The Cotton Bloom and Sacred Verse Fragments
Poetic excerpts describe The Cotton Bloom with images of a thousand lovers and vast land, contrasting Sun Dowers and tropical wealth. Howard Weeden lines reflect a loom's hum and Capital’s gaze as cotton blooms sway. Also included are Creed and Thought for the Day reflections attributed to Alice E. Wells and Coleridge on trust, purity, bravery, humor, and illumination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Weeden
Pitts
Lil
Alice E. Wells
Mobile Cotton Ball to Kick Off Social Season
The Mobile Cotton Ball announced for October 17 at Battle House sparks widespread social interest. Patrons, society maids and maids plan costumes, and a new Chicago orchestra will provide music. Engagment news: Agnes Cary Marks to Charles Hopkins of Mobile to be wed November 11 at St. John's Montgomery.
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Mobile
Battle House
Chicago
Bath House
George Mathews
Agnes Cary
Charles Hopkins
Ala
St. John's Episcopal Church
Montgomery
Marks
Mugh
Addite
Randolph-Macon Coll
Lynchburg
New York
Hopkins
Fee Insurance
John M. Hopis
Ery Advertiser
Beaty and Miss Cooper Quietly Wed in Mobile
Jr John Ben Beaty and Miss Vesta Cooper were secretly married in Mobile. The couple, already known in Kansas and now residing in Fairhope, plan a calm life together on Beaty’s large plantation.
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John Ben Beaty
Miss Vestair
Kansas
Beaty
Fairy
Miss Cooper
Mbus
Mobile
Beatty
Fairhope
Wedding of Andre Anderberg and Annie Olsen
A small Monday wedding united Mr. Andre Anderberg of Ala and Miss Annie Olsen of New Sweden Me The couple plans to travel to Roberts home after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laiet
Andre Anderberg
Ala
Annie Olsen
New Sweden
and Anderberg
Roberts
Sweep of Patriotisms and Southern Farmer Economics
Fragmentary text references patriotism among women in the Sunny South and an effort to raise funds for Montgomery. Mentions dollars raised per farm and a round trip over a line, but details and context are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
New York Fashion Fete Aims To Make City Style Capital
Mrs James B Eustis widow of the late ambassador to France leads preparations for a Ritz Carlton New York fashion fete on November 4 5 and 6. Gowns by American designers will be displayed to raise funds for Mercy committee charity supporting war destitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Eustis
France
Ritz Carlton
New York
Committee of Mercy
J. Bo
Eustis
Debutantes Announced as Late Season Opens Socially
The article notes a delayed start to the social season with autumn gayettes in view but private entertainments lagging. The debutante list includes Miss Margaret Q Blacksher Miss Eleanor Gray Miss Marie Hermann and others while dates remain unannounced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Q Blacksher
Eleanor Gray
Marie Hermann
Edna Manning
Evelyn McLaughlin
Mabel Hartwell
May Leatherbury
Iane Gordon
Lorraine Cunningham
Mary Knight Rush
Montgomery Ladies Back Cotton Dress Movement
Montgomery women join the all cotton movement pledging support through club federations. They plan cotton dresses and apparel bearing the cotton label and discuss national enthusiasm. The Montgomery Federation of Women's Clubs proposes making January’s inaugural ball a cotton ball. Washington women request October actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Montgomery Federation of Women's Clubs
Washington
Carrie Chapman Catt Seeks Peace Petition to Wilson
Suffragist leader Carrie Chapman Catt prepares a petition to President Wilson calling for peace. The effort aims to urge the administration to seek an immediate cessation of hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Chapmann Catt
Wilson Ealing
Cotton Day Urges Women to Stock Cotton Dress Wardrobe
The article notes Cotton Day as a push for housewives to replenish cotton stores for the year. It cites Gertrude Atherton leading a New York movement with the New York Sun interview urging every American woman to own at least one cotton dinner dress for fall and winter. Atherton plans to wear only cotton gowns until relief comes, showcasing muslins and cotton voiles. Mrs. Semple, returning from Montgomery, is also featured in the same Sun issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gertrude Atherton
New York Sun
Miss Atherton
the Sun
Mrs Maumenee Featured in Southern Woman's Magazine Portrait
In the October issue of Southern Woman's Magazine a portrait shows Mrs A E Maumenee of Mobile Alabama in satin lace robe holding her infant son. The caption lauds her as one of the most beautiful women of Mobile in that "picturesque old city."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Woman's Magazine
A. E. Maumenee
A. . Maumenee
Mobile
Alabama
Old City
Reunion Canvass To Start Tuesday
The finance committee of the general reunion committee in charge of the state Confederate veterans' reunion will meet Tuesday with Chairman W H Monk Jr presiding. The session will outline canvassing duties and funds required for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confederate Veterans
W. H. Monk, Jr
Nation Wide Sale of Cotton Goods Idea from Miss Clark
Washington reports Miss Genevieve Clark proposes a nation wide October sale of cotton goods to boost commerce after wartime strain. The plan gains support from business leaders and includes a National Cotton Fashion Show at the New Willard Hotel with prominent patrons. Cotton’s central role in clothing, industry, infrastructure, and daily life is extolled with figures from C. T. Revere and the broader economic case.
