Society Dancing Party at Piedmont Driving Club
A large society dancing party hosted by Miss Lucy and Calttie Hoke Smith honored guests from Atlanta, Waynesboro, Columbus, Valdosta, New York, New Orleans, and Charleston. Attendees wore formal gowns, with supper on the terrace, and entertainment by prominent families. A separate heart-dice party hosted by Mrs. John F. Simons featured lavender and yellow decor, prize hats, and guests from Montgomery, St. Louis, and Chattanooga. A future dance is planned at the East Lake Club House for the Alamnia Athletic Club, anticipated to be well attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont Driving Club
Lucy
Calttie Hoke Smith
Annie Lee McKenzis
Atlanta
Jones
Waynesboro
Ethel Scarborough
Clyde O'Neal
Columbia
Lucy Hoke Smith
Callie Hoke Smith
Misa Scarborough
Miss Neal
Misa McKenzie
Miss Jones
Elizabeth Jones
Columbus
Iaabel Kuhrt
Helen Lewis
Valdosta
Boline Lamar
New Orleans
Princes Rowland
New York
Forrest Adair
Sarah Jackson
Charleston
Julia Dodd
Roland Ransom
George McKenzie
Marshall McKenzie
Jerome S Lmmons
Shepard Bryan
Bates Black
Reuben Arnold
John F. Simons
North Kirkwood
Inez
Annie Lucile Btuart
Montgomery
Marguoerits Kimball
St. Louis
Misa Cornelia Dunweady
Misa Inez Stuart
Annie Eucle Stuart
Miss Kimball
Mra
Simona
George Stuart
Ala
Henry P. Thomas
Annie Lucie Stuart
East Lake Club
Enst Lake Country Club
Aulania Athletic Club
Social items from Newnan note visits and births
Be a teen from Newnan and Miss Evelyn actin will accompany her for visits. Mrs Kate Waldo returns Mon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hazlehurst announce the birth of a son named Hubert Dubese Hazelhurst with the maternal grandmother Mrs Dubese of Athens, Ga. Numerous families travel, entertain, and move, including visits to Nacoochee valley and Maine, a new home on Myrtle street, and a bridge party hosted by Mrs E D Crane with Miss Crane of Tampa and Miss Rana Clark of Tarboro.
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Newnan
Miss Evelyn Actin
Visi
API Kate Waldo
Robert Hazlehurst
J Acon
Aon
Dubese
Athens
Hazlehurst
Louise Dubost
Hubert Dubese Hazelhurst
W. WW. Austell
C. Thorn
Yonah Lodge
Tallulah Fall
Junhar Ogden
Nacoochee Valley
Mra. T. D. Meador
Leila Gowry Freeman
Indian Springs
E. D. Crane
Misa Crane
Tampa
Nall Waldo
Rana Clark
Tarboro
N.C
Ailas Little Stapfer
Waldo
Local society notes and upcoming openings in Atlanta
Eleanor Clark and Sophis have moved to 6 Barksdale Drive Ansley Park. Frederic J LaFiotre returns from a Georgia mountains vacation to reopen his studio. Miss Jennie Cooper hosts a matinee party for Misses Lucy and Caille Hoke Smith with guests Miss Kate Lynan visiting Mrs William Otis in Columbia SC. Mrs W J L Herndon of Haralson visits Mrs W A Baughan 28 Oak Street. The Atlanta Conservatory of Music opens September 1, register now for teacher choices.
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Sophis Eleanor Clark
Barksdale Drive
Ansley Park
Frederic J. LaFiotre
Georgia
Stories
Jennie Cooper
Misses Lucy
Caille Hoke Smith
Kate Lynan
William Otis
Columbia
G. C
J. L. Herndon
Haralen
W. A. Baughan
Oak Street
Showers Expected but Dust Noted After Election
Forecaster Reed delivered the official weather outlook predicting light showers on Saturday to cool dust and ease heat in Atlanta. The note adds a cooler feel overall with no heavy rainfall expected. A Wilmington resident in Atlanta mistook a fire alarm for a tool and faced a hefty fine after triggering the device on Whitehall Street.
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Atlanta
Wilmington
N.C
Gopher
Whitehall
Assumed Name Held Legal in New York Court
A New York court ruled that an assumed name is legal and may be recognized in court. The decision states a person may assume any name other than their own and may use it legally as if born to it. It came in a breach of promise suit by Fay Darling against a wealthy New Yorker, who argued her true name was Fannie Staimeir and had not been officially changed.
