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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1915
Page
6
Poem praising light of dreams and love over a night of shadow. Imagery of dawn, wings of rhyme, and hopeful longing appears in a reflective verse likely from the Baltimore Sun. The lines speak of music hope and ardent wishes guiding hearts through darkness toward sunrise.
Reflections on living fully through acts of love and unnoticed kindness. Quotes honor Kipling on fate and rowing life, and Henry Drummond on lasting moments when one serves others quietly.
The championship contest in the Birmingham golf tournament narrows to eight contenders: Mrs. David Chapman Knoxville Miss Alexa Stirling Atlanta strongest candidate Mrs. Tom Paine Atlanta Mrs. Frank J. Jones Memphis current title holder Mrs. K. G. Duffield Memphis Miss Christine Tate Memphis and Birmingham’s sole candidate Mrs. Henry P. Howze association president. AN ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY HONORS MISS CANNON.
In Nash Virginia M D Fitzgerald reports severe hand tetter that cracked bled and burned at night. After a month of Cuticura Soap and Ointment his hands healed and the skin recovered. Signed October 15 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment are creamy emollients and prophylactics for skin scalp hair and hands. They claim to surpass ordinary soaps and creams and offer a free 32-page Skin Book by request. Sold worldwide through Cuticura Dept T Boston.
The Meridian Star reports an engagement to Mr. W. J. Lambard of Mobile announced at a social event. A corsage presentation followed, with Miss Cannon receiving a gold pin as the couple prepared for marriage. Other items note Miss Blackshher hosting a Friday Bridge Club and Atlanta entrants in the Birmingham Country Club Women's Southern Golf Association championship.
The Birmingham News reports girls appointed to the official staff of the brigadier general commanding the Fourth Brigade of the United Confederate Veterans. The sponsor is Miss Mary Munger of Birmingham. Maids include Miss Lottie Slaughter of Taladegh and Miss Eloise Stvenson of Birmingham. Chaperone is Mrs. Chappelle. Cory, Birmingham.
The Saturday Danc ing Club invites friends to a chartered steamer trip aboard the Cessna leaving at 2 p.m. for Dauphin Island and returning to Mobile by 11 30 p.m. The voyage offers a social outing with entertainment for members and guests.
Mr and Mrs Henry Sperry announce the engagement of their daughter Henrietta Grace Sperry to Dr Oscar Gustaf Nelson of Mobile Alabama. The wedding is set for Friday afternoon June 11 at 5 20 oclock at the Sperry home in East Nashville. They will visit relatives in Mobile after the ceremony and sail for China in late August where he will undertake medical missionary work.
The Baker Graded School held a Friday class day with color decor of green and white. Relatives attended a program including roll call class song Graduation to Tipperary, history by Miss Partridge, essays by Miss Stiles, jokes by Miss Touart, poems by Miss Moore, a prophecy by Miss Gordon, and a farewell will by Miss Buck.
Friday afternoon moving picture party honors Miss Anna Damrich. Guests include Miss Gertrude Wunderlich New Orleans Miss Roberta Ollinger Armatine McGraw Elsie Malone Ethel Marquis and May Ce Bogue with refreshments at Van Antwerp s afterward You can deduce a light social gathering with multiple attendees from New Orleans and local friends.
The Montgomery Advertiser reports the engagement of Miss Maudel Brannan to G A Meriwether of Montgomery, noting her prominent family and Brannan’s Mobile connections. Miss Virginia Maude Fail returns from Kansas City after ordination as deaconess, plans summer with Rev W E Fail, then Mobile in fall. Mr and Mrs Rittenhouse Moore visit Washington and Norfolk, return mid June to Talullah Falls Ga. Miss Margaret Campbell of Lockhart attends Miss Louie May March wedding, guest of Mrs Clene Henderson. Mrs Slalie Rowland and Misses Annie Ella and Mary Clifton Rowland plan a West Point trip soon.
Mrs. Crystal Eastman Benedict, leader of the Congressional Union and the Woman's Peace Party, testified before the Industrial Relations Commission in Washington. She warned of millions of unpaid wives and mothers, urged women to gain self support through work, and argued larger families lower living standards and harming maternal vitality.
