Elaborate Thursday Socials Highlight Weat Seventh Street
Mrs Hazel Humphrey hosted a charming Thursday afternoon at her West Seventh Street home with needlework, a delightful musical program by Dorothy Dixon and others, and festive punch. Guests and helpers, floral decorations of Shasta daisies and nasturtiums, and a later fruit ice and cake finish marked the event.
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Hasel Humphrey
Weat Seventh Street
Dorothy Dixon
Marian Gilstrap
Valeo Caprice
Ra Greig
Nell Murphy
Mary DeBarwish
Katherine Rose Bird
D'Harlot
Lila Prosser
Nina Nicklin
Wtite
Humphrey
Dixon
Eda Humphrey
Pauline Potter
Edith Prescott
Leslie Emmons
Marian Stowe
Ruth Duniway
Gertrude Holmes
Florence Thrall
Mozelle Hair
Greta Bristow
Ray Woodruff
Bertha Cummings
Ellen Frink
Mae Sage
Cosby Gilstrap
Etha Snodgrass
Baker City
June Gray
Grace Hobbs
Mabel Kuykendall
Mildred Learned
Grace Tomlinson
Jessie Calkins
Ethel Johnson
Jessie Prosser
Edwina Prosser
Clara Wold
Emma Travis
Mary DeBar
Winnifred Cockerline
Adair Allen
Eva Allen
Alberta Campbell
Edith Moxley
Alice Bullard
Eva Burton
Frieda Goldsmith
Beatrice Hales
Georgia Dillon
Eva Frazier
Frances Young
Kate Kelly
Lucille Abrams
Carolyn Dunstan
Zula Richardson
Veda Quacken
Summer social on river bank and club gatherings
A noon lunch followed by storytelling and games drew a merry crowd including Kate Henderson, Carrie Elspass, Grace Woods, Frieda Goldsmith, Genevieve Elspass, Vera Auten, Meta Goldsmith, Florence and Marjorie McCall, and others. Miss Frieda Goldsmith hosted a costume party with prizes for Marjorie McCall and Florence Heal and refreshments for the guests. The Aloha Club met with Mrs. J W Quackenbush and Mrs M J Duryea won the card prize. Eda and Mrs Earhardt plan a Sea Side visit and will be at home after August 15 at 618 Willamette Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Yoran
Florence McCall
Marjorie McCall
LaGrande
Etha Snodgrass
Baker City
Cosby Gilstrap
Florence Thrall
Grace Woods
Edith Liggins
Merry Bunch
Kate Henderson
Carrie Elspass
Frieda Goldsmith
Genevieve Elspass
Vera Auten
Meta Goldsmith
Florence
Bnsil Barker
Elizabeth Howe
Nancy Peterson
Edwina Prosser
Marjorie McCa
Aloha Club
J. W. Quackenbush
M. J. Duryea
Dunn
Michigan
Kelly
Geary
Burns
Dillon
C. C. Page
Slifer
Colorado
Eda
Moyenage Inspired Gowns Dominate Summer to Autumn Trends
Fashion notes from New York describe Moyenage gowns drawing on medieval and Venetian elements with heavy embroidery and lace. Rich fabrics like batiste silk and Shantung form the backdrop for rat cord ornamentation, with deep yoked skirts and waistlines near normal height.
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Catherine Mann-Pyzant
New York
Batiste
Bonfire picnic and weddings reported in local society pages
A tally ho party rode to Seavey’s ferry last evening and built a large bonfire for a picnic supper. The society notes include Mrs J W Buoy hosting guests from Paris, a Episcopal church auxiliary meeting, and the wedding of Mrs Lulu Tollman to E B Ehrhardt with details of the gown and ceremonial setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seavey’s Ferry
Lloyd Bellman
Myrtle Kays
Mae Horney
Jessie Fariss
Miss Bell
Misa Northrup
Carlyle
Farias
Shultz
Bauer
Gardner
J. W. Buoy
Kelly
Geary
Eugene
Paris
Lulu Tollman
E. EB. Ehrhardt
P. K. Hammond
Episcopal Church
Heider
Tollman
Brownsville
Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad and Summer Fashion Trends
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood cleanser with a long list of ingredients. The fashion section then discusses light summer fabrics, volumes of volles and crepe de Chine, skirt styles, sleeves, collars, and summer gowns, noting trends toward loose coats, fitted sleeves, and elegant yet practical outfits for the season.
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Taffeta
Medua
Tussar
Rajah
Batiste
New Daily Coast Mail to Debut in Marshfield
A daily newspaper called the Daily Coast Mail will begin publishing in Marshfield with its first issue on Monday. P. C. Levair is the proprietor and O. W. Briggs serves as city editor. Levair previously published the Coast Mall, later sold to Times Publishing Co. Marshfield will operate two afternoon papers.
