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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1915
Page
6
A jagged excerpt shows a speaker describing a torn heart ornament and a shift from merriment to dismay. The fragment centers on a crimson act and an emotional reversal within a dramatic moment attributed to Leolyn Louise Everett.
A fragmented poem fragment reflects on moments passing, youth aging, and love today versus tomorrow. It juxtaposes vows to love or fibs about beauty with observations on a woman's body, girlhood, and the lines formed as bloom fades.
Mr and Mrs John F Was welcomed a fine baby boy in April at their home. The child was christened Gilbert Geary with Miss Cora Farrell and Mr Thomas J Geary as sponsors. The event marks a happy addition to the Geary family and is reported in local notes.
Frau Emma Dernburg defends German women in New York claiming the three K s kitchen children and church define female duty. She argues a cheerful moral home brings happiness for husbands and raises high minded children amid wartime hardship.
The S N R dance at the Cessna next week features Drago’s orchestra. Promoters include Holden Hagan Carter Luscher and Claiborne Schley. Floor and reception committees list prominent names with many chaperones.
Miss Naonie Marzoni and Miss Ethel Marzoni of Pensacola were hosted by their sister Mrs. Tisdale J. Touart for several weeks and enjoyed a delightful supper party on the Vineyard Tuesday evening with escorts Mr. Clarence Touart and Mr. Ernest Holzborn.
Christenson and many Alabama residents stay at Klosky's and Windsor Hotels. Names include J A McCall DeFuniak Springs W M Gallard Jr Magnolia Springs E E Nichols Citronelle Mrs Janie Peterfield Bay Minette O Bosdell Auburn EF W Gibson Lower Peach Tree P Achon Selma J N Gillis Brewton M Starkey Foley EF P Dearing and George C Perkins Jacksonville R B Browne Birmingham Tom L Williams Rural Mrs E M Cothran Mrs A H Hudson Mrs E F Ruth of Selma L H Hopkins Montgomery C B Goldthwaite Jr Troy H R Shorter Eufaula. J T Reneau and family San Antonio visiting Mobile. S G F Rathborne and C O Johnson Montgomery visit friends. A Biggers and wife Chicago are in Mobile visiting friends.
The Theodore Citrus Growers' Association held a Tuesday night meeting in Theodore Alabama electing 3. B. Berry president C. Quartemus vice president T. E. May secretary and directors E. A. Smith J. O. Bolton J. H. Anderson J. N. Barron and A. G. Hederstedt. J. L. Smith was named delegate to the county wide citrus growers meeting on May 11.
A wind and hailstorm swept parts of southern Georgia late yesterday causing extensive property damage and one reported fatality in Dudley county. A Black person was involved in a separate incident described as an ant-hurling act. details and context are unclear from the fragment.
Mrs George Owen of Pensacola returned from Tallahassee where she attended a Shakespearean pageant at Florida State College for Women. Grace Owen and Elizabeth Anderson, both freshmen, wore white robes as graceful fairies on the western campus stage amid pines and a greensward setting.
Miss Eleanor Gray hosted the Tuesday Auction Club meeting with sweet peas in the parlor. The three fables of players opened the spirits with a spirited contest followed by a salad and ice course. First prize went to Miss Gabriel Barret and consolation prizes to Miss Anna Boulet. Attendees included Miss Gabriella Barret, Alba Gower, Eula Walsh, Gertrude Arnold, Genevieve Hermann and Nellie Scott.
Several society updates recount visitors and hosting across Alabama cities. Miss Marie King returns to Selma after months with Miss Annie Gaines while Mrs. Allen Grayson and Helen Norville appear in a reception line. Other items mention theater cast members, births, travels, and recovering patients among Mobile and Montgomery social circles.
Chief Deputy W H Holcombe Jr and deputies Brannan and Cochran arrested Charles Wade and John Loper, both negroes, as they forced the door of J W Butterly Co store in Prichard late Tuesday night. Wade, an escapee in a prior case, faces further charges. Also noted: Lee S Burridge, early aeroplane owner and Aeronautical Society founder, died in New York in his 54th year.
Whistler events include the Wednesday Afternoon Sewing Circle at Mrs Thomas B Allimian and a Whistler baseball club meeting called by President Tew to set a season schedule. Ladies Aid at Benpay Baptist Church held a meeting with new officers and refreshments, plus notes of parish guilds and local visits.
At a Grand Bay Citrus Exchange meeting held Tuesday officers and directors were elected. C. H. Myers was named president with R. M. Saeger as vice president and H. W. Hall as treasurer. Secretary is Collin McDonald. Directors include R. M. Saeger C. H. Myers Dr. J. M. Buckner J. J. Calhoun and J. H. Reichert.
Mobile women of the Mobile Infirmary Association organize a morning pencil sale in stores banks and hotels citywide to raise funds. Mrs C J Torrey leads calls for help with profits to support the infirmary. Committees and chairs listed at major local sites.
An advertisement touts Q Ban Hair Color as harmless and easy to apply for darkening gray hair, claiming natural, even results and reduced dandruff. It promises a money back guarantee and offers a 7 oz bottle for 50 cents at Va Antwerp's drug store in Mobile Alabama, with mail orders available for out of town customers.
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