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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1915
Page
16
Arlington society carries lists of visits and travel from Miss Carrie De Van in Lamison to Mrs. Hamilton Dumas in town. Residents mention prayers, illnesses, fairs, and road meetings with many names and places such as Lamison, Pine Apple, Peach Tree, and Selma, plus notes on events in Turner ville and Salitpa.
Miss Ella Kimbrough and Miss Willie Ware left for summer school in Livingston. A visiting committee of preachers and laymen tours Baptist churches in the county to inform members of church conditions. Jas M Granade accompanies them by auto. Manning Spottswood of Mobile plans to start sap cross ties locally. Rev H E Wilson and Mrs Davis of Calvert are in town visiting relatives.
An old ad touts Q Ban Hair Color Re Storer promising to restore gray hair to a natural dark shade. It claims hair becomes lustrous and evenly dark, reduces itching and dandruff, and is not a dye. A seven ounce bottle costs 50 cents from Van Antwerp Drug Co with mail options for out-of-town buyers.
Irvinton Alabama notes record Dorothy McCune of Columbus Ohio visiting her grandmother Mrs. L H Hooper. Emma Low leaves for Michigan and Illinois. librarian duties pass to Mrs J W C Brown during her absence. Elizabeth Thurston and Mabel Montgomery visit Mobile. social at Mr and Mrs R W Thurston. Curtis Little Green helps in family ice business. Gordon and Wilcox of Rockford visit Gage Gordon.
Bigbee Alabama residents gathered at Sam Reynolds home for a social evening. Guests included Janie and Emm Rogers, Kate Napper, Trudy and Grace Pippin, plus John and Sam Reynolds, Ed Bart, Hiram Powe, Worthy Atchison, Joe Pippin, Turner Grimes, and Mr and Mrs W N Reynolds. Janie Reynolds later visited Frankville with Misses Daniels. A church campaign drew many locals to Frankville Sunday. Mrs J H Reynolds and Mrs E S Pippin visited Martha Pugh in Frankville Tuesday. A severe wind storm struck Tuesday night with little damage.
Miss Vic Causey left Wednesday for Springs where she will spend several weeks. Mrs Miller and her daughter Beatrix of Mobile are visiting Mrs J E Williams. Loretta Campbell entertained friends Monday night. Lola Lane returned home after visiting Williamsburg. Lina Causey weekended in Vinegar Bend. Mrs J G Williams hosted Mrs Miller at her home with flowers and games. After hours, guests enjoyed an ice course. Leslie Palmer returned home Wednesday. Laud Thornton and family moved into Escatawpa R F D. Maudie Sexton of Vinegar Bend visited Lina Causey Saturday. Ruth Collins and Sallie Platt were callers.
Free tuition to residents of Alabama and $20 to non residents promoted in a notice for the College of Veterinary Medicine with catalog details and address given.
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