It Takes a Woman to Do Fool Things
A clipped line from the Houston Post quotes a remark about folly and a headed barber. The brief exchange underscores a joking critique of mistaken judgment and sharp wit in a local voice from the era.
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1915
Page
5
A clipped line from the Houston Post quotes a remark about folly and a headed barber. The brief exchange underscores a joking critique of mistaken judgment and sharp wit in a local voice from the era.
Paris June 11 reports say Russian forces halted an Austrian column marching on Koloméa after fierce fighting. The action produced heavy casualties and significant booty for the French, with details remaining fragmentary as reports continue to arrive.
A wartime bulletin notes fortified positions near Neuville St Vast and claims capturing three 77mm guns, three Dombthrowers, fifteen mitrailleuses, thousands of grenades, rifles and millions of cartridges along with engineers tools and explosives. It details advances along a two kilometer front, repelled counterattacks, and German casualties, with ambulances receiving wounded and many dead. In Galicia the Teutonic allied armies attack Russian forces near the Dniester, while Czernowits area reports limited engagement and Russian resistance. A joke about smoking ends with a quip from the Boston Transcript.
The Delta Theta Phi Law fraternity alumni and Atlanta Law School members will hold their annual banquet tonight at the Winecoff hotel starting at o'clock. alumni travel from Georgia and Atlanta to attend and discuss plans for a permanent alumni association in this city. Robert Parker will preside as master of ceremonies with a slate of toasts from John K MacDonald Sr Breckley Senator Hoewirt W Chambers Wayne Senate Walter Marshborn and others.
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