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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1915

Page

2

Revival week activities and local notices in Whistler

Local church publications list revival meetings led by Rev. Atchison and guest Rev. J H Williams arriving for ten days of missionary work. Baptist services at Memorial and Pentecostal churches slated with Sunday school and morning and evening programs. Community updates include travel, illness, school enrollment, and obituary notices for Mrs Elizabeth George aged 83 with services held at Isaac’s residence.

Il Eta Atchison J. H. Williams Nix City Ala Heywood T. Jail Jodie J. Cowart W. Sumerall Yer’s Memorial Baptist Church t-Mile Harry Brance T. Frank Roberts Joseph L. J. Harris Charles H. Hill Waynesboro Miss Ars Will Aubey Bay Ity Detroit Mich Sam Bell Beaumont Tex Whistler Thomas Sirmon Mobile Alphonse Davis William Lewis Steadham George Gould Street Hettie Wirth Marietta Yarborough Joe Mitternight Bestor Margaret Doods Vinegar Bend A. B. Baumhauer Gulfport A. J. Ramey Kate Cheeseman George Manuell Round House Moule FE. M. Daffain Bemmes Baptist Church Elizabeth George Gulf Crest Isaac Byron White New Augusta Francis M. Atchison Whistler Methodist Church Peter Peterson J. M. Gray William M. Cato Emile Vetter John Malone Benjamin Gaston Edward Fallon F Hopwell Dupont Powder Works

Revival to Open in Prichard with Help from New Orleans

Rev. Augustin Shanks of the Church of Christ will start a revival on Sunday October 3 and run through October 17 with assistance from Rev. Stanford Chambers of New Orleans. Other local notes include school opening in Prichard, visits by residents, and community activities.

Prichard Ala Tom Pruitt Allen A. W. McLaughlin Buckatunna Miss Baldwin Augustin Shanks Church of Christ Stanford Chambers New Orleans Percy Stedham Vinegar Bend Henry Gordon Meridian George W. Thomas Louis Stringfellow Whistler JL. D. Holt Eugenia Wren Harold Mobile Howard Richardson DeWitt Methodist, Baptist and Harkinsville Blanche Chandler Toulminville

Lectures and Knight Training Highlight October Fraternal Events

Rescue Lodge No 24 schedules October talks at Pythian Castle with subjects Our First Rank Our Second Our Third and Knights of Khorasan. Passwords must be on hand. Mo bile Lodge 67 reports amplified rank work praised. new candidates seek team placement and active participation.

Pythian Castle Rescue Lodge W. L. Cahall Hendry Ledebur Gardiner Co Tucker Aubrey Boyies D. B. Dobbs Knights of Khorasgan Mobile Lodge

Gulf City Rebekah Lodge Seeks October Meeting

Gulf City Rebekah Lodge No. 40 plans a regular session Thursday October 7 at 7:30 p m in their Odd Fellows hall and will immediately hold the district convention. All officers and members are urged to attend promptly.

Gulf City Rebekah Lodge Odd Fellows Modern Woodmen OF America Mobile Camp No Dauphin and Jackson Streets Moose Entertainment Moose Home Government Conception Street Mobile Lodge No. 321 Order of Moose Baby Lucy Rube Com Drago

War changes Alps scenery as mines blast beauty

The war on the Italian frontier reshapes the Alps with Austrian mines and artillery. Swiss guides report Dolomites and Carric Alps honeycombed with mines. Parapets along steep routes are demolished to enable artillery, forests felled, forests cleared, and Alpine routes left bare.

Alps Dolomites Carric Alps Carric

District Convention Sets Date and Voting Plans

Members enjoyed a productive session under good of the order. The District Convention vice president announced the semi annual meeting begins at 8 15 oclock on the last Wednesday in October. The secretary said voting for grand lodge officers occurs in October with the lodge voting next Monday night. Past grands in good standing may vote and a large turnout is anticipated. Some degree work is expected Monday night as candidates await.

Dr Von Ezdorf Returns to Map Malaria Survey in Mobile

Dr J H Von Ezdorf of the U S Public Health Service, formerly in charge of Mobile Marine Hospital, arrives with a party to resume a map survey of malarial conditions around Mobile. They stay at the Cawthon hotel with Dr H A Taylor, Dr T H D Griffitts, and J A Le Prince.

