Social events honor visiting Georgia guests in Americus
Miss Leila Bell of Dawson and Miss Louise Hannah of Thomaston enjoyed a round of social gaieties in Americus. Monday afternoon a bridge party at Miss Mary Glover's Harrolé avenue home featured garden flowers and a pink lavender scheme. Guests included Miss Josephine Simmons and Miss Christine Brown. Earlier activities included an informal spend-the-day party hosted by Miss Ira Gatewood and a luncheon at the Tea Room with Miss Christine Brown. The young visitors will remain for more social affairs this week hosted by Miss Heys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leila Bell
Dawson
Louise Hannah
Thomaston
Anne Heys
Americas
Mary Glover
Harrolé Avenue
Miss Glover
Henry Glover
Josephine Simmons
Ira Gatewood
Mary Farle Allen
Christine Brown
Ruth Everett
Miss Bell
Miss Hannah
Lee Street
Miss Heys
Mary Earle Allen
Prather Hosts Bridge Club Night at Wind sor Hotel
Mr and Mrs Stuart Prather entertained last evening at their Wind sor Hotel home with a bridge gathering of their Night Bridge Club plus friends. Floral decorations, a formal dinner, and a late bridge session followed. Mrs Henry Lumpkin won the ladies top score prize, a pair of vases.
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Stuart Prather
Windsor Hotel
Night Bridge Club
Henry Lumpkin
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Strengthens Appetite
Advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic boosts appetite and restores color, promising a strengthening invigorating effect. Mentions price of 60 cents and implies quick health benefits for a hungry, pale person. Strong, generic wellness claims without medical specifics.
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GROVE
Washington marks centennial with honors for Mary Stalin
The town of Washington Illinois celebrates its 100th anniversary this month and will honor Miss Mary Stalin who enters her fiftieth year of teaching in the primary school this fall. Her pupils will stage a dramatic life story in the celebration.
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Washington, Ill
Mary Stalin
Carr Glover Wins Leather Cigarette Case Prize
Carr Glover won the men leather cigarette case prize at the event. The guest list included Mr and Mrs Evan Mathis Mr and Mrs Kirkland Sutlive Mr and Mrs J Kasterlin Mr and Mrs B P Kast erlin Jr Mr and Mrs Arthur Ry lander Jr Mr and Mrs Sam Coney Mr and Mrs Henry Lumpkin Miss Elizabeth Council and Carr Glover Jr S prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carr Glover
Evan Mathis
Kirkland Sutlive
J. Kasterlin
B. P. Kasterlin, Jr
Arthur Rylander, Jr
Sam Coney
Henry Lumpkin
Elizabeth Council
Carr Glover, Jr
East Americus Sewing Circle Meets at Mrs Matthews Home
The East Americus Sewing Circle of the First Methodist Church will meet Wednesday at 3 30 PM at Mrs I S Matthews home on Oglethorpe avenue. Full attendance is urged.
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East Americus
Matthews
First Methodist Church
I. S. Matthews
Oglethorpe Avenue
Birth of Benjamin Franklin Philips Jr at 132 Brannon Ave
Mr and Mrs B F Philips announce the birth of a son named Benjamin Franklin Philips Jr on August 12 at their home 132 Brannon avenue Emma McCleskey departs for Atlanta for several weeks with friends Mrs Sam Clegg travels to Asheville North Carolina for the summer J T Jones and family host J D Jones and Clyde Jones at their College street home
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B. F. Philips
Brannon Avenue
Benjamin Franklin Philips, Jr
Emma McCleskey
Atlanta
Sam Clegg
Asheville, N. C
J. T. Jones
College Street
Mr. Jones
J. D. Jones
Clyde Jones
Wessie Ansley
Moultrie
Mrs
Charles Ansley
West Church Street
Everett Baker
Clayton
Rosa McLendon
Hancock Avenue
Sarasota
Fla
R. C. Bell
Cairo
C. H. Burke
Jack Winn
Columbus
Cullen Goolsby
Forsyth
City
Sam Coney
Grey Tillman
Grey Jr
Montgomery, Ala
Mr. Tillman
Helen Sheppard
S. R. Sheppard
Lamar Street
Shelton Sheppard
Notable Visits and Travels Across Americas Area
Knoxville visitors arrive and guests host in Americas as many locals travel to cities like Washington, Atlanta, and Montgomery. People include Miss Emma Mae Borum, Miss Susie Mae Smith, and Mrs. T. B. Wimberly, with others heading to Sarasota, Fla and New York City. Local figures discuss evolutions in education and health, while families plan trips to Farmington and beyond.
