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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1915
Page
6
Items from the Indianapolis and Birmingham papers describe a mock wedding at a house party with Nelsons in Birmingham. A separate note highlights Varina Gould’s wedding preparations and a decorative supper at the Battle House roof garden.
Take the family aboard L. and N. for a Sunday day trip to New Orleans with return same day. Fares shown as two dollars fifty cents. Adv.
The Folymakiel Committee awarded Mrs. Mildred Johnstone Landone's prize of 150 dollars to nineteen year old Jessie Rosefield for a non universal gown design. Rosefield keeps the gown secret after forfeiting rights to the design, which the committee will own. She says the gown suits all sizes, lacks trousers, and ranges in price from three to fifty dollars. Florence Guernsey and A. M. Palmer of the committee will appear in future Polymariels.
On June 17 at Arden Court the marriage of Ethel Jones to Dr. S Eugene Driskell of Alachua Florida was celebrated. The bride, a State Normal College Troy graduate, and the groom, son of Rev A B Driskell, studied medicine in Mobile and Tennessee with Kappa Psi honor, then practiced in Alachua after a year in the U S Public Health Service.
Personal mentions detail travels and visits across Mobile Livingston Biloxi Dauphin Island and Pensacola. Names include Mrs E Monette Mr W H Scarborough Miss Brady Miss Hilda Dra han Miss Kate Moslander Bill Kerr Alma Smith Julian Hotel Mrs Gregory L Smith Addie Antoine Leontine Bolton Daisy Wilkins Mary Jane Smith Julig Booth Dateneek Humphries and others with visits to Birmingham Coden Mobile Evergreen and Dauphin Island.
A special gathering led by Mayor J Tyson and Alabama Good Roads president John Craft drew about six hundred attendees from Dallas Marengo Wilcox Clarke and Washington counties plus Mobile. Craft urged counties to join the Jackson highway linking efforts and urged declaring August 14 as good roads day. A Thomasville branch of the Alabama Good Roads Association formed with W D Harrigan Fulton president and J H Tyson first vice president.
A note from a short visit in Mobile highlights travel options with a round trip price of 2.60 from I and N to New Orleans. Mr and Mrs W Crockett planned a Mobile trip last Saturday and the piece previews cheaper travel to New Orleans than staying home.
In New York on June 26 a bondholders suit sought the appointment of a receiver for the Florida Railway Company. Judge Hand named William B. Winslow as receiver with a $50,000 bond, after plaintiffs including Carl J. Sauer of Elizabeth New Jersey filed the action. Defendants include Columbia Trust Company Suwanee & San Pedro Railroad Company Live Oak & Gulf Railway St Marys Suwanee & Gulf Railway Florida Construction & Realty Company and Union Trust Company of Florida.
London June 26 Negotiations for a settlement of the American meat cargoes held by British authorities are expected to resume out of court. American packers say Swedish consignees asked for a postponement of the prize court case granted June 7.
Deputy Street Cleaning Commission member Michael A. Rofrano testified as a witness in the Rocto Garnivale trial. He denied suggesting or promoting the murder for a payoff of 300 dollars, stating he had no part in the crime.
The article contrasts French thrift with American waste habits and highlights the booming junk trade. It notes Chicago tire dealers sorting old tires to profit, shows 1912 secondary metals value at 77 million dollars, and cites Boston Providence and Philadelphia junk magnates who built fortunes from scrap iron and other recyclables.
Former Governor O Nea l alleges the Alabama legislative investigating committee led by Henry B Merritt used spies to invade private affairs. He cites a Florence visit by detective Adolph Abraham and questions state funding and authority for such espionage.
Berlin via London June 26 The Social Democratic party’s Vorwaerts carries a full page appeal for peace calling for an end to the war under terms that foster friendships with neighboring nations. It denounces conquest and annexation and urges Germany to take the first step toward peace in the name of humanity and culture.
After a heated session, Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange was formed to handle citrus and nuts. Incorporation papers filed naming Henry D Powell and others for Mississippi district and Mobile Baldwin counties with directors and terms set.
A prison letter by Syd Jones lists multiple murder confessions spanning 1907 to 1912. He names victims including Cleave Waters, Tommie Thompson, Charles Bennett, and Deputy Sheriff W. B. Moseley, plus others in various states. The note notes missed target Richard Moore and mentions a baseball field incident involving Manager Moran and Umpire Rigler as context.
A call to government for peace negotiations ending the bloody conflict accompanies a note urging Socialist comrades abroad to influence their governments. The text invites readers with friends in New Orleans to visit Sunday, offering a L. and N. excursion for 2.50 dollars.
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