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Miss Clark
Washington
United States
Genevieve Clark
House of Representatives
Callie Hoke Smith
Georgia
Lucy Burleson
Clark
Boards of Trade and
Chambers of Commerce
New Willard Hotel
Official Society of Washington
Marshall
Polar
Tropics
Babies' Garden Party at St Louis Home
Invitations issued for a garden party at the Babies' Home located at St Louis and Broad streets in the afternoon and evening hours from 4 to 10 p m. The event invites the general public to attend and participate. A Ladies of Charity meeting is set for Monday at 4 30 at the Conti street asylum with a large turnout encouraged. The Mobile Public Library Association will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday at 4 at the Conti street library building.
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Babies
Babies’ Home
St. Louis
Broad Streets
Ladies of Charity
Conti Street Asylum
Mobile Public Library Association
Conti Street
Marriage Licenses Issued by Judge Price Williams Jr.
The probate court issued marriage licenses on Monday to Key John Ben Beaty and Vesta V Cooper of Fairhope and Andre Anderberg with Annie Mary Olsen. Beaty and Cooper reside in Fairhope while Anderberg is from Robertsdale and Olsen from New Sweden Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Williams, Jr
John Ben Beaty
Vesta V. Cooper
Fairhope
Andre Anderberg
Annie Mary Olsen
Robertsdale
New Sweden
Duchess of Roxburghe sends Floors Castle workers to army
The Duchess of Roxburghe has dispatched twenty four men employed on the Roxburghe estate at Floors Castle to join the British army. She promises to keep their jobs open upon their return to England.
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Duchess OF
Roxburghe
Floors Castle
England
Personal notices from Mobile society circle readers
Judge Harry T Toulmin and Mrs Toulmin travel to Wytheville Virginia and Washington DC for about three weeks with Taft urging attendance at the American Bar Association meeting. Ernest Mueller Schultz moves from Mobile to New Orleans to live with parents. Several Mobile residents plan travels visiting Asheville New York Pensacola and Tuscaloosa with family and educational plans noted.
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Harry T. Toulmin
Wytheville
Washington, D. C
Capital
American Bar Association
Taft
Ernest Mueller Schultz
Mobile
New Orleans
Ernest Schultz
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Russell A. Thompson
Asheville
N. C
Edna Finch
Pensacola
Edna Manning
Marie Hermann
A. W. Brooks
North Carolina
Julius Goldstein
New York
Loretta Schwaemmle
Manning McPhillips
James McPhillips
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
McPhillips
Spring Hill College
Nettie Chandler
Mary Chandler
Ethel Hoyle
H. Tudor Farmer
Excursion Train to Birmingham October 19 From Mobile
H. C. Geron, passenger agent of the Louisville and Nashville, announced an excursion from Mobile to Montgomery and Birmingham on Monday October 19. The round trip is $3 to one city and $4 to the other. Train leaves Mobile at 6 30 a m and returns from Birmingham October 21 at 6 30 a m with same afternoon arrivals in both cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Geron
Louisville & Nashville
Motile
Montgomery
Birmingham
Mobile
Boy Prefers Baseball Suit as Style Highlight
A boy shows a keen taste for sartorial flair by wearing a baseball suit. The page mentions an event with music and dancing and an unspecified trip up-river on Tuesday.
