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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01
ACood Ideal

Some people have various ideas as to the ideal way in which to spend Thanksgiving, some holding that football game, hunting, and other forms of recreation are the only manner in which to occupy the day, but differ with them, my idea being good warm fire and bountiful turkey dinner" John C.. Morrow, assistant solicitor. was heard to say. Everybody around the court house announced his in- tention of going ro Atlayta to at tend the football game. remained in the Magic City and kept the nome fire burning, excepting at meal times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01
Alabama Press
Out With It!

From the Mobile Register.
 It is not fair of the Montgomery Journal to know so much about Mobile schemes to rob the state un- der the pretense of developing the seaport, and to tell so little.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01
A "Driye" Victim

"Riches don't necessarily bring happiness to their possessor,' remarked MT. Grabcoin, "but once man acquires wealth, it's extra ordinary how many times day earnest callers will tell him he's in a position to contribute to the happiness of others"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01
Better Late Than Never

From the Dadeville Spot Cash.
 In voting the port amendment, the people have opened the gateway of Alabama to the outside world. This is a step that should have been taken two years ago. The result is going to be, greater prosperity for Alabama than we ever thought.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01

The white giant at Muscle Shoals is more than one-thrd harnessed. Alabama begins to glimpse his enormous pulling power when fully equipped to serve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01
Adrift With the Times
Hardly

The "classic flapper7 will appear, Dame Fashion says, the coming year; Pm much afraid we will not find She also has classic mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01
Plant More Peaches

From the Prattville Progress.
 It is very hopeful sign for our farmers to become more interested in good orchards. Many peach trees are being ordered this year and large number of them through our farm bureau. There are hun dreds of acres of land in the north ern part of our county that is not adapted to cotton but will make as fine peaches as can be raised in America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01

Shipping steel products from Birmingham to the Orient is just in the way of the regu- lar order of business, thanks to the port of Mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01
Rush Is Coming

County tax collections are com ing in little faster now, residents of Jefferson county having again awakened to the fact that the dawn of new year is upon them, and that the time has come to pay their annual revenue to the county" James F. Hawkins, county tax col lector, said. "While we have not collected one-fourth of the assess ment due on property, they will be coming in thick and fast for the next few days, due to the penalty attached to delinquents. My office is generally busy one, but it will be swamped for few days until the rush is over"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01
The Paragraphers
Respect the Sex

From the Atlanta Constitution
 "What shall we call woman senator?" asks an editor. Well, for chivalry's sake something Jess violent than we call men senators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01
THE EUPHEMIsTIc SULTAN

From the Providence Journal.
 The Sultan of Turkey has not abdicatcd, danger zone. As 2 euphemist he ranks in Glass A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01
ON PROBATION

From the Tampa Tribune.
 The remnant of the .xepublics Congress can consider itself on p. bation for the next two yeaxA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01
Signals Overl l

Lips That touch A cigaroot, Shall never Rest beneath My snoot,1 Said she. But then the Wretch Grew bolder; You see He
 Always Used Holder!
 -"The Lyre."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01
In Hotel Lobbies
Bremen Aid Inspector

q want to pay tribute to the cooperation of the firemen and o1 the public in the fire inspection we are undertaking to make,' said James L. Akin, chief of the fire de partment. "The inspection is being conducted entirely on off-time hours of the firemen. They have volunteered to give of their day off when they are at liberty to go home to their family, to the making of this inspection. They have mani fested not only fine spirit of co operation, but also one of unselfish- ness and loyalty. The public has also co-operated splendidly. They have opened their houses to the firemen, and have appeared anxious to do what they could to help. The inspection that is being made wifi be the most thorough ever con ducted in Birmingham. We will have complete data on furnaces chimneys, flues, and peculiarities of construction that will be invalu- able to the department"
 Birmingham and Music
 ''I have lived in Birmingham all my life and 1 want to say that music is one of the things that has come to be appreciated more slow ly than almost anything else" said Robert P. McDavid. "There are 2 few great celebrities that people want to hear, but the younger gen eration of artists like Reinald Wer- renrath for instance, who sang here for the first time Wednesday eve ming and whose name is not ia miliar to people, is one who de served a capacity house like John Mccormack had. Werrenrath's voice is not only a great baritone but beautifully cultivated, and his kipling songs were gems of purest ray serene. His big Aria from 'Herodiade' was one of the finest dramatic presentations I have ever heard and those who missed him will regret 1t always, because no finer artist has ever appeared in this city,"
 Tariff Hits Prices
 "The workings of the new tariff schedule are taking effect with a vengeance" said Leo Loeb, of Love man, Joseph & Loeb. "The public can not yet realize the full meaning of the new rates. was in the Flu ropean markets some months ago and purchased goods with the idea of selling them at figures that are in keeping with present prices. Some of these purchases were delayed and are ready to ship now. The new tariff makes the selling price prohibitive on many of the articles. We have cancelled some of the or ders, and the ones that will be shipped will have to be sold at a higher price than was anticipated. These conditions prevail with every merchant in this country. Prices will advance as direct result of the new tariff"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01
THE A-G E H E R AL D