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New York
Hse
Fay Darling
Fannie Staimeir
Crazy Man Amuck On Pullman Car
Harry Pugh of Ningare Falls, N. ., became insane on a Union Pacific Pullman car near here and killed the porter Young and passenger Temple of Kansas City. He shot through his berth into the smoking room, then twice at the porter, and twice at Temple in the abdomen before being overpowered and jailed. Temple, unconscious, was removed to a hospital. Young was sent to Kansas City. Pugh, about 28, of rustic appearance.
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Ellis
Kao
Harry Pugh
Ningare Falls
Union Pacific
Young
Temple
Kansas City
Pugh
Hon. Temple
Denver
Ellsworth
Settler Zettler Reflects on Narrow Defeat in State Race
B M Zettler a candidate for state achoo commissioner sends a card to The Constitution noting his defeat stemmed from limited opportunity to present his case. He cites strong backing in Effingham Chatham and Bibb counties and recalls support from veteran comrades and former students with gratitude.
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B. M. Zettler
Achoo
Tam
Effingham
Chatham and
Bibb
Manassas
Quail Out of Season Dinner Probe in New York
Albany reports officials investigate a 1907 New York dinner where quail were served out of season and no action taken by the forest and game commission. The inquiry involves Fish and Game topics, district attorney Strong and counsel Ward amid claims of influence and legal technicalities. Dr J B Rich dies at age 100 after a long Madeira birth origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Stuyvesant
Mish
New York
Flah
Forest, Flah and Game Commission
Fish
Clerk
Austin
Gan
Fish and Game Commission
Zelah B
J. B. Rich
New York City
Uniform Marriage Laws Said Favored by Conference
The commission on uniform state laws in session at the federal building in Gbattanacoge Tennessee advanced drafts on marriages and licenses to marry and family desertion and non support. The act on desertion and non support was adopted for submission to state legislatures. The conference, with Edw W Frost chairing, plans further discussion on uniform child labor law tomorrow led by Owen L Lovejoy.
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Gbattanacoge
Tenn
Edw. W. Frost
J. R. Thornton
Louisiana
Senecca M. Taylor
Missouri
F. L. Siddons
District of Columbia
Robert Snodgrass
Pennsylvania
John R. Emery
New Jersey
Ernest Freund
Illnois
Owen Ll. Lovejoy
Georgia
The
Child Labor Association
Amoskeag Mills Shut Down In Major Layoff
In Manchester New Hampshire on August 16 about fifteen thousand workers at the Amoskeag Cotton Manufacturing Company were left idle as all seventeen mills paused operations for fifteen days due to production curtailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amoskeag Mills
Manchester
N. H
Amoskeag Cotton Manufacturing Company
Cholera Seen Waning in Southern Russia
In St Petersburg a government sanitary bureau and Red Cross reports a slight improvement, signaling the epidemic may be on the wane. For Aug 14 to 20, 18,108 new cases and 7,713 deaths. previous week 23,844 cases and 10,723 deaths. Yearly totals reach 121,091 cases and 89,030 deaths.
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Russia
St. Piersburg
Government
Sanitary Bureau
Red Cross
Giva
Real Devotion. From Judge.
William H. Crane, the actor, recalls a moment of true love discovered by overhearing a brief porch conversation between a young man and a pretty girl. The young man explains affection but humorously blurts out a dog bite incident on his leg, touching on vows and farewell on a test night.
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William WH. Crane
Hosiery Sale Ad Highlights Sheer Lisle and Silk Hose
Women's hose in multiple shades including black blue rose lavender and tan. 50¢ per pair for very sheer gauze Lisle hose. All Sil Hose with double sole spliced heel pure silk black 1.00. Black all over lace hose 19¢. Very thin black Lisle hose 15¢ or 2 pairs for 25¢.
St Andrews Bay Road Prospects Highlight Georgia Interest
J B Carter industrial agent of the Atlanta and St Andrew's Bay railroad visited Atlanta, praising the line 82 miles from Panama City to Dathan Alabama. He doubts formal authority but believes extension to connect with Atlanta systems is inevitable, calling St Andrew's Bay harbor the gulf coast's best and Gov funds deepening the bay mouth to enable 90 seat navigation, boosting Panama City's importance.
