June Weddings and Liberty Bell Trip Featured
A miscellany notes poem and history of June weddings and wedding customs. The Liberty Bell heads west on a July journey from Philadelphia to San Francisco with night illumination. Zoe Walsh earns a Master of Arts from Trinity College and writes on colonial Massachusetts and Virginia. A thank you letter from the D A R la Fayette Fund to Jusserand of the French Embassy is included.
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Philadelphia
San Francisco
Zoe Walsh
United States
Trinity College
Washington
Miss Walsh
Massachusetts
Virginia
James Cardinal Gibbons
Michael J. Ryan
Walsh
Joffre
Francis Marion
Montgomery
LaFayette Fund
W. B. Nelson
Boy Recovers From Fiery Red Skin With Cuticura Help
A Mooreville family reports their child suffered four months of fiery red skin with itching and pimples before using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After trying samples, marked improvement appeared and within a month his face returned to normal with no scars. The purchaser later bought more products and reported full recovery.
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RB. F. D. No
Mooresville
N. C
Denton
How to Seem Happy Though Married
A column on marital happiness argues against jokes about being under a wife’s control and urges couples to conceal mutual differences. It contrasts private harmony with public ridicule and notes that unhappy marriages stem from self-blame and poor discernment rather than fate. The piece calls for a more mature humor and respect in marriage.
LaFayette Fund appeals for support to aid wounded soldiers
The appeal urges subscriptions to fund comfort kits for soldiers in trenches and convalescents returning to duty. It notes 30,000 kits sent so far and that all expenses are paid by the committee, with kits containing items produced by Vacation War Relief Work Committee workers.
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Ous
Joffre
LaFayette
LaFayette Fund
LaFaucent Fund
Emily E. Stone
Home Economics Club
Chamber of Commerce
James Hagan
Joe Walsh
Mell Frazer
Joseph Schwarz
H. P. Cole
Elizabeth Fonde
Lyons Park
Windsor Hotel
Reynolds
the Windsor
James C. Smith
Department of Domestic Help
Local Society Notes Calendar of Meetings and Recitals
The Electra Semmes Colston chapter U D C meets at Monroe Park pavilion 4 30 p m. A Cessna dance at 8 30 p m supervised by Mr Harry Clifton. Mothers Club of Settlement Home picnics departing Monroe Park 2 15 p m. Mrs Henry Aldridge hosts No Trumps 4 30 p m. Business Women’s Club 6 15 p m. Liszt Pianoforte School recital at Scottish Rite Cathedral 11 a m. Friday Elwell Bridge Club meets Craighead Parliamentary Law Club 5 p m. Mrs James Hagan’s pupils piano recital Cawthon assembly room 8 p m. Saturday Music picnic Country Club 11 a m.
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Electra. Semmes Colston
Monroe Park
Cessna
Harry Clifton
Mothers’ Club of Settlement
Henry Aldridge
We Business Women’s Club
Liszt Pianoforte School of Music
Scottish Rite Cathedral
Elwell Bridge Club
Craighead
Oakdale and Monroe Park Picnics Highlight Local Socials
Oakdale Baptist Church youths hosted a Arlington picnic with swimming and a dinner attended by Miss Laura Reasonover. Nina McCoy hosted a Monroe Park picnic for Miss Mary Taylor of Laurel on Baltimore street for her fifteenth birthday with a larger group including Mary Taylor and Nina McCoy and others.
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Oakdale Baptist Church
Arlington
Laura Reasonover
Oakdale
Nina McCoy
George.McCoy
Monroe Park
Mary Taylor
Laurel
Morris
Baltimore Street
Services Held at St Mark's Chapel and Local News
Rev A E Richards of Trinity church Mobile conducted Sunday services at St Mark's Chapel. The School Improvement Association met Friday night with good attendance and a jolly time reported. Next meeting set for the second Friday in July. Polly Barrett left for the State Normal. Collis Davis returned from Thomasville Alabama where he taught at Seatreeen school. Jessor D Thomason, Sunny South school principal, also returned home. Rev Ernest Daffin preached at St Elmers Sunday morning and evening. Ida Smith visits her son Burton at Atmore Alabama.
