Monroe social calendar notes and temple plans
The social page lists weekly gatherings of the Twentieth Century Thimble Club and Baptist Ladies Aid, with hostesses, venues, and times. It also notes travel and visits by local residents, malaria concerns, and Mrs. William Barthelles’ trip to New Orleans, plus a feature on the Jerusalem Temple project for New Orleans' Shriners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thimble Club
Ef, Stanard
Wood Street
William Barthelles
New Orleans
Eugene Stanard
Woodstreet
Jerusalem Temple
Monroe Shriners
Imperial Council
Crescent City
Uncle Sam
Gus D. Levy
Imperial Potentate
St. Charles Avenue
Clio Street
Wilkes-Barre
United States
Ingenious pet restraint via corn and threads in a garden
A neighbor hoots fowls spoil a garden. The woman ties small cards to grains of corn reading Please keep your chickens at home and distributes them. Chickens swallow the corn and cards, then the thread entangles them, prompting owners to coop the fowls. Also coverage of a Daisy Davies party and local notices.
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Daisy Davies
Methodist Church
This Date in History Highlights Early 19th Century Events
Commodore Perry's fleet anchored off Sandusky in 1813 and met General Harrison. General Andrew Pickens died in 1817 in Pendleton. The Klondike gold discovery occurred in 1896. Battey's operation debuted in 1872 in Rome Georgia. The 1903 Nordenskiöld relief expedition sailed from Stockholm.
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Perry
Sandusky, C
Harrison
Andrew Pickens
Pendleton
S. C
Paxton
Battey
Rome
John B. Weller
California
New Orleans
Ohio
Charles Robinson
Kansas
Lawrence
Kas
Klondyke
Nordensjold
Stockholm
Frithjof
Bain set for trial over fatal prank murder in Atlanta
In Atlanta on August 17 1924 Donald M Bain faces trial this week for the murder of E G Williams at Fidelity and Casualty Company offices. The fatal shooting followed a prank placard declaring Williams away in Milledgeville the site of a state asylum.
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Atlanta
Donald M. Bain
E. G. Williams
Williams
Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York
Bain
Milledgeville
State Asylum For the Insane
Doctor’s letter notes recovery from Bright's Disease in August 1908
Dr H F Ashford reports treating Mrs Dalton Costello, age 27, for acute Bright's Disease in Pocahontas Mississippi. Urine contained albumen at 80 percent. standard remedies failed. After three weeks on Robinson Spring water, patient fully recovered and is described as well.
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Dalton Costello
Bright
Robinson
Paris views Crete crisis easing without war
A Paris cable to the Tribune says officials expect a settlement of the Crete dispute between Turkey and Greece without war. The four powers delay enforcement of Crete mandates, while Crete plans to send delegates to Greece. Turkey demands a disavowal of annexation and may take naval action if not official. Shefket Pasha works to restrain Young Turk belligerence amid rising warlike sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Tribune
Paris
Turkey
Greece
Crete
Constantinople
Athens
Negroes to Meet This Week in Louisville for League Session
In Louisville Kentucky the tenth annual session of the National Negro Business League will run August 18 to 20. Negro banks will be represented by the Negro National Bankers Association, and the Negro Funeral Directors and the National Negro Bar Association will attend. Secretary Nagel and Booker T. Washington are slated to speak.
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Louisville
Gath Ving
National Negro Business League
United States
Negro National Bankers’ Association
Negro Funeral Directors
National Negro Bar Association
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Booker T. Washington
Doctor Endorses Robinson Spring Water For Kidney Troubles
Dr. John B. Elliott of Tulane University in New Orleans states he has seen beneficial results from Robinson Spring water in kidney troubles over ten years and gives permission to refer to him in support.
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John B. Elliott
Tulane University
New Orleans
Noted House Tensions End in Fatal Shooting
In a quarrel Williams slapped Bain, who drew a revolver and fired fatally. It is understood Bain will plead self defense.
