Society Notes Highlight Beaumont Sherman Guests at Yale era
In Society Thursday Night Miss Esther Morris hosts on the Travis Club roof for Miss McDonough of Beaumont and Miss Cherry of Sherman. Agnes Steele entertains a dancing party for Miss Etta Blackaller of Pearsall. Luther League meets at 8 in Luther hall. San Souci Club gathers at 8 30 with Miss Anna Wurzbach at 703 Mason. Friday 3 p m Woman's Relief Corps meets in Odd Fellows hall. Historic college dinner dansant at St. Anthony Top o the Town draws Yale Harvard Wisconsin Texas Virginia Princeton Vassar Wellesley and others in army khaki and formal wear. Dozens of tables honor many universities with elaborate color schemes and many notable attendees from Chicago and across the country. The Epworth League hosts an ice cream social Friday night at Englewood Methodist. The Mysterious Set reschedules to Friday afternoon due to Red Cross rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Morris
Travis Club
Miss McDonough
Beaumont
Miss Cherry
Sherman
Yale
Harvard
University of Wisconsin
University of Texas
University of Virginia
Princeton
Vassar
Wellesley
Dan Sant
St. Anthony
Wisconsin
Princeton Tiger
C. C. Gresson
F. G. Chamberlain
F. C. Groos
George Maverick
Clint H. Kearny
Gerald Butter
Ramsey Campbell
Hopewell Rogers
Wheaton
Thomas Bowers
Laurence Robbins
Arthur Tuttle
William Beeson
Albert Farwell
Fred ©. Mason
Evanston
William Dudley Putnam
Highland Park, Jr
L. G. Seeligson
R. V. W. Negley
San Antonio
L. J. Paddock
Toledo
Ohio
Lloyd Canby
Chicago
A. W. Fisher
Alan C. Dixon
Crimson
Perry Dunlap
Smith Powell Griffith
Kenneth Hawkins
T. Edwin Crawford
Miller Brainard
Hubert E. Howard
Sidney F. Greeley
E. A. Howard Jr
John Early
George A. Schneider
J. Andrews King
Egbert Rollo
Bradley van Brunt
First Wisconsin Cavalry
Nathan Davis
Battery C
Illinois Artillery
Cardinal
First
Wisconsin Infantry
Samuel Oakley
George Shipley
Clifton M. Brown
Ora McMurray
John B. Lord
Robert Moore
Victor Quick
William B. Cairns
Maurice Carr
Joseph W. Bollenbeck
Sterling Price Adams
University of Alabama
Adams
C. Sewell Thomas
Edwin H. Lee
Kate Edmond
Annie Baar
Henry Smalley
West Point
Army
Navy
Regular Army
Cornell
Washington and Lee University
George W. Martin
Marjorie McGown
Catherine McGown
Adelaide Campbell
Theodore
Mead
Richard
Bull
R. H. van Deusen
Zasime Herff
Ruth Muir
Mignon Locke
Gunston Hall
Lucile Wright
National Park Seminary
Guy Simpson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J. Cr
Eldon Young
Arthur Muir
Margaret Graham
Dorothy Laubach
Margaret Coleman
Paul Raberg
C. M. Bunker
Seth Barton French
New York
E. KR. Guenther
Joseph Deutz
A. Krueger
Alex Fraser
Ernest Groos
Matt
E. A. Keyes
Sixth Cavalry
E. L. Herring
Edmund Duvall
Karl H. Gorman
Sixteenth Cavalry
William Church
Russell Hill
Marl Gafford
Lindsey
Hickson
F. C. Church
Roscoe
Bunker
Raborg
Greeley
Clement
Gallagher
E. A. McDonald
Moselle Webb
Leon Fr. Russ
Blanche Ebert
Fred Mayer
Laura Maverick Hahn
Laura Maverick Graves
Amos Graves
Fritz McEilhone
Rebecca Goodman
George Mueller
Leo Schlachaur
T. English Ford
R. Prinderville
Llewellyn M. Willey
G. E. Randall
White Caldwell
Girard
Laura Girard
William Caldwell
William Smith Petit
Kenneth Lupton Cooper
J. Raymond Buckley
Hopwell Rogers
Durant Allen
Jack Payne
KR. Carlson
Pauline Matthews
Robert P. Schermerhorn
Anna _ Burns
Julia Burns
Rufus Boylan
W. Jackson
Thelma Bennett
Thad H. Quick
Marguerite Terry
L. H. Elder
A. B. Spencer
B. W. Spencer
Fred J. Tips
Olive Johnston
Arthur H Wright
Laura Murchison
Franklin C. Beanfort
A. Cole
Dallas
B. H. Harralson
C. C. French
College Station
Charles L. Dashery
Washington
Funeral held for Monroe former Pacific Garden Mission leader
Chicago August 3 mourners gathered in a rough, tearful crowd to honor Monroe former superintendent of the Pacific Garden Mission. Clergymen, workers, and several of Monroe’s converts attended as speakers saluted his life and years guiding the mission. The service featured testimonies and a dramatic moment recalling his early conversion on Van Buren Street where he later became superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Elderkin
