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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1925
Page
16
Announcements note a Christmas dance on November twenty-fifth and a New Year’s dance on December thirty-fourth. Various local figures attend gatherings, with plans and honors including a sixth birthday party, a baby show prize, and upcoming weddings. Community members are named along with host locations and dates.
A 1925 Public Ledger Company release presents The Boy Friend featuring Patay and Gepyright. The plot centers on a shy student and a misfit romance as misunderstandings and schoolyard hijinks unfold.
Local items recount travel by John T. Muldoon to Doddridge County for educational meetings and school scoring, a Nashville marriage engagement, and numerous social events. Readers learn of bridal showers, bridge clubs, and PTAs with lists of participants, plus regional notices on residents visiting, returning, or relocating for the holidays.
Directory style entry noting director John Kenna visiting Huntington on business this Thursday and Miss Anne Galnea arriving in Jeston on Saturday, December 19. Contains two named individuals and a place and date context, reflecting a brief social or courier notice from the era.
An old advertisement touts a three day cough as a danger signal and promotes Creomulsion, a creosote based emulsion claiming to soothe inflamed membranes, inhibit germ growth, and treat persistent coughs and bronchial conditions. It promises stomach absorption and a money back guarantee if relief isn’t found with proper use, urging readers to ask their druggist.
White Sulphur Springs notes visitors arriving at the Greenbrier from New York and elsewhere. Mr and Mrs J Torn Mrs D Woodridge and Mr B Woodridge join a long list of summer guests. Mrs R J Davidson of Suffern NY and Santa Barbara travelers stop for a few days. David Davis Miss R Chathem and S H Sebren among the guests. Hugh Goodfellow of San Francisco arrives to golf with Larry Bolger. Dr H S Ollifie drives from Charleston. Henry F Michell and daughters Helen and Florence arrive to enjoy golf tennis and outdoor sports. Mrs Elmner Tolman and Miss Julia also listed among attendees.
Tolman of Paris checked in at the Greenbrier this morning and plans to stay several weeks. Charleston visitors Edward Mart H W McMasters and J W Holderness golfed at White Sulphur this week. Mrs Samuel F Streit and Mrs a Frederick of New York rode Catsmount Trail this morning and Mrs Stefano rode Forest Drive. The Stretts and Freddicks motored to Lewisburg this afternoon. Editors of the Chesapeake Onto Railway Employes Magazine will hold a meeting here tomorrow through Saturday night.
Despondency over marital troubles was blamed for the death by self inflicted wounds of Dr. Samuel W. McEwan a lieutenant in the United States naval recruiting service in Cincinnati. His body was found in a hotel room last night with a knife wound. He was brother to Captain Jack McEwan football coach at Weatherford this year and had recently been divorced from Mrs Corinne McEwan of Cincinnati.
Old Maine fiddler known as Grandpa Mellie Dunham arrived in Detroit to entertain Henry Ford’s circle, reviving memories of yesteryear dances and shared hospitality. The veteran musician played prized tunes, embodying neighborliness and friendship during the gathering.
Center stage with the Ford orchestra as honored guest and entertainer, a picturesque white haired Ola character unfamiliar with the scene, and Ford executives and friends dancing the Virginia reel and heel and toe polkas. Ford advocates a return to friendliness and neighborliness in the country.
A London case sees Capt. AL Green awarded 7506 dollars after a French officer won his wife’s affection. In Cambridge a professor faces a similar verdict totaling 6000 dollars. The report notes husbands paid for wipes and reflects on the outcomes.
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