Gas and people of Madison county Indiana shine in travel notes
The narrator visits Madison Hancock and Hamilton counties in Indiana to observe gas industry growth. He notes independent pipe lines, annual payments to farmers hosting wells, and schools warmed by natural gas. He recalls Whitcomb Riley art on barns, praises Joseph Swain IU president, and recounts meetings with local leaders in Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Madison
Hancock
Hamilton
Anderson
Perkinsville
Madison County
Gehu
Whitcomb Riley
Perkinsville Pike
Gohu
Riley
Noblesville
James Whitcomb Riley
Midway Station
Myers
Bill Myers
Joseph Swain
Indiana University
Swain
Pendleton
Leland Stanford University
Pacific Slope
Judge Chipman
Dunlap
Dale J. Crittenbarger
J. E. Wylie
Crittenbarger
Bloomington
Democrat
Cleveland
Daniels
Harrison
I. V. Busby
Rup’t
Sup’t. B
Anderson Public Schools
John W. Carr
A. H. Smith
Elite Kappa reception honors mothers and faculty
Last Friday the Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter hosted a reception at Nellie Showers home on Walnut Street for mothers, friends, and faculty. About 150 invitations issued. guests enjoyed music, floral decor, and pink carnation favors with Neapolitan cream and cakes. Attendants included Misses Showers Louden Dorsey Osthaus Morgan McPheeters. Guests traveled from Danville Indiana Linton Crawfordsville Pana Illinois and Iowa Mrs Hogate Mrs Reid Mrs Morgan Miss Paddock and Mrs Heron attended from listed towns. The event stood out as a notable social affair of the college year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Nellie Showers
Walnut St
McPheeters
Josephine Hunter
Eva Shelper
Elise Mason
Misses Roseberry
Mason
Shelper
Grace Wicks
Bird Roseberry
Jessie Carmichael
Julian Hogate
Danville
Ind
Frank Reid
Linton
Morgan
Crawfordsville
Paddock
Pana
Tis
George Heron
Iowa
Kappa
Local Socials and City Council Talk Highlight Danville News
Miss Bird Roseberry visits Danville at the Hogate home while Arthur Cravens stays with his family in Centre Valley. Editor H J Feltus and James Ryan are named as probable Third ward council candidates. Mrs. Conrad Stineburg dies aged about sixty in the northeast city. A dance at Maple Heights sparks a knife injury between Bud Ducer and Geo Beckman. Calls grow to curb the so called levees and their gang of disreputable attendees. A special report will appear in the next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Cravens
Corner Clothing
Centre Valley
Jnd
H.J. Feltus
James Ryan
Maple Heights
Bud Ducer
Geo. Beckman
Facer
Beckman
Henry
Axtell
John ‘Brogan
Johns” Company
Puett
J. L. Smith
T. J. Durand
N. Hampton
South Bend
T. E Lawes
Joseph Montfort
Charleston
Linc
T. E. Lawes
National Hotel
H T. Simmons
Miss Paddock
Pana
Ill
W. H. East
Elise Halstead
W. R. Halstead
Evansville
Tuesaday
Callis
Martinaville
Walnut
Katie Girdner
Indianapolis
Odel
East Kirkwood Avenue
Julian D. Hogate
Danville
Lincoln Day observance honors the statesman in Bloomington
The article recounts a Lincoln Day celebration in Bloomington initiated by Dr. James A. Woodburn and others. Dr. W. L. Bryan delivered a grand oration praised as among the era’s finest, with Miss Oliver Hughes and Preston Eagleson contributing dramatic readings and the I. A. Glee Club performing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Woodburn
H. S. Bates
W. P. Rogers
W.S. Bradfute
James Kureell
Woodburn
Abraham Lincoln
College Chapel
Lincoln
Ella Wilson
Minnie Faris
Daly
Swain
Miers
Bedford
Ting
M. E. Church
Glee ‘Club
America
Oliver Hughes
Sleeping Sentinel
Preston Eagleson
Ife
I. A. Glee Club
General Packard
New Albany
Gettsburg
Clee Club
W. L. Bryan
Lizsie Allen
Bloomington
Will Bryan
Dr. Bryan
Bates
Steele
Walter Woodburn
Bryan
Chauncey Depew
Mr. Bates
Votetig
Also Mentioned on This Page
Madison County Gas
Monros County
Miss Bird Roseberry
Mrs. J.D. Hogate
Conrad Stineburg
Lingoln's
Young
Dr. Bryant
Harris
Tafty
Ellettsville
John W. Cravens
Tr Wort
Monroe
Brown
Bartholomew
John
Neck of the Woods
Monroe County
Senate
Thomas 8
Taylor
Luella Brown
Perry A. Wampler
Rona Delap
William
Dillman
Blanche Holman
Samuel J. Hall
Ida Hicks
Emmett L. Dunning
Fannie Snooka
John F. Mitchell
Cora HH. Copenhaver
John T. Sandefer
Jane Summer
Chas. J. Kellar
Seymour Commercial and Shorthand College
Chas. W. Wheeler
Vandalia
Wheeler
Tur Womp
A. K. Helton
Menon
John T. Bundy
MeeCee
Kirkwood Ave
Bundy
John Wapler
Tue Wourp
Moses Fields
Harrodsburg
Uncle Sam
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