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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1925
Page
6
The article notes parish events with a planned 8 o'clock meeting and a forthcoming party hosted by the ladies, with invitations extended to members and friends. It also covers numerous social visits and trips including engagements, weddings, and extended travels of locals to Pensacola, Bay Minette, Stockton, and beyond, plus homecomings from journeys to New England and the Midwest.
The Woman's Christian Union plans an event at a community house at 3 o clock on Grant street after a visit to Carre's lake. Miss Beth recently returned home from twenty weeks at Daphne Normal school. Mr. and Mrs. H D Lesesne and family enjoy several weeks in Mobile.
Woman's Missionary members plan an afternoon meeting urging all to attend. Eastern Star to meet at Mason hall Tuesday. Rev Arthur Goodyer of Little Falls visits Whastlers and Battles. Miss Eula Seabury visits Meridian, Mississippi. Baptist Sunday school manual taught nightly by Leslie Newman at church. Dr G W Newburn heads to Rio Grande Valley for ten days of business. Mrs J R Kelly returns from Fernwood Mississippi to visit family. Mrs Jim Rodgers’s daughter ill at home. Mr and Mrs Luther Thompson of Birmingham visiting relatives.
Mrs. A M Petrinovich and daughter Antoinette left for Houston to spend two months with Mrs. Petrinovichs daughter Mrs. R O Albright. Dr and Mrs E M Megginson left for a two weeks Florida tour. Mrs C B Percy leaves for Chicago for three weeks visiting her son Edward Percy and wife. Margaret Williams visited Point Clear to spend time with Mr John McPhillips family. Mr and Mrs E S Burnside returned to Mobile after visiting Mrs R H Rouse in Gulfport. Mr and Mrs Martin Holbrook departed for two weeks vacation to New York City to see their son Emmet and wife. Alma Dunn Grace and Mid Trammel spent the weekend at Pine Needles Magnolia Beach. Mrs Claudia Spotswood left for Selma to visit Mrs J B Ellis. Mrs Ella Hixon visits brother Judge M McCorvey Fountain in Monroeville. Alan recently moved into a new home. Judge Fountain and wife received a linen shower.
London reports France has made peace with the rebel Druse tribes after revolt. A heavy fine was imposed and political amnesty granted to all involved. Hostilities have ceased.
London Aug 17 United Press reports Abd El Krim the Riff leader, pressed by the French drive in Morocco, would soon marry the daughter of the Tunisian governor according to Madrid advices today providing a rare personal note amid conflict.
London dated Aug 17 reports Ray Chapman Andrews, American explorer, is leaving Mongolia to announce important prehistoric discoveries, via the Daily Telegraph's Peking correspondent.
A local advertisement proclaims Metzger’s Removal Sale a success with remaining bargains. Suits, hats, and furnishings are half price or less, inviting shoppers to find significant discounts.
In W Okla on August 17 a jail break attempt failed as Bibb Mesomay used a mashie golf club to walk past deputies and guards. Sheriff Bert Cotton reported 23 prisoners ate breakfast in jail this morning after the attempt.
A collection of eight sketches depicting how Glastonbury bury Abbey once appeared has surfaced. The drawings are attributed to an unknown artist identified as & z Tr, noted as their first oral drawing attempt.
LAKEHURST N J Aug 17 After mooring to the tender Patoka at sea the navy dirigible Shenangoah returned to the naval air station from Newport R I The crew executed a new maneuver anchoring and riding at anchor Commander Zachary Lansdowne said tests were as successful as could be expected
Foreign Minister Vandervelde told United Press Washington news on Belgian debt negotiations is better today and newspapers have exaggerated disagreements. He said there has never been any talk of a default or crisis.
The Metzger's Removal Sale proved a stu pendous success with remaining hats priced at half off and further reductions noted in announcements.
Richard Halliburton of Memphis Tennessee swam the Dardanelles in two hours despite a strong current, according to a Constantinople dispatch to the London Times.
An old health blurb touts Oxidine as a remedy for malaria symptoms including coated tongue, biliousness, and thirst. It claims the product drives out mind and fever and strengthens the body while improving appetite.
Miami-Biltmore Hotel portion of the Bowman program progresses toward opening next January. The 450 room hotel wings rise to eight stories with a planned ten stories and a 300 foot campanile. The Riviera district attracts investors and anticipates major institutions and about one thousand homes in the coming year.
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