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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1914

Page

6

Community events schedule for Today and Friday

Tonight at 8:30 delegates and ladies attend at the German Relief hall for a Dry Goods Association convention entertainment at the Battle House. Thursday clubs meet with Mrs. Monk and Mrs. Richard, Clara Schumann Club holds a scholarship musicale, Bethel concert, Mothers' Club at the Settlement Home, and a bridge party in honor of guests. Friday sees the Social Club reception with Mrs. Maxson, Bethel Auxiliary noon meeting, Y M C A Woman's Auxiliary 11 oclock, Mobile Graded Union at Burgett Memorial with Estelle Chaudron narrating, home department at 4 and a Moody Institute devotional lead by Mrs. Russell.

Dry Goods Association Mobile Graded Union Burgett Memorial Estelle Chaudron Home Department E. L. Russell Moody Bible Institute Chicago Ill

Benefit concert to aid A F W C music scholarship fund

A large gathering is planned this afternoon at 5 o clock at 200 St Louis Street the home of Mrs James R Hagan to support the A F W C music scholarship fund. The program features piano quartet Scottish Symphony Adagio and Vivace Mendelssohn soprano solos piano and chorus including Brahms Cadman and Chopin selections with Mrs J S Simon director and several distinguished performers.

Clara Schumann Club James Hagan St. Louis Street Schumann Club James R. Hagan Scottish Symphony Mendelssohn H. R. Walker A. E. Brown Simon N. J. Young Edwin Lyles Taylor C. H. Burkett Charles Gilbert Spross Miss Houstis Brahms Migsegs Walsh McCarron Weil Garnett Tunstall Alien Summersell Belk Charles Wakefield Cadman Cherry J. S. Simon Carl Reinecke W. R. Batchelor Janie Summersell Szolo

Miss Howards Pupils Recital at North Ann Street Home

The music pupils of Miss Margaret Howard will give a piano recital on Saturday at 11 o clock in the morning at her home 55 North Ann street.

Miss Howard Margaret Howard North Ann Street

South Atlantic States Music Festival Opens at Converse College

Last night the twentieth annual South Atlantic States music festival opened at Converse College Spartansburg S C. Devotes from many Southern States are in attendance and members of the Metropolitan Grand Opera Company will participate in the program. Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci were given in part.

Converse College Spartansburg S. C Metropolitan Grand Opera Company Cavalleria Rusticania I’ Pagliacci Mobile New Orleans

Concert Program at Seamen's Bethel Tonight

The program for this evening's concert at the American Seamen's Mission lists vocal solos by Mrs Alleyn Feeks Mr Willis Mrs J T Gallagher Miss Ethel Schwartz Miss Nadine Hunter and Miss May White with Agnes and Cecile Sherman and Genevieve Sherman on vocal and instrumental parts. Recitations by Miss Nellie and Barbara Beroujon.

American Seamen's Mission Seamen's Bethel Alleyn Feeks Mr. Willis J. T. Gallagher Ethel Schwartz Nadine Hunter May White Agnes and Cecile Sherman Genevieve Sherman Nellie Barbara Beroujon

Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma Annual Meeting Called

The Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma calls a special meeting for Saturday morning May 9 at Burton Academy at 10 o clock for the society's annual gathering.

Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma Burton Academy

Kean Birthday Party Highlights Spring Celebration

Kean celebrated her sixth birthday with a four to six o’clock party at the family bungalow on Dauphin Way. Pink and white roses and sweet peas decorated the rooms and a twinkling pink candle cake was the centerpiece at the feast. Mary Miles Crowley won the pin the tail on Mary’s lamb contest and a tennis set. Fred Hearn won a sea shore bucket and shovel. Guests included Bessie and Hortense Cuthbert and many Crowleys and Hahns along with a long list of local mothers and children. Birthday guests received gold hat pins as prizes and the library committee plans future events with Miss Mary Knight Rush and others.

Kean Fred Hearn Bessie Hortense Cuthbert Lillian Mary Crowley Annie Lou Mattei Maggie Mary Hahn Mabel Crowley Mae Wyckoff Helen George Estella Cutlebert Gloria May Tompson Melville Grace Weinacke Helen Dumees Isabelle Marshall Dorothy Louise Carrey Maryedd Pope Antoinette Cook Kathleen Hahn Louis Tompson Robert Cutlebert Carl Wyckoff Lengle Beverly Crusty Robert Cuthbert Rudolph Burns William Hahn Walter cKeon Joe Cook Small Hostess

Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association visit to Mobile

Society maids and matrons accompany fathers and husbands to Mobile for a three day Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association convention. Notables include Ernest Briscoe of Knoxville and R. Rambo of Atlanta. events feature a Cawthon Vineyard reception and a 9:30 am Winona boat excursion with lunch, hosted by Mobile in welcome.

