Christmas Social and Church Notices in 1923 Era
A compact roundup of seasonal events and notices from a 1923 community paper. Includes plans for a Christian Church Christmas social, officer elections for the Christian Church Society, wedding invitations for Isa Beall Talmdge and William Webber Robinson, and multiple local nuptials and social events at homes and clubs with dates, places, and key participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Ndeavor Society
Christian Church
Christian Church Society
C. J. Morris
Not So Hard to Be Pretty At Work
A 1920s era feature discusses modern working women dressing attractively for housework. It highlights simple practical outfits using colored cretonnes, black satin trimmed with cretenne, cotton prints, and cotton crepes. Also mentions social notes of locals visiting relatives, hospitality events, and upcoming dances at Woodmen hall.
How It Feels to Cheat The Char Hero Jaworki Death Row Revival
Jaworki, a farmhand once condemned to death, recounts the last hours before his commuted sentence. He describes fear, isolation, and a final hope as Father Cashin and the warden deliver news of reprieve. The piece frames his survival as a rare mercy amid a system's deadly pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Herman
Sing Sing Prison
Joseph , Jawork
Jaworki
Poland
Father Cashin
Michaeline Merchelski
Jamestown
N. Y
Walter Rexford
Nathan L. Miller
Soviet Congress Debates Finance and Tax Reform
Moscow reports from the all Russian Soviet Congress show discussions on finance, taxes, and industry after recent events. Acting finance commissioner Sokolnikoff urged monetary tax replacing in kind, citing ruble instability and a 1923 budget deficit. Stalin pressed for unification of allied representatives and a strong unified army, while calls for unifying Soviet republics into a single socialist federation were aired to balance Russia and the autonomous republics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Atta
M. Sokolnikoff
Im. Sokolnikofs
M. Stalin
Rusela
Bavn
Russia
Compensation Bill Will Be Passed Declared Legion Head
Alvin M. Owsley, national commander of the American Legion, said in Worth Texas that passage of the adjusted compensation bill at this session of Congress is practically assured. He added that even if it fails this session, it will be carried at the next, with a red fiber of senators indicating a pass over the presidential veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft, Worth
Tex
Congress
Alvin M. Owsley
American Legion
Wednaday
Owsley
CNS
Egypt Iffy Law Sparks Exploiters’ Protest
London dispatches report growing anxiety among foreign explorers over Egypt’s draft law by Antiquities Chief M. Lacan. It would vest all newly found relics in the government, denying finders any share. British and American backers warn exploration may end without tangible museum returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Egypt
M. Lacan
Ada
Viscount Allenby
Telegraph
Cairo
H. B. Winlock
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Nile Valley
Winlock
Mrs Crocker Receives $6 Million Inheritance Stock
In San Francisco Mrs Helen Irwin Crocker wife of Chas Templeton Crocker was awarded stock valued at 6 million dollars in superior court as a partial distribution from the estate of her mother the late Mrs Fannie G Irwin The Irwin fortune began with a boy and his father a British navy paymaster shipwrecked off Oahu Honolulu and rose to great wealth in sugar and shipping wealth now valued at over 13 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Helen Irwin Crocker
Chas, Templeton Crocker
Superior Court
Fannie G. Irwin
Irwin
Oahu
Honolulu
Ind
Hawaiian Islands
Hughes Visit Chile Sought During Pan American Conference
Ambassador Mathieu of Chile, acting on high government instructions, has urged Secretary Hughes to visit Chile while the Pan American conference meets in Washington. It is likely Brazil and Argentina ministers will attend. Delegates may tour Chile’s most beautiful regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Mathieu
Chile
Hig
Washington
Hughes
Brazil
Recipes by Bertha E Shapleigh on daily fruit use
Bertha E Shapleigh of Columbia University urges every family to include canned dried or fresh fruit daily. She recommends grapefruit and oranges this season, prunes twice weekly, dried figs with cream, and long soaking of dried fruits for better flavor. Use lemon slices during cooking, vary canned fruit in desserts, mix fruit with rice, and pair fruit with custards and simple dressings for varied meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha E. Shapleigh
Columbia University
Trifling Women Photoplay At Palace Theatre
The Palace presents Rex Ingram's Trifling Women this Thursday and Friday. Endorsements from press and Atlanta Better Films Committee call it a magnificent production and one of Ingram's best, a landmark for the screen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex
Ngram
Palace
Rex Ingram
Zenda
Palace Theatre
Atlanta
Metro
B. M. Boykin
Mr. Ingram
Daily News
Better Films Committee of
South
Foley Kidney Pills relief for weak kidneys and backache
Mrs. G. Hyde of Benzonia Michigan reports lifelong kidney trouble with backache and fatigue. After using Foley Cathartic Tablets she felt renewed. Foley Kidney Pills promise quick relief for backache rheumatic pains dizziness and blurred vision from kidney troubles and are sold everywhere.
Stan Laurel Burlesque Plans Amid Croupy Tales in Ad
Read as a jumble, a note cites Stan Laurel and a burlesque titled When Knights Hood Was In Flour while a reader from Meyersdale, Pa. reports a grandchild with a croupy cough improved after Foley's Honey and Tar. The ad promises relief for chest and throat irritation without opiates and touts three generations of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Laurel
Knightshood
Peter Landic
Meyersdale
Foley
Poley
Stme
Seer
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Lindsay -Brooks
H. R. Brooks
Lily Mae
Dewey Lindsay
Emory Ruark
Garold Hinton
Weat Point
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Cedarton' S
J. A. Hunnicutt
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J. A. Wunnicutt
John Bailey
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J. A. Hupricott
Clayton Anderson
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J. L. Smith, Jr
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Mary Anne Hinesley
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R. L. Henderson
C. J. Mull
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Ed Stone
Hugh Huggins
M. E. Patterson
W. P. Egbert
Dorothy
Nell Egbert
Augusta
J. M. Allen
Katherine Egbert
Columbus
G. A. Tucker
Monticello
Ross
Creekmore
John D. Mell
Namily
Pat Mell
McWhorter
Ross Creekmore
Sarah Hall
Macon
Minnie
Goodwyn Artope
Louise Morton
W. G. Cornett
Milledge Circle
Joe Warner
G. G. Bond
Orangeburg
S.C
Mary Ella Yancey
Howell Erwin
Harrie Dews
Iverson Dews
Arthur Booth
Stovall
Elberton
Spurgeon Taylor
Greene Langston
Monroe
William Kantor
Howell Carwell
Moselle Ashford
Helen Ashford
Wattkinsville
Kathleen Merry
Harriett Mayne
Georgetown
Isaac Reid
Carnesville
Sarah Reid
Quitman
Hazel Hodgson
Lee Calloway
Covington
Miss Dearing
George Stearman
J. P. Freeman
B. R Bloodworth
Audley Morton
Mr. Leroy Michael
Mr. Farrar Bond
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The
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W. E. Shehee
John Maxwell
Greenwood
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Christine Fowler
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Sarah Perkins
Cuthbert
Louise
Shehee
Margaret Pennal
Miss Berry
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Bill White
Douglas, Ga
Ladies Circle of Uniform Bank
Woodmen of the World
Clayton Street
Woodmen's Hall
Claude G. Gillingwater
Sant Oe Ae
Lois Weber
Beahis
RYZON
Benson
Legion Head
Bellans
Prex Ingram
the Palace Theatre
Film Daily
N.Y
Post
Evening World
Ore
M. P. World
Brilliant —Globe
Mall
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Tansy
Namore
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Foley & Co
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