Social items from Piedmont hotel guests and visitors
Dr and Mrs W C Keough of Chicago return home today after weeks at the Piedmont hotel. Mr and Mrs Charles B Shelton announce the birth of a son named Larther Rosser Shelton for his maternal grandfather Luther Rosser. Dudley Cowles returns from New York. Mr and Mrs Sam D Jones depart for a short visit to Hampton Springs Florida. Mrs Charles Elyea returns from visiting her parents Mr and Sir George Dwelle in Savannah. Mr and Mrs Kiser and Mr and Mrs Joan Evins are in Florida on a se bing trip. Mrs John Montgomery returns to New York after visiting Mrs Haralson Bleekie. Miss Frances Connally returned from Columbus where she stayed with Mrs Charles Porter for a week. Myaerting Burke of Macon and Miss Marion Fhinizy of Augusta are guests of Miss Harriet Calhoun for a few days. Miss May Burke of Macon is guest of Miss Emma Kate Amorous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B.shelton
Larther Rosser Shelton
Luther
Rosser
Dudley Cowles
New York
Sam D. Jones
Hampton Springs
Charles Elyea
Sir George Dwelle
Savannah
Kiser
Ofrs
Joan Evins
Florida
John Montgomery
Haralson Bleekie
Frances Connally
Columbus
Charles
Porter
Aerting, Burke
Macon
Marion Fhinizy
Harriet Calhoun
May. Burke
Emma Kate Amorous
VAM NOW A HAPPY WOMAN
Mrs Elizabeth Boone from this town says she is sound and well after taking Cardui for eight years of monthly female troubles. She credits seven bottles with restoring health and urges others to try Cardui, noting personal improvement and savings on prior medicines. Chattanooga Medicine Co offers guidance and a Home Treatment for Women booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin, Vic
Elizabeth Boone
Cardus
Cardui
X. Bwrle
Dept. Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Social notes of visitors and travels across several cities
After today who will visit Misa Nez Prince. 7 Biss Katherine Enis will return to day from Baltimore. Mrs J M Bosworth and young son Marion left Monday for New Orleans on a visit to Mrs G C Sebastian during Mardi Gras Before returning to Asante she will visit her sister Mrs Lill West at Norwood La 5 My and Mrs Boyd Ferry left wWed for New York During their absence Angeline and Hoyd Perry Jr Will be the guests of Mr and Mrs Heese Jerry nae air James Dubose of Birmingham Ala is the guest of his parents at the wedding last evening of Miss Nancy Prince and Mr Jack J Spalding Jr 4 Mrs John A Perdue is the gueat of Mrs Mallory Taylor during the D A R B conference in Macon Mr and Mrs Edward Peters and Dr and Mrs William J Blalock left yesterday for Palm Beach Willis Timmens Jr who has been indisposed for several days has recovered x a Mr and Mrs Denala Laytess are in New York Bliss Sarah Lee Evans will return today from a visit with Mrs Lipsin cot in Philadelphia Mr Van Astor Batchelor left last night with his life niece Miss Jackie Austin for her home in Asheville No He will return home Monday Mr and Mrs Frederick A Harris of Detroit accompanied by their mother Mrs Laura S Ballard and sister Mrs Frederick A Arthur will spend the months of February and March at the Georgian Terrace Mr Harris left for San Antonio and New Orleans Saturday but will return to Atlanta before leaving for Detroit Mrs James J Keily and Miss Kate Murphy are to New Orleans for Mardi Gras
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Bosworth
Marion
New Orleans
G. C. Sebastian
Asante
Lill West
Norwood
Boyd Ferry
wWed
New York
Angeline
Hoyd Perry, Jr
Heese Jerry
James DuBose
Birmingham
Ala
Edward
DuBoze
Nancy Prince
Jack J. Spalding, Jr
John A. ‘Perdue
Mallory Taylor
D. A. RB
Macol
Edward Peters
William J. Blalock
Palm Beach
Willis Timmens, Jr
Bliss Sarah Lee Evans
Lippincott
Philadelphia
van Astor Batchelor
Jackie Austin
Asheville
Frederick A. Harris
Detroit
Laura 8
Atlanta
James J. Keily
Kate Murphy
Ras
Suffrage Leaders to Attend Atlanta Reception March 11
A dispatch from Atlanta reports Dr. Anna Howard Shaw president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and its executive board will attend a March 11 reception for prominent suffrage workers. Also listed as expected attendees are Miss Jane Addams, Mrs Desha Breckenridge, Miss Caroline Ruutz Rees, Mrs Stanley Metormick, Mrs Joseph Tilton Bowen, Mrs James Lees Laidlaw, and Miss Mary Ware Dennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Anna Howard Shaw
