Surprise parties honor local youths and couples
A series of social events highlights teenage and adult celebrations around 2201 North Flores Street and 621 West Woodlawn Avenue. Marie Willinger, Adelia Schonstein, and Walter Frey receive surprise parties with lights, games, and refreshments. other gatherings mark weddings and club meetings at Nueva and South Presa streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Willinger
West Woodlawn Avenue
Clarice Heubaum
Adelia Toudouze
Tillie Herring
Emily Toudouse
Therese Neugelbauer
Pauline Bass
Katie Herring
Clara Broesel
Lizzie Herring
Rosa T. Eckenroth
Adelia Schonstein
Emil Wagenfehr
George Kusch
Nacogdoches Street
Mrs. Schonstein
Mrs. Schultz
Agnes Marx
Esther Campbell
Ruby Shannon
Lenora Bilhartz
Marguerite Heubaum
Lucille McGoldrick
Vera Horton
Rosena Rick
Luther League of the
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Walter Frey
Nueva and
South Presa Streets
League
Mary Crerkus
Delphine
Sadie Urban
Frieda Jaehnig
Helen
Louise Rilling
Ella
Elisabeth Koch
Elzie
Hulda Ta
Taking a Joke and the Joy of Merriment
An essay urges readers to embrace humor and respond to friendly jokes rather than become self absorbed. It argues jokers aid healing through laughter and companionship, while warning against shutting out merriment. The piece ends with a Dublin estate anecdote of two granite dogs and a quip about feeding them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joker
Dublin
Jack
Porcelain name origin traced to porcellana term
A note explains how sixteenth century traders brought porcelain to Europe and its polished surface reminded buyers of cowrie shells. The shells were jokingly linked to a pig shape, giving rise to the term porcellana and the modern word porcelain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Time Waits For No Woman D O by Nell Brinkley
A reflective essay contrasts joyful scenes of motherhood and affection with a sad window view of a girl longing for better prospects. It surveys time’s passage as a shrouded figure among Broadway’s bustle and the striving of women to delay aging with beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman D.O
Nell Brinkley
Success as a Hostess A guide to refined hospitality
A Chicago florist, John Lenik, was killed by an electric soil mixing machine he invented. The article notes 1912 Minnesota deaths totaled 20,272 with 2,246 from tuberculosis, reflecting era mortality context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lenik
Chicago
Lenik
Minnesota
Skin of Beauty Product Ad From Old Newspaper
An old OCR fragment promotes a skin cream called Mand's Cream as a cosmetic solution. It references Dr L A Sayre and urges ladies to use the preparation. The ad mentions druggists and a list of locations in Canada and New York with a street address in Jones Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Sayre
Fosdykkre
England
Plume
Nose veils and sun hats dazzle Newport society ladies
Photographs from Newport show Mrs. William Goodby Loew Mrs. French Vanderbilt Miss Robert Willard and Miss Natalia Willard modeling the latest fad nose veil created by Mrs. French Vanderbilt. The feature notes sun exposure on hot July and August streets and the fashion aim to shade the face from forehead to mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
William Goodby Loew
French Vanderbilt
Robert Willard
Natalia Willard
America
Wife’s Free Speech Drives Yonkers Husband Toward Work
A Yonkers police court tale features a long married couple where the wife’s constant nagging about her husband’s failure to support the family prompts the judge to consider workhouse sentencing. The piece argues nagging can be a form of truth telling and examines social norms surrounding spousal duty and female voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
Adam
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. W. Schelcher
North Flores Street
Willie Braunschweig
Charlies Koch
Fred Wolfram
B. Prochnow
Rev
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St. John’s Evangelical Church
Nueva
South ’Resa
Emma Frey
Oscar Schendel
Luther Leagues
Brenham
Tex
Frey
Paul Jaehnig Jr
Oscar Sehender
Helen Rilling
The
Schertz
Hugo Ebert
Erna Ross Lee Adams
Verena Vogt
Annie Zip
Mary Horn
A. Bolden
Harry Adams
Henry Ebert
Herbert Adama
Fs Adelian Club
Mies Lillie Muegee
Adelian Club
Marie Fricke
Margaret Lacey
Sadie McLauren
Honorine Reich
Annie Meyers
Pauline Seholtz
Lillie Tremlett
Meta Muegee
Lyda Covington
Briste
Amanda Fisig
Pauline Schultz
Louis Bowen
Leigh Street
Lawton
Main Avenue
Broadway
International News Service
Frank Learned
New York
Skin of Beauty
Juy Forever
Eaa
Ed Terk
T. Felix Gouraud
Boston
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