Dinner Party Brings East Tennessee Guest to Jefferson City
Mr and Mrs M L Bee ter hosted an elegant dinner at Colonial Hall honoring Miss Corene Renfro of Elizabethton whose visit inaugurates a series of social events. The hall glowed with Dresden tinted flowers and bright lights while pink and lavender decor carried the theme through the menu and place covers. Guests included Mr and Mrs Beeler Miss Renfroe Miss Merna Bible Mr Ben Allen Dr R H Clark and Mr and Mrs Dana Bible, with Circle Girls of the First Chris-
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Jefferson City
Tenn
M. L. Bee Ter
Colonial Hall
Corene Renfro
Elizabethton
Renfro
Dresden
Beeler
Corene Renfroe
Merna Bible
Ben Allen
R. H. Clark
Greeneville, Texas
Mrs. Dana Bible
College Station
Texas
Crepe de Chine West With a Piped Frill Pleases School Girl
A college girl wardrobe feature describes a navy blue fibre silk gown with a white crepe de chine vest. The neck and frill are piped in navy silk, with pin tuck trim along the hem, noted as simple to clean by dipping in gasoline.
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Mme. Lisbeth
Missionary Club Meeting on Myrtle Street
Mrs Roy Goodwin met with members last evening on Myrtle Street with a sizable turnout. Mrs Jim Pyle opened the program and spoke on The Value of a Missionary Story. Mrs Wm Coleman led devotionals and Miss Elsie Long read Who Is Your Neighbor. A social hour followed with ice dessert. Country Club hostesses for tomorrow’s sewing and bridge session are Mrs J Fred Johnson and Mrs W W Hufford.
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Tian Church
Roy Goodwin
Myrtle Street
Jim Pyle
Wm. Coleman
Elsie Long
Goodwin
Local residents visit the city yesterday
Mr L V Brinkeman of Knoxville and Mrs Elberta Bickney from Coeburn Va. along with Mrs Hattie Haverly and her son of Church Hill were visitors yesterday. Miss Pearl Turner returned from Cook s Valley and Miss Margaret Jennings from Gate City also visited. Mr and Mrs T J Peirce and family plan a week camping near Wytheville Va. Mr Charles Worley of Bluff City was a business visitor. Verna Mae Wolfe arrives tonight from Earl Park Ind. Dr and Mrs R L Smith return from Tate Springs. Mrs C C Turner returned from Mar tin Ky. Misses Louise Hattie Mary Henry Isabelle Elzira Buckles from Bluff City visited. Mr Joseph Morley Bristol guest of grandparents J W Howard for a few days.
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Louise
Hattie
Mary Henry
Isabelle
Elzira Buckles
Bluff City
City
Social notes from Benham and nearby towns
Ray Edens arrived back in Benham, Ky after a visit with his uncle J M Cooper. Mrs W P Walker and Miss Julia Dahl return to Johnson City after visiting Mrs H O Bunn. Wm Lemmons and Lucian Davis of Kingsport, now with Jessup and Moore in Delaware, spend weekend at Wildwood N J. Mrs A M Remine and daughter Margaret of Whitesburg stay with Mrs Rebecca Richardson on Hammond Avenue. Magdalene Richardson, Berea College teacher, visits her mother on Hammond Avenue. A dance at Island Park tonight from 9 to 1 30, Lindemanns Orchestra.
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W. P. Walker
Julia Dahl
Johnson City
H. O. Bunn
Messrs
Wm. Lemmons
Lucian Davis
Kingsport
Jessup and Moore Paper Company
Delaware
Wildwood
N. J
A. M. Remine
Margaret
Whitesburg, Tenn
Magdalene Richardson
Berea College
Berea
Rebecca Richardson
Hammond Avenue
Canadians Talk of General Election as Parliament Quits
Ottawa reports prime minister Mackenzie King weighs dissolution after prorogation amid party lull. A Nova Scotia Liberal defeat and New Brunswick’s looming election shape the move toward a general election this fall, with King retreating to his country home to decide timing and Conservatives planning province tours. If held, mid October is mentioned as likely.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Labor Party
House of Commons
King
Labor
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Persia angry at Soviet in Teheran report
Berlin Aug 11 official Teheran report to the Persian legation portrays a bitter rebuke of Soviet conduct in the Turcoman area. It accuses Russia of violating Russo Persian treaty terms, denying borders in northern Persia, attacking border police at Aleppuh, Kouschab and Chat, and setting up Russian posts on Persian soil. It cites water diversion from a river feeding three villages on the Choras san border as the worst insult to Persian inviolability, causing suffering and disruptions. Moscow replies are described as evasive and dilatory.
