All Alabama Luncheon Delights Honor Mobile Hosts
A Mobile luncheon hosted by Alabama women featured Smilax decor and a gala menu showcasing ibama products. The event honored Woodrow Wilson with tokens and a decorated cake, included toasts and a flag presentation by Mrs. Reynolds, with volunteers from the Home Economics Club supporting wounded soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicy
New Orans
John Kin
Mobile
South
Alma Rittenberry
Birmingham
Morgan
Owen
Woman’s Auxiliary
Erwin Craighead
Seale Harris
Home Economics Club
H. T. Toulmin
C. E. Henderson
Troy
Ala
Dixie
A. E. Reynolds
W. W. McGuire
G. C. Johnson
G. A. Maloney
E. W. Smith
Hall
Surgeons Gather for Twelfth Seaboard Air Line Convention
About two hundred surgeons and family members attend the twelfth annual Seaboard Air Line surgeons convention in Montgomery Alabama at the Exchange Hotel. welcome addresses are given by Governor O Neal Mayor Gunter and league and medical society leaders. J H Miller delivers the association address and W J Harahan arrives with a special train to speak. additional delegates arrive from Savannah with planned city tours banquets theatre tickets and a smoker with vaudeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Seaboard Air Line
Exchange Hotel
O’neal
W. A. Gunter
F.G. Salter
Business Men’s League
P. B. Moss
Montgomery County Medical Society
G. A. Neaffer
Abbeville
S. C
J. H. Miller
Association
W. J. Harahan
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Portsmouth
Savannah
Opera opening aria by Tam Kridler and Hallett at program
Miss Thomas Owen presides as the program begins with a musical selection from Rigoletto sung by Mrs. Tam Mrs. Kridler and Mr. Tom Hallett in sequence at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Owen
Tam
Kridler
Tom Hallett
Peace of Nations Centerpiece at Southern Congress Event
Mr Bryant urged peace plans and a five member international congress while addressing the Women's Auxiliary of the Southern Commercial Congress. A flag presentation followed with sponsors from Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Missouri Oklahoma Louisiana Mississippi Texas Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Halliwell
Alfred G. Moses. Owen
Albert G. Bryant
William J. Bryan
Southern Commercial Congress
Bryant
South
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Auburn
Owen
Alabama
Olive O'Neal
Montgomery
Arkansas
Leilie Rush
Mobile
Florida
Loris Pincus
Georgia
Emma _ Gordon
Atlanta
Missouri
Imogen Little
Oklahoma
Leila McMillan
Louisiana
Agnes Fowlkes
Mississippi
Annie Gulley
Meridian
Texas
Louisa Amsler
Maryland
Marie Clifton
North Carolina
Freda Donald
South Carolina
Inez Parrot
Bishopville
Tennessee
Corin White
Nashville
Kentucky
Rita Pake
Wives of Maderos Detained in Vera Cruz
Wives of Evaristo and Daniel Madero are held in Vera Cruz under orders from the capital after arriving by gunboat from Tampico. They sought American help, stating the United States wants justice and has pressed Mexico to avoid violent measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Vera Cruz
Evaristo
Daniel Madero
Tampico
Monterey
Lind
United States
Athelstan Club Hosts Ball with Noted Sponsors and Guests
The Athelstan Club celebrated with a ball honoring a generous sponsor and prominent visitors. Drago's band performed as guests filled the elegant rooms in evening dress. Committee lists for Reception and Floor groups are named along with officers and a Halloween party notice. Also noted are the Monday Bridge Club meeting at Miss Bessie Hobart’s home and visiting guests Mrs. J Ernest Thompson and Miss Mary Loucks in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Miss Stirling
Iné Rosen
Kittiebelle
Edith Tucker
Athelstan Club
Drago
Henry Hall
B. F. Adams
A. W. Brooks
D. P. Bescher, Jr
O. F. Cawthon, Jr
