Thoughtful appeals and community notices in a 1910s Athena paper
A collection of poems and moral verses followed by civic and social notices. Y W C A board meeting scheduled, calendar items and events listed. Bessie Barriscale featured at Strand today. Civic Club backs city clean-up efforts. Mrs Edgar Levy hosts sewing club with spring décor and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Hall
Mill District
Bessie Barriscale
Strand
New York
Mary Pickford
Marguerite Clark
Athens
Civic Club
Georgia
Edgar Levy
Edgar
Levy
Hancock Avenue
Pan-Hellenic Dance Closes Successful Social Series
The Pan-Hellenic dance last night closed a trio of beautful social affairs with many visiting girls contributing to the festivities. Committees in charge were untiring in their efforts to ensure a glorious entertainment, though several girls observing lent could not attend.
Dances and Social Events Highlight Athens Week
A lively Athens social scene unfolds with a girls’ dance series in college circles and an Elks dance on Broad Street. Mrs. Spalding hosts a tea in Ansley Park for brides and upcoming weddings. The Saturday Morning Music Club features pianist Beryl Rubenstein at Wesleyan College with a strong host committee and student ushers. Numerous local residents travel, attend weddings, or visit relatives, with health updates and society notices accompanying the listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ELKS
Athens Elks
Broad Street
Beryl Rubenstein
America
Wesleyan College
Martina Burke
Margaret Casey
Helen Barnes
Lillian Battle
Louise Callaway
Mary Plant
Rubenstein
Macon Telegraph
Helen Gould Sheppard
Patterson ‘Chuéett
Recreation Hall
Mill District
Lessions
Ahi
Maiy Iidre
Audley Morton
Glee 'Club
Henderson Avenue
Gleelab
Mrs Lee Callaway Hosts Morning Bridge Party
Mrs Lee Callaway hosts a cordial bridge party this morning at her Milledge avenue home. The article notes accompanying social visits including Mrs Hilliard Spalding and her daughter, and mentions several regional residents traveling or visiting, such as Mrs Joseph Stewart and Judge C H Brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Callaway
Milledge Avenue
City visitors list from Coner Center and Winder
Mrs J P Thompson and Mrs W G Cook of Coner spent Wednesday in the city. Miss Addie Jarrett of Center was in the city yesterday. Mrs Ola Maxwell of Winder was in Athens Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Appleby
Jefferson
City
Nat Arnold
Lexington
Hamilton McWhorter Jr
Dr. Westbrook
Ila
Dr. Chaniler
Misa Pauline
Hull
The
Mary Bell Wallace
Attica
B. B Maxwell
J. E. Tribble
Katherine Tribble
Athens
Yester
J. T. Aken
Watkinsville
Fred Williamson
Commerce
J. P .Thompson
W G. Cook
Coner
Addie Jarrett
Center
Ola Maxwell
Winder
California Syrup of Figs Advised for Children
A vintage ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for pediatric constipation. It claims a teaspoonful cleanses the bowels within hours, preventing waste buildup, with directions for babies to grown-ups and a warning to avoid counterfeit syrups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
California Fig Syrup Company
Fourteen Inch Guns Ready for Panama Canal Defenses
Panama reports all 14 inch guns for the canal defenses have reached the Isthmus and will soon be mounted at the ends of the waterway. A single 16 inch gun for Perico island remains awaiting shipment from the United States and a special railway car will haul the 110 ton gun up the conical island’s steep terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Panama Canal
Perico Island
United States
Citrate Foley Catherctic Tablet Advertisement Note
An old Baltimore Sun style ad promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a remedy for indigestion headache belching and delayed bowel action promising a better day tomorrow. It references B Palmer and Sons and uses casual marketing tone with a cider theme and a seasonal line The Nectar of Autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
B. BR. Palmer & Sons
Athens Y W C A Annual Report 1915 Highlights
The 1915 annual report details the Athens Y W C A’s successes in membership, services, and fundraising. Volunteers, educators, and citizens supported lectures, vesper services, pageants, and summer programs. The year featured a large Danaquett River event, new employment, basketry and canning initiatives, and a major educational pageant titled The Ministering of the Gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Young Women’s Christian Association
Association
Extension Club
Recreation Club
Ben Barrow
W. W. Brown
Employment Bureau Basketry Clases
Canning Ae
Magpie Tea Room
Laura Spear
Rutherford
Grace H. Dodge
Y. W. C. A. Glee Club
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Alice Adams
Board of Directors
E. H. Dorsey
Spalding
Hilliard Spalding
Ansley Park
Miss Connally
Miss Akers
Miss Harris
James D. Palmer
Jeanie Jonas
Robert Woodreff
Marion Allen
Elizabeth Spalding
Laura Johnson
Atlanta Constitution
J. M. Green
Ft. Valley
Yantanday
F. C. Wright
Gainesville
Charles Phinizy
Atlanta
Mr. Howell-Erwin
W. H. Dean
Lou Brown
Washington, Ga
Ed Lyndon
J. C. Morris
Birmingham
First Methodist Parsonage
Robert Gregory
M. F. Whitehead
Oconee County
Mrs
E. B. Cohen
Hugh Gordon
Morton Hodgson
Jeannette Ash
Sarah Hood
Will King Meadow
Elberton
R. P. Stephens
Mabel
Chadwick
North Carolina
Charles Talmadge
John’ Henderson
Frank Lipscomb
Alan Friay
Shrd Shrdluuu
Lipscomb- Hurt
James Ray
University of Georgia
Louise Walker
Natalie Bocock
Walton News
Marion Bailey
Kathleen Kytle
Curtino Kytle
William Kytle
Duke Bailey
W. M. Bryant
Albany Herald
A. H. Spain
B. M. Coleman
Hila Green
C. H. Brand
Hot Springs
W. Y. Harber
Misses McKigg
J. 8. Nolan
Bostwick
Bessie
J Today
Clara Williams
Robert McKim
Thomas H.ince
Chester Conklin
Merry Keystone
Jadmission S & 100
C. A. VerNooy
Thomas
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