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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1925
Page
5
Mobile society file recounts holiday visits by the Leftwich and related families from Miami and Birmingham. Jean Pollard joins Rebecca Boykin for a treasure hunt ending with pearl jewelry prizes. Vivian Cooper guests at a Country Club tea. Christmas dansants at the Battle House and a Shakespeare Club meeting with Miss Hagan lead.
New York observers mark Woodrow Wilson’s would be 69th birthday with dinners and testimonials in his honor. The post office issues a 17 cent Wilson memorial stamp as Amherst holds records, while Princeton notes his many degrees and honorary European citizenship.
Betty Tone of Chicago, wintering in Mobile with Mrs. Frank Thompson, enjoyed Christmas at Fairhope with her parents Mr. and Mrs. David K. Tone. She returned to the city this morning and will host a bridge party at the Garden Tea Room on Wednesday at 10 o'clock.
Mrs Diana Rochotch returns from New Orleans after a weeks visit with nieces Mrs Sylvia Guggenheim and Mrs Henry Stern. Mr and Mrs Joseph Walker Cotlin of Birmingham and Charles Cotlin of the University of Alabama visit with Mr and Mrs Charles Cotlin Sr for holidays. Mr and Mrs H B Stamps and H B Jr of Galbraith Springs Tenn stay with Mrs Katherine Glass and will travel to Orlando in January joined by Mrs Stamps. Harry C Garrison and Macy Thompson of Little Rock Arkansas visit Mobile for Christmas. Mrs F B McCoy of Erie Pa winter with her sister in Mobile and relatives in Dawes Ala. Miss Lurlene Williamson leaves for Waynesboro Miss to visit Misses Theola and Mary Jan. Mrs Evelyn Burnside Ethel Burnside and Ruth Carr of Biloxi spend the holidays in Mobile.
Four Curtiss dark monoplanes led by Major W A Robertson depart Dearborn heading toward Florida in a staged test for Florida Airways Inc. The craft will serve Tampa to Miami carrying freight mail and passengers with Henry and Edsel Ford observing. Major Reed Chambers presides. Maintenance led by Lt John Harding. First leg to Wilbur Wrightfield Ohio then via Louisville Nashville Montgomery Tallahassee before regular Tampa Miami service begins after January 1.
Billy Gibson, manager of Gene Tunney, says Tunney will be Jack Dempsey’s next opponent. He predicts the Dempsey Wills bout won’t happen and sees a Dempsey Tunney match possible in 1926, with the middle west as a potential venue.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania on December 28 the UMWA says anthracite operators failed to force a return to work with old wages. Thomas Kennedy, secretary treasurer, says ads and circulars promising wages to September won’t compel miners. The men will resume only when directed by their committee or tri district convention, as they did in September.
Peking dispatch says Chinese lines near Tien Tsin and Manchuria set for a direct clash between generals Feng Yu Hsiang and Chang Tso Lin after recent victories. Observers report brutal turn in Manchuria with the heads of General Kuo Sing Lin and his wife displayed after capture by Chang last week.
In Plymouth Vermont on December 28 Col John C Coolidge father of the president was stricken with paralysis affecting his right leg and ordered to bed by his physician Dr Albert M Cramm The physician said the condition is not immediately serious but notified President Coolidge by long distance call to Major James F Seen the president's personal physician
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Harrie and family hosted Christmas day guests at 206 Fourth street. Attendees included Eugene King and two daughters from Mobile, E. L. Marshall from Nashville, M. C. Prichard from Mobile, and Mark Boazman. Elizabeth Cooper of Dauphin Island and Claude Dunn of Mobile also visited for the holiday. J Jensen and two children Stanton and Pauline returned home from Mobile after spending Christmas with Captain and Mrs. F. Verzone and family.
Nelson B C report notes warm spell across West Kootenay with spring like weather in December. A green Christmas was followed by an equally green weekend as grass begins to grow in sheltered spots.
London dispatch cites Angora and government fears of Kurdistan unrest and a domestic revolt if Mosul is ceded. Tevfik Rushdi Bey’s arrival, a secret treaty clause, and calls for English concessions shape the crisis as Kemal Pasha faces pressure to avoid war.
Whistler hosts Mr and Mrs Charles Smith with guest Sadie Smith of Jackson Tennessee during Christmas. Mr and Mrs J Maund of Columbus Mississippi visit in Whistler and Mobile. Mr and Mrs C Bender and daughter Marjorie travel to New Orleans to visit relatives before returning to Chattanooga Tennessee. St Pauls Episcopal Church school held a program of songs carols recitations and talks as the Christmas term services were observed. Prichard
The community mourns the death of Mrs Catherine B Conway on Sunday morning. The body was sent to Fort Deposit Alabama. Surviving relatives include three daughters a son and several grandchildren. Other items note holiday travel visitors and a homecoming after surgery.
Palm Beach Florida December 28 The New York supreme court was notified of service of separation papers in the suit by Count Ludwig Salm von Hoogstraeten against his estranged wife now wintering in Palm Beach Sheriff R C Baker served the papers as Count Peter Salm the infant son of the couple played nearby The Count alleges abandonment in Paris in May 1924 seeks custody of the child and payment of costs his wife Millicent Rogers once heiress of a forty million dollar fortune.
Red Fox St. James known as Skinhushus was ordained Sunday a deacon of the Anglican Universal church by Bishop George Winslow Laummer. He will advance to priesthood in six months and soon serve as a missionary to his people with the American Indian Association planning a mission near St. Louis. He was born near Great Falls Montana and educated in Methodist and Roman Catholic schools.
New York reports that the Anti Saloon League will distribute a pamphlet by Ernest Charrington World League Against Alcoholism to President Coolidge Treasury Secretary Mellon and governors. The questions argue prohibition improved homes health and reduced drinking and challenge pro prohibitionists while weighing overall conditions.
A blaze in Brooklyn Williamsburg fed by a two story company office and five three story coal pockets drove 1 000 residents from nearby tenements. Louise Payne wife of a coal company watchman was rescued after being overcome by smoke. One fireman injured by flying glass and another man suffered a heart attack possibly fatal.
The Rev Dr Percy Stickney Grant at St Mark's in-the-Bowerie forecast a coming "superman" through youth and schools to shape law and God’s nature. He cited Scottish university rates and claimed New York and Pennsylvania lag behind. This follows his return after a breakdown and years of church controversy.
Indoor net stars open play today at a local armory for the junior indoor championship in singles. The event gathers entrants including Malcolm of Waban Massachusetts and Julius Ighon among the top local players as the field progresses.
A collage of short notes lists weather and social tidbits from West Kootenay to New York. Items mention green grass near Chicago, a Eskimo underwear quip, miners in Scranton keeping warm, Mme Henry Washington in Paris, Mme Louise Cognac’s fortune and death, a gloomy dean in London, Mrs Bonny Washington starting a magazine career, and Mrs David’s serious illness with a trip planned.
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