Weight loss rage and social lunches spotlight Indiana life
The column surveys dieting zeal and etiquette in Indianapolis gatherings. It notes fat‑fear clinching fashion, a German doctor’s ten commandments, and how social luncheons serve as networking hubs rather than meals, linking to press club talks, invites for officials’ wives, and reflections on language and civility amid wartime memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Citizen’s Club
Press Club
Indianapolis
Buchanan
Albert J. Beveridge
Golden Hill
Samuel Lewis Shank
Edward E. Green
Technical High School
Fresh Air
Burlington Parents Meet At High School Auditorium
The January 28 meeting featured a debate between the senior and sophomore classes. Ellis Logan is improving rapidly. Honored guests at a birthday party hosted by Mr and Mrs Martin Rinehart included Charles Hendrix Pell Hendrix Ralph Rinehart and Wright Hendrix with Paty ree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington High School
Ellis Logan
Martin Rinehart
Perry Miller
Charles, Hendrix
Pell Hendrix
Ralph Rinehart
Oe Wright Hendrix
Paty Ree
Local social notices and family visits reported across Delphi area
Curtis Kestle and family moved to a farm near Pious Chapel this week. Dozens of calls and visits are noted among residents including Gaumers, Clarks, Lillys, Vernys, and Arthurs. Ceremonial and travel mentions include Doctors Townsley, O Dell, and a Chicago-bound wedding. Interments at local cemetery and Pitt family departures mark the past week.
Woods Corner Moves and Weekend Social Visits
Chas Pattison and family moved to Brookston for future residence. Miss William Stout of Lafayette and Miss Mae Davisson of Monticello were weekend guests of Mrs Alfred McClean. Mr and Mrs Walter Smith and daughter visited with Fred Fisher and family. Roy Jordan of Lafayette called on Joseph Nelsons Sunday. Harry Weiderhart and family visited Fred Fisher Sunday. Miss Leo Morehouse visited with her sister Mrs Walter Smith. Harry Weiderhaft and family spent Sunday with Fred Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Pattison
Brookston
William Stout
Lafayette
Mae Davisson
Monticello
Alfred McClean
Walter Smith
Fred Fisher
Wm. O. Robinson
Elsa
Near’ Yeoman
Joseph Hooper
Stella
Roy Jordan
Joseph Nelson
Harry Weiderhart
Leo Morehouse
Harry Weiderhaft
Idaville News Briefs Include Moves and Visits
Elliot Ireland moved Wednesday from Burnettsville to the Elmer Reiff farm. The United Presbyterian Missionary Society met at Mrs. Ross Prescott’s home Friday. Merle Clark, teaching in Illinois, returned Friday for Fred Cromer’s funeral held last Sunday. Goldie Lewis went to Lafayette for treatments at the Sanitarium. Bernice Friday, studying at Bloomington, visits her father Fred Friday this week. Fred Cromer died Thursday at his sister Mrs. Francis Fowler’s Reynolds home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Colvin
Riley
George Hunt
Jesse Kendall
Raub
Indiana
Owen Dowdham
Oscar Sullivan
Ed Brown
Carl Flora
Brown
Wise Bridge
Paint Creek Church
Mr. Brown
Plato Robeson
Jake Bush
McCain
Delphi
Floyd Gish
Charles Snyder
Wheeling
The
Methodist Church
Osborne
Idaville M. E
Lee Lesh
Burrows
Frank Hedderick
Mary, Little
Kenneth Bohannon
St. Joseph Hospital
Logansport
Thelma Dilling
Mildred Armick
Evelyn and
Frances Cohee
Marie Edging
Womens Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Frank Snoeberger
Frank Porter
Effie Wyatt
Charles
Eva N. Kennedy
Peru
Pythian Temple
Mable Stone
Colburn
Mabel Stone
Nellie Sink
Leona Mills
Lydia Kuzmaul
Caroline Gardner
Emma Groninger
Ethel Frost
Mayme Miller
Margaret Kennedy
Anna Landis
Bessie Plank
Elsie Sink
Cora Lesh
Eve Dillon
Grace Snoeberger
Mary Bennett
Bertha Kuzmaul
Ruby Leslie
Curtis Kestle
Pious Chapel
Fred Gaumer
Alonzo Curtis
Charles Clark
Delmar Clark
Mary Chadd
Gordon Moore
Oak Grove
Dewey Reynolds
Elizabeth Clarrage
Jay Nace
Robert Harmon
Ward Holloway