National Americy Oman Suffrage Association
Dirs. Biaiy CG. Mcdougal
Eighth Ward
Dr. Shaw
Jane Addams
Hal House
Chieaco
Desha Breckenridge
Lexington
Caroline Ruutz-Rees
Stanley Metormick
Joseph Tilton Bowen
James Lees Laidlaw
Mary Ware Dennett
Congress denounces committee system in sharp Senate speech
Washington February 19 Senator Root denounced the committee system saying congressional efficiency is failing under growing demands. He urged a quick revision of legislative methods in both chambers to prevent being swamped. Several senators echoed concerns about overextended memberships and favoritism in committee assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Root
Senate
Grastle
House
Congress
Smith
Arizona
Clapp
Smoot
Mines Committee
Alaska
Watah
Big Committee
Chamberlain
Public Lands Committee
Knights of Momus Parade Opens 1914 Carnival Season
Wey Orleans February 19 The Knights of Momus pageant drew crowded streets with many bands and seventeen illuminated floats. Miss Dorothy Johnson crowned queen. Rex leads a naval parade to City Hall for the key ceremony. other parades include Proteus and Comus with tableaux and balls at the French Opera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wey Orleana
Knights of Momus
Comus
Momus
Dorothy Johnson
Rex
Canal Street
Martin Behrman
Knights of Proteus
Athenaeum
Benson Thrills Drama League With Shakespeare Address
A reader recalls attending Frank Benson's lecture before the Drama League, praising Shakespeare as the Master of the Life Song of the Anglo-Saxon race. The piece contrasts conflicting views on the theater and notes the speaker’s impact in reconciling art with faith and cultural identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Thrills
Drama League
Shakespeare
A Coming Virtuoso Thomas Dixey Visits Geor gian Terrace
Thomas Dixey of New York, staying with his parents Mr and Mrs T B Dixey at the Georgian Terrace, is spending time in the city with his father’s business here in the interest of interstate commerce mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Dixey
New York
T. B. Dixey
Georgian Terrace
Interstate Commercr
New Books Received by the State Library
Mrs. Maud Barker Cobb state Librarian lists newly received books across law and tax. Titles include Law Michie Banks and Banking Richey Proployers Liability Acts Fletcher Corporation Forms Jones Evidence Poster Income Taxation Oswald Contempt McMurchy and Denis on Railways Browne and Theobald Railways Leake Contracta Odgers Pleading Pollock Torts Falconbridge Banking Legislation of the Empire four volumes. Also includes advance sheets Supplements and standard encyclopedias digests case citations Shepard's. Other Than Law Blake Golds Plgro of Georgia Adair American Injian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Barker Cobb
Michie
Richey
Fletcher
Jones
Poster
Oswald
McMurchy and Denison
Browne and Theobald
Leake
Odgers
Pollock
Falconbridge
Shepard
Law—Blake
Georgia
Adair
Former St Paul police chiefs found guilty of bribery
Martin Wanagan formerly chief of the St Paul police department and Fred Turner formerly city detective were convicted of accepting 3000 from a woman linked to an underworld resort, in a joint trial in St Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Martin Wanagan
St. Paul
Fred Turner
Underworld
Grand Jury to not probe county locker club situation
The current grand jury will not investigate the county locker club issue during the November term. Solicitor General Dorsey prepared twenty indictment bills, but the grand jury passed on them and will defer to the next panel. It is understood future jurors will be charged to probe the matter and seek a presentment before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsey
Brees
Ben Hill
Tango Craze Reaches Atlanta Hotels And Broadway
The tango fever hits Atlanta with Piedmont Hotel hosting Mardi Gras night March 2 at 10 pm with central dancing space and professional performers. Hotels downtown plan cafe dancing. Ancley may add similar, while Winecoff hopes to resume tango tea.
