Week's Doings Highlight Local Social Notes
Mrs Viola Boyer visited Paris on business. J W McGowan and family attended a Paris picnic. Miss Phoebe Wright stayed with Miss Ella Henry in Casey. Numerous locals visited Marshall Martinsville Casey and Indianapolis with relatives and friends. A large social column notes visits picnics and travels across Indiana Iowa and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Boyer
Paris
Phoebe Wright
Ella Henry
Casey
Social notes from Elmo and nearby towns
Residents and visitors named include Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ralston in Elmo Indiana Miss Ruby LeSeure from Evansville visiting Miss Jessie LeSeure and many others traveling for business visits family reunions and church events Emanuel Claypool attends federal court in Danville as juror Several locals and visitors travel to Tulsa Washington DC Denver and Chicago with updates on hospital care and a ministerial succession at Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel Claypool
Federal Court
Danville
Not a Matter of Flavor Says a Girl’s First Kiss
A Louisville Lyre quips that a girl’s first kiss leaves no taste as the palate is numb to the shock. The piece mocks how thrill and titillation replace flavor in such moments, noting onions would fail to explain present sensations.
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Louisville
Noted Bachelors Across History and Civility Marks
A compact chronicle surveys famous bachelors from Michael Angelo to Beethoven and Liszt, highlighting incivility as a modern social fault. The piece notes how rudeness can stain reputations while listing notable men and a few women who stood apart socially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michaelangelo
Rafael
Petrarch
Alexander Pope
Sir Isaac Newton
Schopenhauer
Charles Lamb
Whittier
Swinburne
Alfred de Musset
Voltaire
Tilden
the Scientist
Cecil Rhodes
Phillips Brooks
John Burroughs
President Buchanan
Walt Whitman
Lewis Carroll
Henry James
Lord ‘Eitchener
Chopin
Liszt
Beethoven
Nicolo Paganini
Ornamental Thimbles and Their Fashionable Use
The piece notes thimbles once decorated with precious stones at the tip, valued for ornament during a time when ladies enjoyed “fine work.” It recalls grandmothers managing households and sewing, using smaller thimbles with a touch of fashion and flair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Bohemia: Land of Romance and Legends Through Ages
An excerpt from Youth's Companion paints Bohemia as a land of romance with hills and mountains, castles perched on crags, and hidden fortresses. It recalls wild legends from ancient barbary ages and notes Bohemia as a historic battleground, yet today a realm of story, legend, and loyal knights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohemia
Wonderful Asphalt Lake in Trinidad Near San Fernando
The asphalt lake lies at Brighton twelve miles west of San Fernando and twenty seven miles south of Port of Spain, about a half mile from the Gulf of Paria. It covers roughly 120 acres in a basin ringed by a low hill. The original lake surface stood at 18714 feet above sea level but mining reduced it to about 130 feet by 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
Brighton
San Fernando
Port of Spain
Gulf of Paria
Monkeys Entertain visiting Girl Guides in India
American and Indian girl guides weekend trip amused by hundreds of monkeys roaming a hill village. Secretaries from the YMCA note playful monkey hunts as a playful alternative to bird hunts, while girls enjoy swimming boating and loafing during the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Boy Believes Nickel Slot Machine Mischief
A six year old swallowed a nickel and eight pennies given for an ice cream cone. His mother asked why he put money in his mouth. The child replied that he thought he was a slot machine, showing a humorous misunderstanding in a family scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Junior
Jud Tunkins Reflects on Youth and Promise
Jud Tunkins warns that many young men with bright futures waste their potential by admiring the possibilities ahead. He urges focus and discipline to harness opportunity and avoid squandered chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jud Yankins
Jud Tunkins
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Alice Joyce
Alice Brady
William Traverse
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RY An
J.W. McGowan
McLaughlin
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J. W. McGowan
Ora Weir
Mildred Ruffner
Will Harrison
West Union
Charles Short
Martinsville
Oscar Slusser
Charles Smith
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Lloyd Pulver
Detroit
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Irene Gregg
W. A. Vaughn
Greencastle, Ind
B. F. Campbell
Springfield
Thomas Apgar
H. B. Snider and Wife
Chicago
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Walter Burdick
D. D. Doll
Burton Prust
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Elsa Eggebrecht
W. F. Eggebrecht
Mt. Carmel, Ill
Charles Reize
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Harry E. Montgomery
Chester Montgomery
George Matkin
James Matkin
Mason, III
Edith Lahmer
Hippodrome
Nathan Wright
Arthur
Leander Wright
Anderson
Nellie McFarling
Vaughn O’neal
Mrs. Marion Partlow
Selma Scott
Lucile Smith
Quincy P. Snedeker
Cincinnati
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Lola Carr
Greenup
George Ragan
George Litterer
Riley Nicholson
Wabash Valley Fox Hunter’s Association
Washington, Ind
Stanley Richards
Findlay, Ohio
J. W. Richards
Abe Bamesbarger
Pat Foley
James Colgrove
Pittsburgh
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William Rector
T. BE. Davis
the Narrows
Forest English
St. Louis
Charles English
John Koppler
William Kile
Bird
Sarah Voorhis
Birds
C. L. Parsons
Edwin Oliver
Elkhart
Gertrude Thomas
Mabel Hornbrook
Edna Fox
Hugh Hornbrook
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Cole & Cole
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H. P. Dolan
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Jack Bousman
John Briscoe
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Lucille Moore
Pearl Meehling
Hector Dulaney
Bowling Green
Harry B. Dulaney
J.K. Kerr
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Ed Richardson
W. D. Markwell
Lewis Wright
H. B. Higgins
P. R. Powers
Alliance
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Rev. Powers
I. L. Pulver
Clark
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L. K. Pulver
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James Pulver
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Don Davis
Elmer GC. Howe
Robinson, Il
Ench
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Mrs. W. W. Ralston
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H. R. Snavely
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Ruby LeSeure
Evansville
Jessie LeSeure
Grace Ragan
Mamie McNary
Auburn
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Frank Kaufman
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Washington, D. C
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Darwin Township
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L. B Anderson
J. W. Adams
A. G. Dow
Will English
Asbury
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R E. Black
Clarence
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