Social activities for forthcoming weddings in local society
Local social pages list numerous bridal events for upcoming weddings. Galas for Gail Davis and Kenneth Davis mark a week of parties at the Spink Arms Hotel with Louisville guests and friends from Indianapolis. Dockside dances, luncheons, and showers continue for Miss Louise Pittman Donovan Hoover, Miss Helen Pritchard, and Miss Culosa Kinnaman ahead of Sept. 12 and Sept. 26 nuptials. Additional gatherings celebrate Miss Sara Hawkins Fisher and Miss Dorothy Elizabeth Marquette with engagements and bridal parties across city venues plus planned weddings for Miss Gail Pritchard and Dr Alvin Newman at Irvington church.
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Harry L. Ham
Mimond
Seona St
Spink-Arms Hotel
Gail
Keneth Winfield Davis
Edward L. Davis
Louisville
Sara Hawkins Fisher
Royal Laurence Gard
First Presbyterian Church
Ronald Fisher
Edward Stucky
Herschell Everett
Dorothy Elizabeth Marquette
Harry T. Marquettte
Washington St
Alvin Edwin Newman
Irvington Methodist Episcopal Church
Bridal party listed for Miss Marquette weddings
Neal, Miss Benta Cox, Miss Charlotte Mason and Mrs. Oliver Green serve as bridesmaids with flower girls and a ring bearer. A sequence of parties for Miss Marquette follows on Sept 16 to Oct 6 hosted by various relatives and friends.
Indiana Social Workers Convene for October Conference
The Indiana Conference on Social Work, themed The Conservation of Our Heritage, will run October 3 to 6 in Vincennes. Dr. James W. Millikan is president, with W. H. Hill chairing the Vincennes committee. Several hundred charity workers are expected, and a dinner for the second day is planned by the Indianapolis chapter of the American Association of Social Workers.
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Vincennes
John A. Brown
James W. Millikan
Southeastern Hospital For the Insane
W. H. Hill
State Association of Boards of Children’s Guardians
Indianapolis
American Association of Social Workers
W. A. Evans
Chicago
Jackson
Board of State Charities
Charles H. Johnson
New York State Board of Charities
Frank J. Brune
Minneapolis
Canning Season Beets and Gherkins For Winter Relish
Instructions for canning beets into pickles and making gherkins with cucumbers, vinegar, sugar, salt and spices. Details include prep steps, boiling times, jar filling, sterilization, sealing, and preservation tips for winter use.
Corn and Cabbage Caning Season Recipe Note
A dated home canning guide lists ingredients for corn and cabbage preserve: twelve ears of corn, one head of cabbage, peppers, onions, salt, sugar, mustard, and vinegar. It details grating, mincing, mixing, then cooking twenty minutes, stirring, filling sterilized jars, and sealing. Omit onions if desired. vinegar amount varies with corn milkiness.
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Bermuda
Sleep Machine From Cheshire Promises Quick Rest
An English inventor in Cheshire claims a device that emits twelve colored light rays across the sleeping subject’s face and induces sleep within fifteen minutes, promising a sure sleep producer.
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Cheshire
England
The Poor Fish Ballooning Rwellfish
Washington reports science has learned little about the rwellfish which pumps air quickly and swells into a balloon. When chased it fills with air rises, and is blown along by wind.
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Washington
Letter from Ruth Burke to Leslie Prescott in 1925 NEA service
A damning correspondence reveals Mabel’s motive, gossip and a theft scandal surrounding Mr. Prescott, Downey, and stolen pearls. The writer accuses staff of disloyalty and predicts suspicions over finances as the boss grapples with employee infighting and possible ruin. Sally Atherton is urged to return home to stabilize the office.
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Sally
Laidlaw
Downey
Mr. Prescott
Sugges
MacSorey
Dayton
Simpson
Prescott
NEA Service, Inc
Ruth Burke
Leslie Prescott
Clothes and the Woman by Mrs. Walter Ferguson
A Metropolitan essay argues English women seeming content with a dull midlife while American women chase ever-changing fashion. It cautions against idolizing appearance, urging care for homes minds and souls, claiming true beauty lies inner and not in parlor spoils.
