Today events and meetings across Mobile venues
A schedule of society meetings in Mobile listing events at the German Relief hall B nai B'rith hall and other venues. Highlights include the Council of Jewish Women annual meeting at B nai B'rith hall and Clara Schumann club at the Scottish Rite Cathedral with numerous church and charity group gatherings through the afternoon and evening. An anonymous poem about commonplace life follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Jewish Women's Annual Meeting
B'nai B'rith Hall
Clara Schumann Club
Archibald Butt Memorial seen in Augusta lights
The Augusta Herald describes the Archibald Butt memorial bridge as majestically lit by night with bronze eagles and stone lions. It honors Major Archie Butt, born 1866 Augusta and lost on the Titanic in 1912, and notes how the memory inspires American youth amid wartime tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Butt
Augusta
Bransford
Major Butt
Archibald Butt
Memorial Bridge Honors Georgia Major Archibald Butt
Augusta dedicates a memorial bridge in Georgia to Major Archibald Butt who gave place of safety during the Titanic disaster. At the unveiling Mrs. John Bransford distributed memorial buttons to youths, schoolchildren, and Boy Scouts in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Archibald Butt
Georgia
Augusta
John Bransford
Boy Scouts
Jovial stags hold merman party at Fairhope voyage
A jovial crew of stags enjoyed a merman party yesterday at Fairhope, going over in the morning and returning that night. The Apollo's booking for the voyage included Will Baumhauer Harold Leftwich Tom Taylor Joseph Bibb Murrell Shields Bob Shackleford Roy Kraus Charles Bidgood and Neal Davis. Dinner was served in fine style for them at the Baumhauer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stags
Fairhope
Apollo
Will Baumhauer
Harold Leftwich
Tom Taylor
Joseph Bibb
Murrell Shields
Bob Shackleford
Roy Kraus
Charles Bidgood
Neal Davis
Baumhauer
Miss Edna Manning Calls Mobile Social Circuit Bloom
Miss Edna Manning, an attractive Mobile girl, draws social favor in Birmingham as guest of Miss Rucker for about ten days. The two, schoolmates recently from Europe, recall study and travel abroad while sharing summer social scenes. Manning learned the tango in Florence and plans a Mobile debut next winter after a Pensacola visit with relatives the Quinas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Manning
Birmingham
Rucker
Europe
Florence
Miss Manning
Guelph
Globeline
Mobile
Pensacola
Quinas
Mobile ladies tour New Orleans praising city beauty drive
Mrs Charles Cunningham and companions visited New Orleans on a recent excursion and returned with enthusiastic reports on the Crescent Citys civic beauty improvement work. Tropic palms azaleas and other plants delight the eye while sanitation is maintained by constant supervision as a model for Mobile City Beautiful Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cunningham
Loraine Cunningham
C. P. Robinson
Gladys Boone
Lettice Clarke
St. John Wilson
New Orleans
Crescent City
Mobile City Beautiful Committee
Coden Weekend Party Chaperoned by Touarts and Eberlein
A group of young people enjoyed a weekend at Coden under the supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Touart and Miss Eberlein. Attendees included Elizabeth Touart, Margaret Jones, Martha Webb, Mamie Butler, Lillian Delchamps, Josephine Harris, Irene Gordon, Jessie Porter, Demaris Smith, Fletcher Slaton, Gabriella Cook, Sheldon McKinstry, S G Neuberger Jr, Tom McDonald, Joe Sands, Caswell Coffey, John Moreland, Leslie Taylor, John Baumhauer, Al Delaney, Robert Harris and Crawford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coden
Frank Touart
Eberlein
Elizabeth Touart
Margaret Jones
Martha Webb
Mamie Butler
Lillian Delchamps
Josephine Harris
Irene Gordon
Jessie Porter
Demaris Smith
Fletcher Slaton
Gabriella Cook
Messrs
Sheldon McKinstry
S. G. Neuberger, Jr
Tom McDonald
Joe Sands
Caswell Co
Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve Ad
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a spring tonic improving appetite indigestion liver kidney and stomach troubles with a testimonial to Mr T D Peeble. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is offered for eczema with pricing at 50 cents and 1.00 at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. Peeble
Bucklen
Special Meeting Notice for Independent Order of Beavers
Dam No. 26 in Mobile announces a special meeting Tuesday night May 5. Oliver H Harris M D, president, and W 3 Holt, secretary, urge attendance for important matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Order of Beavers
Tars and Their Play Toys on New York's Guns
The article notes sailors aboard the New York flagship of a new special service squadron carrying shells to lighter guns in the magazines. It mentions this type of projectile used by US fleet gunners in Vera Cruz harbor to support the original landing forces.
