Chrysanthemums adorn Garner home for social event
The Garner home dazzled with pink and white chrysanthemums as Mrs. Garner wore black silk crepe de chine and Mrs. Vertner Mitchell in white lace trimmed chiffon hosted a large guest list. Guests included Mrs. Carrie Buckner and Miss Susan Buckner aiding the hostess, despite rain. Local arrivals and absences noted include Alexander’s return Thursday night and several townsfolk visiting or traveling to Lexington, Cincinnati, Corbin, and Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Garner
Carrie Buckner
Susan Buckner
Local Social Roundup From Lexington and Nearby
Mrs. F B Wentworth hosts a nudle party with out of town visitors including Mrs. Charles Erringer of Paris and Mrs. Stevens of Detroit. D A R events in Lexington draw attendees such as Mrs Ed Clark visiting from Louisville and Miss Mary Belle Field Miller returning from a meeting. Garden league basketball hosts Kentuckys Wesleyan Gymnasium tourney with the Lemons and Cardinals winning. Travelers Mr and Mrs John M Stevenson return from Louisville visits. Madame Hiddenga of Washington DC stays with Major and Mrs Matt Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Wentworth
William Garner
Vertner Mitchell
Charles Erringer
Paris
Stevens
Detroit
Michigan
Charles Davis
Madame Hiddenga
Ed. Clark
Louisville
Lexington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Rezin Scobee
Beverly Jouett
Mary Belle Field Miller
W. A. Beatty
Iday
T. W. L. van Meter
Lucien Beckner
Our Town
J. N. Rankin
McKinley
Worthington
Oscar Johnson
I. A. Shirley
Cincinnati
Kentucky Wesleyan Gynasium
Lemons
Grasshoppers
Cardinals
Crescents
John M. Stevenson
Lizzie Burke
C. A. Tague
Richmond
Levin Thompson
Berea College
D. A. Thompson
Hiddenga
Washington, D. C
Major
Matt Adams
Strother Scott
H. T. Ecton
Frankfort
Mr. Scott
O. J. Chandler
C. E. Crafton
Ryland Ramsey
Barber of Seville at Winchester Opera House Saturday
The Tiffin News lauds the John Dunsmore Opera Co for presenting Rossini Beaumarchais comedy The Barber of Seville. Cast includes Mme Monti Baldini Rosina, John Dunsmore Don Basilio, Roman Klekko Figaro, Pierre Gerardi Count Almaviva, with Beight and Pick praised for violin and piano. Beigh encore numbers during intermission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Opera House
Tiffin, C
John Dunsmore Opera Co
Mme. Monti Baldini
Rosina
John Dunsmore
Don Basilio
Mr. Beigh
McCoy Retires From Boxing After Losses
Kid McCoy tells Johnny White at the National Athletic Club in New York that he plans never to fight again. He says recent reports claim he cannot regain his former form and advises quitting the sport after his bout with Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kid
McCoy
Johnny White
National Athletic Club
New York
Horton Law
Stewart
White
Churches and ministers hold Sunday services across town
Rev G L Southgate preaches at Main Street Methodist at 11 a m with communion after the sermon. Quarterly conference at 3 30 p m and evening services at 7. Baptist Church offers 11 a m and 7 30 p m with Dr J J Porter. Reading room hosts 11 a m service and a testimonial Wednesday at 7. Protracted meeting continues at Church of Christ with 11 a m and 7 15 p m sermons by Elder F B Srygler. Antioch host 11 a m by Elder J W Harding. Presbyterian morning 11 by Rev William Cumming. evening 7 30. Washington Street Presbyterian 11 a m by Rev C E Crafton. Sunday, October 25, 1908. Public invited to Reading Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Southgate
Main Street
The
Baptist Church
J. J. Porter
Church of Christ
F. B. Srygler
J. W. Harding
Antioch
This County
Presbyterian Church
William Cumming
Washington Street Presbyterian
C. E. Crafton
Petition to rescind college athletic department decision
A petition signed by about 175 to 200 merchants and prominent townspeople will be mailed Saturday to each Kentucky Wesleyan College Board of Education member. The Commercial Club asks the board to rescind its athletic department action. The petition is nearly universal among city pastors, with one absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Commercial Club
East End News and Local Happenings
Mrs Bettie Owen is very ill at her North Park home. Mrs Fred Farmer and her son Count of Lexington visit relatives here. Mr Jefferson Davis moved from Owingsville Ky to this city. Mr John Burris is very low with typhoid fever. Mrs George Carlisle and twins Jane and Esther of Portsmouth Ohio visit on Jefferson Street. Reese and Pace shipped two carloads 1200 lb cattle to Cincinnati. Miss Kate Keyes grading 250 feet of ground on South Main Street. Alabama Street extension to French Avenue completed improving the old mud lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettie Owen
North Park
Fred Farmer
Lexington
Jefferson Davis
Owingsville
John Burris
George Carlisle
Jane
Esther
Portsmouth
Carlisle
Jefferson Street
Reese and
Pace
Cincinnati
Kate Keyes
South Main Street
Alabama Street
French Avenue
Triplett Sells Fine Horses to Paris Dealers
