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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
7
Society news covers a quiet wet wedding at St Marys Church with Rev Eaton officiating for William Fene and Mae Josephine Geetio Steiner. It lists attendees, future home on Williams Street, and various social events, lectures, bridge parties, and visits across Mobile and nearby towns.
Miss Dorothy Yonge returns to Pensacola after visits to Mobile and Oak Grove. Mabel Touart comes back from Birmingham where she visited aunts Mrs. G. C. Bryant and Mrs. Bob Wharton. Virginia Wilson visits Lida Holt in Montgomery. Emma Trammel and L. T. Anderson leave Anniston for Mobile. Mr. and Mrs. Drewglas plan to move to Jackie Florida and stay at 115 East Adams Street. Thelma I. Daniels returns from Milton Florida to relatives Jewell and Glennis Jernigan. Mrs. Leo Maas of Selma arrives to visit Mrs. Bert Pake on Monterey Street. Viola Olds of Greensboro visits sister Mrs. E. M. Stewart for two weeks at 965 Church Street.
Robert McGough 30 confessed to Union county authorities that he set fire to Bethel church six miles south of Eldorado for a ten dollar fee. He said he burned the church to be at peace with himself and to fulfill a promise to a deceased person. The nephew stated the uncle was angry at church members.
Anthracite mine owners in Atlantic City confirm fear that government intervention on September 1 could be tied to a union shift in soft coal policy. John L. Lewis declined to Explain the stance, while W. W. Inglis warns the industry remains small and at risk from soft coal priorities. The summer base closes as Lewis heads to Philadelphia.
Miss Bessie Hicks returns home from New Orleans after a pleasant visit with her sister. Marion Bracken comes back from three weeks in Florida. John Cunningham of Jackson visits his brother H. W. Cunningham. Boy Scouts plan a meeting at Scot Hut tomorrow at 7 30 p m. Mrs. L H Bullard returns home after visiting Meridian Shubuta and Waynesboro. P C Melious recovering from illness. Miss Ethel Powers returns to Meridian after visiting Miss Ruth Young. Madeline Stallings of Citronelle Alabama accepts railroad storehouse position.
Members of the Prichard Methodist Church Ladies Aid Society will assemble at Mrs Crane's home for a Bible study. The gathering is expected to be of interest as the group will take up study topics. Friends learn Amelia Lee Gould has a broken arm. Capitola Webster returns to Mobile after visiting her parents. Butterley improving after a serious illness. Stagg welcoming a baby girl. Methodist Church prayers at night with Senior Epworth League in charge. A rare stamp fund valued at $50 found in a Mayfair attic causes philatelic stir.
Qualified voters of Prichard will meet Tuesday night at the Woodmen of the World hall for a straw ballot on candidates for mayor and five aldermen to govern the newly incorporated city. Judge Price Williams will set election date. Names mentioned include Dr. Porter Mixon Robert Carswell Jasper Mills Dr. W B Brewton H M Cochrane for mayor and W L Hinson Mobley Barnes Sam Buell Ed Lavett Gus Dixon N L Jones Howard Richardson J J R O Thomas James Chappelle et al.
Crown Prince Olav, heir to the Norwegian throne, is noted as a leader in athletic sports while enrolled as a student at Oxford University in England.
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