Chicago Beggars Fear Outsiders Stealing Their Trade
In Chicago beggars warn that outsiders flood the city to steal business. A social service representative notes beggars earn from two hundred to three hundred dollars daily in the Windy City.
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Chicago
Windy City
Times Pattern Service Aids Home Sewers With Pattern 2525
The Times presents pattern No 2525 with a youthful line and a tie collar design that can be worn open or knotted. Diagrams show the simple construction and fabric options like flat silk and balbriggan jersey, with size 36 to 42 inch busts and 3 5/8 yards of 40 inch material for 36 inch size. Patterns are designed by New York fashion designers and guaranteed to fit, with daily fashion pictures and a coupon to obtain the pattern for 15 cents by mail.
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New York City
Pattern Department of the Times
Pattern Request Enclosed for No 2525
Pattern Department of the Indianapolis Times receives 15 cents with a request to mail pattern No 2525. Address details incomplete.
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Pattern Department
Indianapolis Times
Indianapolis, Ind
Martha Lee on Men and Wives Idealism and Love
An essay argues men seek an idealized wife and demand perfection once in love. It contrasts male idealism with double standards and notes how habits like smoking or drinking can undermine attraction. The piece suggests wives should resemble the husband’s pictured ideal to maintain interest.
Dear Miss Lee Answers a Hair Cutting Marriage Dilemma
A young wife asks if she should cut or grow her hair for her husband and baby after leaving with the child following a family dispute over bobbed hair. LONESOME LENA asserts the husband has grounds for divorce, urging the wife to return home and preserve the family.
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Miss Lee
Lena
School Frock Described for a Girl's Uniform Style
A blue serge school frock trimmed with tabs and buttons features simple lines. Pleats provide the required fullness, creating a neat practical uniform suited to school wear.
Boy hooks big Buckeye Lake catch with gum drop bait
In Buckeye Lake Columbus a boy lacking bait tried gum drops to lure fish and earned a sizeable catch. The tale highlights a boy's makeshift fishing trick and successful result at the lake near Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Buckeye Lake
Here
President Coolidge Shakes Hands With 46011 People
Records show President Coolidge greeted 46 011 individuals in a single year setting a new presidential handshake benchmark. The achievement highlights his public engagement after the 1920s.
Long Summer Vacation Ends as Schools Open
Indianapolis pupils prepare for the new term with 1,200 more grade school children and about 900 more in high school. Kindergarten openings are delayed to late month, with 53 000 dollars yearly turned over to the Free Kindergarten and Children's Aid Society.
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Willie and
Mary
Eliza Baker
Free Kindergarten and Children's Aid Society
Jacob H. Hilkene
Nagley named secretary of Indianapolis Advertising Club
Lester C. Nagley of Rural Street Indianapolis selected to replace Edward W. Hunter as secretary of the Indianapolis Advertising Club. He will take office Sept 14 after Hunter resigns to become educational director of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World.
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Lester C. Nagley
Indianapolis
Edward W. Hunter
Indianapolis Advertising Club
Nagley
Lst
Blaine McGrath
Hunter
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Know Them at Light London
American tourists in England grow wiser and shed horn rimmed glasses as part of a European creed that anyone wearing horn rims is American.
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London
England
Woman Handles Largest Ignite Coal Mine After Husband's Death
Mrs. Nettle L. Macomber of Pennsylvania is said to manage the largest ignite coal mine in the United States. She assumed control of the property after her husband died recently.
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Nettle L. Macomber
Pennsylvania
United States
Disabled veteran Peter Barich case file in Omaha
The Disabled American Veterans in Omaha are pursuing the case of Peter Barich from Minneapolis whose hands feet and chin are ossifying and have largely lost feeling. Doctors have given him up and listed him as permanently disabled.
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Omaha
Neb
Disabled American Veterans’ Organization
Peter Barich
Minneapolis
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