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A. E. Richards
Trinity Church
Mobile
St. Mark's Chapel
School Improvement Association
Polly Barrett
State Normal
Collis Davis
Thomasville
Ala
Seatreeen
Jessor D. Thomason
Sunny South
Ernest Daffin
St. Elmers
Ida Smith
Burton
Atmore
Local Notes From Bay Minette and Area
L Glendinning of Robertsdale visited Bay Minette yesterday. Mrs W P Matthews hosts East Side Sewing Circle at Second Street home this afternoon. Bay Minette volunteer fire department held its monthly meeting Tuesday night at the Arcade building with much business. Potato shipments continue vigorously though the market weakens. cucumbers are not being shipped now. Papers of incorporation for the Satsuma Orange Company, headquartered at Dyas, have been filed.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Satsuma Orange Company
Dyas
Bay Minette To Open Musical Camp July First
The Bay Minette Musical Camp remodels a room in the Blackburn building on Hoyle avenue and will open for business July 1. The Alabama Manufacturing Company completes its Railroad street factory and will shortly begin production. A local ball game is scheduled between the regulars and the Yannigans for Friday, drawing high public interest.
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Alabama Manufacturing Company
Railroad Street
Bay Minette Musical Camp
Blackburn
Hoyle Avenue
Visitors at Capital Meet Alabama Notables at Montgomery
At the Montgomery capitol on June 17 prominent Alabamians gathered for state settlements. Tax Collectors G. W. Humphreys Baldwin County Lee Cochran Cullman and W. M. Walton Chambers were among the visitors alongside Birmingham attorneys Forney Johnston and Thomas W. Martin. Mrs Johnston accompanied Mr Martin on legal business.
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Capital
Montgomery
Capitol
G. W. Humphreys
Baldwin County
Lee Cochran
Cullman
W. M. Walton
Chambers
Forney Johnston
Thomas W. Martin
Birmingham
Wheelerville Personal Notices Update
Wheelerville Ala Baptist Sunday school reconstituted with attendees from Mobile and local residents. Guests included Mr and Mrs Thomas Broadus and Mrs Louise Foster. Local visits featured Mr William Broadus to Mobile and Mrs John Fincher visiting Mobile.
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Wheelerville
Ala
the Baptist Sunday School
M. A Mobile
H. Bridget
Mobil
Louise Foster
H. Moody
J. Pierce
Thomas Broadus
William Broadus
Mobile
John Fincher
Emma Broadus
Lessie
Society Notes Mention Local Visits and Travels
Hester Broadus of Crich jast Mrs Charles Gooding took a business trip to Mobile Thursday. Phillip Jennettee begins work again as a blacksmith helper at Whistler. Sieekae Catherine Broadus entertained Maud and Laura Pierce Sunday. Hattie Lane shopped in Mobile Saturday. Tom Fincher and Maggie Fincher spent Saturday in Mobile.
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Hester Broadus
Crich
Demarest's Wife to Recover After Stabbing Incident
In Chicago on June 17 physicians say Mrs. Calvin Demarest will recover after being stabbed by her husband, a former national amateur billiard champion. Demarest's mother was only lightly injured while attempting to restrain him. The player's condition improves and his self-inflicted wounds are not serious. Friends note he had shown signs of nearing a nervous collapse.
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Chicago
Calvin Demarest
Demarest
Harvard Penn or Cornell to row Washington at Seattle
Seattle June 17 Assurances that Harvard and either Cornell or Pennsylvania will send varsity crews to race the University of Washington during the Shriners convention July 15 to 17 were received by UW coach Hiram Coniber.
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Seattle
Wash
Harvard
Cornell
Pennsylvania
University of Washington
Hiram Coniber
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