Wedding of Higgins-Hagan highlights June society notes
The article details the Higgins Hagan wedding with bridesmaids Harriet Fitts Sadie Shields and Clara Crossland, maid of honor Bettie Hagan, and groom J Frank Higgins. Father Hackett officiated in a Roman Catholic ceremony. The bride wore white satin charmeuse with Chantilly lace, Juliette cap, and veil. They depart for Louisville then spend summer in Jackson Alabama with McDonnel Co. Lieutenant Edwin Barlow and wife attended as out of town guests.
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Percy Dunbar
Allie Owen
Cie
Harriet Fitts
Birmingham
Sadie Shields
Clara B. Crossland
Bettie Hagan
J. John D. Hagan
J. Frank Higgins
Louisville
Father Hackett
Chantilly
Juliette Cap
Julle
Riann
Harriett Fitts
Sadie Shelds
Eulalie Hagan
Mabel Vaughan
Glen McKenzie
Tillie Pope
Susie Douglas
Helen Horn
Elizabeth
Nellie Bereuson
Edwin Barlow
Fort Morgan
Pleasant Discards Meeting Highlights Garden Tea
Mrs Hughes hosted the Discards at her Selma street home with blooms from the garden. After a game tea and sandwiches were served. Prize winners at three tables were Mrs Gilbert Mrs Friend and Mrs Bestor Jr each receiving silk hose trophies.
Wedding of Miss Grace and Mr Cox in Mobile
The ceremony for Miss Mattie Spright Grace and Mr John Charles Cox took place at 3 PM on Wednesday June 1st at the Grace home 10 South Catherine Street Mobile. The setting was all in white with family guests present.
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Grace
Mr. Cox
Mobile
Mattie Spright Grace
E. C. Grace
Ohn Charles Cox
Columbus
South Catherine Street
Suffragists Celebrate Illinois Victory Invite Presidents
In Springfield on June 12 Associated Press reports President Wilson former Presidents Taft and Roosevelt and each state's governor were invited by telegraph to attend a Friday night jubilee marking Illinois granting limited women’s suffrage. Plans include constitutional convention and schools of instruction on citizenship and voting.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Wilson
Taft
Roosevelt
Telegraph
Illinois
Mendelssohn wedding honors in Mobile near Columbus
The ceremony featured Miss Jamie Ervin Cox of Columbus and Miss Jaimie Grace as bridesmaid and maid of honor, with Mr Walter A. Swope as best man. Rev W C Grace officiated at the Mobile wedding for Leah Claire Cox and David Richard Miller, with a reception at German Relief Hall.
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Mamie Cottrell
West Pointer
Carl Fox
Jamie Ervin Cox
Columbus
Jaimie Grace
Walter A. Swope
E. C. Grace
Rev
W. C. Grace
Gulfport
Alice Gunter
Mississippi
Mary Frazer
Cox
Sol. Rosen
Leah Claire
David Richard Miller
Temple
Government Street
Mobile
Ala
German Relief Hall
Mrs Prince Hosts Bridge Club Victory Trophy
Mrs 8S R Prince entertained the Wednesday Bridge Club yesterday at 4 o'clock. Three substitutes Mrs E D Bondurant Miss Bessie Kelly and Miss Gertrude Smith played. Mrs J W Little won the silver picture frame trophy and the refreshments were noted as a dainty finale.
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Mrs. Prince
Truck Hay Ride Honors St. Vincent Graduates
An annual celebration features a truck ride for about twenty five to thirty St. Vincent graduates. The group plans to travel to South End for an enjoyable evening of festivities and camaraderie.
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St. Vincent’s
St. Vincent's
South End
Postponed Moonlight Excursion for Mobile Library
The Mobile Public Library moonlight excursion is rescheduled to Monday June 16. Organizers promise a series of agreeable small gatherings and a memorable evening program for attendees.
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Mobile Public Library
Popular Mobile Girl Annie Lou Anfield Returns Home
Miss Annie Lou Anfield, a leading Mobile social figure, returns to the city after a two week visit to New Orleans Louisiana where she was the guest of Miss Marie Ewing.
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Annie Lou FE
Anfield
Mobile
New Orleans
Marie Ewing
Alpha Hetax Lambda Sigma Holds Annual Meeting
The Alpha Hetax Lambda Sigma held its annual business meeting at Barton Academy on Monday at 4 p.m. A large attendance signaled a strong 1913-14 season with charter member Mrs. Lambert of Louisiana and new member Miss Abbie Hudson, recent Birmingham kindergarten graduate.
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Alpha Hetax Lambda Sigma
Barton Academy
Lambert
Louisiana
Abbie Hudson
Birmingham
Oralie Boullemet
A. B. IL
Livingston Normal
Pauline Lichbach
Barton
Aline Bright
N. Hallett Street
Canister Threat Sparks Suspicion in Runcorn Milieu
Explosion of a canister thrown from a Liverpool street car near the ship canal bridge causes great excitement in Runcorn sixteen miles away. A chemist says it contained sulphur and chlorate of potash. Militant suffragettes are suspected, though some think it was a practical joke.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Eng
Runcorn
Ship Canal
Fate of Wife Slayers In Hands of Governor
Special to The Item. Governor O Neal ponders clemency for Sharp Aaron and Tom Simon, two Black men sentenced to death in Greensboro for wife murders. Respite ends next Saturday unless commutations to life are granted, after pardon-board recommendation.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
Sharp Aaron
Tom Simon
Greensboro
Supreme Court
State Pardon Board
Joe James
Guaranteed Eczema Remedy Guaranteed Eczema Remedy
The advertisement promotes Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment claiming to cure eczema rashes and related skin conditions. It cites a Bath Illinois user testimonial and notes the product is physician-formulated and long-used. Available at druggists or by mail for 50c from Pfeiffer Chemical Co and Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
Suit of State Against Oakley Now on Trial
The state of Alabama sues James K. Oakley for 117000 over embezzled funds from the convict department. Oakley, former president of the state convict board, faced attached real and personal property as the case opened in Montgomery City Court. The probe followed the March 12 disappearance of Theo Lacy with 90000 in state funds.
