Bridal dinners and weddings fill a social week
A sequence of society events includes Howard M. Gay and Edyth Bruce Wood to wed Thursday after a Tuesday bridal dinner at the University Club hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George M. Gay. A. Lawrence Watzek and Alice E. Doyle wed at St. Patrick's Church, with a reception at the bride’s mother’s home. Other gatherings feature bridge parties, dinners, and a Halloween party planned by Miss May Cantwell and the All Souls Unitarian church group townspeople note extended travels and upcoming nuptials, with guests from Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville, and beyond.
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George M. Gay
University Club
Howard M. Gay
Edyth Bruce Wood
Gay
J. A. Swan
New York
Frank Gresham Wood
St. Patrick's Church
Victor J. Brucker
Alice E. Doyle
A. E. Doyle
A. Lawrence Watzek
Colum Ins. O
Frances Bartsch
John Doyle
Woodlawn Ayvenue
Bartsch
Watzek
Wittsburg
North
Trnois Street
Alfred W. Wataek
Nellie Watzek
Arthur Watzek
Columbus
Frank J. Horning
North Meridian Street
Z. T. Fitts
Hope Fitts
C. A. Kipp
D.A. Christopher
Ellen Anderson
Esther Conkling
Edith Kettling
T. B. Noble
Charles Shaffer
S. D. Pierson
Harry Weller
A. A. Hill
T. A. Alford
W. A. Holt
Henry Dollman
H. F. Fullenlove
Louisville
Charles A. Paquette
Cincinnati
Mary Gaar
Richmond
Herning
May Cantwell
Grace Denee
George W. Wolford
Tacoma Avenue
Cuba Matthews
Edna Wolford
Madeline Dale
Robert Perry
Frank Widner
Burl Ransom
Raymond Cantwell
Samuel Brown
Congig Avenue
Nellie
Miss Hunt
Addison A
North Park Christian Church
Kissing Game Triggers New York Principal’s Dismissal
In New York on October 26, ex principal Sheldon D Pardee of school No 13 resigned after officials revealed he allowed pupils to play a kissing forfeit game inside the building and even endorsed it. Superintendent Maxwell accepted his resignation stating principals have been dismissed for less. Pupils mourn Pardee’s retirement.
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New York
Sheldon D. Pardee
Pardee
Maxwell
Brightwood School Adopts Plan For New Quarters
Brightwood School crowded with 637 pupils, four rooms used for half day sessions and a kindergarten. Board orders Superintendent Kendall to obtain additional quarters with potential new rooms by year end. Night school opens at No 55 Seventeenth and Sheldon streets, arranging alternate weeks for boys to attend school and work in factories.
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Brightwood
Board of School Commissioners
C. N. Kendall
Kendall
Supt
Sevententh
Sheldon Streets
Seventeenth
Cincinnati
Inherits Half Million Stays Coal Heaver
Mrs. John Murphy of Chicago learns her share of an English estate amounts to about 500000 dollars. She remains content as a good housewife and mother, and her husband will not quit the railroad job. The couple has four children and shares with three brothers and one sister.
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Chicago
John Murphy
England
Jemima Stevenson Thompson
Hull
Murray
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad
West Fifty-fifth Street
George
Albert
Hector
Kathleen
Dolls Rule Boston Society Teas And Dolls
Society wives plan elegant teas christenings and bridge games to honor dolls as Boston's four hundred embrace a Paris inspired craze. Mrs Dupee and others describe their cherished dolls in antique gowns with rose satin tunics tapestries and Chantilly lace detailing, reflecting the season’s fashion fervor.
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Boston
Headlight Case Reopened Over 500-Candlepower Rule
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad testing case reopened in federal court before Master in Chancery Daniels. Engineers testified for the company arguing the 500 candlepower headlight is too powerful and the law unjust.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Railroad Commission of
Widow of famed sculptor to inherit estate after will battle
Mrs. Rachel M. Ward widow of John Quincy Adams Ward, called the dean of American sculptors, will inherit his entire estate after a will contest by his sister Eleanor Ward of Urbana Ohio whom she accused of fraud and undue influence. Ward had been married three times and attended funerals for his two former wives.