Fashion News Hails Parisian Stocking Portrait Trend
Irene Bordoni the actress notes a chic Paris trend where women wear a photograph of themselves on one stocking and a photograph of their husband or sweetheart on the other. The style has moved from bonnets to scarfs and even photographs stitched into family albums now worn on shins.
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Irene Bordoni
Paris
Ellaville resident returns home Monday morning
A resident of Ellaville returned to her home on Monday morning after an unspecified absence. Further details were not provided in the fragment.
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Ellaville
Births of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Thomas H McLendon
Mr and Mrs Thomas H McLendon of Baltimore announce the birth of a daughter on August 17. The child is unnamed. The couple resided in Americus until about a year ago and many local friends will be interested. Peace of mind is often destroyed by a piece of somebody's mind.
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Gordon Heys
Doctors
Thomas H. McLendon
Baltimore
McLendon
Americus
France Reaches Peace With Jebel Druses
The Daily Mail’s Jerusalem correspondent says France has made peace with Jebel Druses in Syria. Terms not yet known but alleged to include a large fine upon Curus. Political amnesty will be granted to certain offenders.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Jerusalem
France
Jebel Druses
Syria
Curus
Seal Trained to Sign Hotel Register Stuns Clerk
In Berlin an English hotel clerk fainted when a trained seal reached up to sign the hotel register. The animal named Bobbbo, taught by Frankin Gennett, a London vaudeville clown, used a pencil tied to its flipper to write its own name.
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Berlin
Bobbbo
Frankin Gennett
London
English Spend Billions on Social Service Work
London August 18 William Graham financial secretary to the treasury told local government officers that England spends about 5 000 000 a day on social services. He noted local authorities raise 800 000 000 yearly from local taxes, double 1914, and that 1 000 000 000 of taxpayers money from a 4 000 000 000 budget is given to local authorities for social services.
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London
England
William Graham
Treasury
Honeymoon Ends as Driver Forgets One-Handed Skill
A lighthearted notice notes the irony that those who smoke lack matches and those who wear hair never seem to have hairpins, while a husband’s one-handed driving mishap signals the end of romance.
Also Mentioned on This Page
MR. and
Mrs. Prather
J. C. Bass Electrician
T.L. Durham
Farmers Cotton Oil CO
Knoxville
Emma Mae Borum
Washington, D. C
Claude McLaughlin
Bascom Torrence
D. R. Parkman
Bonnie Parkman
North
Georgia
Tennessee
Susie Mae Smith
Covena
Fred Markette
Hampton Street
Mrs. Brown McLendon
New York City
Mr. McLendon
Pinkston Company
Linton Lester, Jr
James L. Williams
T. B. Wimberly
T. C. Bailey
LaGrange
Hattie Halstead
Kimmie Halstead
Atalnta
Stella Byrd
Annie Duke
Frank Sheffield, Jr
Frank Sheffield
Douglas Freeman
Miami
Z. A. Bailey
Robert Wilson
Rhea
Atlantic. Ice and Coal Corporation
Tillmans
John Head
Roney Stallings
Farmington, Ga
Helen Daniel
Hill Street
Goodyears
Real Service
RED
Americus Steam Vulcanizing Company
Americus, Ga
Rylander
Ann
Colleen Moore
Conway Tearle
Thos. S. Bell, Inc
Walker
Dexdale
Cheney
H. S. Walker & CO
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