Tuesday Bridge Club Christmas Party at Auditorium hotel
The Tuesday Bridge Club held a Christmas themed party hosted by Mrs. S. A. Cottle at the Auditorium hotel parlors. Mrs. Mack Fox won the high score and Mrs. B. F. Bonds was second. both received reading pillows. Hostess served a salad plate with hot tea. several club guests joined the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Cottle
Auditorium Hotel
Mack Fox
B. F. Bonds
J. E. Ferneaux
J. W. Bowman
Jack Bakers
Oxsheer Smith
Hilton Culpepper
Rush Thomas
Frank Cheeves
Stanley Swift
Local Social Notices Listing Five Women
Five women named in a public social notice: Mrs. La Berthe Robinson, Mrs. Le land Green Jr., Mrs. Albert Collins, Mrs. Charlie Nabours, and Mrs. J. L. Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Berthe Robinson
Leland Green, Jr
Albert Collins
Charlie Nabours
J. L. Coleman
Delphian Chapter closes year with Italian stories lesson
The Delphian chapter met at Mrs. Niley Smith’s east Cameron home for a Christmas season lesson on Italian Stories. Leader Mrs. Don Eplen, with helpers Mrs. Walter Sharpe, John A. Smith, Frank Lesovsky, and Misses Rose Rischar and Winnie Henderson, gave guests gifts from a Christmas tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphians
Niley Smith
East Cameron
Don Eplen
Walter Sharpe
John A. Smith
Frank Lesovsky
Rose Rischar
Winnie Henderson
America's Food Plants Given to Entire World
A Washington Star writer notes that the discovery of America brought a flood of foods to the world. He lists corn, peanuts, tomatoes, potatoes and tobacco as New World gifts, along with pineapples, beans, guava, and sunflowers. He admits the bittersweet note of poison ivy among these offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Washington Star
Europe
Walter Raleigh
Columbus
Isabella
Spain
Cortez
South America
Olivia
New World
Dome atop West Baden Hotel Claims World’s Largest Span
The West Baden Hotel in West Baden Springs Indiana features a dome whose span outmatches St Peter’s. The structure rests on sixteen brick piers encased in mortar forming a near imperishable mass. The hotel houses a vast glass skylight over 18 000 square feet and a single room covering 4 000 square feet making it the largest enclosed space in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Capital
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Middle West
United States
Europe
Manchester Guardian
America
West Baden
Ind
St. Peter's
West Baden Spring
Greenbacks and Civil War money value changes
The text explains wartime fiat money proposed by Secretary Chase, its greenback paper notes, initial low acceptance, and later rise to par value as government reserves and specie payments adjusted. It notes 1862 value around 97 cents, decline near 1864, and eventual 87.2 cents with reserves set to support the notes.
Mrs Henderson visits Dallas as sister recovers from hip fracture
Mrs William Henderson is visiting her sister Mrs Tom A Robinson in Dallas where Mrs Robinson has been confined to bed for months after an accidental fall and fractured hip. She is improving and plans to sit and walk soon.
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William Henderson
Dallas
Tom A. Robinson
Robinson
Olive Pool
Cameron
Dinner at Mrs Hefle's Hostess Evening
A pre holiday dinner was held Friday evening at 606 North Travis Street hosted by Mrs. Sam Hefle. The event set a festive table for Mr and Mrs Lest Som, Donald and a guest, with all covers laid for four guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Hefle
N. Travis Street
Lestsom
Donald
The Wedding Ring and its Old World Meaning
An analysis traces the wedding ring from Anglo Saxon times to modern practice. It notes the ring as a pledge placed on the bride’s finger and its religious significance, contrasting past lessons with present customs in a reflective tone.
Temple of Heaven Shrine in Peiping’s Hidden City
An OCR fragment describes the Temple of Heaven within a hidden part of Peiping with a Tatar district, noting its significance to Chinese emperors who offered daybreak sacrifices to Shang-ti at dawn on December 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple of Heaven
China
Wo Hidden City
Peiping
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tuesday Bridge Club
Ford’s Dairy
Cameron, Texas
W. M. Splawn
Austin
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Evra Brainerd
Oklahoma
Texas University
Texas Railroad Commission
Delphian Chapter
H. F. Smith
H .F. Smith
Rio Grande Valley
Milam County
S. M. Burns Criminal District Attorney
Milam CO
Longhorn Quartette
F. J. Beckerman Leather
Supply House Shoe Hospital
DERBY
Jeff T. Kemp
San Antonio
Ness
Gor
F. Barnes
Dentis
Phor
Denson P
Alaska
India
J. W. Seabury
Browns Texas
Sa- Samuel Seabury
New
Bory
Kelly
Kansas City
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