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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1913

Page

3

Femine World Address Invitation by Home Economics Club

Seale Harris, president of the Home Economics Club, invites members and interested persons to gather this afternoon at 4 30 at the Battle House Auditorium. Mrs Thomas M Owen head of the Woman s Auxiliary of the Southern Commercial Congress will speak on the convention work to be done October 27 28 29 in Mobile. Working committees will be appointed and sixteen Southern states will be represented. Mrs Owen is daughter of Senator Bankhead and wife of Alabama s director of Archives and History. She is visiting Mobile guest of Dr and Mrs Erwin Craig at Arden.

Home Economics Club Seale Harris Ome Economics Club Battle House Thomas M. Owen Southern Commercial Congress Mobile Owen United States Bankhead Alabama Gulf City Erwin Craighead Arden

Bethel Auxiliary Holds Regular Monthly Meeting

The Bethel Auxiliary held its regular monthly meeting at 10 p m at the Bethel. Members discussed matters of importance and next steps for the organization.

Bethel Auxiliary Bethel

Returning This Week to Town

Miss Maria Minge a leading Woman's Business Club member spent from Thursday until Tuesday at Fairhope at the club's new summer home in the company of Mrs Windham Lyons and the Lyons daughters Mary Gladden and Ruth Lyon. About forty club members enjoyed Labor Day at the club home. Miss Parker president of the Mobile Club, after two weeks illness, visited the seaside last night.

Maria Minge The Woman's Business Club Windham Lyons Mary Gladden Lyon Ruth Lyon Fairhope Woman’s Club Miss Parker Mobile Business Woman's Club Feaver

Visitors Entertained at Moritz Events and Picnics

Mr and Mrs A Moritz hosted a series of social events for guests including Mrs J E Lloyd of Montgomery and Miss Fannie Booyd of Fitzgerald Ga. Prizes at a Shriners picnic at Belrose went to Mrs Moritz for the ladies and Mr A Norquist for the gentlemen.

A. Moritz J. E. Lloyd Montgomery Moritz Fannie Booyd Fitzgerald, Ga Geneva Boyd Shriners Belrose James Hutchinson Boyd Miss Moritz Lloyd Hutchinson B. B. Gossett Fleming Carrie West

Imposing Ceremony Install Trinity Asheville Rector

The Rev. Wyatt Brown, who resigned All Saints Mobile to take Trinity Church Asheville N C, was installed last Sunday in ceremonies led by Right Rev. Bishop Junius Horner with assistances.

Asheville Wyatt Brown All Saints Church Mobile Trinity

Southern Beauties Aid National Conservation Exposition

The National Conservation Exposition in Knoxville opens with Southern women aiding their families. Eleven buildings, lakes, and 100 acres host industries and smelters as social leaders from the South attend with families and guests.

Homer van Derwenter Woman’s Board W. W. Woodruff Shields Knokville Tenn South Mason and Dixon

Distinctive Mobile social figures visit and travel notes

The passage lists attenders and arrivals including Rev Bertram Brown and a roster of clergy, Miss Eunice Semmes visiting Mobile, and Mrs Sidney Prince with her sons seeking relief in Atlantic City. It notes Mr Sidney Robbins traveling to Selma for his father's illness, Gesner McCorvey returning from Coden, and the Kellys’ NC vacation, christening at Asheville, and September plans in Mobile. It also mentions a forthcoming Woman's Suffrage Club, visitors from Pensacola and Jacksonville, and travel to Boston and New York for relatives and college farewells. The mobile scene closes with the Croom family settling in at Harrison cottage for autumn.

Sidney R. Prince New York City Atlantic City William Kelly North Carolina Asheville Wyatt Brown Mobile Kelly Flat Rock

The Louvre Adventure of Helen at Paris

Helen travels to Paris with grand plans but mistakes a department store for the Louvre and discovers the real galleries by accident. A chance encounter with an American man leads to a guided tour of antique furniture and tapestries, stirring new feelings and a renewed sense of youth.

Helen Louvre Warren Ictures Paris Elen Magasins du Louvre Louvre Hotel the Louvre MUSEE Musee du Louvre

Alabama Girl Wins Ogontz Scholarship

Erin Weller of Gadaden Alabama has won the Alabama division United Daughters of the Confederacy scholarship to Ogontz College near Philadelphia. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Weller and niece of Mrs William Hood and Mr W Weller of Birmingham. She will depart this month for the celebrated women's college.

Alabama Ogontz Erin Weller Gadaden Ala United Daughters of the Confederacy Pill Woman's College Philadelphia Miss Weller William Weller William Hood W. Weller Birmingham

Wednesday Evening Wedding at St. Johns Rectory

Miss Iram Dawn Bruce married Harry S. Pollard in an 8 oclock ceremony conducted by the Very Rev. Gardiner C. Tucker. Attendees included maid of honor Miss Irene Raff and best man Joseph Hoffman.

St. John's Rectory Iram Dawn Bruce Harrys. Pollard Gardiner C. Tucker Irene Raff Joseph Hoffman Miss Raff E. W. Raff Augusta Street Pollard Mrs. Pollard St. Anthony Street W. W. Smith Port Arthur Texas

A Good Dentist Urges Care for Teeth and Dentifrice

A nineteenth century health column extols dentists dedicating effort to patients and warns against neglecting teeth. It notes the dentist’s advice on using a standard dentifrice and hints at further recommendations to maintain dental health.

Sozodont Dentifrice Praised by Dentists Worldwide

The advertisement touts 20 000 unsolicited letters from dentists worldwide endorsing 8070 DONT as the greatest dentifrice and preservative of teeth. It claims deep cleansing into crevices, a lasting clean mouth feel, and enamel burnishing without grit or acid, with druggists stocking the product.

Fireman Robertson III in Two New Haven Wrecks

Associated Press reports in Springfield Mass that Edward A. Robertson of West Springfield has served as fireman on trains involved in two New Haven wrecks. He survived the Stamford collision June 12 with six dead and many injured, and the North Haven Bar Harbor Express crash Tuesday with twenty one killed and about a hundred injured. He is shaken but expected to resume work next week.

Associated Press Springfield Mass Edward A. Robertson West Spr New Haven Road Stamford Bar Harbor North Ha Robertson

Books as Best Friends Speak Only When Welcomed

A reflection on why books are considered best friends: they communicate only when we invite them, offering companionship and insight on our terms. The idea emphasizes voluntary engagement and the personal nature of reading.

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