Lost Eastern Star pin found and return requested
Lost Eastern Star pin. Return to Hilda Miller. Social notes show Miss Peart Stanley visiting Indianapolis and multiple family visits including Jas Havens with Ed McConnell, Nick Wood with Henry Crites, Hiram Reed with Bunker Hill, Rob Cain with Loree, and Wendell Switzer visiting grandmother Mrs Addie Gray in Topeka Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Miller
Wendell Switzer
Topeka
Kans
Mrs
Addie Gray
Organize! Social visits mark a Kokomo Logansport period
Residents report weekend gatherings with many families visiting friends and relatives in Kokomo Logansport Delphi and Lincoln. Notable events include Steve DeVault escaping injury after a fall from an A T off car and journeys by Ruth Honecker Maude Davis and others returning from Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Steve DeVault
Best Laxative for the Aged
Old men and women feel the need of a laxative more than young folks but it must be safe and harmless and one which will not cause pain. Dr. King's New Life Pills are especially good for the aged, for they act promptly and easily. Price 25. Recomended by Galveston Drug Co.
Writers who Died in Harness Foretell Fractured Works
The piece recounts authors who died while unfinished works remained in progress. Nathaniel Hawthorne died with The Dolliver Romance only partly completed. Thackeray left Denis Duval partial. Dickens finished part of Edwin Drood before death. Sterne spoke of future projects, while his Tristram Shandy was not continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Weir
Hermiston
St. Ives
Stevenson
Quiller- Couch
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dolliver
Hawthorne
Concord
the Atlantic
Concord Public Library
Denis Duval
Thackeray
Charles Dickens
Edwin Drood
Laurence Sterne
Tristram
Tristram Shandy
Kokomo Visitors and Local News Items
Clarence Emerick and Jesse Graham with families visited Kokomo on Saturday and Tuesday respectively. Several residents report ailments such as an abscess on the face and a sore foot from a needle injury. Many guests stayed with local families including Ed and George Davis, Til Titus, Omer Davisson, and others. Arm injury from shoveling affects Taylor Hubler. Ice cream and cake were served at a Tuesday gathering. Suits from $15 and up offered by Stern & Co. Tailors in Kokomo.
Local residents enjoy weekend visits and home makeover
Grant Ammerman had his residence painted. W H Whiteside and wife visited Cecil Cornell and family on Sunday. Charles Bell and wife of Logan sport spent Sunday with Dan Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Ammerman
W.H. Whiteside
Cecil Cornell
Charles Bell
Logansport
Dan Bell
Sunday Guests and Local Health Notes
Dr J F Cornell and family were Sunday guests of Dean Robin son and family west of Walton. Arthur Dixon and family of Komomo spent weekend with John Dixon and wife. Mrs Willard Lawrence visited Greentown to see Mrs Frank Lawrence who had a stroke. O M Shirley of Lincoln had a light stroke in Galveston and was improving after return home. Jas Peters and wife hosted guests east of town along with George Emry and family Luke Lynas and families and Mrs Fern Connely and children Eva Wininger and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. Peters
Luke Lynas
Geo. Emry
J. F. Cornell
Dean Robinson and
West of
Walton
Willard Lawrence
Greentown
Frank Lawwence
O.M Shirley
Lincoln
Galveston
Miller
John Dixon
Jas Peters
George Emry
Fern Connely
Eva Wininger
Dorothy Ricks Visits Wm Peter in Francesville
Dorothy Ricks of Francesville is visiting William Peter in Francesville for a local social engagement. The outing reflects common community visits noted in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Ricks
Francesville
Wm. Peter and Family
The Cure for Degeneration Promotes Social Justice
A Springfield Massachusetts Republican editorial argues degeneracy stems from urban squalor, urging social justice over medicine. It calls breaking slums, relocating youth to clean work and sport, and letting nature regenerate society through new human breeds while opposing decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Nature Leads Us On in Love Illusions and Growth
Dr. Frank Crane argues in Woman's World that love and marriage are shaped by illusions. He says honeymoon magic fades to daily life yet new illusions arise with children and family life. Illusions motivate action. nature uses them to guide human progress and learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Crane
Workin Stiff and the Army of Unskilled Labor
In Harper's Weekly, Charles Phelps Cushing and Arthur Killick describe unskilled laborers forming an army of about half a million. They endure harsh toil for meager wages, saving little. When trouble arises, the stiff hands become the worker’s key credential as magistrates and bailiffs test their palms for softness or hardness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Phelps Cushing
Arthur Killick
Harper’s Weekly
Bangor's Hen Law Bans Free Roaming Hens
Bangor enacts a new ordinance prohibiting hens from running at large within a mile and three quarters of the post office. A joke at introduction turned into law amid applause as residents faced potential prosecution and fines for neglecting their fowl.
