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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1915

Page

22

Halloween Tales and Community Events Report

Halloween lore and festivities fill the week with parties at South Franklin Street church Barton Kindergarten and Trinity Parish. Mobile Infirmary Benefit and many social club events showcase charity and cultural life through games dances and readings with dozens of local names in attendance.

Mobile Infirmary Mobile Infirmary Association C. J. Torrey Cawthon Hotel W. E. P. Wilson St. Joseph Street Bell Torrey Board of Control Mims R. Baker C. B. S. Shuford W. E. P Wilson Barton Alice Randall Norma Hilda Kern Pebel Delta Sigma Gen Fraternity

Mystery man Faris offers private consult on St Charles

An ad for Sheik El Faris promotes confidential services from a private office on St Charles Avenue with two Davis avenues cross street. Office hours unspecified. A $1.00 “luck piece” is offered this week only. Clients are instructed to take a car to nearby Magazine Street and Prichard or Whistler.

Faris Man of St. Charles Avenue Second Davis Avenue Oti Prichard Whistler

Halloween Party and Community Events Schedule

A list of weekly social activities at homes and halls, including Halloween party at Goronwy Owen’s, sewing club at Oakdale, bridge and card events, tea for the Protestant Orphan Asylum, and a Witches Dance. A musical travelogue by Mrs. Dickens at Harte Auditorium featured Alaska, Mount McKinley, and a library fundraising aim for Mobile Public Library with Y M C A involvement.

The Christ Child Society Mobile Public Library Gulf Coast Fair W. S. Pugh Goronwy Owen Protestant Orphan Asylum Board of Managers Alice Streb Adelaide Tierney Harte Dickens Alaska Russia Mount McKinley Anchorage and New Jack London James Wade Cox Evans Y. M. Gib Melville Tucker Miss Richards Mabel Houstis William Schock Eugenie Rosson J. O. Dickens J. W. Cox

Mrs Croom Joins Alabama Convention Circuit

Mrs. William W. Croom of Washington Square leaves for Birmingham to serve as delegate to a Y W C A conference and then the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs at Selma. She will represent the Craighead Parliamentary Law Club as state director and visit several hosts, with entertainments planned in her honor.

William Whitfield Croom Washington Square Birmingham Selma Craighead Needham Bryan

Women and Club Activities Schedule in Mobile

A dense listing of weekly meetings across multiple groups including Parents and Teachers Improvement Association Raphael Semmes school Woman's Missionary Society First Baptist church Monterey School Improvement Association and various clubs. Meetings span 8 p m to 11 a m with venues at Conti street asylum Battle House Settlement Home and government street churches.

Semmes Parliamentary Law Club St. Claire Sewing Circle Conti Street Asylum Polynia Circle J. W. Cox Christ Child Society McGill Institute Century Book Club J. W. Hunter Friendship Club Mothers’ Club Woman’s Auxiliary Government Presbyterian Church Quorum Cawthon Hotel Craighead Club Battle House Institute On Woman's Government St. Methodist Church

Shakespearean Club Meeting with Mrs C J Torrey

Notes for a Saturday gathering at 11 a m with Mrs C J Torrey include light social commentary and quotes about people always being upfront and avoiding constant health inventories.

