Society News Highlights From Mrs Meyers Home
A Wednesday afternoon gathering at Mrs. George Edward Meyers on North Meridian honored Miss Mary Cummins Baker ahead of her late month wedding. Guests included out of town visitors from Evansville Champaign Keokuk and Marion. A second event, the Young Women's Christian Association reception for President's Day, drew over 200 guests with pink and white decorations and a harpist.
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George Edward Meyers
North Meridian Street
Mary Cummins Baker
Richmond
Patricia Collier
Eleanor, Jones
Edna Levy
Schultz
Evansville
Homer Jones
Roy Blatchley
Champaign
Ill
Charles ©. Tuttle
C. & Whitney
Keokuk, Ia
Robert H. Allison
Young Women’s Christian Association
B. W. Gillespie
R. C. Jessup
D. J. Roberson
Arthur C. Reed
A. B. Tolin
J. B. Terhune
A. B. Cosler
D. KK. Armstrong
B. G. Hanks
C. BE. Te
C. L. Ehrensberger
Cheney
Anna Segar
James A. Calderhead
Graceland Avenue
Sabine Frederick
Calderhead
Laura Kettler Frederick
Bess Herr
Glarence Schad
Bloise
Vera Jacob
Elizabeth Light
Mary Harlan
Alice Hoffman
Ethelene Griffing
Helen Holloway
Clara Eppey
Olive Cline
Theress Root
Margaret Curtis
Noblesville
Claude O. West
Stanley Bowen
Charles Meyers
Charles Koelling
Frederick C. Schnabel
Sigma Beta &Sorority
Bridge
Talbott Avenue
Pear Irene Johnson
Richard M. Johnson
Harry W. Knanniein
A. G. Knannulein
Ashland Avenue
Claude R. Shaver
Seventh Presbyterian Church
Evelyn O’connor
Leora Knanniein
Netta Garver
Marshall
Samuel Garrison
Enza Boteler
Miss Knannlein
Miss Garver
Knannlein
Wright Street
Propylaeum
Henrietta Kitchell Blakeman
Marie Halleen Dawson
George Raymond Eckert
Schubert
Paganini
Beskrosky
A. M. Robertson
The
Matinee Musicale
Blakeman
Eckert
Dawson
Miss Holliday
First Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth McCoy
China
W. Pink Hall
North
Ilinois Street
Jullhuis Caesar Nayphe
Women Urged to Care for Feet by UC Professor
Berkeley Cal Oct 6 Most aches and pains in women stem from neglect of feet says Prof Walter Magee head of UC physical culture. He advises improving foot care and suggests practical steps to relieve strain and fatigue.
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Bhekeley
Cal
Walter Magee
Department of Physical Culture
University of California
Taft Cabinet Inspects World At Public Gost
Taft’s cabinet resumes Washington duties from vacations as officials return to the capital. Secretaries Meyer Dickin son Nagel and Wickersham join tours from New York to Puget Sound, Cuba, and Alaska to inspect stations and affairs. Generals and admirals also travel for inspections while Knox Carr Osborne and others stay or visit foreign and domestic posts.
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Taft
Washington
Beverly
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Executive Department
George Washington
Grover Cleveland
Mount Vernon
Cleveland
Cleveland Park
Florida
Alaska
Navy
Newberry
New Orleans
Newport
Portsmouth
Canada
Europe
Secretary of the Navy
Meyer
New York
Puget Sound
Cuba
Dicki Nson
Philippines
China
Gen. Edwards
Insular
Siberia
Berlin
Nagel
Wickersham
Shubert Murat to Host Baby Mine and The Trouble Makers
The Shubert Murat theater announces Baby Mine coming next week after acclaim in Chicago and New York with Margaret Mayo’s farce. Park presents The Trouble Makers with Ward and Voices. Lucy Daly sings as Babbling Bess Snodgrass. Majestic and Colon ial offer vaudeville and variety acts. The Native Woman Man features in a dramatic scene and The Woman in the Case is promised next week.
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Shubert Murat
Keith
Park—Ward
Voices
Majestic
Miss Ananias
Empire
Chicago
Princess and Garrick
New York City
Margaret Mayo
Daly
B. D. Stair
Ward
Lucy Daly
Bess Snodgrass
Wil
Bess
Arvine-Benton Players
Majestic Theater
Little Hal
Nat-a-Bitch
England
Lawa
Tabywanna
Clyde Fitch
Pathetic Finale Scene in The Squaw Man Shocks Audiences
A stage finale in The Squaw Man is described as one of the most pathetic scenes ever presented. The reviewer emphasizes the emotional impact of the closing moments and the audience reaction to the final act.
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The
Health and Beauty Queries Highlights Remedies and Opinions
A health and beauty column offers scalp health tips for gray hair tied to a diseased scalp, recommending cleansing with canthrax shampoo and quinine tonic, plus home mixtures to improve complexion, reduce hair loss, and treat skin blemishes. It discusses flesh reduction myths, eczema remedies, liver tone, and eye tonics, with various DIY concoctions and cautions.