Entered at the Birmingham Ala. postoffise as $, 1879.
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The New York herald., 1922-05-14

plane ceremony of Miss Schaeffer and
Lieut.. Burgess on the previous day, they
boarded the motor boat Tschuma and
sailed down to the middle of Ambrose
Channel, where they were met by Chap
lain Charles l.. Marks of the United
States Navy in navy gig. After climb
ing into the tossing motor boat Chaplain
Marks performed the marriage ceremony
for Miss Brickley and Mr.. Orr, as the
entire wedding party clung to every avail
able projection to avoid being thrown
down by the rolling craft. Lieut.. Warren
Brown and Mrs c. l.. Bruno were best
man and matron of honor.
Passing on from sea and sky weddings
il is found that old mother earth has had
more than her share of odd marriage cere-
monies. The only transcontinental mar
riage ever performed was that OF Mrs.
Marie ]. West, in Denver, and James A..
Horne, a Denver inventor, on business
trip in New York. The Rev. o. z. Ander-
son, at the Denver end OF long distance
telephone. conducted the service, and
when the time came for the presentation
OF the ring a friend, who had acted as
the best man, became the bridegroom's
proxy and slipped the gold band on the
brides finger
Bedloes Island had It's first wedding
ceremony when Miss Frances Dunham
and Chester c. Williams we're married at
the base OF the Statue Of Liberty on the
night OF December 16. 1920. The arc
lamps that food the base of the monu-
ment furnished illumination for the SER
vice. which took place on the terrace just
outside Americas huge emblem of liberty.
The contracting parties also had the un-
usual experience OF having procured the
first marriage license ever issued to a
resident OF the reservation. the bride
The New York herald., 1922-05-14

newlyweds to always heed the rules Of
the road in their tour along life's high
way. and the young couple happily an
nounced that they would park in an
apartment until they could find cottage
built for two out in the suburbs.
New York often has marriages among
persons Of different nationalities, but the
bride and groom understand each other
enough 10 avoid the use OF an Interpreter.
Yet, when an ITALIAN liner docked at the
foot OF West Fifty-seventh street Octo-
Der 2S, 1920, Miss Anita Madalena Sa-
balo, in lieu of words. was waving "A tiny
handkerchief and throwing kisses to
william B. Gilben. who had come TO
meet her. Mr.. Gilben. a rancher. OF
Miles City. Mont. had met Miss Sabalo
in Milan four years previously and had
sent for her to come to America and
marry him. Neither could understand
the other, but they ordered taxi and
went to the Municipal Building, where
they were married by City Clerk Michael
Cruise. An interpreter from the Mar
riage Bureau came TO the rescue and
repeated each word OF the ceremony in
both English and Italian. after which
the sixty y-nine-year-old groom and his
twenty-six-year-old bride left the room
hand in hand, bound for Grand Central
Station to catch the first train for Miles
City.
Not long ago Hugo. Okla, had the first
wedding that ever took place in the
city JAIL Maggie Bailey, arrested on a
vagrancy charge and confined in the Jail
because she could not pay a fine, was
married TO NJ F. York, who then paid
the amount necessary TO release his
bride The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Stroud, while two policemen
The New York herald., 1922-05-14