Thomas F. Triplett sold a brood mare named Maude Squires and a Bourbon Chief colt for 1625 and 500 respectively to Maddox & Young of Paris Missouri. The mare is described as one of the county’s best and both animals will be shipped to Missouri this week along with other high bred stock purchased recently by the buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Triplett
Maddox & Young
Paris
Maude Squires
Bourbon Chief
Missouri
Brown-Proctoria Dinner Hosts Burley Tobacco Leader
Mr. Clarence Le Bus, President of the Burley Tobacco Society, attended a dinner at the Brown-Proctoria on Saturday. Also present was traveling salesman Mr. Morris Price, who is spending a few days at the event location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence le Bus
Burley Tobacco Society
Brown-Proctoria
Morris Price
The Peony Promises A Fashionable Garden Rise
An admirer extols the peony as the coming garden fashion. It grows in most soils with rich moisture, thrives with modest care, and can outlast roses in American home beds. Plant in autumn, divide every seven to eight years, and enjoy a long lasting, old fashioned garden atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Planting and care tips for hedges and vines in fall and spring
Practical advice on choosing well drained moist soil for plants, digging and firming the root contact, winter protection with leaf mold or litter, best planting times for trees and asparagus, and methods to store produce. It covers fall heelings, winter cover, and using Ampelopsis Boston Ivy for rapid, hardy hedge screening with fall planting cues and a note on nursery prices.
Wireless weather reports from steamships proposed by Bigourdan
C H Bowen notes ocean observations aiding European forecasts but M Bigourdan proposes regular sea reports via steamships with wireless telegraph gear as a cheaper method. Atlantic depressions west of 35N drive most weather changes, with about half from North America and half from the open ocean. British naval vessels already use wireless weather reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Bigourdan
Atlantic
North America
Open Ocean
Shady brokers acquitted as judge scathingly referenced
An outside London brokerage firm faced prosecution for swindling but was acquitted. The court stated there was not enough evidence to convict yet expressed a strong personal opinion. The next day the firm advertised with bold display, referencing the lord chief justice of England for probity in a mocking reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Argonaut
Benefactor of Women in Hairdressers Journals
In old age M. Marcel is described as the benefactor of mankind as he waves a woman’s hair, showing what he can still do. The piece notes honors paid to him in London and remarks on the hairdressers’ journals exaggerating at times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Marcel
London
Ornithology of a Quarrel in Stray Stories
A terse quarrel line recalls a husband wife exchange from Stray Stories. She calls the partner a hateful thing and a silly goose then reflects on her own marriage while he retorts she was no chicken. The exchange uses avian imagery to sharpen social humor.
MODELED AFTER HIS ELDERS Visitor In New York Sees in Naivete of Child a Trait Common to Americans
Mrs Henry Farman wife of the aeronaut recalls an American trait in a New York interview. She notes Americans’ naivete softens selfish traits. A Brooklyn hostess’s son asks his mother if she bought a birthday present and what was bought to pacify him since it is not his birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Farman
Brooklyn
The Fickle Shopper
A grocery clerk recalls a customer who keeps him guessing at the counter. She tests prices by asking about coffee quality and insists on a pound of 40 cent ground coffee, creating a humorous scene of frugal shopping.
Bachelor Quarters Recalled By Janitor Joke
A humorous exchange recalls apartments once called bachelor quarters. The janitor jokes occupants now have better halves, prompting questions about current residents and living arrangements.
A Casu al Resemblance Inquiries Unmarried Baronet S Noun
A playful exchange questions why an unmarried baronet resembles part of a horse’s harness. The interlocutor dismisses the comparison, asking what the resemblance could be. The line of humor hinges on a pun or conceit about social status and gear.
Boston Youths and a Leopard Bite Seek Leprosy Tales
A Boston 12 year old girl was scratched and bitten when she stroked a leopard at a traveling circus. A companion feared she would catch leprosy. Another Boston story tells of an elderly woman blaming gastritis on a leaking gas coal stove in the sitting room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Annie
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SocCin Tx
Opera House
M’coy
New
York
Ella W. Haggard
Main Street Methodist
First Church of Christ Scientist
Kentucky Wesleyan
East End
Triplett
November Records
C. H. Bowen
Wireless Weather
Stern
Hlves
Bostonese
S. Highland Street
J. C. Lary
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