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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1913
Page
15
All Souls Day reflections in New Orleans echo through Mobile with poems of remembrance and roses. Community calendar notes Ladies of Charity Conti Street meeting at 4 p m and a string of social events including bridge clubs weddings and matinee gatherings through Friday with a linen shower and sewing party listed.
Hamilton Whist Club hosts Mrs Henry Hall. Leinkauf School Improvement Association holds a meeting at the school at 3 30. Woman's Missionary Society of the Bush meets in the auditorium at 11. Board of managers of the Boys Detention Home convenes in Parlor C Battle House at 11.
Saturday events include a Shakespeare Club meeting with Mrs. C J Torrey at 11 o clock, a Children's Story Hour at Harte Auditorium at 4 p m, and a hosiery shower honoring Miss Margaret Duffy hosted by Miss Nannie Druhan at 5 o'clock.
Mrs John T Cochran hosts a Friday afternoon talk by Miss Maude McLure Kelly a Birmingham lawyer and delegate to the Southern Commercial Congress Woman's Auxiliary. About a dozen ladies hear she describe strict entry rules for the society noting its exclusivity and post Revolutionary era origins. Tea and sandwiches follow the talk. Wedding announcement follows.
Mrs Ida Von Claussen arrives in New York after promising to stay away from the United States for a year. The former society figure and divorcee has a history with Charles H Graves and criticism of Theodore Roosevelt. Her plans include a voyage to South America as she reflects on past feuds.
Announcement states the engagement and forthcoming marriage of Margaret Angella to Richard Lucian Walsh. The ceremony is planned for Tuesday November 11 at St. Vincent's church at high noon. No cards.
The Lakers and Auburn teams traveled to Monroe Park ball ground with escorts, each group accompanied by selected sponsors and bouquets in team colors. After greeting crowds, they attended a progressive euchre party at 409 South Hamilton street with prizes and a masked dance at All-Elise Hall led by students and chaperones.
This morning at 10 30 oclock in Christchurch the christening of seven month old William Summerville Stewart third will take place. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W S Stewart Jr and his grandparents are mentioned in the notice.
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