Mrs Charles Hell Hosts Porch Party in Aniston
Mrs Charles Hell gives a porch party at the Bell home on Leighton and Fifteenth with about thirty five guests. The bride Mrs French Bell wore white net and pink hat and the event featured garden flowers and a cut glass punch bowl service. Also noted are visitors and travels of local residents including Miss Mary Booth arrival from Columbus Georgia and Edith Robinson daughter of Mr and Mrs G H Norwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Bell
Anniston
Charles St. Bell
Leighton
Bell Home
Bell
Kate Bell
James Gardner
Mary Gardner
Ben Spearman
Grace Hardie
John M. Stillwell
W. A. White
Hair Care Advice Warns Against Soap Harshness
A historical item advises using ordinary coconut oil for hair cleansing rather than soaps or harsh preparations. It claims soaps irritate the scalp, make hair brittle, and suggests small amounts of coconut oil produce a rich lather that cleanses and leaves hair soft, silky, and manageable.
Weather report and engagement notice from Anniston
The Weather Bureau forecast for Anniston and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with possible local thunderstorms and little temperature change. Also reported are daily temperature highs and lows, precipitation totals, and barometer reading, followed by the engagement of Virginia Dare Snow to Robert A. Thomason of Birmingham with a July 19 ceremony at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S&s. Department of Agriculture— Weather Bureau
Anniston
Ala
John M. Snow
Virginia Dare
Robert A. Thomason
Birmingham
Retailers Plan to Meet War Conditions
Washington July 10 Much interest attaches to a national conference of retail merchants called to assemble to take definite action on recommendations to reduce overhead expenses in stores as a war economy measure. The meeting is called by the National Retail Dry Goods Association acting on the request of the Commercial Economy Board of the Council of National Defence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Conference of
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Commercial Economy Board
Council of National Defence
North Dakota First District Election Interest Grows
Fargo reports nationwide attention as voters weigh the First District race to replace the late Henry Helgesen. Nonpartisan League backs John Baer amid fears of farmer cooperative influence over state politics. Opponents include Republican O B Burtness and Democrat George Bangs.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
John Baer
Nonpartisan League
Henry G. Helgesen
Farmers’ Co-Operative Organization
Baer
O. B. Burtness
George Bangs
Licenses Exams Soon for Medicine and Law in State
Persons seeking licenses to practice medicine or law in this state will be examined at the capitol this week by the state board of medical examiners and the state board of law examiners. Registrations for the tests opened Monday in the senate chamber and the supreme court office.
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Montgomery
Capitol
State Board of Medical Examiners
State Board of Law Examiners
Senate Chamber
Supreme Court
Women in the News Highlights From Many U S Figures
Reports show Miss Winifred McLaughlin of Gorham New Hampshire as the first woman admitted to the bar under a new law. Elizabeth Harris daughter of ex Congressman Harris gains admission to the District of Columbia bar. Edith Miller would join Simmons College as the youngest freshman. Also noted are Mrs Annie Besant barred from meetings in India, Virginia Le Seure aiding the Red Cross in Illinois, Emma Goldman’s anti conscription arrest and other political activities. The United States will invade Chicago for the first annual convention of the Women’s Association of Commerce in July with Florence King presiding.
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Winifred McLaughlin
Gorsham
N. H
New Hampshire
Elizabeth C. Harris
Robert O. Harris
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
United States Supreme Court
Edith Miller
Wakefield
Mass
Simmons College
Boston
Miller
Edwin C. Miller
Wakefield School
American Red Cross
Illinois
Virginia Cannon le Seure
Joe Cannon
House
Congress
Joe
Virginia
Red Cross
Miss le Seure
Chicago
Emma Goldman
New York
America
Russia
Gruenbaum
Rochester
N. Y
Louis Bernstein
Goldstein
Goldman
Alexander Berkman
United States
Woman's Association of Commerce
Florence King
Franklin K. Lane
Education notes herald long service and global links
Dr William North Rice of Wesleyan University Middletown Connecticut plans to retire in 1918 after fifty years on the faculty. The piece also covers Dunwoody Institute naval training for enlisted men, the Chinese Students Alliance conference at Brown University, New York University prison fellowships, and Rabindranath Tagore's Shantiniketan school with its forest setting and self governing discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William North Rice
Wesleyan University
Middletowna
Rice
Minneapolis
Uncle Sam
United States Navy
Dunwoody Institute
Dunwoody
Navy Department
A. Prosser
Navy
Chinese Students’ Alliance
Brown University
Providence
R. I
China
East View
Westchester County Penitentiary
N. Y
New York University
V. Everit Macy
Commissioner of Charities and Corrections
India
Rabindranath Tagore
Shantiniketan
House of Peace
Tagore
Pershing's Men brighten Paris in new April uniforms
The article describes American troops in Paris showing a bright canary and olive drab mix, with ambulance crews wearing varied colors and French badges. It notes Pershing's staff in olive drab, American aviators in horizon blue, and ambulances mistaken for British officers by locals. Naval uniforms add deep blue and gold braid to the color mosaic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
General Pershing
France
Red Cross
Vimy
Metropolitain
Canada
Hindenburg Line
Parisiennes
Interior Secretary to Address Business Women
The U S interior secretary will speak to businesswomen at a regional meeting, outlining government policy and support programs for female entrepreneurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
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D. B. Walsh
Charles Hell
Mary Booth
Columbus, Georgia
Robert Rush Cole
Tyler Hill
G. H. Norwood
Marion Junction
Hunter Norwood
Norwood
Edith Robinson
Frank Ledbetter
Helen
Irving
Brewer
Washington, D. C
Gadsden
Joe Ledbetter
W. G. Ledbetter
Marguerite Todd
Marie Woodruff
Alexandria
Sam L. Greene
Shamrock
John Williams
Lois Bryan
Indianapolis
Ind
Marty Esty
Ruby Bryan
Ture
A Gould
Kingdon Gould
George J. Cyold
Jay Gould
Bt. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York City
the & d
Mle
Annuziatta
Camilla Maria Lucci
St Pre
Tally
Russell Bros
Malone Woodruff Co
Malone-Woodruff Co
Women IN the News
Annie Besant
Madras
Besant
Bombay
Presidency
Education Notes
Tershing
D.D.D
Wikle, Drugs
Scarbrough Drug Co
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