Riley Day Meeting at Graysville High School
The Home Makers' Club of Turman township will hold a Riley Day meeting at Graysville High School Friday afternoon. Programs include songs like On the Banks of the Wabash and There Little Girl Dont Cry plus readings and sketches by club members Ann Burnett Lillie Nowlin Fern Nowlin and others with entries such as Our Feathered Friends in Truth and Legend and Our First Community Fair.
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Home Makers’ Club
Turman Township
Graysville
Wabash
Riley
Ann Burnett
Josie Eno
Ann Cushman
Mary Mann
Jesting verse and social quips mix in year end digest
A collage of light verse and social commentary mocks fashion, Prohibition, politics, and winter woes. It riffs on flappers, gowns, alimony, taxes, coal costs, and weather while riffing on figures like Daugherty and Gompers and noting fashion trends and campus life.
New Arrival in Odd Interlude at Uncle Johns
Unclear fragmentary text features Lazy Larry and a half brother in a bed scene with grape skins and air blasts. A warden in Atlanta comments that following the times of least resistance makes rivers crooked as a closing remark.
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Lazy Larry
Lazy Lary
Rivers
Zerbst
U. S. Prison
Atlanta
Weather Notes and Local Wit on Skirts and Winter
The excerpt recalls past fashion ideals with mothers and daughters wearing skirts of similar length. It then shifts to seasonal change as summer fades and winter arrives. The tone is folksy and humorous, commenting on temperate weather and the impact of coal prices on households.
Honest He Didn't Mean It Longhair Plans Boston Music Study
A brief exchange has Longhair declaring a move to Boston to study music while a railroad friend asks Wia Lynn about the plan. The fragment hints at personal travel and artistic pursuit.
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Boston
Longhair
Wia
Lynn
Try This On the Equator Freshie Nighties
A quirky item from the Amazon era notes a young man described as too fat to obtain his own pajamas amid playful slang and local humor. The fragment hints at cultural nicknames and fashion as social currency in a tropical setting.
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Equator
Amazon
Dumb Dan’s Odd Theories On Cities And Names
A humorous reader submission asks for comments on a character nicknamed Dumb Dan who mocks place names and public figures. The piece invites readers to share what he thinks, promising publication of selections.
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Seattle
George Washington
Little Rock
Prohibition
Pres. Harding
Akron
Dan
Lily Botscome in City Cabaret Performance
Gossiping on the street, Lily Botscome is reportedly working in the city and dancing in a cabaret. Onlookers note her talent as she spins, while cautioning that she toils not.
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Litteral Lem
Lily Botscome
Lilly
Sleeping Porch Phil and the Eskimo in North
A fragment describes sleeping in bearskin and bare skin up north. The narrator recalls sleeping in primitive conditions and enduring cold. The tone evokes a stark Arctic scene with survival imagery and rustic living.
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Phil
Naugeti" Kold
Jungle Man Battling Siki Seeks Fight in Paris Comeback
A recent photo shows Battling Siki, the Tunisian Algerian jungle man who knockout Georges Carpentier in Paris. He travels to the United States seeking a fight and may face a lesser opponent such as Barry Greb or Kid Norf to prove his class.
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Siki
Tunis
Algeria
Georges Carpentier
Spanes
Paris
arry_Greb
Kid Norf
Farmersburg Couple Marks 67th Wedding Anniversary
In Farmersburg Indiana Mr and Mrs James Cutsinger celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary on Sept 25 They are both 86 years old Mrs Cutsinger the younger by four months They reared six children three living William Eliza Bailey and George They have 22 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Aunt Mary Cutsinger a poet and longtime Grange member.
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Farmersburg
Ind
James Cutsinger
Cutsinger
Christian Church
William
Scott City
Eliza Bailey
Middletown
George
Jack al
Len Russell
Farmershore
Homey Philosophy in Political Rhetoric
Excerpt mocks immigration and education rhetoric urging selective immigration policies. It contrasts lines about alien workers, competition with Europe, educated citizenship, and safeguarding shores, labeling them as recipes for political speeches. The piece satirically suggests hearing applause from those who never question the speaker's stance.
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Europe
Earth
Us & Company
Lickskillet Items from The Bloomington Star
Postmaster Ed Bascomb reports Arminta Jones had a poem rejected by a magazine publisher, provoking a laugh among the group. The Hardshell preacher is discouraged about his prospects. Constable Si Plum recalls cold nights last week. Aunt Sally Hawkins hosted luncheon with fresh fried doughnuts and sassafras tea. A baby with colic and a disturbed weaning calf troubled the north end, while Eph Keef notes no haircuts since trimming Zeb Stubbins for the state fair. Jim Spivins, the violinist, is mentioned.
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Ed Bascomb
Arminta Jones
Minta
Si Plum
Sally Hawkins
Eph Keef
Zeb Stubbins
Jim Spivins
Fiddle Strings Sent By Parcel Post For Barn Dance
A Hardshell congregation complains that the preacher’s long thirdly causes the deacons to nap in the amen corner until the finale of pounding the Bible ends the sermon.
Property Transfers and Coal Co. Deals in Jackson Township Area
A sequence of real estate and coal company transfers listed for multiple townships including Sullivan Jefferson and Jackson. Transactions show buyers and sellers with parcel descriptions and prices ranging from 1 to 2800 dollars. Names include Roscoe Hall Lucretia Pound and D F Beaty plus firms like Templeton Coal Co and Se Ry Co.
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Jackson
Templeton Coal Co
Flora M. McCoskey
R. H
Geogiana Snyder
Barnhart
Hymera
Jefferson
Geo. W. Cox
Wm. L
Marie M. Webb
High Standing. Townsfolk argue on social record inclusion
Mrs Sande questions subscription to the Social Record while Mrs Rocke insists names must appear. The exchange suggests that missing entries would cast doubt on the town's social register. The Columbus South Carolina State notes the public dispute as a matter of credibility.
Conductor Leaves Job After Wages Dissatisfaction
A story from Science and Invention Magazine describes a man who quits his job as a conductor over wages. The next day while seeking work he steps on the third rail but survives, revealing he was a nonconductor.
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Science and Invention Magazine
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