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Urbana
Rachel M. Co. S. Ward
John Quincy Adams Ward
Dean of
American Sculptors
Eleanor Ward
Mary Garden Wears Tell-Tale Signet in New Role
New York October 26 Mary Garden the prima donna reappears with a gold wedding ring on her left hand claiming she cannot discuss a partner yet adds if she wed a rich man it would not be so. She heads to Chicago Thursday to sing Puccini’s The Girl From the Golden West based on the play.
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New York
Mary Garden
Woman in Ear Case Held in $4,000 Bail
Alice O Rourke detained as a witness in the Fraser car cutting case was granted $4,000 bail in a special session of supreme court in Buffalo New York. She was arrested in New York a month ago as a companion of Joseph Meyers and charged with helping cut off the ear of Edward A Fraser a nonunion sailor on June 27 and delivering it to Harry Coulby of the Pittsburg steamship company. She remained in jail a month then requested bail but could not post bonds and was remanded back.
PUPILS STUDY DAILY NEWSPAPERS IN DC SCHOOLS
Washington October 26 students and teachers in the District of Columbia are to read current newspapers daily as part of their curriculum. The board of education adopts the idea of Prof. George C. Pearson urging quizzes on current events based on newspaper study to keep students knowledgeable about ongoing history.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Board of Education
George C. Pearson
Washington County High School
Hagerstown
Halloween Spirit Noted As Rails Soaped By Boys
A Halloween spirit prompted a crowd of boys to soap street car rails at Twenty-seventh Street and Northwestern Avenue and at Clifton and Eugene streets Tuesday night. Cars struggled uphill and downhill, making outbound movement difficult. Bicycle policemen tried to locate the youths at both spots but found no one.
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Hallowe'en
Twenty-seventh Street
Northwestern Avenue
Clifton
Eugene Streets
Trick and
Hett
West St. Clair Street
No kissing club drives Sharon girls to wine and cigarettes
In Sharon Pennsylvania on October 26 the No kissing club of young daughters from prominent families held a meeting in Buhl avenue. Dressed in masculine attire they arrived with cigarettes and tea bottles rumored to be champagne. Mothers noted odd behavior, with girls secluded at home afterward. President Jennie Davis and Secretary Gertrude Byers gave cautious statements about a social gathering with no confirmed misdeeds.
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Sharon, Pa
Sharon
Buhl Avenue
Culine
Jennie Davis
Gertrude Byers
Woman in Hoboken Offers Hair to Buy Farm
Helen Dysko of West Hoboken advertises selling her long hair to finance a farm life for her husband and child. Despite initial reluctance, she cites bills and poverty as motivation, hoping to fetch up to four thousand dollars to invest in land and a modest future.
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Hoboken
N. J
Helen Dysko
Stephanie
Pine compound whiskey remedy formula recommended by authority
A medical authority endorses a mix of pine compound half ounce with glycerine two ounces and whiskey a half pint to be dosed every four hours. Local druggists report strong demand and claim the mixture is simple to prepare with genuine Concentrated Pine in stock.
Fragments Reflect Personal Harshness and Longing in Rural Speech
The speaker describes poverty and appetite differences in plain talk. They mention selling a calf or meat by others, cooking over coals, and liking modest porterhouse and pigeons. The speaker recalls a lover praising their hair and appearance and suggesting they sell it.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Natural Digestion
An ad argues digestion benefits from help rather than starvation. It claims Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets perform stomach work, supply nourishment, and aid recovery by easing digestive burden. The product is sold by druggists at 50 cents a box and praised for natural action without disturbing the bowels.
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Stuart
Nature
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Lawrence Remy
Mr. Remy
Mrs. Kimball
Helen Kimball
Wryida Ryan
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Alexander E. Little
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Still
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R.V. Pierce
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Washington Street
Merchants Heat and Light Co
S. Fons
Beth Telephones
Mellen
de Witt
Gee Engle
Casto
Fletcher's
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Senate
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Oilio Foun
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Central Park
Superior
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