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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
8
A clipped item notes a society editor's phone contact in 1972 with reference to feminine interests. The short notice highlights a community group activity and its local connection.
Miss Kate Scott elder daughter of late Dr. and Mrs. George G. Scott married Dr. Z C Mims of Atmore Alabama at Central Presbyterian church with Rev Daniel A Planck officiating. The ceremony followed by a bridal visit to Atlanta then Atmore. Guests from Atmore Brewton Montgomery Monroeville and New York among others.
The upcoming wedding of Miss Ellen MacMahon to Mr Robert Barnwell is celebrated with a series of daisy and heart themed gatherings. Hostess Miss Tilly Pope led a sunlit heart party on a veranda with daisies, white and gold motifs, and prizes including a croissone pin and an emerald pin among guests like Miss Helen Tuttle and Miss Mary Mott Rhett.
The piece lists numerous Birmingham and Mobile residents visiting Lake George Selma and Gallup cites. mentions Misses Mildred Dortch Gladys Boone Mary Frazer Mamie Tompkins Mabel Mighell Gladys Tompkins and others. reports No Tramp Club meeting with Miss Ligon Miss Vickers Miss Landes Miss Margaret Webb. Also notes Barton scholarship invitation and Mobile D A R actions and a talk by Mrs. B I Robinson on girls canning clubs at Harte Auditorium.
The Thursday Bridge Club held its final season meeting yesterday afternoon at 4 o clock with Mrs. G M Luce presiding. The writeup notes the event concluded with one-TM and indicates continuation on page nine.
Helen attends an estate auction with plans to buy only essentials but is drawn into bidding. She overpays for a sewing table, chairs, and a brass jar, and leaves with buyer’s remorse and a vow not to return. The event exposes her nervousness, misjudgments, and the high cost of impulse purchases.
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League with the Mobile Cotton Exchange mobilized funds to equalize cotton and merchandise rates in Mobile. Only a small response came on Thursday, though organizers remain hopeful. They aim to raise at least 15000 dollars soon by appealing to merchants and businessmen of the city.
Fannie Mayner, a Plateau resident nicknamed a negress, was released on a $500 bond after being fined $500 or one year and five days at hard labor for operating a blind tiger. Bond was signed by A. D. Davis and Dr. E. W. Cawthon. Her son Clarke Moorer, convicted with her, remains in jail in default of bond and received the maximum fine.
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