Battles Beach Social News From Battles and Surroundings
Mr Isadore Weil hosted a fishing party with Irene and Eva Case sharing top prizes for most fish and largest catch while Weil took booby honors for baby cats. Guests included Blanche and Lettie Weil Edmond Breckenridge and Catherine Breckenridge. A fish course and shrimp themed treats were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isadore Weil
Irene
Eva Case
Mr. Weil
Blanche
Lettie Weil
Edmond Breckenridge
Catherine Breckenridge
Boudousouie
Pagoda
Hattie Baldwin
Battles
Tennesee
Beatrice
T. P. Norville
Ray Norville
John Norville
Peyton Norville
Walter Soost
Julia Russell
John Dacovich
Alec McKinstry
Tudor Mask
Hutchins
Jake Weiss
van Liew
Wilson
Grace Hutchins
Carl Montgomery
West Virginia
Auburn College
Reese Hutchinson
Battles Hotel
C. E. Beasley
Minnie Wright
Case House
C. Bradford
Mobile Visit Highlights From Regional Notables
Mrs H M Stetson of Citronelle Ala spent Saturday in Mobile. Co DY Allis Jr and wife of Birmingham are in the city visiting and staying at the Battle House. Mr and Mrs B F Erwin of Atlanta are at the Cawthon hotel. John D Reaves and wife of Troy are in Mobile visiting friends and staying at the Bienville. Prof H A Mickle Mrs R A Mickle Sr C L Odell and wife of Bessemer and Mr and Mrs A F Meredith of Selma attended the funeral of Mr John A Mickle in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Stetson
Citronelle, Ala
Mobile
Co. DY. Allis, Jr
Birmingham
City
Battle House
B. F. Erwin
Atlanta, Ga
Cawthon Hotel
John D. Reaves
Troy, Ala
the Bien- Ville
Mickle
R. A. Mickle
C. L. Odell
Bessemer
Ala
A. F. Meredith
Selma
John A. Mickle
Uncle Sam at the Jubilee bids a Mobile crowd admire boy
Three and a half year old William Mendel Potter played Uncle Sam at the Diamond Jubilee lawn party. Master William won first prize in his class but has died in San Antonio Texas. Mrs Hays and Mrs G Thomas of Birmingham are visiting Mobile. Mr and Mrs W M Johnston and family leave for San Souci Beach with Eloise Cleveland in tow. Miss Ethel Hoyle heads home Tuesday after an operation at Mobile Infirmary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mendel Potter
William J. Potter
Sam
William
San Antonio
Texas
8. Hays
G. Thomas
Birmingham
Ala
Mobile
W. M. Johnston
San Souci Beach
Eloise Cleveland
Anna Louise Johnston
Ethel Hoyle
Accused 16 Year-Old Larceny Charge Shocks County
Lyman Dixon about 55 is jailed in Wilcox County on a larceny charge tied to 126 bales of cotton stolen near Camden sixteen years ago. Dixon denies the accusation and says he has preached since leaving the county. Calvin Kennedy, also jailed in Camden, faces a Wilcox prohibition violation for selling liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Dixon
Mobile
Calvert
Washington County
Ala
Jenkins
Wilcox County
Dixon
Camden
Wilcox
Calvin Kennedy
Child to gain 20000 dollars by twenty first birthday
Poughkeepsie June 7 Charles Durant Hearet Elbert Hubbard Sague Maines will receive 20000 dollars at age twenty one if he survives. The birth follows the elopement of his parents George G Maines and Mae Zimmerman two years ago. Names will be added at ages five fifteen and twenty resulting in the full long name and the payout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Eden Seminary
Charles
Durant
Hearst
Elbert
Hubbard
Charles Durant Hearst
Elbert Hubbard Sague Maines
Crank Seeks Ten Collect Deb At Supreme Court
A man named Joseph Sam appeared at the U S Supreme Court entrance in Washington to demand $10 for damages from the St. Louis street car strike. The court was not in session and he was arrested after threatening to take the law into his own hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Joseph Sam
Supreme Court
St. Louis
Graves to Strengthen Weak Spots in Fourth Infantry
Col E B Graves of the Fourth Infantry says he will quietly work to strengthen weak spots and ensure officer efficiency. He plans two vacancies to fill from northern Alabama, restore the Oxford company, and possibly muster the regiment into camp in mid July if authorized. He also criticizes two uniform colors and offers to dye tan outfits olive drab at fifty cents. He seeks ambitious noncommissioned officers to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
E. B. Graves
Fourth Infantry
Graves
Oxford
Earty
O'Neal
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Breakfast Tables Get A Surge Of Bad Coffee
A lighthearted note on coffee quality across the land contrasts with praise for good brews. The speaker muses on women in poetry and music, suggesting the soprano and contralto roles as a playful analogy to taste and choices at breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Land
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Battles Wharf
James Cunningham Bishop
James Cunningham’ Bishop
Abigail Bishop
Justice Goff
New York Supreme Court
George G. Maines
Poughkeepsie
Crank
Col. Graves
W. T. Goubil
Dauphin Street
Rhe
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