Community notes from Wilmington social events
Mrs. E. M. Gregg visits Mrs. John S. Watters in Asheville while Miss Mary Isabell Taylor goes to Raleigh to visit Mrs. R. D. Stephens. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Haines depart for Baltimore for Mrs. Haines to seek treatment at Johns Hopkins. The Christian Endeavor Society holds 6 10 PM service at First Presbyterian. J. Fred Russ relocates to Florence to join Boyd Russ Bakery Inc. The Wesley Bible Class hosts a YWCA supper Wednesday at 8 30 PM. The Corn Show dining committee meets at 11 AM tomorrow at Sorosis club rooms. Women of the Maccabees invite attendance at Mrs. Frank Brittian’s home. The YWCA opens on Sunday afternoon for visits and tea. Fred H. Hashagen Jr. and bride return from Charlotte after a bridal tour. Mrs. W. A. Fonville attends a wedding at Belews Creek and sings before the party. Linen Auxiliary of James Walker Memorial Hospital holds fall meeting Friday at 11 AM in Wilmington Savings and Trust Bank directors’ room. dues collection planned. Messrs. W. H. Sanders and N. H. Jenerette visit Wilmington. Jenerette noted banker from Hamlet. John J. Blair, Wilmington superintendent, returns from Durham where he attended Stonewall Jackson Training School trustee meeting in connection with King’s Daughters convention. Blair will address King’s Daughters Friday night at First Presbyterian about the school’s work and needs. The address was well received in East Main and North Roxboro streets church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linen Auxiliary
James Walker Memories Hospital
Wilmington Savings and Trust Bank
Bull City
John J. Blair
Wilmington
Durham
Stonewall Jackson Training School
Concord
N. C
State Organization of King’s Daughters
Blair
King’s Daughters
First Presbyterian Church
East Main
North Roxboro Streets
The Girl He Couldn't Buy Receives Praise at Academy of Music
The Washington Daily News praises The Girl He Couldn't Buy as a strong show at the Academy of Music. Review notes the Washington audience was surprised and delighted by the performance tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
N. C
Daily News
The
Academy of Music
Large Black Snake Invades Seaford Home
In Seaford on October 30 a large black snake entered Mrs. Marvy Neale’s Reliance home. Its skin was found on a chair in the parlor and the reptile was later seen coiled on a shelf above stored canned fruit. It vanished down a rat hole before it could be killed and has since been sighted in various parts of the house but repeatedly escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaford
Del
Marvy Neale
Reliance
County seeks aid to vindicate Wilson by Wilson Fund drive
The county urges public contributions to the Wilson Fund as a response to support vindicating Wilson. Citizens are asked to donate to help cover legal or related costs and back the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Wilson Fund
Buys His Own Coat in Quirky MixUp
Yuba City California October 30. Thomas Riddle a 75 year old wealthy Sutter county farmer sold his hay and grain crop cashed the check then forgot his coat outside a Live Oak restaurant. A second hand store sold him an old coat that fit perfectly and felt like an old friend the next day he realized it was his own coat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuba City
Cal
Thomas Riddle
Sutter County
Riddle
Live Oak
Chicken found in parcel box shocks Johnstown
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on October 30 a full grown live chicken was found in the big parcel mail box on railroad street by mail carrier John Smeigh. The bird spent the night in the box and damaged a large amount of mail. Police believe a thief, fearing pursuit, dropped the chicken to hide evidence and say the guilty party will have a hard time due to the destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Ciailroad Street
John =smeigh
Professor Downey Heads Mathematics in China
Hillsdale Ohio October. Professor John F Downey, aged seventy, will reorganize and administer the mathematics department at the University of Jiankxing in China. A Carnegie Retirement Fund recipient, he cannot teach for pay so his work there is voluntary. Downey, a Hillsdale College graduate, previously taught at Hillsdale, the State College of Pennsylvania, and was Dean of Liberal Arts at the State University of Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale
John F. Downey
University of Jiankxing
China
Carnegie
State University of Minnesota
Hats Arrive in Style at Gaylord's Store
A large shipment of new and attractive hats has just arrived at Gaylord's Store, promising fresh fashion options for customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord's Storf
Ady
Gaylord’s
Adv
Grand Jury Delivers Beard Length Ruling in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh the Grand Jury ruled beard length may continue until unsanitary or touching soup. The case of Selma Saylor assaulting Frank Smola by cutting off part of his beard led to dismissal. Costs exceeding $12 charged to the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Grand Jury
Selma Saylor
Frank Smola
Grandurors
Onion and Cracker Diet Case From Kankakee
Ira Palmer an 83 year old man claims he can live on onions and crackers only. Dora Palmer his wife alleges she provides meals to his comfort including beard trimming and haircuts as part of a separate maintenance suit filed in Kankakee Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Ill
Ira Palmer
Dora
Sisters Find They Are Related After Decades Apart
In Knoxville Tennessee two neighbors Mrs. Henry Grady aged 51 and Mrs. Annie Hickman aged 338 discovered they are sisters after Hickman mentioned their shared father s name. They had lived next to each other for seven years and were separated for over twenty years before learning their kinship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Henry Grady
Annie Hickman
Father selects wedding trousseau for daughter in St Paul
Gus Lieber of Jamestown North Dakota visited St Paul to pick out every piece of Helen Liebers wedding attire. He said he arranged lace silk and linen himself and sent goods home by telegram praising his choice. He claimed his wife and daughter never bought their own clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
St. Paul
Minn
Gus Lieber
Jamestown
N. D
Helen Lieber
Mrs. Lieber
Miss Liber
Dad Liber
Mr. Lieber
Helen
Eagles maul hunters at Malibu ranch in accidental encounter
D Kingsbury of Ocean Park rancher G M Williams and Policeman Harry Wright of Santa Monica were attacked by two eagles while deer hunting at a Malibu ranch. The birds wounded Kingsbury’s shoulder and tugged at Wright’s clothing. A third eagle grabbed a dog before Williams killed one eagle with a shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Wright
Kinsbury
Williams
Velour Ladies' Sport Coats At Gaylord’s Store Sale
Velour ladies sport coats offered at Gaylord’s Store for five dollars in an advertisement. The ad promotes a clearance or sale item targeting shoppers seeking affordable outerwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord’s
Weeklong calendar of major sports events and football games
A calendar lists events across billiards trotting field trials and horse shows with Leagues in St Louis Phoenix Smyrna Hast Pepperell and Tia Juana. It includes battles such as Levinsky versus Miske in Brooklyn and several college and pro football matchups across Yale Colgate Harvard Virginia Dartmouth Syracuse Princeton Penn LaFayette Brown Notre Dame Army Navy Minnesota Illinois Chicago Ohio State Michigan etc.
