Social News From Mobile and Surrounding Areas
Mobile social notices report engagements, weddings and events. The Turnipseed Wright betrothal to James Wesley Turnipseed, Mount Vernon Alabama, scheduled September 20 1916 at Poul Minville Methodist church. Meetings include First Christian porch party September 7 and Graded Union at Burgett Memorial the same day. A peanut party hosted by Edith Edgar for her Sunday school class adds light community fare.
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Mar
Wiley Wright
Katherine
James Wesley Turnipseed
Mount Vernon
Ala
Ladies’ Aid Society of
The
First Christian Church
J. D. Sutton
Broad Street
Mobile Graded Union
Burgett
Edith Edgar
Compromise and Compromise in Marriage Secrets
Judge Freschi of New York argues that no marriage is perfectly compatible and suggests the key to lasting union is constant compromise. He notes jealousy as a common fault, warns against sulking, and urges couples to discuss issues openly while steering toward mutual tolerance and continued partnership.
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Nixola Greely-Smith
United States
John J. Freschi
Court of Special Sessions
New York
Special Sessions
Judge Freschi
Freschi
Mr. Freschi
Engagements and social notes span a writeup of parties and nuptials
A local society page reports Gladys Waller winning a doll and Master Charlton Dukes capturing a toy elephant in a boys prize. The dining room features pink and green tones with ice cream and cake served by Miss Edgar and others. It lists many participants, and notes Margaret Taylor Taylor to William H. March wedding planned in October. Also mentions Miss Margaret Doody’s eighth birthday party and a Fairhope house party returning from a beach trip with a large guest list and remarks on the Eastern Shore’s summer draw.
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Gladys Waller
Charlton Dukes
Elizabeth Keeney
Alfred Edgar
Miss Edgar
Mary Newton
Monticello
Bessie Burns
Bay -Minette
Josephine Nelson
J. M. Newton
Alita Nelson
Margaret Taylor
W. H. March
H. C. Taylor
Margaret Eugenia
William H. March
The Baby Food Hat’s Always Safe
Summer illness from sour milk endangers infants. Two proven safeguards are nursing the baby yourself or giving only fresh water with Nestlé’s Food. A free trial package of Nestlé’s Food is offered with a booklet on canine specialities.
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Nestlé
Beauty Chats and Wedding Choicest Tales
The column blends a character study of a homely girl named Jane improved by orthodontics diet and care with wedding news of Miss Marie Huet and Mr J C Lawler at St Josephs church The piece notes social scenes from a hotel dinner dance and lists party attendees and chaperones including Margaret Jones Emma Brady Mildred Carson and more, plus a bridal party and honeymoon plans to Chattanooga Washington and New York.
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Ane Jones
Jane
Battles Hotel
Margaret Jones
Emma Brady
Tuscaoosa
Mildred Carson
New Orleans
Lillie Bell
McGowin
Gabriella Cook
Lucy Herndon
Marie Vanderbeck
Meta Roberts
Isabell Brown
Carrie Gibbons
Kathleen Brown
Robert Shackleford
Maurice
Dughe
Hugh
Coffey
Woodie Penny
Julian
Manning McPhillips
Oliver O'Connor
Barton Isabel
Wilmer Jarvis
Leroy Pinder
John Baumhauer
Henry Hall, Jr
J. C. Tarentine
Nelles Gonzales
Will Owen
St. Joseph’s
Marie Huet
St. Joseph’s Church
J. C., Lawler
Jennie Oberkirch
Father Salentia
Julia Braun
Millard
Leo Gaynor
Metcalf
Lohengrin
E. J. Huet
Irene Huet
SG. Patterson
William C. Martin
Hugh Pitard
Miss Huet
Carrie
Trene Huet
Mrs. Lawler
Chattanooga
Ashington
New York
Toulminville
Gardening notes on drying and avoiding starch in produce
The article discusses selecting produce like artichokes and tomatoes to minimize starch content. It emphasizes choosing watery varieties and suggests methods to reduce starch in bulk preparation.
Berlin Professor Siebert Killed in Aerial Action
Professor Siebert, once a guest lecturer in the United States, died in an air strike over the western front in a recent combat operation. The incident marks a fatal loss for his academic and diplomatic exchanges.
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Berlin
Siebert
United States
Social Notes Highlight A Bustling New Orleans Visit
Miss Alma Endette’s visit to New Orleans features a moving picture party hosted by Miss Otilde Jacob. Numerous social guests share two weeks traveling to Denver, Colorado Springs, and Salt Lake City, with many readers visiting clubs, inns, and beaches along the Gulf coast.
