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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1925
Page
7
Miss Nannie Gayle Owen visits with family as guests travel from Nashville Birmingham and Fairhope while Chickasaw PTA plans a December 28 meeting. Music programs at Government Street Church and Christ Church accompany holiday observances as social clubs host teas luncheons and dances for local families.
Miss Mattie Deas of Suggsville visits Mobile en route to Laurel Mississippi for Christmas with sister Mrs. D A Davis. Mr and Mrs Joe Meyer of New Orleans arrive to spend the holidays with sister Mrs Isadore Jacobson. Mrs M O Vaughan and daughter Miss Lillian Vaughan depart for Houston to spend with Mrs Leo J Castellanos and family. Miss Anne E Taft of Camden visits sister Mrs Erwin Vass in Mobile. Mr and Mrs George Levey of Savannah Georgia holiday with Mrs Levey’s mother Mrs John R Vidmer. Mr and Mrs George Edward Standard of Memphis Tennessee en route to New Orleans to spend Christmas with father Mr George T Standard and family, stop in Mobile. Mrs Lethe Gregory of Livingston Alabama visiting aunt Mrs Douglass McMillan. Miss Camille Walker of Touro Training School for Nurses in New Orleans and Mr T V Walker of Mobile to spend holidays with sister Mrs T S Ross in Meridian. This year marks four hundredth first printing of William Tynedale’s first English translation of the New Testament.
The article touts mercolized wax as a new complexion method, claiming it removes damaged skin layer by layer for a healthier glow. It notes Sage Plexion is available at druggists and applied nightly like cold cream to achieve girlish beauty.
John McCormack will headline an international broadcast New Year’s Eve from Bound Brook New Jersey. The program features Lucrezia Bori and multiple orchestras with WJZ WRC and other stations relaying the concert to the United States and abroad. Major General James L Harbord calls it a world wide radio demonstration. Christmas greetings from German leaders were broadcast from WRNY in New York using a panatrope device.
Chicago premieres a new English language opera "A Light From J Agnes" by W Franke Harling. Rosa Raisa Forrest Lamont Georges Bakianoff lead the cast with Harling conducting as saxophone elements intrude in melodramatic scenes. A veteran critic notes Harling’s distinct style and integration of jazz rhythms into the opera as character illustration.
In Wilmington Delaware Mrs Lottie Kozloska 40 died in hospital from burns received at home after a confrontation with her husband Stanley Kozloska a laborer who is being held for causing her death Their son Edward 12 testified both parents had been drinking yesterday and the husband allegedly heated the stove then used the wife as a human inferno after an argument.
Five people died in Eureka California on Christmas Day. Two men gave their lives trying to save a friend as Dr. Clarence Graham and Edwin Norrison perished in a strong current. Three children were drowned in a slough near the coast.
In Bishopville South Carolina on December 2 1943 Parnell Scarborough was killed and his brother Robert Scarborough possibly fatally wounded in a shooting incident at a store near Manville involving several Black men.
New York reports a fossil fish scale found at St Albans Vermont suggests chordates existed 59 to 100 million years earlier than thought. Howell of Princeton and Schubert of Yale describe the Cambrian plate as a shield fragment from an unknown fish. The find, in shale with trilobites, hints fish origins in salt water.
The funeral for Mrs Amnezia Jane Conway wife of James B Conway will be from her sister in law Mrs Lon Stevens 605 Palmetto Street on Sunday afternoon and from St Vincent's Church. She had lived in Mobile for years and is survived by her husband a son Clyde Conway of Birmingham a brother Brantley Easley two sisters and a grandson. Leonard Lutegasell of Mount Vernon had funeral services at Roche mortuary and was buried in the Catholic cemetery after dying at a local infirmary. He formerly farmed near Mount Vernon and lived in poverty to aid others. Minnesota origins noted and earnings given away to churches and charities.
The body of Mrs. Sarah G Bingham was sent to Jacksonville Florida for burial after she died Thursday in the city, where she had lived for the ten months prior.
In Los Angeles on December 26 several new entries boost the qualifying list for an upcoming event. Officials report a steady rise in registrations, with participants from local clubs and institutions contributing to the expanding roster.
Miss Adele Casanova left yesterday with her parents for the holidays at Log Town Mississippi. Mrs J F Vines and two sons visited Mr and Mrs J C Vines in Prichard Alabama. Mr M C McMillen and son Tooodles depart to Mount Vernon Alabama to spend the holidays with the Haselmaier family. Miss Janie Scott, Mobile Business College student, visits her parents in Ritterwood Alabama. Mrs P W Tubberville will host her nephew BE A Jacob of Atmore Alabama for Christmas.
