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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1905
Page
6
A long column lists visits and gatherings among social figures in Indianapolis. Gertrude and Mary Minor, Mrs. Burdette and daughter Helen, Miss Enid Morris, Miss Enid, and many others are mentioned traveling to Vincennes, Chicago, or California, with numerous house parties, lodge events, and upcoming dances noted, including a Grand Hotel event and an Indianaplis literary meeting.
The community lists numerous October weddings and engagements. Mary Alce Watson and Clifford Vance Peterson plan a December 31 ceremony at Center Presbyterian Crawfordsville. Amelia Emmerich and William Keiser engage, while Florence Gimper and Herbert Ray Condre wed midweek. Emma Stevenson and Lewis Smith marry at the bride’s home, and Mayde Taylor is set to wed George Kennard Jones during the holidays. Other notices include Jessie Tons Neal and Horace Stuart, Lulla Merrimam honored, and several receptions planned at local venues.
Bellefonte residents Mrs. Willi Mitchell and relatives plan an eastern visit. Charles Mirenel hosts guests while Mr. and Mrs. Charles Riffel extend an invited stay in the east. Cousins Wyot Quatt and others spend time in Cleveland and Gallort. A Slider returns from Leba quits visiting relatives. Masters Lioyd Emmons revisits New York and Asbury Park. A charity event by Lebron club hosted at the Parlay. Mrs. Wesley Burr and daughter Helen visit Terre Haute. Mr. and Mrs. William Bailey of Mare Anneville host guests. The Nelle society of Rathbons sisters entertained at Mrs. Charles Murray and N. Gaters home. Fishing party led by Samuel Jahutt spends a week in Seymour.
Local notices report a wedding between Frag Mettastion and Mary Peterson at a Wayne township venue with the couple planning a Chicago honeymoon. The piece also mentions numerous visitors, celebratory events, and travel to Toledo Cincinnati and other locales, reflecting a busy social week in the community.
West Indianapolis residents and guests are listed visiting relatives and hosting events. Names include Mien Ueesie Paflinbergen, Hoke Lewis, Mrs Sarah David, Mrs Sarah Mattern, Mr and Mrs Woo Jennies, Mrs J dene nings, Mr and Mrs Hila Wheeler, Father Bauer, Mother Joseph Weber, and Mrs George Kim Derlain. Social calls span Spencer to Evansville and San Francisco with several trips and hosting duties noted.
An Indianapolis club gathering at Fred Z. Loti's home featured Frank Caldwell addressing topics from Canada and Asia on a recent tour. Numerous local residents and visitors are noted in a sequence of social events and upcoming activities across the area.
Citizens from the Teapective congregation are asked to appoint two women and two men to meet the Hoya and Girls National Curfew association panel at ALG. AL roomn on N. Iittnals st Monday Oct BW at 6 00 p m to hear Wil Alexander Hagalund president report on the past year's curfew work and reforms. Factory owners and managers are invited.
Irvington reports a near clash over a self-government plan at the girls dormitory of Butler College. A compromise allows each floor to elect sponsors to enforce rules. Local society: Mrs Day entertains, missionary circles organized, church activities fill Saturday. Jerome K Jerome to speak next month. Irvington clubs hold meetings on Latin civilization and weekly sessions.
Senator Albert Beveridge's new book fills shelves with strong demand. Publishers Dr Appleton and Co report a second edition in press and rapid sales from booksellers. Translation rights are being prepared for French and German markets.
At First Baptist Church Meridian and Vermonist Corner an Indies of the New Thought club event features Dr. Frank E. Manker showing a superb set of stereographic views of Ancient Rome. Also planned are a popular reading by Miss Walter J. Wilson of Providence and an vocal solo by Mr Throndsen formerly of Louisville. Tickets advance eight cents. at door five cents for children.
The article describes Theodore Roosevelt visiting Roswell Georgia to see the Bulloch family homestead, the childhood home of his mother Martha Bulloch. It notes the old colony, Garrington Hall, and the wedding attire details of Mrs Baker and Martha Bulloch’s maid. It preserves local memory of the event and mentions elderly servants.
The Induha Floral Festival outlines an autumn exhibition at Tomlinson Hall from November 14 to 18. Daily themes feature chrysanthemums and carnations with special displays, and a cut flower show peaks Thursday with American Beauty Roses dominating. Five prizes range up to 87, with emphasis on variety, size, and merit certificates for exhibitors.
Reports from Slunieh Bavaria say Mrs Harold Fler Cormick once Kate Rockefeller, daughter of John D Rockefeller, married young McCormick. The couple spent their honeymoon in Italy then traveled abroad for health. Daily bulletins from the Tarrytown family documented her condition after the birth of their daughter last April.
The two final performances of the Dainty Paves Burlesquern will be Saturday at the Empire theater with all big acts. Two new chorus numbers will be presented. Next week the Fay Poster company writes the attraction.
The society will convene at Indianapolis at 2% Towns and invite leading sneakers and representatives from nine percent states to attend.
A garbled box of dialogue describes a rapid, flirtatious exchange implying a swift, decisive romantic progression. The fragment references an express train, a depot, and a hurried decision to wire an acceptance, ending with a terse farewell. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century serialized joke amid rail imagery.
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