Literary Freshness and a Golf Cup Result
The passage notes dejection among sincere writers due to market pressures and a surge of amateur novelists with little return. It also records the Carolina bell boys golf tournament results, Pollett winning the first division 4 up and 3 to play, and Albert Gray taking the second division 6 and 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Carolina Bell
F. W. Kenyon
Pollett
Martin Finnegan
Finnegan
John Mulcahy
William White
Albert Gray
Clarence Gurney
Gurney
William Jordan
Gray
Ernest Taylor
Departure tribute at The Berkshire for Mr. W H Hager
A pleasant week event at The Berkshire featured a presentation and surprise on Mr. W H Hager of Cleveland leaving town. Capt Lee of Greensboro presented a pine top bouquet weighing about fifty pounds in terse language. Hager was too moved to speak.
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Berkshire
W. H. Hager
Cleveland
Capt Lee
Greensboro
Hager
President Cleveland's White House Nuptials Highlight Era
The Hayes administration era is recalled as Miss Emily Platt weds Gen. Russell Hastings in the Blue Parlor, while President Cleveland marries Frances Folsom at the White House Blue Room. The ceremony ends with church bells ringing across Washington as guests celebrate a queenly gown and a four yard train.
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Hayes
Emily Platt
Russell Hastings
White House
Nelly Grant
Alice Roosevelt
Cincinnati
Grover Cleveland
Frances Folsom
Cleveland
Dr. Sutherland
Washington
Miss Alice Roosevelt Wedding Setting at New White House
The article describes wedding rituals and souvenirs at Miss Alice Roosevelt’s nuptials in the New White House. Guests receive cake pieces in white satin boxes with hand-painted designs and autographs from the couple. The East Room will host the ceremony and reception in white and gold with marble mantels, while the dining room showcases Saxon paneling and trophy mounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Roosevelt
White House
Presidential Mansion
Executive Mansion
Waldron Fawcett
Valentine customs and serenades fade into cards
The article recalls old Valentine traditions when lovers serenaded at dawn and men competed for a spot by the window. It notes Shakespeare and Ophelia references and suggests lithographed valentines arose from jealous jilted feelings. It then mentions bowling interest rising with weekly prizes and a trophy for February's top string total.
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Catherine Glover
Valentine
Smith
Shakespeare
Ophelia
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Bell Boys Golf Tourney
White
Holly Inn
Pinehurst
W. C
A. N. Creamer
Harvard
Pinehurst, N. C
Pinehurst N.C
F. H. Abbott
North Carolina
Guilford Courthouse
Tlefield
Bethlehem, N. H
N. C
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