Social Gossip and Weddings in Montgomery Journal
Miss Inez Cowan of Atmore honored with sewing party and Monroe Park picnic hosted by Miss Ora Cowan. Dr. and Mrs. Metcalf host dinner for Eleanor and Mary Kolb of Birmingham with guests including Miss Haddock and Mr. Jones. Josephine Klumpp entertained. other social events feature motor trip to Arcadia and a June wedding at Methodist church with Miss Mabel Bancroft and Mr. Drewry. The four S S S club gathers for sewing, Ruth Hunter Wolfe birthday party, Jewel Sewing Club meeting, and a brides shower for Elsie Malone’s daughter-in-law. A crowded social calendar includes excursions, bridge, watermelon cutting, and numerous visits at Zundels and summer homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Vance Cooke
Inez Cowan
Atmore
Ora V. Cowan
Lotta Harris
Ora Cowan
Monroe Park
A. W. Metcalf
Eleanor 2
Mary ~ Kolb
Birming
Bellingrath
Atlanta
Miss Kolt
Hari Askley
George Jones
Will Jones
Charlotte Thornton
Birmingham
Zundels
Myrtle Murray
Pearla
Effie Soost
Ere Vickers
Willie Duncan
A. Solomon
Pital City
Montgomery
Louise Johns Solomon
Ellis Solomon
Duncan
Tuscaloosa
Solomon
Arcadia
Monte
Self. Journal
Ans Bigagesteror
Methodist Church
Louisville
Mabel Bancroft
Ferns
N. L. Drewry
Eufaula
Ala
J. M. Donnelly
Selma
Ruth Hunter Wolfe
Ruth Hunter
Alma Norton
Jewel Sewing Club
Pauline Smith
Bayou Street
E. A.rain
B. C. Rain
E. Arnold Rain
Elsie Malone
Isabel
Arnold Bloch
Ed Bernheimer
New York
Ina Roberts
J. B. Adams
Pass, Christian
Chiliktah Endlgency
Horace Ten Eyck Culver
W. H. Clemens
Tom Akers
Charlie Hughes
Yacht Club
Lillian Doyle
Battles
Overton
Josephine Klumpp
George Lucassen
Racine
Wis
Mary Roach
Ethel Kate Jackson
Pineapple
Greensboro
Vitalitas touted as universal home remedy in ad copy
A vintage advertisement claims Vitalitas cures many ailments and improves vitality. Testimonial from J W Ferrell of West Nashville describes relief from bowel catarrh and rheumatism after three bottles, aided by Sutton's Jug Store and local druggists selling the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitalitas
South
J. W. Ferrell
West
Nashville
Brother
Investi
Sutton's Jug Store
Monroe Park Movies at the Lamion Card Theatre
A cinema program at Monroe Park features two reel productions including The Scent and Fortunes with stars Alan Hale and Claire McDowell. The Biograph and Vitagraph offerings include Following the Scent and Portrait of a Lady. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Treatie appear in Singular Lesson as a billed feature.
Easy Way to Gain Fat and Strength
An article promoting Sargol as a scientific discovery to help thin people gain weight by improving digestion. It claims the product makes the stomach and intestines absorb fattening elements, increasing blood fat and adding 10 to 20 pounds of solid flesh once results appear.
Tailored Maid In Her New Gown From Paris Returns
A formidable group of young women completed a gulf trampling journey totaling forty two miles with stops at Yupan Weeks Bay and Bon Secour ending at the X Ray Hotel lagoon where they were cared for by Mr Wallace. The party included Claudia Alexander Mrs A N Whittier Mrs E A Knapp and highlighted by Hazel Pilcher Ferris Bell Sadie McGehee and Mrs Marjorie McGehee. They faced no mishaps and reported a famous if foot sore return journey to Escatawpa. ESCATAWPA PERSONALS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudia Alexander
A. N. Whittier
E. A. Knapp
Gulf
Yupan
Weeks Bay
Bon Secour
X-Ray
Wallace
Oak
Magnolia Springs
Hazel Pilcher
Ferris Bell
Sadie McGehee
Shawnee, IL
Marjorie McGehee
A. G. Pilcher
Numerous Coastal Friends Return Home From Travels
A long list of social notes reports Miss Bessie Harris recovering in San Diego and planning to rejoin her party by Saturday. Several others, including Miss Lovetta Roberts in Semmes and Mrs. Wylie Keyes in West Point, return from trips to Mobile and Davis Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Harris
San Diego
Lovetta Roberts
Mobile
Semmes
Ala
Wylie Keyes
Lucile
West Point
Fairhope Social Roundup Highlights Visiting Guests
Miss Aline Ollinger visits her brother in Anchor and plans a Pensacola camping trip. William Van Antwerp, ill but improving, may soon return to Mobile. Mrs. Owen Roberts hosts Mrs. McGee of Houston and sister Mrs. F A Bogue, as others attend summer events and bridge games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhope Fairhope
Ala
Aline Ollinger
Anchorage
Pensacola
Somerville
William van Antwerp
Fairhope
van Antwerp
Helen Sacriste
Mesdames Lowell
Roberts
Thornton, Wood and Wilder
Leah Midgette
B. F. Midgette
Katherine Murray
G. H. van Aller
J. M
Local Prayer, Sewing Circles, and Visits Highlight Tobulminville Notices
In Toulminville Alabama on July 29 special notices report a Thursday 8 PM Methodist Church prayer meeting led by Rev D Y Register. The Ladies Missionary Study Class meets Thursday 4 PM at Mrs Stone’s on Davis Avenue. Busy Bee Sewing Circle gathers Wednesday 3 30 PM with Miss Amy Cole on St Stephens Road. Various social visits and returns are noted including Miss Bradley from Beaumont and Mr and Mrs S G Sims’s visit from Laurel Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulminville
Ala
Methodist Church
D. Y. Register
Miss Bradley
Beaumont
C. W. Hayssen
Polly Barrett
Daphne Normal
S. G. Sims
W. G. Sims
Laurel
C. L
Whistler
G. Sims
Gulfcrest
Virginia Fisher
John Collier
Charles Rosette
George Murdock
Pritchard
In and Out of Town Among Area Rivals at Hotels
A list of attendees from multiple states including Georgia Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana converged at city hotels for a regional gathering. Names include D P Curtis Thomas F Seale G Wentworth Patterson W F Secon R E Ghissbourne Turner N J Dona P H Williams T R Brown W W Burleigh J Williams and C L Coleman among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle House
