Gunter Social Calendar Highlights Proms and Dances
Tuesday night features a Gunter cabaret dinner dan sant with Dancing Dozen. Charles Cameron Bell performs at the Gunter dansant in honor of Miss Dorothy Pagenstecher and Arthur Claassen. Bonn Avon Christmas dance. Wednesday hosts include Mrs. F L Hillyer for Miss Lipscomb and a Battle of Flowers Association board meeting at 11 a.m. at St Anthony. Mrs. Fred Cook hosts luncheon for Miss Joske. Civics department of the Woman's Club meets at 3:30 p.m. Prospect Hill Methodist Church Woman's Missionary Society meets at 3 p.m. At 28 Mrs. Marie Beckman and Miss Regina Beckman host a supper dance at the Menger honoring Miss Lieschen Guenther and Marie Schuchard. Elaborate decorations feature poinsettias, vines, and streamers. sixteen-dance programs and formal attire described for the party. The German Literary Club meets in the Gunter pink room with Beethoven Egmont Overture and a soprano solo by Miss Hilda Wagner.
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Charles Cameron Bell
Gunter Dansant
Dorothy Pagenstecher
Arthur Claassen
Marie Beckman
Regina Beckman
Menger
Lieschen Guenther
Marie Schuchard
Miss Guenther
Miss Schuchard
Gunter
Egmont
Beethoven
Eugene Staffel
Gisella Bauer
Hilda Wagner
Goetze
Dorothy Hensel
E. Kunkel
Faust
Gounod
Brahms
Ernst Thomas
A. Haye
E. 8. Lhertzberg
John Zadich
Mr. Sauter
Musical Recital Highlights and Social News of the Season
The program featured vocal solos and duets with performers including Miss May Wagner and Mrs. Eugene Staffel, plus violin and comedic pieces. Social announcements note open house for Mrs. James Whistler Holmes, dinners hosted by Major and Mrs. Siler, and a thrift club meeting planning a book and magazine drive for charity.
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John Dewees Howard
James Whistler Holmes
Aransas Vass
Constance Ball
Jeanette Hagelstein
Agnes Mellita Magerstadt to wed Otto Beck in December
Mrs. C. Magerstadt announces the marriage of her daughter Agnes Mellita to Otto Beck scheduled for December 16.
Mrs Culledge Is Honored On Birthday
Miss Jessie Gulledge hosted a small gathering for her mother Mrs Isabella Gulledge on her seventy sixth birthday. Mrs Gulledge received several gifts and refreshments were served.
Hardware Ad Promotes Stoves At Sam Spfir Hardware
Store at 219 Losoya Street advertises wood gas and coal stoves. Sam Spfir Hardware Co offers a range of heating appliances and related supplies in this local business notice.
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SAM Spfir Hardware CO
Losoya St
Sudden Stop In Train Car Causes Wardrobe Tease
A woman aboard a railroad car ends a taunting exchange with a newlywed couple by politely addressing the bride as the mother and asking her son to close the window. The bride ceases giggling after the tactful remark. The scene is recounted from a New York Times report.
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New York Times
Foley Promotion Offers Trial Health Package
A coupon ad from A M Fischer invites readers to mail 5 cents and their address to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills for pain and rheumatism, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation and sluggish bowels.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
A. M. Fischer
Deshaies Considers Desertion Then Reaffirms Duty
Amid trench hell Deshaies contemplates desertion after 20 months of war. He recalls hardship, sees graves with crosses, meets a loving woman, and resolves to return to fight. The captain pardons his absence and promotes him to corporal, urging continued loyalty.
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Deshaies
China
Deshales
Deshates
Poupard
Private train built for the Khedive of Egypt
A special train has been constructed for the Khedive of Egypt. The carriages are powered by gasoline engine driven motors, supplying the current for the railway vehicle.
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Khedive of
Egypt
Coal Shortage Sparks Federal Action in Chicago
Chicago residents face possible fuel famine as Charles F. Cline and William L. O Connell lead a delegation of shippers and coal users seeking ICC relief. Dealers blame a car shortage, with a national freight car deficit tallied at 105 627 on December 1.
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Chicago
Charles F. Cline
United States
William L. O’connell
Illinois State Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
American Railway Association
Gas Famine Hits Southwestern Pa and Northern W Va
Gas demand from manufacturers and homes due to cold weather has caused a gas famine in Southwestern Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia. Ten factories in the district have suspended operations while gas companies try to conserve supply for domestic users.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Fort Worth Faces Low Cold Storage Stocks
Fort Worth officials report cold storage vaults are nearly empty after a week of inspectors’ checks. State Pure Food Commissioner Hoffman says food in storage is too little while prices rise.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Hoffman
City Commission
Best grade Hair Floor Brushes
SAM SPEIR HARDWARE Co. Feature lists universal vacuum bottles and related accessories.
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SAM Speir Hardware Co
Losoya St
Adv
Universal Vacuum Bottles
More delegates arrive at Overland dealers convention
More than 1500 dealers bankers and newspaper men arrived at the Willy Overland factory in Toledo Ohio for the third week of the big Overland dealers convention. Guests came from Minnesota Wisconsin South Dakota and Eastern Iowa in district costumes. Fourteen distributors contracted twenty three thousand cars totaling nearly twenty million dollars.
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Toledo
Willy Overland
Overland
Minesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Iowa
Emperor Charles I visits Austro-Hungarian front lines
Emperor Charles I of Austria visits troops on the Isonzo front near Trieste and the Carso plateau, accompanied by General Borovich. He is greeted enthusiastically in Trieste and addressed former Burgomaster Sandrinelli in Italian. Premier Tisza says he will be crowned as Emperor Charles I of Austria and King Charles IV of Hungary and Bohemia.
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London
Charles of Austria
Trieste
Reuter
Amsterdam
Vienna
Borovich
Isonzo
Sandrinelli
Carso Plateau
Charles
Tisza
Charles I
Austria
Charles IV
Hungary
Bohemia
Charles Title Debate in Hungary Prompts Uncertain Choice
In Budapest on a December Saturday, officials debated the official title for the new emperor to avoid duplication of titles. The discussion, transmitted via Berlin and wireless to Tuckerton, New Jersey, centers on the propriety of naming the heir and the form of sovereignty in Hungary.
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Charles
Budapest
Berlin
Tuckerton
N. J
Hungary
Fear Poison in Whiskey Near Grigsby Texas
Arch Fults is under arrest at Center in connection with the death of neighbor Monroe Wilkerson after Wilkerson drank whiskey in Fults' company. Officers say Wilkerson complained the liquor was bitter and, in death throes, accused Fults of poisoning it. Wilkerson lived near Grigsby Shelby county. The stomach will be sent to Austin for examination.
Universal Food and Meat Cutters
SAM SPEIR HARDWARE COO outlines new equipment and services for the Universal Food and Meat Cutters operation. This note highlights management roles and supplier arrangements affecting store efficiency and product handling.
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Universal Food and Meat Cutters
Sam Speir
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Fred W. Davis
State Commissioner of Agriculture
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