Social Calendar Highlights June Weddings and Parties
Anniston society notes cover Nell Johnson and Stephen R. Thompson's June 14 wedding at Mrs. Stokely Caudle's home. Mrs. T. H. Hopkins returns home from a monthlong visit amid numerous hostesses and teas. Highlights include Mrs. Walker's bridge party with Nan Walker of South Carolina and chores at the Book Club at Parker Memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Johnson
Stephen R. Thompson
Stokely Caudle
T. H. Hopkins
Anniston
J. T. Chapman
Hopkins
Vallegrande
Frank Scott
Chives M. Woodruff
Nan Walker
South Carolina
Martha Sproull
Virginia Mitchell
Dessemer
Edith Johnston
Margaret Wellborn
Katharine Dent
Montgomery
Mary Weatherly
Bailey
Orangeburg
8. C
Lucy Lyman Powell
Birmingham
Gladys Cauble
Atlanta
Annie Barley
Jane Watson
Alvera Huger
Bessie Woodruff
Julia Coleman
Emmett Whiteside
Miss Walker
Annie Farley
Wallace Comer
Walker
Gerard Schumacher
Bridge
Tyler Hill
A. Hf. Shepperd
Helen Mallory
Charlotte, N. C
PF. W. Osler
Emily Tyler
Nan Kelly
Whit Clark
William Sellers
M. H. Maury
Mra
Parker
A. J. Goodwin
Jack Colwell
Edmond J. Tyler
Mr. Colwell
Grand Dukes of Russia Faces Graft Probe
Russian police raid the imperial dancer’s house amid graft allegations tied to army contracts. A grand duke accompanies officers as investigators search wardrobes and rooms for bribes and maker marks on jewels. Officials warn only firms may suffer while regime power shifts weigh on the nobles.
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ST. Petersburg
Hrusalan
Army
Imperial Theater
Rusela
Russia
Lawn party honors Miss Della Houston hosted by Stephen Huger
Among the week’s social events the lawn party hosted by Mr. Stephen Huger in honor of Miss Della Houston stood out as a favorite among the younger social set during the past ten days.
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Stephen Huger
Della Houston
She Knew it All, Mrs Cutting In Department Store
A shopper questions price increases on down pillows marked at 3.00, noting yesterday they were 2.98. A saleslady confirms the rise, and Mrs Cutting balks at the change questioning the pillow material's value.
Marks of the Detective From the Old Front Office
A retired thief recalls changing detective methods and the unique tells of plain clothes officers. He describes the three classic cues once used, the invention of a silent code known as the thrill, and the lasting “hunch” that marks a cop in plain clothes lasting beyond his early years.
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Byrnes
New York Sun
Paddy's Market Cork Keeps Old World Charm
A writer in the Gentlewoman extols Paddy's Market in Cork as a living time capsule. Saturday stalls brim with religious pictures, pottery, old furniture and curios, where treasures hide among bacon, bread and clothing. searches can take weeks before a worthwhile find appears.
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Cork
Chelsea
Toby
Rudy Malone
Advant age of ensilage in dairy feeding
A Rural World summary favors corn silage for dairy cows when green pasture is scarce. It notes silage stores more dry matter per silo space, enhances digestibility, and supports higher milk production, while urging balanced rations with dry roughage and legume hay for best economical results.
When wigs vanished the French Revolution reshaped fashion
The article notes that the decline of powdered wigs came from war strains and flour scarcity plus Jacobin influence. Walpole’s 1791 remark about a generation with dirty shirts and shaggy hair reflects how masculine emancipation and leveling attitudes altered style, cited by Chicago News.
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Walpole
France
Chicago News
Solid Alcohol Lozenges For Traveling Lamps Debuts
A Kansas City Star report notes alcohol lozenges that solidify alcohol into gelatine like lumps. Travelers can drop a lozenge into lamps to fill them safely, enabling tea in trains and steamships without spill or fire risk in berths.
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Kansas City Star
Swans on the Thames Reach Record Numbers
Over 200 cygnets were reared on the Thames from Southwark Bridge to Marsh Lock Henley last season. The largest brood was nine at Hartford. Black swans at Goring owned by the Vintners Company have multiplied. About 500 swans exist between the indicated places with the King owning the most and the rest held by the Dyers and Vintners companies.
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Thames
Southwark Bridge
Marsh Lock
Henley
Hartford
Goring
Vintners Company
Dyers and Vintners Companies
Teach Children To Pay Debts Teach Children To Pay Debts
An elder sister who works faces younger siblings borrowing small sums with no plan to repay. The piece urges parents to enforce repayment and teach money responsibility to prevent family friction and preserve the sister’s peace of mind and financial balance.
Politician Learns Why Dog Buried After Canvass Gaffe
A politician on a house to house canvass stops at a farm a elder woman at the gate says her husband is in the pasture burying their dog. The candidate expresses sympathy and asks what killed the dog. The woman replies he wore himself out barking at the candidates.
Cushions for Rooms Reflect Taste and Furnishings
The passage advises matching cushions to room style from mig gion and mission furniture to dainty parlors. It discusses leather and heavy fabrics for libraries, Persian tapestry squares for mission rooms, and satin embroidered or braided cushions for drawing rooms. It notes metallic cord trimming and seasonal scarf trends.
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Society News
D.B. Walsh
Book Club
W. F. Yarborough
Parker Memorial Pastorium
Eugene Field
Florine Simyth
Mary D
Willian Yarborough
Yarborough
W. A. Davis
F. K. Perrow
H. P. Salter
Benjamin Easley
Thurston Sherman
Jack
Ben
Miss
Forbes
John Marion Yarborough
Miss Mooring
Allan Gray Mooring
John Mooring
Gussen
Conservatory of Music
Gram
Liszt
Children of the Confederacy
Samuel Luckie Knox
John B. Knox
Sybil Creen
Louisiana
Ella Stagg
Janie L. Beck
Margaret Britton
Dorothy Sterne
Annie Lamar Noble
Frances Noble
H. D. McCarty
Mobile
Miss Kelly
Thomas BE. Kilby
Thomas Kilby, Jr
Canada
New York
Anne Kilby
Dana Hall
Massachusetts
Oscar Kilby
Selma
Mary Stone Weatherly
Leila Carrington
Edgar Clarkson
Tuscaloosa
Major
B. E. G. Roberts
Elizabeth Roberta
Marks
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