Miss Lillie Belle McGowin Hosts Yacht Club Dance
A yacht club dance honored visitors from Dallas Hattiesburg and Perdue Hill with Drago’s Orchestra providing music. Guests included Grace Hightower Alexa Rhea Frances Earnest Mabel Moore plus many local attendees and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McGowin
Lillie Belle McGowin
Grace Hightower
Hattiesburg
Alexa Rhea
Frances Earnest
Dallas
Texas
Mabel Moore
Perdue Hill
Drago
Demaris Smith
Mamye Paul Butler
Willie Neville
Alice Terrill
Mary Roach
Gabriella Cooke
Harriett McCullough
Atlanta
Myrtice Brannan
Elizabeth Hopper
Frances Baumhauer
Olive Brooks
Katherine Tonsmeire
Helen Terrill
Mary Emma Nettles
Lucille Warley
Willie Hempstead
Helen Irby
Elizabeth Touart
Miriam del
Taswell Shepard
Tom McDonald
Dick Inge
Dick Crawford
Alson Wilson
Denby Garrison
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Lawrence Neuberger
Will
Clausel Adams
Martin Horst
Boykin Boone
Ray Alvarez
Allie Fowlkes
Joe L. Hermann
Billie Touart
Sydney Phillips
Gaynor Hart
Claiborne Schley
Joe Nettles
C. P. Wright
Kenny Caughman
Wedding Blessings For Ethel Young Burkett
The Item notes wedding blessings for Ethel Young Burkett and her groom with poetic lines about love, partnership, and enduring joy. The social department lists contact phones Bell 98 Home 53 after 1 PM and Bell 3135 for the couple’s notice.
Beautiful Wedding of Miss Hughes and Mr King
Miss May Hughes wed William Thaddeus King in Government Street Methodist Church with a large bridal party and ornate decorations. The ceremony featured solos and a reception at the couple’s home, followed by a honeymoon trip to St. Louis Nashville and Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Hughes
William Thaddeus King
Government-street Methodist Church
J. E. Northcutt
D.D
Emaen
Walter
NeileVan
James Hughes
Herbert Tutwiler
Theodosia Dobbs
Kitty Holloway
Callie Whitehead
Irma Yeend
Helen Gill
Lm Lynchburg
Anna Lou Copeland
Montgomery
Killarney
Daisy Southerland
Caeserina Edey
King
Vidmer Mason
Barnen
Perkins
Eugenie Osson
William Norville
Minnie King
Miss Cope
Youthful Skin By External Remedies
An advertisement promotes mercorized wax as a daily facial treatment to remove weathered skin and restore a youthful complexion. It claims the wax absorbs the dirt and film on the skin and suggests nightly application with washing in the morning. A second tip recommends a Saxolite solution with hazel to reduce wrinkles and signs of age.
Lip Shape and Beauty Standards in Early 20th Century Advice
The piece argues that mouth shape signals character and beauty with comments on how actresses keep lips soft and expressive. It links beauty to intelligence and feminist ideas, while including reader questions on child development, hair loss, and a noted wedding narrative.
Social Calendar of Weddings and Meetings
Tuesday features weddings at Govern ment St Methodist church and Stewart McCoy at home, a hay ride to Dog River, and a country fair at Broad Street Methodist near Elmira plus a Home Economics Club meeting. Wednesday lists Hanson Mountain event at Trinity church and a Mobile Federation women’s clubs gathering. Thursday hosts a Lawn Party for the Children of Confederacy at Mrs Dumas residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Street
Elmira
Broad-street
Methodist Church
King Hughes
Government St. Methodist Church
Dog River
S. F
Stewart-McCoy
Broad St. Methodist Church
Tom Thumb
Baptist Tabernacle
Hanson Mountain
Trinity Church
Important Meeting Mobile Federation
Marion Wilmer Jones
Children of Confederacy
O. D. Dumas
Dauphin St
Personal Notices of Local Residents Arrivals and Visits
Mr. and Mrs A D Aldridge return to Eutaw Alabama after a several day visit in Mobile. Miss Mamie Foley leaves Mobile for Yazoo City Mississippi after wintering in Mobile. Mrs John White and daughter Miss May with granddaughters leave to spend summer in Yazoo City. Miss Esther Reynolds returns from South Orchard after visiting Mrs John Stone and friends in Belle Fontaine. Mrs E L Schock and children will move to summer home in Daphne with other relatives. Mr and Mrs Patterson of St Louis visit A E Reynolds family before Mr Patterson returns home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Aldridge
Eutaw
Ala
Moile
Mamie Foley
Mobile
Yazoo City
Miss
John White
Miss May
Marie
Lucille White
Esther Reynolds
South Orchard
E. L. Schock
Albert
Phillip
Dorothy Schock
Daphne
William Schock
William, Jr
Grace Tipple
Mrs. Patterson
St. Louis
Martha Warner
A. E. Reynolds
Competitive Exams From Federal Agencies Announced
