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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1916

Page

6

Social notes of Mobile visitors and departures

Friends of Miss Sylvia Rakowsky learn she has left Mobile for visits in St. Louis Pittsburgh New York and Atlantic City before returning to Duluth in September. The column lists a string of guests visiting Mobile from New Orleans Birmingham Cincinnati Nashville Brewton and other places, with hotel stays and short trips.

Sylvia Rakowsky Mobile St. Louis Pittsburg New York Atlantic City Duluth Gulf City J. D. Sutton L. Jacobson Cincinnati J. H. Long Ada Moulton Birmingham

Wedding and society notices bloom in Mobile area

An interesting wedding for Miss Margie Gill and Mr. Carlos Blumenfeldt takes place with Rev Henry Wade Du Bose officiating. Mrs Julian B Parke of Selma visits Mobile to confer on suffrage matters with local leaders. Miss Nellie Slosson and Miss Agnes Johnson plan a multi city trip, while Provost joins the Volunteer Relief Association preparing a silk donation for Battery C. Misses Helen and Elsa Barron enjoy Battles Hotel hospitality.

Henry Wade du Bose Margie Gill Carlos Blumenfeldt Montgomery Pular Ater Washington, D. C Julian Parke Mobile Julian B. Parke Selma Key West Martin Holbrook Mobile Equal Suffrage Association First Nellie Slosson Fairhope Agnes Johnson Silverhill Oscar Johnson Miss Johnson Phillip Armstrong Denver Chicago Nellie Slosson Reuben Sundberg Provost Annie Moore Provost Birmingham Battery C Katherine Moore Battles Hotel Helen Elsa Barron Nellie Curran Oaw Training School Association W. D. Stratton

Resort Crowd Packs Eastern Shore Hotel After Storm

Visitors fill the eastern shore resort hotel, led by Mrs. H Shelly Mr A C Huggins and a Pensacola party including Boykin Hyer George Owen Jr Dan Reilly and John Pace. Local guests include Mr and Mrs R S Gould Jr and family.

H. ©. Shelly A. C. Huggins Mildred Ruth Simpson C. P. Burnett John R. Posey, Jr F. Wilmer Jarvis W. W. Penny Henry Hall, Jr Frank McConnell Price Williams, Jr R. F. Stewart R. H. Scoby Birmingham Pensacola Boykin Hyer George Owen, Jr Dan Reilly John Dick Pace George Widney

Bathing Corsets and One Piece Suits For Summer Wear

The piece discusses fashion trends including one piece straight bathing suits in wool or silk jersey that flatter figures without corsets. It describes a suggested bathing cap style and advises on child footwear and a decorative nursery idea featuring dark wood paneling and fairy tale wall art for washable surfaces.

Annette Kellerman Minnie Clayton

Magnolia Balm Beauty Ad Promises Skin Magnificence

An advertisement touts Magnolia Balm as the secret to stunning skin with claims of beauty inside and out. It urges readers to try the product today for 75 cents at druggists or by mail from Lyon Manufacturing Co. in Brooklyn New York. Sample free.

Mrs Luce Altmeyer Curtis Bush, Jr Metzger Hubbard Miss Tilney Government Street New York Mary Garner Tilney Association William DeForest Stratton George Robinson Marvin Altmeyer Lyon Manuf’g Co South Fifth Street Brooklyn N.Y

Deaths and Funerals for Mrs Armenia Smee

Mrs Armenia Smee wife of Captain John Smee died past eighty in Mobile County Mobile. Funeral held at St Margaret Catholic Church Bayou La Batre Ala with Rev Father Lenahan. Burial in local cemetery. Survived by two daughters Cora Cahall and Cora Smee five sons Frank E Aimee William George and Fred Smee and several grandchildren.

Armenia Smee Bayou la Batre Ala St. Margaret's Catholic Church Thomas A. Lenahan Cora Smee Cahall Mobile Cora Smee Bayou la Barre Frank E Aimee William George Fred Smee

Death of Noel Davenport. mobile ties fade in war era

Relatives in Mobile report the death Sunday of Noel Davenport son of the late Gorham Davenport, a Mobile merchant. A Spring Hill College student who joined Tobin's Battery for Confederate service, he later settled in California where he died, survived by California relatives and Mobile cousins. Funeral will be held in California.

Noel Davenport Mobile Colton Cal Gorham Davenport Spring Hill College Tobin's Battery California Thomas Davenport Marion Davenport Horace Davenport

Burial of James M. Terry of Bonifay in Geneva

The body of James M. Terry of Bonifay Florida, who died in this city Saturday night, was buried Monday at Geneva Alabama. The body left Mobile Sunday morning.

James M. Terry Bonifay Fla Geneva Ala Mobile

General Calles Heads to Emipalme for Yaqui Campaign

Douglas report says General P. Elias Calles, commander of Sonoran forces, left Agua Prieta Sunday night to take personal charge of the Carranza campaign against Yaqui Indians in western Sonora.

Douglas, Ariz P. Elias Calles Sonora Agua Prieta Empalme

Merchants Prepare Protest Over British Trade Blacklists

New York July 24 Merchants harmed by British blacklists plan to file a formal protest with the state department. Exporters describe British methods requiring a British embassy letter of assurance and numerous inquiries to proceed with trade with Britain and allies.

New York Great Britain State Department Foreign Trade Department Washington

Tuesday Night Concert By Mobile Chamber Orchestra

The regular band concert of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce music committee is set for Bienville Square Tuesday night. The Drago orchestra will perform a program including marches and popular dances such as One Step Long Way from Home and Hesitation Blues in Ad, with pieces like Washington Greys and Morning Exercise Colsaig Royal Escort on the roster.

The Mobile Chamber of Commerce Bienville Square Drago Orchestra Washington Greys

Death of Two Year Old From Infantile Paralysis

Albert Louis two year old son of Mr and Mrs Edward Louis of Cedar Point road near Thomas store died Monday at 7 am from infantile paralysis Dr A N T Roach reported to the city health office Four cases of infantile paralysis have been reported to Mobile county board of health this is the first death from this cause locally

Albert Louis Edward Louis Cedar Point Road Thomas’ Store A. N. T. Roach Board of Health Mobile County

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