Society News Highlights Of Local Teas And Events
Monday afternoon Miss Lucys Houser hosted tea for guests Miss Schuessler from Roanoke and Miss Evelyn Wilson. A June 6 bridge party hosted by Mrs Walter M Brewer on Quintard Avenue for Jana Wilson preceded a linen shower for the bride elect Miss Wilson. Midweek dinners honor Miss Wilson with Mrs H S Rudisill hosting her sister. A June 4 marriage of Miss Evelyn Wilson and Mr Emmett Whiteside is set at the First Methodist Church. Church Guild and multiple social clubs meet on Leighton Avenue with various hostesses and a piano recital planned. The Country Club hosts a fortnightly dance with visiting belles and beaux including Miss Martha Dabney of Birmingham and Miss Kathleen Owen of Cuthbert. Chaperones are listed among local families. A birthday party for Flora May Whitmire delighted friends. A postponed Philathaean book reception at the First Methodist church due to weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucys Houser
Schuessler
Roan
Evelyn Wilson
Walter M. Brewer
Quintard Avenue
Jana Wilson
Jane
Miss Wilson
Mary Weatherly
H. 3S
Rudisill
Misa Evelyn Wilson
Emmett Whiteside
First Methodist of
Shepperd
Theodore
D. Maybank
Leighton Avenue
Margaret Reynolds
Tyler Hill
Country Club
Beaux
Martha Dabney
Birmingham
Kathleen Owen
Cuthbert
Leone Robinson
Lottie Slaughter
Talladega
Woodruff
Bins
Katherine Dent
Montgomery
Margaret Wellborn
Virginia Mitchell
Heesemer
Mra
Matthew Maury
Lindsay
Fouche
Harper
Wright
Rome
Stevenson
Bellinger
Gadeden
A. Hi. Shepperd
Louis Hale
A. B. Rains
Burris
Social hostesses and guests share informal party notes
Miss Smyth entertained on Saturday morning in honor of bride elect Miss Evelyn Wilson with a shirtwaist contest won by Miss Mary Gardner who received a san Galwood fan. Refreshments were served by Misses Ellen Ledbetter Julia Coleman and Mary Gardner. Nearby, Mrs J H Ledbetter hosted an afternoon at home for Miss Ellen Ledbetter returning from Demopolis. Other notes mention Miss Christine McCaa's return from Thorpe Manor Bethlem and Mrs Elbert Willett's musical afternoon for Mrs Adine Owen and Mrs Georgia Bradford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florine Smyth
Evelyn Wilson
Mary Gardner
San Galwood
Miss Wilson
Miss Smyth
Ellen Ledbetter
Julia Coleman
J. H. Ledbetter
Demopolis
Mias
Christine McCaa
Lowndes McCaa
Thorpe Manor
Bethlehem
Elbert D. “Willett
Adine T. Owen
el Paso
Texas
Georgia ‘I’. Bradford
Oklahoma City
BK. L. Turner
Safe Makers Against Burglars
A historical discussion traces the escalating duel between safemakers and cracksmen. Early locks gave way to drills and powders, then to airtight doors and acid, with thieves even using a highly sensitive finger to feel tumblers. Each advance by makers spurred new, subtler methods by criminals in a relentless arms race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Inventor
Cracksman
Advertisement Promises Boost to Business Like Tonic
An advertisement asserts that a vivid promotional push can stimulate local business as effectively as a tonic refreshes the human system, urging merchants to adopt bold messaging to attract customers.
Carolinal Gibbons Celebrates Golden Jubilee
In Baltimore a major public gathering honors Cardinal James Gibbons on the golden jubilee of his priestly ordination and the silver jubilee of his cardinalate. Prominent figures from politics and church circles attend, signaling broad non sectarian respect for the cleric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
United States
Fifth Regiment Armory
America
James, Cardinal Gibbons
James
Cardinal Cibbons
Fifth Regiment
When Wigs Went The French Revolution And Hair Powder
A Chicago News excerpt notes that the powdered wig faded after the French Revolution and related wars due to flour shortages and a tax on hair powder along with Jacobin influence. Walpole in 1791 lamented how young men with dirty shirts and shaggy hair leveled nobility as in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walpole
France
Chicago News
Alcohol Lozenges Allow Safe Traveling Lamps on Trains
The Kansas City Star notes a new solid alcohol lozenge reform that lets lamps be filled by dropping a lozenge into the lamp. This enables safe tea making in sleeping car berths on trains and steamships, avoiding spills and fire risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Swans Multiply on the Thames Between Southwark and Henley
Swans on the Thames between Southwark Bridge and Maresh Lock near Henley have increased with over 200 cygnets reared in the last season. The Hartford brood included nine cygnets, the largest. Black swans at Goring owned by the Vintners Company have multiplied, leaving about 500 total swans in the stretch, with the King owning the greatest number and the rest held by the Dyers and Vintners companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
Southwark Bridge
Maresh Lock
Henley
Harttford
Goring
Vintners Company
Dyers and Vintners Companies
Work for a Want Ad Turn Personal Property into Cash
A brief notice notes that personal property will be offered for sale to convert to cash. It indicates a selling action, likely emergency or miscellaneous items intended to raise funds. No names or dates are provided in the readable text.
Soil nutrients and crops favored by phosphorus nitrogen and potash
A farmer can grasp soil needs without advanced science. Phosphorus helps maturity and grain filling, nitrogen adds color and growth, while potash strengthens straw. Clay soils lack phosphorus and nitrogen, black soils lack potash and phosphorus but have nitrogen, and sandy soils are often deficient in all three elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Afraid of His Job
A terse exchange reveals an employee avoids taking vacations to prevent the boss from noticing his absence. The man admits the boss could manage without him, yet he chooses to remain at work to keep his role secure.
Some One Will Fall and A Street Excavation
A fragment notes that an excavation in the street may tempt pedestrians to hurry and stumble into the gap, warning readers of a potential danger and the likelihood of a fall.
Boys With A Business: Two Young Pioneers Finance Sidewalk
In Plainville Jimmy Conroy expands snow shoveling into seasonal contracts, hires a brigade of boys, and later adds lawn mowing, contracting by square feet. In Monroe Joe Sargent starts a mobile carriage service, builds trust with locals, buys a second team, and aims to run three teams to serve steady summer customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Conroy
Plainville
Jimmy
New York
Joe Sargent
Monroe
Jones
Joe
St. Nicholas
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of Guild of the Church of St. Michael and
Angela
John H. Noble
Leighton
Susie Bowie
Gladys McClane
Mildred Moultree
Mr. Moultrie
Flora May Whitmire
Presenta
Philatheas
First Methodist Church
Miss Ledbetter
J. R. Lemon
Bryant
Tomlin
Anniston
Christine Avenue
Woodlawn
Lemon
Bessie Woodruff
Samuel Clay Pelham
Douglas
Vala Cooper
Flora Cooper
Augusta
Mildred Moultrie
Juliet Davidson
Carolinal Gibbons
Champ Clark
Joe Cannon
White
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
John Gardner Murray
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Maryland
Cardinal Gibbons
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