Vivian Johns Meets Painter in Paris Honeymoon
Vivian Johns on her Paris honeymoon draws the attention of artist Mann Barkow after a chance note. She contemplates posing for him and contends with flirting danger as Celeste, her French maid, pushes her toward romance and social spectacle. Barkow's bold overtures reveal a plan to paint her and possibly pursue her amid a marriage strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivien Matthews
Bender
Kan
Kentworth Hillman Johns
Aurelia
Davie’ Jansen
Vivian
Paris
New York
Celeste
Mann Barkow
Wow
Barkow
Madame
Long Island
Kent
Yadame
Barkew
Herusband
Frank
Kansas
Middle West
Visian
Madame Pavlova
Tilly
Heaths and friends gather for Oberlin weekend events
Mr and Mrs R E Heath host Hazel Heath and Augusta Shoff of Carlisle for Cascade park outing. Oberlin and Elyria residents attend dinner for 14th wedding anniversary and thence host and visit relatives across local towns. Several families attend graduation, cousin visits, and house party celebrations with dances, meals, and casual calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oberlin
R. E. Heath
Hazel
Augusta Shoff
Carlisle
Cascade Park
Nick Smith
John Webber
Berry
Kipton
Carlton Smith
Elyria
Marsh Anderson
Oberlin
G. KR. Dion
Amherst
Aifternoon
Clarksfield
Ejiz. Sangers
C. Dustin
N. Webber
Elsha
McPherson
Ford
Norwalk
Michael Smith
Earl Peabody
Lottie Sandtock
North Russia
F. J. Schmitz
G. H. Dion
C. Justin
Community notes from LaGrange and nearby areas
LaGrange residents and visitors filled a busy week with family gatherings, circus trips, hospital updates, and school staffing news. Local families hosted relatives from Elyria and Lansing, while Frank McRoberts recovers at home and Burt Foster faces clinic care. Athletics, church events, and civic meetings punctuated a town busy with travel, renovations, and community clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Heath
Paul Sage
Margene
George Foster
Akron
Russell Heath
Circus
Hand
Dean Frye
Myron Gott
Penfield
Herman Gott
Gott
EB. L. Adams
Ned L. Gott
Mildred Beard
Columbus
Vernon Rundle
Reid Biggs
Earl Williams
Evanston
Seattle
Wash
Paul Warner
Orlando
Florida
Birthday Party and Local Social Notes Roundup
Donald Webber marks his 12th birthday with 12 friends at home on June 7 as ice cream and cake were served. A series of neighborhood visits and grange gathering attendance highlight a period of social activity including Emerich, Sump, Heath, and Reisinger families, with mentions of travel from Elyria and Cleveland and a pre-nuptial shower for Bernadine Will and Eugene Strohmier. The M. E. church Ladies Foreign Missionary society held an all-day meeting with a dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Jones
LaGrange
Jesse Stimson
Frank Wolcott
Worthington
C. E. Webb
Claire Durkee
Ashland
Rowan Kelner
W. H. Knowles
Mary Stimson
Akron
Mason Powers
Will Hastings
Castalia
A. A. Leiby
Michigan
G. G. Leiby
Dorothy Wolcott
Baldwin- Wallace College
Bar Deane
M. E. Parsonage
Asling
Berea
James Siward
Grant Leiby
Earl Brphers
Cleveland
Alaska
Mich
W.C T. U
Helen Kelner
C. B. Rawson
C. A. Rawson
P. E. Saze
Wellington
M. FE
Seward
H. S. Gott
June Buswell
Edward Haines
Lakewood
County Commissioners’ Office
Donald Webber
Geo. Emerich
A. E. Sump
Merle
Elyria
M. Smith
Grange
Oberlin
P. L. Heath
Ralph
Hazel
F. J. Schmitz
J. Emerich
Bernadine Will
Eugene Strohmier
Toledo
Ladies’ Foreign Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Ray Doane
Tokyo Cops Censor Morals While Burglars Go Free
Tokyo police, focused on morals, regulate dance halls cafes cinemas and political groups, leaving little time to pursue burglars. Officials weigh whether homeowners may legally resist intruders as theft remains rampant and suspects evade punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Long taxi ride ends with return home in Memphis
Mrs. E. H. Cramer, wife of a river dredge hand, vanished from her river houseboat home in Memphis and took $2000 in savings. Two days later in St. Louis she asked for a return home and gave a Memphis address 350 miles away, ending with her bid to reach home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
E. H. Cramer
St. Louis
Day she arrived home in the taxi minus the family savings
A brief line notes a woman returning home by taxi and losing the family savings, signaling a potential financial setback or theft context. No further details given in the fragment.
Sheriff Byrnes faces suit after barn fire destroys seized cars
In Ukiah California Sheriff Byrnes kept rum-runner vehicles in his barn to save county funds. The barn and cars burned, leaving Byrnes facing a $1300 lawsuit from Bruno Castaldi who argued for the return of his car or its cash value. Castaldi had been arrested as a runner, paid a fine by pleading possession, then sued for the car’s return.
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Ukiah
Cal
Ralph R. Byrnes
Byrnes
Bruno L. Castaldi
Castaldi
Old England law punishes gang robbers by hanging
In historical England, the oldest member of a gang of robbers captured faced execution by hanging under the law. The item notes harsh penalties and the social context of punishment for criminal gangs.
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Central Press
ADIN
Bill
Elmer
Hazel Heath
Tokio
THE
City Hardware CO
Julius
Delco Remy Klaxon Auto-Lite
Zenith
Philco
Robert Bosch
Ersermann
Packard Electric Co
Briggs & Stratton
Clam Manufacturing Co
Connecticut
Packard Lackard
North East
Waltham
Stewart
Corbin
Eee
Philadelphia Battery
Ignition Company
Middle Avenue
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