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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1917
Page
2
Indiana residents attend visits and trips across Indianapolis Bloomington Edinburg Hutsonville and Columbus. Notables include Margaret Miller Marguerite Thompson Payne Miss Josephine Boyd and Elizabeth Book hosting and visiting. An oratorical contest is set for Thursday night January 11 in the chapel.
Haramy, Earlham College, won first place in the state oratorical contest at Indianapolis on February 23. He shared memories of coming to the United States three years ago and the challenges of language, earning a $25 prize. Hutton won $15.00. Music accompanied the event by Miss Elgin Wittwer and Miss Mary Lovell Jones with Sibyl Loofbourrow assisting.
The report describes a YWCA gathering where Mrs Pickerel urged living for Christ, stressing New Year aims and a foregetting of past mistakes. Esther Closson led special music, and a discussion considered directing sweater fund proceeds to science hall funding, alongside a yacht voyage anecdote from Jones and a brief toast on love at first sight.
A speech by Bob Burdette and later remarks by President David Starr Jordan warn that boys who begin smoking before age fifteen undermine future success. They describe cigarettes as stealing energy, focus, and ambition while likening a smoker to a damaged cipher. A Jersey shop notice adds that cigarettes dull the brain.
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