Bloomington Saleswomen Standout for City Merchants
Bloomington workers in dry goods and millinery earn praise as capable, trusted clerks. Profiles include Miss Anna Woolly, Miss Kate Mobley, Miss Eva Hall, Miss Emma Davis, Miss Etta Farr, and others across Joe Smith's, Hall Bros, G. W. Campbell, Wicks Bee Hive, and Lee Dove stores. Also notes on post office letters and seasonal millinery shifts.
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Bloomington
Indiana
Joe Smith
Anna Woolly
Joe
Miss Woolly
Mr. Smith
Charles Mobley
Kate
G. W. Campbell
Court Square
Etta Farr
Thomas Farr
Wicks
W. B. Baker
Eva Slocumb
Hattie Leas
Lee Dove & Co
P. B. Martin’s
Bee Hive Grocery
Alice Lyons
Miss Lyons
Winnie Layton
Capt. W
Hughes
Layton
Blue Bird
Ev A Burch
Payne
Indy
Burgeoning orator wins at college contest amid reports of week
The annual primary oratorical contest filled the old college chapel last Friday. Kahn, an Indianapolis Indianas boy, won with "Problem of the Children" and delivered a sociology focus, while Giles and Batchelor took second and third with "Libertas et Unitas" and "church sociology" respectively.
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Old College
Mr. Kahn
Giles
Batchelor
Kahn
Indianapolis
General Packard
Prof
Wood
Martin
Groundhog Day Notes and Local Appointments
Tomorrow marks groundhog day as Greencastle residents hear news of ill health in J B Bridwell’s son George and Mrs Susan McMillan with grippe. Dr W T McCarty visited on Wednesday. Mayor Buskirk Axtell and Leas report from a Knights of Pythias district meeting in Washington Indiana. Daniel Wagner leaves $105 monthly as city train dispatcher to become Monon dispatch chief at $150 monthly.
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Sommers
Richmond
Ohio
Morton St. Church of Christ
Indianapolis
Louisville
Prof
Spangler
Judge Toney
Bedford Democrat
Band Boys
Harry’ M. Howard
Bloomington
W. W. Spangler
Kentucky
Charles C. Foster
Courier- Journal
Carroll
House
Badger Silence
Eagleson & Mason
Badger
Batman
W. T. McCarty
Greencastle
J.B. Bridwell
George
Susan McMillen
la Grippe
L. VY. Buskirk
Charles Axtell
W. J. Leas
Washington
Ind
Knights of Pythias
Daniel Wagner
Monon
Farmer's buggy nag trots to town daily
A rural resident near Bloomington is noted for a mare so accustomed to the routine that the horse rides to town daily even when unhitched. The animal reportedly takes its place at the town rack as if expected.
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Bloomington
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Ida
Beban
Flora
Craft
Buchtel
Hodges
Ada
Hayes
David J. Keely
Lillie
Mathers
Ralph
Southern
Thos. J
R. H. East
P. M
Bette Waicht
W. W. Wicks
H. C. Chapman
Ira C. Batman
Perry Grimes
Washington City
Sheriff Adams
Opera House
A. J. Summers
Charles Springer
North
Walnut Street
John Temple Graves
The
Atlanta Constitution
Rodney Smith
Christian Church
Robinson, Ilinois
James B. Faris
Covenanter Church
Daniel O. Spencer
Louis-sville
T. J. Watkins
Charles Foster
Courier-Journal
Monon Railroad
Summers
Castle Hall
Sixths and
Walnut Streets
Henry Pearson
Henry Strupe
P. R. Skirvin
Dude Williams
Florence Buskirk
Alice Williams
South College Avenue
Ida Russell
Kansas City
Charles E. Bullington
Hardinsburg
Monroe County Bank
Eph Inman
Grace Perry
New Orleans
Inman
Internal Revenue Department
State University
John R. East
William A. Rogers
Harry Turner
Harry EF. Gabe
C. R. Worrall
Miss Hite
Martinsville
Wilhite & Nicely
Crawfordsville
W. H. Kerr
Gold Cure Club
W.C. T. U. Hall
Frank Williams
Tfour
Vandalia
Greencastle Junction
A. N. Berry
W. J. Frazier
Brazil
Walnut Street Presbyterian Church
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