Society notes and engagements include Miss Ida Ross to wed Le Blanc
Mobile society items list engagements marriages and guest visits. Ida Polk Ross announces forthcoming June wedding to Stewart Alfred Le Blanc. Miss Louise Donovan returns from Mississippi visit. Miss Varina Gould arrives from Auburn and Birmingham. Miss Lucile Rush to return after Easter from New York City debutante season pending. Social events include musicales hosted by Mrs Crampton and Miss Minnie Black and dances at the Elks Club with Miss Crossland honored.
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Rose
Jack F. Ross
Ida Polk Ross
Stewart Alfred le Blanc
Lucile Rush
New York City
Clara B. Crossland
Demopolis
Corinne Partridge
Miss Crossland
Elks’ Club
Tombigbee River
Society Almanac features ancestral tableau in Mobile
An interesting tableau to be given Boon in Mobile will show handsome chapter members posed as their ancestresses of long ago. The Society Almanac retains strong numbers from the former repertoire and a complimentary ball will follow the theatrical successes. D A R members will attend in mask and invited outsiders will join the mystic affair.
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Mobile
If This Is Your Birthday Horoscope Note
Birthday advice cautions against quick schemes and urges real investigation. It predicts hard work with early disappointment but later improvement, and notes many friends from generosity and sociability. It warns that only engaging work will satisfy true potential.
Society Leader Furnishes Model Flat for 250 Dollars
New York, March 10. Mrs William K Vanderbilt Sr a prominent society leader and settlement worker has created a model five room apartment in her East Seventy eighth street tenement to show working class families can live well with modest means. The furnished flat costs 250 dollars and is meant to ease fears of instalment payments for young couples starting married life in the city.
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New York
William K. Vanderbilt
East Seventy-eighth Street
Vanderbilt
Exiled Napoleonic followers pursued a harsh Alabama colonization
W. W. Finley of the Southern Railway notes Napoleonic exiles who settled near Demopolis Alabama in the early 1800s. The article recounts frontier hardship, notable officers and nobles who hawked produce in Mobile and nearby towns, and the colony’s ultimate failure amid frontier life.
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Washington Post
W. W. Finley
Southern Railway
Alabama
South Fellows
The
Demopolis
Europe
France
Brilliant Showing of Spring Goods at Gayfers
Shoppers flock to Gayfers opening day as the store showcases La Mode spring arrivals. Elegant gowns in Benzai blue, copper charmeuse, black charmeuse, yellow palettes, and white lace contrast with Bulgarian and Persian embellishments. Fashion heads Mr. J L Manning curates a season of Parisian cuts and Russian influences across menswear and misses wear.
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Gayfers
Gayfer
Paris
Martin
Layna Martan
Place Vendome
Neil Rose
Frrench
Paquin
Redfern
Beer
Cheruit
Callot
Gayfer's
J. L .Manning
Demopolis Alabama’s French Colony and Its Aftermath
The article recounts French Bonapartist exiles who founded a colony in Marengo County Alabama around 1817, hoping to grow olives and grapes. Misfortune, land disputes, and squatters led to its collapse within a decade, supplanted by American cotton farmers who built a prosperous, hospitable community with grand homes such as Gainswood and Bluff Hall.
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Napoleon
Congress
Philadelphia
Mobile Bay
France
Demopolis
Greensboro
Marengo
Marengo County
Gatinswood
America
Nathan B. Whitfield
George Strother Gaines
Gainswood
General Polk
Bluff Hall
Socrete
South
Arengo County
Schooner William C May Runs Aground Off Last Island
Associated Press report from Morgan City La states the schooner William C May of Philadelphia captained by John C Davis ran aground on Last Island off the Louisiana coast this morning. The 1000 ton vessel was en route from Cuba to New York to load a cargo of salt.
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Associated Press
Morgan City
William C. May
Philadelphia
John C. Davis
Louisiana
Uba
York
Maderos Seek to Retain Property Amid U S Visit
The Madero family members visit friends at a New York hotel and discuss plans to retain ownership of vast Mexican real estate valued around 100 million dollars. Francisco I. Madero and Ernesto Madero avoided statements, with the widow and mother also in Havana and not traveling to Washington or San Antonio for a conference.
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Associated Press
New York
Madero
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico
Ernesto Madero
Havana
Washington
San Antonio
Texas
Suspect Held in Theft Of Mrs Henry’s Silver Purse
A man who gave the name Will Tolliver and was known to police is held as a suspect in a theft during Sunday morning. A silver mesh purse containing currency belonging to Mrs. J G Henry was taken from the Henrys' apartment at Conception and St Louis streets after occupants were awakened by a noise and seen a vent escaping through a window.
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Will Tolliver
J.G. Henry
Fire Destroys Thirteen Businesses on Main Street
Presque Isle Maine March 10 A major blaze destroyed thirteen business places in Green's Clock and Friedman's block on West Main Street. Losses exceed 100000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Presque Isle
Maine
Green
Ciock
Friedman
West Main Street
Faust Spaghetti Promotes Cheap Nutritious Diet
A 10c Faust Spaghetti package is promoted as more nutritious than 4 lbs of beef, claiming durum wheat provides gluten for muscle and bone. The ad argues lower cost, easier digestion, and savory dishes, urging readers to request a free recipe book from Maul Bros in St. Louis.
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Mrs. Crampton
Minnie Black
Louise Donovan
Mississippi
A. F. Dantzler
Moss Point
Dorothy and
Beatrice Barnes
Madison
Wisconsin
Creary
Varina’ Gould
Auburn
Birming
Yancey Lovelace
Lucile Zelnicker
Selma
Ruby Mass
Nan Arnold
Brewton
Elba
Nicholas Raoul
Col
Cluis
Ferdinand of
Spain
Count Bertrand Clausel
Bordeaux
Algiers
Lefebvre Desnouttes
Russia
Fontainebleau
Henry l'Allemande
M. Peniers
French National Assembly
Louis XVI
Marshal Grouchy
Waterloo
French Empire
Velva
Penice & Ford, Ltd
New Orleans
Yrup
Nell Rose
Maderos
Meixco
Maul Bros
St. Louis, Ma
der Pleres
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Pierce
Alaga
Alabama-Georgia Syrup Company
Montgomery, Alabama
Kfole
Mobile Daily Item
Douay
Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal
Farley
Petra
Tissotead
Che
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