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Jackies
New York
Special Service Squadron
Vera Cruz
Optimism Reigns In Henderson Camp For Henderson's Campaign
Four members of the Henderson flying squadron of orators arrived in Montgomery to launch statewide speeches for the Troy candidate. Captain Kolb from Henry County and Colonel Pitts from Uniontown join Frank S. Stone of Bay Minette, and Commissioner McIntyre headed to Butler County. They predict Henderson wins by a landslide, with Walker County showing a 500 vote margin. Stone and Harris Seed credited with strong local support and Seed votes likely going to Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Henderson “Flying Squadron
Troy
R . Kolb
Henry
North Alabama
W. L. Pitts
Uniontown
Coosa County
Frank S. Stone
Bay Minette
Walker County
Lawrence County
C. P. McIntyre
Butler County
Henderson
Comer
Stone
Harris Seed
Selma
Walter D. Seed
Seed
Mr. Henderson
Veterans Mobilize for Jacksonville Reunion Attendees Depart Mobile
Mobile’s United Confederate Veterans, Sons of Veterans and ladies left at 2:30 PM for Jacksonville, Florida for the week long general reunion. Alabama and Mississippi groups joined the Mobile contingent with yellow hammer cockades and banners. Comrades from Texas and the West arrived aboard a full Louisville & Nashville train. Camp Raphael Semmes No. 11 led a march from the armory to the depot with escorts of stay at home members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
United Confederate Veterans
Sons of Veterans
Jacksonville
Fla
Old Guard
Florida City
Louisville & Nashville
Alabama
City
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
New Orleans
Chicago
Camp Semmes
Illinois
Martin
Texas
Western
Raphael Semmes
Royal Street
Captain Kolb Campaign Notes Across Counties
Walter Seed carried Walker county in the April 6 primary. Captain Kolb expressed optimism for success in Henry county and predicted Henderson will win easily there. He carried Henry county in the last primary and said his followers are for Henderson to a man. This week Captain Kolb speaks in Etowah and Jefferson counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Seed
Walker County
Captain Kolb
Henry County
Henderson
Etewah
Jefferson
Identity of Unknown Man Dead in Box Car Re-established
Police in Memphis and Cushing probe a box-car death after a body found in Cushing Oklahoma is linked to Henry L Wilds once of Memphis. A photograph of Laura Smith of Mobile is found in the victim’s pocket while detectives seek Carl Gartner and Harry Allen to explain the case and the missing Memphis family note.
