Social Department Week's Calendar and Local Social News
Week's social schedule lists Catholic Altar Society, Twentieth Century Thimble Club, Methodist prayers, Epworth League changes, and several church meetings. The column also reports numerous personal visits, travels, and social events around Monroe including farewells, birthdays, and a banquets. Notable items include a Miss Keller birthday surprise, J. C. Handy's death in San Antonio, and an Eastern Star installation in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Altar Society
R. C. Prichard
Jackson Street
Thimble Club
B. Grayson
Methodist Church
Epworth League
Baptist Ladies’ Aid
B. K. Fluker
Botanic Blood Balm touted as cure for blood poison
An old advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm B B B cures all forms of blood and skin diseases caused by blood poison. It describes symptoms like aches, sores, patches in the mouth, ulcers, hair loss, and itching, and offers samples and bottles for sale through Atlanta based Blood Balm Co. and Monroe Louisiana druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Express
Kara
Monroe la
West Monace
Hicks Capuchine offered for fever and ache relief
Feverishness and aching from malaria colds or overheating may be eased by Hicks Capuchine. The liquid medicine comes in 10 25 and 54 cent sizes and is sold at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drus
Winona Welcomes Old Home Week Visitors
Winona Minnesota hosts Old Home Week with seven days of parades baseball games band concerts horse races vaudeville acts and steam boat excursions. The city is elaborately decorated and a full program of features has been arranged by the committee for visiting former residents and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
Foley's Urine Laxative for stomach and bowel relief
Advertisement promotes Foley's Urine Laxative as a remedy for indigestion and stomach trouble. It claims to stimulate the stomach and liver regulate the bowels and positively cure habitual constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
D. H. Key
To Consecrate New Bishop
Chicago Illinois August 30 All arrangements completed for the consecration of Rev Edmund Michael Dunne chancellor of the archdiocese of Chicago as bishop of Peoria The ceremony will be performed Wednesday in Holy Name Cathedral Most Rev Diomede Falconio papal delegate at Washington will officiate and the sermon will be preached by Very Rev D J Riordan Attending the ceremony will be all the pomp and dignity The formal installation will take place next week at St Marys Cathedral Peoria
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edmune
Michael Dunne
Archdiocese of
Peoria
Holy Name
Diomede Falconio
Washington
D. J. Riordan
Richelieu Brand Canned Goods Promotion
Fox Grocer Co announces itself as the sole agent for Richelieu Brand canned goods and invites customers to try the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richelieu
FOX Grocer CO
Parlor City Tailoring House Embraces French Cleaning Method
Mr. E S Blackman owner of Parlor City Tailoring House returns from Chicago after studying the French dry cleaning method. He reports advanced techniques to clean delicate fabrics without damage and announces new hat cleaning and blocking equipment enabling waiting service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lamb & Co
Ed. V. Price
Parlor City Tailoring House
S. Blackman
German American sonder boat races open off Marblehead
International Sonder Boat Races begin off Marblehead Massachusetts with three yachts from each club. The event is co managed by the Imperial Yacht Club of Kiel and the Eastern Yacht Club of Marblehead for the Taft and Draper cups. The German boats Margarethe Hevalla and Seehund I compete alongside Marblehead’s three entries.
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America
Ellen
Joyette
Wolf
Atlantic
Germany
Kiel
Marblehead
Mass
New England
Taft
Governor Draper Cups
Imperial Yacht Club of
Eastern Yacht Club
Margarethe
Hevalla
Seehund I
Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Endorsed
A testimonial from H S Nichols of Oakland Indiana Ter praising Chamberlain's Cohe for cholera and diarrhoea. He claims eighteen years as a commercial traveler and says he always carries the remedy. Sold at Allen's Pharmacy and New South Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Nichols
Oakland
Ind
Allen’s Pharmacy
New South Drug Store
Futurity Opens Fall Meeting at Sheepshead Bay
Autumn racing season kicks off as the Futurity, about 30000 gross, is set for six furlongs on the straight course at Sheepshead Bay. The Coney Island Jockey Club hosts the opening event with nearly twenty probable starters and a crowd expected. Since 1888 the Futurity has been the largest state endowed race in the country.
