Local Social Notes and Visits Across Kokomo
Kokomo residents and guests share Sunday visits with Clawson Gadison and Terflinger families. Illnesses spread as Lon Davis and his children suffer influenza and whooping cough at James Crockett home. Haworth family returns from Nebraska with Press visiting. Daggett, Dadgett, Kile and others are noted. Various social calls, butcher duty reported for Monday. Universalist church to host Christmas Eve entertainment with free tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Davis
James Crockett
Universalist Sunday School
Market and Bazaar at Willard Burrows Grocery
The U B church ladies announce their annual market and bazaar will be held Saturday afternoon at the Willard Burrows grocery. Influenza cases are improving, and new infections are decreasing. The school ban has been lifted and classes will resume next Monday. Ross Hawkins arrived at Henderson Son hardware on Tuesday evening, foiling a planned robbery as the burglar fled from the rear after Hawkins entered.
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U. B. Church
Willard Burrows
Ross Hawkins
Henderson & Son Hardware
Cures and Quackery in Odd Tales of Medical “Cures”
A narrator mocks medical hype and claims of cures from brain surgery and head ailments. Characters recount a madman, a kleptomaniac named Squaggles, and Old Man Piggins with a string of sensational anecdotes. The piece satirizes how science is praised for curing crime and insanity while exposing absurdities of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boggins
Squeers
Insane Asylum
Title
Squagegles
Squageles
Squaggles
Piggins
Local Social Notes From Kokomo And Nearby Towns
Miss Lola Adams of Kokomo spent the weekend with Galveston friends. Jacob Pearcy and his wife returned from several weeks in Colorado. Mrs. Levi Wood of Kokomo visited Galveston Tuesday. Mrs. Anna Woolley spent Sunday night and Monday with Summitville friends. E. C. Davis and wife of Kokomo were guests of Forest Rose and family. John Wyatt was in South Bend Thursday and Friday. G. W. Harness confined at home with rheumatism. Mrs. Ollie Thomas spent Monday and Tuesday with J. M. Thomas and family at Bunker Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Adams
Kokomo
Galveston
Jacob Pearcy
Colorado
Levi Wood
Anna Woolley
Summitville
E. C. Davis
Forest Rose and Family
John Wyatt
South Bend
Ollie Thomas
J. M. Thomas
Bunker Hill
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JF Clawson
Gfe Gadison
J.V
Terflinger
Benama Haworth
Jas, Press
Frank Haworth
Nebraska
Press
Joe Cray
Suiutay Wight
Clarence Loop
Fom Daggett
Clarence Dadgett
Dave Kile
Bernice Dedkett
Volena Johnson
Edith Wiood
Will Graves
Harry Bickie
Char
Frank
Maxine Parker
Logansport
Verna Hawkins
Gladys Logan
Lillian Stanley
Beulah Brown
Edith Wood
Helen Priestoff
Home Savings & Loan Co
N. Broadway
Peru
Ind
Tom Daggett
Davis & Williams
North Side Square
Kokomo, Indiana
Nevada
G. W. Harness
Thalman & Levi
Xmas Umbrellas
India
Gent’s
Xmas Art Goods
Cluny
Madera Dresser
Maderra
Baby Sacques
Togues
Bootees
Loggins
Xmas
Axminster
Gilberts
OUR
OUR Cut Glass Dept
Our Book Department
Kodak
OUR Doll Dept
China
Roger Bros
Community Silver
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