The Mothers Prayer by Ada Tyrrell at The Item
A mother recalls her fallen son in a poem, folding a cambric frock and tiny shoes as she imagines his fate. The piece laments his courage and prays for his safe return, joining thoughts of war, sacrifice, and maternal hope.
Button Day Across Mobile Opens for July 4 Parade
Mobile residents and organizations join Button Day efforts led by Home Economics Club president Mrs James R Hagan and central committee to fund a major July 4 parade. By 9 30 a m 1800 buttons were sold at the post office with many clubs and districts listing volunteers and locations. Suffragists vote to join patriotic groups for parade participation while yellow badges will identify suffrage supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Ha-gan
Home Economics Club
Rhett Goode
J. K. Glennon
Elliot Johnstone
Mobile
Battle House
Henry Hall
Clara Cary
Garrett
Elise Hall
W. H. Monk, Jr
Katherine Monk
FE. M. Robinson
1St National Bank
Nannie Owen
R. P. Pope
W. L. Savage
Helen Horn
Isabel Pope
Emma McAlpine
Jessie Moore
Billen Dukes
Howard Gordon
Lillie Buck
Julia Buck
Marion Taylor
Antoinette
J. 8. Barrow
F. J. Thompson
Mary Gerald
Esthier Reynolds
Ohio Station
Laurie Reasonover
Helen Gil
Kittie Holloway
Edna Thurman
Bertha
Katie Curry
FPE Economics Club
Postoffice
Peoples Bank and Bienville Hotel
James R. Hagan
M. Carlin
Elizabeth Fonde
D. P. Bestor, Jr
E. C. Hughes
M. L. Bixler
J. W. Weldin
H. B. Crocker
Lillian Dreaper
Lois Stiles
Mary O’connell
Myrtle Whalen
Jack Hurlbert
Eleanor Gray
Lizzie Neely
Central Trades Council
jPostoffice
Percy G. DeWitt
L. Larsen
Roberta Dickens
Mildred
Mollie Thurber
Electra Semmes
Colston
U. Dd
Gayfer’s Corner
Louis Seawell
Robert Padgett
Gladice Murray
Lucy Crichton
George Kilborn
Florence Sibley
Stanley Finch
C. P. Robinson
Virginia
Sallie’ Blocker
Mobile Equal Suffrage Association
Mobile’ Equal Suffrage Association
Anna M.G. Holbrook
Pass Christian
Craighead
Cawthon Hotel
Shawhan
House Party Honors Miss Farrah At Fairhope Cottage
Miss Katherine Farrah of Tuscaloosa will be honored at a house party hosted by Miss Anna Boulet at the Baumhauer cottage in Fairhope. Attendees include Miss Margaret Goodbrad, Miss Marina Harvey of Florida, Miss Mildred Shaffer, Miss Anna Belle Courtright, and Mrs. Stonewall Boulet who will chaperone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Farrah
Tuscaloosa
Anna Boulet
Baumhauer Cottage
Fairhope
Miss Boulet
Farrah
Margaret Goodbrad
Marina Harvey
Florida
Mildred Shaffer
Anna Belle Courtright
Stonewall Boulet
Local Personal Visitors and Summer Plans in Mobile
Mobile residents and visitors are listed with summer plans and greetings. Mrs. Albert Hubler of Mobile visits her family on South Court Street, with husband to join next week. Miss Alile Kohn and Miss Angel Chapman are guests in Mobile and Chicago respectively, and many others plan trips to Bon Secour and Dauphin Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
M. Stamford
Mobile
Mobile Art Club
W. N. Owen
Coronal Institute
San Marcos
Tex
C. C. Peavy
Feagin
Miss Stamford
Montgomery
Kate Reasonover
University of Alabama
Albert Picket Reasonover
Francis R
Albert Hubler
R. S&. Williams
South Court Street
Grover Bell
Atlanta
Ar S. Cooper
Grove
Beauty Chats on facial reduction through diet and massage
The column advises reducing a fat face by diet and exercise, then massaging the skin to stimulate blood flow. It notes fat and leanness as conditions needing pure blood and health, and offers reader Q A guidance on creams and hair products with cautions about advertised goods.