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New York
Sheepshead Bay
Coney Island Jockey Club
Grand Circuit Meet Opens at Readville Boston
Readville near Boston hosts the Grand Circuit meeting starting tomorrow after a period of practice at the famous two minute track. The week promises peak harness racing with more than 80 million dollars in purses across four days, led by the American Derby worth 50 thousand dollars and the Blue Mill and Neponset handicaps in strong competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Readville
Well Known Musicians Wed in Lucerne
Miss Elsa Ruegger famed cellist and Edmond Lichtenstein violinist wed in Lucerne on August 30. After a wedding trip through Germany they sail to New York on September 18 and plan to reside in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucerne
Switzerland
Elsa Ruegger
Edmond Lichtenstein
Germany
New York
Detroit
Eggs and Poultry Feed Prices from Local Suppliers
Eggs advertised as cheap with a call to save money at Walker’s headquarters for feedstuff. Also notice offering fresh ground groven bone meal for poultry from M S McGuire of West Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Walker
M. S. McGuire
West Monroe
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Social Department
Ladies’ Aid of the Christian Church
the Sunbeams
W. M. Ruffin
Shreveport
Mason Jackson
Ruston
Monroe
Phil Chauvin
Stelle Smith
Sterlington
Edith Gunby
Elizabeth Pugh
A. Marx
D. Guerson
Waukesha
J. Meek
Bastrop
Carrie Bell Lee
Cheniere
Co. P. Gray
West Side
Wm. Wood
Huttig, Ark
W. E. Dickard
Houston
Kate McPherson
Wesson, Miss
Cliff Matthews
Farmerville
P. S. McLurg
Bay City
Michigan
Mrs. McClurg
Adolph Wolff
Mrs
Moses Wolff
Robert Chastant
White Sulphur Springs
Mrs. Ridley
D. A. Breard
Walnut Street
Jack Abrough
Delhi
Chas E. Gheney
Alpina
Mich
M. J. Massengill
Julia and
Gussie Wolfe
Leon Cohn
Will Street
Loring, la
Black
J. J. Potts
Alma Summers
Mounds
J. A. Perry
Wier
T. T. Webb
Caro
Nellie
Twentieth Century Book Club
Sam Allen Wedensday
Sth
Allen
Eva
Lida Bradford
Illinois
H. B. Newhall
Joe Littlepage
Bosco
Louise and
Harry
S. J. Nelson
Greenville
Texas
Barney Sugar
Alyn
Will
Joplin
Jeanette Reed
Siloam Springs
Ark
H. Jack Brodnax
Sam Allen
Martha Agnes
David Garrett
Mary Moore
R. A. Moore
Pine Street
Ida Lee Vaughan
Louise Howell
Collinston
Marimack Naff
Henry Naff
Sidney Moore
Bessie Keller
Bessie
Lucile Sellers
Madeline Bernhart
Letetia Petrie
Mary McBee
Winnie Marx
Verna Crayson
Dorothy Petrie
Josephine
Vivian Keller
Messrs
Ray Rinehart
Thomas Seals
Cudd
Day
Sellers
J. C. Handy
San Antonio
J. C
Frank
Rockport
Ness
John Cason Handy
J. 8S
Moltie Cason Handy
Meek Handy
T. G. Easterling
Mr. Handy
R. J. Edwards
Oklahoma City
Lena
Burnie Handy
B. B. Handy
River Front
Iron Mountain
Order of the Elks and Woodmen of the World
News-Star
Eastern Star
R. Downes, Jr
Dar Bradford
J. EB
Oak Grove
Order of the Eastern Star
S.S. Johnson
J. S. Thompson
Christian Missionary Society
Eureka
Illinois Christian Missionary Society
J. H. Gilliland
Bloomington
Richelieu Brand
Mr. ER. S. Blackman
The
Times
New York State
Chamberlain
FOX Grocer Coo
Mameen Tesfee
Koasie
Louisiana
Luzianne Coffee
Reily-Taylor CO
Orleans
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