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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1914

Page

14

Love and Life Echoes in St. Louis Republic Feature

A prose poem celebrates love and beauty while a college notes column highlights visitors from Columbus Ga Huntsville and Birmingham. Mrs Edna Poe and Mrs Chitwood join campus events as May Webster Garrison enters the college. The Con Tempore Society launches with current events talks and Panama Canal Exposition visuals accompany piano pieces.

Milton Humes W. O'Neil Huntsville Oscar Hundley Birmingham

Irvington Ladies Library Association Elects Officers

The Irvington Ladies Library Association met for its annual meeting at the library. Mrs. C. A. Kuhn was reelected president but declined the role. Miss Helen Green became president. Emma Low was librarian with Mrs. Gregg as assistant. The group, formed on September 23 1913, has grown to include five trustees, a charter with 48 ladies, and incorporation by March. The library opened August 8 1914, and now operates 2 to 6 pm, with twelve meetings and seven home entertainments in the past year.

Irvington Ladies’ Library Association C. A. Kuhn Helen Green Emma Low Gregg Irvington Union

Athens College Hosts YWCA Visitor and Reception

Athens Ala October tenth 1930 Athens College extended hospitality to Miss Alice Brown student secretary of the south central branch of the YWCA. A reception followed by faculty and students featured musical numbers by Miss Annie Wellborne and Miss Agnes and light refreshments in the assembly hall.

Athens Ala Athens College Alice Brown South Central Branch Annie Wellborne Agnes

Cotton fashion and heritage in a Southern opinion

A Southern Woman of the Knoxville Sentinel urges Southern and national women to embrace cotton fabrics again. She recalls Civil War scarcity, praises soft cottons like crepes and voiles, envisions cotton wedding attire, and cites Henry Grady on cotton's national value and heritage.

Knoxville Sentinel Ano Southland Henry W. Grady England Asia

Lucille Model in Terra Cotta Satin and Net

A Lucille model in terra cotta satin with an overtunic and a loose bodice of black beaded net showcases the season s modish trend of loose long lines.

Lucille

Let American Fashions Use American Cotton Goods

A Texas centered call urges Federation of Women’s Clubs and allied groups to promote domestic cotton products. The proposal argues patriotic economic benefit from local manufacture, noting cotton’s perishability, affordability, and fashion volatility, urging an early push to spark national support.

Federation of Women's Clubs Texas Union

Miss Pauline Lichtbach Honored by Sorority Friends

Miss Lichtbach's engagement and upcoming wedding are celebrated at Mrs Paul Boyle's gathering with a Sigma Delta Phi tea ball, Madeira lunch cloth gift, and a buffet luncheon. Sorority sisters listed as hosting and serving guests, colors yellow and white to echo wedding scheme, with plans for her wedding reception.

Pauline Lichtbach Paul Boyle Miss Lichtbach Chicago Sigma Delta Phi Miss Litchtbach Carrie Givens Bessie Lott Margaret Taylor Eugenie van Aller Florence Krauss May Hughes Frieda Rose Anna Boulet Lottie May Bose Hattie Duggan Inez Chaudron Theodosia Dobbs Nadine Hunter Marguerite Lawson Lillian Toulmin Mabel Dawson Ruth de

Film Undersea Invention Captures Ocean Life and Civil War Wrecks

The invention lets viewers explore beneath the waves through glass ports. Twenty thousand feet of underwater footage shows a Civil War blockade runner wreck, sharks, coral gardens, tropical fish, and sponge gathering. Smithsonian private show inspires top scientists with its scientific impact.

Bahama Islands Washington Smithsonian Institution Wright Brothers

Moonlight River Excursion Planned By Local Groups

About 400 members and friends of Company G Uniform Bank Maple Camp No 6 Woodmen of the World enjoyed a moonlight ride Friday on the steamer Charles BE Cessna. The committee plans a repeat trip Friday October 23 chartered by Mobile Dry Goods Salesmen's Association with Ladies Retail Clerks Association aiding.

Company G Uniform Bank Maple Camp No. 6 Woodmen of the World Mobile River Charles BE Cessna Mobile Dry Goods Salesmen’s Ladies’ Retail Clerks’ Association Albert Schmidt Ed Cogburn Lud Ludvigson Walter Ludvigson Harold Pistole William Marshall Peter Lattre J. J. Hughes Lee Sutton

Poiret Gowns On Display At Mobile Dry Goods

The display features Poiret gowns described as among his last before going to war. Living models attract Mobile society as the city begins to follow larger cities in fashion interest.

Paul Poiret Hammel Poiret Mobile

New Satsuma School Opens Near Baldwinville

A new school for Saraland children south of Satsuma opening with Miss Mirian Spotswood as teacher. Thirteen pupils enrolled, more expected, in Baldwinville near Satsuma post office. Sunday services led by Rev A B Brown. hosts Mr. and Mrs. Balyeat.

Ers Baldwin Skoglund and Garret Saraland Satsuma Superintendent of Schools Baldwinville Messrs J. E DeWitt Win Mirian Spotswoods Spotswood Mobile Dillon Spotswood Mobile High School Charles Anderson Axie Anderson Andersons

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