Society News and Gossip Highlights Local Events
Mrs. Eugene A Warner hosted a luncheon on Leighton Avenue for Mrs. T A Heard and Mrs M E F Weard of Atlanta with guests including Miss Cornelia Parker and Mrs M M Young. A Western tour follows Vincent Connerat and bride Katharine Millyer Connerat’s Atlanta wedding. A missionary talk by Athea Brown Admiston at First Presbyterian Church reports on the Africa mission. Various social visits, bridge club gathering in Oxford, and a Daughters of the Confederacy chapter meeting on Quinford Avenue are noted with dates and attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene A. Warner
Leighton Avenue
T. A. Heard
M. EF. Weard
Atlanta
Whert Willett
Mra
Vincent Connerat
Dr. Hillyer
Thomas Robinson
Katharine Millyer
Southern Presbyterian Church
Athea Brown Admiston
Twebo
Africa
First Presbyterian Church
William Porney
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Arnold
Quinford Avenue
Rolla of Honor Pupils Named at Leighton Avenue School
The city schools admit applicants after weekly entrance exams each Wednesday. Leighton Avenue School honors list includes many names across grades from Low Hecond to Sixth, such as Josephine Smoat Eleanor Glass Hazel Kelly George Little Kitty Mae Houston and Ruth Ellis Jons Nichola Annie Griffin Viola Strickland Louise Hendrick Walter Davis William Lloyd and Maynard Marsh. The Tuesday Bridge Club was entertained yesterday afternoon by Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton Avenue School
Benior
Josephine Smoat
Eleanor Glass
Hazel Kelly
George Little
Kitty Mae Houston
Emmie Rudisill
Richard Reaves
Martha Graham
Kathleene Williams
Vauline Street
Dorothy Quinn
Dean Johnson
Flora Johnson
Willie Box
Eugenia Smith
Emily Norwood
Blanche Wear
Blanche Witts
J. Cater
Caroline O'Bryant
Ruth Ellis
Jons Nichola
Annie Griffin
Viola Strickland
Louise Hendrick
Walter Davis
William Lloyd
William Wier
Maynard Marsh
Blanche McCurry
Annie Quinn
Gertrude Noble
Myrtle House
Sam Brooks
Raymond Jamison
Bertha Orr
Hall's Catarrh Cure Aimed at Blood and Mucous Surfaces
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally to reach the blood and mucous surfaces and is described as a non quack medicine. Advertises testimonials and a Toledo address for F J Cheney & Co with a 75 cent price. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Voledo
Tron for the Blood
Doctors say iron is vital for the blood and deficiency causes anaemia and weakness. Vinol, a blend of tonics from cod liver and tonic iron, is promoted as the best iron supplement by Scarborough Drug Co in Anniston Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarbrough Drug Co
Anniston
Ala
Criminological Museum Planned in Turin
Turin will host a new criminological museum after a government move ordered all Italian courts to send corpora delicti to Turin. Prof Lombroso will select instructive objects for display to aid criminology students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cesare Lomibrose
Turin
Italy
Corpora Delicti
Lombroso
Anniversary of Amherst First College Gym Celebrated
Amherst College marked the fiftieth anniversary of Barrett gymnasium, claimed as America's first college gym. The history traces to 1826 when students won a college grove cleanup holiday, forming a gymnastic society that built a bathhouse, later hosting cricket and baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Mass
Amherst College
America
Barrett Gymnasium
College Grove
Williams
Pittsfield
Local Social News and Incidents Across Quintard Avenue
James Sproull hosted a calm afternoon at his Quintard Avenue home with a favorite game followed by dainty refreshments. The Young Ladies Sewing Club meets Miss Lizzie Roberts Thursday morning. Mrs. G E Uffner of Savannah Ga guests Mrs BH Anderson on Wilmer Avenue. Bienville chapter D A R meets Mrs Alfred L Tyler Jr Friday at 8 PM. S H Pearce arrived from Chattanooga to visit family and remains in the city. Miss Manning Noble Institute narrowly survived ingesting oxalic acid mistaken for salts. doctors say she is no longer in serious danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sproull
Quintard Avenue
G. E. Uffner
Savannah, Ga
Anderson
Wilmer Avenue
Manning
Noble Institute
Star Want Ads Bring Business to Hundreds of Patrons
Hundreds of patrons testify to the impact of Star Want Ads in drawing customers and boosting business in this brief notice.
