Society Notes Highlight Local Gatherings and Visits
Mrs. George Dier hosted a luncheon at Central avenue and Olive street with guests including Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Lamme Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cooper and Professor Currier. A Washington party at Mrs. Kate Sutton’s Black avenue home featured musical selections and a poetry game won by Professor Currier. The Morton Methodist church held a patriotic bazaar in the Maxey hall with a Reed color themed service and a program culminating in receipts over $100 for the church fund. Other social items include Miss Sarah Williams hosting friends on West Mendenhall street, and visits by Louis Howard in Butte Ernest Folsall visiting from Butte for Washington’s Birthday Hon. Charles S. Hartman returning from Great Falls Miss Maud Paddock visiting Mrs W. F. Jarvis J. W. Ponsford visiting Seattle Mrs Nellie McComb and family planning to move to Spokane Reno Sales visiting from Butte and H H Pizegett visiting Helena for land business.
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Central Avenue
Olive Street
E. B. Lamme
Walter Cooper
George Washington
May Maxey
Professor Currier
Morton Methodist Church
Maxey Hall
Grace Griffin Vocca
Mae Maxey
John A
Luce
Oleta Hensley
Old Kentucky Home
Keller
Rector
Noah Stiff
Osbun
Hensley
Sarah Williams
West Mendenhall Street
Louis Howard
Butte
Ernest Folsall
Washington
Charles S. Hartman
Great Falll
Maud Paddock
Leadville
Colo
W. F. Jarvis
J. W. Ponsford
Seattle
Nellie McComb
Spokane
Wash
Jeannette Davis
Madison County
George Dorner
Helena
Reno Sales
H. H Pizegett
Central Hall
Judge Mann
C. M. Stockwell
M. E B. Jones
Allie Wilson
Fred Reither
H. A. Gilsdorf
Miss Dodge
St. Paul
Saratoga
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Harry Fish
Williston
B. K. Clear
Billings Club
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Madge
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Winnie Jones
Lucille Vaughan
Frances
Myrtle
Montana Tschudy
Anna Dunn
Amy Bennighoff
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Pearl Ross
Myrtle McCormick
Max Sydney
Lester Zimmerman
Roscoe Wilkinson
Willie
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Red Lodge
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Missoula
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Mont Mre
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M. B. Cochran
B K. Clear
Cleveland
Ohio
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Portland
Ore
Clear
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FE. P. Townsend
Omaha
Lewis Babcock
Billings
Judge
T. &. Goss
George Lamport
Wilson
Miles City
Harry
Paso
Tex
City
Apollonia
St. Vincent's Academy
St. Vincent’s Hospital
George W. Greene
London
Society Notes of Billings Social Gatherings and Visits
A long Billings report recounts entertaining in homes of C. F. Goddard and others with patriotic décor and toasts. Guests include Leila Allen, Wilbur Goddard, Helen Goddard, Isabelle Martin, and many local residents amid weddings, missionary teas, masquerade ball, club receptions, and visits by clergy, doctors, and travelers.
Social Life Slows for Lent Then Sparks with Soon to Be Married
The piece surveys a Butte social scene paused by Lent with fewer dances and dinners, then hints at post Easter nuptials. It notes J N Gravelle’s East trip, Mrs Copenharve’s NJ telegraph death notice response, Ribbon Mandolin Club events, bowling party for Master Henry Howell, and varied teas, luncheons, and a large wedding for Peter Olds and May Lee Richardson scheduled at 115 West Woolman Street.
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Butte
Charles Copenharve
New Jersey
Ann Geet
Untitled Philadelphia Press Fragment Shifts Drama
A nervous young man backs into a chair while a fair girl mocks him with a playful quip about his bat. The stray dialogue hints at a comic romantic moment in a Philadelphia Press page strip.
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