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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1906
Page
10
Southern society notes from Austell to Jefferson list visits and arrivals. People named Rhodes Humphries Bogart Verner Morrison Meador and more travel between Atlanta Rockmart Macon Hendersonville and New York. Hosts hostesses and guests attend parties at Meadows Inn Arcadian drive and other locales.
Miss Emma Mae Ferrell and Mr Oscar Davis Dalton wed at the First Baptist church in Valdosta. The ceremony featured white decor with palms and roses, Abel's Orchestra, Lohengrin march, and a ribbon bearer procession. Attendants included Lamar Lewin, the Converse sisters, and guests from Valdosta Tampa and Montgomery.
The report details a North Carolina bride and groom from Valdosta and Covington society, with lavish wedding rites and 200 guests at the Valdes hotel. It lists attendees, dress details, and gifts, followed by Covington social notes of visitors, engagements, and school appointments, including Miss Barrett of Athens and Professor Allie Foster's five year Covington school principal term.
Mrs Swygert returns home after visit in Oakland NORCROSS. Miss Merl Rawls home from Meansville. Gus Dean to spend summer with parents Mr and Mrs B C McDaniel. Tillman-Key wedding planned in Quitman. Miss Janie Laird from Atlanta visiting West Point. Fay Shutae Rene Scott and Katie Sue Longshore in LaGrange. Misses Raith Ruth Martin return to Columbus after visit. Bess Smith visiting Atlanta with Mrs E E Huguley. Mrs L W Arnold and children return from Atlanta. Miriam Kootuwatelda visits Alexander Ci lla. various local socials, visitors, and music engagements noted.
Seaboard Air Line Railway to run a Saturday through sleeping car from Atlanta to Wilmington returning the sleeper to Atlanta. Train departs Atlanta at 9 35 p m and arrives Wilmington next day at 6 30 am with Wilmington streetcars ready to convey passengers to Wrightsville Beach hotels. Fares include a special two day rate and longer five dollar daily options.
The Southern Industrial Educational Association outlines ongoing scholarships to St Marys Tenn and Arkansas schools, funding for Bishop Satterlee and Hen son districts, and support for seven North Carolina Morganton district schools. They urge wider aid, noting education as a vast South need and predicting future growth with philanthropic support.
New York socialite Cynthia Burke Roche wed Albert Scott Burden at Grace Church in a noon ceremony performed by Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington. A sweltering, packed crowd spilled into the streets as police cleared a path for the bridal party amid the city's elite society.
A lavish ceremony in New York featured guests from towns and Europe. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Burke Roche, wore a white radium satin gown with lace bodice and orange blossoms, followed by a reception at Sherry's. An estimated $50,000 was spent on flowers. The bridal party included Miss Roche and her brother Maurice Roche. Mendelssohn’s Wedding March closed the service. Flowers later donated to Roosevelt Hospital. The mother of the bride wore orchid mauve mousseline de soie with matching hat and plumes.
Moore and Pone showcase Serpin Tate ible focal glasses at 42 N Broad St in the Prudential building. The new design provides distant and near vision in one pair with no seam, claiming a clear advance over other glasses.
The Industrial Workers of the World push socialism among Canadian workers while the AFL issues 121 charters in five months, up from 91. The Western Federation of Miners aims to organize Mexican natives via Arizona and New Mexico, and the Georgia State Federation of Labor may elect Nathan D. May as head. Pittsburgh unions plan a dedicated labor building, Boot and Shoe Workers' Union to hold a Milwaukee convention, and Chicago trains seek Brothers of Railway Trainmen organizing.
The Brotherhood spans the United States and Canada with shops in Sacramento operating on union principles. Missouri federation head forecasts a record labor gathering in Moberly in September. Ohio Letter Carriers plan a July 4 Columbus convention attended by National President J D Holland. A stray line about a proposal of sacrifice and marriage ends the fragment.
Police report arrests and convictions expected for persons who maliciously cut or damaged the cable company wires at the corner of Peachtree and Seventh streets during the night of Wednesday April 19 into Thursday morning April 20. The case seeks accountability for property destruction at the utility's stake.
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