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Marshfield
Coast Mail
P. C. Levair
O. W. Briggs
Levair
Coast Mall
Times Publishing Co
Book No 4 for Women by Dr Shoop Night Cure Ad
A promotional notice for Dr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin offering Book No 4 for Women and his Night Cure claimed to provide soothing health benefits. The ad states the book is free and directed to all dealers.
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Dr. Shoop
Murdered Man Found Floating In Portland River
Portland August 7 Evidence of a brutal crime surfaced with the discovery of a decomposed body bound with rope and towels, wrapped in blankets and a quilt, floating near the Pacific Coast Coal Company bunkers at Quimby street. Dowling and Wright found the corpse and pulled it to shore.
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Quimby Street
Portland
Pacific Coast Coal Company
George Downling
J.H. Wright
Dowling
Seventeenth Street
Wright
Fourteenth Street
One Watch Started Sears Great Fortune
Chicago born Richard W Sears, a former Minnesota telegraph operator, retired at Gray's Lake Illinois with a fortune of 25 million dollars after leaving Sears Roebuck & Co. He rose from a 17 year old watch gift to a key founder of a mail order empire. A New York syndicate recently paid 25 million for his Chicago share. He is 45.
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Chicago
Angel Richard W Sears
Redwood Falls
Minn
Gray's Lake
III
Heaton
Minneapolis
Sears, Roebuck & Co
New York
Saw Wife In Moving Pictures Ends In Divorce
In Seattle a five cent theatre visit led Frank W. Shire to file for divorce after spying his wife in a San Francisco scene on a film. He saw two familiar faces near the curb including his wife and a former roommate, while she was believed in Spokane. Three weeks after she returned home she failed to appear as expected.
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Seattle
Wash
San Francisco
Market Street
Superior Court
Shaw
Spokane
Shire
Roseburg to Host Next Sheriffs Meeting
Astoria reports the Oregon Sheriffs Association chose Roseburg as the meeting site for this year. Dates set for August 18 and 19. President M R Pomeroy of Clatsop County made the selection after consulting members and honoring their wishes to meet elsewhere in the state. Sheriff R L Stevens of Multnomah County, the secretary, will issue official notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria
Oregon Sheriffs’ Association
M. R. Pomeroy
Clatsop County
Roseburg
Pomeroy
R. L. Stevens
Multnomah County
Chickens Brought Down by Apparent Appendicitis Epidemic
In Lake Labish Oregon an apparent epidemic of appendicitis has struck local fowls. Poultrymen report post mortems on chickens dying from the disease. A few surgical operations were performed but deaths rose, as farmers suspect the birds overate standing grain during the threshing season.
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Lake Labish
Marriage License Granted for A Lesley Johnson and Bertha Godard
A marriage license was issued today to A Lesley Johnson and Miss Bertha L Godard. One party connected to a well known city couple, but names withheld on request. The groom is a university graduate and the bride is a nurse.
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A. Lesley Johnson
Bertha L. Godard
Pasadena Gardener's Call Condemns Burbank Fakery
Los Angeles August 7 The Pasadena Gardeners Association passes a resolution condemning alleged but false claims by Luther Burbank and decrying distorted public visions of plant breeding. The measure follows a Santa Rosa investigation report by D P Barnhart, editor of Pacific Gardener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Pa Gardeners’ Association
Luther Burbank
Burbank
California
Senate committee inspection of Northwest irrigation projects
Washington August 7 The senate committee on irrigation will inspect lands in the Northwest for reclamation projects. Members include Carter of Montana Warren Chamberlain Flint Painter Borah. They will start from Chicago August 11, visit Glendive August 13 for Yellowstone projects and inspect Shoshone Great Falls Milk River St Marys Lake Kalispell Yakima Valley sites through August 29 Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Irrigation
Northwest
Chicago
Carter
Montana
Warren
Wyoming
Chamberlain
Oregon
Flint
California
Painter
Kentucky
Borah
Idaho
Seatte
Glendive
Mont
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West Tenth Street
Arthur Slifer
Page
Miriam
S. S. Spencer
John Buoy
Burns, Or
Liggins
Geo. McMorran
DuBui
Whiteaker
John Campbell
Jessie Irvine
Georgia Horney
Claire Deyoe
Carry Coll
Helen Coll
Simmes
Lorena Rupperle
Fariss
Horney
Bauers
Werely
Mrs. Earhardt
Willamette Street
Parker
Sutton
Hugh Parker
James N. Sutton
Marine Corps
Annapolla
Kennedy
Miss Veda Quackenbush
The
J. 8. Magladry
High Street
Hobd
Hood
Sears’ Great Fortune
Sheriffs’ Meeting
Pasadena
Gardener’s
Senate
Harry Thaw
White Plains
Harry
Stanford White
White
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