Mary Sample's Berkeley Letters Describe West Coast Trip
Mary writes from Berkeley describing a San Francisco Bay trip with friends and Mary’s feelings about California life. She details redwoods at Muir Woods, the Barbary Coast, and contrasts with home. She also recalls job-hunting experiences, campus exams, and plans for living arrangements.
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Mary Sample
Mary
Berkeley
Cal
California
Mindwell
Arion Bottsford
Gield
Bay
Morin County
San Raphael
Ross
Faust
Muir Woods
Pine Woods
Little Rock
Mount Famalpass
Golden Gate
Heinie
Redwoods
Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound Testimonials
Mrs. Trombley of Sharon Vermont reports weakness pains and fatigue lifted after using Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound and keeps it on hand. Mabel Hart Mann of Brooklyn credits relief from back and side pains after three bottles and urges others to try it.
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Sharon
Vermont
LydiaEinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mabel Harrtmann
Greene Ave
Brooklyn
N.Y
Local Social Notes From Rock Creek Township
Miss Edythe Timmons visited Delphi on Tuesday and the Timmons family gathered blackberries as rains boosted crops. Families from Indianapolis and Logansport shared dinner at French Post Park last Sunday. Great Eastern school alumni met there with former teachers and pupils from Adams township enjoying speeches and reminiscences after a dinner. A Burnettsville clergyman gave an address and Bertha Coble Stewart delivered a well received recitation before an audience of over two hundred.
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Edythe Timmons
Delphi
Timmons
Frank Atkinson
Patterson
Indianapolis
Margaret
Rabb
French Post Park
Herbert Burke
Electric Club
Logansport
Suoer
Great Eastern School
Adams Township
Burnettsville
Bertha Coble Stewart
Social visits and family gatherings reported in local notes
Local residents share visits and weekend gatherings across towns. Families including the Osbornes, Dillmans, Irelans, Cains, Shepards, and Smiths socialize with relatives and friends in Bringhurst Idaville Frankfort Hammond Buffalo Logansport and Monticello.
Local Social News Highlights Arrivals Departures and Births
Mrs Emma Archibald of South Bend returned home Tuesday after visiting relatives with Mrs Oath Archibald and daughter of Pittsburg. A daughter named Letha Arbell born to Mr and Mrs William Brewer. Miss Lizzie Leslie of Rossville visited Miss May Leslie over the weekend. Flossie Leslie accompanied her home for a week. Mr and Mrs Robert Hendrickson entertained their son Marion and family of Ohio. Albert Long of Wheatfield Indiana spent a few days with friends here before returning home.
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Emma Archibald
South Bend
Oath Archibald
Pittsburg
William Brewer
Letha Arbell
Lizzie Leslie
Rossville
May Leslie
Flossie Leslie
Robert Hendrickson
Marion
Ohio
Albert Long
M. D. Read
Roan
A. L. Read
Sticke
Gary
Louis Miller
Anna Louise Miller
Belle Irelan
Cleveland
C. D. Irelan
Charles Mourer
Fred Friday
Bernice
John
Wm. Gustin
Roann
Amanda Sharpe
Monon
Leroy Sharpe
Milton Hanna
A. F. Hanna
Hanna
United Presbyterian Church
W. J. Johnson
Peoria
Ill
Nancy Irelan
East Street
Addie Henerson
Charles Zook
Logansport
Robbins
Urbana
Everett Robbins
T. W. Carson
West Lafayette
J. Albert Carson
Clinton County Fair Promises Bigger and Better 1924
The Clinton County Fair in Frankfort Indiana August 18 and 22 1924 will be bigger and better with more live stock and agricultural displays. Floral Hall will overflow with Domestic and Fine Art exhibits and demonstrations. Over 200 youth compete in boys and girls clubs while T A Wolf shows provide attractions and races run daily day and night.
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Clinton County
T. A. Wolf
Shane Admis
Local social notes list visits from multiple towns
Mrs George Kestle and Leonard Brookshire with families spent the day in Lafayette. Many visitors from Indianapolis Yeoman Mishawaka Spokane Hillsdale and Wanatah called on local residents including the Johnson Metz Henry and Schock households. Weekend and weekday calls described with neighbors from Goodland Brook Warren and Chicago attending events at Oak Grove and Schock homes.
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George Kestle
Elizabeth Clarrage
Bert Hall
Indianapolis
Ray Schock
Eva Hargraves
Yeoman
Carl Metz
Mahala Henry
Emrick
Americus
Charles Johnson
Adah Brown
Spokane
Wash
Earl McKinney
Earl Park
Wilber Brady
Mishawaka
Hugh Beers
Hillsdale
Mich
Della Schock
Anna Jones and Sons
Jonesboro
Henrys
David Arthur
Pearl Nicholas
Thyrza Henry
Herbert Million
Oak Grove
Lanty Armstrong
Wanatah
Clarence Austin
Emerald Metz
Fred Gaumer
Goodland and Brook
W. C. Overley
Harry Overley
Charles Clark
Melvin Roach
Marion Lucas
Bert Clark
Lafayette
Park
Beulah
Josephine Roth
Julia
Corabel Curtis
Wilber Gates
Idaville
Merle Carson
Guy Harvey
Pearl Goslee and Sons
Warren
Myrtle Goslee
Mahala
Samuel Neel
Thomas Schnepp
Rena O’dell
Paul O’dell
Catherine O’dell
DeLoss Haynes
Dorothy
Chicago
Edith Wright
Russell O’dell
Schnepps
Weekend Visits and Births in Idaville Area
Local residents, including Leland Friday and M B Friday, spent time with relatives in Kankakee and Roann. News notes births, visits by Read, Miller, Irelan families, and upcoming church services with Rev. Hanna.
