Interesting Meeting At Atlanta Woman's Club
Mrs. J. PAS McGovern chaired a large Atlanta Woman's Club gathering with a mix of business and entertainment. The program supported the peace committee, readings included War Brides, while discussions covered poets and current events. An opera recital was postponed due to federation meetings, with other reports on child welfare, mountain schools fundraising, agricultural outreach, and nominating committee plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pas McGovern
Atlanta Woman's Club
H. FE. Stockbridge
Carolyn Cobb
Marion Craig Wentwortho
Haynes McFadden
Kentucky
Mark
Moment
Madison Caweln
Martha Steele Anderson
City Federation
Atlanta Society Notes and Engagements Briefs
The Atlanta Art association sets its regular monthly meeting at Carnegie to the forthcoming Wednesday night. Brantly-Hunt announces the marriage of their daughter Margaret to John Pierson Hunt on the third of March at Clermont. Gilreath Buford wedding plans are disclosed for Grace Gilreath to Andrew William Buford in April at the First Baptist church. A matinee party by Mrs Omar F Elder honors Miss Carol Dean of Gainesville with guests including Miss Dean and others from Monroe and Atlanta society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.B. Gay
First Presbyterian Church
Milton Bradley
Peachtree Street
Tabernavie
Margaret Grant
Atlanta Art Association
Carnegie
Key
Brantly-Hunt
John Randolph Brantly
Margaret
John Pierson” Hunt
Clermont
Fila
Gilreath-Buford
James H. Gilreath
Cartersville
Grace
Andrew William Buford
U.S
First Baptist Church
Omar F. Elder
Forsyth
Carol Déan
Gainesville
Dean
Russell Bridges
Mary Lucy Turner
Linda Felker
Monroe
Carthew-Yorston
Local Meetings Schedule Notices
Several meet scheduled today and this week across Highland school PTA and community groups. Division 21 GIA B of L EB holds a 2 20 p m call meeting at Knights of Pythias hall Kiser building. Miss Alice Moses addresses Highland PTA on mothers topics at 3 30 p m Wednesday February 24. A meeting of young ladies and matrons is set for Wednesday 11 o clock at Mrs W A Parker home with Mrs Ralph C Norton speaking. Atlanta Woman's Suffrage League meets Wednesday at 3 30 p m at Carnegie Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division 21
G.I A
B. of L. EB
Knights of Pythias
Kiser
Parent-Teacher Association of
Highland School
Alice Moses
W. A. Parker
Ralph C. Norton
Atlanta Woman's Suffrage League
Carnegie Hbrary
Social items fill Georgia society pages with visits and news
Boston resident Mr Joseph J Smith stays at the Georgian Terrace and many guests arrive and depart for dances, readings, and visits. Mrs Edward Buckingham Ball and daughter Martha remain with Mrs John S Owens until spring. Mr and Mrs Randall Clifton of Washington DC are at the Fitzgerald. Mrs Ulric Atkinson and Miss Palmer Atkinson return from Rome. Lindsay Peters Ball born February 15 1915 to Mr and Mrs Slocum Ball. Various locals travel to New Orleans New York Miami and Florida for social events and health. Several readers plan charity readings at the Martha Berry School and dances at the Capital City Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Smith
Boston
Edward Buckingham Ball Ana
Martha
John S.owens
Randall ‘Clifton
Washington, D. C
Fiedmont
John
Littie
Macon
Samuel S. Dunlap
Slocum Ball
Lindsay Peters Ball
Southwick
Martha -Berry School
John W. Grant
Peter Grant
Memphis
John Staten
Bridge Club
Myrtle Street
Herbert Wiges
W. H. Wiggs
Ity
Elberton
Frances Ashforth
Florida
Corrie Belle Dawkins
Spring Street
Bryans Huson
Royall Watkins
Robert Thomas Spears
Social Crete
Marion T. Benson
Young Women to Aid In the Charity Carnival
Atlanta society hosts a charity ball and carnival to benefit the Home for Incurables and Georgia Children's Home. An afternoon meeting at 3 o'clock in Empire Building room 319 names Mrs Dan Harris and many young women invited. Prizes include a diamond queen, gold locket, silver mesh bag, and leather vanity bag for top finishers.
