Local Notes From May 25 1922 Community Gleanings
Social visits mark commencement week including Miss Katherine Ressler hosting Miss Roberta Maxwell in Indianapolis and Mrs Curt Gosnell visiting from Earlham. Auto travel and racing season traffic urged speed law enforcement for safety during tours to Indianapolis. Local figures Andrew Gellinger and Rev M L Shidele with family ties noted. Gas accident hits Loring Miller but recovery expected. Memorial address planned May 28 with Walnut Level band.
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Indianapolis
Cambridge City High School Holds 49th Commencement
The 49th annual commencement at Cambridge City High drew its largest class of 23 graduates. Ostwald Ryan of Anderson gave the keynote on service, urging that serving humanity leads to true success, as diplomas were handed by Superintendent Hines and benediction by Rev. Reece. Most graduates plan college.
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Hurst Theater
Cambridge City
Hagerstown
Hogan
Ostwald Ryan
Anderson
America
J.C. Mount
Cambridge City High School
Josephine Poriteus
O. F. Jamieson
BASE BALL II Grays Lose Tight 1-0 to Eagles in Richmond
The ten inning contest ends 1 to 0 for the Eagles over the Grays with fast, clean play. A disputed ninth inning call by umpire Burkitt mars the game, as Winters was ruled out at third on a close play. The Grays draw crowds and promise a rematch next Sunday. Grays meet Connerville on Decoration Day.
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Grays
Eagles
Richmond
Burkitt
Winters
Connersville
Jacksonburg Notes Highlight Local Visits and Changes
Mrs. James Dolan recovers from illness while Miss Iona Beard spent the weekend with her parents. Mrs. Josephine Underwood visits friends in Indianapolis. Walter Kitterman bought the College Corner school house. Mr. and Mrs Clifford Soates visited her parents in Williamsburg. Edward and Clifford Scates were summoned to Lafayette by their father’s illness. Chas Crownover and family from New Madison Ohio joined Mrs. Greeley Keever’s household over Sunday.
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College Corner
Walter Kitterman
Clifford Soates
Williamsburg
Edward
Clifford Scates
Lafayette
Chas. Crownover
New Madison, Ohio
Greeley Keever
Alva Montgomery
Kentland
Indianapolis
Dublin Items Chronicle Local Notes and Obituary
Dublin items record visits and moves including Mrs Thos Scott at Bentonville and Mrs Oda Champe in transit to Ohio. Memorial and quarterly church events occur June 4 and May 29 to June 2 with speakers, music, and dinner. Dr J S Short dies in New York after a long medical career with ties to Tennessee and Chattanooga.
Milton Items Highlight Local Events and Graduations
G B Rotherme attended the grand lodge of Odd Fellows in Indianapolis last week. Walter B. Jorge, college graduate, won a six hundred dollar prize at Harvard and will graduate from Miami University June 12. Decoration Day events return to Milton with services at the school park and later at the cemetery monument, featuring good speaking and music.
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Post
American Legion of Dublin
Delbert Smith
America
Blanche Boyd
Park Gipe
Harvey Bertsch
McCormick
Legion
Odd Fellows
Evangelical
G. B. Rotherme
Grand Lodge of
Odd, Fellows
Indianapolis
Walter B. Jorge
Miami University
Harvard
Milton
School Park
Milton Cemetery
Germantown Items
A daughter was born to Mrs Joe Moore on the Eliasson farm. Rosas Sowers and Nellie M Gordon named administrators of the estate of Catherine Sowers deceased. Will Behr and wife from Indianapolis visited Miss Cora Behr who has been very sick.
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Eliasson
Rosas Sowers
Nellie M. Gordon
Catherine Sowers
Mrs
Will Behr
Indianapolis
Cora Behr
State of
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Wane County
Wayne Circuit Court
Wayne County
Meter as a Measure in Scientific Work
The meter is the unit of length in metric systems used worldwide except by Britain and the United States. It equals 39.37 inches or 3.28 feet and is defined as the ten-millionth part of a terrestrial meridian, an invariable distance that can be checked at any time.
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British Empire
United States
Sailors and Their Superstitions on Voyage Charms
Sailors clung to charms for luck before sailing. Wind beads were common in ports and maidens sold them. Butterfly shoulder tattoos were favored for good luck. A pig tattoo on the foot was said to prevent drowning and assure safe passage.
Marriage and social meaning in Pierre excerpt
In Melville's Pierre, a speaker extolls marriage as stabilizing and objective, citing a hypothetical large family to illustrate how matrimony fixes subjective views. The passage critiques domestic ideals and the social pressure to wed.
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Pierre
Herman Melville
Couldn't Stand for That
A boy named Billy grows careless while avoiding chores for neighborhood women. His father recalls his absence and Billy confesses he was “getting henpecked” and could not stand it, explaining why he stopped going to work.
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Billy
Country Traditions and Christmas Puddings Tale
A Sussex cook recalls family Christmas pudding customs with early-morning prep. The father and paternal grandmother refused to have puddings made before Christmas, prompting the mother to rise at 4 am on Christmas Day to prepare them. The tale reflects inherited traditions across generations.
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Sussex
London Post
Child warns guest about fine table glasses scene
A Boston Transcript anecdote notes a dining incident where a guest shares a moment with a house’s six year old daughter. The child leans in and curtly cautions the guest that they are using the family’s best table glasses.
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Boston Transcript
Farmer Tries New Telephone Voice Link at Village
A London Punch note describes a recent subscriber, an impatient farmer, who harnessed his old mare and rode to the village to learn whether his voice had crossed the line. The anecdote reflects early public frustration with country telephone service.
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London Punch
Ancient Glass Craft Through Millennia
Glass served ancient needs long before modern times. Romans used it in Tiberian era and Pompeii ruins show glass windows before 79. Medieval makers created remarkable effects with glass in that era.
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Tiberius
Pompeii
Esau as a Writer Sells Fables for Potash Bottle
In a catechism lesson Vincent explains Esau was a man who wrote fables and sold the copyright to a publisher for a bottle of potash. The Detroit Varsity News presents the quip as a teaching anecdote.
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Esau
Vincent
Detroit Varsity News
Tanlac Restores Evansville Man to Work After Rheumatism
M. M. Heim of Evansville Indiana says six months of pain from rheumatism and a paralyzed right arm ended after trying Tanlac. He reports full recovery, resumed daily work, and high recommendation for others with rheumatism. Tanlac sold by all good druggists.
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Tanlac
M. M. Heim
Oakley St
Evansville
Ind
Taniac
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