Society wedding notices fill pages of city society column
The society pages announce multiple upcoming weddings and pre nuptial events. Miss Laura Miller Bobbitt to Edward Kennedy Reese will wed Sept 29 at 2102 North New Jersey street with a large bridal party and series of showers and parties planned in advance. Separate ceremonies include Miss Mary Davis to William J. Fanning at St Joseph’s church with a breakfast at 3212 Ashland avenue and later home at 651 Eugene street. Other unions include Miss Bethel Estelle Schofield to Harry M Eight and Miss Ruth Goldrick’s October wedding with parties and a Gamma Delta Nu sorority shower. The notices detail guests, outfits, venues, and planned celebrations across the week.
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Laura Miller Bobbitt
William Haywood Bobbitt
Edward Kennedy Reese
New Jersey Street
Kate Volz
Belma
Ala
Florence Kahn
Gladys Bookwatker
Louise Halliday
Chicago
Elizabeth Fitel
Ethel Mick
Faye Palmer
Bennett Bates Bobbitt
Madison Swadener
Marion
Ind
Miss Volz
Miss Bobbitt
Miss Halliday
Miss Kahn
Miss Bookwalter
Miss Bobbit
St. Joseph’s Church
Francis B. Dowd
Mary Davis
William J. Fanning
Elizabeth Davis
George Parker
Marie Filcer
Emma Hardegan
Luccia
Alfred Hagen
Ashland Avenue
Miss Davis
Mrs. Fanning
Eugene Street
Joseph Fanning
New York
Miss Lee
Pentaula
Bethel Estelle Schofield
John Schofield
Harry M
Anna M. Ramsey
Henry
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Edna Noelle Anddward Grigsby
Viola Ellis
Kight
Detroit
Mich
North Rural Street
Ruth Goldrick
Trousseau
Fleeta Davis
Drexel Avenue
Irvington
Phi Delta Nu
Ruth
J. P. Davis
Bess Bristow
Edith Bryant
Fannie Cook
Vera Deane
Laura Harrod
Anna Legg
Ruth Linton
Frances Miller
Ivy Pearce
Alma Pickerell
Marguerite Sahm
Lorine Stewart
Anna Poowles
Grace Wilson
Mesdames Pettis Bassett Lawrie
Alvin Moses
Fred Schmidt
Clyde Townsend
Lawrence Townsend
Sorority
Charlotte Carter
Kate Goldrick
Louis Buddenbaum
Harry Hayes
Glenn J. Bookwalter
Nellie Entis Hunt
Riley Hunt
Addison A. Lease
Kenwood Avenue
Doctor Loses $500 On New Paris Trick
A Chicago physician, Dr William Saunders, recounts meeting two men claiming American citizenship in Paris. They argued he could not cash checks abroad and he issued a $500 check. The men cashed the check and disappeared, leaving Saunders shaken by the new Paris trick.
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New Paris
Paris
le Matin
William Saunders
Chicago
Dr. Saunders
Boulevard Des Capucines
Patrick
Petterson
Country Girl Lured By Gar Conductors
Elsie Black, 15, was arrested in front of the St Louis street car sheds at 1 am after saying she admired bio uniforms of conductors. She ran away from a Breese, Illinois farm to stay with conductors, claimed no home, and was sent to the house of detention. Her father had asked for her arrest.
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St. Louis
Elsie Black
Gartland
Breese
Mr. Henderson
Elsie
Washington Avenue
House of Detention
First Los Angeles policewoman begins duties
Officer Leo Marden escorts Alice Stebbins Wells as she starts her first day as Los Angeles Police Department policewoman. Wearing star No. 105, Wells receives duties from Chief Galloway and feels weary yet confident after her initial shift.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Leo Marden
Alice Stebbins Wells
Brooklyn
New York
Back to Farm Cal Not Aided by Cities
Washington asks if migration from farms to cities correlates with rising farm prices. Data show 1890 to 1900 urban growth of 30.2 percent, 1900 to 1920s about 33.8 percent. The article suggests more people left farms for cities than moved from farms to urban areas, challenging a strong back to the land trend.
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Washington
New York
Howry Sues Brother Over Family Ranch Holdings
In Denver on September 20, H K Howry of Montana filed a federal suit charging his brother John H Howry and Grace H Howry with fraudulently organizing three stock companies to control land and cattle interests left by their father J K Howry and defrauding him of at least 200000 dollars.