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Williams
Bain
Hobson Birthday and Navy Hero Hobson Congressman
His Thirty-Ninth Birthday notes Richmond Pearson Hobson born in Greensboro Alabama August 17 1870. He attended Southern University three years then the United States Naval Academy graduating in 1889 and rose to naval constructor in 1898. He fought in the Spanish American War including Mantanzas and San Juan and earned fame for sinking the collier Merrimac at Santiago harbor. After further service in the Far East he resigned in 1903 to lecture and was elected to Congress on the Democratic ticket.
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Southern University
United States Naval Academy
North Atlantic
Spain
Mantanzas
San Juan
Porto Rico
Merrimac
Santiago
Cervera
Hobson
Far East
United States
Navy
Congress
Potatoes Onions Cabbage and Kraut at Walker’s Progressive Grocery
Local store Walker’s Progressive Grocery advertises potatoes onions cabbage and home made kraut for sale. Listings highlight fresh produce and traditional preserved items in a mid century shop page.
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Walker’s
Progressive Grocery
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promises Revived Vitality
An advertisement urges immediate use of Foley's Kidney Remedy to strengthen kidneys and cleanse impurities from the blood, claiming relief from exhaustion backache rheumatism and urinary irregularities that sap vitality. D. H. Key.
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Foley
D. H. Key
Takahira Sails for Home from Seattle
Baron Kogoro Takahira the Japanese ambassador sailed for home to confer with the Japanese foreign office on revising commercial treaties expiring next year. He expects to return to Washington in the fall.
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Seattle
Wash
Baron Kogoro Takahira
Japanese Foreign Office
Japan
Washington
Grand Judge meeting opens in Wilkes-Barre Pa
The Knights of Pythias of Pennsylvania hold their annual grand judge meeting in Wilkes-Barre with attendees from across the state. The program includes business sessions parades and competitive drills while the city is decorated for the visitors.
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Pennsylvania
New Catch Mackerel Arrives at Walker's Progressive
A large shipment of New Catch Mackerel has arrived at W A Walkers Progressive grocery, priced to attract buyers. The store advertises fresh supply and encourages customers to visit for this week’s seafood specials.
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W. A. Walker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Social Department
the Baptist Ladies Aid
S. W. Harris
St. John Street
Tom Hasterling
J. T. Sevier
J. A. Perry
Sterlington
Anna Wood
Filoxi
W. J. Sutcliffe
Jackson
Mississippi
Olivia Scott
Met Rouge
J.S. Rhodes
West Side
Oscar Baughman
Farmerville
Monroe
Mrs. J. ©. Moore
Mrs. Moore
Calhoun
Percy Apgar
St. Louis
Missouri
O. M. Taylor
Calvert House
Jackson, Miss
Robert Moore
Ruston
Neil Lewis
M. J. Massengill
Mamie
Hazeldhurst
Julia Fife
Vicksburg
Isadore Sugar
George A. Petrie
Dorothy
Georgia
J. W. Ludlum
Bastrop
Claudia Blythe
Alexina Pfeifer
Natchez
J. €. King
Layton Avenue
B. W. Bailey
Lake Sharls
Harold R. Ratcliff
Gloster, Miss
Louis Ratcliff
Shreveport
George Lee
Mrs. Smith
Charles Newman
Jeannette Reed
Arkansas
H. Jack Broadnax
Pine Street
KE. B. Starsney
North Carolina
Sol Masur
Sidney Stroud
R. B. Stevens
Iron Mountain
Collinston
W. L. Stevens
Elsie Mobberly
Longview
Texas
W. T. Tardy
J. J. Jordan
Hillsboro
Mineral Wells
H. T. Benoit
Mr. Benoit
Kate Campbell
Walter Carson
Wardville
A., S. and G
Kansas City
Levy
J. Ellis Didier
Monroe Sanitarium
Mr. Didier
Marksville
Messrs
Geo
John Didier
Miss
Didier
Sutbbs & Russell
Knights of Columbus
J. C. Ammans
T. A. Jbeard
Dr. Pierce
J. Lowe & CO
Monroe, Louisiana
Robinson Springs
H. F. Ashford, M. D
Pocahontas, Miss
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Alabama
Greensboro
Ala
Takahira
Luzianne Coffee
the Reily - Tanlor Co
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