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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1915
Page
6
A rereading of poetry and local notices blends with community life in 1915 Mobile. The piece recalls Edwin Arlington Robinson’s verse on motherhood and a teacher’s classroom anecdote, then catalogs social events, entertainments, lectures, federation activities, and personal mentions across clubs, churches, and schools in Mobile society.
Mrs. Louis Metzger hosts a luncheon for Miss Rita Pake, followed by Miss Loris Pincus at her home. The schedule includes As You Like It with Mrs. J H Patterson and various clubs and social meetings across Wednesday to Friday, featuring Burrs, sewing circles, bridge clubs, dances, and a Spring Hill College reception.
Newman Circle hosts Fannie Woodcock Missionary Society at 11 a.m. Government Street Public Speaking at 3 p.m. Parlor C Battle House. Home Economics at Cawthon Hotel 11 a.m. Purity Rebekah Lodge I O O F at Temperance Hall 8 p.m. Playlet The Village Postoffice. Semmes Parliamentary Law Club 3 p.m. Century Book Club reception room Cawthon Hotel 11 a.m. Thursday Craighead Club Morning Division 10 30 a.m. Friday Order of Eastern Star Veritas Chapter at Scottish Rite Cathedral Main Division Craighead Club 4 p.m. Business Women's Division 7 p.m. YWCA.
Whistler Lodge No. 127 Knights of Pythias will meet Monday at 7 o clock in Odd Fellows Hall. Visitors include Dr. M C Overton of Beaumont Texas and several locals visiting relatives and friends in Whistler and nearby towns.
Northern tourists and winter residents pour into Fairhope with boats near full for December. The Apollo steamship adds Sunday departures from Mobile and Fairhope, while the Uncle Sam mailboat misses a run, delaying letters. A benefit play by local girls for the Junior Library Association drew crowds Friday night.
Local talent drew a good audience as about $20 was raised for the library. Minstrel acts, a pageant from Ivanhoe, and a medieval tournament will headline the School of Organic Education event on Wednesday November 24 at the school grounds. Nearby orchards showcase satsuma and other fruit in fall color. The School Improvement Association plans a supper at the auditorium for public school benefits.
The Stromboli volcano on the Lipari island erupts with rising lava and massive smoke columns seen forty miles away. Residents flee to safety as the crater sides crack and lava streams reach the sea.
A vintage medical notice urges immediate treatment for bronchial infection with a stubborn cold. It touts Scott's Emulsion as a non alcoholic remedy to drive out the cold and aid healing, claiming forty years of relief and warning against substitutes.
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