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J. B. Carter
Atlanta and
St. Andrew's Bay
Atlanta
Andrew's Bay
A. B. Stese
Panama City
Dathan
Ala
Porte
Mad Dog Epidemic Hits Atlanta Five Shot In One Day
Atlanta faces a dog day season as five rabid dogs were killed by police in one day. Officers Hood and Roberts led rapid responses at multiple city locations including Gordon Street Oak Street Peachtres Kirkwood Avenue and Washington Street with no human bites reported.
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Atlantaa
Fide
Bruno
Officer Hood
Gordon Street
Oak Street
Peachtres
Kirkwood Avenue
Roberts
Washington Street
Conspiracy Charged To Debauch Voters In Warren Court
Warren Pa August 26 Waiving hearing on information charging conspiracy to debauch the voters of Warren county. Joseph C Sibley recently resigned as Republican candidate for Congress in the Twenty eighth district. Frank R Taylor Charles D Crandall George B Mann and D M Howard of the county were held for court trial. Sibley absent due to acute heart trouble. Prosecution granted amendment to change date in the information.
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Warren
Warren County
Joseph C. Sibley
Congress
Frank R. Taylor
Franklin
Charles D. Crandall
George B. Mann
D. M. Howard
Justice of the Peace
Perry
Sibley
Built in Day Prom The Central Christian Peoria
Built in Peoria, the Central Christian Church nears occupancy after ten hours of final construction. The eight hundred workers completed the structure by six o clock, with evening chimes ringing out. Reverend Torger led a service to celebrate the milestone.
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Central Christian Church
Peoria
Panama defies United States over acting president bid
In Panama August 6 the crisis over the assembly electing Dr Carlos Mendoza as acting president intensifies. US opposition is cited as unconstitutional but Panaman liberals unite to push Mendoza as first vice president and acting leader. Washington has not officially responded though inquiries reach the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
United States
National Assembly
Carlos Mendoza
R. O. Morse
Sr. Mendoza
Mendoza
Washington
D. C
Aronemena
Department of State
Friends
Dr. Mendoza
Attacked by Bees in Bathtub in Denver
Denver August 26. Chapin Gard, a Denver mining man, was shocked by a swarm of bees invading his bathroom while he stood in a bathtub. He fought the insects in wet attire as others investigated the noisy scene. A separate anecdote notes Good Fishin Wharry speaking of a proposed Colorado lake fishing trip with many trout and vicious bites.
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Denver
Col
Chapin Gard
Gard
Wharry
Colorado
Mr. Wharry
What Sandy Said from Lippincott's Magazine
A group of Brotch lawyers gather at an Ayrshire inn on a cold December evening. The talk shifts to pronunciations as one barrister declares neether while another says hgether. Sandy, awakened by a nap and a tipple, confesses in a sleepy quip that he says whisky.
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Sandy
Lippincott
Ayrshire
John
Tipple
Name John Domesday Book and medieval given names
The text notes many Johns due to forty nine saint days in the Roman calendar linked to Saint John and the practice of taking a name from the saint near one’s birth date. It traces common names in Domesday Book to William, then Robert, then Walter, with Magdalen once popular.
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John
William
Robert
Walter Magdalen
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Atlantic City
John Vans
Jennie Harris
Blanche Calwell
8. M. Dean
Maggie Venn Morrin
Roan Mount
N. C
Allen May Freeman
Walter Taylor
Chat Aa‘ Cove
Maine
Katherine Lovetta
Misa Lovetts
Mary Walpole
Miss Gardner
Myrtle Street
Walter Colquitt
Albyn Haynes
Dallas
Texas
Musa Lells Ballentine
Central, A
J. Clark
Phillips & Crew Co
Peachtree Street
Atiff
Chamberlin-Johnson‘DuBose Company
Atlanta Conservatory of Music
Weather Bureau
Reed
Weather Office
Bea
Senger
Jawa
Committee On
Blee
Patter
Keely's
Keely
ST. Andrew's Bay Road
J. B. ‘Carter
Ashley Hall
School For Girls
Langeass
Mary Vardrine McBee
Marist
Cima
Brichton-Shumaxker
Grichton's
Bat
Busnes
Indiviucal Lestrection
Crichton-Shumaker
Rupliece Cotam
Kiser
Europe
Lydia Hasbrouck
Middletown
Thia
Misa Bloomer
Aho
Bbo
New York Medical College
R. A. Dunaway
Bell
Foy
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