Society News Highlights From Priday’s Gatherings
Society notes show Mrs. Matthew Mau ry hosting bridge in honor of Virginia Mitchell of Bessemer. Guests attend a Country Club dance and reception with Rivers and Moseley parties returning from the Rivers-Porter wedding in Rome. Miss Sophia Rivers returns. Thursday Bridge Club met with refreshments after play as Ella Wheeler Wilcox poetry is quoted.
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Priday
Matthew H. Maury
Bridge
Virginia Mitchell
Bessemer
Country Club
L. T. Rivers
Haynes
Leslie Moseley
Mesers
Tom Edwards
Lawrence Treadaway
Trowell Rivers
Rome
Sophia Rivers
Local Hauling Service Advertises Reliable Team Work
Telephone No. 72 offers wagons drags and men for swift careful hauling. Prompt dispatch and safe handling emphasized by a local classified ad from STAR WANT ADS.
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Watson
Unused Articles Resold via Star Want Ads
A short note discusses turning unused but useful items into cash by using Star Want Ads. It hints at converting surplus goods into money and mentions the service as a channel for selling household or miscellaneous items through classified ads.
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Esfertantorls
Green Hair From Copper Mine Fumes Surfaces
Reports reveal men working in copper mines undergo a chemical change from furnace fumes that turn hair and beards green. The transformation leaves hair soft and glossy, with no texture change, and authorities cite arsenical elements as the cause.
Baron Bride Wish Echoes Social Rule
A lighthearted column notes that marriage improves a young lady and suggests every girl should be wed at least once. The quip frames a Baroness path as the social ideal and reflects 19th century attitudes toward titles and marriage.
Punctuality With Master John Servan
A brief dialogue underscores the habit of punctuality as a master tests a servant about reporting a 4 o'clock meeting while a wife waits at 2 30, highlighting timely arrivals and expectations.
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John Servan
Made Rich by Rainstorm
Jacob L. Thomason of San Bernardino California filed on placer claims revealed by a natural flood on Mount San Bernardino side. He prospected near Hesperia when a furious storm drove him to shelter. After a heavy rain he found rich placer pockets and soon panned out nearly ten thousand dollars in gold.
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Jacob L. Thomason
San Bernardino
Cal
Mount San Bernardino
Thomason
Hesperia
Chief Winnemucca Preaches Peaceful Ways to Plutes
Chief Winnemucca taught the Plutes to love peace and keep it by constant effort. He urged kindness, truth telling, and not taking what belongs to others, with tender regard for elders, care for the helpless, and respect for women, especially mothers, despite lacking books and furniture.
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Winnemucca
Mason and Dixon's Line Boundary Survey
The boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland was surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon from November 1763 to December 1767 with the exception of about twenty two miles. The phrase Mason and Dixon's Line rose to fame during the 1820 Congressional debate on Missouri slavery.
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Mason and Dixon
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Charles Mason
Jeremiah Dixon
Congress
Missouri
John Azenadolph
Proposed City Charity Backed by Chicago Alderman
A Chicago alderman promotes a municipal Pasteur institute to treat bite victims at cost or city expense, creating a charity to care for rabies cases and related injuries. The plan aims to provide affordable care for victims of dog and other animal bites.
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Pasteur Institute
Chicago
Rapid Milking Technique Boosts Dairy Efficiency
The note highlights an advantage in rapid milking when performed without harming the cow and ensuring she is milked clean, implying improved dairy efficiency with careful practice.
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Thursday Bridge Club
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Nirvana
Poro
Java
Lucy Lyman Powell
Birmingham
Mary Stone Weatherly
Howard J. Thomas
Howard, Jr
Aldrich
Benjamin Easley
William A. Carre
Thompson, Ga
L. H. Carre
Wilmer Avenue
D. P. Hale
Tyler Hill
Walter D. Gallaher
Tampa
Fla
Byrd Haley
Giles MeQueen
Fleeta Cooper
Mrs. Richards
Mary Alta Easley
Ganae Bell
Gussen
Ruth
Grace
Florence Ledbetter
Mrs. C. W. Willcoxon
Helena, Ga
John W. Hurt
J. C. Norton
Marie Searles
Vicksburg
Katiebelle Kilby
F. A. Weems
Jacksonville
T. J. Cason
D. B. Lacy
R. L. Daniel
C. W. Lacy
Carrie McClure Knox
Gage
Fiske
Ullman Bros
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Plutes
Mason and Dixon's Line
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