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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1915
Page
7
Blue nylon flooring is praised for its dramatic look yet priced high. A domineering Warren pressures adoption while Helen offers cautious advice and questions his affection. The scene closes with anticipation of another installment in the series.
Robert Loveman writes in June Nautilus a contemplative verse on nature and emotion. The lines mingle images of sky sea and greenery with themes of joy and peace, contrasting life and death as a hopeful song.
The Clark school kindergarten held a Friday morning farewell party in the school building. Roses and sweet peas decorated the room as children served seashore themed cakes and snacks in tiny boats and water lily leaf containers. Teachers Miss Krudop and Miss Anna Louise L OF MRS. TAM'S TUESDAY EVENING were noted for their inspiring work.
The Ohio Graded Union changes meeting time from 3 45 to 4 15. Sunday school lesson study runs 5 to 6 30. Teacher training classes are from 5 30 to 6.
Beatrice Alabama town buzzes as college girls return home from Tuscaloosa Montevallo and Judson. Nettie Stallworth Lavender Andress Laura Barbara Andress Miss Lois Parker and more attend reunions and guest visits. Travel plans and illness updates mix with Sunday gatherings and homecomings around the community.
Lenox Alabama notes list Harry Nall and Wiley Jones returning from Pine Apple. Miss Mittie and Manila Nall of Atmore visit sister Mrs J H Ryals. Mrs Ronnie Musgrove and Miss Jennie Pierce guests of Mrs Eva Pierce Thursday. A J Butler was a business visitor at Range.
Mrs J W Kelly returned home after a Pensacola visit. Dr D H Finlay and companions took Mary Geist to Mobile for treatment. G S Walker and Mrs Walker to Mobile for care. Rev Hunter conducts revival at Baptist church. F Curtis W J Wise and H R Shorter enjoyed a Conecuh river camp fish. Mrs A E Pouncy of Molino guests of A E Pouncy. Sam Pouncy and family enroute to Mobile Ivy. C H Edwards returned from Texas last Thursday.
T. J. Fleming of Mobile is spending a few weeks with relatives in Allen Alabama. Mrs. Mattie Davis and her children from Pensacola Florida arrived to spend the summer at their grove hill area home. A brief dry storm passed through Ancre Thursday evening causing no damage. Mr. and Mrs. Billie Odom visited Mrs. Odoms parents F M Gomillion in their auto Friday.
McWilliams Alabama notices report Mrs L A Higdon returning home improved after two weeks in a Selma infirmary. Miss Zada Jackson visits Mrs Pearl Pettie in Camden. D C Nettles recovering from serious illness. Leon Sadler Jr. improving at home. Rebecca McLean visiting son W A McLean in Camden. Maggie E Nettles back after appendicitis. District Sunday school convention set for June 6 here. Mrs J W Roberts of Simpkinsville visiting sons Dr W ...
Fulton Alabama notes several residents and guests during the week. Mrs R E Shaw of Whatley and Mrs F B Bassette Jr of Selma visited, with other locals including Miss Estelle Creiman, Miss Mamie Creiman, Mrs D Knight and family, and Mr Jack Farr on the sick list.
The last meeting before fall of the St Clara Sewing Circle will be held Wednesday at the Conti street asylum at 6 p.m. The gathering marks the final session of the season.
Memorial Day sermons were delivered as churches united under Judge Foster at the Christian church. Mrs Frances R Riley led grave decorations for nine soldiers in Fairhope cemetery amid local notices of travel, business changes, social events, and adjustments to the Apollo schedule.
Roy Jones of Creola was thrown from a buggy when his horse bolted on Saturday. He suffered deep gashes to the body and face after the wreck, with a physician summoned from Plateau to treat the wounds. The horse had a history of previous runaways.
Eight crew members of the Russian ship Mars arrived at Aberdeen after a perilous voyage. The ship was shelled and set afire by a German submarine off Fair Isle, Shetland. The submarine towed the crew forty miles in a small boat and then left them adrift without warning.
Craighead Parliamentary Law Club notes Friday afternoon division meets at 5 p.m. in the Cawthon Hotel assembly room and Friday evening division at 7 30 p.m. in the Y W C A. A U W auxiliary annual meeting and officer election set for June 3 at 11 a.m. at the Y M C A. Polymnia Circle plans June 5 p m gathering with Mrs Duke Goodman. Bethel Auxiliary to meet June 3 at noon. Sirens announce important meeting June 1 9 30 to 11 30 a m in Parlor C of the House.
Calendar lists dozens of meetings and festivities from Monday to Saturday. Catholic Knig wits and others meet at 4 p.m., various auxiliaries, commencements at Barton Academy and Baker Graded School, exhibitions at Convent of Mercy, and multiple parties and dances at the Yacht Club and city venues. The Emma Jones Branch plans a lawn party, and graduation activities continue at Convent of Mercy and McGill Institute.
In a 1915 vignette a husband Warren and wife Helen argue over linoleum and oilcloth choices for their kitchen. The port foreman and salesman push upscale patterns while Helen presses for practicality, revealing tensions over cost and taste.
Miss Alexa Sterling of Atlanta wins the Women’s Southern Golf Association championship in Birmingham at seventeen, becoming the tournament’s champion. Prominent players include Miss Ann Watkins elected association president, and Mrs. Thomas R. Paine as runner-up in the main event and other contest winners.
The Clara Schumann Club will present a benefit concert on June 8 at 5 p m at the president Mrs James Hagan's residence to support its scholarship fund. Mrs Erwitt Craighead will lecture on Cavaliere Rusticana, adding interest to the event which offers a scholarship to Miss Morgelle Smith.
The Mobile Equal Suffrage Association will hold its annual business meeting Monday at 8 p.m. at the Cawthon Hotel. Officers will be elected, and the group plans to bring prominent speakers to Mobile to present both sides of the suffrage issue.
A letter from Mrs Sadie of James Street Elkhart Indiana credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with curing years of organic female weakness and bearing down. She reports four months of use with great relief and offers permission to publish. The ad touts Pinkham's remedy as narcotic free and endorsed by testimonials.
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