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The Mobile News Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1920

Page

6

Human Adding Machine Girl Sets Quick Math Record

Kansas City June 7. Miss Hsther Kaplan a 13 year old schoolgirl set an international record as a rapid calculator beating a demon strator for an adding machine company. She solved six addition problems in 47 seconds while the competitor took 1 42. Other adding machines were easy for her. The event preceded afternoon tea for house guests including Miss Louise Bush of Butler Alabama. Mrs Sam Friedman of Tuscaloosa returns home after a ten day visit to Mrs Jack Meredith and a congenial party including Miss Elizabeth Meredith Dr Frank Webb Maiken Cammack and J Macmahon. Miss Eilene Cowles leaves for Chicago for a summer course at the university.

Kansas City Hsther Kaplan Louise Bush Butler, Ala D. Togst Sam Friedman Tuscaloosa Jack E Meredith Magnolia Beach Mrs. Meredith Elizabeth Meredith Friedman Frank Webb Maiken Cammack J. Macmahon

Miss Vivien Burge to Visit Montgomery and Eg ham

Miss Vivian Burge departs Thursday for Montgomery to attend a Sunday school course at the Woman’s College for a week. She plans to visit relatives in Walds and Eg ham and stay about a month.

Vivien Burge Montgomery Vivian Burge The Woman's College Walds Egham Miss Burge

Local Social Notes: Visitors and Departures Citywide

Mrs BE Wygart and daughter Juanita and two sons Edwin and Gordon of Pensacola, visit Mrs 8 B Winter. Mrs A G Ward leaves for Montgomery for a Woman's College training class. Miss Lily hicne visits Louisville then St Louis before Mobile. Mr and Mrs George B Toulmin return from Orlando. Ethel Hamilton and Willie of Pascagoula visit Mrs T P Martin. Miss Margaret Godwin leaves Crichton for Birmingham to visit Miss Ritchie. Mr and Mrs Frank Cazalas Jr and family and Mrs J Cazalas Sr rent a cottage in Fairhope for summer. Mr and Mrs Frank Jackson return to Birmingham after Prichard visit. Mr and Mrs T J Newberry of Jackson host daughter Mrs Milton Howard and son Carl from pontite. Mrs Arthur Tissington of Tahlequah OKL leaves for Texas with stop in Houston. husband joins for six weeks.

BE. A. Wygart Juanita Edwin and Gordon Pensacola 8. B. Winter Arthur Issington Tahlequah Okla Ric Gordon Texas W. D. Bloffat Houston Tissington

Zemo Skin Treatment Advertised by E. W. Rose Co

An advertisement for Zemo a skin treatment from E. W. Rose Co Cleveland Ohio promotes a non greasy antiseptic liquid for tortures and rashes with a dependable seat application and stated costs.

Gare Esa E. W. Rose Co Cleveland

Jazz Racket Sparks Dramatic Home Scene

In Ann's bungalow a promised heirloom piano is delivered amid a wild jazz dance by Anna Lorimer and Claude Ives. Daddy Lorimer confronts the scene, orders discipline, and sternly tells the young couple to return home as chaos unfolds around the improvised music and tangled relationships.

Bob Ives Ann Daddy Anna Lorimer Claude Ives Daddy Lorimer Mr. Lorimer

Linen dress with saddle pockets and vine embroidery

New York fashion notes describe a linen dress in old blue with a nine to four inch tapered panel, saddle pockets, and a surplice blouse with a long collar. Miss Eva Le Gailienne models the outfit off stage, wearing a hat of the linen with patent leather trim.

Cora Moore New York Eva le Gailienne Miss le Gailienne

Economic Quotation Highlights Jewish Populations and Bank History

The article notes ten times as many Jews in the United States as in Great Britain and states that Wyoming has not experienced a bank failure in twenty five years.

United States Groke Britain Wyoming

Fragmentary 19th Century Note on Ailing Dear

A terse, distorted fragment describes a person signaling with a cane toward a writing desk. The text appears as a garbled quotation with phrases like Cure and Yours, sir, and references to a Dill and a path to a color.

Daddy

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