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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1914
Page
14
A playful poem laments the disappearance of old time cooks and their improvised recipes. It recalls jolly matrons blending "a pinch" here and "a dust" there to bake desserts and treats. The verse contrasts traditional kitchen wisdom with modern schooling.
The New York Sun highlights thrift in war times comparing French and American methods. It describes saving crusts for croutons and breading, braising lettuce leaves, using cabbage and peppered stock, and repurposing peels, scraps, and dregs into jellies sauces soups and vinaigrettes.
Grand Bay reports Mr. Charlie Bates struck by a congestive chill and ill for a day. Miss Alice Freeland of Union joins Mrs. J. C. Chapman millinery firm. Mrs. J. W. Phillips and daughter Miss Norma of Mobile visit son Sidney at the Gunf nursery. F. M. Hawkshead of Mobile visits son Harry in Grand Bay and plans a trip to New Mexico. Miss Ethel Colston hosts the Sewing Club. Mire. Frank Smith of Union noted in town.
Mrs Martin Glynn wife of the governor gives her famous Scotch collie Carrick to the Red Cross Bazaar at Grand Central Palace as she prepares for a trip to Albany and Montreal. The donation is expected to draw spirited bidding from dog lovers.
The Mobile Item notes October born children including Marguerite Galatis Hilda Drew G Bowen Garner McVoy Daniel Baizl and others aged 10 to 14. It invites them to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon and asks boys and girls born in October to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Children’s Editor at least two days before their birthday.
Mrs Dora March of Daws visited Mr C L Freeland this week. Various local residents hosted and traveled from Flint to Scranton and Ohio. The fall social peak was the Eugene Davis and Trene Couch wedding with a post ceremony gathering and ride to Mobile. A Baptist church reunion, a paper shell pecan named Rosadena, and a notable Masonic lodge program highlighted a lively community week.
George Zeigler a well known hotel man of Oklahoma City Oklahoma will return to that city today after a visit of three weeks to relatives in this city. E C Runte district passenger agent of the Louisville and Nashville with headquarters at New Orleans Louisiana is in the city on business. Vice President and General Manager R Taylor will return home tonight from a business trip to Washington D C.
The reunion featured a notable address by Mrs Bashinsky, state president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Alabama Division. She lauded Confederate heritage, urged Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy to unite, and outlined 18 years of scholarship work and plans for memorials and education funding in the South.
North Carolina defeated Vanderbilt 10 to 9 at Dudley Field after a third quarter blocked punt that Ram sey recovered for a goal line score. Tandy kicked a field goal and counted a second period drop kick. Currey's 46 yard run produced Vanderbilt's lone TD and Cody added a late drop kick to close the scoring.
The Sunday Afternoon Life Problem Club convenes at the Y M C A this afternoon at 5 30 with A C Harte addressing the group on pressing modern issues. Organizers aim to discuss religious moral and social perplexities and invite all men with life questions to attend and exchange help.
Union stage employees at the Lyric theatre strike halting The Midnight Girl performances Saturday matinee and night. An undersupplied orchestra with non union players and a lone musician at the matinee delayed the show. Police guarded the theater to prevent disorder.
Cecil McSwain, a New Augusta farmer, faced a life threatening bleed after a mowing accident. A rapid car trip to the South Mississippi Infirmary with emergency prep enabled by doctors and surgeon Dr W W Crawford secures a possible operation to save his limb.
People often detect others' errors more readily than their own and tend to speak less about personal faults. Self awareness varies with judgment and social dynamics, influencing how openly we discuss mistakes.
A compact note highlights that many individuals work hard without recognition, stressing the value of quiet diligence and common-sense persistence in daily tasks and community service.
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