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Bangor
Kennebec Journal
The Smoking Mountain: Climbing Popocatepetl and Orizaba
Annie Peck describes ascending Popocatepetl and Orizaba in 1897, noting Popo’s vast crater and the use of hoists for sulfur workers. From the summit she sees Ixtaccihuatl, Orizaba on the horizon, and the valley of Mexico, reflecting pride in Mexico’s high mountains.
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Mexico
Popocatepet
Orizaba
Mexico City
Popo
Ixtaccihuatl
Annie &. Peck
The
Christian Herald
Aluminum ware sale offer from S B Bevington
The ad from S B Bevington of Galveston Indiana promotes aluminum ware with strong sales emphasis and big reductions. It invites customers to visit the store to save money. The same clipping notes the death of J G Powell known as Si Powell former Cass county auditor and state senator found near Bel nyer by Third Street bridge, with the body described as bloated and likely deceased for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. Bevington
Galveston
Ind
J.G. Powell
Si Powell
Cass County
Cass
Pulaski
Bel Nyer
Third Street Bridge
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Promises Skin Relief
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve for ulcers boils eczema and similar skin troubles with a case of a Birmingham Alabama woman cured in two weeks. The ad claims prompt relief and notes a price of 25 cents and Galveston Drug Co endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Bruce Jones
Birmingham
Ala
Galveston Drug Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peart Stanley
Indianapolis
Jas. Havens and Family
Ed McConnell
Nick Wood
Henry Crites
Hiram Reed
Bunker Hill
Rob. Cain
Loree
Luther Young and Wife
Omer Davisson
Deacon
Walter Stafford
Jesse Graham
Ruth Honecker
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Maude Davis
Wm. Davisson
Morris
Joe Woods
Mabel
Julia
Sarah and
Catharine Wilson
Kansas
Warren Wilson
Harry Hubler
Delphi
Harry
Everett Smith
Cora Liston
Mrs. Bunnell
Marysville
Ohio
Walter Hand
Culver
Prof. Hahn
Mr. Hand
Culver Academy
Mary Woolley
Griffith Street
Vern Woolley
Morris Winn
Lucern
Doris Carpenter
Claude Bumgarner
Mr. Thomas
Wm. Lopez
New York
Chas. Patterson
Wm. Patterson
Clarence Emerick
Katie Burrows
Walter Whiteside
James Peters
Jas. Bayles
B. F. Connell
Zelda Roller
Anna McConnell
George Davis
Til Titus
Luther Barr
Earl Campbell
Elwood
D. ,A. Zehring
J.M Thomas
Taylor Hubler
Jasper Davis
White County
Henderson Fickle
Lillian Stout
Detroit, Mich
Chas. James
Bradford, Penn
G. W. Wininger
Jas. Sprinkle
MceFarlane
Alec McCreary
Gerald
Glen Lawrence
Beckett
Albert Roller
Stern & Co
Wal· Nut
Arthur Dixon
John Woods
John Wilson
Eber Ballard
Chicago
Jake McDonald
John Swafford
Diamond Brand
Oxfords
Geo. W. Burton
Indiana
Soos
Aluminum
Howard County
Kokomo Trust Co
Milo B. Smith
Bargain Center OF
Ervin Bros. Company
Dollar Department Store
In Progress Dollar Store
Lindell Hotel
Main and Taylor Sts
Kokomo, Ind
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