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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1915
Page
6
Passage by Matthew Arnold reflects on life and the struggle toward light. It laments distractions and petty dust choking the soul while urging pursuit of wiser thoughts and enduring love.
Uncle Wiggily and Jimmie Caw-Caw ride an airship to fetch a rubber plant for Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. The craft stalls midair and the plant’s stretch helps Jimmie descend safely to hollow stump school as students prepare for class.
The Tuesday Afternoon Sewing Club met with Mrs Berry Talbot for a pleasant session despite warm weather. Thelma Parkhill Mary Tillman and Mrs Green joined the group for needlework then enjoyed ice cream cake and lemonade. The next meeting is set with Mrs Weasley Deakle at 1055 Washington Avenue on Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Josephine Harris and Mr Seale Harris hosted a Tuesday evening dance for year graduates. Guests included Gabriella Cook from Knott s High School and Marion Jones from Barton Academy. Phi Beta Chi members Pat Cowan Leslie Taylor Jr John Moreland Jack Roberts George Nicol Conrad Ambrecht Wright s graduates W Q Denton Barton crew. Guests from Birmingham Fore Crawford home Fairhope attended creating a lively social close to the season.
Mrs W L Allen entertained Miss Mattie Freeland and the bridal party at the Claiborne Street home in rosy white and green decor. Attending were Mr and Mrs L B Freeland, Mr and Mrs W Ash, Mr and Mrs M Brown, Misses Marie Lauzen Irma and Margaret Freeland, Jessie Richards and others amid music and ice at the party before Miss Freeland’s wedding to Mr Thompson.
Mrs. Clarence Evans complimented her sister Miss Theresa Geary with a moving picture party on Tuesday afternoon. Refreshments followed at Burke's, with attendees including Leah Midgett, Theresa George, Nellie Crohlich, Katie Murray, Nell Kennedy, Alberta Brown, Inez Phelan, and Mrs. Evans.
Mr and Mrs Dan McNeill left Monday for Detroit. Mr Ibach arrives Wednesday in Mobile from Montreal to join his wife and daughter Eloise visiting here. Mr and Mrs H O Hanson leave for summer in Chi Omega James and Mrs Milton Bacharac and daughters return to Philadelphia then Atlantic City for the summer. Mrs Ed Fordh gimer of Pensacola returns home after an operation. Mr and Mrs Bernard Carlin spent the week end at the Eberlein home. Miss Helen Terrill leaves for Point Clear to visit Misses Margaret and Ella Packer Blacksher. Miss Bessie Hanley of Birmingham and Miss Bessie Gleason of Mobile return from Pass Christian and stay at Battles. Harry and Raymond Guthrie leave to visit Aubrey Batley at Beach Cliff. Miss Marguerite Guthrie leaves for Minneapolis after a visit to her father R K Guthrie. Mr Homer King of Lower Peach Tree in city a few days. Miss Inez Chandler and Mr Earl Fisher return Tuesday.
An advertisement claims Dodson's Liver Tone replaces dangerous calomel, avoids salivation, and treats sluggish liver with a vegetable formula. It asserts quick relief from nausea, headache, and constipation, promising a healthy bowels and cheerful family use.
The executive federation meets at 10 30 a m. Mrs J O Smith hosts a Patriotic trip on the Majestic to Jackson Oaks Daphne boat departs p m Daughters of 1812 auspices. Miss Phoebe Lawrence gives an organ recital at 8 15 p m Mrs Joe McPhillips hosts cards at 4 p m Miss Adelaide John hosts a hosiery shower for Miss Varina Gould at 4 p m Cathedral Sanctuary Society meets 11 a m at McGill Institute Excursion on a Cessna boat departs 7 30 p m with Mobile Public Library Association No Trumps meets with Mrs Henry Aldridge at 4 p m Miss Cox addresses missionary societies at First Baptist Church Wednesday Bridge Club meets 4 p m with Mrs S R Prince
Mobile Bay Chapter C of C meets at 4 30 p m with Miss Jennie Prout Mrs I S Adams entertains a miscellaneous shower for Miss Bessie Cox at 4 p m Misses Marie and Aleta Stoll enter Miss White of Birmingham The Arras meet at 8 p m with Mrs N A Yuille president at her home 1003 Palmetto street The No Trump Club with Mrs Henry Aldridge at 4 p The Mothers Club of the Settlement Home hosts its annual picnic at Monroe Park The Polymnia Music Circle meets with Mrs Duke Goodman at 5 p m The Freeland Thompson wedding takes place at the Freeland home at 8 30 p m.
Miss Margaret Inez Phelan will entertain at progressive anagrams for graduates of St. Vincent's Select School Friday June 11 at 8 p.m. The Elwell Bridge Club meets with Mrs. B. F. Adams at 4 p.m. Miss Evelyn Harvey's pupils give a recital at McGill's Institute at 8 p.m.
The body of Ivan Welch, 15, son of Mrs. Beauregard Welch, drowned Sunday in Three Mile creek, was found Tuesday in Mobile river near the creek mouth. After coroner review, Roche & Burke prepared the body for interment. Funeral held Wednesday at 10:30 from Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Magnolia cemetery burial.
Deputy Tim Dorgan provides a second account of the drowning of Ivan Welch, a 15 year old white boy, who, with two others, fell from a skiff on Sunday afternoon near the old Baird mill in Three Mile creek. The Oriole tug, passing on the east side of the river above the creek mouth, sent wash that swamped their boat, prompting police to investigate at headquarters.
St Matthew’s Church Washington avenue and Garrity street Rev John W Dunne pastor Masses on Sunday during summer 530 am and 8 am.
The Chamber of Commerce naval reserve committee led by Colonel F. B. Merrill began a city canvass for 125 to 150 naval militia enlistments after a Tuesday meeting at the Cawthon Hotel. Merrill, back from New Orleans, said enrollment offers will require no cost to members as the government pays salaries and supports a two week cruise annually. Fifteen recruits have signed, with enrollment blanks given to local figures including A. J. Parsons and J. McPhillips team members.
Right Rev Joseph G Gunn bishop of Natchez will deliver the commencement address at 10 oclock Thursday to three graduates Miss Irma Unruh Miss Marion Russell and Miss Marguerite Potter at the Convent of Visitation in Natchez The bishop is well known and loved by Mobile friends.
Bernice McKeough to the law and equity court Tuesday filed suit against J F McGowan for five thousand dollars damages for alleged personal injuries. The complaint says on May 29 1915 while driving a horse attached to a buggy on Government street near Roper he was struck by an automobile operated by the defendant and badly injured, unable to perform manual labor for several weeks.
A playful scene describes a rubber plant snapping back to shape and an airship repair by Uncle Wigglily. He then takes the plant to Nurse Jane, illustrating that rubber plants can be both ornamental and useful. The narrative hints at more adventures with Uncle Wiggily and the umbrella plant.
A Canton North Carolina mother recounts her infant son’s severe scalp eczema being relieved after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The ad claims delicate skins improve with a two week treatment and offers free samples by mail with a 32 page Skin Book.
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