Monroe
van Buren Street
Chamberlain Weds Yndon in Quiet Westminster Abbey ceremony
Aug 3. Mrs Joseph Chamberlain widow of the late Brit statesman and the Rev William Ley Carnegie rector of St Martins and Westminster canon married at Westminster Abbey this morning. The ceremony was simple and quiet. Chamberlain had previously been Miss Mary Endicott of Massachusetts daughter of the late C. Endicott secretary in President Cleveland's cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yndon
Joseph Aberlain
Brittatesman
William Ley Carnegie
St. Mart's
Westminster
Westminster Abbey
Mary Endicott
Ofachusetts
Am C. Endicott
Cleveland
Training Guardsmen At Washington In Federal Service
A War Department plan authorized training of guardsmen for federal service with machine guns. Instructions allowed limited rounds per gun for target practice. Guardsmen were equipped with the machine gun model used by the manufacturer and to an extent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
D. C
Merfcan
Canadian troops use in European battlefields cited in report
A brief note states that the item has been used by Canadian troops in European combat but has never before been adopted as part of American army equipment, indicating cross national usage without U.S. adoption.
Texas and Oklahoma Cotton and Wharf Co Incorporators listed
Chartered entities include Texas Oklahoma Cotton and Wharf Company of Houston with capital stock 50000 and incorporators H R Cullen John A Deering and George H McCormick Farmers Gin Company of Nordheim with capital stock 9200 and incorporators E B Fehrenkamp F G Hillie and T F Mangum Poth Hermann Sons Home Association of Poth no capital stock with incorporators A Poth George Boening and Charles Billimek General Oil Company of Austin capital stock 15000 with incorporators J P Lightfoot E B Robertson and J W Brady An amendment filed by Higginsbotham Bailey Logan Company of Dallas changing the number of common and preferred stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas-Oklahoma Cotton and Wharf Company of
Houston
Capital
H. R. Cullen
John A. Deering
George H. McCormick
Farmers Gin Company of
Nordheim
Capital Stock
E. B. Fehrenkamp
F. G. Hillie
T. F. Mangum
Poth Hermann Sons Home Association of
Poth
Wilson County
A. Poth
George Boening
Charles Billimek
General Oil Company of
J. P. Lightfoot
E. B. Robertson
J. W. Brady
Higginbotham-Bailey-Logan Company of
Dallas
Must Re adjust Passenger Rates Across Mississippi
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered readjustment of passenger fares between St. Louis and Keokuk Iowa and Illinois points. It upheld a complaint by the St. Louis Business Men's League that current fares are unreasonable and discriminatory against St. Louis and Keokuk and favor East St. Louis Chicago and other Illinois points. The crossing toll at St. Louis Keokuk was found unreasonable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Keokuk
Illinois
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mexican Inn to Host Cabrito Today Ad
Advance notice lists Cabrito served at Mexican Inn located at 126 East Crockett Street from 11 30 a m to 9 p m today. The item highlights a local dining promotion with hours and venue details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Crockett Street
Joseph Taylor Elliott Dies at 71 in Indianapolis
Joseph Taylor Elliott, 71, vice president of a large Indianapolis bond brokerage firm, died at his home after two months of illness. A Civil War veteran, he survived the Sultana disaster when the steamboat burned after a boiler explosion on the Mississippi near Memphis in 1866.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Taylor Elliott
Indianapolis
Ind
Joseph Taylor Eliott
Mississippi River
Memphis
Tenn
Aerial Exhibitions Touted for GuadAlupe County Fair
SEGUIN Texas August 3 Among fair attractions aerial exhibitions are likely at the Guad alupe County Fair set for September 27 28 and 29 Secretary H M Wurzbach has received many free stunt offers from plane owners including a Pennsylvania party No definite action has been taken yet