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Cushing
Oxfa
Crenshaw
Laura Smith
Mobile
Carl.h. Gartner
Mf&rry
Harry Allen
Chief Crenshaw
Memphis
Okla
Henry L. Wilds
Carl Gartner
Miss Smith
Gartner
Memphis News-Scimitar
W. E. Derring
Wilder
Oklahoma City
Wilds
Mobile Boy Elected Treasurer of MIT Electrical Engineering Society
Albert J. Hahn of Mobile has been elected treasurer of MIT Electrical Engineering Society in Boston. Fellow officers: President Louis G. Miler of Ankery Iowa, Vice President Kenneth K. Boynton of Framingham, Mass, Secretary Douglas B. Baker of Melrose, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. Hahn
Mobile
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Electrical Engineering Society
Louis G. Miler
B. S
Ankery
Kenneth K. Boynton
Framingham
Mass
Douglas B. Baker
Melrose
Dreamland Theatre Hosts Oliver Jubilee Company and Lynch Trio
Oliver Jubilee Company opened a week at Dreamland Theatre with strong vaudeville acts and a fresh Lynch Trio act. The matinee drew a large audience, with reviews praising constant variety and no dull moments. The Lynch Trio change their songs nightly for ongoing appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivers Jubilee Company
Lynch
Dreamland Theatre
Oliver Company
Suffragettes Use Fire in Ulster Campaign
The arson squad of militant suffragettes resumed its campaign in Ulster by burning the new grandstand of the Cave Hill Tennis Club near Belfast. The attack occurred on May 4 as part of ongoing protests for women's suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Belfast
Militant
Suffragettes
Ulster
Cave Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bob Whites
Mobile Infirmary
Hamilton Whist Club
G. M. Lice
Woman's Musical Club
Douglas Campbell
Ladies of Charity
Conti Street
the Female Benevolent Society
Mobile Public’ Library Association
Libary
Red Cross Seal Committee
Chamber of Commerce
All Saints Altar Guild
Leinkauf School Improvement Association
Interdenominational Missionary Union and Children's Bands
J. J. Bartee
God
Anon
Bell Phone
Mrs. Winston Jones
Killie Krankie
Lucille Burke
Meridian
Shubuta
Sadie Weems
Miss Weems
Miss Burke
Clifford Russell
J. W. Boyles
Crittenden
Mrs. Harty
Thomasville
Frank Julian
Sewanee, Tenn
Rose Weaver
Lauderdale Street
Vera Spencer
Charles Hervey
Hervey (Mere
Edith Ellis
Bayou la Barre
Winnie Laurendine
M. M. Crawford
F. R. Harsh
Ross Dodson
George Crawford
Mr. T. O. Young
Lucedale, Miss
Mr. T. A. Jones
E. W. Berry
James McClurkin
D. Salter
B. U. Matthews
Citronelle
Mr. J. W. Scott
C. W. Campbell
C. W. Patterson
Miss Stanard
Mr. Pooley
Mr. F. Boster
Mrs
J. J. McIntosh
Moss Point
J. C. Dorsett
Merrill, Miss
Major
Mrs. J. K. Glennon
Point Clear
Marshal Turner
Vinegar Bend
Noel Turner
Shady Grove
S. C. Henderson
Miss Pearl Senderson
Brewton
Ala
Don Rush
Small Son
Waynesboro, Miss
J. C. Rush
Winslow Partridge
Belle Fontaine
Lucile Partridge
May Belle Touart
France Moore
Mamie Gordon
Winslow Partridge, Jr
Harry Partridge
Allan Hood
Allen Feeks
Stella Smith
F. A. Dunster
Thayer
Mount Vernon
Smith Piano Company
State Hospital
McCafferty
Electra Semmes Colston
Cc. B. Bryan
Tenn
Bryan
National Society
Washington
Nadindla Cream
National Toilet CO
Paris
THE
Windsor Eotel
Cafe Royal
Slutter Piano Co
A CO. Et Poon
Vitagraph
Maurice Costello
Mary Charlson
Edison
Esesanay
John Bunny
Josie Sadler
Oliver’s Jubilee Co
Lynch Trio
Committee For Dance
St. Matthew’s Church
J. G. Espalla
Joseph Langan
Christofferson
Kelly
Crabtree
Gaines
Flash
Roy Williams
Fincher
Frank Robertson
George Phillips
Ernest Blalack
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Marine Stree
Oliver H. Harris, M. D
W. 3. Holt
Tars
Waller Hammer
Reunion City
Third Man
Allen
Massachusetts Tech
Dreamland
Paul Francis
Rose DeMarr
Cour
City Bank
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