Ladies Aid reception at First Christian Church
Mrs W W A Timbs hosted a pleasant reception for the Ladies Aid Society of the First Christian Church at her Palmetto Street home. Guests enjoyed a perfume prize contest, music by Mrs P H Gill and Miss Marjorie Adams, and refreshments served by Misses Timbs and Burgoyne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Little
Q. S. Adams
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Christian Church
Palmetto Street
J. F. Pope
A. Burgoyne
P. H. Gill
Marjorie Adams
Gladys
Adah Timbs
Antoinette Burgoyne
J. D. Sutton
C. M. Winter
H. Gill
F. L. Tapia
Hoffman
Hendrickson
Adams
F. Pope
Hill
Redogle
Shutz
Adah
Us Timbs
S. P. Speigel
Wing Picture Party
Cyrus Sibley
Cyris Sibley
C. J. Sibley
Crescent
A. S. Howle
Henry Farn
Fannie Sibley
Vernon
Sibley
le Dolive
Loxley
Elmore
Chester Cowan
Almore
Bessie Harris
Doris Tuttle
Mary Virginia Woolf
Selma
Albert Hotel
Journal
Birmingham
Harris
Mobile
Jackson
Thomasville
Clark County
Thoughts for the Day from a Sculptor’s Dream
A bishop inspires with lines on carving life as a sculpture. A boy and an angel vision symbolize shaping destiny with intent. The verse urges readiness to reveal heavenly beauty when life’s block is carved by God’s command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Doane
Flora Swetman Hosts Twelfth Birthday Party
Crichton Ala July 23 Flora Swetman entertained numerous friends at her twelfth birthday at her parents home 6 to 7 pm punch in hall and a cake with twelve candles after the meal. Guests included Verna Johnson Lela Mae McLean Ethel Roberts Annie Lucile Hamilton Jessie Tillman Ethel Goff and Grace Swetman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
H. Judd Roberts
Item Avenue
Brunner
Eniz Turnquist
Florala
Ala
Turnquist
Old Shell Road
Pensacola
Fila
July Birthday Page Invites Local Kids to Empire Theatre Party
The ITEM congratulates residents listed with birthdates and invites them to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon. Readers born in July, including Dorothy Fischer Dolores Fischer Vincent Cleveland Bell Curry Norman Nelson Katie Joseph Edward Murphey Victor Clarke Aurelia Roch Arthur Rayfield Ferdinand Karl and others, are asked to send full names addresses and birthdates to Children’s Auditor Mobile Item two days before their birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Fischer
Old Shell Rd
Dolores Fischer
Vincent A. Cleveland
Dearborn
Bell Curry
Elmira S&j
Empire Theatre
Women of Russia and American mothers suffer war's toll
Petrograd reports border women and home mothers endure brutal war effects. The piece extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a temperance tonic to aid womanly weaknesses and restore health, praising its natural, alcohol and narcotic free formula. It also notes Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate digestion and liver function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
America
Europe
Pierce
Ady
Range Personal Notes From Range Alabama
Miss Emma P Williamson left Friday to visit relatives in Mississippi. W D Wiggins timber inspector for Pensacola Lumber and Timber Co, inspected cross ties for export to England. W A Wall of Lenox brought peaches for sale and shipment. Mrs Nancy Stacy left the first of the week to visit friends on Route 3 from Brewton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salitpa
Frank Barry
R. A. Thompson
Loretta
Whistler
Union Chapel
C. T
Joe McCorquodale
J. J
Pitman
H. A. Fleming
Mobile
Marie
Maggie Neal Fleming
Coffeeville
Lonie Guy
John Kimbrough
Dorothy Griffith
Gulf City
W. W. McCorquodale
Blue Rock
Jackson
H. E. Bolen
Cunningham
J.R. Armistead
E. R. Guy
Robert Thompson
Grace
Pearl Davis
St. Stephens
Range Personals
Range
Ala
Emma P. Williamson
Mississippi
W. D. Wiggins
Pensacola Lumber and Timber Company
England
Wall of
Lenox
Nancy Stacy
Brewton
Alameda Personal Notes Reflect Local Visits and Builds
R S Cummings is having his residence completed. O Steele is whitewashing a lot this week. T O Steele and family from Fulton visited Alameda. Mrs Nettie Wilson postmaster at Dickinson visited town. Bernice and Lucille Wilson from Dickinson stayed with cousin Mrs J A Sherman. Jim Howell of Nettlesboro was in town on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda
Ala
R. S. Cummings
O. Steele
T. O. Steele
Marguerite
Fulton
Nettie Wilson
T. A. Wilson
Dickinson
J. A. Sherman
Bernice
Lucille Wilson
Jim Howell
Nettlesboro
Merritt Released by Club Amid Arm Injury
George Merritt, pitcher and utility man, has been released outright by the club due to an injured arm. The move was announced in Little Rock Arkansas on July 23.
