Street on Friday evening January 23 from 6 30 to 10 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Street
Gaillard Withdraws From Third District Race
Attorney S F Gaillard will not seek revenue and road commissioner in the Third district. He leaves Irvington and W H Deichar amid a contested field as Gaillard enters the railroad commissioner race for Alabama.
YMCA Gym Reports Record Attendance for 1913
The Y M C A gymnasium lists 1913 as a peak year with 15098 total attendances, 790 classes, and 6005 individuals. A noon business men class starts February 2, and a new intermediate high school class boosts plans toward 1000 annual classes. Special beginner work will ease new starters into regular norms.
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Y. M. C. A. Gymnasium
First Strawberries Debut as Mobile Enjoys Early Spring
Home grown berries made their debut in Mobile with the first strawberry harvest after an early winter freeze. Abnormally spring like weather prevails and H. C. Cochran of Satsuma produced the first berries. A man was seen wearing a straw hat on the streets ahead of Mardi Gras.
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Mobile
H. C. Cochran
Satsuma
Block of Buildings Burned at Vicksburg
Vicksburg Miss January 21 Fire destroyed the Spengler Sash and Door Factory a coal yard and adjoining houses across a block. All wires in the area were down and flames were confined to the block. Origin unknown. Loss estimated at 45000 a portion covered by insurance.
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Associated Press
Vicksburg
Miss
Spengler Sash
Iinsurance
M and B C Gives Contract For 10 Miles Of Road
A ten mile section south of Fairhope was let Wednesday by the Mobile and Baldwin County Railroad directors to J M Gillis of Brewton. President M H Miller stated the project advances the line toward Pensacola, leaving about twenty five miles remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhope
Mobile and Baldwin County Railroad
J. M. Gillis
Brewton
M. H. Miller
Pensacola
New Y M C A League To Be Organized Friday
A meeting will be held Friday night to organize a new Y M C A basketball league. A committee will select players for four teams as the Ramblers prepare to face Brewton on Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Y. M. C. A. League
Y. M. C. A. Ramblers
Brewton Five
Nugent Resumes Night Turnkey Duty After Suspension
William Nugent, suspended December 22 for 30 days over three prison escapes, will return to duties as night turnkey at police headquarters on Thursday night. The city commission held him responsible for the escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nugent
Nugent
Kountz Escapes Again Then Receives Six Months
Franklin P. Kountz who was serving two years for grand larceny escaped last December after robbing workers and fellow inmates of money and jewelry. He was recaptured at Polahatchie and brought to Mobile where Judge Henry Clarbain sentenced him to six months labor to be added to his current term. after release he will face further grand larceny charges.
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Franklin P. Kountz
Mobile
Polahatchie
Henry Clamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Civil Service Exams Announced for Lab Assistant and Chemist
United States civil service examinations are listed with a laboratory assistant in peltrographs for a male candidate on February 18 19 and a research chemist for a male candidate on February unspecified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service
Danish Prince Penalized for Italian Marriage
Prince Ange, cousin of King Cha X, has been ordered on furlough from the army for one year after marrying Italian countess Calvi de Bergato in Turin. Court circles expect permanent retirement from the army and possibly a move to farming in Morocco, as Prince Axel travels to Italy for royal family talks.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Prince Ange
Cha X
Calvi de Bergato
Turin
Denmark
Morocco
Prince Axel
Italy
Prince Angeé
Progress at State Masonic Home in Montgomery
S C Williams, superintendent, says two cottages for aged residents will be ready by February 1 with 40 beds each and the main building can house 60. total capacity 100. There are 46 residents now and an infirmary contract will be let within thirty days thanks to an $8,000 donation from the Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star of Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
S. C. Williams
Alabama Masonic Home
Williams
Grand Chapter
Order of Eastern Star of Alabama
Planned Annulment Sought After Daughters Wedding
Joseph T. Alonzo married Miss Weather Warren at St Matthew's Rectory with Rev Father Dunne officiating. Warren family officials held police talks to pursue annulment options, while Mrs Warren abandoned seeking a warrant after police input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T. Alonzo
Wsther Warren
Robert K. Warren
Mobile Street Railway
St. Matthew's Rectory
John W. Dunne
Helen Warren
Mobile
New Orleans
Crenshay
Mr. Warren
I T
Former head of K C road wins his suit
Col Merril Beers former head of the M J and K now N O M C sued Ww De Stratton of New York to recover 221000 on promissory notes. A law and equity court jury returned a verdict in favor of Merrill for the amount asked. The notes were endorsed to the Rose Lumber Company during the Rose Lumber Company period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Frank B. Beers
N. O
de Stratton
New York
Law and Equity Court
Col. Merril
Merrill
Rose Lumber Company
Rose Lumber Comp
Merrill, Mias
Moriniere to Lecture on King Lear at Battle House
The Rev. Father B. C. Moriniere of Spring Hill College will speak Wednesday at 8 oclock in the Battle House auditorium on King Lear. Proceeds benefit the Spring Hill College Association’s impro fund. Previous lectures drew large audiences and strong advance sales were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle House
B. C. = Moriniere
Spring Hill College
Spring Hill College Association
Thalla Moriniere
BromO Quinine Laxative Box Cited in Grove Claim
A fragment notes a laxative product labeled Bromo Quinine with E. W. Grove on the box and a price of 25e. The text suggests a product claim or lawsuit context but provides limited details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Appeal Urges Aid for Odom Family at Lodging House
Police renew appeal for charitable help for Mrs. Odom and her five children living at 113 1 2 Governn lodging house. Mrs. M B Donegan, who runs the lodging place, was burned while trying to extinguish a fire on one of the daughters and may be owed compensation.
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Monday Bridge Club
BOWAB_ BROS
Dauphin Street
Hermanville
Castoria
Annah
Mrs. Edward Moore
Lord Strathcona and Mount
Royal
Hudson Bay CO
Up West
Kountz
Warner
Warners
Cme
C. J. Gayfer & Co
C.J. Gayfer & Co
State Masonic Home
K. C. Road
FR. DE la’ Moriniere
Odom
DR. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
R.V. Pierce
L.A. Buffain
Common Sense
I. V. Pierce
M. D
First National Bank
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