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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1913

Page

5

Society Pend News of Feminine World Visits and Returns

Society notes report Mrs. O R Moore returning home from Jackson Alabama after visiting her parents Dr and Mrs Cannady. Carrie McGill Dickens returns to Mobile from Montgomery after a weekend at Prattsville with G I Harris and J H Hastings. Marry Motley visits Jackson sisters Carrie Motley and J C Moore while Annie Mae Krassin visits Mobile from Mount Vernon. Harry Wolf and wife with baby stay at Metzger cottages Battle’s Wharf with aunt Kate Burns as infant ill seeks sea air cure.

O. R. Moore Carrie McGill Dickens Mobile Montgomery Dan Pratt Prattsville G. I. Harris J. H. Hastings Marry Motley Carrie Motley J. C. Moore Jackson Ala Harry Wolf Baby Kate Burns Battle’s Wharf

Thought for the Day on women as family’s guide and salvation

A reflective quotation from the French about a wife and mother shaping community destiny. It frames a woman’s duty and love as the guiding star of the conjugal ship and the future of all within her care, stating woman determines family salvation or destruction.

Summer Weddings and European Plans Highlight Gulf City Life

Early morning double wedding at St John’s Church opens a week of weddings in Mobile. Miss Maggie Leona McPhillips weds Thomas A Leavitt at St Matthews while Miss Lucille Pistole and William Lockler marry at the Tabernacle. Arthur William Frank and Mabel Eloise Droste wed in New Jersey at Hoburg. Mobile couples announce engagements for autumn and a musician Miss Belle Tilden tours Europe visiting Naples Rome Florence and Chamonix. Edna Manning writes from Europe as Mobile girls plan a six month 1914 tour with Paris opera and shopping trips in sight.

Sirius St. Swithim Jupiter Pluvius Dan Cupid St. John’s Gulf City St. Matthews Church Maggie Leona McPhillips Thomas Alphonse Leavitt Tabernacle Lucille Pistole William Lockler New Jersey Arthur William Frank United States Navy Mabel Eloise Droste Hoburg Mobile Miss Belle, Tilden Linda Gi Charmounix Miss Tilden Naples Rome Florence Stresa Charmounix Mer de Glace Brullen Switzerland Chamounix Geneva Montreux Lake le

Local society voyage to Selma aboard Sunny South

A group including Misses Gertrude Burke Claudia Mare chal Hattie Duggan Florence Kraus and Mrs John M Wilson with hostess Lizette Turner enjoyed a trip to Selma and a return voyage on the Sunny South They spent a day in Central City with an automobile ride included in the outing.

Gertrude Burke Claudia Marechal Hattie Duggan Florence Kraus John M. Wilson Lizette Turner Selma

Eastern Shore Voyagers And Summer Visitors

The article notes Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wilson of Dallas Texas visiting at Zandels with Captain and Mrs. E D Peppers and entertaining friends. Miss Sallie McKee and Miss Willie McKee from Arlington Texas join the travelers en route home. A Mobile Lodge social boat ride and dance is planned, with a hay ride to Sweet Water Springs at Point Clear for today including refreshments and dancing after return.

Zandels Lee Wilson Dallas Tex E. D. Peppers Sallie Willie McKee Arlington Texas Point Clear Sweet Water Springs

Summer Social Notes From Virginia Beach and Nearby

At Virginia Beach Mrs Rittenhouse Moore and Mrs Henry Goldthwaite are there with Mr Rittenhouse Moore Jr recovering from illness. Mrs L E Herman and daughter Helen visit Healing Springs after Chicora guest period. A St Patrick's Hall card party scheduled for 8:30 PM. Miss Wilson arrives from Petersburg to stay with sister Mrs Macklin. Van Alen Holloman returns from Selma. Mr and Mrs George Wi return from Fairhope. Lee McGuire family go to country home. Miss Annie Graham visits Whistler.

Virginia Beach Rittenhouse Moore L. EE. Herman Helen C. W. Stollenwerck Chicora Miss Healing Springs Miss Wilson Mrs. Macklin Petersburg Mrs. Lee McGuire

Woman's Missionary Society schedules summer meetings

The Broad Street Methods Episcopal Church group will meet twice monthly in summer with the first Monday for business and the third Monday for literary and social sessions. A recent Monday gathering at President Mrs. W P Owens home featured a study on Mormon ism, followed by refreshments. Guest Mrs. M J Compton of Montgomery visited while staying with her daughter Mr J A Galatis.