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Atlanta
Empire Building
Home For Incurables
Prientless
Georgia
Children's Home
Dan Harris
Mors. Lloyd , McRae
James L. Dickey
Marian Goldsmith
Beasle Brady
Marian_ Atchison
Margaret Grant
Laura Cowles
Mary Hines
Alling Fielder
Mary Robinson
Brooks County club asks for fair mail carage pay
At a regular meeting in Quitman Georgia the Brooks County Industrial Club unanimously adopted a resolution urging Congress to ensure railroads receive just compensation from the government for transporting mail. The club views railroads as the nation’s chief commercial development factor and calls for payment equal to services rendered if current rates are deemed insufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quitman
Brooks.County Industrial “Club
Inman Park Burglar Steals modest Loot in Five Homes
A careful thief prowled Inman Park Sunday night taking mainly cash totaling about $18 and missing two small banks from five burglarized homes. The residences listed include Mrs Genevieve Brooks at 202 McLendon Ave and others on Mayson Miller and Whiteford avenues. The Waddey residence yielded most, with $10 taken from Mr Waddell's pockets while the burglar left his trousers on the porch. Occupants were not disturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inman Park
Genevieve Brooks
McLendon Avenue
J. M.miller
Mayson
Woman Discovers Diamond in Hen Crop Near Athens
Athens Ga February 23 Special Mrs George Emerick wife of a police captain here yesterday killed a fat hen for dinner and found in the crop of the fowl an unset diamond about a carat and a half size valued by jewelers at nearly $200 The hen was bought from a lot shipped here from a small town up further in the State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
George Emerick
Wayne Senate Plans For Entertainment Of Supreme Officers
Wayne senate of the Delta Theta Phi law fraternity at Atlanta Law School will entertain Eugene Quigley Chicago chancellor of the supreme senate and Roy F McClure Chattanooga master of the ritual at a banquet at the Imball House on March 3 the anniversary of the Atlanta chapter organization Other officers of the supreme senate and members from Breckley senate of the University of Georgia Alpha Cappa Phi Mercer Theta Lembada Phi invited to attend the banquet to organize a permanent Georgia senate network
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Wayne Senate
Delta Theta, Phi Law
Atlanta Law School
Eugene Quigley
Chicago
Supreme Senate
Roy F. McClure
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Law School
Breckley
Senate
University of Georgia
Alpha Cappa Phi Fraternity
Mercer
Theta Lembada Phi
Georgia
Cincinnati Society in Annual Meeting in Georgia
At the Society of Cincinnati annual meeting in Georgia two new members were elected. Members must be descendants of Revolutionary War heroes and only the oldest son may join. New members include Thomas Savage Clay of New York and John Forsyth of Milwaukee. Officers named include Judge Walter S. Hartton as president and William Hamilton as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Spesialjj
Society of Cincinnati
Georgia
Thomas Savage Clay
New York
Josephy Clay
Continental Army
John Forsyth
Milwaukee
Charles Sprague Porsyth
Walter ‘S. Shartton
William Halmilton
Marion
Ala
George
Francis Tennille
William Harden
Francis Apthorp Foster
Edgarton
Leighton Wilson Beard
Philadelphia
Claims Are Being Paid to Policyholders in Rome
Rome, Ga., Feb 22 Special report states Hamilton Yancey of the state insurance department now in direct charge of State Mutual Life Insurance Co of Rome reports that claims are being paid daily to policyholders and lapsed premiums can be reinstated by meeting standard conditions. Actuary H W Buttolph’s investigation found substantial gain despite costly litigation and says the company should continue in business with policyholder support to meet obligations and protect interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Hamilton Yancey
