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The Mobile News Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1925

Page

5

Society Fetes Miss Rose McPhillips at Bridge Party

Hostess Mrs. W. K. Syson welcomes Miss Rose McPhillips a Convent of Visitation graduate to a Saturday bridge with three tables. Prizes include rich flower lingerie sets and a token lingerie gift to the honoree. Guests and prizes noted among a long list of attendees and postgame refreshments.

Rose McPhillips W. K. Syson Convent of Visitation James McPhillips Robert Spotswood Mary Polk Wilson Julia John Sparks Vivian Cooper Isabel Moragues Marshall McPhillips Marion Taylor DeForest Stone Mariam Berry Arm Heller Helena Turner Eulalie Fowler Francis Lannom Barton J. A. Lannom Annie Bonner Jones W. C. Jones Garden Tea Room C. J. Torrey F. O. Rhen Aubrey Wimberly Lorena Wimberly the Lyric Miss Aubrey Wimberly Three Georges

Social notes highlight visits and moves in Gulf Coast towns

Miss Virginia Lee Calhoun of Grove Hill and Miss Blanche Parker of Jackson Ala visit their aunt Mrs M J Parker and cousins Mr and Mrs O Parker. Miss Myrtle Del Homme weekends at the Gables in Fairhope. Ninette Huffman of Chicago visiting Martha Power in Daphne. Mrs H C Butterly moves to 956 Government St. Mrs Thomas W Martin visited Mobile relatives. Alexis T Gresham and Mrs C P Gresham reside on Margaret St. Miss Liley Fields visits cousin Mrs Heath Chambliss in Laurel Miss.

Mamie Clarke Pugh Cawthon Hotel Aphea Hurlbert Marston Tea Room H. B. Dowling Doping Virginia Lee Calhoun Grove Hill Blanche ‘ Parker Jackson, Ala Rs. M. J. Parker Co. O. Parker Ninette “Huffman Chicago Daphne Martha Power Barton Thomas W. Martin Mobile Alexis T. Gresham C. P. Gresham Margaret Street Liley Fields Mrs. Heath Chambliss Laurel Miss

Suburban Social Roundup Amid Local Visits

Mrs. John F. Kelly of New Orleans visits her son Ed Kelly and family on Fourth Street after a Mobile stay with her daughter at Dog River. Mrs. Eugene King and family and Mrs. Mark Boazman spend the day with Mrs. W. P. Harris on the Boulevard and Lee Street.

John F. Kelly New Orleans Ed Kelly Fourth Street Mobile Dog River Eugene King Mark Boazman W. P. Harris Boulevard and Lee Street

Lawn Party Planned on Methodist Church Lawn

Arrangements for a lawn party on Tuesday evening May 19 on the Methodist church lawn. The B Y P supervision oversees the event with final plans for Whistler association school fair June 4 and 5 to be set at the May 21 meeting. Special attention will be given to automobile accommodations and grounds layout.

Liberty Guards Labor Methodist Church Whistler Association

South Africa Returns to Gold Standard

Capetown May 18 South Africa officially announced its return to the gold standard as of today. The move marks the end of a period of currency adjustment and aligns the Union with the gold standard practice.

South Africa Capetown Union of South Africa Associated Press

Cavalry Troops Begin Annual March to Camp Knox

Nashville reports Troop B of the Sixth U S Cavalry completed a night stop after marching from Fort Oglethorpe to Camp Knox and resuming the journey at dawn.

Nashville Tenn U. S. Cavalry Ft. Oglethorpe Camp Knox

Six Die in Indiana Crossing Accidents

Fort Wayne Indiana May 18 six persons were killed and two others were not expected to live after crossing accidents in and near Fort Wayne A party of three youths returning from a ball game near Bryston Ohio were killed and a fourth member fatally hurt when their car was struck by a Nickel Plate passenger train A group of five en route to visit friends lost two and a third probably mortally wounded when a Pennsylvania passenger train hit their car near Warsaw Indiana Another person died when a car was hit by a Grand Rapids freight train at Monroe Indiana

Fort Wayne Ind Bryston Ohio Pennsylvania Warsaw Grand Rapids Monroe

Forty three dead in German mine explosion

In Dortsfeld Germany the death toll from Saturday's mine blast rose to 43 with 27 injured. Rescue teams faced dangerous conditions as they recovered bodies and evacuated wounded miners. Oxygen had to be dragged through narrow passages and gas exposure felled many rescuers.

Dortsfeld Germany Associated Press

Fragmented 19th Century Notice Mentions Debts and Fees

An unclear OCR passage references a dated financial notice with terms like due and payable and monetary amounts. The text is damaged showing phrases such as ten telephone subset opened and mintimer 16 with cents and percentages, lacking coherent context or identifiable subjects.

Per word for Single ix Per word for tions and 19 cents consecutive inge copy

The text provided is garbled and reads as fragmented phrases about word pricing and consecutive charges. No coherent event or identifiable entities are present to summarize into a newspaper card.

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