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Alma Endette
New Orleans
E. A. Virguette
Moving Picture Party
Otilde Jacob
Nver
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Irene Holland
Harriet Truman
Ella Mae McAdams
Loretta
Edwina Pitard
AO Students Enroll at Spring Hill College
Forty students were enrolled for the 1916 17 session at Spring Hill College Wednesday morning. Father J Kearns said enrollment would exceed one hundred by night. Thursday morning will see Mobile boys arriving with the first cars and the afternoon train from New Orleans bringing about a hundred more. Father Edward Cummings will manage New Orleans students. Several boys are taking admittance examinations.
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Spring Hill College
J. ©. Kearns
Mobile
New Orleans
Edward Cummings
Germany denies hunger revolt reports as false
Berlin reports a competent authority denied foreign press claims of hunger riots in Germany. Not one death occurred over supply issues, and rumors of seven women killed in Berlin, twenty dead at Muelhausen, or Württemberg king halting Stuttgart riots were dismissed as untrue.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Wireless
Germany
Muelhausen
Wurtemburg
Stuttgart
Presbyterians Reach Four Million in Minister Relief Drive
Philadelphia reports the Presbyterian fund for aged and disabled ministers and dependents has reached $4,000,000 of a $10,000,000 goal. General Secretary William Hiram Foulkes aims to report $6,000,000 at the next general assembly in Dallas in May.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Presbyterians
William Hiram Foulkes
Presbyterian Board of Ministerial Relief and Sustentation
General Assembly
Dallas
Fifteen People Given Typhoid Serum Vaccine
City Health Officer Charles A Mohr reports fifteen people received typhoid serum vaccine Tuesday afternoon. Vaccinations continue Wednesday and Friday afternoons according to the city board of health.
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City Board of Health
Charles A. Mohr
Revival draws record crowds at North Side Baptist Church
Large congregations attend the ongoing revival at North Side Baptist Church with extra chairs used to fit the capacity. The evangelist and his choir delight listeners as Tuesday night services draw heavy attendance. Berlin sees strong response to the fifth German war loan with subscriptions totaling 29 million marks from three corporations.
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North Side Baptist Church
Berlin
Be Careful in Using Soap on Your Hair
Consumer health advice warns against alkaline soaps and shampoos which dry the scalp and brittle hair. Recommends plain refined coconut oil as a pure grease free option sold at drug stores. A teaspoonful with water produces rich lather, cleanses, rinses, and leaves hair soft and manageable.
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John B. McDonald
Anon
Battles
A. D. Pitts
J. B. Ellis
Selma
Battles Sunday
Wesley W. McGuire
Ida Par
Anthony R. Anjo
Montreal
Lyon Mfg. CO
5Th St
Brooklyn
N.Y
Miss Margaret Doody
George B. Dure
Beatrice Miller
Nora Kelley
Fairhope
Jane Kendall
Chicago
Thurman
Leah Gaston
Grace Thurman
Numa Boulet
Marshall "Groom
William Kirschdorfer
B. Herman
Arthur Gaston
Mr. Jackson
William Goodloe
Eastern Shore
Broadwood Cottage
Point Clear
Le’s Food Company
Woolworth Building
Edna Kent Forbes
Horlick
Katherine Maer
Columbus
Gordon
Eleanor Burgett
Henry Alridge
Henry, Jr
Gertrude
Ruth Burke
Arthur Bromberg
Atlanta
Gladys Thompson
Ellen Loftus
Houston
Tex
Stella Keeney
Miss Loftus
Miss Keeney
Malbel Hunter
R. W. Beard
Rickardy Street
Corinne Roberts
Missary Canfield
Battles Wharf
Pride Jones
Pride, Jr
Curran
Ellen Dukes
Jammie
Gilbert Dukes
Mary Dillard
Magnolia Beach
Ray Norville
Lucille White
Yazoo City
Miss. Ee
Bell Tilden
J. E. Mitchell
Seacliff
Elizabeth Burns
Bay Minette
Mrs. Calhoun
W. W. Moore
Beach Hotel
Montevallo
A. A. Adams
W. H. Taye
Colonial Inn
Miss A. Burkholder
Business Women’s Club
B. C. Pickens
Finklea Davidson
Leon
Gilbert
Spring Hill
Peoples Bank
Gainesville, GA
Brenau
Gainesville
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