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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1913

Page

7

Purvis Bride-Elect Fetes and Polyhymnia Circle News

Frances Allen Purvis the first Easter bride to attend ante nuptial events. a theatre party and supper hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Irwin tt for the bride, groom elect and attendants. An extensive Polyhymnia Circle meeting with Mrs. James Wade Cox featured Chaminade works, readings by Miss How, Moon, and Brown, and instrumental chambers by Shivers Zadek Schock Crane.

Frances Allen Purvis William Humphries Hall Irwintt Ecards Thomas M. McMillan Miss Purvis James Wade Cox Wom Polyne Charminade Gaynor Lang Margaret How Miss Moon D. N. Brown Shivers Polyhymnia Circle

Wedding Invitations Highlight Sadie Stone and John Davis

Widespread social notice of Easter nuptials for Sadie Stone, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Scarborough Leatherbury Jr., to Mr. John Bradford Davis. The event occurs on Wednesday evening at 9 and a half, April second, at 1017 Government Street Mobile Alabama with intimate guests invited to the ceremony.

Government Street

Turkish Bath Party During Holy Week Saloons Draw Auction Bridge Crowd

In Mobile during Holy Week a Turkish bath party drew the auction bridge crowd who gathered at Turkish bath rooms to spend an hour or so at his Vesuvian.

Mobile Auction Bridge

Horoscope for Birthdays Warns of Risk to Possessions

An entry notes danger to possessions and health as vital, warns widowed individuals may receive marriage offers, and states those born today may be visionary but require disciplined training to achieve high honors and success.

Family heads to Pittsburg after recent Mobile death

Mrs Louise Fletcher and her daughter Starriett leave Jackson Michigan for Pittsburg after visiting Mrs Horsford. They mourn the recent death of their mother Mrs John G Mann whose passing is deeply mourned in Mobile and beyond.

Pittsburg Louise Slain Fletcher Starriett Jackson Migs Horsford John G. Mann Mobile

Quiet New Orleans Wedding Ties Del Corral to Le More

Miss Leatrice Louise del Corral and Mr Albert Emile le More wed in New Orleans with close family witnesses due to youth. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs J F del Corral, groom son of Mr and Mrs le More of Esplanade Avenue. They will reside in Mobile after their wedding journey. Protestant Lawn Party on May 15 supports the Protestant Orphan Asylum in Mobile.

Leatrice Louise del Corral Albert Emile le More New Orleans Becauss Cupid J. F. del Corral le More Protestant Orphan Asylum

St Patrick Day Wedding Unites Bessie McCord and J Wallace Myrick

A surprise ceremony on March 17 1913 united Miss Bessie McCord of Selma and Mr J Wallace Myrick of Deatsville at the Baptist parsonage performed by Rev Dr Haygood. The bride aunt is the late Edward P Sprague Mobile prominent citizen. The groom hails from Autauga county and will live in Birmingham where he holds a position with the L and N railroad.

St. Patrick’s Day St. Patrick's Day Bessie McCord Selma J. Wallace Myrick Deatsville Ala Baptist Haygood Edward P. Sprague Mobile Autauga County Alabama Myrick Birmingham City L. & N. Railroad

Fatal Encounter in Hotel Rector

A fight among diners at the Hotel Rector on Broadway early today led to the death of Eugene Bozonizzi, a young waiter. A man used a heavy glass bottle during the brawl, striking Bozonizzi as his tray toppled. doctors reported a broken skull and probable death. The assailants fled and were not identified.

Associated Press New York Rector Broadway Eugene Bozonizzi Bozonizi

Aleko Schinas Seen Leaving Chicago With Volunteers

Aleko Schinas, alleged killer of King George of Greece, reportedly departed Chicago with volunteers during the Balkan crisis. Davenport anecdotes link the man to Schinas, claiming he once ran a Rock Island news stand and served briefly as a judge in minor courts. Brothers-in-law accuse him of graft, rendering him a fugitive.

Associated Press Chicago Aleko Schinas King George of Greece Davenport C. Damascus Schinas Mr. Damascus Rock Island

Vice Committee to Meet Wilson in Washington

The Illinois senate vice committee travels to Washington for a noon Saturday conference with President Wilson. A Washington public hearing will follow to study Eastern conditions, with a stop in Harrisburg for a talk with Governor Tener. They plan to urge a minimum wage for working girls in the president's message to Congress.

