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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1915
Page
13
The Sunday Item social page notes a family ritual when Sister's beau arrives, lighting and stage manners toned for modesty, with bedtime set at eight o'clock. The piece blends household ritual with a Baedeker of social notes and a Horatian aside.
The Gulf Coast Fair impressed visitors with peanut and rice roofed farm yard models and prized quilts. Mrs. James Hagan and others praised Wilmer and its fair. A. C. Harte, head of the Y M C A, spoke of aiding prisoners of war in Berlin with a camp building for worship, teaching, and recreation. Halloween ball planned at Knights of Columbus hall for St Matthew’s church on Oct 27 1915 with Drago’s Orchestra.
A historic newspaper ad proclaims a free trial of a new asthma cure at the sender’s expense. It promises relief for all ages climates and severities, claims many failures with inhalers and patent remedies, and urges immediate mail coupon submission.
The column lists Dr. William Mastin and Miss Zemma Mastin heading to Baltimore with Mrs. Mastin joining later. Various residents including Mr. and Mrs. Hector Smith welcomed a baby daughter, and Edith Tucker sings at the Birmingham Press Club until November 16. Travelers Edith Tucker, Jessie Munger, Madame Emile Tacon, and others plan trips or have returned from journeys to cities like St Louis Chicago Buffalo Louisville and Pensacola.
Glen Rest the Rossons summer home at Bayou la Batre will host a weekend gathering for a young crowd including Mrs. E W Finlay and several Misses and Messrs with a motor trip planned to town this afternoon and return Sunday night. The item also mentions wedding attendants for Ruth McCormick and Joan Morgan Scott and the engagement of Alberta K McGuire to Frank L McGuire with a planned wedding on October 20, 1915 at St John’s Episcopal Church Dearborn and Monroe streets.
Samuel E Taylor is the five month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Taylor and won first prize at the babies contest during an infant lawn party.
A concert for the Dauphin Way Baptist Church building fund will be held Friday October 29 at 8 15 p m. Pianist Bettie D Rosson and mezzo soprano Eugenie I Rosson, Meljians trained at the Peabody Institute Baltimore, perform to attract a large audience.
The first autumn meeting of Mobile’s Interdenominational executive board is set for Wednesday October 20 at 10 30 AM at Mrs. Duke Goodman’s residence 160 St Anthony street. The group will discuss plans for the November semi annual meeting and institute week beginning November 21 led by Mrs H L Hill of New York and a week of lectures in Mobile open to public and members.
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