Local families gather for reunions and visits across Battle Ground area
OWASCO Virgil Stinebaugh and family near Battle Ground visited Sunday with Charles Beard and family. The Horner family held a reunion in Fetterhoff grove. Ruth and Olive Lehr visited their sister Mrs. Mary Redenbacher. James Hollowell and wife and Mrs. Leah Geeting visited several days here. Millard Moore and family spent days in Johnson county visiting relatives. Frank Beard and wife moved back to Rossville. Jesse Swartz moved to the Beard farm. A large barn and straw stack on the James Stephenson farm burned Sunday evening, with 35 to 40 tons of hay 1000 bushels of wheat and all straw destroyed. The fire likely started from electric wires. Insurance covered part of the loss.
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Virgil Stinebaugh
Battle Ground
Charles Beard
Horner
Fetterhoff Grove
Ruth
Olive Lehr
Mary Redenbacher
James Hollowell
Leah Geeting
Millard Moore
Johnson County
Moore
Frank Beard
Rossville
Jesse Swartz
Beard
James Stephenson
Local Social Visits and Weekend Activities Recap
Mrs. John Brown and Frank Nelson with Gladys Ridgeway visited Joseph Hooper and daughter Stella in Woods Corner. J H Giles of Brookston called on Charles Pattison and family. Mrs. John Hay of Indianapolis visiting O S Elston family in Lafayette. Walter Smith and daughter joined Lon Hurst family near Badger for a Sunday visit. Several attended Old Settlers in Delphi. Lettie Nelson visits Bertha Schwager in Michigan City. Elston and family and Mrs. Hay spent Sunday with R N Bartlett Jr. family near Brook. Mrs. Farrington and son of Nappanee visited over the weekend. Lois and Katharine Kleping er and Josephine Nelson returned from Winona. Thelma Morehouse visiting her sister. Walter Smith and Joseph Hooper with Stella spent Sunday with Harry Weiderhaft.
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John Brown
Lafayette
Frank Nelson
Gladys Ridgeway
Cairo
Joseph Hooper
Stella
J. H. Giles
Brookston
Charles Pattison
John Hay
Georgia
Indianapolis
O. S. Elston
Walter Smith
Lon Hurst
Badger
Delphi
Lettie Nelson
Bertha Schwager
Michigan City
Elston
R. N. Bartlett Jr
Brook
Robert Farrington
Nappanee
Charles Myers
Lois
Katharine Klepinger
Josephine Nelson
Winona
Thelma Morehouse
Harry Weiderhaft
Thin Platinum Wire Drawn to Fine Diameter
A thin platinum wire used in optical and delicate instruments is drawn to a diameter finer than one twelve thousandth of an inch, highlighting precision in manufacturing for high accuracy components.
Weekend Visits and Farm Fire Report in Local Areas
S A Bryan and wife visited H R Smith Sunday. Ellis Eller and family spent Sunday with D D Skiles and family. Chas Hattery and wife visited Noah Allen Sunday. Herbert Cripe of Frankfort spent Sunday with home folks. J J Hufford and family spent Sunday at Oakdale Park. George Rothenbarger and family near Frankfort and Charles Burkhalter and wife of New Mexico called at Hiram Bell's Sunday. The barns in James Stephenson farm burned Sunday evening with hay wheat farm implements and one calf destroyed. Stephenson family away. Frank Butz and family attended Harner reunion in Wm Fet terhoff grove near Owasco Sunday. Mrs Maggie Stephenson and son William attended the Stephen reunion at New Castle Sunday.
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S. A. Bryan
H. R. Smith
Ellis Eller
D. D. Skiles
Chas. Hattery
Noah Allen
Herbert Cripe
Frankfort
J. J. Hufford
Familly
Oakdale Park
Geo. Rothenbarger
Charles Burkhalter
New Mexico
Hiram Bell
James Stephenson
Stephenson
Frank Butz
Harner
Wm. Fetterhoff Grove
Owasco
Maggie Stephenson
William
Stephen
New Castle
Simon Pure in A Bold Stroke for a Wife Quaker Impostor
The term Simon Pure refers to a Quaker character impersonated in Mrs Centlivre's 1717 comedy A Bold Stroke for a Wife. The phrase signals the real or authentic person or thing, or sect, when used in this context.
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Simon Pure
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