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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1915
Page
17
The article highlights a flood of new styles for men’s shoes this fall and winter with cloth and leather combinations, flat lasts, and varied uppers. It notes few changes in lasts, rising leather prices yet ample supply, and growing interest in “millinery” style influences among younger buyers.
Social addenda recounts an informal dance at Lyons Park last Tuesday night with music and a lively attendance from the younger set. Also notes Mystic Maids third anniversary dance on October 4 at German Relief Hall led by prominent young organizers. Willie Mae Snow’s seventh birthday party featured gifts and games including an apple scuffle won by Master Louie Snow. Irene Fontaine’s twelfth birthday party included a moving picture outing at the Empire and a gathering at Van's with friends Ruth Mildred Anna Mary Willie Crum Gene Tipton Dumas Golson Leila Gray and Gene De Van. The Alabama Daughters of the N S W S D 1812 celebrate victory securing the Jackson Highway through Birmingham and Mobile to New Orleans with thanks to Mobile business delegates. Delegates were welcomed by Rev Henry Wade Du Bose who gave the invocation. The note ends with a reflection on women’s flag bearing in American history.
Mobile society notes list numerous residents returning from summer locations including Daphne, Kana ga Lake, North Carolina, Newbern Alabama, and Hendersonville. The items mention Mrs. A. W. Brooks, Miss Elizabeth Hobart, Miss Frances Ervin, Miss Fannie Vaiden, Mrs. Lawheen, Mrs. Stanard, and many others visiting family, guests, or preparing autumn stays in Mobile.
Eugenia Lore, age 27, long resident of Mobile, wins eligibility for American citizenship after surviving as a stowaway. Three Spanish companions of Lore face deportation from the Weardale in Mobile harbor, while Lore is allowed to remain under immigration protection.
Fragmentary text mentions an iconoclast and home made ice cream bakers, a mockery of Mo, and a taunt about treason. References legislative halls and a Tar Patrick Henry remark, yielding little coherent reporting or named entities.
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