The Civil Service Commission lists several openings including Aid in radio work at the Bureau of Standards in Washington with $600, July. Assistant in dry land agriculture in the Bureau of Plant Industry with $1,200 to $2,000, July 5. Music teacher in Indian Service at Sherman Institute California with $720, July 5. Heating and ventilating engineer and draftsmen in the Office of the Supervising Architect Treasury Department Washington with $1,200, July 5. Radio draftsman at the Bureau of Steam Engineering Navy Department Washington $3.04 to $6.00 per diem, July 11. Coal mining engineer in the Bureau of Mines in the Interior Department for field service with $2,400 to $4,000, July 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oo States Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce
Washington
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Indian Service
Sheman Institute
Cal
Office of Supervising Architect
Treasury Department
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy Department
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Recruits Sought to Fill Central Department Units
June 20 report on mobilizing the national guard in the central department of the United States army notes regiments lacking war strength are being filled through rapid recruiting. State officers direct militia recruitment and troop movements to mobilization camps while the federal government plans the transfer to the Mexican border. Officers report thousands of enlistment applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Guard
Central Department
United States Army
Employers in Vicksburg Adopt Enlistment Resolution
At a June meeting local employers passed a resolution granting permission to enlist to all employers. Positions held by men at the time of enlistment would be kept open until their return, according to the resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cawthon Hotel
C. S. Shawhan
Gregory L. Smith
B. F. Adams
R. E. Dumas
B. W. Padgett
C. A. L. Johnstone
W. A. Christian
H. M. Hopper
Vicksburg, Miss
Beauty on the skin with Magnolia Balm
A vintage advertisement props Magnolia Balm as an easy skin beautifier. It promises visible improvement and invites readers to buy from druggists for 75 cents or request samples by mail. Address given: Lyoneee South Fifth Street Brooklyn NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Fifth Street
Brooklyn
Mexicans Assemble Forces at Ojinaga
Reports from Presidio and San Antonio describe Mexican troops concentrating at Ojinaga across from Eagle Pass, signaling a possible evacuation of Piedras Negras. General Funston was advised of the buildup, while Colonel Gaston took precautionary dispositions. Fort Sam Houston received two armored automobiles fitted with twin turrets and machine guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass
Funston
Presidio
Cal
Gaston
Ojinaga
Fort Sam Houston
Delegation of Women Visits Pinkham Laboratory
A group of women toured the Lydia E. Pinkham laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts noting strict cleanliness in the preparation and storage of the Vegetable Compound and other Medicines. They observed many filing cabinets full of letters from women describing the Compound’s benefits. Only a portion is published with consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Quneron- Ie
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Ethel Young Burkett
Miss Hughes
Mr. King
Irene McCoy
George B. McCoy
Washington Avenue
David A. Stewart
Machine Gun Company
John Dunne
St. Matthews Parish
Pianoforte
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Camden
Liszt
Gruenfcent
James R. Hagan
C. Wi. Burkett
W. R. Batchelor
Edith Danville
Maurine Cottrell
Louise Flinn
Kemper
A. J. Staub
Ruby Gaston
N. Wilm _tiies
Annette Cohen
Hallie Sue McMillan
Schytte la Fontaine
Rheinhold
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Bach
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Mozart
McDowell
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Mrs. Burkett
de Bennot
Miss Kempe
Schumann
Weber-Heller
Paderewski
Edith Camrell
McLeod-St. Clair
Lottie St. Clair
William St. Clair
Emile McLeod
Oakdale Baptist Church
Grace St. Clair
Corbett Williams
Oakdale
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T. D. Harris
Mildred—B.—Portch
J. B. Portch
W. T. Little
Macon Avenue
van Antwerp
Edna Kent Forbes
Miss Forbes
Forbes
Floyd van Keuren
Christ Episcopal Church
M. N. Porter
Pueblo
Beecher Stuart
Porter
Harrison Avenue
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