Local Social Events and Obscure Notices From Town
Local column recounts entertaining events hosted by Ward Downs and Mrs. Kemble White for the Young Married Club, with Miss Ramey celebrated and Miss Eudora Wy discussed. Parochial school outing to Traction Park is described, along with a Mannington Knights contingent joining. Invitations, arrivals, and travel plans for locals are noted, plus a Lexington marriage and a St Edith's return home for vacations. The piece closes with miscellaneous society items, a gastric ulcer study brief, a playful New York Times sheep joke, and a Bachelors versus Married men crime ratio fact.
Personal notices of travels births and condolences
Local society items list Katharyn Moore from Gaston NY heading to Wilmington for summer with relatives. Mrs CB Goodwin and children visit friends in Manchington Today. A birth announced to Mr and Mrs Rus Peel Morgan on Locust Avenue. Irene Stanhagen visits Keyser WV relatives. Arthur Toothman and wife arrive from Lexington VA, visiting the home of Robert John’s family. Mrs John Martin of Deep Valley arrives yesterday following death of J C Barthalow. E W Chenoweth widow asks sister-in-law to attend Jackson Street. Mrs Harry Walters and Mrs Bila Frey of Lattimore visit sister Mrs George Herling on Coy Alreet. John P Hart and daughter Michaelle travel to Greensburg PA for St Joseph’s school commencement. Mary Hart to graduate. Mrs A B Shackelford operated on at Millersville, improving satisfactorily. S P G Stealey called to Grafton for sister Anna Newton’s death. Mrs Martha Boggess, Mrs Clarence Hamilton, and Mrs H Kelley attend Benjamin Bradford funeral in Grafton. Rev C B Goodwin travels to Buck Bannon for Wesleyan University inauguration. Edna and Jessie Jacobs return from Huttonsville after two weeks with Miss Isa Hutton.
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Katharyn Moore
Gaston Ny
Lexington
Washington and Les School of Laws
Robert John
John Martin
Deep Valley
J. C. Barthalow
E. W. Chenoweth
Jackson Street
Harry Walters
Bila Frey
Lattmore
George Herling
feCoy
John P. Hart
Michaelle
Greensburg
St. Joseph’s School
Mia
Mary ‘Hart
A.B. Shackelford
Millersville
G. Stealey
Grafton
Anna Newton
Martha Boggess
Clarence Hamilton
H. Kelley
Ben-jamin Bradford
C. B. Goodwin
Buck Bannon
Wesleyan University
Edna
Jessie Jacobs Haye
Huttonavilis
Isls Hutton
Hope Sewing Circle Hosts Evening of Tea and Talk
East Side news notes Mrs Floyd Jeffers entertaining the Hope Sewing Circle on Thursday evening. Local families report diphtheria illnesses include the Wayns Merediths and Mrs Elda Travis Cottrill guests, with Mian Margorie Travis Cottrill in Houston for dinner. Y M W Club to meet at Mrs Ward Downs on Tenth Street. Mrs T B Henderson returns from a week with relatives. Grafton and Mrs Helmick ill at home. Mrs Criss visits Mancington. Jean Linn visits Bentons Perry. Heat from a natural spring in Acqui Italy used to heat buildings and provide boiling water for clothing and cleaning. Police quote notes a gentleman is not always respectable. magistrate rebuke quoted.
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T. B. Henderson
Grafton
Helmick
Formone
Mra
A. G. Criss
Columbia Street
Mancington
Jean Linn
Benton
Perry
Harr
Merchant Street
Acqui
Italy
Neverling
Kreisler Predicts Bright Future For Violinist Here
Fritz Kreisler forecasts a bright future for Donald McBeath, a young Australian violinist to perform on the seventh day of the Chau tauqua. Kreisler, famed as a violinist, has coached him this past year and sees unusual talents, noting McBeath’s recent completion of his third season as choralizing artist with John McCormack and growing popularity with McCormack audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onald McBeath
John McCormack
McCormack
Frits Kreisler
Mc Heath
Kriesler
Mcvneath
Breadwinner Honored on Father’s Sunday at Williams Memorial
Sunday July 2 will be observed as Father’s Sunday at Williams Memorial M E church. The service honors the family breadwinner with wheat sheaves and clover blossoms as symbols. Congregants are asked to wear a head of wheat or clover blossom in memory of the father, the home’s bread winner, aligning the observance with wheat harvest and proximity to Independence Day.
