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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1914
Page
3
A verses and quotes piece contrasts a sick father’s fear with a mother’s quiet strength and resilience. It includes snippets urging hard work, rebound after failure, and finding opportunity after misfortune. The text closes with Jessie Bronson’s Nautilus quotation about opportunity and perseverance.
Friday afternoon excitement filled the Battle House lobby as six pretty young girls and escorts were led to the mezzanine by Manager Monaghan. A rehearsal of the coronation ceremony and a grand dining room march preceded an evening of music by the Battle House orchestra and dancing. Attendees included Senator and Mrs. Hartwell, Mr. and Mrs. Monaghan, with guests Misses Hartwell, Cunningham, Leatherbury, Blacksher, Knight Rush, Boulet and Messrs McMahon, Alvarez, Harris, Marshall, Cammack, Wilson, Torgerson and Treadway.
Mrs Belle Hope and Miss Margaret Hutton returned from Birmingham where they attended the first annual convention. Officers elected for the coming year include Linna H Denny president Margaret Hutton first vice president Lamorne second vice president Helen MacLean recording secretary Mary Denman corresponding secretary Catherine Taylor treasurer. Executive committee members are Belle Hope Emma DeShazo Julia Dainwood Anna Stay Cora Sanford. Trustees named are Hartstock Jones Montgomery and Katharine Moultis Birmingham. A legislative committee includes MacLean Hartstock and Hutton.
An assemblage of Southern women in Washington honored Kate Gordon of New Orleans by naming a newly founded suffrage organization after her. The Washington club decided to adopt a policy of support for regional suffrage efforts and proclaims her influence in advancing women's rights.
A new evening dress design features a white silk embroidered overskirt and a white satin bodice richly embroidered in gold. The waist is sculpted with ecru net embroidery for a refined silhouette.
The Cotton Ball this Saturday evening opens Mobile's social season with patriotic decorations and a crowded dining room. The coronation and grand march spotlight Miss Mabel Hartwell as queen and Mr. Carl McMahon as king, with a court of debutantes and escorts.
A satirical piece on the expense of female fashion. It notes the shift from simple garments to lavish hats and gowns, jokes about prices and trends, and ends by urging readers not to reveal cost estimates to a prospective bridegroom, hinting the Sphinx is a woman.
Prominent Southern women meet at Mrs. Wesley Martin Stoner home to establish the Kate Gordon Branch of the Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference. Tele grams praise Miss Gordon and note affiliation plans with the Southern Suffrage League of Washington.
London dispatch reports no decisive news on the Vistula front as German forces possibly pause to winter in Poland. Russians claim renewed pressure along the front with Brusiloff’s cavalry said to have seized Austrian detachments and trains. Germans reportedly lost 42 siege guns at Warsaw while retreating.
Reports from Vienna via Paris say German soldiers on the Russian frontier endure intense cold and rain due to a shortage of warm clothing. In contrast, Russian prisoners are well supplied for winter and regiments are fully equipped for a campaign through autumn and winter.
Vienna reports continued fighting along the entire battle front from Stry and Sambor to the San river. Austrian detachments pursue the enemy in Marmoras Sziget area and have occupied Paris. Russian forces retire in the Black Bistrica valley with our troops pursuing to Zeilona near Galicia and the Hungarian frontier.
Telegraphed dispatch from Petrograd says Russian high command may be delaying to hinder German entrenchment. Germans plan wintering in Poland as peasants rise in Kielce and Miechow forming guerrilla bands. Rail lines near Novog Radomsk wrecked with German troops killed, roads from the Vistula blocked by rain and transport wagons.
The Serbo Montenegrin troops under General Bojanovic describe a decisive victory at Glasinatzy Bosnia against a reinforced Austrian division. They say the plateau of Glasinais controls Barajevo fortifications, with further actions at Blutcheyo and along the Drina near Kuriatcheza described as satisfactory.
Miss Gordon, a Montgomery singer and noted figure, was honored at a meeting hosted today by Mrs. Stoner. The Montgomery Advertiser notes her ties to Miss Jean Gordon, who stayed with the Montgomery Federation of Women's Clubs earlier this winter, and extends congratulations.
The article profiles American women aiding WWI relief in Europe. It highlights Mary Knowlton of Brooklyn now Countess von Franken-Siersdorff, her husband at the front, and their Silesian estate housing wounded soldiers. It notes Mrs Waldorf Astor Jr and Countess Laszlo Czecheni in portraits and cites American women like Nannie Langhorne and Gladys Vanderbuilt.
Warren endures a toothache while Helen pleads for medical help and a dentist. He resists doctors, demands hot water for a heating bag, and argues about care as Nora and Mrs Curtis move through a tense dinner and night. Helen finally calls Dr Bradley for aid.
Mrs Sowers of Hodgdon Maine describes severe pain backache and fatigue that left her unable to work She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and relief from suffering She urges others to consider the remedy before surgery
Dover reports the Dutch passenger liner Tubantia ran aground on the Kent coast while en route from Buenos Aires to Rotterdam. The ship carried a considerable number of passengers and assistance was dispatched from Dover and nearby ports.
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