Poems and social notes from Mobile society pages
A stream of verse reflects on fate and growth as a mother watches her son. Social notices announce Mrs Electra Semmes Colston and Judge O J Semmes visiting Mobile relatives and a wedding invitation for Miss Helen Toulmin Warley and Mr Tom Boone Jr at 2617 Caroline Street Houston on Oct 31 with home to Mobile after Nov 18. Detention Home entertainment highlights local children’s program with Ainspaugh, Randall, and Page performances. next meeting set for Saturday at 4 pm with mothers invited and reserved elder seating.
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Allen Huger Warley
Helen Toulmin Warley
Tom Boone, Jr
Caroline Street
Houston
Tex
Mobile
New Orleans
Miss Ainspaugh
Saturday Children’s Hour at Harte Auditorium Delights Many
A weekly Saturday program at Harte Auditorium provides afternoon entertainment for numerous children. The event draws a large audience of boys and girls who eagerly participate and enjoy the activities and performances.
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Harte” Auditorium
U D C General Convention to Be Hosted by New Orleans
The New Orleans chapter led by Mrs. D. A. S. Vaught invites the U D C national convention for 1500 visiting women. Vaught, longtime president and charter member, recalls family Civil War ties and the city’s postwar return. Delegates elected by Electra Semmes Colson chapter include Mrs. Lewis Sewell and others with alternates named.
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New Orlean
United Daughters of the Confederacy
New Orleans
D. A. S.vaught
D. A. S. Vaught
Thomas Livingston Bayne
Maria Gayle
Louisiana
Fith Company
Washington Artillery
Bayne
Shiloh
South Carolina
Richmond
Electra Semmes Colson
Lewis Sewell
BE. W. Christian
W. S. Pugh
James K. Glennon
Stanley Finch
Stonewall Gould
John Moulton
R. F. Gould
Hugh Rollston
Mary Henry Ruffin
Charles Garland
Charles J. Torrey
Mrs Barney Sheridan Jr Hosts A Baby Shower For Miss Elmore McAndrew
Mrs Barney Sheridan Jr entertains at a social gathering for Miss Elmore McAndrew. Guests mingle in a cordial reception with familiar local residents and family members in attendance.
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Barney Sheridan, Jr
Elmore McAndrew
Pankhurst Admitted to United States on Recognizance
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst is permitted to enter the United States on her own recognizance after President Wilson and Secretary of Labor Wilson reversed Ellis Island deportation orders. No bond is required, and she must depart after completing lecture engagements. The decision cited doubt over moral turpitude versus political acts and preserves potential deportation if laws are violated.
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Associated Press
Washington
Emmeline Pankhurst
United States
Ellis Island Board
Wilson
Caminetti
Pankhurst
Secretary of Labor
Immigration
National Woman Suffrage Association
Woodmen Honor 10 Deaths With Cemetery Monuments Unveiled
Woodmen of the World ceremonies in Mobile unveiled ten monuments in Magnolia and Hebrew cemeteries on Sunday. Captain John A. Mahon presided as Y. W. Pringle played taps after addresses by Aubrey Boyles and the degree team. Monuments honored John Davis Z. M. Fourment J. E. Donnelly Adolph Baker and Leon Meyer while members traveled by chartered car.
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Doyle
Archie Hamilton
Woodmen of the World
John A. Mahon
Y. W. Pringle
Magnolia
Hebrew Cemeteries
John Davis
Z. M. Fourment
J. E. Donnelly
Magnolia Cemetery
Adolph Baker
Leon Meyer
Hebrew Cemetery
Aubrey Boyles
Yellow and White Theme Leads Linen Shower and Bridge Party
This afternoon features a linen shower and a bridge party with a yellow and white color scheme. Decorations and prizes reflect the same scheme with four bridge tables, while Miss Gussie Arato departs Tuesday to visit Mrs. M J Adams of Meridian during stair week.
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Gussie Arato
M. J. Adams
Meridian
Home Economics Club meeting urged at Battle House
All members and helpers are urged to attend on Tuesday October 21 at 3 30 p m in parlor C of the Battle House.
