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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1916

Page

6

Glamour and society notes from Mobile events

Mobile society coverage details pre Lent receptions in Washington and Mobile. Describes Mrs. Wilson and Daisy Fitzhugh’s notes on attire, gowns, and fashions, plus a wedding announcement for Miss Pryor of Pensacola and Joel Manuel in Whistler. Also notes Clark School meeting plans and an Anniston visitor’s Mobile visit with social entertainments.

Miss Pryor Pensacola Joel Manuel Miss Rothermer Pryor Whistler Cecil Bowen Mr. Manuel Mississippi City O. H. Pryor Manuel Lee Crabtree

It Is a Wes Coat and Like Brother's Arrival Details

A listy local item notes a arrival on Friday March 3 and March 11 engagements including a pink peachskin taffeta dress worn by Miss Aderhold who travels to Fairhope and to Montgomery. Social events include skating parties church meetings and a Confederate Children chapter activity with new members.

Miss Aderhold G. 8. van Aller Broad Street Aderhold Fairhope M. A. van Aller Mobile Montgomery Mrs. Dent

Social Calendar Teems With Club Events and Parties

Tuesday features Art Needlework Club with Mrs B J Newberry and a tea for Mary Helen Seelbach and Helen Blodgett at Battle House. Annual luncheon of Council of Jewish Women at Battle House. Bridge party for Mrs Tom Akers and a silver tea for St John’s Auxiliary at 118 Dexter Ave. Auction Club with Edna Manning. Wednesday includes H S Club with Edith Metzger, another bridge party for Miss Doris Moughan, a Five Hundred party for Bernice Eldridge, and Neighborhood Sewing Circle. Thursday and Friday list Bridge No Trump Euchre and 500 at St Patrick's Hall, Miss Amalie Ladd hosting Cope Orrell bridal party, and YWCA St Patrick's Party. Saturday night Silver Tea for Clara Schumann Club at Cawthon Hotel funds scholarship.

B. J. Newberry Daisy Peck Mary Helen Seelbach Louisville Helen Blodgett Battle House Council of Jewish Women Tom Akers St. John's Woman's Auxiliary W. E. Pruitt Dexter Avenue Edna Manning H. S. Club Edith Metzger J. W. McAlpine Doris’ Moughan Birmingham W. H. Hadkins Bernice Eldridge Knoxville, Tenn W. M. West Virginia Woolf Trump Club Julia Creary Amalie Ladd Cope-Orrell

Mobile Carnival Guests and Local Social News

Miss Bettie Kilpatrick of Carney visits Mr. and Mrs. L A Carney as guests for several days. Numerous Mobile carnival guests return home after Mardi Gras events with updates on visits to relatives and friends across Mobile and nearby towns. The North Monterey School Improvement Association meets to elect officers and discuss alley beautification and street improvements.

Bettie Kilpatrick Carney, Ala James Cowan Atlanta Mobile Mrs. L. A. Cowan K. A. Bledsoe Meridian T. M. Fisher L. M. Sanders Government Street Meridian Star Alba Gower Birmingham Martha Bradshaw Nell Cosby Helen Harwell Chinchula Christine Gilbert Leila Turner Oralie Boulmer Ellen Leslie C.d. Scott Yellow Pine Ala G. W. Widney Battles G. L. Widney Percy Davis Yellow’ Pine Hilda Broadwood Point Clear New ‘Somer Annie Krassin Natillie Simonson Mt. Vernon Jack “Ross Demopolis Dorothy West Belle Gulbert Rudolph Benz W. L. Taylor Lorraine, Cunningham May Leatherbury Albert Clothier Sommes Church Willie Mae Cooper Grove Hill L. E. Clark Grover Fallen Tallahassee Fla North Monterey School Improvement Association Rolfe Seeberg Andrew van Antwerp Marshall Turner James H. Patterson Truman Smith Sextus Smith

Ruth Bloch Oppenheimer Wedding Reception Planned in New York

Invitations issued by Mrs. Nettie B. Bloch announce the private wedding and reception for her daughter Ruth and Maurice H. Oppenheimer at 790 Riverside Drive New York City on Sunday March 19 from 3 to 6 pm. The note notes Miss Bloch’s Mobile roots and family history.

