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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1903
Page
27
Columbus society columns detail visits across Washington Montgomery and Atlanta. Upcoming Young Men’s Christian Association convention will draw about 150 delegates with many social events, including a 6 p.m. dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John Fletcher and multiple club gatherings.
Special correspondence from Valdosta Georgia February 14 reports several quiet weddings and upcoming nuptials. Ida Dee Goodwin wed R T Hin with close friends present. Lola Milton Smith and Dr Lucien Clive Holtzendorf plan an 8 pm ceremony at 615 Patterson Street. Mollie Hightower married Hugh W Lane and will move to Olympia. The piece also notes social visits and club leadership changes, plus Miss Jean Taylor’s rising musical career linked to Governor Bob Taylor of Tennessee.
Joseph G Camp hosts a Mystic Circle Valentine party. Euchre club at Mrs Walter Wingfields new home. Mrs Reed wins a vase later given to Mrs Howard Penn. Annie Love Brown visits from Sharon. Mrs G Kyle Riley returns from Rogersville Tenn. Card Club at Mrs Supples. Epworth League preps a play. Howard and Mrs Penn to move to Alabama. Eatonton laments their departure.
Bullochville Ga February 14 Special Correspondence Miss Willye Roberts of this place and Mr J D Nelson of Pleasant Hill were married last Wednesday at 3 o clock Rev L W Parrott of Waverly Hall officiated Only a few were present and the bride s brothers and sisters served as attendants Afterwards the couple traveled to their future home near Pleasant Hill Ga
Mr. Renfro Jackson 18 announce may take place March 10 at the home of Mrs. Burr sister of Miss Speer. Miss Dora Judkine from Savannah visits sister Mrs. Slaton. Mrs. Green of Baltimore lectures Griffin ladies and tours with Captain Lowell’s family. Griffin society voices plans for hospital fund event at the Olympic theater and a George Washington party.iora
Mrs R L Branham hosts the Amusement Club in Waycross to bid farewell to J A Riley retiring YMCA general secretary and wife, while welcoming new secretary Louis H Putnam. Savannah visitor Maude Barnwell attends with Thomasville trip noted, and an A B Springer led musical program delights attendees.
The item lists visitors and residents in Waycross including Mrs J P Lide and Miss Maude Rousseau visiting relatives, Mr Putnam the new secretary from Atlanta gaining favor, plus a string of departures to Florida Valdosta Jacksonville and other places. In Dalton social events abound with a Valentine ball at Whitfield Club, Professor Thomas Bryan elected president of Dalton Female College, Tesche entertainment by Miss Mabel Head, and several society activities and visits across nearby towns.
Named by the President on February 14. Nominees include Lieutenant Colonel Oswald H. Ernst for the Mississippi River Commission and David Kirby Pope at Charlotte North Carolina as United States assay office assayer and melter. Postmasters named in Alabama Louisiana and Virginia. Colonel J Hampton Hoge dies in Roanoke at age 47 after a week with pneumonia.
A curious ad in a Chicago paper offered a four twenty dollar bill match safe with return details. Redmond D. Stephens, the fiancé of Marlon Ream, reportedly owned a solid gold match case and had not carried it recently. The missing item, linked to an upcoming February 18 wedding, remained unfound as relatives confirmed ownership and ongoing search.
Topeka Kans February 14 four plate glass windows of Kan san avenue saloons and two drug stores were smashed by an ax wielded by Miss Blanche Bolse a disciple of Mrs Nation The damage runs to hundreds of dollars Bolse who previously horsewhipped Mayor Parker and raided with Mrs Nation offered liquor as the motive for her hatred toward saloons She was arrested and jailed
In Washington on February 14 the house adopted an amendment to the sundry civil bill, adding 100000 dollars to the 75000 already appropriated for the Shafer property in Richmond for a public building site.
Knoxville report states Jim Stowers was shot and killed at a Madisonville area dance by Gus Upton. Upton was arrested and jailed in Madisonville. In Washington, the Senate adopted House amendments to the Elkins anti rebate bill and sent it to the president.
Jackson Miss February 14 Special Word has reached here from Sardis of the accidental killing of W M Saunders a prominent farmer living near that place He had returned from Coma bringing with him a new pistol After unloading the weapon he allowed his little girls to snap it After the children left the house he again loaded the pistol and when one of them returned she picked up the weapon and again commenced snapping it and before the father could interfere a bullet had been fired into his abdomen from which he died a short while later.
Washington February 14 Mrs Roosevelt is indisposed and has canceled all social engagements for a time. Her condition is not a serious illness but she needs rest and her physician orders temporary withdrawal from social duties. She did not attend the Gallaudet Cockrell wedding today due to medical advice.
The Oxford team defeated Cambridge 1 to 0 in the annual association football match held today in London. The result favors Oxford, with the game reported from February 14 in London.
An ad in harsh sensational style claims Botanic Blood Balm cures blood poison skin diseases pimples scrofula and cancer by purifying blood. It promises relief from itching, joint pains, ulcers, and rashes, asserting success after other medicines fail.
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