Semmes Melons Tie 59-Pound Weight Exhibition
The 59 pound watermelon grown by J. M. Wulff of Semmes topped the vegetable display of Cashier Tonsmeire of National City Bank, then matched by a second 59 pound melon from Semmes cultivator C. M. Hartsock. Both melons are the largest on exhibit and bring praise to Semmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Wulff
Tonsmeire
National City Bank
Semmes
C. M. Hartsock
What Causes Tuberculosis Aids Debated In 1913 Medical View
Medical authorities link tuberculosis to decalcification and lime loss in the system. Eckman Alterative claims to supply calcium salts for better assimilation, aiding some tuberculosis cases without opiates or habit forming drugs. Sold by Braswell's Drug Store. Eckman Laboratory Frenne, iv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Carhart
San Antonio
Eckman
Braswell
Eckman Laboratory
Frenne
Thanks for help after fire at our homes
Mr and Mrs Thomas J Price and Mr and Mrs W R English thank friends and neighbors for aid and hospitality after their homes burned last Sunday July 18 in Park Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. J. Price
W. R. English
Park Avenue
Woman praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A 22 year old Sterling Connecticut woman recounts monthly fainting and weakness eased by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after reading a booklet Wisdom for Women. A Massena New York reader also endorses the remedy for painful or irregular periods and related symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling, Conn
Lydia E. Pinkham
John Tetreault
Massena
N.Y
Lydia E
Oakdale social notes share church, family visits and yields
Mrs Walters and children with sister Mrs Whittinger return from Springs after a pleas ed week. Master Willie Stall breaks right arm cranking an auto. Rev 8S Monroe accepts Oakdale Baptist pastorate and will preach for two weeks before moving to Nichols ville. A Summersell home gathering features music and dancing with local youths and several named attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale
Ala
Walters
Whittinger
J. F. Flowers
Springs
Jen Promere
Willie Stall
Charles Harper
New Orleans
Louis Rickett
Man
Birmingham
Monroe
Heaven
Hell
R. S. Summersell
Washington Avenue
Hurtel Street
Florence Huntley
Janie Summersell
Gussie Burke
Linda Moog
Trixie Venturini
Dorothy Morgan
Grace Morrison
Lydia Anna Scheuermann
Gladys Rose
Local wedding procession and church preaching schedule
A list of residents including Brewton Milne Byrd Reil and Summersell families appears alongside notices that Rev. P H Hensley will preach next Sunday at 11 am Broad Street Presbyterian and 7 30 pm Franklin Street Presbyterian. The text notes wedding gift prices and a three ring marriage ceremony as a humorous aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Franklin Street Presbyterian
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Anna Boulet
Bel
Irs. E. A
Besseer
Mrs. Holifield
Miss Quill Shannon
Houston, Texas
C. L. Waller
Mary DelBeuno
Citronelle
Thelma
Ruth Gill
Sea Cliff
