Down on the Farm opens at Dreamland with Appalachian Girls
Amusements brief notes the Dreamland premiere of Down on the Farm a rural comedy starring the Morris troupe with Bertha Sherwood and Lizzie Parker. The show features vaudeville style acts and numbers with a weekly company change and ongoing public appeal for audience buy-in as the “bale” cotton fund drive appears in the performance program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreamland
John
Billy Morris
Bertha Sherwood
Lizzie Parker
Morris Rathers
John Morris
Thought for the Day Poem Reflection
A brief inspirational verse envisions smiles replacing tears as light returns. It speaks of weary hours of woe and pain turning into promises of happier years.
Adele Returns Delights Mobile Audience Once Again
Mobile society welcomed Adele to a Saturday night performance drawing a packed crowd. The appearance echoed last year’s reception as fans filled the venue.
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Mobile Society
Adele
Land
Few Dips No Extremes In Standardized Dances
Miss Marie Shaffer returning from New York notes dances have standardized this season with minimal dipping and no extreme moves. The Fox Trot and Tango Hesitation gain popularity while the pavlova gavotte, lulu fada, and furlana are showcased. She cites The Glowworm as music for the pavlova gavotte and highlights the new tatao Chinese dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Shaffer
New York
Louis Chariis
D. G. Maclennan
Italy
France
Berlin
Owner Reports Stolen Pup Tango on Dauphin Street
The owner of a small bull pup named Tango reports the dog missing from his Dauphin street establishment after leaving the shop Saturday. Tango is 6 inches long with a short tail and a blue-blooded air, and police are seeking the pup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin Street
Tango
Weinerwurst
Bright operetta night at the Lyric drew noted social couples
The Lyric House hosted a lively performance of the operetta Among the many present were Miss Agnes Fowlkes and Mr. Pettus Lee Miss Sheppard and Mr. Maury Lyons Miss Alice Terrill and Mr. Ernest Buck Miss Evelyn McLaughlin and Mr. Will Staggers Miss Lena Thomas and Mr. James Alvarez Miss Anna Boulet and Mr. J. N. Rose Miss Sadie Taylor and Mr. Sterling Phillips Miss Ella Packer Blacksher and Mr. Dave Harris plus many others. A box party included Dr. and Mrs. Angelo Festorazzi and Mr. and Mrs. J. Tannenbaum enjoying Adele and the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Lyric
Agnes Fowlkes
Pettus Lee
Sheppard
Maury Lyons
Alice ‘Terrill
Ernest Buck
Evelyn McLaughlin
Will Staggers
Lena Thomas
James Alvarez
Anna Boulet
J. N. Rose
Sadie Taylor
Sterling Phillips
Ella Packer Blacksher
Dave Harris
Hilda Drahan
Margaret Blacksher
Allan Hood
Helen Terrill
Frank Courtney
Pearla Soost
J. A.leonard
Effie Soost
Frank McConnell
J. S. Manning
Finch
Manning
Miss Edna Finch Welcomed in Mobile Social Note
Miss Edna Finch of Pensacola visits Mobile as a guest of her cousin Miss Edna Manning. She attended the M. T. C. dance was guest of honor at a sewing party and enjoyed Adéle with Mr. Joseph J. Manning and Miss Edna Manning.
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Edna Finch
Pensacola
Edna Manning
Joseph J. Manning
Adéle
Miss Finch
Mobile
Miss Manning
Misses Rosson Return to Peabody Institute
Miss Bettie D Rosson and Miss Eugenie Rosson depart Sunday for Baltimore to attend the Peabody Institute. Bettie D studies arts and will earn her diploma this year while Eugenie pursues voice study for a third winter and instrumental study for a second.
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Bettie D
Eugenie Rosson
Baltimore
Peabody Institute
Miss Pearl Schwarz Appointed Church Organist
Miss Pearl Schwarz, a talented young musician, has been named organist at the Central Presbyterian Church. She has studied pipe organ for two years under Dr. Frederic J. Dunster and will begin her duties next Sunday, as friends and Mobilians congratulate her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Pearl Schwarz
Miss Schwarz
Frederic J. Dunster
Central Presbyterian Church
Mrs J S McGlathery Announces Engaged Daughter
Mrs J S McGlathery of St Stephens Alabama announces the engagement of her daughter Katie Leatherbury to Albert Prim Jr of Jackson Alabama. The wedding is planned for the latter part of November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.S. McGlathery
St. Stephens
Ala
Katie Leatherbury
Albert Prim, Jr
Jackson
Mr. and Mrs Bellingrath Plan Motor Trip
A congenial party led by Mr and Mrs W D Bellingrath will motor to Coden on Monday in the Bellingraths car. They include Mr and Mrs P C Rainwater of Atlanta Mr W P Heath of Atlanta and Mr George Fryberg of Chicago. They will stop at Rolston's until Wednesday and plan fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Bellingrath
P. C. Rainwater
Atlanta
W. P. Heath
George Fryberg
Chicago
Edna Lewis Elected to University Dramatic Club
Miss Edna Lewis of Mobilians attending the University of Alabama was selected as one of eighteen members chosen from sixty applicants for the Blackfriars dramatic club. She has shown marked dramatic ability and participated in annual ABL productions.
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Edna Lewis
University of Alabama
the Blackfriars
Lewis
Surprise Bay Minette Wedding Joins Miss Louise McMillan and Dr. J. M. Reed
In Bay Minette a surprise Sunday ceremony united Louise McMillan of Bay Minette and Dr. J. M. Reed of Perdido. The wedding, planned for October, occurred at the bride's father's home with the bride's family and close friends in attendance.
