Jamestown and Lebanon social and political notes
Advance items report Joe Frazier improving. David McClellan and Lawton Ward in Jamestown Saturday. Lage Woodard cut stalks for Jas Nicely Monday. Lafayette Lucas at Democrat county convention in Leba non Saturday. Gail and Claude Lucas at oratorical contest in Lebanon Friday. Mrs George Ray and Mrs Martha Ann Graves in Lebanon Monday. Mrs Geo Broshar and son Cleo in Lebanon Tuesday. Mrs Geo Ray with her son Earl at Goodland late last week. L E Woodard family with James Nicely Sunday. George Broshar family at Max church Sunday and dinner with Wm Debard family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ray
Martha Ann Graves
Lebanon
George Broshar
Max
Wm, Debard
Local Notes on Visits and Jobs Across Town
Last week Max W H Nay bought a cow. Rev Kelsey preached Sunday services. George Lasley finished his cement block barber shop last week and Noble Faulkenbury moved in Saturday. Chas Jackson and wife visited Ed Graham and wife. Esther Stump works for Walter McLaughlin this summer. Kelsey and family and Jas Lasley visited Ray Lasley and wife. Bettie Graham will work for Dave Custers this summer. Edith Campbell of Lebanon and several Lasley and Broshar families visited Wm Debard. Alma Shelburn of Northfield and Edna Jenner of Thorntown visited Henry Sherrill and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lasley
Noble Faulkenbury
Edith Campbell
Lebanon
Hazel Lasley
Geo. Broshar
Wm. Debard
Alma Shelburn
Northfield
Edna Jenner
Thorntown
Grover Sherri
Esther Armsberg
Earnest Laller
Suunday
Henry Sherrill
Local Social Notes Mention Visits and Events in Lebanon Area
Dover residents Clas Vooris and Garrett Hazel plan a trip near Shannondale with Eva Grimes Elsie Green and Nellie Young visiting Leba last week. Edgar Brace with M M Routh and wife hosted by Mr and Mrs Kobt Cox Sunday. EM Coons Claude Wall and families attended an Lebanon oratorical contest. George Randel and wife John Randel Mrs Henry McDaniel Roy Randel attended an uncle’s funeral near Greencastle Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Grimes
Elsie Green
Nellie Young
Lebanon
EM. Coons
Claude Wall
George Randel
John Randel
Henry McDaniel
Roy Randel
Greencastle
Local Social Roundup From Lebanon Area
Sunday visits and family gatherings mark a quiet week in the Lebanon vicinity. Lish Reese and family hosted Andy Hunt and wives with John Whitecotton’s household, while Mrs. Marie Feree of Jamestown visited Nocalie Jackson’s family.
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Lish Reese
Andy Hunt
John Whitecotton
Advanes
Marie Feree
Jamestown
Nocalie Jackson
Notice to settle debts before May first
A notice from L. E. Wall states he will depart by May 1 and asks all debtors to call and settle their accounts by then.
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L.E. Wall
Home Treatment for Bedwetting Promoted for Mothers
An advertisement from Mrs. M Summers of Box W Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment for children troubled by bedwetting and urges mothers to write today. It claims the method helps adults with daytime or nighttime urine issues and discourages blaming the child.
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M. Summers Box
W. Notre Dame Ind
Senior Class History April 30 1909
A personal reminiscence from a senior student dated April 30 1909 recounts the school year at A H S. The author notes twenty three entrants at the start with some dropping out, mentions Latin Botany English and algebra taught by named teachers J W Moreland Miss Wilson and Miss Sidce, and celebrates the class as the largest and best with a cheer of A H S Rab.
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Sam
J. W. Moreland
AHS Class Letters Chronicle School Life 1910 to 1912
A collection of student letters from old A H S recount high school life from 1910 to 1912. They note class sizes from fifteen to ten, teachers including Frank Sparks H O Bennett Miss Wilson Miss Sidner Miss Volz Mr Pointer and Mr Bennett, with Latin English geometry music art and an annual senior reception.
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Frank Sparks
H. O. Bennett
Miss Wilson
Miss Sidner
E. M. Serries
Mr. Pointer
Mr. Bennett
Bruce Harting
Miss Long
Simpler English Alphabet Proposed For Faster Writing
A professor advocates a reduced English alphabet with nine fewer characters and distinct stroke codes to express breath and voice sounds. He argues the system would halve writing time, ease business communication, and is simpler than current rules, while noting it would not yet replace ordinary writing.
