Sorority Bridge Party Highlights Tuscaloosa Trio
Two Tuscaloosa girls Misses Camille and Augusta Searcy attended a sorority bridge event in Mobile hosted by Miss Anna Boulet of Kappa Delta. Decorations featured white and green colors and white rose clips. Prizes went to Miss Helen Johnston and Miss Genevieve Watson, with souvenirs for the honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Camille
Augusta Searcy
John T. Cochrane
Esterday
Anna
Kappa Delta
D gGfine
Corinne Roberts
Genevieve Watson
Helen Johnston
Chattanooga
Helen Tuttle
Birmingham
Leona Wetherbee
Ruth Burke
Dorothy Vaughan
Hinton Touart
D. R. Bettis
Montgomery
Camille Searcy
Lucille Warley
Margaret Goodbrad
May Belle Boulet
Studying Music, She Thrives on 50 Cent Diet
Owanda finds seventeen year old Clara S. Loewus thriving on a thrift diet priced at fifty cents weekly. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Loewus and pursues music with persistent willpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owanda
Clara S. Loewus
Emanuel Loewus
Miss Loewus
Social notes reveal Washington County visitors and travels
A roundup of residents and visitors across Mobile Pensacola and nearby communities. Names include Miss Marguerite Anderson Mrs Vaughn Mrs Barney Sheridan Jr Mr A W Brooks Laura Gould Curtis Partridge Adelaide Willis Helena Kindop Rose Marion Coates S S Tam Stewart LeBlanc T K Jackson Eichold Haas Julia Jones Clara Sims William Buck Ross Hennett and others. Residents plan extended or weekend stays and hosting duties at Belle Fontaine Pass Christian and Grove Hill.
Lightning Sets Fire To Pollock Building
A lightning strike hit a dwelling on North Carolina street and the Pollock building switchboard on Royal Street Conti, causing damage. Two fire companies quickly contained the blaze, extinguishing the stairway fire and using chemicals to quell the switch board flames. The dwelling owned by J. B. Forrest suffered only slight damage.
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Pollock
North Carolina Street
Broad
Royal Street
Conti
J. B. Forrest
Publishing houses file contracts for state textbook deal
Special to The Item. Montgomery July 17 Publishing houses awarded contracts by the State Textbook Commission have delivered their signed sealed agreements to State Superintendent H J Willingham. The new five year textbooks will be used in schools starting September 1. By a three fourths vote the commission may drop an unsatisfactory book at the close of the scholastic year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Text Book Commission
H. J. Willingham
Text Book Commission
Annual Frohsinn Boat Ride on Mobile Bay
The Gesang Verein Frohsinn hosted its annual boat ride aboard the Pleasure Gay on Mobile bay. Captain Marcelline steered a 15 mile cruise from Dauphin street, with FE H Shafer leading committees ensuring comfort and refreshments. Pope's Excelsior band provided music while members sang and danced on the upper and lower decks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Bay
Gesang Verein Frohsinn
Pleasure Gay
Marcelline
Dauphin Street
FE. H. Shafer
Pope
Excelsior
Public Health Worries Over Balkans Disease Spread
Surgeon General Blue reports smallpox in eastern Servia and cholera in Bulgarian forces in Macedonia. As thousands of Greeks and Bulgars return to the United States after Balkan conflict, public health concerns rise. Cholera spread from Turkish prisoners causes Bulgarian losses with a potential worsening if the war lasts through summer.
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Washington
Blue
Servia
Macedonia
Dental foes warn against decay and lax brushing
A 19th century health notice explains that sloth and forgetfulness, plus inferior dentrifices, threaten teeth. Lactic acid from trapped food particles damages enamel. regular brushing morning, night, and after meals with a good toothbrush is urged to prevent decay.
Sozodont Tooth Powder and Paste Promise Gentle Dentifrice
Advertising copy touts Sozodont Tooth Powder and Tooth Paste as polished for the mouth without scratches and free from grit and acid. The tone urges readers to consult their druggist for these dentifrices and asserts their superior performance.
Alabama Hotel Men Convene First Annual Convention
The first annual Alabama Hotel Men's Association meeting in Birmingham closed with a banquet. New officers include C. B. Hervey Mobile president and C. H. Nabb Birmingham vice president. Next gathering planned in Mobile with date to be announced. Efforts to deepen cooperation between hotel and traveling men noted. The opening session included a welcome by Vice President C. L. Hervey and J. J. Monaghan of the Battle House chaired resolutions on A. K. Stiles’s death.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Hotel Men's Association
Alabama
C. B. Hervey
Mobile
C. H. Nabb
J. W. Williams
Opelika
B. Wolff
Montgomery
P. C. Steele
J. J. Monagan
Joseph Dacovich
F. A. Robertson
CL. Hervey
J. J. Monaghan
Battle House
A. K. Stiles
Klosky
Slotel
Major General Wood Visits Atlanta on Inspection Tour
Secretary of War in Atlanta with General Wood and aides to inspect Fort McPherson. Brigadier General Evans greeted the party and led an informal post tour. Tour marks first stop in a broader tour of army posts with limited public entertainment due to brief stay.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Leonard Wood
James B. Aleshire
Quartermaster's Corps
Ree Bayard
J. Schindel
W. Pedigo
Bear Garrison
R. K. Evans
Fort McPherson
Garrison
United Stater
Resignation of Henry J Horn as B and M vice president
Boston and Maine Railroad announced the resignation of Henry J Horn from the vice presidency without explanation. Horn had previously held the vice presidency at the New Haven railroad during the West Point wreck and faces indictment related to that incident. He had retired from New Haven management a year earlier and earlier worked with the Great Northern Railroad.