Mobile Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association Gulf City Ernest Briscoe Knoxville Henry Halls R. &. Rambo Atlanta B. Frank Miss Frank Montgomery le Grand Wilson Battle House Alec Bloch Leo Drum S. Eichold Milton Hbichold Agnes Fowlkes Frank Ellis Imogen Little James Duggan, Jr Marguerite Ligon Ed Merkle Margaret Horn Edward Sledge Dansant Winona Theatre Street

Card Party Planned by Mrs. Greenwood Ligon

Invitations go to favored friends for a card party to be hosted by Mrs. Greenwood Ligon Saturday afternoon.

Mrs Hughes Hosts Discards at Selma Street Bridge Event

Mrs. E. C. Hughes entertained the Discards yesterday at 3 30 at her Selma street home for a bridge contest. Flowers ferns and a Maytime breeze enhanced the setting with fragrant sweet peas adorning card tables. After the game refreshments included salads iced tea and dainties were served.

E. C. Hughes Selma Street

Century Book Club Elects Edith Heckert President

The Century Book Club held its annual meeting at the president's home. Edith Heckert was elected president, with J W Hunter and J L Ramsey as vice presidents, and other officers named. The group plans a Ireland travel day and a study program in French history art and literature for the coming season. Mrs Browne Dawson resigns after leading the club’s growth with notable contributions, and Mrs R P Pope was named delegate for the federation meeting next fall.

Century Book Club Ireland Dawson C. C. Mechem Sea Cliff W. R. Powers Montgomery Mobile Browne Dawson Georgia Avenue Edith Heckert Century Club R. P. Pope J. R. Hagan John A. Wetzel James R. Hagan Allan Chester

Weekly play in Dog River club marks midweek event

In town for a Wednesday picnic at the Dog River club Mrs Wallace Cummnock hosted a group of players. Five tables were set to include favored outsiders starting at 3 30 amid May blossoms with prizes of hand painted fans awarded for top scores to Mrs T K Jackson Mrs Sykes Gilbert Miss Marie Layette and Mrs Paulmer Pillans. An salad course followed.

Sylvan Dog River Club Wallace Cummnock T. K. Jackson Sykes Gilbert Marie Layette Paulmer Pillans

Y. W. C. A. Book Shower Friday May 8

The Y W C A will hold its annual book shower in the rooms on St Joseph street from 4 to 6 p m Friday May 8. All members are invited to attend and contribute books and subscriptions.

Y. W. Co. As St. Joseph Street

Judge H T Toulmin Greeted On Streets After Ill Health

Friends and admirers of Judge H T Toulmin gathered as he walked streets in Toulminville for a welcome return from a long illness. His daughter Miss Helen Ollbrook and guests were visiting Pass Christian at the time.

H. T.toulmin Toulminville Helen Ollbrook Pass Christian Aus Martin Sete

Prominent Visitor Mr William Monk in Mobile This Week

Mr William Monk of Selma Alabama is listed among the notable visitors to Mobile this week. His presence joins other prominent guests at events and gatherings across the city, reflecting regional social interest and local tourism activity.

William Monk Selma Ala Mobile

Pair Ties Travel Ties: Mobile Bride and Spanish Heritage

Mr and Mrs Leon return from their bridal journey Mrs Clarita Moraques daughter of the late Louis Moraques of Spain becomes Mrs Leon a foreigner of distinction now residing in Mobile.

Mrs. Leon

Local residents relocate and visitors return to Mobile

Mr. and Mrs Paine of Waterloo Iowa left Mobile for their former home to settle in Mobile permanently. Miss Jane Gordon returned to Mobile from Meridian after visiting her aunt Mrs Beeson. Mr Charles Bidgood moved to Fullton to establish a home. Mr and Mrs L E Campbell, formerly of Meridian, welcomed as new Mobile residents. The Cochranes and George Cochrane finished a New York visit with a stay at their Tuscaloosa home. Miss Lila Booth underwent appendicitis surgery at the Southern Infirmary yesterday.

Jane Gordon J. W. Beeson Meridian Mobile L. E. Campbell Nobile John Cochrane Master George Cochrane New York Tuscaloosa George Searcy Lila Booth

Character Ball Tonight Plans for May 7 Benefit

Those taking part in the benefit character ball Thursday May 7 at German Relief Hall are requested to be on time 8 30 sharp as the ball will proceed promptly with the event.