having made her home with her sister.
the wife of Lieut.. II. Paddock, stationed
at Fort Wood. Mrs. Paddock acted as
bridesmaid. The Rev. Edmund B. Smith,
chaplain at Governors Island. oficiated in
this unique ceremony, which took away
the single liberty of both participants as
the Statue of Liberty lowered above them.
Miss Evelina Simon and James Yer
planck had visited the Arizona reserva-
ding, the ritual of the Navajo Indians
being used. This peculiar marriage
custom requires that the bride and bride
groom eat cornmeal mush, which signifies
that they shall be together whenever they
eat throughout their lives. The mush
eating preceded the Unitarian marriage
ceremony, used to tie the legal knot. Sew.
eral months before the wedding Mr. ver-
planck had visited the Arizona reserva.
tion OF the Navajo Indians and became
interested in the quaint marriage they
observe From this came the idea for
the cornmeal eating at his own nuptials,
to which his prospective bride willingly
agreed.
What is claimed to be the first wedding
to take place in an oil service station had
Portland, Ore, as its location. Miss Verna
Tompkins and Edwin Nielsen stood among
the oil cans and heard the Rev. T. II.
Gallagher read the marital traffic laws
that would govern them during the rest
of their lives. The whole thing came
about because NJ. b. Wilson, uncle of the
bride, could not leave his position as
tender of the station and insisted that he
must see the ceremony. Mrs Wilson
attended the bride, while Clyde Tomp
kins. brother OF the bride, was the bride
groom's mechanician. After the service
was over the Rev. Gallagher warned the
The New York herald., 1922-05-14

emnized will be remembered as that
which united Miss Milly X. Schaeffer and
Lieut. George s. Burgess on July 26,
1919, as they few above Sheepshead Bay
Speedway while the Police Department
field days were being celebrated. More
than 200 900 persons witnessed this cere-
mony, that also featured the first use of
the amplifer to broadcast the words sent
out to the vast throng. However, the am
plifier was then so crude-think Of 1t,
less than three years ago-that only those
nearest to It could hear anything. The
bride and bridegroom circled around in one
plane, while the minister, the Rev. Alex
ander Wouters, and the best man, Lieut..
Eugene III. Barksdale, we're in another.
The contracting words were easily heard
by Gov Smith and Mayor Hylan. also
thirty.two members of the bridal party,
who had wireless telephone receivers.
DR.. Wouters conducted the entire service
by radio as the two airplanes circled the
field.
Atlantic City was the scene OF the first
seaplane wedding. On October 30. 1920,
Mrs. Louisa p. Wolf became the wife OF
Samuel L. Batter in the cabin OF sea
plane which was gliding down toward
the water from height OF 1900 feet. The
pilot had stopped the motor so that its
noise would not interfere with the cere-
mony in the cabin and had volplaned TO
within 1000 feet when the big flying
boats siren signalled that the service was
over. City Recorder Clarence L. Golden.
berg, who ofFlciated at the recent safety
suit ocean wedding, also performed this
first seaplane ceremony, while Mayor Ed
ward L. Bader was the first person TO
congratulate the bride and bridegroom
after the plane had TAXED TO the beach.
Miss Louise Brickley and George Orr.
a chief petty officer in the United States
Navy, won distinction by their wedding
aboard motor boat in Ambrose Channel
Determined not to be outdone by the air
The New York herald., 1922-05-14