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Williams’ Memorial M. E
One-Cent Sign in Liberty Street Cigar Shop Window
A New York Evening Post report notes a clever prank in Liberty Street where a humorist placed a large cigar box in a shop window and added the sign One Cent, Enough Said, using nondescript cheroots as the display. The stunt drew attention from passersby and added a light moment to the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toni
New ‘York Evening Post
Liberty” Street
Favorite Son Expression Through History
The term favorite son, long used in politics, dates to 1789 with Washington called the favorite son of liberty by a New York journalist. By 1626 John Randolph of Virginia was dubbed the favorite son of that commonwealth, and the phrase became widely used thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York City
John Randolph
Virginia
Commonwealth
Copsii Method in His Madness A Fictional Dilemma
Edna confronts rumors about Jo, a fiancée who claims a strict healthy life. He reveals a test by his grandfather to prove devotion, offering wealth if he endures three months of austere living. Edna supports waiting, seeing their love survive the unusual challenge and a forthcoming wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nobbie
New York Times
M. L. Weston
McClure
Edna
Brunette
Ted
Biague
Old Flint
Mr. Flint
Lyle
Oll
Lel Men
Corset Covers and Silk Underwear Price List
An old price column lists corset covers from 28 cents to 1.1 dollars, drawers 25 cents to 2 dollars, and garments like coats from 45 cents to 6 dollars. It also includes combinations due at 3 dollars, silk underwear priced up to 10 dollars, and shirtwaist dresses at 69 cents.
Cretonnes Brighten Your Home at Bargain Prices
Brighten your home with cretonnes in a wide range of patterns and colors priced from 25c to 50c a yard. These quality domestic and foreign fabrics offer surprising value and can transform a winter house into a cheerful summer space. Third Floor.
Time for Porch Shades
After early warm weather, customers rush to install porch shades. Vador shadow shades are weather proof and easy to fit, offered in green or brown in sizes to suit porches. Prices range from two dollars twenty five cents to eight dollars. Third Floor.
Summer Rugs to Make the Home Right From the Ground Up
A catalog style note on summer rugs and mats offered for home use. It lists standard grades, fair pricing, and durable service with prices from small rugs to room size mats, highlighting a third floor location.
Boys' Wash Suits Boast Abundant Selections
The children's store presents a wide range of wash suits for boys aged two to six for warm days. Russian, Norfolk, Sutler and Tommy Tucker models are available in durable materials. Prices run from 1.00 to 2.00 dollars on the first floor.
It Takes Three Things to Make a Good China and Cut Glass Store
A bustling catalog-style feature shows growing demand as shoppers buy more china and cut glass than ever. The piece highlights sparkling cut glass and a wide range of trays, jugs, baskets, candlesticks, dishes, com pots, and hand painted pieces with prices from 26c to 110.00, plus summer chinas and bric a brac priced lower than expected.
Nerv Worth story from Mrs Whittaker gains 16 pounds
Mrs Whittaker, endorsing Nerv Worth, recounts seven years of illness and hospital care. After using Nerv Worth she reports weight gain of 16 pounds and increasing strength, saying the tonic restored her to daily tasks and mobility. A dollar back guarantee at Cran Store backs the claim.
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Neva Whitt
Cran Store
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ward Downs
Miss Ramey
Kemble White
Eala
Eudora Wy
Missey
Traction Fark
Yelock
Traction Park
Knights of Colum
Mannington
Ietllaren
Angela Davis
Lnto
Frankin Davis
Itowa
W. ‘S. Billingsley
Locust Avenue
Davia
Main Street
Cleveland Avenue
Eleanor Peddicord
Milam Rock
Jean
Christine Scott
St. Edith’s School
Bristow
Look Gassup
Cardn
Albert Cook Ormerly
van Ear
Eloise Gaseup
Cook
Consolidation Coal Company
Kentucky Fields
Everett
W.E
E. L. Durge
Urbana
Journal of the American Medical Association
East Side
Hope Sewing Circle
Floyd Jeffers
The
J. N. Gaskins
Market Street
Elda Travis Cottrill
Mian
Marjorie Travis Cottrill
Houston
Texas
Y. M. W. Club
Srebuke
Fritz Kreisler
Donald McBeath
Beecham
the Daily Short Story
Copsii
Cretonnes
F. F. Dalley CO
Lidl Botha
Claude B. Vincent
Fairmont Dand* Am
Vincent
Gaston Avenue
D. Cox
Hell Phone
Fairmont Printing & Publishing Company
Monroe ST
Greater Airment Band
John A. Bloom
Mer
Bell Phone
Consol
Phono
Freckles
Slim
Blosser
Chasus
Tee
Wheeling
Aggoui
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