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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1915
Page
5
Poem fragment recalling lost years and missed chances to comfort a loved one. The speaker longs for healing, recalling the beloved's presence and the ache of separation. Images of memory and longing fill a quiet, mournful passage.
The piece argues that good breeding and manners reveal character, urges calm acceptance of fate, and condemns forgetfulness in acknowledging invitations. It notes society’s judgment on those who mistreat hosts and fail to observe proper etiquette, portraying invitations as marks of a gentlemanly standing.
Mobile friends of Mrs. Wyatt Brown recall her visit and her Josephine role in Pinafore performed in Asheville benefiting Belgium relief funds. Sirens plan a Tuesday morning meeting, and Mrs. A W Brooks hosts a luncheon for Mrs. Nesbitt of Birmingham. A wedding in New Orleans joins Miss Geraldine Faust and Paymaster Arthur Mayo with a large guest list.
An article recommends applying mercalized wax as a nightly facial treatment to remove freckles and rough skin. After washing off next morning the outer cuticle flake away, revealing a smoother surface. A saxolite solution mixed with hazel is also advised for wrinkles as a facial bath.
William C. Faust and several relatives are named alongside U.S. Navy officers Lieutenant Williams and Lieutenant Merrill, Paymaster Mayo, Dr. Danna, and Clifford Sherman among others. The list also mentions W. A. Fitzpatrick Jr and members of the Faust family.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Peyton Nor ville of Mobile announce the engagement and April wedding of their daughter Helen Octavia to Mr Allan Grayson of Selma Ala A quiet ceremony is planned Grayson is a cotton firm executive with many friends congratulating the couple The Montgomery Journal notes her as a leading Mobile social figure
The Red Cross Seal committee will hold its postponed meeting Thursday at 11 o clock in the Mobile Public Library.
Mrs. Thomas Davis Porche of El Paso visits her sister in Montgomery. Miss Marion Overton returns with Miss Lillian Doyle from Battles and stays a few days. Mrs. L. W. Crigler of New York travels to Columbus and Macon to visit relatives before returning home. Mrs. Douglas Mason and Miss Kathleen Mason of Philadelphia tour Cloverdale and Mobile. They are warmly welcomed in Montgomery. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Bolk of Mobile visit the McLesters in Tuscaloosa. Mrs. P. E. McAllister heads to Douglas, Arizona, to see sisters Estelle and Corinne Horres, Mobile natives yearing in Denver. The Horres sisters plan to return to Mobile with Miss Genevieve Watson of Mobile hosting friends in Pensacola. Miss Anna Will Mangum leaves for Brewton to live with aunt Mrs. Lovelace after two weeks with Miss Mary Knight Rush.
Mrs. W. S. Stephenson left for St Louis after a winter in Mobile with sister Mrs. W. H. Monk. Mrs. W. K. Syson and daughter Martha visit Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Fearn at 1316 Warsaw St. Julius Goldstein and Edward Schwarz headed home to Mobile. Minnie Wolfe Rutherford returns from Mobile relatives and carnival. Mrs. FE Anderson of New Orleans visits Mrs. J. H. Simms on Old Shell Road.
In a U S district court in Selma a involuntary petition was filed against Marx Mercantile Co by L C Adler Co Bloch Bros and I Bloch Son all of Selma showing insolvency and willingness to be adjudicated bankrupt. The case was referred to Referee Campbell at Selma with Marx Mercantile Co declared bankrupt. Separately W P Houston a Greggville merchant filed a voluntary petition with liabilities 2263 93 assets 1956 42 exempt 978 21 and was adjudicated bankrupt with case referred to Referee Ervin Mobile.
A Genoa dispatch reports 15 000 tons of rice oats and beans from Seville bound for Germany were seized at Oneglia port on the Gulf of Genoa.
Whistler residents report M Brooks Hays traveling to Selma for the head camp meeting. Services are set at St Pauls Episcopal tonight. Various relocations and visits noted include Miss Alice Abbott illness in Whistler, Mrs Ella Kelly credentialing, and local residents such as William May ill at home and T E Kelly visiting Wilmer. Other items include marriages announced in San Antonio and local social visits to Mobile and Gulf Coast towns.
A special chamber meeting will decide follow up plans after the crop diversification campaign. Proposals include county level short campaigns with experts on legumes poultry dairy cattle and hogs, financing for youths raising chickens and pigs, and forming community groups to market vegetables in carload lots. A Montgomery meeting with Mobile and Birmingham reps aims to form a state wide follow up, with P G Holden assisting and potential two International Harvester staff.
Madrid reports mounting economic distress with riots over food costs. Provinces describe rationing, some areas receive food only every other day, and families survive on herbs. A woman allegedly driven mad by hardship drowned herself and her children at Lazaretos amid bread riots at Lacele where civil guards fired on crowds.
Miss Eva Angeline Yarbrough aged 23 died while visiting Mr and Mrs Humphreys in Muscogee Florida. Her remains were brought to Holly Grove for interment and she was laid to rest in the Holly Grove cemetery. A popular young lady known for Christian character.
Sunday services at All Saints Episcopal Church led by Rev. T H Johnston include Holy Communion at 7 a m Sunday school at 9 30 a m and morning prayer sermon and communion at 11 a m followed by evening prayer and sermon at 7 30 o'clock.
Mrs Selben of mene avenue returns home after a serious operation at Providence Infirmary. Dr Hale's niece Oliver Wintell of Bayou La Batre improves in Mobile infirmary. Arthur Cahall leaves for his Chunchula farm for several days. Mrs Hale recovering well. Dora Bisenet of Bay avenue and Gayle street to wed Hughie Garrettson of West Virginia on March 11. Steve O'Donnell of Whistler visited Oakdale Saturday. Mrs W B Stone and son visited sister Mrs T O Stone Jr on Magnolia avenue. Yoke Bearers Sewing Circle of Oakdale Baptist postpones tasks due to bad weather. Grace Chapel Girls Social and Sewing Club. Penny Fair April 3 at Marine and Seneca corner. Mrs Will Archer visited Oakdale Sunday. Little Carl Williamson improving after illness.
Washington March 8 Treasy officials plan the Pan American financiers conference in Washington May 10 with $50,000 appropriation. Central and South American ministers of finance and bankers will attend alongside American treasury officials and diplomats. Secretary McAdoo notes steamship facilities missing and expects the gathering to urge improvements. Also listed are J. C. Rendell and W. Ed England among attendees.
Fairhope items report L Johnson returning from an eastern trip and attending a City of Women's Clubs address with teachers present. J M Pilcher home for two weeks vacation. Diversified crops yield profits despite heavy rain. George E Stone headed to Atlantic City. G Lorimer family and F Robert family from Chicago staying at Vowell cottage for a month. Mrs A C Maynard of Winnetka visiting. Albert E Whittier and wife visiting Whittier Hall. Harriet Hoggson of Connecticut visiting. Mr David Kriger, a well known local figure, has died at his home. C E Littlefield will attend Grand Lodge W O W this week.
General Hugh L. Scott leads a 120 mile expedition from Denver to southeastern Utah to pursue Tse Ne Gat a Piute wanted on murder charges. He seeks surrender through fair treatment aided by Col. K Michie and Indian guides while a Utah marshal and posse stand by at Bluff awaiting developments.
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