Fire Prevention Day Set by M and C Rules Issued
On Friday October 9 the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company set aside Fire Prevention Day. Rules from VP and GM R V Taylor urge removing rubbish and inflammables around buildings and cars, cleaning interiors, inspecting fire equipment, removing bird nests, storing matches in metal boxes, posting No Smoking signs, cleaning bank cars, and a fall premises cleanup before winter begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
R. V. Taylor
Postoffice Considers Cotton Cord Over Jute
The Postoffice Department will review its use of jute twine for cotton cord. Postmaster General Buleson argues that high jute prices and cotton demand this year justify substituting cotton products where feasible, as committee experts study the subject.
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Associated Press
Washington
Postoffice Department
Buleson
Woodmen Ride on the Cessna Thrill Mobile Crowds
Ideal weather drew large crowds for two steamer trips on the Mobile river with 496 passengers on one voyage. Drago's orchestra played as the Cessna's popularity grows possibly keeping the boat at Mobile through winter for regular Tuesday Friday and Sunday sails. Duffee of Maple Camp No 5 Woodmen of the World expects at least 500 lodge members to attend next Friday night with public invited.
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Cessna
Mobile River
Drago
Mobile
Duffee
Maple Camp No. 5
Woodmen of the World
Lodge
It does little good for a rabbit to hold a mean disposition
The remark notes a rabbit’s stubborn or harsh nature and implies that aggression serves little purpose. It contrasts feigned neutrality with a brash temperament, suggesting practicality over pugnacity in behavior.
Economic Hardship Eases Worries About Panics
A saying notes that those with no money worry less during crises, suggesting financial strain drives anxiety while poverty limits panic responses. The remark frames economic status as a buffer against market fear and collective alarm.
Edison Reveals Telescribe Bid For Telephonic Recording
Thomas A Edison announces a new invention called the telescribe to record both sides of telephone conversations on a phonograph. Details are withheld until further notice as the device moves toward market release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Typographical Union Votes for Peace and Aid Drive
Rev. Thomas Arthur White of Mobile Typographical Union No 27 leads a monthly meeting endorsing President Wilson's European policy. Members authorize buying a bale of cotton to aid Buy a Bale, discuss instruction courses, and adopt a resolution praying for enduring peace.
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Thomas Arthur White
Mobile Typographical Union No
Wilson
John J. Russell
International Typographical Union
Mobile
Typographical Union No. 27
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Europe
T. Arthur White
White
Seats On Sale For Oh Oh Delphine At Lyric
Seats go on sale Tuesday October 6 at 10 am for Klaw and Erlanger musical comedy Oh Oh Delphine at the Lyric Theatre Saturday matinee and night October 10. The production comes from New York and features a large company with elaborate scenery and costumes. Dreamland presents In Old Vera Cruz with Wakefield and Doyle Players. tango contest Thursday with prizes. Blue Ridge Mountains drama Wednesday and Thursday.
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Klaw & Erlanger
Lyric Theatre
C. M. S. McLellan
Ivan Caryll
Kaw & Erlanger
New York
Knickerbocker
New Amsterdam
Old Vera Cruz
Dreamland
Wakefield and Doyle
Mexico
Blue Ridge Mountains
Butler County Farmers Institute and Stock Show Planned
Butler County farmers schedule a large institute and stock show in Greenville Alabama with programs for institute days, a good roads day, educational day, and governor’s day. The publicity committee will advertise this week and expects thousands of visitors. the event includes music and dancing as preparations intensify.
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Greenville
Ala
Butler County Farmers’ Institute
Farmers’ Institute
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Vie Rose
Coleridge
Beaty Cooper
Carrie Catt
Bermuda
C. T. Revere
Mr. Revere
Cuba
Florida
America
Duchess
Postoffice Dept
Thomas Edison
Butler Farmers TO Hold
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