Local social notes fill Central Normal campus and area
Faculty and students host an outdoor campus reception on the green this evening. Various residents visit relatives and attend weddings, trips to Lake George, Blue Lake outings, and summer school activities at Central Normal and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Martha Chamberlin
Carson City
Philip Johnnson
Hastings
Jack Johnson
H. Ayris
Lake’ George
Jason Kennedy
Marion ‘Kennedy
Bobbie
Laughne
Catholic Woman’s Club
Breidenstecin Cottage
Bass
Lake
Art McCumber
Thomas. Russell
Xavier Gaudard
Jerone Gaudard
Swartz Creek
Relayes
Bertha Rowan
Middleville
Crooked Lake
G. E. Lamb
Rose Hogue
Sodus
Bedith
Gibbs
S. R. Morison
Ironwood
Upper Peninsula
R. B. McLaughlin
Ann Arbor
D. S. McIntyre
Spencer Kelley
Bruce
Lansing
John Kelley
Alice Entrekin
Breckenridge
Charles Entrekin
Roy Kennedy
Saranac
Helen Johnson
Grand Rapids
W. H. Pearce
Tamily
Blueake
Girl Scouts
Blue Lake
J. S. Tennant
Pontiac
Riley Leffingwell
Durard Kennedy
Clare
D. A. Kennedy
Howard Johnson
Clarence
Alpena
Myr
Kenneth Hoyt
Woldt
South Fancher Avenue
Lois Vowles
Mt. Pleasant
Anna Barnard
Mae K. Woldt
Ada Clark
Helen Wilbur
Aladrich
Budd Lake
Palmer Landon
Traverse City
George C. Hafford
Albion
Norman F. Crawford
Detroit
E. S. Ulsaver
New Rochelle
N. Y
F. H. Goodrich
John F. Battle
Harriett
Alma Hock
Greenville
Total Hospital
J. S. Weidman, Jr
Trout Creek
Sarah Stell
John Roethelsberger
Charles Brennan
I. J. Collin
Cedar Lake
Hugh Kobel
Helen Kobel
Frankfort
Jessie Lott
Irene
Big Rapids
Lott
Jennie Ford
Dale Wright
Shepherd
Wright
Otto Struble
Childdren
Floyd Struble
North Mission
Nellie Higgins
Carrie Simpson
Miss Simpson
Bridge
Higgins
Dewey Wilt
South Lansing Street
Dora French
Owosso
Frank Wood and Son
George Johnson
Portage ‘Lake
Lewis Beeney
Flint
Ida Fink
Martha Leonard
Celia Peacock
Margaret
Sherman City
Ruby Mendel
Jas. Hunt
Jas
Danielg
Alma
Isabel Duby
Saginaw
Central Olma
Sam Whitaker
W. B. Chaffee
Ludington
Tret Ferris
Des Moines
Central Ormal
Ernest Howarth
Modern Woman Rebel Against Rules in Home and Prisons
A Kansas City Star column lampoons strict rules in households and penal institutions. It contrasts a rebellious wife with her husband who values order, recounting barefoot boys unable to borrow books and a bishop recalling muddy springtime memories.
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Whittier
Kansas City Star
Stranger Found He Didn't Have Monopoly
Dawkins and a friend argue about a remark on a cantankerous woman. A stranger accuses them of speaking about his wife. Dawkins denies it. the man apologizes, saying he thought only one such woman existed and expresses sympathy.
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Dawkins
London
Artful Dodger Demonstrates New Door Closer
A smooth intruder asks for Mr. Robinson's office and is sent away by a furious man at a rolltop desk. The rascal returns smiling with a bag and presents a mechanical door closer guaranteed for ten years. The door closes quietly, prompting the man to request the door be shut.
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Mr. Robinson
Final Division on Moex Ico Secreted Fruit
A troubled man returning from Moex Ico stands in San Francisco with a trunk secreting forbidden fruit. A customs officer probes for declaration. The man tries a bargaining line claiming three for you and nine for me, then six for you and six for me, before the officer escalates to twelve for me.
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Moexico
San Francisco
Alpena Plans Trout Stocking Program
Twenty thousand brook trout averaging seven inches arrived at the Turtle Lake club in Alpena Michigan from the Northville hatchery. The fish, purchased last fall in New Hampshire, will be used as breeders to stock nearby streams. The club also holds 100000 fingerling trout to be released soon.
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Alpena
Mich
United Press
Turtle Lake Club
Northville
New Hampshire
Memorial Echoes of Vallombrosa and Poetic Place Names
The piece muses on Vallombrosa through Milton and other poets, noting how landscapes—beech and chestnut groves, autumn leaves, and famed dreams—shape ideas of places. It reflects on Byron, Maxwellton, Afton, and Darien as enduring literary associations and the persistence of these images in poetry lovers’ minds.
