Social Calendar Notes Highlight Monroe Visits and Weddings
The Social Department lists numerous visits and engagements in Monroe including Mrs. Rudolph Haas's two week trip to Farmerville, Miss Belle Calhoun and Miss Daisy Richardson attending events, and the Wood Bowman wedding with details of the ceremony. It also describes a grand eight o'clock dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Trousdale for the Morris Layton wedding party with lavish floral decoration, a multi-course menu, and table settings.
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Ida Tew
New Orleans
W. C. Lewis
E. C. Tew
Hyman Leibreich
Eudora
Ark
Rudolph Haas
Adeline Haas
Wood-Bowman
Helen M. Bowman
A. G. Bowman
Charles F. Wood
Lowerline Street
Odette Waldon
Beatrice Wood
Ed Mazurette
FE. M. Evans
Fields Elysian
Miss Layton
Mr. Morris
J. H. Trousdale
Hudson Lane
Leon Pooser
Monroe
Boy Scouts
Cheniere and Drew
Miss Bettie McQueen
Miss Goodwin
Johnston
Cheniere
Through Sleeping Car Connects Little Rock to Denver
Assistant General Passenger Agent J G Hollenbeck says Bush has authorized schedule changes on the Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain system. A through sleeping car from Little Rock to Denver via Fort Smith Coffeyville Winfield Wichita Hutchinson Pueblo and Colorado Springs begins Sunday June 18 departing Little Rock at 9 p m daily on No 106 and reaching Denver 5 05 p m two days later. Return trip leaves Denver 9 a m arriving Little Rock 6 55 a m the next morning. The service aims to attract Colorado tourists from southern Arkansas and Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Hollenbeck
Iron Mountain
St. Louis
Bush
Little Rock
Denver
Fort Smith
Coffeyville
Winfield
Wichita
Hutchinson
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Hollenbeck
Colorado
Arkansas
Louisiana
Arkansas Gazette
Memorial Services Mark Seventh Anniversary of General Socum Disaster
In Queens Borough the Seventh anniversary services were held at the little Lutheran cemetery to honor the more than 1 000 women and children who died when the burning excursion steamer perished in the East River on June 15 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East River
Little Lutheran Cemetery
Queens
Miami University Holds 102nd Commencement Address
Dr. James B. Angell former Michigan president gave the commencement address at Miami University Oxford during its 102nd ceremony. The event marked the farewell of President Guy Potter Benton who resigns to lead the University of Vermont.
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Miami University
Oxford
James B. Angell
University of Michigan
Guy Potter Benton
University of Vermont
Grand Chicago Handicap Shoot Opens at Chicago Gun Club
Amateur and professional trap shooters totaling over 100 gathered at the Chicago Gun Club for the start of the Grand Chicago Handicap tournament. The three day program includes a $500 trophy and more than $1,000 in added prize money for event winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Chicago Gun Club
Auto Engineers Meet in Dayton
Nearly five hundred engineers in the automobile and related industries attend the midsummer meeting of the Society of Automobile Engineers in Dayton Ohio. The event opened with headquarters at the Algonquin Hotel and will run through the week with sessions on business professional and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Engineers
Dayton
Society of Automobile Engineers
Algonquin Hotel
Fights Tonight Set Across Three Cities
Leo Houck meets Joe Thomas in a six round bout in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Harry Forbes faces Joe Homeland in a ten round match at Janesville Wisconsin. Jack White and Tommy Kilbane clash in a fifteen round main event at Akron Ohio.
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Leo Houck
Joe Thomas
Lancaster
Harry Forbes
Joe Homeland
Janesville
Wis
Jack White
Tommy Kilbane
Akron
Potatoes Rally On Dry Weather Here
Prices of vegetables surged in Kansas City on June 15 due to continuing dry weather. Potatoes sold at 2 dollars a bushel in carload lots and 60 cents a peek at retail, compared with normal prices of 75 to 80 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Dressmaker sues politician over loan to Brady
Chicago June 14 Miss Letitia McKee of 2009 Prarie avenue declares she loaned state senator Francis P Brady 3000 to finance his campaigns during 11 years as her suitor. She says she urged his rise and will sue only for the money not breach of promise. She notes Brady’s marriage plans to Miss Helen Owen and says she remains financially prepared.
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Chicago
Letitia McKee
Prarie Avenue
Francis P. Brady
Miss McKee
Paris
Frank Brady
Helen Owen
St. Ambrose’s Church
State Senate
Deneen
Brady
Frank
Miss Owen
Ill
David McKee
Oregon
Wik
Rainy season boosts crops as parish notes praise
Okaloosa Louisiana readers report good crops with dry spell relief sought. News cites corn progress, bull weevil battles, and new R F D mail service. Community gathers at Oak Grove church for children's day with speeches by J Arthur Smith O B Morton and Garrett Ray.
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Okaloosa
J. A. Coon
R. F. D. Mail
G. G. Wood
Jno
M. Rainbolt
Lapine
Evalane
Cypress
Center Point
Cadeville
Guyton
Eros
Ruston
J. Arthur Smith
Monroe
O. B. Morton
Garrett Ray
Ug Messrs
Weaver and
Crowell
Pleasure Seeker
Yorksville Festival Promises Elaborate Summer Celebration
Yorksville Correspondence from Forksville Louisiana dated June 18 1911 reports a highly elaborate summer festival planned for July. The note mentions considerable sickness prevailing in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorksville
Forksville
S R Finklea Dies Quietly at Home near Calhoun
Mr. S R Finklea 78 a Confederate veteran from South Carolina died of heart failure at his home near Calhoun early Friday after waking. He lived in the community since youth and was interred at Forksville cemetery with Masonic rites. Survived by wife and several children.
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Fitzgerald
Liberty Church
Durham
South Louisiana
Arkansas
Durden
S. R. Finklea
Calhoun
South Carolina
Mr. Finklea
Forksville
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