Local Social News and Society Visits in Indiana Town
Miss Edna Fae Anderson of Walkerton visits Miss Bernice Brown in Greencastle while Brown is home from Hillsboro to teach. Indiana University student Ferrol Ferrand visits Oakland City with Raymond Phillips. Gary furniture executive Jesse Hughes visits Greencastle. Gillen family hosts relatives from Roachdale Indianapolis and beyond. Progress History Club meets Miss Jane Farmer. Madam Blaker pupil Esther Snider visits parents. Indiana University Choir Vesper at Frankfort. Rush attends with family. Multiple trips to Bloomington Indianapolis and Greencastle cited among local residents.
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Edna Fae Anderson
Walkerton
Indiana
Indiana University At
Bloomington
Bernice Brown
Milton Brown
Anderson Street
Miss Brown
Hillsboro
Ferrol Ferrand
Martha Ferrand
Brick Chapel
Raymond Phillips
Oakland City
Phillips
Perry N. Rush
Walter Gardner
Frankfort
J. J. Gallagher
DePauw University
Rush
Esther Snider
Woman's Bible Class Opens Club Year With Fine Program
The September meeting of the Woman's Bible Class at College Ave M. E. Church was hosted by Mrs. J. P. D. John. Officers were elected and installed, appreciation expressed for Mrs. John G. Dunbar, and a Babylonian history program by Mrs. Lillie R. Landes highlighted the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Bible
J. P. D. John
John G. Dunbar
Lillie R. Landes
Babylonia
Tower of Babel
Bible Students
College Ave M. EB. Church
Papers and programs of the 1923 24 year women’s group
The record lists hostess names for monthly programs from October through May, with topics on faith and biblical figures, plus a January devotional and March discussions. It ends with a 1923 24 officers list naming Jennings as president and Reeves as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie C. Jennings
W. 8
Heav
Notice of Qualification of Executors
The undersigned executors are qualified in the Putnam Circuit Court Indiana to administer the estate of William Greyson deceased. The estate is solvent. Ebenezer Quinnette and A Harvey Greyson named as executors with Sept. 1 1923 date. Also another executor Oren R Branneman qualified for the estate of George W Rule. Hays and Murphy attorneys listed with Sept. 10 17 24 dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Greyson
Putnam Circuit Court
Putnam County
Indiana
Ebenezer Quinnette
A. Harvey Greyson
George W. Rule
Oren R
Branneman
Hays & Murphy
Hindoo pagodas and sacred layout across regions
A description of pagodas as worship places with three parts a public apartment a Brahmin chambers and a sacred cell housing the deity. Noted are notable pagans at Benares Siam Pegu and especially Juggernaut in Orissa.
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Benares
Siam
Pegu
Juggernaut
Orissa
Wigs Through the Ages Across Civilizations
Wigs have ancient roots from prehistoric carvings to Egyptian royal dress. The Greeks also valued wigs, highlighting the long standing human fascination with head coverings and vanity across cultures.
How to Remove Dust From a Clock
It explains a simple method to clean clock dust by soaking cotton wool in paraffin, placing it in a tin lid under the clock works, and letting it absorb dust for a day or two.
Barratry and Mutiny Defined as Naval Crimes
Barratry is a sea crime when a master or crew commit unlawful acts for their advantage against the vessel owner. Mutiny is a concerted revolt against discipline or lawful commands of a superior officer.
Penny in a Big Lady's Purse Sparks Remark
Evelyn recalls her mother’s warning not to beg for money. When her aunt reaches for a nickel to call, Evelyn spots a single penny and quips that pennies are a nuisance in a big lady’s purse.
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Evelyn
Haire on the Human Head Counts Hair Density
An authority cites estimates of hair counts per head and per square inch. Average total hairs vary around 140000 for dark hair and about 30000 for red hair. Scalp density averages 1000 hairs per square inch, with some heads showing none in certain counts.
Final operations on jar caps and bottle caps by Tolling machine
The article notes Tolling performs the final operations on jar caps salve and pill boxes bottle caps and similar items using an automatic machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Mind Must Be Properly Employed Motto
Quote from Steele on mental cultivation urging effort to train the mind into a useful and orderly garden rather than letting it run wild with weeds or wild growth. Public domain style exhortation. Reflects moral guidance common in period essays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steele
Putnam County road bonds bid sale notice 1923
Treasurer Otto G Webb invites sealed bids for J F Elliott road bonds Marion township in Putnam County Indiana. Twenty bonds of 740 dollars totaling 14800 dated Sep 15 1923 bear 4 percent interest payable semi annually with first due May 15 1924 and mature in ten years. Bids due 10:00 am Oct 6 1923 at the county treasurer’s office Green Castle Indiana posted Sept 18-25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Indiana
J. F. Elliott
Marion Township
Greencastle
Otto G. Webb
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Kodak Story
P. Mullins
Eastman Agency
Woodmen of America
Pitchford
Jesse Hughes
Gary
Mr. Hughes
C. C. Gillen
Mr. Gillen
C. Gillen
Willard Gough
Roachdale
Charles Moore
Indianapolis
Moore
The
Indianapolis News
Mrs. Moore
Progress History Club
Jane Farmer
East Washington Street
Gilbert Snider
L. D. Snider
Indiana Bridge Co
Muncie
Lewis Snider
LaVerne Snider
F. A. Arnold
Lena Slby
Kappa Alpha Theta House
Major Harrison
St. Vincent's Hospital
Harrison
Irene Selby
George Morris
Terre Haute
Morris
Jessie Neff
Henry R. Krehl
J. W. Carver
Abraham the
Hero of
Faith
Isese
Stella Peck
Will Wetz
Ida Pierce
Walter Crawford
Martha Crouch
Monastery of St. Kathryn At Sinai
C. F. Zeis
Leonard Peck
Lee Reeves
Moses
Miriam
Aaron
E. A. Hamilton
M. S. Darnall
Oscar Thomas
Eugene
David
Laura Sheridan
Mary Denny
Winter Craig
Christian E. Stoner
Martha J. Ridpath
William Houck
A. M. Arnold
St. Paul
Enridge
Ida Piere
W. M. Arnold
Cash Reserve
U. S
R. L. O’hair
J. L. Randel
F. L. O’hair
Frank Donner
A. Hays
C. H. Barnaby
F. G. Gilmore
H. L. Wells
J. B. Crosby
K. E. West
Indiana Loan CO
Donner
H. B. Troyer
E. Washington Street
Paris Brothers
Paris Bros
Opera House
A. Cook
Mer
Jack Hoxie
Ruth Roland
Maurice Tourneur
Sir Hall Caine
the ‘Christian
Pathe Comedies
Herald
the Herald
Crawfordsville Pike
F. E. Dauner
State Life Building
Pessup
Occidental Building
Paw
Albin
Dobbs & Vestal
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