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Montgomery
Ala
Theo. Lacy
State Convict Department
State of
Alabama
James K. Oakley
Oakley
State Convict Board
Lacy
Commonwealth
Florence Resident Praises Foley Kidney Pills
A Florence Oregon resident, Wm Morris, reports fourteen years of kidney and bladder problems hindered work. After eight months with Foley Kidney Pills, he says he now feels fine and recommends the product. Claims pills are non habit forming and act quickly with kidney troubles within medicine’s reach. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
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Wm. Morris
Florence
Oregon
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Iceberg Sighted Blocking Atlantic Lane Near 40N 43W
Captain Thomas of the steamship Cestrian reports a monster iceberg half a mile long and 150 feet high sighted north Atlantic crossing the lane. The berg drifted southward with no accompanying drift ice. Position logged at latitude 40 degrees 2 seconds north, longitude 43 degrees 20 seconds west.
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Boston
Thomas
London
Gt Bay
Elks Observe Flag Day Program Highlights June 16
Mobile Lodge No 108 will mark Flag Day with a morning ceremony at Government Street, featuring Rev J W Philips on the Flag Record and music by the Rowley junior orchestra. A mixed quartet and several songs will follow, concluding with dancing and an Exalted Ruler address.
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Mobile Lodge No. 108
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Government Street
J. W. Philips
Rowley Junior
C. B. Hervey
M Heustis
Ervin Little
Max Lavelle
Star Spangled Banner
Haydee-Senter-Rowley Junior Orchestra
Moses
Columbia
Quartette
Hervey
Mabel Heustis
Esquire and
America
Mabel Houstis
R. C. Jones
Jos McPhillips
Rubbe
Mark Lyons
C. E. Farrish
Laz Schwarz
Pat J. Lyons
P. H. Kerns
J. Regim Beggs
R B. Hanson
Cary March
W. A. Copeland
W. Soost
Walter F. Walsh
James G. Gibboney
James J. Quill
Kirk Wilson
Jurors Puzzled by Handwriting in Leonard Letter Case
In U S district court William J. Leonard charged with sending obscene letters to Mrs. Ethel Christie. Jurors failed to agree after hours of deliberation over handwriting genuineness. A prior mistrial occurred last November. The outcome of a possible third trial remains undecided.
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William J. Leonard
Ethel Christie
United States District Court
United States Court
J. B. Sloan
Leonard
Mobile
Three in Hospital After Divorce Case Shootings
In St Louis a shooting affray tied to a divorce suit leaves Goldie Chapman Ed P Chapman and Otto Hazelhuss hospitalized likely fatally wounded. Ed Chapman chased by police in a car after confronting Goldie Chapman and her brother Otto, who both fired during the street confrontation.
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ST. Louis
Goldie Chapman
Ed P. Chapman
Otto Hazelhuss
Chapman
Cure Named For Longtime Eczema Ailment
Mrs D Walraven of Curryville Georgia describes a severe eczema on her leg that caused intense itching and burning. She tried several home remedies before using Cuticura Soap and Ointment which she says cured her. The note is signed April 26 1912.
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Curryville
D. Walraven
Effective and economical Cuticura treatment guidance
Gently apply Cuticura Ointment to the affected part without rubbing. Rinse in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water and continue bathing. Use Cuticura Soap at other times to prevent inflammation and clogged pores. Sold worldwide with a 32 page Skin Book. Address Cuticura Boston. A sample of the shaving stick is available.
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Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
Four Held on Indictment for Sale of Liquor Without License
Andrew and Martha Horton and John and Mary Marshall of Conecuh County were bound over on federal liquor license indictments by U S Commissioner Richard Jones Jr. The arrest was by Deputy J H Gates. The alleged blind tiger operation was near Mount Union Alabama with bonds of 150 dollars each.
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Andrew
Martha Horton
John
Mary Marshall
Conecuh County
United States
Richard Jones, Jr
J. H. Gates
Mount Union
Ala
Order of Owls to Disband Nest No 1490
At Eagles Hall Nest No 1490 voted to disband with 392 in favor and eight against after noting a Mobile branch. The supreme lodge in South Bend Ind was scathingly arraigned. Beavers Red Men and Eagles offered to take over members. Dr Oliver H Harris chaired the meeting and funds may face litigation over possession.
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Eagles’ Hall
Nest No. 1490
Order of Owls
Mobile
Supreme Lodge
South Bend
Ind
Red Men
Beavers
Eagles
Owls
Oliver H. Harris
Harris
Digest It New Principle Treatment for Indigestion
A vintage advertisement promotes Digest it tablets as a cure for indigestion dyspepsia and stomach disorders. It claims the product works by processing food in the stomach while the stomach rests, allowing unrestricted eating and claiming blood nourishment is maintained through digestion. The ad offers a trial package for 25 cents with a money back guarantee by Van Antwerp.
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van Antwerp
Shakespeare on fame and fashion attracting attention
A quip notes that men pursue fame as Shakespeare implied while a woman may draw unusual notice by dressing better than her daughter, blending literary allusion with social observation.
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