The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-08-20

: weeks, left last Saturday for Cottage
Farm, from whence she will return to hel
home in the Crescent City.
A. J. Sterken's hose of friends will regret
to learn that he has been confined to bed
since Sunday with quite severe attack
of illness. Mr. Sterken is reported some
what improved today and it is hoped he
will soon be up and about again.
Whitney Comstock, grille Rodillat and
George Fortier left yesterday afternoon
for New Orleans, from whence they de-
parted today, via the annual excursion
over the Illinois Central Railroad, for
Chicago, where they will spend couple
of weeks.
Fred Taddiken, ST., formerly of barrow,
but presently located at Myrtle Grove,
Plaquemines parish, visited Donaldsonville
last Monday on business and was cordially
greeted by his host of friends and ac-
quaintances.
The many friends of Raphael Singer,
who went to New Orleans recently to I'M
dergo slight surgical operation at the
Touro Infrmary, will be glad to learn that
Mr.. Singer is steady recuperating and ex-
poets to return home and resume his work
within the next week or two.
A postponed regular monthly meeting
of the board of directors of the Progressive
Union will be held in the rooms of the
Donaldsonville Social Club at 10 o'clock
tomorrow forenoon. Business of import
ance will be considered and a full at
tendance of members is desired.
Guy Porch. the efficient chief engineer
of Slack Bros. Rosedale factory, will
shortly remove from Thibodaux to this
/ city with his wife and family. occupying
the eommodious Cafero cottage in Hou-
mas street formerly tenanted by Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Gouaux and family.
Assumption Day, one of the most i'm
portant feasts in the Catholic calendar
was observed with appropriate services at
Ascension Church last Monday. There
were the usual low and high masses, as
on Sunday. and large congregations of de-
vout worshippers were in attendance at
each service.
Misses A. Leblanc and L. Comeaux re-
turned during the early part of the week
from New Orleans. where they were
pleasantly entertained by Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Landry. They were accompanied
home by Master Lester Landry, who will
remain here for a short stay with Il e
Misses Comeaux.
Miss Mary Michel and Emma Maurin,
Of this city, and Miss Maurin's sister Mrs
! Auguste Braud, of Garyville, went to New
Orleans yesterday morning and will join
the excursionists leaving that city today
for Chicago They expect to spend cou-
pie of weeks in the Illinois metropolis, re-
turning home about Sept. 4.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armand Guedry and fam
/ lily, after pleasant visit to relatives and
friends in Assumption parish, left this
week for their home at Berwick. where
Mr.. Guedry is employed as bookkeeper for
! the Louisiana Fish and Oyster Company.
MIR. Guedry visited Donaldsonville Tues
day. in company with his young son, and
dropped in to swap hand-shakes with his
friends in this Office.
The following young people were among
those from Donaldsonville who attended
the dance given last Wednesday evening
by Miss Lucille DeRussey at her home on
Belle Alliance plantation: Misses Mary
Whiteman, Charlton Locke, Belle Gondran,
Nita Sims and Laulie Colomb, Mrs. Paul
Leche, Messrs. Allan Colomb. H. Vernon
Sims, Karl Leche, Frank Tarleton Del
mayne Hanson and Charles Maurin, Jr.
A postcard received by The Chief this
week from Jasmin Tobias, the wide-awake
Young proprietor of the New Orleans Bar
Gain Store who is away on combined
t business and pleasure trip, conveys the
information that Mr.. Tobias has SO fan
visited Memphis, Cincinnati, Washington
and Baltimore. He left the latter city
Monday night for New York, where he
will purchase a stock of fail and winter
goods for his popular establishment.
In buying a cough medicine. don't be
afraid to get Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. There is no danger from it. anc
relief is sure to follow. Especially recon-
mended for coughs, colds and Whoopinl
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