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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1915
Page
8
The Rev Percy Stickney Grant argues divorce hinges on affection and that liberal trends reflect shifts in women's status. He urges sane, fearless views on divorce despite social scorn. A church service at the Church of the Ascension frames marriage as tied to sentiment rather than mere convenience.
The piece argues for continued progress toward unrestricted suffrage in the United States, noting wartime shifts and a series of state actions from January to February 191?. It highlights rising support, mocks counterarguments, and asserts that home and family remain core while war pressures influence voter rights discussions.
An article reflects on Dolly Madison and the Octagon House in Washington. It highlights the Dolly Madison’s role during the War of 1812 era, her influence as First Lady, and the drawing room reception held after the Treaty of Ghent.
A collection of old time home cooking items including Creole Soup New Orleans Fish Balls St Augustine Sally Lunn Carolina Pilau Kentucky Stuffed Peppers Old Virginia Fried Chicken and Sweet Potato Biscuit with step by step ingredients and methods for each dish. The notes describe chopping peppers onions and herbs browning butter adding stock tomatoes and macaroni then shaping frying or baking guided by traditional flavors and technique.
A nostalgic recipe roundup detailing Virginia Cocoanut Cream Pudding, Southern Stewed Oysters, Sweet Potato Pone, Creole Macaroni with chicken livers and tongue, Waldorf Salad, and a Fruit Cocktail with grape and orange pulps. Each dish includes stepwise directions and serving suggestions.
The General Federation of Women's Clubs backs a competition for federated clubs to define home. Prizes total 560 with 260 first and 100 second, 50 third, and four 25 awards. Submissions must be original, 1000 words max, single-sided, with club name and address.
An 8 o clock Friday program for Dauphin Way Baptist Sunday school features a revived salon program with choirs solos and semi dramatic pieces including The Lost Chord Sweet Miss Mary and The Old Clock on the Stairs. Edna I van Winkle now Mrs Francis J Heney. A free will offering will aid the window fund.
A Goshen Indiana man suggests wives receive an independent allowance while managing home duties. Also notes on Emma Nelson memory skills, Caroline Fairchild Stewart as Southern relief ball beauty, Helen Hartley Jenkins Serbian Red Cross award, and Francis J Heney graft campaign associations in California.
Mise Davis outlines YWCA as a major global women’s group with 600000 members in many nationalities. World headquarters in London and national headquarters in New York with a new eleven story building at 600 Lexington Avenue. South Central field based in St. Louis covers seven states.
Louisville and Laurel figure in a broad overview of the Young Women's Christian Association. The central field's population is listed as fourteen million with area details omitted. The organization emphasizes loyalty to Jesus Christ and a program spanning cafeterias, lunchrooms, homes, training, employment bureaus, camps, clubs, Bible classes, mission advising, and devotional meetings. Industrial clubs expand alongside a fourfold focus on intellectual, social, and spiritual growth. Membership has doubled in seven years with associations in eighty five towns and fifty new buildings costing over five million dollars. Seventy campaign drives raised more than ten thousand dollars. A Panama-Pacific Expo facility includes a cafeteria and auditorium, with rest rooms and writing rooms. members can visit the building and attend the final convention in Los Angeles in May.
Dolly Dalrymple interviews Alma Rittenberry praising her energy for the Jackson Highway campaign to improve roads nationwide. Rittenberry notes Mrs. Harry Tutwiler Inge leads Alabama participation, with committees named including Mrs Gregory B. Smith and Mrs T L Basore. Tennessee and Chicago leaders named to aid the transcontinental highway project.
Mr. Roderick McKenzie will give the first of several lectures Thursday for the benefit of the institution. He will speak on Bombay Calcutta and Delhi with proceeds aiding the school. A large audience is expected.
Boards of Boys Industrial School hold a Tuesday meeting with a Tu Mobillans parade for Governor Charles Henson's planned visit to the East Lake campus. The annual all day meeting of the executive and advisory boards will occur, with Mrs Erwin identified as Mobile's vice president of the board.
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