Julian Murnan
Miriam
Virginia Thompson
Bessie Garrison
Marjorie Gill
Irma
Katie Yeend
Florence
M. A. Yuille
Robert
Jane
Robert J. Cleary
Dorothy
G. E. Gill
Orris Hogan
Gill
Ruth Johnson
Houston
Texas
Katherine Tonsmeire
Dorothy Mitchell
Elmore Cowan
Ora Cowan
Elizabeth Brooks
Beulah Gillette
Elizabeth duMont
Gavin Hunter
Battles
R. F. Gould
Bradley
Wylie Keyes
Lucille
West Point
Clarence Tones
Clarence Jones, Jr
Schuster Mineral
H.B. Williams
J. H. Williams
Offtanton Bend
O.L. Landrum
Emily
Ollie McClanry
Weaver
Jewel Weaver
Wilcox Progressive
Moss Point
Leighton Wagner
Tampa
Key West
New York
Wagner
Mrs. Jones
Miss Virginia
Atlanta
Mr. Jones
Alice Clapp
Louise Johnson
Montgomery Journal
Katherine Courtney
Beauvoir Club
Montgomery
Senator Hartwell
Thelma Allbright
Fort Davis
Thelma Davis
Roanoke
C. A. Stephenson
Lucille Allbright
Columbus, Ga
Susie Carmichael
Howell Coale
Mrs. Carmichael
Washington Square
Anna Enderle
St. Louis
Decatur
Chicago
Dan Boone
Marguerite “Festerazzi
Point Clear
Zetta Deakle
H. W. Bolton
One
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Burkholder
Louvella Erion
Business Omen
C. P. Wilcox
Butler
E. A. Enderle
Bladon Springs
Marshall Turner
Esther
Wayneefore
N. C
Dennis Burns
Pascagoula
Pascagoute
Mr. Turner
Cleveland House
Robert Cole
Cleveland Case
Cecilia Williamson
Wrenfree
G. Moore
Theodore
Grand Bay Times
T. W. Richerson
Bay Minette
Fairhope
Joe Roberts
C. Sorensen
Mrs. Morris
Prichard
Mr. Sorensen
Penne
Ome
A. J. Hatchett
John Deakle
Union Church
Mattie
Elizabeth Leary
L. M. Leary
Spring Hill Avenue
Meridian Star
James Frehern
Grand Times
Addie Slater
Robert C. Cowan
W. W. Gin
Galana
Albert
Sidney Boughton
Elma Reed
Bon Secour River
Royal Colton
W. W.middleton
Washington
Virginia
James L. Coleman Ance
Margaret Coleman
Iday
Wayneville
Helen Barron
Marion Gaines
Alfred Fitzgerald
Tex
Ike Fitzgerald
George Journonville
Louisiana
Busbee
Ruth Ledig
Minnie
Alma McKenzie
Maggie Nelson
N. Batiste
Grand Bay
R. Collins
Dauhter
C E. Larnham
J. H. Underwood
Magnolia Springs
Dannelly
Wayhesboro
Waynesburgo
D. C. Avent
Minnie Mountain
St. Elmo
C. C. Adams
A. E. Bouchard
Graham
Mary
Blanche
Daphne
George Gaillard
B. L. Richard
Theo. Bechtel
Rose
Vesta Laney
A. J. Davis
Ocean Springs
George Rosson
A. Y. Moore
Effie Malone
Gladys Fincher
Annie Lou McKellar
Inez’ Smith
Frank Casper
T. H. Halliwell
E. A. Little
Bessemer
Charles Barnett and Son
R. M. Buckley
Helen Minnis
Mildred Deas
Meridian Tar
L._ J. Swartson
Sayers
Maud Draysdale
Theo Bechtel
Miss White
Cooke
Charles Graf
Benz
Belle Fontaine
Dr. Pugh
Hunter
James. Hastings
Allan Barr
W. K. Barr
A. S. Johnson
H. R. Lewis
W. A.weaver
Warren H. Roberts
George B. Austin
C. M. Price
Gates
Miss Kelly
Sreeter
Sayer
John .Fox
Er. Otered
Sauth James
Bayou la
Cheon
C. D. Kenny CO
Dauphin St
Bauer
Sol Erm Drug and Shoe Stores
Crichton
Women OF
Russia
Sterling
CSCL
Odo-ro
Meyer
Castle Brand
Hershey’s
Vienna
Meyer’s
Swift
ietetBe
Henry C. Meyer
Jauphin and
Scott Streets
Merchants Produce & Commission CO
Bell
Water and St
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