Washington Square Glows with 19th Century Quiet Charm
New York visitors praise Washington Square for its old world repose and faded grandeur. The square’s band stand, venerable mansions, and shaded benches evoke Knickerbocker history. notable residents like James, Wharton, Twain, and Dreiser are recalled amid tender vignettes of daily life and city diversity.
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New York
Washington Square
Manhattan Island
Stanford White
Suh Avenue
Henry James
James
Edith Wharton
Henry
Mark Twain
Harris Merton Lyon
Theodore Dreiser
Will Irwin
Samuel Hopkinson Adams
Samuel Merwin
Sinclair Lewis
Memorial Parlor Mantle: Bequest to Remember
A caller admonishes that posterity should remember the speaker, while another line reveals plans for a mantelpiece memorial stuffed for the parlor. The fragment hints at a sentimental, domestic scene from a period publication without identifying persons or locations.
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McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Pleasantville Briefs Record Local Visits and Funerals
Pleasantville brief notices detail funeral attendance for George Unger in Henrietta, multiple family visits across Elyria Oberlin and nearby towns, engagements and sick lists, and social calls among residents including the Dunlaps Wheeler Trans and related families. Names include J E Dunlap L L Wheeler Oscar and Nina Seeley Byron Seely and others.
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Pleasantville
J. E. Dunlap
Harry
George Unger
Henrietta
Carl Hastings
Ray Malham
Oberlin
L. L. Wheeler
Fred Schubert
Bride
Charlotte Lindauer
Elyria
Byron Seeley
South
Chas
Farmer
Milton Farmer
Baby
Edith Tran
Nina Seeley
Stlman Howard
Local WCTA Convention Notes Gov White Speech Columbus
Rey Jump and several residents attended the state WCTA convention in Columbus on Tuesday and heard Governor White speak. The community extends sympathy to Edith Tran Byron Seeley and Renee Mohler on the death of their mother Alva Gesley of River Reed. Attendees from here included John Wicks Sam Frabotte Herman Podlick and Wesley Tran.
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Mohler
Mrr
Alva Gesley
River Reed
Feneral
John Wicks
Sam Frabotte
Herman Podlick
Wesley Tran
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