First Convention Held in New Auditorium in Birmingham
The Alabama Commercial and Industrial Association met at noon in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium, initiating the new venue as the first public meeting there. Representing state commercial bodies, the group aims to unite sections of Alabama and endorse advancing ideas for immediate state improvement. Lunch followed and the group christened the new building branch before plans to tour the State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Alabama Commercial and Industrial Association
Chamber of Commerce
Victim of Drunken Lover Seeks Recovery in Alabama
Miss Pearl Nolen was shot at her Tuscaloosa home by R. A. Foster on Sunday afternoon and remains in serious condition. Foster, who fled, had a prior dispute with Nolen and is at large. he formerly lived in Anniston and has a wife and children in Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Pearl Nolen
R. A. Foster
Foster
Miss Nolen
Anniston
Montgomery
Mowing Service Offered for Vacant Property
A mower owner offers weed cutting on vacant property and provides contact as Phone 72, R. O. Watson, promising quick results through Star want ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O. Watson
College gymnasium cornerstone laid in 1859
Five thousand dollars was raised by subscription and on October 3 1859 the cornerstone for a college gymnasium was laid. The building was completed quickly and named for Dr Benjamin Barrett a Northampton donor. The passage notes interest in ads and consumer fads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Barretta
Northampton
Evening Star Want Ads Promise Easy Purchases
The notice urges readers to use Evening Star Want Ads to obtain desired items at fair prices, stating that wants listed like others yield gratifying results. It also suggests reading the Want Ad columns daily and notes potential to earn money in spare time through ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Star
Star
Governor Haskell’s fraud case called for hearing
In Ardmore Oklahoma October 13 the federal court scheduled hearings for Governor Charles M. Haskell and other Oklahomans charged with fraud over Muskogee town lot scheduling. Indictments named Haskell F B Severs A Z English C W Turner W T Hutchings Jesse W Hill and Walter R Eaton. The case alleges a conspiracy to defraud the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Severs
A. Z. English
C. W. Turner
W. T. Hutchings
Jesse W. Hill
Walter R. Eaton
Haskell
Clarence W. Turner
The Unexpected Dividing Line of Desire and Pride
A young man asks a rich man for his daughter and faces a stark rebuke. The elder man feigns sorrow while revealing the real hurt is the suitor’s own pride and misjudgment. The moment exposes social tension and personal regret in terse dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horrow
Tall man confronts boy at station platform
A tall impatient man paces a wayside station platform and asks a twelve year old boy about a late train. The boy smiles and silent, a stranger questions why the boy did not respond, suggesting the man might punch him.
Unusual Want Ad Mention Suggests Hidden Opportunity
A brief notice hints that this issue contains a want ad related to an unusual pursuit and implies further possibilities may follow. The text signals readers to scan the page for a matching opportunity or need.
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Misa Cornelia Parker
M. M. Young
Osborne Palker
Emmett Crook
Mre. Willett
W. P. Hutcheson
Camp Hill
Richard Ingram
Annie Smith
Goodwater
M. F. McGarty
Henry McCarty
Myrtle Watson
Perrine Colemas
Bridge Club
Caroline Draper
Oxford
Annie Murphy
Mrs
D. B. Walsh
TRON
Criminological Museum
Rome
ING
Young Ladies’ Sewing Club
Lizzie Roberts
Bienville
Alfred L. Tyler, Jr
S. H. Pearce
Chattanooga
City
New Auditorium
Eclipse
H. N. Wheeler
Tenth & Noble Sts
Gov. Haskell
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Prudence
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