end inmates of the Jail furnished a num-
Der of witnesses to this most unusual
service. Just week previously Wheel
ing, w. Va, had a marriage in its Grim
inal Court room. The groom was Will
lam j. Elliot, who was being held on
robbery charge but his fiancee believed
so strongly in his innocence that she
consented to the performance of the
ceremony while he was still a prisoner
Both the prosecuting and the defense at
torneys were witnesses as the prisoner
and his bride stood in the position that
he would occupy at the trial, while the
minister stepped up into the judges
bench and conducted the service.
On May %, 1920, the rose room of the
Plaza Hotel furnished. New York with an
unusual wedding, at which the bride used
the sword of the groom to cut the we'd
ding cake. The principals were Miss
Helen Wilcox and Major John F. Corby
After the Rev. william B. Martin had
pair marched under an arch OF swords,
held by the best man and number of
ushers. Just year later in Middletown,
N. ", another bride cut the wedding cake
with a sword that had been carried by
the groom's father and later by the groom
during their service in the navy. The
bride. Miss Caroline Seward, wore the
dress in which her grandmother was
welded and the ceremony was performed
in the same room where the brides
mother took her marriage vows.
Even an automobile accident could not
Illustrate the wedding plans of Miss Hen
rietta Greenberg and Jack s. Diamond.
10 the happy party was on its way to
meet Rabbi Salig at Temple Adath Israel,
when the big inclosed car skidded and
dashed into an elevated pillar. The seyen
occupants we're cut by glass, but an am
bulance surgeon soon reached them and
after taking six stitches in the brides
cheek. bandaglng the groom's h9 a and
patching up the minor injuries of the
others he calmly announced that the wed.
ding could take place in few days. But
beth the bride and groom insisted that
the ceremony be performed as planned.
so the rabbi was telephoned to wait few
minutes, another car was secured and the
wedding soon went through without a
hitch while comparatively few New York
ers were aware Of this marriage that just
wouldn't be postponed.
The New York herald., 1922-05-14

w 7 HEN Miss Marie O'Keefe and
w Frank Fisher of Brooklyn and
Miss Emma Cassidy and How
ard Detwiler of Philadelphia recently
we're married in the ocean, off Atlantic
City, the ceremony was the only one Of
its kind ever performed. The entire
wedding party was clad in specially de-
signed safety suits that enabled them to
bob about like sea gulls as the heavy
swells came rolling in. Misses Margaret
O'Keefe and Mary Eagle were the brides
maids, while Mayor Edward L. Bader of
Atlantic City swan out into the ocean to
give the brides away. City Recorder Clar-
ence L. Goldenberg performed the unique
ceremony as thousands of persons lined
the pier, the beach and the Boardwalk,
with their marine glasses trained on the
unusual happening, while movie cameras
clicked Off their pictorial version of the
affair from boats anchored near by The
principals were more calm than the waves
that continually dashed shoreward, and
those on the Boardwalk knew that the
ceremony had concluded when the flower
girl swan around and scattered roses on
the water.
Just three days before this sea we'd
ding Miss Sarah Cockefair and Albert p.
Schlafke were the principals in the latest
airplane ceremony. They were married
by the Flying Parson," the Rev. Belvin
w. Maynard, while 5000 feet above Haz-
elhurst Field, Mineola, l.. /. Radio tele-
phones and amplifers enabled those on
the field below to hear every word Of the
service. After the ceremony was over
Pastor Maynard donned his leather coat
and helmet, pointed the nose of his five
passenger Fokker northward and soon
landed the newlyweds at their camp in
the Adirondacks, where the honeymoon
was spent.
But the first airplane wedding ever sol.
The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Some Go Up in the Air, Some Stand on
Floor While They Take Their VOwS-
Other NeW Styles in UShering In Mdtril
Are Adopted by Modern Couples
Epen Little FIOper Girls Are
Added to AirpLane Ceren1Onie

A double wedding
Elm" the sea-
Mayor Bader Of
Atlantic City
performed the double
ceremony in the surf.
The principals, as
they came to land,
were the former
Marie E. O'Keefe and
her husband,
Frank J. Fisher,
and the former
Emma Cassady and
her husband,
Howard T. Detwiler.
Below 10 a
wedding group just
down from the air.
Left to right
Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert p. Schlafke,
the Rev. Belvin w.
Maynard, the "Flying
Parson," and
Bert Acosta, the pilot.
The little girl is
Mary Louise Bobb,
the aerial flower girl.
The New York herald., 1922-05-14