Woman's Missionary Society Woman's Missionary Society of Broad Street Methods Episcopal Church W. P. Owens George Carpenter Atermelon Owens Delher M. J. Compton Montgomery J. A. Galatis

Farewell Party Honors Rev J E Wallace at Franklin Street

Sixteen young ladies from the Franklin Street Presbyterian Church hosted a surprise farewell for Rev. J E Wallace who departs for Westminster South Carolina this week. They presented a sterling silver cream ladle to the couple and music filled the evening at five tables with cream cake and mints served by Louise Pringle May Hughes Gertrude Weinand Catherine Braun and Nannie Lou Giles.

Franklin Street Presbyterian Church J. E. Wallace Westminster S. C Wallace Louise Pringle May Hughes Gertrude Weinand Catherine Braun Nannie Lou Giles

Widows of Frost Start New Life with Children

The widows of Wilfred B. Frost, a bigamist, began anew on Chicago's North Side with their four children. They resolved to live together and teach the children to respect their father’s memory, saying it is their duty to rectify his mistake. The Chicago children include a son, 21, and a daughter, 18.

Associated Press Chicago Wilfred B. Frost

Man Drinks $12,000 Worth of Incident Juice

A man reportedly consumes juice labeled incident juice totaling about 12000 dollars in a year. The report notes the high spending amid dubious purchases and potential health concerns.

Memphis Businessman Dies Saving Woman in River Rescue

Memphis Tenn July 23 Wealthy businessman L W Dutro drowned in the Mississippi River near Owens Bar while attempting to rescue Mrs Frankie Bradford Gwynne from drowning. Dutro formerly Memphis postmaster and a Tennessee political figure. body and the young woman not recovered. Dutro 56 born Fayetteville Ohio moved to Memphis 25 years ago. indicted for soliciting campaign contributions as postmaster, fined one cent and costs.

Associated Press Memphis Tenn W. Dutro Mississippi River Frankie Bradford Gwynne Dutro Tennessee Owens Bar

Bronze Maine memorial tablet sent to Montgomery Blues

A bronze memorial tablet commemorating the destruction of the USS Maine in Havana harbor in 1898 has been received by the Montgomery True Blues from the U S Navy. The 18 inch square tablet, made from material salvaged from the wreck, will adorn the Blues armory walls.

Montgomery Ala Maine Havana Harbor Montgomery True Blues United States Navy’ Department Blues

FIRST REGIMENT CAMPS AT MOBILE

Arrangements set for encampment of Alabama infantry regiments. Second and fourth regiments to camp at East Lake Birmingham from July 28 to August 2 and August 6 to 13. First regiment to camp at Mobile from August 11 to 18. Possibility of changing site for the fourth regiment. Captains ordered to be ready for camp on August 6.

Montgomery Ala Alabama East Lake Birmingham Mobile

Miss Jessie Wilsons Fiance Faithful To Duty And Cupid

New York July 28 A young law student in District Attorney Whitmans office Francis B Sayre works hard avoiding distraction as he prepares to wed Jessie Wilson daughter of the president Sayre is granted extra Saturdays off to visit Cornish New Hampshire where Mrs Wilson and her daughters spend summer Colleagues note he mails every letter himself after finishing work suspicious envelopes show no address but hint a summer rendezvous at Cornish NH

New York Whitman Francis B. Sayre Jessie Wilson Young Sayre Cupid Sayre Cornish N. H New Hampshire

First Shubert production opens August 1 in New York

The first production of the season by the Shuberts in New York will be The Gentleman From No 19 set to open August 1. The note about family humor remarks that a happy home keeps a watermelon piece for father.

The Shuberts New York

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News of Feminine World Messrs Lola and Maggie Barry Whistler Annie Mae Krassin Mount Vernon Bell Alps Edna Manning Paris Miss Manning Mobilians Europe Duc de la Paix St Honore Boulevard Hausman Mobile Lodge No St. Patrick’s Hall van Alen Holloman Mrs. George Wi City Fairhope Annie Graham Rev L. W. Dutro Frankie Gwynne U.S. 8 Navy Department Maull Bros St. Louis Miss Jessie Wilson Duty District Attorney's Office Lyon Mfg. CO South Fifth St Brooklyn, N.Y Eee Hae Lyonn é.Co Brooklynn Priet the Peoples Bank State of Willis & Percy Jewelers and Silversmiths Dauphin Street Yeend Potter Co Lisle Hoseck Sella Jane Hopkins Gingham and Chambry
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