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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1901
Page
8
Social notes from Miss Mary Agee recount light local happenings and society items with brief mentions of dinners, weddings, and neighborhood events among prominent residents and clubs.
The Studiosis gathering on Thursday afternoon featured discussions on Rival Schools of Criticism including Leip ie and Zurich and Famous Universities of Germany plus German Women. A social hour and refreshments followed the program with Mrs McMillian and several members in attendance.
The article notes unique invitations for a Noble Institute musical on Tuesday evening April 30 at 8 o clock. Eight named young women, Misses Mary Gardner Carrie Koos Mary Kennedy Mary Weatherly Reba Markstein Margaret Reynolds Virginia Bowcock and Mary Smith, will perform with highly rendered numbers. It also mentions Florence Woods hosting a Saturday card party and various social visits and travel of local residents including Mrs Nannie J Johnson Mattie Moore and D Dudley Weaver and his wife returning from a honeymoon tour.
As the Elks carnival nears, interest and enthusiasm grow in Anniston with extensive preparations. The floral parade is a highlight, many entries promise splendid carriages, and Miss Mary Miles Jordan is chosen queen. Her maids, also admired local young women, accompany the queen in a scene reflecting Anniston’s civic spirit.
The passage notes Miss Frazier was well known during a visit several seasons ago. She met Mrs. James Kaith last winter here, made many friends and admirers, and is described as a young woman of rare beauty with many accomplishments.
State clubs urged to forward delegate names to Mrs. James Mc Conaughy of Montevallo for the Alabama Federation meeting starting May 7 in Montevallo. Officials expect broad local club representation and Montevallo residents extend hospitality, as visitors from Carrollton and Edwardsville are noted in attendance.
Miss H Doering plans a seventeen year absence visit to Germany to see her father and relatives. She sails May 22 from Baltimore to Bremen aboard the Koelv, a large North German Lloyd liner, now in regular passenger service. She will tour various German cities during the summer and return in October.
Mr. J. BR. Moore returned to Heflin this morning. Frank Nelson Jr. came back from Birmingham. J. D. O'Bryant returned yesterday from the Coosa river. M. Nobie went to Birmingham today. Powell of Iron City visits today. J. A. Callahan returned from Cleburne county. Hon Fred L. Blackmon visits DeArmanville on legal business. George Vice of Sulphur appears among arrivals.
Invitations go out for a Noble Institute recital Tuesday evening at eight featuring Misses Smith Gardner Knox Reynolds Markstein Kennedy Weatherly and Boweeck under Mrs A D Lawton with vocal artist Mrs W Rockwood. Rockwood recently with Ferdinand Dunkley and active in Ashville NC. The program promises a refined music event following the Thomas Orchestra performance.
Remodeling of the Constantine building shifts the stairway to the north, removes the Anniston Loan office room, and enlarges Globe Clothing Company quarters. Work starts about July 1 under J W Ineke & Co., with a large plate glass window and a redesigned interior to create a major clothing emporium.
Mr and Mrs F Jobson of near DeArmanville visited Anniston today. The ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica salve for piles and injuries, claiming it cures the worst piles and other eruptions. It sells for 25 cents a box with guaranteed care, via Elam Drug Co.
Vocalist Mrs C W Rockwood will sing at Noble Institute next Tuesday evening and be the guest of Mrs John B Knox on Tyler Hill. Mrs Knox will host a reception next Monday at 4 oclock assisted by Anniston matrons. Rockwood plans a rare program during the afternoon.
Chas C Ellis of Lisbon Iowa faced waist deep icy water while repairing a flooded telegraph line. He suffered a severe cold and cough that doctors in Oakland Nebraska Sioux City and Omaha said was consumption. He credit Dr King s New Discovery with a full recovery after six bottles. Elam Drug Co sells the remedy for 50 cents or 1 00 with trial bottles free.
A historical tip claims Champ Clark of Missouri described overwork and sleepless nights after a campaign. He allegedly praised Electric Bitters as a cure all, saying it restored health and vitality, with ads stating five guarantees and other products like Mott's Medicine and Levative Quartee.
Mr. Ch E Swift representing J N Murdoch Wholesale Drugeist Parkersburg WV says Cholera Morbus laid him up but one dose of Kermott’s Ext Blackberry cured him completely. He would not be without it even at six dollars a bottle and calls it the best remedy for summer complaints.
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