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Denver
Colo
H. K. Howry
Montana
John H. Howry
Grace H. Howry
John H
J. K. Howry
Train Kills Doctor Near Woodburn Oregon
Dr Blackwell a 50 year old physician from Scott s Mills was killed when struck by a Southern Pacific engine while lying outside the track with his head on the rail. He had moved to Oregon from California a few months earlier and lived with his wife at Scott s Mills.
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Woodburn
Ore
Blackwell
Scott's Mills
Southern Pacific Railroad
Oregon
California
Scott's S
Mills
Keith's Grand Opera House Opens Third Week Amid Lively Acts
A capacity crowd attended Eliza Proctor Otis in Mrs Bunner's Run at B F Keith's Grand Opera House in Indianapolis. The program featured Barry Burkhardt, Signor Travato, Radiant Radio Furman, Cycling Auroras, Hibbert and Warren in blackface, and Mildred Jeanette with Nettie Louden. The Arvine-Benton stock company presented When Knighthood Was in Flower with Louise Dunbar as Mary Tudor and George Arvine as Charles Brandon, praised for costuming and pacing.
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Eliza Proctor Otis
B. F. Keith
Grand Opera House
Indianapolis
Mrs. Bunner
Barry Burkhardt
Keith
Miss Otis
Mr. Burkhardt
Sydney Shields
Richmond
Ind
Signor Travato
Marvelous Griffith
Radiant
Radio
Furman
Lightning Hopper
Fis
Hibbert
Warren
Charles Major
Arvine-Benton Stock Company
Louise Dunbar
England
Mary Tudor
Charles Brandon
George Arvine
Earl Metcalf
J. Francis Kirk
Frank M. Thomas
Fay Baker
The Little Girl That He Forgot at Park Theater
Monday night the Park theater presented The Little Girl That He Forgot with Beulah Poynter receiving noted acting merit though the play’s infanticide themes and poverty drew little audience applause. Other cast members also show real acting talent.
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Park Theater
Peulah Poynter
Beulah Poynter
Char
Spectacular Electric Act Shines at Colonial Theater
A bill of notable merits unfolds at the Colonial theater this week led by Salambo and Olivette a trio described as a man a woman and a girl They perform stunning electricity feats including fluid drawn between mouths and lights striking blue fire audience members witness the girl Monday.
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Colonial Theater
Salambo
Olivette
Womin
Excellent burlesque show with vintage vaudeville acts
An excellent burlesque show built on old time lines with fun predominating. Songs abound and pretty girls wear handsome costumes. Frank Damsel, John H. Price and Mike McDonald are the laugh makers. The first part Oh You Lemon! aims for pure laugh making purposes. Blanch Martin, Francis Farr and Alice Brophy head the beauty contingent. Miss Catherine Ross sings new illustrated songs.
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Frank Damsel
John H. Price
Mike McDonald
Blanch Martin
Francis Farr
Alice Brophy
Catherine Ross
Load of peaches sold for $1 in North Yakima
The peach crop fate strengthens growers conviction there is no guaranteed market until a growers union and cannery exist. A rancher finally sold a full load of twenty eight boxes for one dollar after failing to reach any commission house.
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North
Yakima
Wash
Gold Nuggets in Garden Spark Guarded Patch
San Bernardino California September 20 W F Frey a truck farmer in Slug Gulch reports a garden yielding many gold nuggets alongside cabbages. He sent a cigar box full of nuggets to the city and now has guards with shotguns protecting the patch. One nugget valued at 120 dollars.
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San Bernardino
Cal
W. F. Frey
Slug Gulch
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George W., Fisher
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William IE. Denoe
George W. Wolford
SS. Peter and Paul's
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Margaret Donnan
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Daniel Reynolds Brosnan
Ellard Dewane
Cincinnati
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Mr. Brosnan
St. Marys, Kas
Frank Garner
Muncie, Ind
Arthur Wells
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Herbert Foltz
Lake Mills
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Pretty Woman
Princelet
Cornelia Baxter
Tevis
Cornelia Baxter-Tevis
San Francisco
Prince George of Leuchtenberg
Berlin
St. Moritz
GAR
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Howry
Dr. Pierce
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Elsie Kaye
Mildred Jeanette
Nettie Louden
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