Delightful Society Musings From Mrs Walshs Pages
Delightful musical evening hosted by Mr A Thompson features operatic arias by Colonel McKleroy and Hillyer Robinson tenor solos by Ben Sawyer and A Porter Smith Whick quartet Epworth quartet and many other performers delivered a polished program Mrs Charles Noble leads Napoleon study and Wellington Napoleon papers Mrs Tate discusses Duke of Berry and more social notices include visits from Birmingham Savannah and Tacoma updates with a postponed Presbyterian picnic due to uncertain weather
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A. Thompson
Colonel McKleroy
Hillyer Robinson
Ben Sawyer
A. Porter Smith
Whick
Thompson
Epworth
Messrs
Lloyd Rivers
Tom Edwards
Howell Rivers
Thorwald Eros
Moesars
Lamar Jeffers
D. O. Cooper, Jr
Henry Noble
Lawrence Treadaway
Gus Landham
J. P. Creen
Pierian Club
Napoleon
Charles Noble
Bowman
Wellington
Tate
Duke of Berry
Recital for College at Noble Street Theater Tonight
Advance ticket sales indicate a liberal attendance for a recital benefiting Alabama Presbyterian college. Mr Will J Stone performs with the Clover quartet and other soloists Miss Margaret Reynolds and Mrs James Keith, with a varied classical program and accompanying pianists.
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Noble Street Theater
Will J. Stone
Alabama Presbyterian College
National League Directors to Hear Protest in Cincinnati
The National League board met in Cincinnati to hear Cincinnati club protest over the April 2 game won 2 to 1 by Pittsburg. Manager Griffith claims Wag ner altered his position at bat while Gaspar delivered the pitch.
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Cincinnati
National League
Pittsburg
Griffith
Wagner
Gaspar
Roosevelt Visits Missionaries in Kijabe
Colonel Roosevelt arrives at Kijabe in British East Africa to meet local missionaries. He spent yesterday shooting playful monkeys and plans to trek two days through a waterless Sikoto country, where elephants, lions, tigers, and other ferocious animals are reported and locals described as wild and warlike.
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Kijabe
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Sikoto
A Versailles era actress’s dramatic royal life
A Parisian actress Miles Montmeler mingled with Marie Antoinette after a stage bow and later led Versailles fetes. She became Palais Royal queen, sent actors to perform between battles, and claimed 8,000,000 francs from the revolutionary government. Barras alleged a near marriage to Napoleon, and her final affair was at eighty five. Upon death she left her creditors to the king of France.
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Miles Montmeler
Marie Antoinette
Royal
France
Versailles
Palais Royal
Napoleon
Barras
Wright-Houser wedding attendants return from Birmingham
Messrs. John Orr Hunter Norwood Shaler Houser Arthur Wellborn and Harry Ayers have returned from Birmingham where they served as attendants at the Wright-Houser wedding.
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Thomas T. Houser
Duncan
Elizabeth
Birmingham
Houser Wright
John Orr
Hunter Norwood
Shaler Houser
Arthur Wellborn
Harry Ayers
Wright-Houser
In the Corn Basket and a Gossip Page Exchange
A humorous strip quotes a flirtatious pair in a paneled parlor and a witty exchange about Abdul Hlamid exiled with twelve wives. The clipping pairs playful dialogue with a social note from competing papers and a child’s sob story in a satirical collage.
Perils of Fleshiness Jokes Abroad
A quip from Pick Me Up about a fat man traveling abroad who falls into a canal in Venice and is arrested for obstructing navigation. The joke plays on travel mishap and legal trouble in a light daily humor tone.
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Venice
A Cruel Insinuation at a Baseball Game Stirs Debate
A Baltimore American column quotes a remark about where girls should sit at a baseball game. The exchange questions social norms and gendered seating, reflecting prevailing attitudes in the era. The piece engages readers with a provocative line about spectatorship.
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Baltimore American
Poll Clerk Demands Ballot Back in Postscript Moment
An odd scene unfolds as Poll Clerk Mary Gladys Jarley retrieves a ballot and asks for it back amid a request to add a postscript. The exchange centers on ballot number two hundred and the brief interruption prompts a humorous aside.
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Mary Gladys Jarley
Puck
His Little Joke and Delaware Circular Boundary
Two years after their wedding a couple banters on courting days and nights. The piece links a humorous domestic moment to a note on Delaware’s circular boundary defined by Penn’s charter and Newcastle, revealing a geographical curiosity.
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George
Delaware
Penn
Pennsylvania
Delaware River
Newcastle Town
Newcastle
Coal man told to lift weight or lose business
A London Illustrated Bits cartoon caption shows a mistress instructing Nora to demand better coal heft from a coal man who proclaims devotion. The exchange hints at a domestic dispute over coal delivery weight and service.
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Nora
London Illustrated Bits
Bridge project planned for Coosa River near Gadsden
June 4 report from Gadsden notes L N officials inspecting the Coosa river bridge. They track wagon counts and bridge traffic data to assess ferry needs. A ferry could be commissioned to handle traffic while the new bridge is built after freights pass.
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Gadsden
Brooks
Coosa River
Bismarck Wins Immediate Betrothal In Bold Courtship
The Reminiscences of Blamareck recounts a young Prussian officer's rapid proposal to Johanna von Puttkamer. After swift permission from her father for a "visit of Inspection," Bismarck arrived at Reinfeld, where Johanna’s parents glared as she stood shyly. He swept her into his arms and kissed her, ending any notion of probation.
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Blamareck
Johanna von Puttkamer
Blamarck
Puttkamer
Bismarck
Reinfeld
Johanna
Magistrate and Fox Hunter Recalled in Ennis Killen Lineage
The father of the present earl of Ennis Killen, nearly seven feet tall, served as magistrate and famed fox hunter. He would arrive at the justice room before dawn to hear cases, then horse whip both sides after judgment, leaving both satisfied that the other had been horsewhipped by his honor.
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Earl of
Enniskillen
London Graphic
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