Gleanings From The Social World Women Writers Spotlight
A playful social column notes a hurried maiden and the comic chatter among the wives of Solomon about romance and pin-money. It shifts to portraits of Marie Corelli, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Mary E. Wilkins, detailing their quirks, origins, and literary stature as part of a lively society talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Corelli
Italy
London
Eric Mackey
Byron
Corelli
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Pfluffy
Mary E. Wilkins
New England
Mins Wilkins
Local Child Confesses to Dining Room Grapes
A young girl who falsely claimed she had eaten grapes in the dining room relented at twilight and confessed to her mother. Pallbearers named Brad Davis and others attended a funeral. Misses Scofield Hawkins Harris Burchett and Matt VanLear returned from a Chautauqua outing near Ruston. Miss Claire Vance arrived from New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Pahaw
Mattie Scofield
Mary Hawkins
Lee Harris
Bessie Burchett
Matt VanLear
Chautauqua
Ruston
Progress Bicycle Contest Promises Prize to Top Lady Voter
The Progress offers a Victor Bicycle from Overman Wheel Co as a prize to the most popular young woman in Caddo parish. Votes are cast at 203 Milam Street and canvassed weekly. The contest is supervised by local citizens ensuring fairness with a $5000 damages guarantee for injury due to bicycle materials or construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caddo Parish
Devil
Overman Wheel Company
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Louisiana Cycle Company Limited
Milam Street
Emile Kaliski
Overman Wheel Co
Victor Bicycle No
Death in the community mourns Miss Maibelle Rogers
The town expresses heartfelt sympathy as the burial of Miss Maibelle Clay Rogers ends with sorrowful eyes and flowers from friends. Many notices mention relatives friends visiting, traveling to Eureka Springs and Galveston, and local gatherings including Fidelio meetings and a Caddo Rifles drill at the YMCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maibelle Clay Rogers
Messrs
Will Henderson
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Sarah Asher
Brad Davis
Jas. F. Utz
Glenn Rule
Will, Leonard
Ralph McClure
Geo. Kalmback
Tom Chase
Claire Vance
New Orleans
Progress Bicycle Contest
Vole
Miss Estelle
Miss Clair
Mr. Wi. B. Ogilvie
Eureka Springs
Ark
Zune
Mra
Ben Holzman
Daughter
Miss Lazarus
Mr. Mills
Twentie Arsois
Waukesha, Wis
Penick
Chatham
Bessie Ogilvie
Ethel Blanchard
L. Spilker
Lena Dick
Keachi
Will Spilker
Mr. A. Wilson
Galveston
Fidelio
Clara Florsheim
Ophelia Atkins
Katie Allen
Cooper’s Wells
Lookout Mountain
Beattie Johnson
Hi C, Dimmick
Mary Belle
Andrew Currie, Jr
Gulf
Kemp
Louis Cohen
Huuson’s Springs
Dove Gregg
Marshall, Texas
Andrew Currie
Cedar Rest
Sam Benjamin
Mrs. Jeffries
Lloyd Bowers
Birmingham
Ralph Meyer
Flora B. Dreyfuss
Caddo Rifles
Howard Swain
Ike Heldingsfield
Julia Rogers
Mt. Eagle
Jennie Dunham
May Murphy
Lake Charles Rifles
Columbia Club
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