Shakespearean Club C. J. Torrey

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Beric Strang Scotland Germany Brocken Haartz Hallowe Walpurgis Christian Endeavor Society South Franklin Street Presbyterian Church F. B. Winter South Cedar Street Dorothy Talgott Albert Treadway Edgar Boyette John Shackleford George Harris Marion Grace Merrit Dowell John Meador A. L. Staples N. L. Vickers Mae Fourman Elsie Baron Allen Glover Susie Douglas Ellen Dukes Marion Maury Jessie Moore Emma MacAlpine Cornelia March Burtie Ollinger Myrtle Ollinger Eulalie Hagan Mamie Paul Butler Elizabeth MacAlpine Lucille Brown Miss Grace Harris John Arnold James Maury Noel Turner Golden Trousdale Reed White Goldsby Legranece Batson Demory Spotswood Edwin Haller Lester Carroll Harold Leftwich Bob Shackleford Tom Grace Merrick Dowell Trinity Parish House Trinity Social Club A. G. Richard St. John Wilson Richard Wilson J. S. Simon Purity of the V Press Iluassie Herzfeldt IL. Hi. Mars J. Reiss Walter, Mitchell Bertha Black L. Hlammel Pearle Kohn Leo Solomon Pauline Kauffman Berney Wichield H. P. Hirshfield L. Metzger E. In. Richard Silas Rose Holberg R. Holberg R. Haas J. Reixs F. A. Forchheimer Huntsville Harry T. Smith Mesdames Winston and Horace Garth Ala Marion Inge A. G. Quinn Marguerite Marie Boulet Vincent Lkonde Kilborn Catherine Bancroft Nellie Mae Henry Colon McMurphy Florence Gardner Mac Foreman Joe Bullock Robert Spotswood Joe Sands Potter Yeend John Baumhauer G. Newberger Jason Gillett Bennie Forcheimer Dick Ings Willis Spencer Leo Reed Jim Morris Council of Jewish Women City Federation A. G. Moses T. A. Johnston Alabama E. Craighead J. W. Phillips Henry Forchheimer EF. Fonde Reading Dreamland Eugenie Marx Julius Goldstein M. Hichberg Nel] R. Hess Margaret Pugh Emily Cooke Alberta Austin Elizabeth Wefel Marie Bishop Sarah Jackman Marie Stone Margaret Miss Melville Tucker Dearborn Street Susie Gaillard Jose Phine West William Norville Robert Herman Chicago Ruth West Gladys Tompkins Mattie Belle Kirkbride Edith Heckert Bettie D Florence Kraus May McLeod Marguerite Lawson Fanny Richardson Ora Lee McMillan Lucille Zelnicker Julian, Duffee Grand Order OF the Eastern Star August Berger R. H. Bartels Mollie’ Fincher Montgomery Bartels Charles Bangher G. C., Parkhill Thelma Parkhill Edna and Lotta Smith Minnie May Pringle Myrtle Solocovich Beatrice Armstrong Ellenera Armstrong Marcia Vesta Bell Baxter Willie Kate Whitehorse Mattie Lee Pringle Frances Parkhill Earl Nelson Tom Booth Leonard Davis Croom Pringle Baxter Longhurst Lana Donahue Michael Hines Henry Reimer Dave Steber Joe Scholick Tom Collins Peter McClure Robert McLeod Wiley Thompson George Burden Chauncey de Luong Glen Thompson Gus Burden Marshall Renauld Perman Finlayson Drago Ethel Pinto Maggie Burden Mobile Gregory Little Smith Washington St. Francis Street Methodist Church C. C. McGehee Daughters of the Mobile Jos. St. G. Tucker W. K. Syson D. P. Bestor T. Kk. Jackson George Robinson S. R. Prince J. O. Smith J. B. Harvey Jefferson Ashbel Hubbard Miss Hickey Thomas Jefferson Santelmann Metta Thompson Gabriella Barret Ligon Leftwich Chile America Joseph G. Tucker D. A. R. Magazine Rhett Goode E. D. Bondurant Harris Vaughn Robert S. Gould W. H. Sledge Howard Walker R. P. Pope Edmund Myers Talcott Washington, D. C J. S. Barrett Hugh G. Barclay, Jr Sheik EL Faris Vera Williams Will North End Ward Colonial Room Bruce Oakdale Harry Smith Mesdames Winston Horace Gart Mildred Shaffer Winnie Brown Virginia Thornton Government Street Joe M. McPhillips W. W. Croom W. Y. Gordon Lucy Ethel Thomas Cecil Carr Dallas Tex Atmore Halluck H. Case Nell David P. Alston ST. Joseph’s Club St. Joseph's Club Messrs. Pocase Alvarez First Baptist Church Mahi Tebirantat Ey Lostein Jewelerns Royal Street Chae Division of Public Speaking Parliamentary Law Club Ladies’ Aid Phi Alpha Phi Grace Zelnicker Kodak
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