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Associated Press
Boston
Henry J. Horn
Boston and Maine Railroad
Horne
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
West Point
Conn
New Haven
Great Northern Railroad
Debate at sixth international congress on religious progress
Paris hosts a key session of the sixth international congress on religious progress with a discussion on whether a universal religion is possible or desirable. Notable speakers include Etienne Emile Boutroux presiding, Samuel A. Eliot, Rudolph Otto, Theodore Reinach, Romolo Murri, Luorgi Luzsatti, and Hindu and Persian sect representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Etienne Emile, Boutroux
University of Paris
Academy
Samuel A. Eliot
American Unitarian Association
Rudolph Otto
Gottingen University
Theodore Reinach
Chamber of Deputies
Romolo Murri
Catholic Democrats
Talian
Luorgi Luzsatti
Hindoo
New Officers Elected by Knights of Khorassan
At the Imperial Palace session in Minneapolis yesterday, the Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan elected officers including Past imperial prince Thomas H. Hineline Minneapolis and imperial prince Charles KE Rice Buffalo N Y along with imperial Kasha George A Eubanks Atlanta imperial secretary Captain Charles Frye Columbus imperial treasurer Charles V Stansbury Los Angeles imperial kadi Rev John H Dickinson Goldsboro imperial sheik Lewis R Snowden Peoria Imperial acool Lillie M Quin Jackson imperial ikfir Gus Mese Spokane and imperial azim Khalter Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Imperial Palace
Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorassan
Thomas H. Hineline
Charles KE. Rice
Buffalo
N. Y
George A. Eubanks
Atlanta, Ga
Imperial
Charles Frye
Columbus
Charles V. Stansbury
Los Angeles
Cal
John H. Dickinson
Goldsboro
N. C
Imperial Sheik
Lewis R. Snowden
Peoria
Ill
Imperial Acool
Lillie
M. Quin
Jackson
Miss
Aviator Towers At His Old Home
Lieutenant John H. Towers chief of the U S Navy aviation corps visits Chattanooga for ninety days furlough staying with his mother on Eighth Avenue. He has apparently recovered from a 1600 foot hydroplane fall into Chesapeake Bay and plans to stay in aviation unless reassigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
John H. Towers
Aviation Corps
United States Navy
W. M. Towers
Eighth Avenue
Towers
Chesapeake Bay
scalp disease case from catoosa okla 1913
Willie Johns of R F D No 2 Catoosa Oklahoma reports a hard scaly patch on the head that spread, caused hair loss, fever, and sores. He credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with improvement and hair regrowth after use. Advertisement for Cuticura products and free samples follows.
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Catoosa
Okla
Willie Johns
Cuticura
Dept
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News of Feminine World
George B. Morewood
Geneva, Martz of
Ethel Savage
Belle
Hattie Willison
Battles
H. G. Donald
Mrs. Jarmon
Lieutenant Jarmon
A. F. Gaillard
Mrs
George Gaillard
Daphne
Mrs. McLeod
Citronelle
Erwin Craighead
Charles Tining
Kate Lining
Spring Hill
George Vaughn
Ethel Fry
Point Clear
Miss Fry
Bell
C. J. Moffett
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
C. J. Moffett Medicine Co
St. Louis, Mo
Uetae
the Traveler
Willis
Percy
the Peoples Bank
State of
Merchants Bank
Clara
Loewus
Conservatory of Music
Ithaca
Mrs. Vaughn
Marguerite Anderson
Pensacola
A. W. Brooks
Curtis
Lake Toxandy
North Carolina Mountains
R. L. Gould
Laura
Barney Sheridan, Jr
Henry Goldthwaite
Virginia
Mr. Rittenhouse Moore, Jr
J. T. Dumas
Mrs. Steele Partridge
Belle Fontaine
Mrs. Winslow Partridge
Adelaide Willis
Waynesboro
Helena Kindop
Grove Hill
S. S. Tam
Rose Marion Coates
Stewart LeBlanc
Admiral Semmes
Government Street
LeBaanc
Pass Christian
Mr. le Blanc
Mrs. T. K. Jackson
City
L. Eichold
Sixmund Haas
Waukesha
Clemens
Leo Brown
Mr. Brown
Clara Sims
Camden
Julia Jones
William Buck Ross
New Orleans
Jack F. Ross
Hennett
Helen Horn
Fairhope
B. Hervey
Wood
United States Army
Horn OF
B. & B. Road
Knights OF
Khorassan
Emile
Herpin
St. Emanu Strest
Capudine
Audié . Hicks
Aviator Towers
Cincinnati
City Ticket Office
South Royal Street
Mast Royal
Dauphin
A. N.maumenee Optometrist and Manufacturing Optician
North Royal Street
Mingle
Ansco
Ansco Films
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