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Milton
Vallombrosa
Byron
Chilton
Kents
Darien
Maxwellton ‘Hiies
Bonnie
Afton
Christmas Birds Sing Under Southern NZ Skies
The article contrasts Christmas in New Zealand with northern celebrations noting birdsong as central. Nests form in September and October, eggs arrive in November, and owls and petrels announce Christmas Eve. Black petrels produce a sharp, raspy tone as bellbirds and tuis fill the day with varied melodious calls.
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New Zealand
New
Origin of the term whole cloth in English
The term whole cloth appears in English around 1375 with earliest official record in the 1482 Parliamentary Rolls where whole cloths were called broad cloths. The term is defined by the Literary Digest as not a full bolt of cloth but rather cloth from which a garment has not yet been made.
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Litrary Digest
Whole Cloth Phrase Misused In Varied Morth Meanings
The text notes that the idiom whole cloth can imply total fabrication as in factory made, yet can also praise a person of unblemished reputation when used positively. It discusses the duality of the expression and its moral framing in language.
Detroit Sideshow Quietly Chooses Its Freaks
A sideshow owner reveals he studies newspapers for announced human and animal freaks and then commissions a two headed girl fabrication from a specialist, using clippings as supposed proof to the public before the new show season opens.
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Detroit
Europe
Dragon catching among Japanese boys fascinates crowd
Popular Mechanics notes a beloved pastime where boys catch dragonflies with sticky poles, tie them with string, and fly them. The species total exceeds two thousand, with many returning to a preferred roost twig after hunts.
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Popular Mechanics
Money in Angora Rabbits Fur farming grows profitable in England
The Angora rabbit fur industry expands with commercial farming in England. Farmers either pluck or clip, aiming for fibers four to five inches long. Rabbit fur rarely makes full garments, serving mainly as trimming for sweaters and similar goods.
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England
Worth the Whistle Phrase Origin in English
Explanation of the phrase worth the whistle. Tracing its meaning to whistling for a dog and its use in literature. Cites Shakespeare line from King Lear where Goneril says I have been worth the whistle. Describes the proverb sentiment about value and merit.
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Shakespeare
Goneril
Albany
Country Known For Universal Climate Complaints
A phrase describes a nation where nine tenths of the population constantly complain about the weather. The remark highlights pervasive discontent with cold or heat across the populace.
Michigan Railroads to Spend Over 24 Million on 1926 Improvements
Lansing July 1 United Press railroad officials say Michigan railroads will expend more than 24,388,137 dollars for improvements in 1926. R C Vandercook, manager of the Michigan Railroads association, notes that funds fund projects directly benefiting the state shippers though additional improvements may aid wider commerce.
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Lansing
Mich
United Press
Michigan
R. C. Vandercook
Michigan Railroads’ Association
Fire types and damage in forest burnings described
The text explains three fire classes in forests: superficial fires burning leaves, crown fires burning branches and posing extreme danger, and deep ground fires consuming roots and destroying trees. It notes how fires consume rotted litter and destroy soil, leaving only mineral elements.
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Forest, Service
Copper pipe found near Giza tomb suggests ancient plumbing
A copper pipe unearthed near an Egyptian tomb is believed to have been used for plumbing about six millennia ago. Popular Mechanics notes copper's durability, while a bronze bathtub from 76 A.D. survived lava debris and remains water tight.
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Giza
Egypt
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Vesuyius
Rattlesnakes in United States Give Birth to Live Young
The United States biological survey notes rattlesnakes are viviparous with 13 species in the U.S. The fall births yield six to nine young about five inches long. The newborns show adult traits and attempt to rattle and bite immediately.
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United States
United States Biological Survey
Michigan Railroads Budget Supports State Labor Outlook
Vandercook reports totaling 24 088 187 across major lines like Grand Trunk, New York Central and Pennsylvania, funding new steamers and safety upgrades to bolster employment through seasonal declines. He notes additional equipment expenditures by other roads will aid Michigan, signaling renewed state prosperity as fall peak demands approach. Marriage and license items follow for Dewey Plumsey and others in Rosebush, Blanchard, and Mt. Pleasant.
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Vandercook
Grand Trunk Railway
Lake Michigan
Michigan
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Wabash
Vandereock
Michigan Railroads’ Association
Mich
Clare Dux to Wed Chicago Millionaire
Opera singer Clare Dux plans marriage to a Chicago millionaire, signaling a high society match and a notable pair in the city’s social scene.
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Clare Dux
Chicago
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