A fragmented notice invites mobile children born in May to a birthday photo party at the Empire Theatre. It mentions John Robert Howell and Annie E. Smith and requests full names and birthdates of five friends. The item includes postal addresses and mailing details for May birthdays.
The recipe outlines making clam chowder in a three quart kettle using salt pork or olive oil, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, clams, and pilot biscuits in layers. After simmering and adding clams juice and water, milk is stirred in for service, with specific ingredient amounts listed.
A historic recipe describes processing beans or peas through a coarser lander to remove skins and mixing with finely chopped nuts. It forms a layered bake with a bread crumb base, a sage scented cream dressing, and a final nut topping, served with cranberry sauce.
Break macaroni and cook until soft then drain and rinse with cold water. Prepare a tomato sauce by heating milk and blending in creamed butter and flour, then mix with strained tomatoes, macaroni and baked beans. Heat through and serve as a main dish for four.
A clipping describes Scotch cake ingredients and method including flour sugar butter almonds nutmeg and citron peel baked thirty minutes. It also outlines a baked chicken recipe using white meat and larded roasting chicken with salt pepper and mushrooms.
Prepare mushrooms by cleaning and trimming stems. Fry in butter with ham pieces. Sauté bread slices to make crisp toast. Bake tomato enriched sauce briefly and finish with browned butter and ham flavor. Serve mushrooms atop or alongside the toast as a savory dish.
A compact batter mixes one cup sweet milk one teaspoon baking powder one egg a pinch of salt flour to a thick batter with two chopped apples folded in. Fry and serve warm with syrup or whipped cream.
Citronelle Alabama May 29 graduation exercises were held at Chautauqua auditorium with a large crowd. The program included processional invocations songs diplomas presentation and a list of graduates Mary Blewett Del Buono Bartlet Havard Ferrill Miller Moyers Rowe among others.
The Mobile Cotton Exchange notes Mobile ranks seventh among eight Atlantic and Gulf ports in a report compiled for the South Atlantic and Gulf Steamship Conference. Port order is Galveston New Orleans Savannah Texas City Brunswick Charleston Mobile and Port Arthur. From Aug 1 1914 to age 1 1915 a total of 52522 bales were inspected with 1695 nonstandard boxes 892 spider bands 257 insufficient bands 1445 country damage 2161 insufficient density and 10359 marked bales.
Mobile Cotton Exchange rescinds rule No 10 temporarily to relieve heat. The rule punished members who appeared at a change in shirt sleeves with a $10 penalty. Board acts now amid extreme heat and may keep it until cooler weather returns.
A vintage advertisement questions accepting imitation Coca-Cola products. It urges inspecting the crown and bottle and demanding the genuine article.
Mary Caw-Caw leaves the nest to visit Uncle Wiggily Longears while Aunt Flippity-Flop recovers from a tumble. The crow girl seeks Nellie Chip-Chip, Dr. Possum, and her doll Arabella Onestep Choccolate Caramel for a playful outing in crowland.
A humming bird laments lost eggs after a crow boy eats them. Mary Caw Caw roams to fetch more eggs from Mrs Cluck Cluck and brings back hope that hatchlings will follow. The doll Clarissa Mount Morency watches as events unfold in this quirky children’s vignette.
A playful scene with Miss Anna Boulet and Mrs. Cluck Cluck centers on a humming bird and large eggs. They joke about kindness and eggs, the bird plans more eggs, Uncle Wiggily protects the nest, seven hatchlings appear, and the tale hints at more seaside adventures with Jimmie Caw Caw and spectacles.
Calendar notes list the Shakespeare Club annual meeting at 11 a.m. at Mrs. W. Pugh’s, a 4 p.m. hearts event for Miss Josephine Chambelain, a 1 p.m. lunch for Convent of Mercy graduates in the Vineyard of the Cawthon, and a 1 p.m. luncheon in the Vineyard for Baker's Graded School graduates.
About 250 pupils of St Marys School on Providence Avenue and Old Shell Road performed Friday afternoon under the Sisters of Mercy. The program included hymns recitations songs and a dialogue with assistance from St Marys Altar Society. The school will close with a 10 o clock Sunday Mass on May 30 with special music and premium distributions.
Eleven universities and colleges sent 214 contestants to the Missouri Valley Conference meet in Columbus Missouri on May 29. Missouri was the favorite heading into the track and field events.
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