German Relief Hall

Spring sickness and Hood's Sarsaparilla cure

The article describes spring sickness as a general run-down condition from impure blood causing loss of appetite fatigue and eruptions. It recommends Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best treatment and urges readers to ask their druggist for this perennial medicine to purify energize and revitalize the blood.

Hood

Easiest Player Ever Seen Clutter Piano

Local small display notes advertise an unusually easy piano player at 405 Dauphin Street. The ad lists contact phones 207L and mentions Grand Co. as the piano venue.

Clutter Piano Co Dauphin St

Caucus Debates On Prohibition and Woman Suffrage

Democrats in Congress discuss a caucus to push Hobson prohibition through a constitutional amendment and consider Mandel suffrage action. The rules committee weighs a rule to speed the Rucker plan for direct election of senators as caucus actions on suffrage and prohibition await caucus guidance.

Associated Press Washington Hobson House Democrats Mandel House Judiciary Committee Congress Rules Committee Rules United States House of the President

New Orleans Man Heads National Lumber Group

R. H. Downman of New Orleans was elected president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association at the close of the 1914 convention in Chicago. San Francisco was picked as the 1915 meeting city.

Associated Press Chicago R. H. Downman New Orleans National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association San Francisco

Roosevelt communicates from sea on return home

Col. Theodore Roosevelt wired his cousin W Emlin Roosevelt from Para Brazil stating he is feeling better and expects to be home around May 20 after sailing today on the steamer Aidan.

Colonel Associated Press New York Theodore Roosevelt Para Brazil Aidan W. Emlin Roosevelt

Committee named to begin promptly at that hour

A committee will begin promptly at that hour with Joe Espalla as chairman and members Joe Langan Mat Kelly Hammond Gaines T Fisher Roy Williams William Fincher Frank Robertson Freddie Bitzer George Schwenk Phillips E Crabtree serving.

Joe Espalla Messrs Joe Langan Mat Kelly Hammond Gaines T. Fisher Roy Williams Wiliam Fincher Frank Robertson Freddie Bitzer George Schwenk Pillips E. Crabtree

Minnnie Alice McKaughn Weds Roland Fountain in Texas

Mrs. Ella McKaughn announces the marriage of her daughter Minnnie Alice to Mr. Roland Fountain on Tuesday May 5 in Galveston Texas. The couple will honeymoon in New York and stop in Mobile with Mrs. John Dorgan before continuing to New York.

Ella McKaughn Minnnie Alice Roland Fountain Galveston Tex

Mine Officials Signaled to Surrender All Arms

In Colorado's Ludlow district, mine executives of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co and the Torpedo American Fuel company ordered all mine arms handed to Federal troops. Disarmament targeted the Tabasco, Berwind, Hastings, Delagua, Forbes, Huerfano and Aguilar properties. the process may extend to Las Animas and Huerfano counties after cavalry arrival. Estimated striker weapons range up to 1,200. minor owners reportedly hold nine machine guns and various rifles. The pay for chorus girls averages 450 dollars for the season.

Associated Press Trinidad Colo Tabasco Berwind Hastings Delagua Forbes Huerfano Aguilar Ludlow Colorado Fuel & Iron Co Toptor- American Fuel Company Lockett Las Animas Eleventh Cavalry Fort Ogletorpe

Hair tinting option promises easy gray coverage

Ad touts Browna tone hair color that does not rub off and requires minimal monthly touch ups. It offers two shades golden to medium brown and dark brown to black with a sample and booklet on 10 cents. Sold by Kenton Pharmacal Co and Bienville Pharmacy in Mobile among other dealers.

Iag Kenton Pharmacal Co E. Pike S

Also Mentioned on This Page

W. H. Monk, Jr Bethel Mothers’ Club A. R. Abbott T. L. Moore Lloyd Abbot Tisdale G. E. Maxson Woman's Auxiliary of The Ninon Francis Bewars Sayrenee Jessie Woodrow Wilson White House Eulalie McKean E. W. Mc the Fitzgerald Store All _Foulard Ken James H. Patterson Mary Knight Rush Leftwich Clara Sims Mary Emma Nettles Patterson Emily Gray Isabel, Louise Agnes Belle Goldsby Isabel Pope Convention Affairs Wednesday Bridge Club Charles Bidgood Fullton Royal Baker and Pastry Cook Royal Baking Powder Co Col. Lockett Colorado Trou
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