James Viney
Josephine Chapman
Sarah Chapman
Beulah Roth
Della
Elsie Arthur
David Arthur
David Lilly
Martha Creek
Emma Creek
Yeoman
Wilma Mullendere
Mildred Viney
Mary Sherman
Clymers
Jennngs Popejoy
Rockfield
John Cassell
William Cassell
Matthew Jackson
Rev
Roush
Reynolds
Samuel Neel
Thomas. Schnepp
Ray Schock
Daniel Wan
Chalmers
John Burke
Cassell
George Popejoy
Charles Kestle
Norwood Campbell
Lafayette
George Kestle
Ellen Viney
Oliver Marquess
Arthur Ward
Beulah
Josephine
Thomas Schnepp
Mahala Henry
Glenn Chadd
Chicago
Catharine O’dell
That City
Clarence Rosen
Madison, Wis
Christian Church
Oak Park
Austin Blvd
O’dell
Rena O’dell
Schnepp
Elliot Ireland
Burnettsville
Elmer Reiff
Society of the United Presbyterian Church
Ross Prescott
Merle Clark
Illinois
Fred Cromer
Goldie Lewis
Bernice Friday
Bloomington
Fred
Francis Fowler
Indiana Day Proposed as State Birthday Anniversary
The Indiana Historical Society urges the General Assembly to pass a bill designating December 11 as Indiana Day. A Governor's proclamation would encourage school and public observances to celebrate Indiana’s 1816 admission to the Union, without creating an additional holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Indiana
Indiana Historical Society
General Assembly
State of
Union
Mme Le Brun Gains Fame in Paris Paintings
The Chicago Journal notes Mme Le Brun, a French painter, earned substantial reputation in Paris with historical works and portraits exhibited at the Louvre. Mme de Genlis lauds her talent, while laments men tried to devalue her art for her gender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame le Brun
Mme. le Brun
Paris
Louvre
Mme. de Genlis
Chicago Journal
Railroads Set Strict Employee ETA Window
Railroads require employee estimated times of arrival to stay within an 80 hour weekly variance. Officials emphasize strict adherence to the schedule to ensure on time operations and safety.
Community social notes from east of Delphi and nearby towns
East of Delphi families mix with neighbors in visits and meals. The Archers, Rabers, Wise, Turners, Sidenbenders, Fife, Crooks and other local residents host gatherings and assist with farm work. Delights include roast goose dinners, Sunday visits, and hardware deliveries of new farming machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Chapman
Hilda Jane
Song
Voris
Leslie
Noah Wise
Fred Raber
Earl Mummert
Sidenbender and Turner
Marvin Wise
Carl Wise
Pyrmont
Bert Schriner
Everett Groninger
Near Rockfield
Stuckenburg
Camden
Theodore Dock
Willis Fife
Owen Fife
Delphi
Henry Sidenbender
Earl Stagle
Sidenbend
Henry Crooks
Thomas Bowman
Near Flora
When Man Is Disappointed
An observed motive suggests that when an average man secretly does good deeds he feels slighted if friends do not publicly acknowledge his action. The note reflects on social expectations and pride in anonymous virtue.
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Peter Perkins
Bald Dorsey
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Assembly Club
Trenton New Jersey Times
Women Voter
Woman’s Page
Auxiliary
Trenton Times
Wales
Manchester
Mrs. Oliphant
Bulhouse
Hamlet
Ness
Richard Seeley Jones
Stars and Stripes
L. S. Ayres
Lydia E. Pinkham
Los Angeles
Cal
Burlington
Patton
Reynolis
Church of God
Frost
Hall
Frank L. Townsley
East Chicago
Ind
Jas. Townsley
George Steel
High More
S. Dakota
Kate McCully
Owasco
Olive
Ruth Lehr
Russell Redenbacher
M. E. Frey
George Martin
Monitor
Troxel
Fred Rose
Henry Otten
Purdue
Ben Metzger
W. C. Hughes
Walter Wagoner
Manson Galloway
Harold Frey
Dale and
Dalas Frey
Idaville
Resolutions OF the
Walter Gochenour
Breining & Wilson
Delphi, Ind
L. J.W. Breining
Rus Wilson
Reeder Trucking Co
City of
General Fund
Health and Charities
Opeas
General Fund Electric Light Fund
Epes Water Fund
Delpiebeer
Apenas
Park Fund
Arnold
City
Clore
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