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Home Economics Club
Battle House
Officers and Board Gather at Detention Home Meeting
The Detention Home hosts a Tuesday 11 o'clock meeting of its officers and board to select tag day committees and finalize plans. Leaders include President Mrs. Joseph St George Tucker and Treasurer Mrs. L S Dunlap. The event precedes social receptions and local community notices.
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O'Cloeck
Joseph St. George Tucker
A. P. Bush
D. P. Bestor
T. P. Norville
Hy. Forchheimer
T. K. Packson
L. S. Dunlap
D. St. Burgess
L. Hammel
Ibhett Goode
Stanley Finch
T. H. Frazer
John Shearer
William Tebbetts
F. Haas
Ashbel Hubbard
G. B
Faust Spaghetti nutrition claim and pricing from Maull Bros ad
An advertisement asserts Faust Spaghetti provides substantial nutrition at a fraction of beef cost. It promotes a recipe book and positions 5c and 10c packages from Maull Bros of St. Louis as a cheap, digestible muscle building food with many cooking options.
Church Home Guild Meeting Notice
The ladies of the Church Home Guild are invited to a social gathering at Mrs. Safford Bernegh’s residence Wednesday at 4 p m. The regular monthly meeting is set for Thursday at 11 o’clock at the Tome.
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Church Home Guild
Safford Bernegh
Modesta Puckett Weds Bernard Pullman in St Joseph Ceremony
Miss Modesta Amanta Puckett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Puckett, married Bernard Jacob Pullman at St. Joseph church on Tuesday afternoon October 14. The ceremony at 5 30 featured organist Rosa McCarron and a choir note worthy performance. The couple received gifts at a reception then planned to live at the northeast corner of New St Francis and Hallet streets.
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St. Joseph Church
Modesta Amanta Puckett
R. H. Puckett
Bernard Jacob Pullman
Cellerstine
Dunne
Rosa McCarron
Miss McCarron
Miss Walsh
Ava Maria
Gounod
Roy Smith
Ralph Noels
J. T. Alvarez
Willie Puckett
Breuraux Farnell
Antoinette Price
Edward Grove
Frank Tapia
Copenhagen
New St. Francis and
Hallet Streets
Delightful surprise party for Miss Maggie Orr on Chichester avenue
Miss Maggie Orr was honored with a surprise party last Wednesday on Chichester avenue. Guests danced and sang before a dining room reception with refreshments. Attendees included numerous Misses Hanley Orr and May Jenkins and Messrs Beckham Simmons Roberts Trunnell etc.
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Maggie Orr
Chichester Avenue
Agnes Hanley
Maggie Hanley
Bessie Sullivan
Lia Lynch
Helen Curtin
Mamie Kuppersmith
Louise Scott
Alma Nelson
Gessie Pierce
Flippa Krebs
Marie Gill
Helen McDonald
Minnie Beckham
Florence Small
Myrtle Small
Allie May Orr
May Jenkins
Miss Anderson
Messrs
Hendon Beckham
Percy Simmons
Guz Roberts
Freddie Bitzer
Roy Trunnell
Walter Davidson
John Toomey
Chas Adams
Zach Agee
Walter Ludvigsen
Ludwig Ludvigsen
W Harold Pistole
Maurice Coffin
Willie Gaston
Willie Jenkins
Arsenic in Admiral Eaton Stomach Shocks Trial
At Plymouth Massachusetts October 20 Professor William Whitney of Harvard Medical School testified in the trial of Mrs. Jennie May Eaton for the murder of Rear Admiral Joseph G. Eaton. He reported 16.67 grains of arsenic in the admiral’s organs and Fifteen grains in the stomach, suggesting multiple doses. A letter from 1909 references fears of poisoning and insanity.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
Magss
William Whitney
Harvard Medical School
Jennie May Eaton
Joseph G. Eaton
Admiral Eaton
Katzemann
Whitney
Barker
Aiken
Paris Green
Eaton
William Balch
Warvard Medical School
Wilson Says He Will Not Comment On Resignation Letter
Secretary Bryan, an early White House caller, declines to discuss Henry Lane Wilson's resignation. President Wilson has no comment beyond stating he read the letter when it was presented last August.
