A Christmas Song By James Whitcomb Riley Verse
A December Reader excerpt invites a tempered Christmas lyric that blends cheer with pathos. The poem contrasts childish voices and military drums with a gentle plea to sing for the voiceless and sightless, balancing merriment with sorrow in a single compassionate verse.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Christmas Weddings and Parties Across Atlanta
An long list of society notices details Miss Mae Healey wedding to John Miller Pogue guests, receptions for Miss Calhoun and Col J C Woodward crystal anniversary, multiple Christmas eggnog gatherings, weddings in Waycross and Decatur, cotillion at Segadio's, and a council meeting of Jewish women with musical readings.
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John Temple
Graven
Woods White
Ben Willingham
Wilt Willingham
J. O. Cross
Alonzo Richardson
Alfriend
Graves
Woods
Will Willingham
J. O. Cros
Personal Mention Groton student to visit city holidays
Misses and gentlemen from various cities visit homes for the holidays. Laurence Cothran of Charlotte visits his mother in College Park. Mrs. Neal at Clifton Springs cares for her ill sister. Helen Hough from New York guests Emma Gregg. Frances Stewart visits Mrs. Walter Roberts. Utica residents depart for Florida. Julia Rankin in New York with Augusta Rankin. Dr. and Mrs. Dunbar Roy in Richmond. Eva and Arthur Wrigley visit Macon. Miss Elise Lipscomb of Nashville to stay with Whitman women. Calhoun McDougall and others spend holidays in the city. Mrs. Romare and Mrs. Tilson visit Savannah with the Murchisons. Mary Powell visits Kate Waldo in Macon. Carrie Fall Benson visits Dalby at Mrs Shellman’s Juniper street. Charles and Mrs Martin of Sheffield spend holidays with Holcombe family. Farmers attend speaking in Ringgold with G M Davis of Floyd.Farmers Union aims to benefit.
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Charlotte
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Helen Hough
New York
Emma Gregg
Frances Stewart
Walter Roberts
Utica
W. R. Ingram
Sadie Harrell
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Emmie Thompson
Brenan
Floyd Newton
Rollin Broughton
Paul and
Grady Atkinson
Edmund Walker
University
C. O. Price
Caro Price
Robert Winship
Inman Park
Halile McHenry
Adele Pennington
Shorter College
Mary Rosser
Millen
W. H. Bowden
Montgomery
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Ida Stovall
Mattie Mae Baldwin
Kissimmee
Fla
Ruby Oliver
J. W. Reinhardt
Irby Kilpatrick
Athens
M. Richter
Joe Lee Mallory
Mary Jones
Sara Sue Langford
Conyers
Lula Walker
Local social notes span Abbeville Madison Decatur holidays
Abbeville figures greet guests and travel for weddings and reunions as Mr Wade Shepherd visits with his mother and Misa Nina Barnes attends gatherings. Residents host silver weddings, birthdays, and Christmas celebrations with relatives from Cordele Hawkinsville Barneaville and beyond while in Madison Decatur and nearby cities many trips to visit kin occur and holiday plans unfold.
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Abbeville
Wade Shepherd
Baxley
Misa Nina Barnes
Edison
Mesdames
Wilson
G. F. McLeod
Brick Yard
Local Visitors Return Home From Trips
William Bean of Hartsette reports Mollie Harper visiting Neel. Mrs. Alvin Frazier returns from Flint. Mrs. Anson West back from Talladega. Mr. and Mrs. Myers return from Nashville. Mrs. H B Roberts and Mrs. George F Buchheit back from Nashville and Charleston respectively. Several others including Miss Katheren Allingsworth Guthrie Ky and Mrs. Anna Borden return from Northern cities or Mt. Sterling Ky. Mr. and Mrs. W H Scarff due back from Nashville.
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Hartsette
Isl
Mollie Harper
Neel
Alvin Frazier x
Flint
Anson West
Talladega
Myers
Nashville
Roberts
George F. Buchhelt
Charleston
W. H. Scarff
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