Old Notes On Social Life And Local Talks From Oberlin
A jumble of society items from Oberlin and nearby, noting church pew installation, Mrs. Saxton’s class, Russell-Pittfield Farmers Institute meeting, visits by Mr and Mrs Davidson and Mr Krueger, and curious anecdotes about a glamorous party guest. Also reflections on car trends and New York personalities, with a 1930 copyright by McNaught Syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Campbell, Jr
A. A. Saxton
Russiln-Pittfield Farmers Institute
New York
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Dowling Yacht Betrothal Sparks Turbulent Society Night
Joretta Dowling and Norman Williams announce their engagement aboard the Montezuma after a dinner party. Allan Dowling radiantly blesses the match while worry gnaws at Jim Norton as a secret love triangle and family leverage unfold. A strange engineer glimpses a Ghostly moment aboard the ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joretta Dowling
Norman Williams
Allan Dowling
Jetty
Norman
Mrs. Dowling
Williams
Dowling
Jim Norton
Wiliams
Ana
Jim
Ben
Flo
Norton
Young Williams
Wil Lams
Orton
Ensenada
Montezuma
Old romance revived ends in Memphis marriage
A 45 year dormant romance between Memphis artist Frank L. Van Ness and widow Rose Sliter rekindled in Kalamazoo Michigan led to their marriage recently. The 64 year old artist and former newspaper man reconnected after he visited Michigan and Mrs Sliter, mother of three, wrote him thinking he was her childhood sweetheart. They announced their engagement after replies and are now honeymooning in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Kalamazoo
Mich
South
Frank L. van Ness
Michigan
Paw-Paw Courier- Northerner
Rose Sliter
van Ness
New House Opens To Cosmopolitan Audience With Multilingual Subtitles
The construction completes for a new venue that will welcome a diverse crowd. Subtitles will run in French and English on Monday and Tuesday, in French and German on Wednesday and Thursday, and in French and Russian on Friday and Saturday. Later films will include Russian, German, Spanish, French and English. Rubber automobile shackles are said to reduce rattling.
Diary of a modern Pepys in New York society
A bustling diary entry chronicles a New York day of shopping and social glimpses. It notes visits to Allen Street and Division Street shops, a stroll through Chinatown, a dinner with Peg and Roy Howard, and a theater outing to The Greeks Had a Word for It. It mentions Jack Hobby arriving from Paris as a social greeter, Maurice Chevalier’s triumph provoking Jealousy in Paris, and a Park Avenue elevator quip. The piece closes noting large social club lists and ongoing society chatter.
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New York
Pepys
Carter Pannil
Venezuela
Allen Street
Division Street
Chinatown
Peg
Roy Howard
Jack
Canada
Will James
Cough Syrup Rescue Cures Evening Ruin
Lucille Gerrity at 32 West 53rd Street N C credits Smith Brothers Cough Syrup with ending her bad cough after the first spoonful. She notes a night ruined turned to relief and a complete clearing of symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Brothers
Lucille Gerrity
West 53Rd Street
Oberlin community plans drama society to fund church debt
East Oberlin residents met at the Meeks home to discuss forming a dramatic society to raise funds for the new church debt. Church kitchen planning occurred, with volunteers organizing the finish of the new kitchen. Several local residents attended events, visits, and a funeral in Amherst, Elyria, and nearby towns, while others returned from trips and hosted relatives.
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Oberlin Road
East Oberlin
Harry Meeks
Gar McRoberts
Victor H. Ries
Bank
Elyria
Frank Kreger
Rebecca Aid Society
McDahl
Oberlin
Arthur Durlam
Rogers
McCalla
Lakewood
Aekin
Frank Krueger
Mary Bohn
Henrietta
J. C. Davidson
William Miller
Amherst
D. J. Campbell
Red Wing
Minn
Ellsworth
Wis
Martha Chavelton
Hudson
Orange Hall
John Campbell
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P. H. Campbell
Carlisle
Harry Murphy
Bustanoby's
Chapter
Dowlings
Grestinss
Joretta
Mr. Norton
Jorett
Allan
Norman Startled Her
Paris
Julius Tannen
Thyra Winslow
Tannen
Miss Winslow
Jack Hobby
Palm Beach Coconut Grove
America
Hobby
Maurice Chevalier
Park Avenue
Consequence
Irs
Pri
Reet Ead
UC Aol
Eyal. Oe
Willard
Lorain County
Broad Street
Ohio
WTAM
Manhattan
West Side Lumber & Coal Co
West Street
Nielsen Laboratories, Inc
Middle Ave
Elyria, Ohio
Weller
Roseville Pottery
Weller and
Roseville
Roper Gas
High Rent Dist
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