300 Pound Otto Fry Arrested in Embezzlement Case
Chicago report says a message from White Plains, New York noted Otto Fry’s 300 pound size and led detectives to arrest him on an embezzlement charge. Fry admitted working in White Plains but denied the accusation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
White Piaina
N.Y
Otto Fry
Iry
Fry
White Plains
California Sets World Torpedo Firing Record
The United States cruiser California fired seven torpedoes in battle practice off San Diego at 3,000 yards while steaming 10 knots. The first five shots hit bullseyes and the seventh, though stuck in the tube, was counted as a Shot, returning to harbor today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
United States
California
Preacher Arrested on Arson Charge in Detroit Area
Detroit reports Rev. J. A Cottam pastor of the Metheast Church Dearborn suburb was arrested on arson warrant connected to January 15 parsonage fire. He said he received threatening letters from persons of two different religious beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
J. A’ Cottam
Dearborn
Suffrage Bill Passed by Woman Methodists
The North Georgia conference Woman's Missionary meeting at Athens adopted a resolution urging full membership and equal rights for women in the church, despite an error in a dispatch. The measure, nearly unanimously approved, calls on the general conference to remove restrictions on women and is attributed to Mrs McMachery, Mrs C C Jarrell, and Mrs Arrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Georgia Conference
Athens
Woman's Missionary Society of the North Georgia Conference
General Conference
McMachery
C. C. Jarrell
Arrington
Atlanta Ranked High as Convention City
Russells Convention Dates lists Atlanta fifth among U S convention hubs with 14 events in the next 90 days. Fred Houser of the Atlanta convention bureau cites 1814 projections: about 17,000 attendees, three days each, spending roughly $60 daily, with $2 cost to bring them here and estimated net profit of about $40 per person, totaling $250,000 for the year and spending of $1,386,000 locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russells
Atlanta
Fred Houser
Baltimore
Atlantis City
New Orleans
Louinville
Sam Francisco
Richmond
Irmingham
Savannah
Thin City
Houser
Whitman seeks witnesses in Kingston graft inquiry
New York February 19 District Attorney Whitman issued subpoenas to Kingston to compel twelve lawyers to appear in the Stohn Doe inquiry. The lawyers from Fowler and Vanburen are to produce records on title searches for condemned property linked to the Catskill viaduct project. Authorities suspect duplication of work and charges in the bidding and title searches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Catskill
Whitman
Kingston
Stohn Doe
Annedact
Board of Water Supply
Fowler & Vanburen
Byverett Fowler
Welcome to Pythians by President Wilson opens convention
President Wilson welcomed the Knights of Pythias at Washington as Secretary Bryan lauded the order as a leading influence toward world brotherhood. The golden jubilee celebration kicked off the annual convention with services in the convention hall and about 8 000 lodge rooms across the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Bryan
Universal “Brotherhood
Supreme Council
Knights of Pythias
Order
United States
Canada
Any Woman Can Have Smooth Hairless Skin
An advertisement claims a simple treatment using powdered delatone and water to remove facial hair. It suggests covering the hairy area, rubbing after minutes, washing off the paste, and notes quick, definite results with delatone bought in original packaging. The copy warns it may be harsh on sensitive skin and offers no medical endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mona Morrow
Toaiofi
Very Low Rate Extension Notice For 1914 Train Sleepers
Readable fragments show a low rate extension notice dated March 34 1914 for Pullman sleeping cars advertised by Fourth National Bank Building basement Advanta Terminal Station offices. Text references sleeping car bus and train connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemit
Pullman
Dinixeg
Tlons
Tigret
Hutaing
Advanta
WL County Board Hold Call Meeting
Rumors of a special meeting to address a grand jury presentment and censure over convict care were denied. No commissioner requested such a meeting, though the grand jury warned of possible indictment if demands for reform are not met. The grand jury plans meetings next Tuesday and Friday before adjourning, with potential action for the county commission next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Conan Doyle pleads for canal exposition from Britain
London February 19 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle today forwarded to Premier Asquith a petition signed by prominent British authors urging British participation in the Panama Pacific exposition at San Francisco in 1915. The petition stresses the large expenditure and the harm from straining the good relations between Great Britain and the United States. A memorial of similar effect signed by members of the House of Commons is ready for presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arthur Conan Doyle
San Francisco
Great Britain
United States
House of Commons
Miss Ruth Shuman Dies After Auto Race to Savannah
In Georgia, 17 year old Ruth Shuman survived a dramatic drive from Bilabelle in Bryan County to Savannah in a fast car driven by Dr. J O Strickland. She died the next day from the strain and acute appendicitis. The physician beat the time in the race to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah. Ga
Bilabelle
Bryan County
Savannah
Ruth Shuman
J. O. Strickland
Builder of Asuan Dam Attends Savannah Meeting
Chicago February 19 Officers of the National Drainages congress received word from Sir William Willcocks builder of the Asuan dam in Egypt that he would attend the drainage congress meeting to be held in Savannah Georgia April 22 to 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National
Drainngs Congress
William Willcocks
Asuan
Egypt
Drainage Congress
Savannah
Atlanta Grays Escorting Emperor Arrival in Mobile
Mobile February 19. The Atlanta Grays a crack company of the Georgia national guard will reach Mobile Monday morning to act as a special escort to Emperor Feliz Til. The company commander leads the unit on this duty in preparation for the arrival and ceremonial duties surrounding the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Grays
Mobile
Ala
Georgie National Guard
Emperior Feliz Til
Carnival Invitation Accepted by Association Company
J Paul Wilson secretary of the association notified that the company accepted the carnival invitation. Members of the company will receive every social courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Paul Wilson
Association
How She Discarded Unsightly Complexion
A reader shares a sensational tonic promise from Town Tattler style. claims pigment flaws vanish with mercorized wax nightly and a saxolite and hazel bath dissolves wrinkles. The self-help pitch asserts quick, painless transformation to a flawless complexion.
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W.C. Keough
Piedmont Hotel
Franklin Lady
Carausan
Caraui
Stratford-Upon-Avor
Merry Wives of Windsor
Zic
Sie
The
Syher Conan & Worris
Forsyth
Blanche Walsh Stepp
Goodrich & King
the McBans
Laura Buckley
Donovan & Arnold
Hackett Norman Hackett Stock Company
Groades
Grand Opera
Grand ‘Opera Boars
Biss
Katherine
Enis
Denala Laytess
Knights OF
God
Father Almight
Ibsen
Maeter- Mack
Bernard Shaw
Oscar Wide
Gary
Georges
Evans
Frank Benson
Shakespeare Theater
Stratford-Upon‘Avon
Benson
State Library
Grand Jury
Atlania
Peachtree Way
Piedmont
Boston
DeJarnette
Ancley
Winecoft
Convention City
Pythians
Via
West Point
Abile Pensacola
Conan Doyle
Asuan Dam
Sseene UK
Fred S. Stewart CO
Whitehall St
Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co
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