Associated Press Chicago Illinois Senate Washington Wilson Harrisburg Tener Congress

Death of Simon Hertz noted in New York

Simon Hertz father of Dr. Joseph Hertz died at his home after a brief illness at age sixty six. Dr. Joseph Hertz is in England. the elder Hertz recently lived in New York.

Simon Hertz New York Joseph Hertz British Empire England

Experience of Motherhood and Preparation for Childbirth

A period of motherhood marks an epoch in a woman's life with trials of strength and nervous strain after childbirth. The article urges reliance on Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to restore health and strength, claiming it makes women normal, healthy and strong and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Mass.

Agarns Lydia E. Pinkham Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass

Arson Squads Strike Two Homes in England Activists Target Lady White Residence

Militant suffragettes set fires in Englefield Green and Weston-Super-Mare early today, causing about 100000 in damage. Lady Amy White’s country house and the Weston-Super-Mare golf club pavilion were burned as police tracked two women seen nearby. The act follows taunts aimed at Chancelor Hobhouse amid National Teachers Conference in the area.

Associated Press London Amy White Englefield Green The Thames Weston-Super-Mare Somersetshire Lady White Sir George White Ladysmith Charles Hobhouse Hobhouse National Teachers’ Conference Viscount Haldane

Tariff Revision in Expert Hands

Washington reports a tariff revision analyzed by a corps of statistical and customs experts in the Ways and Means offices. Representatives Hull and Peters discuss administrative features for the report to the full committee, with plans to retain most provisions of the present tariff and consider income tax after analyzing returns from fourteen schedules. A forthcoming conference between chairmen Underwood and Fitzgerald may set the initial appropriations approach as Democrats seek to move on sundry civil and Indian appropriations.

Washington House Committee On Ways and Statistical and Customs Hull Tennessee Peters Massachusetts Appropriations Committee Underwood Ways and Means Fitzgerald

C C Interested in Private Freight Cars Census Asked

Washington march 20 the interstate commerce commission seeks information from all railroads for a census on freight moved in cars owned by private lines to study usage and economic impact and policy options.

Washington Interstate Commerce Commission

Census Reports Second Largest U S Cotton Crop Of 1912

Washington reports the 1912 U S cotton crop at 14,296,500 600-pound bales including linters, down from 16,260,378 in 1911. Alabama totals 1,380,756 bales, Georgia 1,849,303, Texas 6,120,262, and Louisiana 143,311, with state estimates by the Agriculture Department.

Washington United States Census Bureau Department of Agriculture Bureau of Statistics Sea Island Alabama Arkansas Department Ofgriculture Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi Eek of Agriculture Linters Missouri North Carolina Eee South Ree Sea de of Agriculture Linters Texas Art of Agriculture

Will Fight Again Los Angeles Boxers Reach Return Match

Bud Anderson and Knockout Brown, who drew twenty slashing rounds, agreed to a return bout in mid April. The decision offers two timing options: April 12 at 1 pm for 183 pounds, or April 15 at 7 pm with weigh in. The quartet of phrases reflects the era's sports coverage.

Associated Press Los Angeles Cal Bud Anderson Knockout Brown Atenrow

Banquet Planned for Detroit Baseball Club in Gulfport

J. T. Jones president of the Quit & Ship Island railroad and the Great Southern Hotel Company will host a banquet for Manager Jennings and the Detroit Baseball Club on Friday night March 21 at the hotel in Gulfport. The Tigers will travel from New Orleans Thursday night and depart Gulfport Saturday morning for Mobile on their league trip. the Tigers train here again next year.

Gulfpost Miss J. T. Jones Te” ‘Quit & Ship Island Railroad Great Southern Hotel Company Jennings Detroit Baseball Club Detroit New Orleans Gulfport Mobile Tigers

Census Bureau to Publish Corrections on 1912 Report

The 1909 bale figures appear in this fragment with 5 439 bales cited for 1909 and notes that the 1912 statistics are subject to minor corrections in a full May 1 release. The snippet outlines forthcoming revisions from the census bureau.

Census Bureau

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