John T. Cochrane
K. Carter, Jr
J. W. Cox
D. R. Dunlap
W. E. England
George Fearn
Monday Bridge Club
Bessie Hobart
Lucille Burke
Annie Lou Rafield
Leona Wetherbee
Lucille Rush
Annie Lou E. Rafield
Imogene Little
Fendley Dudley Glass
Agnes Fowlkes
Marie Shaffer
Varina Gould
Sadie Taylor
Mrs. J
Ernest Thompson
T. C. Loucks
Mary Loucks
Elgin, IL
McLeans
Bayou la Batre
Mobile
Battle House
Stage ceremony honors flag display and naming debate
Miss Elsie Hall and Miss Clara Sims presented flags on stage as wreaths were hung. A Southern Commercial Congress flag was unveiled and Mrs. Owen read a letter from General Leonard Wood criticizing fort names in the Panama Canal project. Tennessee earned flag custodian status for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William Tecumseh Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Army Board
Woman's Auxiliary
Southern Commercial Congress
Panama Canal Zone
John T. Morgan
George Goethals
William Sibert
Col. Gorgas
Major Gaillard
Bryant
South
Owen
Alice Davies
Martha Gaillard
Elsie Hall
Clara Sims
Dixie
Hallett
Alabama
Louise Lindsey
Tennessee
Lillian Johnson
Spend-the-Day Party at Dog River on a Sunny Outing
A group led by Mr. and Mrs. James K Hackett enjoyed fishing and boating along Dog River. The party, later joined by Mr. James Hagan and Mr. W G Horn, made the day pleasant for Hackett confined but joyful alike. Annie Tait of Camden departs today for Panama to view the big ditch while Lena Wolff Selma and guests visit L Schwarz and S C Klein. Mrs. Charles A Jenks returns from a three month West trip visiting Nebraska and Colorado relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dog River
James .K. Hackett
Frank Craighead
James Hagan
W.G. Horn
Hackett
Annie Tait
Camden
Nellie Friend
Panama
Big Ditch
Charles A. Jenks
West
Nebraska
Colorado
One Woman's Story of Mary Danforth's Hard Start
Mary Danforth, newly in business, endures a lean start with her widowed mother. She balances dull work, frugal meals, and emotional strain while awaiting letters from Gordon Craig and confronting a lonely office life. Bert Fletcher's attentions unsettle her as she clings to a fragile hope for a better future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Danforth
Mary
Herbert Fletcher
Bert
Pearson
Gordon Craig
Fletcher
Cortlandt Street Station
Gordon
Sewing Circle Meeting at St Clare Today
The St. Clare Sewing Circle will meet today at 3:30 PM at the Orphan Asylum on Conti Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clare Sewing Circle
Orphan Asylum
Conti Street
Meeting of Mobile Chapter Southern Association of the College Woman's Club
A meeting of the Mobile Chapter is called this afternoon at 8 45 at the Battle House to meet Dr Lillian Johnson of Memphis. All eligible women not yet members are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Southern Association of the College Woman's Club
Battle House
Lillian Johnson
Memphis
Eighth Wife Witnesses Husband Slaying Near Matteawan
Mrs. Sarah H. Sloan, reportedly the seventh wife of Fred Sloan, shot and killed him at Blackberry Creek Kentucky, then boarded a train to Williamston West Virginia where she was arrested. The shooting occurred in front of the Sloan home, making the eighth wife witness to the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamston
W. V
Sarah H. Sloan
Fred Sloan
Blackberry Creek
Matteawan
Sloan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Southern Women Writers League
All Alabama
Elks’ Hall
Maloney
Irvine
Birdie Robinson
Rutledge Smith
Women Writers League
Alabama State Bar Association
Sal
Dauphin Street
Willis
Percy
Elizabeth Wefel
Lena Wolff
Selma
John Ponkorny
New Orleans
Levin Ehibert
Tuscaloosa
L. Schwarz
8. C. Klein
Wooman
West Eighty-fourth Street
Craig
Fast Eater
Culinom
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