Glen Dismukes and Gordon Lee left Thursday night for Shiloh Alabama to visit relatives. Helen Moulyett is improving after illness. Mr and Mrs Nuroe of Mobile visited here Friday. Ruth Hampue of Crichton visited Mildred Disemakes Friday. Olla Byra and E A Byrd of Crichton were guests of C H Taylor Friday. J A Lee of Grove Hill visited during Christmas. Many friends regret the serious illness of Mrs Conway.
Announcement lists Rev M J Barnes preaching at Toulminville Alabama Baptist church Sunday at 11 am and 7 pm. Visitors Mrs Mark D Therrell of Columbus Mississippi with daughter Dorothy and son Mark Jr visit relatives during Christmas holidays. Mr and Mrs Norward of Mobile were guests here Friday.
The Japanese foreign office reports Gen eral Chang Tso Lin may execute Kuo Sung Ling's family and officers after Kuo's troops defected to Chang. Shanghai confirms surrender of Kuo loyalists, raising fears of renewed hostilities. Dongsheng Meike om Bappy notes celebrations with a new child by Chang's fifth wife.
Lottie Anderson of 359 North Jackson Street was stabbed last night by Janie Marshall, an other woman. Anderson was taken to City Hospital. Marshall was docketed at police headquarters on an assault with a knife. Robert Houston was shot in the right foot near Congress and Franklin Streets. John Clark is charged with the shooting.
Fragment lists entrants with names and cities such as Gereba New York Bobby Cruick Oklahoma City Joe Kirkwood New York Tom Kerrigan Mount Jeer Le Y Johnny Farrell New York Ale Watrous Grand Rapids. Dates mentioned January 6 and January 7 89 appear incomplete.
A dense list of crossword clues and partial answers across horizontal and vertical entries. Items include hints for numbers letters directions and various subjects with scattered partial solutions and thematic notes.
With General Butler retired, Philadelphia’s war on vice resumes over the holidays. Resorts opened Christmas Eve and again yesterday as authorities launched forty raids, making numerous arrests and seizing liquor. Elliott, Butler’s successor, vows to keep the lid tight while Hott’s squads step up enforcement.
London officials report talks of inviting German diplomats to join the St James Club after Locarno easing. Some members hesitate though most favor German membership as part of a peacemaker trend in Europe led by Sir Austen Chamberlain.
Two federal penitentiary trusties fled the yard during Christmas dinner at the Atlanta facility. Ellis Worden of Fort Wayne Indiana and Daniel K. Wallace of Columbia Washington DC disappeared as guards served meals, with searches underway. Worden’s release date was listed as June 1928 and Wallace’s as January 14 1927.
The body of Frank A. Munsey the wealthy publisher rests temporarily in a Woodlawn cemetery vault awaiting spring burial arrangements. Relatives including Mrs John M Hyde and Fred Hyde attend as services were to be held at St John the Divine Cathedral and St Ansgarius Chapel. A friend quotes Munsey saying I came to New York with $40 and I am now worth $40 000 000.
Marshal Chang Tso Lin, the Manchurian war lord, has executed General Kuo Sung Ling and his wife in Peking. Kuo, once Chang's trusted aide and rival for Manchuria supremacy, was seen as the war lord's bitter enemy and challenger to his power.
The Mobile Elks lodge held its annual Christmas tree for about 400 children from local orphan institutions. Children from Church Home Industrial G St Marys Orphan and Protestant Orphan asylum and Maternity Home traveled to the Elks home in members cars. Mrs. Carl A Mayor George EB Crawford directed the event.
The Catholic Daughters provided their third annual Cu tree benefiting Children of the Portier Day nursery. Each child received toys fruit and candy during the Christmas celebration made possible by funds from sales at the Portier room 807 Conti Street.
Father and son Will English and Will English were docketed Friday night after a raid following a report of a still near a van. Officers led by Sheriff W Kina Jr and Federal Shea Maat Roberts, with State Officers Pruitt and Caynon, conducted the operation and seized barrels of beer mash.
Children from Semmes School remembered Police Officer John O'Brien during Christmas activities. Students stationed as traffic officers during school hours gave him a gift of $12 and a linen box. Superintendent Letter and Chief Warren Burch were presented with a fine hat by department officers.
A large audience attended a special mid mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception under the direction of van D. McCarron, choir leader and organist. The program featured Fideles and other choral works with soloists led by Mrs. Aliee Lull Kearns and J. L. Retta, plus Bambino and O Nox. choir members include Kearns, Isobel Sullivan, Miss Jon, and Lawrence Lavretta among sopranos altos and tenor parts.
New York December 26 victims of poisonous liquor filled hospital cots as Christmas fever declined to heed strict enforcement warnings. The liquor sold in the city was not fit to drink and authorities emphasized danger to consumers amid ongoing public health concerns.
A blaze tore through a Utah-Idaho Company warehouse in Spanish Fork Utah on December 26 causing nearly a million dollars in damage and threatening nearby structures. Firefighters battled flames for hours but the extent of the loss remained undetermined.
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