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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1914
Page
2
Calendar entries note a Meet of the Children of the Confederacy with Mrs. Crawford at 3 30 PM and Miss Rowland's party to Miss Elizabeth Smith. The brief items reflect social events in a local calendar.
Poem expresses a bride’s bittersweet farewell to home and girlhood as she leaves with her husband on their wedding day. The page also notes social items: sewing club attendees, a Kappa Sigma dance, Confederacy children’s meeting, and pre wedding entertainments for Rebecca Stewart with Susie Davison hosting.
A local shop promises personal guarantees with custom suits. The store advertises a complete line of men’s and boys’ clothing including tailored garments and related accessories.
A grand social event features a lavish interior with gray moss greenery, palms, ferns, and pink white blossoms. Guests admire a paint scenery sea canvas by Miss Davison, ship of fortune decor, and a ship themed game with verse. Bride prizes include cedar chest gifts and bridal books for several honorees.
Miss Ada Starkweather and Miss Amy Smith of the South Atlantic Field will visit Georgia for a Friday banquet with the YWCA. A Laura Rutherford YDC meeting is slated for Monday at 4 PM at Mrs. Welch’s home. The article lists numerous seating reservations for a Friday banquet with church and university affiliates.
The University Club of Atlanta hosts the Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society on October 10 1914 at 8 pm. L B Lockhart ex Cornell micro chemistry instructor will speak on micro chemistry. K N Atkins Georgia State Bacteriologist discusses soil bacteria. Chas C Hammon bacteriologist on sewerage treatment works. J S Brogdon Georgia Section secretary invites all University Club members to attend.
The St Louis Post Dispatch notes eight days of public prayers for peace and memory of Lincoln and Garfield with dates stretching from 1798 to 1881 and 1914. It also reports a wedding, Sadie Belle Ivey to J Guy Morgan in Mansfield, a YWCA event in Athens with Miss Mabel Stone, and a postponed prayer meeting at Rev Morris's home.
A short paragraph notes Mrs. Houston staying with her brother Mr. Allen Fleming after a summer in North Carolina and a recent stay in Athens. The item ends with a continuation reference to page 3.
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