Local Visitors and Social Gatherings in Dixonville
Culver residents Mr and Mrs Norman Kerr and daughter visited Mrs Kerrs grandparents on Sunday. Mrs Charles Liptak and daughter Mary Ann shopped in Clymer Saturday. Indiana visitors Charles Miller and sister Edna with Emma Watson came Saturday. L W Jacoby attended Gus Flemings funeral at Stafford Saturday. Lizzie Swartz from near Purchase Line called on Eva Fyock and Napp Tuesday. Mr and Mrs J P Tampt hosted sister Miss Marie Levinson of New York who visited Edith Miller over the weekend. Guy Zerfoss celebrated his birthday with a party.
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Dixonville
Norman Kerr
Culver
Kerr
Charles Liptak
Mary Ann
Clymer
Charles Miller
Edna
Emma Watson
Indiana
L. W. Jacoby
Gus Fleming
Stafford
Women wear chips on their heads headline trend
A Washington Post quip notes women now wear chips on their heads beyond traditional accessories. The playful remark reflects evolving fashion critiques and social commentary on gender style.
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Washington Post
Oh Really The Sophisticated Isobel Charms Tony
Tony Aiken meets Isobel at a party and falls for her after she uses a teasing Oh really. He pursues her to Mountain View. Isobel feigns sophistication, questions and tests him, then reveals true feelings as they reconcile at the Bear Lake camp with tears and a kiss.
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Sobel
Tony Aiken
Tony
Holbrooks
South America
Isobel
Isopel
Mountain View
The
Andrews
Bearlake
Derry
Merle Gladwin
Bear Lake
Merle
Isabel
O. K
Barnacles on Old Ships Tell of Their Hardy Habits
A Washington Star writer explains barnacles clung to wooden hulls of sail ships, hindering crews until iron and steamers reduced the nuisance. Barnacle life starts as free-swimming nauplius, then forms a multi-chamber shell with root and cirri, feeding on waterborne plankton and thriving in warm seas and even northern shores.
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Washington Star
General Grant’s Plain Dress and Family Times
General Grant wore citizen clothes when sworn in as President and often drove his own team in public. He preferred simple, dignified manners and abhorred a dress suit, showing his practical mind. He shone most at table with his wife and children.
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Grant
Drapery used in painting dating back to 1610
The passage notes drapery as an artistic arrangement of clothing in painting or sculpture from 1610, with a later literary reference by Lord Byre in 1824 describing it as “Draperied her form with curious felicity” in Don Juan.
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Byre
Don Juan
Blaine Defeated Himself Through Conkling Rivalry
The article traces James G. Blaine’s political downfall to a clash with Roscoe Conkling beginning in 1866. A sharp exchange and a satirical remark by Theodore Tilton damaged Blaine, sparked lasting enmity from Conkling, who then thwarted Blaine’s bids for the Republican nomination and his general election prospects for two decades.
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James G. Blaine
Blaine
Roscoe Conkling
New Yorker
Maine
Conkling
Theodore Tilton
New York Independent
Davis
New York
Hyperion
Thersites
Knight
Western Newspaper Union
Marion Center News Roundup of Local Visits and Deaths
Mrs Miriam McManus visited Smyrna with sister in law Mrs Frank Hamilton while Mr Hamilton served as juror in Indiana. Mrs J Lynn McCoy, ill at her mother’s home, was taken to Indiana hospital for observation. Miss Ethel Streams underwent appendix removal at Indiana hospital. she is the seventh of eight children to have appendectomies. Edward Irvin Sterling of Kermoor died at his son B F Sterling’s home and was buried Lumber City after services. Mrs Lulu B Kinter returned home from Blairsville. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Paul Kuntz, son of Mrs Maria Kuntz and former Independent printer. Frank R Wetzel recovers from a severe lumbago attack.
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Marion Center
Miriam McManus
Town
Smyrna
Frank Hamilton
Hamilton
Indiana
J. Lynn McCoy
East Main Street
C. W. Barr
North Manor Street
Indiana Hospital
Ethel Streams
Lumber City
Lulu B. Kinter
R. H. Lockard
Blairsville
Paul Kuntz
Kuntz
Maria Kuntz
Independent
Frank R. Wetzel
West Lebanon Social Notes From Indiana Visit
West Lebanon residents attended a Knox ville college quartet concert in Indiana on Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs John George and you visited Mrs Elizabeth Campbell. L A L was entertained by Mrs W C Smith last week and will be hosted Thursday by Mrs J R Patterson. Mr and Mrs C M Millen and daughters dined with H O Coleman at Apollo. Patterson couple at Harrisburg farm show this week. Shirley girls cared for by grandmother during dirt road issues. The Progress and Pittsburgh Gazette to R D readers priced 5.50.
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West Lebanon
Knoxville College Quartet
Indiana
John George
Elizabeth Campbell
W. C. Smith
Mra
J. R. Patterson
C. M. Millen
H. O. Coleman
Apollo
State Farm
Harrisburg
Shirley Girls
Campbell
Curry Run Ladies Missionary Society Sews Patches
The Curry Run Ladies Missionary Society met at Rankin last Wednesday with members including Mrs. H. C. Kunkle Mrs. J. C. Walker Rev Walker Mrs. El zada Walker Mrs. Carl Fleming Ruth Shelby Jean Mrs. Robert Evans and others. The day was spent sewing quilt patches and visits followed with members’ families.
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Curry
Ladies Missionary Society
Rankin
H. C. Kunkle
J.C. Walker
Walker
Elzada Walker
Carl Fleming
Ruth
Shelby Jean
Robert Evans
W. W. Barr
A. G. Miller
Alice Wilson
Helen Rankin
Rachel
Todd Rankin
Elda Evans
Olivet School Hit By Whooping Cough Illness
Roving visits midweek feature Mrs Frank Lambing at the Wilson Stewart home while families including Mervin Wise from Summerville and Miss Arpelis Cochran of Dayton call on R W Johns. Johns, injured by a slate fall in mines, later developed acute appendicitis and was moved to Indiana hospital.
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Olivet
Frank Lambing
Wilson-Stewart
Mervin Wise
Summerville
Misa Arpbelle
Cochran
Dayton
R. W. Johns
Alice Wilson
Abbie Wilson
Wilston-Stewart
Indiana Hospital
Tess Wilson
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Sell ‘Elephone Directory
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North Eighth Street
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Frank E. Hagen
AMD
Melmo
Scott Watson
the Progress and
Pittsburgh Peat- Gazette
R. D
Farmers Bank
E Trust Company
Suave
Nancy Fleming
I. J. Wood
H.L. McCurdy
Lawrence
Wilkinsboro
Dale Shaner
Vandergrift
Alberta Fulmer
Roy Fulmer
Milton Bowman
Indiana Lumber & Supply
Oak and
Tenth Streets
Eschelman
Larrow & Eschelman
Wingold Winono
Hetrick & Wilson
Bear PA
Parnell, Cowher & CO
Citizens Bank
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