J. H. von Ezdorf United States Public Health Service Inarge Mobile Marine Hospital Mobile Cawthon von Ezdorf H. A. Taylor T. H. D. Griffitts Epidemiolot J. A. le Prince

Local Visitors Stay at Battles Hotel in Battles Wharf

Mr and Mrs Blackstone and son return to Mobile after two weeks at Battles Hotel in Battles Wharf. Mr Free and others from Laurel register at Battles Hotel the past week. Mrs George L Widney Sr visits Mobile with son and family. Miss Inez Jacobs weekend guest at Battles Hotel. George L Widney visits Curran Widneys. Miss Margaret Widney guests in Fairhope.

Battles Wharf Ala Curran-Widneys Margaret Widney Fairhope Saat

Will He Survive Mercury Poison Deal In New Jersey

A desperate effort unfolds at the Newman Erb home to save the life of a millionaire railroad man who took bichloride of mercury tablets mistaken for soda mints. Erb, a former top executive, fights to recover amid controversy.

Deal N. J Newman Erb Miltionaire Erb

Summer Visitors and Arrivals Noted Across Mobile Area

Local residents including Burns Yeend Self King Bishop Ward Jackson and many others registered at Beach Hotel over the past week. Families and friends visited Mobile and Fairhope with multiple departures and returns amid August social activity and health planning for Rachael.

H. H. Burns St. Louis W. A. Yeend Mobile Self T. A. King J. R. Bishop Toledo Ohio A. M. Ward Detroit Mich J. Jackson Beach Hotel Ivalich Robison Alfred Beardsley City Georgie Kittiebelle Stirling Norine Georgie Winter Thompson Dehlo Winter Laney George Winter Betrix Garvin Hunter Fairhope Battles Irene Eva Case Marsene Parker Ivulich T. P. Norville Ray Norville William Kern Pinehurst Lillian Tell Ed Ennis Margaret Ennis Margaret Callaghan George Lena Dacovich

Surprise party honors Jettie Wiseman in Oakdale

Oakdale Ala Oct 2 special Thursday night friends gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs E S Wiseman to surprise their youngest daughter Jettie who with her mother and father had just returned from Texas where they spent time away from home.

Oakdale Ala E. S. Wiseman Jettie Texas

Society Notes Celebrate Summer Visits and Local Happenings

A lively evening of games, salad, ice course, fruits, and dancing followed a summer gathering with relatives. Attendees included Eva Smith, Hazel Smith, Mabel Smith, Laura Garrison, Mary Fairley, Abbie Pennington, Jettie Wiseman, Laura Downing, Lillie Tillman, and others. Also noted are visits by Barthold Nodop, Carrie Heubach returning from Laurel Mississippi, George Flynn leaving his grocery store, Aubrey Diamond and Harry Reed at college in Dereа Kentucky, and Rosa Diamond with uncle Frank Riley ill from an electric shock. Granddaughter arrival brightened the home of S R Smith.

Eva Hazel Mabel Smith Laura Garrison Mary. Fairley Abbie Pennington Jettie Wiseman Laura Downing Mary Lillie Tillman P. A. Venturini Buck Jones Willie Wiseman Charlie Bullen Evans Lavinghouse Percy England E. S. Wiseman Barthold Nodop Commerce Street Aubrey Diamond Harry Reed Derea Rosa Diamond Frank Riley S. R. Smith

Vital Statistics Deaths and Births Record

The notice lists deaths among White males Gus Olsen Harris JL McKean Daniel T McLean William R Avery John Parcell Robert J Smith James B Malone Albert E Fritz Bward McCarron and White females Lillian E Antoine Ju Ma Steward Margaret Farell Millie N Fisk Charity May Chaney. Births include White boys Vivian S Edith M Bru Ferdinand Assumption Martinez Morris Mollie Frank Leander E Rose M McCary William R Claudia D Quinn Jim Sarah O Davison and White girls J V Mattie Camp Clyde Willie Ayers 8 B Joanna Wilson Robert B Ethel D Turner Silas Q Matilda M Fell Earle N Matelyn Floyd Horace E Violet Bosarge Lee A Bonita B Bishop Winston Sarah E Brannan.

Gus Olsen Harris JL. McKean Daniel T. McLean William R. Avery John Parcell Robert J. Smith James B. Malone Albert E. Fritz Baward McCarron Lillian E. Antoine Ju- Ma Steward Margaret Farell Millie N. Fisk Charity May Chaney

Holy Communion at St Matthew Church

St Matthew's Catholic church will hold special Holy Communion for the senior and junior Holy Name Societies at the 7 a.m. mass today. Confessions will be heard on Sunday morning before the mass.

Holy Name Societies St. Matthew's Catholic Church

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