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California
Jockey Club
Tia Juana
Mexico
New York
Yale
Colgate
New Haven
Harvard
Virginia
Cambridge
Dartmouth
Syracuse
Springfield
Pennsylvania
LaFayette
Philadelphia
Brown
Vermont
Providence
Army
Notre Dame
West Point
Navy
Washington and Lee
Annapolis
Minnesota
Illinois
Minneapolis
Chicago
Purdue
Indiana
Northwestern
Bloomington
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Columbus
Old Woman Starts Ranch in New Mexico Claim
Mrs Manerva Conway aged 70 leaves Salina Kansas for New Mexico to settle on a Civil War veteran widow claim. She takes 320 acres adjoining her son’s three year old claim and plans a stock ranch. Prices note advertising sale of suits at Gaylord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Kan
Birth Control Clinic Raid Seizes Sanger Team in Brooklyn
New York reports Mrs. Margaret Sanger, Mrs. Ethel Byrne, and Miss Fanny Mindell are under bail after a police raid on Sanger birth control clinic in a Brooklyn ghetto. The matron says the place was crowded with women receiving birth control advice. Police expect the raid to halt Sanger’s plan to open more clinics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Margaret Sanger
Ethel Byrne
Fanny Mindell
Sanger
Brooklyn
Byrne
Man Adopts 62 Year-Old Daughter in St Paul Court
In St Paul on October 30 a couple aged 45 and 38 adopted Mrs Mary Ann Hughes as their daughter. The McGeoy family at 514 Carrall Street sought adoption to recognize her care of their children and share in their affection. Mrs Hughes had cared for neighbors and their children after her husband died eighteen years prior. The daughter, now 62, left the judge's chamber with her “mother and father.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
St.Paul District Court
Mrs. T. McGeoy
Carrall Street, St. Paul
Mary Ann Hughes
Charles Michael
Teacher narrowly escapes as nitro cap found on pupil
Oakbrook Virginia on October 30 Miss May Dillon a primary school teacher faced a close call after reprimanding a pupil and wielding a ruler. A nitro glycerine cap was later found in the pocket of Lawrence Hine a pupil. The cap was recovered from desks and pockets along with other caps the owner Al Tiefer had supplied to students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Hine
al Tiefer
Oakbrook
May BE. Dillon
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. M. Gregg
John S. Watters
Asheville
Mary Isabell Taylor
Raleigh
R. D. Stephens
F. A. Haines
Baltimore
Christian Endeavor Society of the
First Presbyterian _ church
J. Fred Russ
Florence, S. C
Boyd-Russ Bakery, Inc
Wesley Bible Class
Grace Methodist Church
Sorosis Club
Women’s Benefit Association of the Maccabees
Frank Brittian
South Third Street
Fred H. Hashagen, Jr
Miss Urquhart
Savannah
Charlotte
W. A. Fonville
Belews Creek
Kernersville
Pattie Anderson Preston
A. W. Preston
Oscar Paris
Wadesboro
W. H. Sanders
Noah H. Jenerette
Hamlet
Sanders
Jenerette
Carolinas
South Carolina
First National Bank of
MR. Blair
Snake
A. D. Brown
Willie Hoppe
George B. Sutton
St. Louis
Phoenix
Arizonna
Eastern Beagle Club
Smyrna
Delaware
New England Fox Hunters
Hast Pepperell
Mass
Battling Levinsky
Billy Miske
Eddie Morgan
Alvie Miller
Akron
Ohio
al McCoy
Jack Dillon
Maryland Jockey Club
Pamlico
Shreveport
Maine
Lewiston
Princeton
Bucknell
Prince
Michigan
Washington University
Ann Arbor
South Dakota
Michigan Aggies
East Lansing
West Virginia
Gettysburg
Morganton
Washington State
Idaho
Pullman
Oregon
Eugene
Nebraska
Iowa State
Lincoln
Montana
Montana Aggies
Missoula
Missouri
Texas
Columbia
Vanderbilt
Rose Polytechnic
Nashville
Georgia Tech
Tulane
Atlanta
Alabama
Sewanne
Birmingham
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Florida
Mercer
Jacksonville
Louisiana State
Arkansas
Georgia
Alabama Polytechnic
Oklahoma
Kansas
Lawrence
Gaylord
Pirs
Pirs Byrne
Ecw
Seevce
Buster Brown
Belk-Willams Co
Wilmington, N. C
Grand Free Entertainment
Ats
Brim Eet
Belk-Williams Company
Geo. Oo
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