Arthur Quincy,
the California author,
landing with his bride, who
was Miss Demini Redfern
of Kansas City,
from a seaplane in which they
were married twenty miles
out over the ocean by
Capt. Anderson, the pilot,
who exercised his authority as a
master mariner in command
at sea-" Below 10
the Statue of Liberty as
maid of honor at the
night wedding of
Chester Wadsworth Williams,
an overseas veteran, and
Frances Charlotte Durham.
Chaplain E. Banks Smith
of Governors Island
performed. the ceremony,
reading the service by the light
from Liberty's torch.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-03

ley Binktal are visiting at Lem Wines
this week.
SAINT Wayne is improving very
slowly. Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Man
yard, daughter Cora and Mrs. Hazel
Rowler and children motored to AL
eXandria, Ind, Tuesday. -. Mrs. Bar
bara Lamb arrived home Wednesday
from Hagerstown where she had been
visiting. ..... Mrs. Altman and Misses
Martha and Lucille Stewart We're in
Muncie Tuesday. Elmer Holiday sat
up with SAINT WyRe Monday night. d.
Carl Philips took his father, Aaron
Philiph to Huntsville to see his sister,
Mary Jane Grubbs, who is seriously
i'll. Mrs. Elizabeth Phjliph visited
Mrs. Nancy Philiph Thursday. Mrs.
Ellen Ford called on Mrs. Kate War
teman Wednesday evening. q. . Miss
Lucille Stewart spent Wednesday af-
ternoon with Reba Varteman.. Mrs.
Lote Alican is visiting relatives here
... Mr. and Mrs. Will Lamb came
home this week from visiting rela.
tives in Albany. Chance Wyne and
mother, Jane Wyne, were guests OF
Oatus Howells Tuesday. Rev. Den
yer Medsker will be pastor of the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-03
Suburban

UOSANTVILLE, Ind. Mrs. Della
Moore, who was operated upon a few
days ago is improving very nicely.
Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Phil
Ups, Mr.. Verl Philips and Miss Edna
Freeman called at the hospital at
Richmond Monday to see Mrs. Moore.
Mrs. Ina Small, her nephew and
Mrs. Edith Wilson and daughter Wan
ia OF Richmond are with their parents
this week. Mr.. Small and Mr.. Wilson
motored up Decoration day. -. Mr.
and Mrs. Eli Cross and son Eugene at
tended preaching services at West
Zion Sunday evening. Mrs Hazel
ROWler and children are visiting her
parents, Grant Maynard's this week.
-. Miss Gertha Newly took Sunday
dinner at VIM. OxIey's. Mr.. VIM.
Oxley worked few days close to
Modoc on the road for his brother.
Charles Oxley. =. Miss Victoria JelIi-
son called at Katie BookOut's and Cora
Maynard's Monday afternoon. Mrs.
Louise Davis was at the home of her
daughter, Addie Brown, Monday.
Mrs. Kate Varteman and grand daugh-
ter, Reba, were in Muncie on business
Monday. .VerI Hoover of near Hag-
erstown called on Miss Doris Cook
| Sunday evening. Rev. Charles Hiatt,
Albert Hiatt and family took Sunday
| dinner at Mr.. Aaron Phillips. Miss
| Eta SeagraVes spent Sunday at Mr..
Jason Jackson. =. Mr.. and Mrs. Char
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-03

Scantland, Charles Runge, Harvey
Nye, w H. Keisker, Edward Morgan.
John Ulrich, E. H. Cureton, Edward
Bueker, Frank Shissler, Charles
Smith, Elmer Johnson, William Dice
and Walter Bates.
Miss Emma Klute and Mrs. Walter
Wagner will be hostesses to Mrs. John
Hasemeier's Sunday school class at
the home of Miss Klute, $40 South
Tenth street, Monday evening, June 5.
All members are urged to attend.
The Home Extension department of
the City Bible schools will meet Thurs
day at o'clock at the Y. NJ. c. A.
building. The presentation of the
Bible lesson for June will be in charge
of Mrs. Martha Solomon.
The Mary F. Thomas w. c. T. U.
will meet Friday afternoon, June 9, at
st. Paul's Episcopalian parish house,
North A street, for the regular flow er
| mission meeting, which is also the
birthday anniversary of Miss Jennie
Cassaday, founder of the flower mis-
| sion movement.
! The entertainment to have been Civ
| en- in the Red Mems hall this evening
by the Hiawatha Social and Literary
society has been postponed indefin
itely.