State
Insurance Department
State Mutual Life Insurance Company
H. W. Buttolph
State Insurance Commission
Yancey
Pastor Resigns to Accept Cartersville Baptist Call
Rome Ga February 22 Special Rev CL McGinty pastor of Fifth Avenue Baptist church resigns effective March 1. He has accepted a call to the First Baptist church of Cartersville Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
CL. McGinty
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
McGinty
First Baptist Church
Cartersvile, Ga
Swift & Company Beef Sales in Atlanta Week Ending Feb 20
Swift & Company reports beef sales in Atlanta for the week ending Saturday February 20 averaged 8.80 cents per pound. Details on quantities and buyers are not provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Company
Atlanta
Jewish Orphans Home Directors Meet in Savannah
The Jewish Orphans Home of Atlanta held its annual directory meeting in Savannah with officers elected. President H H Kriggshaber of Atlanta, first vice Lionel Weil of Goldsboro, second vice J H Hirsch Jr of Atlanta, secretary treasurer Max Cohen of Washington, trustees Alexander Wolf and Morris Hehn of Washington. new directors include Rabbi Davie Klein of Sumter DC and L Luwenertz of Columbus GA. R A Sonn re-elected superintendent and Mrs Sonn named honorary matron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Thunderbolt
George Washington
Jewish Orphans’ Home of
Atlanta
HH. Kriggshaber
Lionel Weil
Goldsboro
N. C
J. H. Hirsch, Jr
I Max Cohen
Washington
Feediexander Wolf
Morris Hehn
Rabbi Davie Klein
Sumter
D.C
L. Luwenertz
Columbus
R. A. Sonn
Mrs. Sonn
Rome's Election Today in Rome Washington
Voters will decide tomorrow on the first four commissioners under the new government to take effect April 1. Candidates for first commissioner are C. Terhune W M Gammon and Braden. R H McLain and J R Cantrell withdrew. Seventeen candidates remain for four deputy commissioner posts.
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Rome
Trial Sends Fourteen Year Inmate Back to Asylum
At a trial before Ordinary Thomas a white man named Alfred Neal, who for fourteen years had been an inmate of the state asylum, was again adjudged crazy and was sent back to the asylum tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waycross
Speselal J
Thomas
Alfred Neal
Steamer Ogeechee Sails For Germany Amid Mutiny Threat
In February 1922 the American steamer Ogeechee, with a threatened mutiny among the ROSE crew, sailed for Bremen after Captain Dow convinced the crew shifting bunker coal would steady the ship. The voyage followed orders from owners in New York despite a bad list aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mnah
Special
New York
Dow
Bremen
British steamer Den of Ewie sails for Liverpool in convoy
Savannah reports the British steamer Den of Ewie sailed this afternoon for Liverpool with a cargo of cotton. The captain states that after leaving the 3 mile neutral zone he will be in constant wireless contact with Finglish warships and convoyed through mined sea sections for safety.
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Savannah
Fire costs half a million as cables melt in St Louis blaze
Fire in the St Louis business district caused more than 500000 in damage after cables melted plunging shops into darkness and triggering panic in nearby apartments and hotels. An explosion in the Ziegenhett Brothers Furniture building started the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Ziegenhett Brothers , Furniture Company
Old Plantation Days and Minstrel Show Sparks Debate
A fragment notes a minstrel show described as great entertainment with singing dancing and comedy. It hints at a social reaction urging sharing the show with friends and references a biased portrayal. The tone reflects historical minstrel performance rhetoric and its reception.
