Miss Edwinson Surprises Howard With Lost Toe Tale
In a humid August afternoon at a summer hotel Miss Edwinson wanders to a brook shaded by an elm. She plans to read but slips into the water and loses a toe, which Howard Birdsall later retrieves with a mock-soleful imitation. Their exchange hints at romance amid small town amusements.
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Howard Birdsall
Birdie
Miss Edwinson
Lilian
Edwinson
Lillian
Birdsall
Birdeall
I Shall Love You Dear Across the Pasture
In a tense exchange Misa Rawinson withdraws her fingers as she questions if the man truly loves her. Lillian is named, and Elbert Lowell dismisses the chance of meeting another girl, mentioning a fisherman and Jane as he comments on social interest. The dialogue hints at romantic conflict and social interplay.
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Misa’ Rawinson
Lillian
Jane
Elbert Lowell
Hoosierisms and Oddities From Hoosier State Snippets
A collage of brief items notes Joe Plummer’s white locust posts sprouting, a Milford man inventing a voting machine said to be successful, and a Hoosier in New York killed after aDatabase elephant nose incident. It also mentions vaccine whisky warnings, an Anderson grocer touting palate tickling corn, a Fulton county man’s harsh character claim, a Filipino seeking Ameri canization inspired by a South Bend ice plant, and Henry the Bloomington fire department monkey fattening on 17 year cicadas.
Public school art exhibit opens June 2 at Harrison school
The Benjamin Harrison school at Walnut and Delaware streets will host public viewings of student art from 2 to 6 p m June 2 through 6 inclusive. The show features Indianapolis grade, high and normal school works in drawing and color from a recent Western drawing teachers meeting in Minneapolis. It includes a composite by the Western drawing teachers association representing western cities and towns. Indianapolis leads a tour through over 40 cities next year, with the exhibit traveling Saturdays and Sundays, staying five days in each city. A notable display includes textile designs woven by students from the Pennsylvania museum and school of industrial art. Cities featured include Chicago Minneapolis St Paul Moline Davenport Grand Rapids and Elgin.
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Western Drawing Teachers’ Association
Minneapolis
Pennsylvania Museum and’ School of Industrial Art
Chicago
St. Paul
Moline
Davenport
Grand Rapids
Elgin
Locust swarm camps in Crownhill cemetery disturbance
About 100 million locusts of the genuine li years variety settled in Crownhill cemetery. Noise is loud in open areas and subdued in thickets. Locusts feed only by laying eggs on young tree shoots. larvae seek 17 year sleep underground. Nearby Fall Creek and Central Ave areas report similar activity. Locusts not yet aggressive and can be captured, some impaled alive on pins.
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Crownhill
Crown Hill
Fall Creek
Fair Grounds
Centralave
Indianapolis Tops Indiana Cities In Net Debt Rise In 1901
Indianapolis, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute and South Bend show higher net debt in 1901. Tax levies range from 1.95 to 2.77 per city. Indianapolis owes 2,446,600 on assessed valuation 129,184,950. Evansville 2,171,000 on 25,828,860. Fort Wayne 624,800 on 24,115,400. Terre Haute 351,000 on 20,920,685. South Bend 289,500 on 15,275,950.
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Indiana
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Evansville
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
Dianapolis
Public School Closings Scheduled for June 20
The school year ends June 20 with most schools holding closing exercises before that date. Supt Kendall and the school board will attend. Across the district, enrollment rose by about 1000 pupils this year, and Washington school plans Friday morning closing exercises for 14 rooms, following a Calisthenics session last Wednesday afternoon.
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Kendall
Washington
The Swirl of Society Social Notes from Union City
Miss Eleanor Shockney visits relatives in Union City as the Sketching club closes its year with a Broad Ripple dinner. Mrs Wilbur Wynn Dark marks her first day at home. Mr and Mrs J K Sharpe entertained informally. Hewitt Hanson Howland read a paper. Mrs R O Hawkins hosts a lunch at the Columbia club for Miss Ella Gallup of Evanston. Miss Annetta Langsdale to wed June 10. Miss Mary Fitch Sewall to wed George B Elliott at the Sewall home on Park Ave. Attendants include Mona Taggart maid of honor and Florence Plum and Rena Tucker bridesmaids, Frederick A Joss best man.
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Eleanor Shockney
Union City
Broad Ripple
Wilbur Wynn Dark
Florence. Newcomb
Annetta Langsdale
Mary Fitch Sewall
George B. Elliott
Sewall
Parkave
Mona Taggart
Florence Plum
Rena Tucker
Frederick A. Joss
Texas and Louisiana Rice Boom Attracts Settlers
The northern and southern regions of Texas and southwestern Louisiana see thriving rice growth and diversified farming. Rice cultivation has added about $20,000,000 to regional wealth, and abundant land offers affordable homes. Obtain Rice Books by sending two or ten cents to Southern Pacific agents or W H Connor, Cincinnati.
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Texas
Louisiana
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Company
W. H. Connor
P. R.y
E. Fouthat
Cincinnati
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