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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1912
Page
6
Mrs D H Lopez and Mrs Moise Se Leon hosted a charming afternoon of bridge and tea for about twenty ladies at Mrs de Leon’s home. Guest of honor was Mrs R H Merrill of Salt Lake City. Decor featured green foliage and daffodils with a yellow theme. Prizes included cut glass and hatpins.
An Odd, Virginia woman reports improved health after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says long hemorrhages, back pain, and nervous sleeplessness from the Change of Life resolved, enabling her to work like other women. The ad claims widespread endorsement and invites letters for confidential advice from Lynn, Massachusetts.
Mrs Werner hosted a farewell bridge tea for Mrs Alvin Wellhausen at the Georgian Terrace. About fifty guests gathered in the mezzanine reception room with palms and baskets of pink roses, enjoying score cards prizes and bon voyage refreshments. Mrs Byck wore an elegant white lace outfit.
Miss Erwin of West Durham, N C, is the guest of Mrs K Ayer on Myrtle Street and is warmly welcomed by St Marys alumnae in Raleigh. Pagale May Ottley hosted tea for the St Marys girls at the Georgian Terrace to meet Miss Erwin. Mrs Stephens Hook to host a Friday bridge luncheon at Hast Lake with guests listed including Smith D Pickett Mary EH Leador S A Magill Lloyd Parks Thomas Hinman Colquitt Carter Hubert Davis Joseph Raine W E Foster Marshall Eckford Willis Westmoreland.
A weekend program includes a social at the pastor in Piedmont avenue home with Irish themed decoration and a St Patrick sketch. Henry Frank of New York lectures on man and sense soul at Carnegie Library. Westminster Ladies Aid hosts a birthday reception with birthstone tables and pennies. YWCA dining room reopens after fire loss with a chicken dinner menu. Marriage notice for Lucius Kimbrough and Mary Long in Albany. Mrs Remen hosts a small informal gathering at the Elysee with Mrs Ira Remden of Baltimore.
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The article catalogs spring millinery trends with a focus on youth and beauty. It highlights sensual touches like perfumed effects, French millinery, and varied hat shapes from brnpnet lace creations to Milan straw adorned with roses. It notes bold colors, veils, plumes, and ornate trims while detailing specific hat styles for youth, beauty, and modesty.
Mrs. Woods White hosted a five oclock tea honoring Miss Annie Lee McKenzie with forty guests in the terrace dining room. A Spanish orchestra, white and green decor, and daffodils framed the debutante gathering featuring Miss McKenzie in coral charmeuse and Miss Lucy Hoke Smith in blue. Attending were Miss Passie May Ottley, Miss Mary Traylor, and many others. The Daughters of 1812 met at Miss Nina Hornady’s residence for papers on 1812 era topics, followed by refreshments.
A novelty item described as practical and inexpensive for women, suggested as smart for bridge prizes. The text discusses plain and engraved gold designs suitable for gift use, noting their quaint, lasp and unclasp pressure features.
Mrs. H. E. Harman hosted a sixteen guest bridge gathering at the Georgian Terrace. Notables included Mrs. Harry Harman Jr and Mrs. Keats Speed of New York served as guest of honor and companion as prizes were awarded to four hostesses.
Mrs Allison was entertained by Mrs W S Witham at five o clock yesterday at the Georgian Terrace in compliment to Mrs W O Allison as they head to Florida. The party included Mrs Alison, Mrs George M Brown, Mrs George Traylor, Mrs FH H Barnes, Mrs Charles Sison, and Mrs R T Dorsey Jr.
The Ten Club will be guests of Judge Marcus W. Beck Friday the 16th at his home 26 Columbia Avenue. Paper by Samuel D. Jones titled Competition, Co operation or Combination.
In New Orleans on March 12 three jurors were selected from sixty nine for the trial of Miss Annie Strawford accused of murdering her sister Elise with morphine. A second panel of 200 was drawn and jurors will be brought in at 10 oclock tomorrow. The accused, Annie Crawford, 25, wore a black veil as the trial opened amid questions on death penalty and insurance motive. The state seeks to prove motive to collect insurance on the lives of her father mother and sister Mary.
Washington March 12 Senator Smoot described to the senate the seven year work of the printing investigating commission. He said reforms aim to reorganize the government printing office and cut waste. The commission reports ten million worthless documents and estimated 25 million dollars lost in seventeen years.
Lenox Mass March 12 One hundred rattlesnakes from the Shagti Coke Hills in Connecticut are to be brought here by a syndicate of Connecticut farmers to start a twelve acre rattlesnake farm land for which has been purchased in the western part of that town Rattlesnake oil is worth five dollars a pint and there is also a good return in the kina The farmers expect to have at least 5000 rattlers in the next few months.
Boston March 12 The wage movement in New England reaches Fall River where 25,000 workers in 100 print cloth mills will receive a 5 percent raise on March 25. Total affected in New England reaches 175,600 with similar gains announced in Taunton Holyoke Chicopee and Worcester. In North Adams 2090 spinning workers struck but are expected to return tomorrow.
In Rome Georgia March 12 the Berry School faculty hosted informal teas and receptions for several distinguished guests. Visitors included Miss Hilda Roberson Smith secretary of the Berry School Association of New York and Miss Maraesston daughter of Lady Isabel Margeston in London. Professor Webb of Bellbuckle Tennessee spoke to Berry school boys on Wisdom and Folly praising the school as a magnificent lifetime’s work. Dr J Hopwood and wife of Richmond Virginia visited and commended the school’s work.
Washington March 12 The house adopted a resolution seeking the department of justice to disclose whether it is investigating any smelter trust in the United States and if the American Smelting and Refining Company is connected to it Whether prosecutions have begun or are contemplated
Nashville march 12 with not a single dissenting vote the republican party of Tennessee nominated two state officers and adjourned sine die Governor Ben W Hooper was renominated for governor and Judge N S Cate of Newport was unanimously chosen for judge of the court of civil appeals No nominees were made for supreme court or railroad commissioner leaving the matter to the state executive committee The convention endorsed Taft and Hooper outlined new laws on primary rules corruption禁止 passenger franks and other measures urging reform and stricter liquor enforcement Hooper pledged a fight from Bristol to Memphis for a legislature aligned with his policies and warned that a saloon dominated legislature would not fairly fund the state debt.
A steer weighing over 2500 pounds, claimed as the largest range steer, was shipped from Billings to Chicago. It brought a record price of 200, said to be a record for a range steer. The animal was fattened on alfalfa, sugar beet pulp and syrup.
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