Mexican Peace Propagandists Denied Authority in U S
The foreign office says Americans posing as peace commission members in the United States have no authority to speak for Mexico. Americans continue leaving for Vera Cruz in special trains. Local society notes report several residents visiting Mobile Meridian and Atlanta, with weekend plans and visits among friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
City
Foreign Office
United States
Vera Cruz
India Missionary Praises Cholera Remedy in Iowa Talk
A Des Moines church lecture featured a Indian missionary who recounted traveling into India where illness struck him. He credited Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life. He urged reliance on the remedy for milder bowel complaints seen in the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
Appointment of David Lloyd Gee as Minister of War
The Daily Chronicle reports the appointment details have been settled and Lloyd Gee will be named minister of war with an official announcement to follow shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
David Lloyd-Gee
The
Daily Chronicle
Russians claim Kolomea in East Minor front report
Russian official communiqué says Kolomea in East Minor region is under Russian control. The ongoing campaign focuses on ration issues and German pressure on the right wing of Brussiloff's army with stubborn defense around Kovel and possible German advance toward Lemberg and Stripa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Don
Koloméa
Mie
Geni Brussiloff
Kovel
Mage
Lemberg
von Bo
Russians Gain Ground Against Von Bothmer's Army
Berlin dispatches report Russian forces pressing Austrian troops under General von Bothmer. Austrian withdrawal to positions west of Saracen and in the upper Cseremocs valley is described amid a stubborn battle near Kelémea where Russian success forced Austrians to retire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Bothmer
Berlin
London
Kolomea
Galicia
Trian Front
Saracen
Cseremocs Valle
Kelémea
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BELL
Ada Tyrrell
Wednes
Cole
Barker Mills
Barker Cotton Mills Progressive Association
Raymond Parsons
Evie D’olive
Kate Nicol
Cen Trades Council
P. G. de Witt
Central Trade C Ouncil
Bienville Square
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Neighborhood Circle
H. B. McMillan
Charles Mohr
James Perry
J. B. Vergo
D. B. Dobbs
Henry Aldridge
White Mountains
W. D. Stratton
May Garner Tilney
New York
Marion Wilmer Jones
Children of the Confederacy
Edith Delchamps
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Christian Church
Ladies' Aid Society of the
W. J. Armstrong
Miss Farrah
Ala
Maple Camp
No. 5
Apollo
J. Bellancee
H. M. Bosarge
L. Ludvigsen
H. R. Lang
Ed. K. Cogburn
W. P. Ludvigsen
Deckard
G. W. Arras
Geo. E. Duffee
Geo. Seiple
KE. R. Seiple
M. Denmark
E. F. Koppersmith
F. White
J. T. Jones
G. B. Dure
J. N. Goodloe
C. Foreman
W. Duffee
A. P. Murphy
V. L. Fotter
Gus Seiple
L. Arras
F. L. Murphy
P. C. Boyle
W. S. Murphy
A. B. Jacobs
Misses Mable
Duff
Jamnita Seiple
Hattie Seiple
Hattie Spikes
Annie Mercer
Nina Wisner
Alice Brown
Anita Moll
Mattie Duffee
Ruth Duffee
Ormie Seiple
Craighead Club
Miss Norden
Hilda
Mabel Sundberg
Crichton
Anna Linder
Esther Norden
Miss Linder
Foley
Ladies of Charity
Bishop Allen
Old Shell Road School Improvement Association
J. L. Ramsey
Dauphin Way
B. of
L. E
B. of L. E
Alabama Federation
J. F. Hooper
Harper's Bazaar
Air State
Miss Angel Chapman
Chicago
Haywood Hunter
Citronelle
Lee Williams
Grover Johnston
George Guest
Foley, Ala
Harold
Julia Chastang
Frank Ramey
Citronelie
Walter Inge
Phares Coleman
Birmingham
Maria Haney
Chas
Mattie "Ane Kirkbride
F. E. Leake
A. L. Wood
St. Augustine
BE. B. Kirkbride
Lola Goodlow
May Delchamps
Delchamps, Ala
Dauphin Island
Katherine Hughes
Delia Webb
Hilda Broadwood
Point Clear
W. P. Cannady
Jackson
A. L. Bailey
Plainview
Texas
J. B. Long, Jr
Abbeville
R. Moore
Charles McClue
Detroit, Mich
Agnes Anderson
Women's Clubs
Berkshires
Augusta Séarcy
John T. Cochrane
Detroit
Camille Searcy
Cochrane
Monteagle
Augusta Hooks
R.B. Gordon
Tenn
Old Shell Road School Association
Old Shell Road School Improvements Association
Edna Kent Forbes
Mary J
Lyon Manufacturing CO
South Fifth Street
Brooklyn
Gallstones
Gallstone Remedy Co
Dearborn St
Nelson & Bailey
Royal Bf
U.S
Carranza
American Conservatory
Silvio Scionti
Miss Anderson
Mrs
Cedric Broach
Baby
Meridian
Sam A. Fowlkes
Dr. Fowlkes
Selma
T. C. Carter
Miss Sue Watson
Brewton
William Faucett
Miss Hall
Charles A. Hall
Andrew Coffin
Dauphin Teland
Oakland Six
F. O. B. Pontiac
Northate Street
Oakland
Mobile Oakland Motor Co
North Royal Street
T. H. Edney
Square Brand
Acteria
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