Grand Rapids Social Life Centered on Clubs and Homes
Grand Rapids hosts a dense social scene with the Ladies' Literary club, the St. Cecelia music society, and West Side and South End branches shaping culture. The new $75,000 club house of St. Cecelia draws 600 members, while other homes like Oakhurst host lavish gatherings before Waters family mourning, with prominent figures such as Miss Mabel Waters and Miss Corinne Hinscill noted in society circles.
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Grand Rapids
Valley
Alice Mgowan-Meyver
L. P. Rowland
Europe
St. Cecelia Society
John McQuewan
Withey
Fred Aldrich
Fred Dean
Walter McBrien
Col. E. Crofton Fox
John Faulkner
Rowland Lane
Benedicts
Daniel H. Waters
Oakhurst
Waters
Mrs. Water
Mabel Waters
Dudley E. Waters
Morris Cassard
Chicago
Miss Waters
Miss Maude Withey
Lewis H. Withey
Michigan Trust Company
Itate
S. L. Withey
Miss Withey
Miss Ball
A. Ball
Kentucky
Fred H. Ball
Ball
Myra Wonderly
J. H. Wonderly
Sucius
California
Michigan
Charles Fox
Corinne Hinscill
Miss Fox
Edward Lowe
Isle of Wight
Lucius Torrey
Miss Haveland
Hudson-on-Hudson
Putman
Enos Putman
Charles
Hazeltine
Beautiful Me
John Street Hill
Milan
Preusser
Camille Preusser
Mae Strahan
Badge of Honor Saves Union Soldier at Gamma Beta Dinner
The 60th Gamma Beta annual dinner honors a retired captain who recalls a Civil War escape. He describes being captured by secessionists in Arkansas after the war and nearly hanged before a Confederate officer recognizing his Gamma badge intervened. The officer freed him and lent aid, enabling his escape and a reunion with Ned, the man who helped.
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Gamma Beta
Arkansas
Jim Roberts
Roberts
Ned
Reign of the People and the Case for Limited War
An editorial urging that democracy must demand reasoned grounds for war and disarmament. It contrasts democratic self rule with aristocratic self interest, argues for genuine democracy beyond names, and warns that rulers act with press support and dwindling public scrutiny.
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Westminster Review
The Twins in Distress
A humorous exchange shows a nurse puzzled by fretful twins and a mistress guessing the siblings have mixed themselves up and cannot tell which is which.
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Mistress
Jewelry Trends From Velvet Age: Diamonds Pearls and More
A long list of jewelry fashions highlights double diamond heart brooches with a drooping pearl, ruby eyed beetles, diamond butterfly pins, owl hairpieces, bangle bracelets, pearl and diamond hair combs, and musketeers like snakes and lovers knots. Carnelian bridesmaids stones, tortoise shell accessories, ornate three folding mirrors, ostrich plume accents, and new engagement pieces featuring a heart and padlock key motif are described.
Old Fields and Better Use of Grass Lands
A discussion on renovating worn grass fields by plowing up old run down acres to grow corn oats peas or Hungarian avoiding a half ton per acre hay yield. Emphasizes farmer education, soil and forestry practices, and the value of diversification in crops and woodlots.
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Maine
J. L. Budd
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Dames and Damsels OF
City of Beautiful Maidens and Daughters
Literary Society
Edwin F. Uhl
Uhl
E. R. E. Carpenter
Washington
H. C. Brigham
the Ganges
Reign OF the People
Allen Moore
Italy
Rome
Out
Scents
Iorticulture