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Nana Tucker
Iring ‘Thomas
Spencer Atkinson
Capital City
Lyman Amsden
Nellie Peters Black
Agricultural Committee
Amsden
William Percy
Fleers
Irving Thomas
Lott Warren
Cora Brown
Mothers’ Department of
J. H. Bibb
Belsham
Beasham
Urlando
Fla
Christian and Missionary Alliance Tabernacle
Miss Hill
Morris Thomas
Khomé Innsley Park
Louise Hill
Laura Wyatt
Dixie Cawthorn
Claude Frederick
Ansley Park
Misa Hill
Charles” E \ Choate
Annie DuPree, Choate
All Sainte’ S Church
Herbert Eaward Macmurphey
Macmurphey
Columbia
Charleston
S.C
Chrlisle Copeland Taylor
Percy Taylor
Ter
Kore
Rountree
Mgr
Whitehall St
Vick
Genuine
Vicks
Louis’ Moeder
Herbert J Magmrphey
Miss i
Howard
Carlisle Taylor
Sterrett
Robert Sterrett
Howard Muse
Louis Mloeckel
Cyrus Strickler
Helen Muse
Sewing Club
Ulric Atkinson
Miss Palmer Atkinson
William FR. Pana
Buffalo
Stysses Lewis
Inman Bell
A. H. Hammond
Greenville
S. C
T. M. DuBose
Sjr
J.greze
Columbia, S.C
Hae Nan
H. S. Lippitt
Sells ‘Ave
Mue
Samuel
Vorter
Barry Wright
Slaton
Palm Beath
Royal Poinciana
W.E. Richardson
North Boulevard
Lillian Flynn
Asheville
Louis Morrison
Pome
A.C. Evins
Crea Briscoe
Detroit
Rosalie Davis
Marian Atchison
Dorothy Harman
Virginia “Lips-comb
Mattie Lamb
Edwin T. Lamb, Jr
Res Conkey Whitehead
Sielenwood
Enn
Mary E. Oliver
Strother
Harriet Snook
Glad Hanson, Snook
Lillie Brown Lyndon
Washington, Gs
T. A. Burke
Madge Bannigan
Providence, R. I
Thomas KR. Burton
Davis-Vischer’ Sanitarium
Hamilton Apartments
Sheppard W., Foster
Hampton Springs
Irs
Wallace Boyd
Birmingham
Norman Sharp
Newnan
coTland Jones
George Bohan
Elizabeth ‘Rainey
W.S. Clark
Covington
W.’ S| ‘Witham
John McCullough
Harriett McCullough
Helen
McCullough
Arnold Broyles
Louise Broyles
Battle Creek
Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co
America
Brooks County Club, Railroads and Mails
Scote
Wilmington, N.C
Georgia Railroad
Atlantic ‘Coast Line
Wilmington
Wannington
Cincinnati Society
Federated Women’s Clubs
State College of Agriculture
Sixth District of Federated Women’s Clubs of Georgia
Bruce Carr Jones
J. D. Price
A.M. Soule
FJ. AH DeLoach
Georgia Agusture Experiment Station
Experiment
Julius, H. Otto
Georgia, State Fair Association
Celeste Parrish
Georgia State
W. G. Middlebrooks
Bibb County
Hon. J. Phil Campbell
State Farms
Charles J. Haden
The
Georgia Chamber, of Commerce
E. Willingham
H. R. Buckey
Southern Railway
Flying Squadron of America
United States
City Auditorium
Daniel A. Poling
United Society of Christian’ Endeavors
Charles M. Sheldon
Daniel V. Poling
William Lowell
Patton
Ira Landrith
Ward-Belmont College
Nashville
Tenn
Carolynh Geisel
Mich
Wilbur B. Sheridan
Epworth League
Frederick Butler
Butler
Frank d
Hianly
Indiana
John Lewis
Oliver Wayne Stewart
Thlinosy
Vera -K. Mullin
Hugh Porter
Chelena Market Co
Beauty
Cuticura
Dept
Hotel
Bossert
Hicks , and Remsen
Brooklyn
New York City
Borough Iato
Financial District
Buthway
Grand Central Station
S. Pryor
Hunter &Té
Dauber Lamb
Ogeechee
Germany
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