D. P. Curtis
Pereree Ga
Thomas F. Seale
Saneating
G. A Wentworth
Atlanta
Patterson
Pensacola
W. F. Secon
Birmin
Brean
P. H. Williams
Ss Ala
T. R. Brown
Gulfport
Miss
W. W. Burleigh
New Orleans
Brantley
Atmore
Ala
J. Williams
Americus
C. L. Coleman
Fair- St. Andrew
J. Reene
W. Holt
Birmingham
Les
Mobile Children Celebrate Birthday Invitations
Mobile children celebrate their birthday and invite friends to a party. Girls born in July are asked to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Children’s Editor at least two days before their birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cone
U S Plans Aid Move For Mexico City Food Crisis
Washington reports severe food shortages in Mexico City push the United States to engage General Carranza and General Zapata. Secretary Lansing says dispatches dated July 25 describe desperate conditions. representations to Vera Cruz and nearby forces are to be sent promptly to permit relief provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico City
United States
Carranza
Zapata
State Department
Lansing
Vera Cruz
General Zapata
Submarine Sinkings Reported Through July 25
Berlin telegram says German submarines had sunk 229 English vessels and 30 other hostile ships in the war zone up to July 25. Six neutral craft were sunk by mistake, and 27 additional neutrals were sunk for contraband cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Villa Column Routed by Carranza Claims Victory at Pachu
General Carranza cabled Washington that after six hours of fighting his forces captured Pachu ca and routed the Villa flying column moving toward Mexico City to reinforce Zapata forces. Names and addresses of visitors appear in a chancery court case in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carranza
Washington Agency
Pachuca
Villa
Zapata
Mexico City
Writ suspends Nashville receiver order in civil suits
Nashville Tennessee judge S F Wilson granted a writ of supersedeas setting aside Chancellor Allison's order appointing a receiver for the city. The injunction against city commissioners voting for successors was also lifted. Wilson ruled no law authorizes a receiver for a municipality and directed filling vacancies as required by law after hours of argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
S. F. Wilson
Tennessee Court of Civil Appeals
Allison
Wilson
26 Mexicans Arrested in Texas for Enlistment of Recruits
San Antonio July 29. Agents of the department of justice arrested twenty six Mexicans at Laredo Eagle Pass and other border towns charged with enlisting recruits in Texas for the army of Mexican factions. Manuel de Icaza Villa consul at Laredo was among those held and released on 2500 dollar bond. Officials say about two thousand recruits were enlisted by Carranza and Villa agents and most have crossed into Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Department of Justice
Laredo
Eagle Pass
Texas
Manue de Icaza
Villa
Carranza
Mexico
Dauphin Island Hotel Taken Over by New Operators
The Cottage Hotel at Dauphin Island will be leased by Mr and Mrs W B Olson who will run it as an all year resort and take charge August 1. New contractors are rebuilding the Alabama Port to Cedar Point railroad with expected operation by September. multiple fills and trestle work are noted as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin Island
Tidewater Securities Company
W. B. Olson
Choctaw’ Heights
Jackson
Ala
Alabama Port
Cedar Point
Woman Sues Over Breach of Contract in Local Court
Mary H. Ferguson, represented by her attorney, sues W Cyril Pooley for 500 damages in the law and equity court alleging breach of contract. She says Pooley agreed to sell his household furniture housed in the building at the southeast corner of Coneption and St Michael streets and that she fulfilled her obligations while he did not honor his written statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Equity
Mary H. Ferguson
W. Cyril Pooley
Coneption and
St. Michael Streets
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Little Brother
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Ebody *McGowin
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Ontario
Canada
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Alston Wilson
Sea Cliff
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Peerless
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Wanite
van” Lowenstein
Newark
William M. Ezelle
Fish River
J. J. Peterson
R. L. Ezelle
Raymond
Allen
Roy Cunningham
Newsome
Fort Morgan
Omas Ridgway
Luncehon
Pensacola Journal
M. D. Thomason
Lawrence Hubbard
Tondega
R. J. “Bell
Thomason
M. H
Mississippi
J. M. Harwell
Matinee Musical Club
Jamie Race
Harwell
James R. Hagan
Clara Schumann Club
Meridian Dispatch
L. M. Bashinsky
Troy
Mr. Bashinsky
Georgia
North Carolina
Helen Bashinsky
North
Mary L. Elbert
New Jersey
Catherine Pocase
Eddie 0. Kyser
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Thomas A. Tew
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Preston. Dickin
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the Item
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Ice Hall
Bay Minette
J. M. Rogers
Albert Freeland
Grand Bay
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C. S. Walter
A. T. Church
Kiosky
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Irvington
F. H
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George B. Neville
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R. R. McCroy
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