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Tex
Guadalupe County Fair
H. M. Wurzbach
Pennsylvania
War cripples are numerous in France
AP dispatch from Paris notes a surge in amputees from modern warfare, with Dr. Auguste Broca attributing part of the rise to surgical advances that save more survivors. He says artificial limbs are now demanded beyond previous expectations, with better American systems popular though not universally adaptable to changing use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Auguste Broca
Broca
Amusements at Grand Opera House opener stirs scientist debate
Lois Weber’s photodrama Where Are My Children? debuts for five days at Grand Opera House starting next Sunday drawing strong reaction from prominent scientists authors and students. Joseph French Johnson of the New York School of Finance says the film raises questions about bringing children into life without guaranteed physical and financial support, arguing it glorifies large families as barbaric. Mrs Convers entertained Ideal Card Club with 500 game prizes awarded to Mesdames L Spahn Sr J H Lamm and H Spahn after refreshments for many guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Weber
Grand Opera House
Joseph French Johnson
New Yorkey School of Finance
Convers
Frank Convers
Ideal Card Club
L. Spahn
J. H. Lamm
H. Spahn
Fred Bushick
Martin Rakowitz
O. Bradley
W. A. McIlwaine
Alex Uhl
L. Spahn Jr
F. Gutzeit
J. Huston
Young horse runaway injures rural carrier in Yoakum
J E Manning rural carrier No 2 was preparing to mount his buggy when a young horse he was breaking bolted. Manning fell and suffered a fractured shoulder in Yoakum Texas on August 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum
Tex
J. E. Manning
Manning
Gas buoy marks entrance to Mobile Bay first in Gulf
The Mobile Bar and Pilots Association reports a gas buoy will mark the Mobile bay entrance. The first such buoy in the Gulf of Mexico will be installed by the lighthouse service before August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Mobile Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile Bar and Pilots’ Association
Lighthouse Service
Berlin meat supply rises under Food Dictator von Batsch
Berlin Aug 3 meat supplies improve as Food Dictator von Batschki tightens control. Distribution is efficient and fair, reducing earlier chaos at markets. Councillor Berndt cites low cattle weights and grazing shortages as factors. new rules curb Saturday selling and enforce four week bans for violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
von Batocki
Berndt
Deutschland tonnage puzzles and submarine cargo limits
The article debates how registered net tonnage varies by country and method, using the Deutschland as a case study. It explains how submergence and displacement affect usable cargo space, questioning commercial value if net tonnage is low, and notes a Philadelphia paper converting an automobile into a mobile dark room for photo assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suez Canal
Deutschland
Philadelphia
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Cheek-Neal Coffee Company
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Etta Blackaller
Pearsall
Luther League of St
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Anna Wurzbach
Mason Street
Woman's Relief Corps
Odd Fellows Hall
Epworth League of
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Red Cross
New Braunfels
Vroe
S. Chamberlain
William Hartley Carnegie
Hertzberg
Gouraud
T. Hopkins & Son
St. Anthony Roof
Bechet
Elizabeth Walde
Henri Therrien
Paula Sigerist
Telephone Crockett
T. B. Baker
Charles Righman
Dustin Farnum
Davy Grockett
Frank Mayo Paramount
Pallas
Metro
Robert Edeson
Mortmain
Mme. Petrova
FIRE
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France
PERA
Sun
WM. S. Hart
Fatty Arbuckle
Billie Burke
Gloria
Jeff
Queen Theater
Alamo Plaza
Who's
Anna Neilson
Om Moore
Schnall
Neptune
Tonnagge OF
Wall Street Journal
Archimedes
Bath
Baltimore Custom House
P. J. Curren
Bremen
William Thomas Fee
Indian Ocean
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