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Washington
Bryan
White House
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Wilson
Traveling salesman Tutwiler dies in Tampa Florida
George W. Tutwiler of Mobile died Sunday afternoon in Tampa Florida. Commissioner Laz Schwarz received the report. The body will be shipped to Mobile for interment. He chaired the Knights of Honor finance committee and belonged to the Knights of Pythias and Fraternal Union of America. Survived by wife and four children. Funeral arrangements to be announced on arrival.
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George W. Tutwiler
Mobile
Tampa
Fla
Laz. Schwarz
Tutwiler
Knights of Honor
Knights of Pythias and
Fraternal Union of America
Panama
Knights and Ladies of Secrecy
Armory Hall
George L. Clinton
CC. B. Davis
E. Steiner
Grove
Clinton
Mobile Council
Wilson
J. D. Martin
Y. M. B.A. Hall
Paraphernalia of Artillerymen Reach Site After Wreck
Equipment from the artillery unit and a detachment of ten uninjured soldiers arrived at the accident area by a spectral schedule this afternoon.
One Woman's Story at the Opera House Arrival
A taxicab carrying Mary Danforth and her escort arrives among other vehicles as the opera Louse looms large against the bright lights. The scene depicts a quiet entrance framed by the grand opera setting and night ambiance.
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Mary Danforth
Fraternal Orders Rally For Panama Celebration
Fraternal groups report brisk attendance and varied events from Biloxi to Mobile during the Panama Celebration period. Lodge activities include conferring esquire and knight ranks, visits by Ramah temple members, and a large fish fry and oyster bake with about 200 guests.
Message to Women About Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Promotional notice urging women to rely on Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief from back pain headaches and bearing down feelings. Claims the remedy is safe and sure and has helped many women over the years.
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Lydia E. Pinkhamt
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In Mobile
Eli Wheeler Wilcox
Luke Wright
City
Electra Semmes Colston
O. J. Semmes
Story-Telling Hour
Nadindla
Paris
Tcam
DR. H. H. Forcheimer
City Bank
U. D. C. General Convention
Castoria
Willis
Percy
Dauphin Street
VIA
Southern Railway
Ala
Southern Commercial Congress
Woodrow Wilson
James Freeman
Birmingham
G. C. Robson Trav
Agent Mobile
D. E. Lowry, JR
City Pass
Tkt Agt
Mobile, Ala
Dauphin Way
Pace
Annie McLeod
Mrs
Albert Kersting
G. A. Maloney
Citronelle
Bob Otis
W. D. Garrette
Jackson
Alabama
Ladies’ Guilds
Senate—church
Cause
Gulfport
Biloxi
Great Southern
Virginia Kemp
Ruth Eisele
Captain Williams
FR. Jones
Frank Happer
Rose
Baltimore
Happer
Johns Hopkins Hospital
John Smith Pace
Jefferson
J. G. Allan
Maull Bros
St. Louis, Mo
Harvard
George W. Utwiler
Knights of Pythias
Rescue Lodge
Mobile Lodge
E.F. Hoyt
Order
Percivale Lodge
Red Cross Lodge
Knights of Khorassan
Ramallah Temple
Temple of Mississippi
Deer Island
Princes of Good Fellows
Charlie Starr
Henry Ledebur
Ramaiah Temple
Chas Goldstein
Finley McFayden
Fred W. Willoughby
CC. D. Vermille
Ben
S. Edwards
Theo Ebbecks
Vicksburre
Senator Bond
Harrison County
President Wilson
Hex
Vardaman
John Sharp Williames
L. of
Order of Beavers
Mobile Dam
D.ie Harris
Dauphin and
Joachim Streets
James H. Forsyth
Albert Roh. Jr
J. Courtwright
Tuscaloosa
Canal
Hag
Dr. Oliver
H. Harris
Frank Allen
G. W. Smith
Sidney Peterson
W. Turnquist
P. C. Boyle
Haz
Craig
Broadway
Opera House
Mr. Craig
Mary
Crane
Panion
Mery
Maury
Danforth
Cyale
Rector’s
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