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Bay Minette
Mobile
Louise McMillan
J. M. Reed
Perdido
McMillan
Mauvilla
Ala
Horton Academy
Local doctor couples celebrate graduation and move
Dr. Reed, popular Mobile School of Medicine graduate, now practicing in Perdido after marrying. His Bay Minette roots and broad circle of friends marked the ceremony, after which he and his wife left for Perdido in their car.
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Mobile
Dr. Reed
Mobile School of Medicine
Bay Minette
Perdido
Mrs. Reed
Illnesses Strike Lappington and Wood Families
Mrs Lappington is very ill with typhoid at her Mobile home. Miss Willie Wood left the week to be with her sister whose illness is deeply regretted by friends in Pensacola.
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Lappington
A. M
Mobile
Willie Wood
Pensacola
Pensacola Journal
Josie Melittre
W. Z. Jones
Mloosa News
L. M. Tisdale
Kucille Tisdale
North Carolina
Julian Wheeler
Annapolis
Miss Mahon Visits Mobile Friends for Weekend
Visitor Miss Marie Mahon arrived to spend the weekend with Mrs. Vesta Creel in Mobile. The event delights local friends who recall her as a popular guest. The note appears in Meridian Personal Mention.
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Miss Mahon
Marie Mahon
Vesta Creel
Mrs. Creel
Meridian
Remodeling of Ryan Statue in Ryan Park Progresses
Work speeds ahead on remodeling the Ryan monument site in Ryan park. Contractor Maddox oversees the improvements, adding a terrace to the mound so the marble slab atop the bronze monument offers a better view of the poet-priest of the South.
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Ryan Park
Maddox
Land value study at Cawthon Hotel for potential colony
G Barbell Frank Apathy John Weizer and S B Ford of Cleveland visit the Cawthon Hotel to survey land values in the area with plans to locate a colony.
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G. Barbell
Frank Apathy
John Weizer
S. 8. Ford
Cleveland, C
Cawthon Hotel
Salve advertisement touts cure and rail schedule
Amherst man praises Saxo Salve for facial pimple cured without surgery. Ad promises buyback if not cured and lists mobile Alabama drug distributor. Rail schedule shows trains from Mobile September 28 and 7:45 p m with connections to Birmingham Chattanooga Cincinnati and New York. Information at 235 Royal Street.
Double Present for Children Celebrating Birthday on Monday
The Item reports Mobile birthday parties at the Empire theatre drawing attention in Nashville and Pensacola. H G Cody plans to send each birthday child a can of French Market Coffee, using The Item's published list of names to deliver the gifts.
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Empire Theatre
Mobile
Item
Nashville
H. G. Cody
San Carlos
Pensacola
New Orleans
Cody
Notable railroad officials visit Mobile area
Supt Ee Saltmarsh of P A division L N RR with Mrs Saltmarsh spends Sunday at the Cawthon Hotel. Thomas Hamilton of Hampton Springs Fla visits friends. David Baird Sr of Camden N J and son stay at Battle House. BE Hogan of New Orleans Mobile and Chicago RR tours terminals in Mobile. J Mulvoy and Dave Tree of Mobile and Ohio visit Meridian for business. Chicago investors Simmonds Britton Kingery guest of J M Dewberry on Dauphin Island. Mr and Mrs W W Gregg of Louisville stay several days at Battle House.
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Lucille McCreary
D. ©. McCreary
Mobile
A. S. Boulet
Dauphin
George H. Hervey
Pensacola
Fla
W. D. Ratliff
M. S. Ratliff
R. F. Ratliff
R. A. Embry
Lucedale
Molle
Bienville Hotel
8.C. Matthews
Clanton
Ala
Battle House
Vesta Creel
J. F. Jacob
Meridian Journal
Helen Strudwick
French Lick Springs
Demopolis
Saltmarsh
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Pensacola, Fla
Cawthon Hotel
Thomas Hamilton
Hampton Springs, Fla
David Baird, Sr
Camden, N. J
David Baird, Jr
BE. D. Hogan
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad Company
Laurel
J. Mulvoy
Dave F. Tree
The
Transportation Department of the
Mobile and Ohio
Meridian
Miss
W. W. Gregg
Louisville, Ky
Dr Sweet Transferred to National Sanitation Committee
Dr E Sweet long in charge of Fort Morgan quarantine station is ordered to Washington. He will join the committee on industrial relations and handle sanitation issues before the national body.
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E. Sweet
Fort Morgan
Washington
Committee On Industrial Relations
Sweet
National Committee
Train Schedule From Mobile To New York Via Birmingham
Beginning Monday September 28 the M and O train departs Mobile at 7:35 am for Birmingham with a 6 pm arrival and continues to Chattanooga at 9:65 am through to Cincinnati arriving 8:30 pm and then on to New York arriving 1:40 pm the following day. Information at City Ticket Office 238 Royal St.
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Mobile
Meridian
Pullman
Cincinnati
New York
Information City Ticket Office
Royal Bt Lu
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Fullman
Vice
Royal St
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Prim-Leatherbury
Mrs. Bellingrath
Blackfriar
Ryan
Amherst
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Mae
M. R. Crandall
van Antwerp Drug Corp., Inc
Mobile, Ala
DR. Sweet
Castoria
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Lawrence St
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Brown
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Georgia Avenue
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E. Roper
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E. Hyland Ave
Spring Hill Ave
Edward MM. Bailey
Bell Phone
Home
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Lillian R. Miller
Richardy St
Charlotte E. Merrow
New
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Mary G. Biles
Savannah
Ruth E. Ellis
S. Broad St
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Florence Gilbert
St. Louis
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Henry C. White
Lexington Ave
Philip A. Whittman, Jr
Eleanor Powers
Everett
America
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Selig Company
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Vitagraph
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