Misses and couples fill Mobile social notes in 1913
A collection of social items from Mobile includes Miss Daisy Davies departing for Selma to lecture then Greensboro, Miss Louise Ansler visiting at the Cawthon Hotel, Miss S Pescay from New Orleans visiting Mrs. Stockley, and Miss Ella Ward returning to Birmingham. Also mentions weddings, hos pitality at the Battle House, and travelers to Milwaukee Baltimore and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Davies
Selma
Greensboro
Miss Davies
O. C. McGehee
City
Louise Ansler
Texas
Mrs. Hervey, Sr
Cawthon Hotel
S. Pescay
New Orleans
G. W. Stockley
Crescent City
Ella Louise Ward
Margaret Horn
Birmingham
Mrs. Becker
Battle House
Mrs Blake Seeks Separation From Eminent New York Surgeon
Mrs Joseph A Blake wife of a prominent New York surgeon has filed suit for separation in the supreme court alleging desertion for over three years and non support for three months An order to show cause why alimony should not be paid pending the action was issued The alienation suit against Dr Blake is connected to a separate suit by Mrs Clara Mackay for damages The case names two boys for support with no specific alimony amount stated in the complaint
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph A. Blake
Supreme Court
Blake
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Eczema Ointment Promises Quick Relief and Healing
An advertisement touts Dr Hobson s Eczema Ointment as penetrating treatment that stops itching and heals eruptions including ringworm and tinea. Sold by Pfeiffer Chemical Co Philadelphia or St Louis for 50 cents as a doctor s prescription product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Hobson
Philadelphie
St. Louis
Canal Hero Col Gaillard Dies Amid Panama Ceremony
Lieutenant Colonel David Dubose Gaillard, who directed key Culebra Cut projects, lay unconscious and dying at Johns Hopkins Hospital during Panama Canal completion ceremonies. Born 1859 in Winesboro, SC, he graduated from West Point in 1880 and earned numerous engineering honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Panama Canal
David Dubose Gaillard
Culebra
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Canal Zone
Col. Gaillard
Winesboro
South Carolina
West Point
Local youth rock attack injures passerby on Wilkinson line
L Rickert of 353 South Walk in street was struck in the eye by a rock thrown from a gang of boys playing at Claiborne and Eslava. Police were notified of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Rickert
Man avoids confessing to wife until discovery seems sure
A man delays admitting to his wife until he believes she has learned the truth. He grows philosophical, concluding the secret is for his own good.
The Toady and Three Virtues to Combat Him
A writer condemns the toady mind that shifts with each influence and exposes gossip as a tool of social leverage. He urges self respect truth and justice as safeguards, warning that without them one drifts into vacillating, unprincipled thought and action.
Experience of Motherhood
The article argues motherhood is a challenging epoch for many women and urges preparation. It praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic to strengthen women before and after childbirth and to restore health and normalcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jail Improvements Delayed Greene County Prisoner Move Ordered
State Prison Inspector W. H. Oates ordered prisoners moved from Greene county jail at Eutaw to Sumter county jail in Livingston after repairs were not completed. Oates reported to Governor ONeill that repeated recommendations were ignored by county commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eutaw
Livingston
Montgomery
Ala
Greene County
W. H. Oates
Sumter
Oates
O'Neal
Snow Weather Brings Homelessness in Nome Alaska
Snow continued to fall as the sub arctic winter begins. Five hundred white residents and 200 Eskimos are homeless and destitute amid ongoing hardship. Authorities report harsh conditions and ongoing relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nome
Alaska
Alabama Library Fund Increase Reported
Montgomery Oct. 11. Alabama's library fund for the present fiscal year is 12390. Each county receives 184.92. The apportionment was made by the department of education. The fund, created 1911 for rural town and village libraries, increases when leftovers from prior years roll into the next. Towns and districts may collect 10 from the state if citizens and county commissioners each provide 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Department of Education
Militants Attack Doctors in West End London
A band of militant suffragettes raided Harley Street in London damaging windows along the medical district as part of protests over the home secretary’s order to resume forcible feeding of hunger strikers. The WSPU signals this as the first strike against doctors in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
London
Home Secretary
Harley Street
Womans Social and Political Union
The
Militant
Womans Social Medical Center
Fight at Klosky's leaves Mosely cut on neck
Charles Mosely told police Friday he was cut on the neck during a fight with Wilmer Roth an employee of Klosky's restaurant. Police are investigating the incident. Mosely said he was trying to be agreeable but the altercation occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mosely
Wilmer Roth
Klosky's
Mosely
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Twilight
Harry H. Craigie
Webster Whitney of
Richton, Miss
Mobile Business College
Berwick
Toth Gizella
Joseph Bors
Miss Jewel Davis
Vicksburg
Gulf City
Gladys Bertelle Pettibone
Raymond Harold Bell
Chicago
Lil
Wilson
Mrs. Percy Dixon
Middle West
Milwaukee
Frank Hopper
Washington
Robert Hunter
French Lick Springs
Shannon Hunter
Aviana Poole
Mobile
Agnes Leftwich
Atlanta
William C. Dukes
H. Marriott
Marriott
Perdue Hill
Gordon Smith
Buffalo
Smith
Eugene Austin
San Francisco
Willis
Percy
Dauphin Street
Yeend Potter CO
Soele
Madge Arthur
Senator X
Greene
Uncle Sam
Teddy
Theodore Roosevelt
Buenos Ayres
Mrs. Pankhurst
United States
Associated Preas
Havre
France
Mre
Pankhurst
Henry J. Goldster
Barton Street
Boston
Mass
Hood
Lyric Theatre
Philadelphia
Orpheum Theatre
Huntley Stock Co
Bill Eames
Hans Salaatinee
Lussinekoe
de Koven Co
Robin Hood
Enrica Dilli
Gree Oreland Opera Ean
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