Alabama Birmingham Plang Ruth Lucy Roach Mary Godwin Ruth Roach Corinne Little Needham Bryan A. R Elizabeth Dumas Harry T. Inge Uride Jones Boston Earle Jenks Howe Thomas Walkley London J. McCleary Cadman Lake Rose Ethelbert Nevin Left Nettie Beall Mobile Age-Herald G. H. Mathis Mobile County Beall Rosson Miss Beall Mrs. Mathis Andalusia Ako Nettie B. Bloch Maurice H. Oppenheimer Riverside Drive New York City Miss Bloch Godfrey Bloch New York

Easy Way to Remove Freckles and Eruptions Advise

A short advertorial claims mercurized wax applied like cold cream removes freckles and rough skin by sloughing the outer cuticle over a week with no pain. It also recommends Saxolite powder mixed with hazel for a facial bath to smooth wrinkles.

Poslam Allays Skin Ailments and Eczema Relief

Poslam promises to heal eruptional skin troubles from the start, stopping itching and showing daily improvement. Poslam Soap adds antiseptic benefits for toilet and bath. For samples, send 4c stamps to Emergency Laboratories, 32 West 25th St., New York City. Sold by all druggists.

West 25Th St New York City

Hardware Prices Move Up in Curio Market Showdown

A fragment from a historical page lists assorted hardware prices with odd values like two cents and ten cents, plus fractions and small cent amounts. The text hints at a catalog or ad snippet showing fluctuating costs for items in a crowded marketplace.

Crockery and Glassware Sale Items Listed

A list of low value crockery and glassware items includes a white bowl and pitcher for $1.00, thin glasses at 5 cents, a gold band vegetable dish with cover for 50 cents, a gold band pitcher, a 10 inch gold band platter, a 2 quart gold band mixing bowl, a cup and saucer at 15 cents, and 6 inch flower pots with saucer at 10 cents.

GRIGG Rsc Walle 4 Cdc Horlick Baes Sloan’s Fletcher's Dr. King Meu Grove Porter Dottie Scola Foley Dodson Cardus Hobson's Woodre Sid Sansa Woodbury’s

Also Mentioned on This Page

National Army Navy Wilson Daisy Fitzhugh Washington Times-Picayune General Federation of Women’s Clubs Mark Bristol Bristol Rittenhouse Moore Hanna Willard ‘Taylor Hannis Taylor Lany Drug Store Spain Charles Clay Bayley Mies Taylor Reed Hunt Clark School Improvement Association Dauphin Street Anniston Irene Aderhold J. M. Agee Wes Brother ALL Saints Church T. Arnold Government and Monterey Streets John Drago Gulf City Central Presbyterian Church Wich Tschaikowsky Raymond Crosby Jessie Mae Perkins Leftwich J. Andrew Henderson Mary Russell Gilbert Christian Russell Bradford Dumas Gene Dumas A. C. Moore Columbia S. C George Threefoot Christ Church Auxilliary Woman's Auxilliary of Christ Church Chapter House Congress Oscar L. Gray Champ Clark Clark Louis Mann Washington Post Seaman’s Bethel Seaman's Bethel Rowley Orchestra Miss Grant Appolonia Manson Miss Buchanan Chester Spear Eugenie Rosson Mr. Barbour Max Lavelle Rowley Junior Orchestra Bettie D. Rosson ST. Claire Andrew Price Williams Ashbel Hubbard St. Patrick Andrew University Military Schoool Joshua Nutter Swiftwater N. Hi Adv Betty Brown Fair Maid Fashion Art League of America Empire Theatre Mobile Millinery CO New Orleans New Orleans St Patrick’s Hall St. Patrick’s Clara Schumann Club Cawthon Hotel Crowley & Marshall's J. Cowan Guy Larkin Evelyn Prim Jackson G. van Aller S. Broadstreet Colfax W. K. Garret C. H. Alley Pascagoula C. L. Bennett Jacksonville, Fla L. A. Cowan Lilie Belle McGowin Mobile Infirmary Sweet Brier College Margaret Robertson F. A. Hodges Auburn, Ala Luke Hodges St. Louis Street Bessie Kelly H. M. Price J. M. Combs J. H. Wentworth Birmingham Age-Herald T. W. Reese Sue Rainer Mary Knight Rush Ozark Elba Anna Will Mangum Brewton Ritta Turner G. W. Embry Irvington Anna Horta Bayou la Batte Leatte Turner Clyde Hunter Rivers Rush Herdin Perkins Gulf Crest Irby ‘Moorer and Son Mae Venturini Iola Laurendine Hattie Bolton Theodore Nettie Mae McDowell Mayme Wood Chicora Miss Ina Sadie Harwell Chunchula Will Hays Christ Child Society The Mobile Public Library Apolonia Manson Dauphin Way Lea & Perrins Hubert Street van Camp Hershey’s Arm & Hammer Catherine Sts
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