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Luxor
Miss Genevieve Lyon Dances At The Colonal theater
Miss Genevieve Lyon, a minister's daughter from Chicago, recently appeared as an extra at the Colonal, donning Greek robes and flowing dark hair. She danced in Greek classics, drawing audience admiration. Lyon, tied to Chicago, has posed for a bronze head and was named the city’s most beautiful girl. She now returns this week and next with prior work with the Ben Greet players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Lyon
Colonal
Miss Lyon
Chicago
Ben Greet Players
Oscar Kaufmann Shines In Moulin Rouge Troupe Act
Oscar Kaufmann of Kaufmann and Sawtelle brings real musicianship to the Empire stage this week. Trained by Europe’s top masters, he was among the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s leading violinists. He showcases violin, piano, and cello alongside Miss Sawtelle in a entertaining act blending classical and popular songs.
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Oscar Kaufmann
Kaufmann and Sawtelle
Moulin Rouge
The
Empire
Kaufman
Europe
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Miss Sawtelle
Government Officials See Parks Farms Across West
Secretary Ballinger toured Interior Department projects in the west and visited Washington state. Postmaster General Hitchcock sought leave in Washington summers and traveled to Europe, then visited Arizona and New Mexico. Daniel J. Keefe inspected immigration stations along the Canadian border, noting smuggling concerns of Chinese and other aliens.
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MacVeagh
Dublin
N. H
Hilles
Ohio
New England
Andrew
Gloucester
Mass
Bath
Lawrence QO. Murray
Atlantic City
Royal
Cabell
Internal Revenue
Pacific Coast
Lee McClung
United States
Wilson
Department of
Iowa
Ballinger
Department of the Interior
Washington
Hitchcock
Relef
Europe
Arizona
New Mexico
Daniel J. Keefee
Bureau of Immigration
Canadian
Two Hunters Slain in Colorado Deer Opening
On the first day of Colorado's deer season two hunters died. Fred A. Eagle of Colorado Springs was mistaken for a deer and shot by his best friend Adam Dingless. W. A. Hollenbeck of Eagle accidentally shot himself.
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Colorado
Fred A. Eagle
Colorado Springs
Adam Dingless
W. A. Hollenbeck
Eagle
Cathedral Debt Paid Off By Mortgage Holders
New York Archbishop Farley announced St Patrick’s cathedral cleared its 850000 debt by turning over 200000 to mortgage holders. The milestone concludes the churchs financing on the landmark during October.
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New York
Farley
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Ohio chief picks five to locate new normals
Gov Harmon appoints five men to search for sites for two new normal schools in Ohio. The panel includes a editor, two professors, a banker and an ironworker. They tour northern towns with prominent citizen committees and end day dining, with towns paying meals and the state covering travel.
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Columbus
State Normal School
Ohio
Northeastern
Harmon
7. S. Hummel
Wilmington
C. L. Martzolff
Athena
W. H. Johnson
Granville
N. J
Miamisburg
Levi D. York
Portsmouth
Rides 1193 Miles on Trolley Lines
Pittsburg student Henry E Tuergans traveled for twenty days through Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Connecticut and Massachusetts mainly by trolley. He logged direct trolley miles 1193 plus twenty side trips nine miles by rail one mile by hack and eighty seven miles on foot costing 33.10 in car fare.
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Pittsburg
Henry E. Tuergans
New England States
Juergans
Hack
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
More Oil Locomotives For Hill Lines
Ten new oil burning engines for the western divisions of the Hill roads will arrive in six weeks and join fifty five oil burners already at Spokane, Portland & Seattle. The railroad will convert many coal burners to oil and the Oregon trunk line will also receive oil burners.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Western
Hill Roads
Spokane
Portland & Seattle
Oregon Trunk Line
Open-air schools planned in district report
Open-air schools will be established in the district as per the annual report of Snowden Redford municipal architect. By order of Engineer Commissioner Judson, plans are being drawn for buildings with flat roofs and parapet walls to accommodate open-air classes.
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Washington, Oct
Snowden Redford
Judson
THREE WOMEN RIDE 101 MILES IN NAVY ENDURANCE TEST
In Vallejo California three women Mrs Walter A Bloedorn Mrs Frederick T Bond and Miss Emily Simons completed the navy endurance ride of 101 miles in nineteen hours within three days surpassing the required ninety miles in nineteen hours set for all officers during Theodore Roosevelt era.
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Vallejo
Cal
Walter A. Bloedorn
Bloedorn
Frederick T. Bond
Bond
Emily Simons
Manly H. Simons
Naval Hospital
Mare Island
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
Bloehorn
Simons
Cupid Rules Bible Class in Chicago
In Chicago on October 6 the Washington Park Congregational Church Fellowship club known as Cupid is advertising an unwedded only Bible class. The fall rally introduced three new engagements Miss Howson with Walter Liebman Miss Hazel Walker with William Sherwood and Miss Florence Pilgrim with Edward Biester. Several Blue faction members remain unmarried while others seek new members to balance Reds and Blues.
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Chicago
Washington Park
Anna Howson
Walter Liebman
Hazel Walker
William Sherwood
Florence Pilgrim
Edward Biester
Lillian Yates
Goldd Lenhart
Elise Dungan
Grace Starker
Mary Williams
Eva Baird
The
Blues
Oregon crops valued at 115 million dollars this year
Portland report from Dr. James Withycombe, director of the Oregon experiment station, estimates Oregon agricultural products will total about 115 million dollars for the present year. Dairy 14 million, wheat 13.75 million, hay 10.09 million, oats 36 million, potatoes 5 million, fruit 6 million, poultry 5.009 million, wool 1.0006 million, hops 3 million, livestock 25 million, miscellaneous 23.25 million.
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Portland
Ore
James Withycombe
Oregon Experiment Station
Corvallis
Oregon
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