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Newspaper
Salisbury Evening Times
Location
Salisbury, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1925
Page
5
A cascade of visits unfolds as Mrs Alice Wilson hosts friends in Baltimore and Western Maryland while relatives from Aberdeen Wilmington and Philadelphia visit area homes. Travelers include Miss Elizabeth Adam and Miss Anne Thomas staying with local families, and several couples hosting or traveling through for weekends and vacations.
Mr and Mrs J Gravenor entertained at their Salisbury area home on Sunday for the benefit of Mr and Mrs Allen E Gravenor who motored down for a visit. Attendees included Mr and Mrs G E Gravenor and daughter Evelyn of Demmar, Mr and Mrs Robert Avery and daughter Florence, and Mr and Mrs Charles Gravenury Wr and Mrs Deree Gravenur, all of Salisbury.
A Paris trend claims a vein runs from the groin to the heart to bond bone and bead in wedding rituals. The piece notes long standing custom, mentions Rebekah as an early bride to wear a wedding ring, and cites Genesis about giving a bride a ring for her wedding day.
Figures show most divorcees remarry while Maryland and the nation register large marriage totals in the early 1920s. In Worcester and Weems areas, divorces were low or absent despite high marriage counts. Monthly wedding shares rise in spring and summer with January through December percentages listed, reflecting early 20th century patterns in jeweler advertising and social customs.
An advertisement touts a homemade skin whitening lotion using lemon juice and Orchard White with two femone and three ounces of the product. It claims a fragrant, safe formula to whiten skin on face neck arms and body without irritation, advising immediate use after preparation.
Omaha reports on a Disabled American Veterans group reviewing the Peter Y. Minneapolis case where his bladed feet and chin are ossifying. They have labeled his condition a permanent disability and say they have already exhausted efforts to assist.
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