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Berlin
Teheran
Persia
Aleppup
Kouschab
Chat
Chorassan
Moscow
Russell Scott to Make Baskets at Chester Asylum
Chicago Aug 10 Russell Scott convicted murderer of Joseph Maurer found a new task awaiting him at the Chester Asylum for the Criminally Insane today He will spend his time weaving baskets according to word received here Asylum officials holding to the belief that his insanity is not sufficient to prevent him from doing constructive work Scott last night scouted the idea that he was insane at all.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Joseph Maurer
Chester Asylum
Scott
Exhibition of inferior farm products harms community image
A farming community faces backlash over poorly produced and poorly arranged merchandise. The ad campaign showcases low-quality goods that undermine local agriculture and reputation, prompting calls for higher standards and accountability among sellers.
Farm club work leads to college enrollment rise in 1924
The United States Department of Agriculture reports that 51 percent of new University of Tennessee agriculture students in fall 1924 previously joined county and home demonstration clubs. Over 8,600 former agricultural club members entered state universities in 1924, using club activities to fund or finance college. G. L. Herington notes club experiences motivate pursuit of further learning and training.
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University of Tennessee College of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
G. L. Herington
British adopt turtle as useful garden pet
London reports turtles become common household pets as hawkers and shops sell them for six pence to four shillings. Dealers say about 60,000 turtles arrived from the Mediterranean recently, with many kept to munch snails and pests in gardens. Turtles are praised as faithful, gentle companions after a sweetened-water start.
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London
Evarden
England
Mediterranean
Markets Report from Louisville Cattle and Hogs Prices
Louisville market update notes cattle at two hundred head slow and unchanged while hogs totaling nine hundred stay steady at eight to thirteen seventy five. Sheep count one thousand steady with a five fifty drop. lambs fourteen, ewes and wethers around fourteen fifty.
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Louisville
White Slavery Charges Against Builder in Dallas
Dallas August report says James B. Smith, a contractor from Alexandria Louisiana, is charged under the Mann act with bringing a 16 year old girl to Dallas. Two grand jury indictments are filed. The girl’s mother had entrusted her to Smith while she was on the way to school.
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Dallas
Tex
James B. Smith
Alexandria
Louisiana
Smith
Murder Trial of William Sheffey Ends in Acquittal
William Sheffey, arrested in Knoxville on April 12 after an indictment in Blount county, was jailed in Loudon county. He had earlier been acquitted of a September 1915 murder in Sevier county linked to his relationship with Dora Davis. The case sparked intense local strife, including church ruptures, and the death of Dora Davis’s father, John R. Davis, reportedly from heartbreak.
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Sheffey
Knoxville
Blount County
Loudon County
Sevier County
Dora Davis
Davis
John R. Davis
Purification for Health With Calotabs Ad
Physicians say perfect purification of the system is nature's foundation of health. Purify your whole body by taking Calotabs once or twice weekly for several weeks. Calotabs are the greatest of all system purifiers. Family package with directions 35 cents. trial 10 cents at any drug store.
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Nature
Sheffey War Veteran Faces Separate Crime Counts
William D Sheffey, a Maryville native and World War II era lieutenant with bravery overseas, faces multiple counts in a high profile case. Friends defend him, noting circumstantial doubts and suggesting another person implicated in at least one crime. Five attorneys prepare for a stern defense as the trial nears.
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William D.sheffey
Maryville
Sheffey
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