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Scott
Local Social Roundup Reveals Neighborly Visits
Ralph Poynter sports a new buggy Pete Todd and wife spent Sunday with Isaac Shelley's. Hanasil Butler and wife spent Sunday with his parents. Bodie Todd and family spent Sunday with Shelley Hutchinson and mother. Mrs. Dave Canada and daughters visited Mca. S. Z. Hinton Monday. Mrs. Wm. Poynter and children spent Saturday night with Mrs. Martha Hutchinson. Sylvia Heash spent Sunday afternoon with Mabel Zimmerman. Matel Utterback returned home from Lebanon Sunday. Mrs. S. Z. Hinton is very poorly. Vergil Morricon and family visited Artie Clifftons Friday. Sam Graham and family spent Sunday with Wm. Butlers. Mrs. Josie Heady visited friends near Barnard last week. Gill Uiterback spent Sunday with Oelie Hutchinson. Bill Todd visited Billie Beckelhi iner Saturday night and Sunday.
Wool trade noted at Advance elevator sale
Advance Grain Co reports a sale of 50,000 pounds of wool at the Advance elevator, highlighting a sizeable commodity transaction and asset movement within the grain and wool market.
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Advance Elevator
Advance Grain Co
New Alphabet Promises Simpler Spelling by Prof Scott
Prof Fred Newton Scott of the University of Michigan unveils a light and dark two-stroke alphabet intended to speed writing and rationalize spelling. He says consonants use a stem with optional bars and vowels shown by a dash or circle, with meaning changing by weight.
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Fred Newton Scott
University of Michigan
Scott
E Association
University of Chi
Prof
Delightfully Situated by a Duluth Sociologist Comment
A Washington Star item quotes sociologist Jeremy Sanderson of Duluth condemning international marriage as those foreigners who take our paris are well off in Calhoun terms. In court H Clay Calhoun testifies about Washing ton White, asking if he is worth money, receiving a reply that he is not worth much, since his wife is a No 1 washlady keeping the family in bang‑up style.
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Jeremy Sanderson
Duluth
Paris
Mr. Sanderson
Calhoun
H. Clay Calhoun
Washington
Mab
Bekase
Hull
Washington Star
Dinner table misread with a roasted misunderstanding
A gentleman recounts a dinner mishap involving a Boston guest. He expected frigid reception and asked her to cool his soup by browning it. The reply roasted him socially, leaving him embarrassed and stunned at the table.
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Boston
Bugle Calls a Return of Youth in War Poem
A poem by Thomas Wentworth Higginson envisions soldiers awaiting the bugle to revive courage and youth. The speaker notes cold nights, weary limbs, and a bare bivouac as the sound signals a hopeful return of vigor and the end of sorrow.
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
An Ode to the Past on Love and Memory
The poem muses on memory and love, contrasting bliss with earthly life. It reflects on whether one can forget and argues memory, though painful, preserves the essence of past happiness and the perfect pain of an emptied heart.
The Everlasting Light and Pilgrim Love
The verse laments lovers separated by distance and longing while praising steadfast companionship. It contrasts sad unfulfilled yearning with life found in shared, steady companionship that endures from dawn to dusk, guided by divine blessing.
Apologia by Anita Fitch in McClure's
A verse fragment speaks of feeling too small for men's cares and storms. The speaker vows innocence and playful respite with Spring and faerie beings, asserting a lack of personal greatness amid human grief.
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Tam
New Wives for Old Chorus Sells Trade of Marital Goods
A fragmented poem critique shows a junkman touting a global trade of old wives for new, with mocking chants about worthiness of the replacements. The lines emphasize satire of social promiscuity and commodified marriage. The piece references a New York pier setting and boasts exaggerated, carnival imagery.
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New York Pier
Courageous Girl Unafraid of Burglars and Mice
A fragment describes a fearless girl who faces danger without fear. She walks at night and would stand her ground if a fight starts, never clinging in fright. Her name remains unknown, but she is depicted as bold and game under any threat.
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Eimly
A Simple Distinction in a Poem on Right and Wrong
The speaker asserts a clear rule: right is what I say and wrong is any contrary claim. He claims certainty in judgment whether the topic is great or small and dismisses rival reasoning as incorrect.
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