Society Notes Highlight Busy Summer at Battle's Hotel
A June social swell fills Battle's area as Beach Hotel, attie's Hotel, and Case House host guests from Georgia to New York. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Henry of Birmingham and Ms. Sass of Texas, with many card parties, sails, dances, and cottage stays described. Acetylene gas gains popularity for country homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beach
Attie’s
M. Stollenwerck
Battle
Wilcox
Delacroix
Stirling Cottage
Overtons
Ethel Williams
van Heuvals
Mr. Wergin
Eberlein
Miss Kearn
Bessie White
Stoll Cottage
Mrs. Stoll
Chester Spear
Edward Metzger
John Metzger
Spring Hill College
Julie Boudousquie
Ethel
Per- Gico
Anderson
Ollinger
Ingersoll
Miss Moffett
Winter
Lavelle
Oklahoma
Charles Debardelaben
Selma
Dade
Carter
Evie Clemmons
Battle's
Mr. Round
van Heuvel
McPhillips
Point Clear
Birmingham
Montevallo
Transparent gown latest sensation from Paris debuts in New York store
The Expose Toilette gown from Paris is shown in a New York apartment store. The design features champagne taffeta, rose and blue embroidery, a black net over cerise bodice, and a tulle sash. Stockings are heavily embroidered with jeweled trinkets below the knees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York
Imagination in a Suburban Fairy Tale
A narrator discusses a child Jessica who, while kept in a strict household, uses imagination to transform a dull suburban life into a living fairy tale. She envisions enchanted adventures with a white cat, and later, though married to a plain clerk, she preserves wonder by weaving dreams around her everyday world and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittums
Jessica
Gregorio
Miss Jessica
Prince Charming
Duenna
Roma
Bayou la Batre News Roundup of Local Shifts and Sports
Bayou la Batre notes Leroy Cain was seriously hurt using a foothold cutting three arteries in one foot. George Smee feverish. Mrs J Naylor visited Mobile. Helen McDonald staying with Minnie Becham. J W Shelphy spent Sunday with his mother. Rosalia and Anna Akridge visited relatives. J W Owens and Will Miller families fished seventy five fish in three hours. J B Powell of Greenville bought and remodeled Tate place. Baptist Sunday school lawn party on church grounds. Cairens family sailed the Fujeyama yacht from here to Chandeleur Islands. Col J J and Earl Bryant on board. Klings and Eagles game 9 0 Eagles win with George Rice striking out sixteen. Modern Woodmen picnic to Dauphin Island with watermelons and two boats chartered.
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Leroy Cain
George Smee
J. ©. Naylor
Mobile
Helen McDonald
Crichton
Minnie Becham
J. W. Shelphy
Rosalia
Anna Akridge
Sunny
J. W. Owens
Will Miller
J. B. Powell
Greenville
Ala
Tate Place
the Baptist Church
T. C.,cairens and
Birmingham
Fujeyama
Chandeleur Islands
Col
J. J
Earl Bryant
Klings
Eagles
Bayou
George Rice
Dauphin Island
Peak Sisters play delights Crichton audience at Odd Fellows Hall
Crichton Alabama reports that The Peak Sisters performed at Odd Fellows Hall last week to a large audience including teacher Mrs Tew and participants who earned praise for a successful play. Local visitors include Miss Annie P Graham of Mobile and Misses Virginia and Miriam Thompson of Citronelle visiting Miss Georgia Newell on Fourth Street.
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Peak Sisters
Odd Fellows” Hall
Tew
John Stevens
Yoakum
Texas
Clancy
Mobile
Reinhardt
Annie P. Graham
Malcolm A. Graham
Healing Springs
Virginia
Miriam Thompson
Citronelle
Georgia Newell
Fourth Street
Peterson
Marguerite
Leon Hatcher
Roanoke
McMillan
N. 8S. Gay
Mae Hinson
East
Gulf Crest
G. W. Daly
Hatchell
E. W. Norton
Monroe Park
Thomas Young
Bessie
Ruth
Zeno Orso
Malcolm, Ala
Building Boom Strikes the Central City
Selma contractor Thomas Purvis won two building contracts. A Marion Junction bank building will be a one story brick structure costing about 2000 dollars. A Washington Street complex for a negro moving picture show will cost about 8000 dollars and include an Eagle Dry Goods annex.
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Selma
Ala
Thomas Purvis
Marion Junction
Marion Junction Bank
E. D. Eliasberg
Washington Street
Eagle Dry Goods Company
Selmians Plan Fourth of July Morgan Pettus Barbecue
Selmians in Selma Alabama announce tickets for the Morgan Pettus barbecue to be held July 4 are on sale at major city businesses. The committee expects to sell more than a thousand tickets in the upcoming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Morgan Pettus
Newbro
Clearing House Banks Hold Over Legal Reserve
New York report shows clearing house banks and trust companies hold 36,272,250 dollars in excess of legal requirements for the week, a drop of 38,537,400 from the previous week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Be Womanly in Business Courtesy Earns Favor
A witness recounts two office interview scenes. A harshly dressed man rejects a brash applicant, while a quiet, well-presented woman in navy blue wins a favorable reaction. The moral stresses polite treatment of women in business to improve opportunities for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busines
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promised Health Boost
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a tonic that enriches the blood and strengthens the whole system to withstand the depressions of hot summer weather. The product is priced at 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbro
Brent Send
GROVE
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Battles
Hostetter
G. Hardy Smith
St. Michael Street Mobile, Asa
F. C. Horton
Accountant van Antwerp Building Mobile
Nelson & Bailey
So. Royal St
Stoddard-Dayton
Conception-street Road
Obile Auto Company
Herpicide
EL Edith Marlowe
Suburbia
Bayou la Batre
Newbro’s
Merpicie
Special Agents
Clearing House
Dauphin ST
Dauphin Street
Britten’s Shoe
Dr. F. L. Tapia
Orangeburg
Satsuma
Gulf Coast
Bienville
Mobile Sugar Development CO
Bloodgood and St. Joseph Sts
Mobile, Ala
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