Mencken and American Mercury talk and travel notes
Charles B. Driscoll recalls visits with Henry Mencken in Baltimore and Virginia, discussing The American Mercury and a rejected Time setting for a novel. He tours Johns Hopkins, Montecello, and Maryland hospitals, praising doctors and the WPA while reflecting on Poe and Longfellow memories from New England. Copyright 1938 McNaught Syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Navy
Henry Mencken
Hollins Street
Henry
George Jean Nathan
New York
American Mercury
Mencken
Bray
Little Pass
WPA
Johns Hopkins University
Edgar Allen Poe
Fort McHenry
Johns Hopkins
Montecello
La Grange Guests Entertained at Local Dinner
Mrs. Reba Cobb hosted a noon dinner for her sister Mrs. Clara Wilmot Snyder of Traverse City Michigan with guests from La Grange Eaton Cleveland Lorain Painesville Elyria and others. The day included social visits by Arthur Bauer family and Local PTA leaders attend Columbus convention upcoming. A fire siren alert reported a missing Adventist child found asleep behind a washer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reba Cobb
East Erie Avenue
Lorain
Clara Wilmot Snyder
Traverse City
Mich
H. Howard
Eaton
J. Wicks
L. L. Wheeler
Fred Tran
la Grange
Bernice Holstein
Painesville
Georgia Behner
Kate Elward
Cleveland
Ella Mangon
L. Frederick
Charles Adams
Algena
Ruth
Leslie Gott
Willard Johnson
Earl Rice
Fredricksburg
Elyria
Carrie Outts
Uneeda Rest Club
Arthur J. Bauer
LaGrange
H. EB. Abbey
May Dale
Erwin Adams
Earl Miller
Berea
Henry Wigert
Dewey Aldrich
Columbus
Trubey
Lee Conklin
Elizabeth Chamberlain
W. E. Crandall
Abbie Jewett
Republican Committee
Mayor's Court Room
Wellington
Reber Brown
New
Washington, D
Minnie Heifner
Vernon
Jerry Stebelton
Harry Rowland
Helen Harper
Caroline Rowland
Warren
Frank Rowland
C. D. Setterfield
Shelby
Local Hallowe'en Parties and Socials Reported in Rochester
Rochester notes list Halloween events at the Baptist Sunday School home of Ralph and Rowland, the Homemakers Club at George Ward hall, and the Epworth League at the Methodist church. Also mentions residents moving houses, neighbors visiting, and quotes Felix Holt by George Eliot on life.
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The
Baptist Sunday School
Ralph Rowland
Homemakers Club
George Ward Hall
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Legend of Golden Indian Buggy Still Lives
DEVILLE La Vision of a golden buggy haunts farmers near Indian Mountain and Horse Pen Creek. Tales recall Natchez Indians burying the treasure during 18th century conflicts with the French and Choctaw, with legends of a warlord’s moans and a pursued loot. No relics have appeared, only crumbling bones and drifting myths about the fate of the golden buggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortez
Mexico
Mississippi Valley
Natchez
Tunica
Fort Rosalie
Catherine's Creek
Great Sun
Football Impounded Picketing Of No Avail
In Omaha Nebraska a dozen youngsters picketed the home of Tracy a retired school teacher after a football from an impromptu street game wound up in her yard. The boys carried signs demanding the ball and accusing the teacher of revenge and unfairness. Miss Tracy refused to return the ball as police stood by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Theresa Tracy
West Omaha
West Ridge community notes and wedding events
West Ridge residents attend weddings and Sunday gatherings across multiple families. Dorothy Miller and Dale Barndollar wed with a reception Sunday afternoon. Other visits include Penfound Ensign Bradford Peters Schajble Kutler and Woodson skeletal discovery with arrowhead finds and rumors of a golden buggy.
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West Ridge
R L. Walker
Corbett
Dorothy Miller
Dale Barndollar
J. H. Penfound
Harland
Bery Snyder
Carlisle
Carl Ensign
Wellington
Alfred Ensign
Ernest Bradford
Xenia
John Walker
Seville
R. I. Walker
M. K. Clark
Wilburn Rattray
Cleveland
Harrison H. Peters
Walter Holstein
George
Amherst
Charles Schajble
Henry Smithens
George Hahn
Oberlin
Schaible
Rose Shauver
George Kutler
Avon Lake
Wesley Sanslow
Sunday Socials Across Several Towns Reported
A string of Sunday visits highlighted community life with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Laver hosting in Russia Township and several families from Columbia Medina Ak ron Lakewood Elyria Defiance and Lorain sharing meals and calling on relatives including H J Hillier Anna Mason and Carrie Sheldon. Attendees included Claude Edwards Maxine Pierce Stanley Edwards Ardith Penfound John Henry and Harriet among others in a busy day of hospitality.
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Russia Township
Harry Laver
Ernie Reisinger
Columbia
H. J. Hillier
R. &. Walker
Claude Edwards
Medina
Maxine Pierce
Stanley Edwards
Akron
W. M. Richards
Blanche
Lakewood
Sherman Mason
Harriet
Carrie Sheldon
River Road
Sunurday
Albert Wittmer
Lorain
Irwin Eldred
Local visits and family guests span multiple towns
Mise Lena Schockey of Belaix spent time with her sister Mrs. Fred Schramm and family while Exton visitors Mr. and Mrs. Harley Wilson called on Mrs. Amy Mason. Mrs. Mildred Breley and children Lois and Don Breley of Pittafield joined Mrs. R. L. Walker’s guests Marjorie Cole and Rita Cole of Oberlin. Other visits included the Pickworth and Sheffield families and a stop by Ollie Minnich to see son and daughter-in-law Gilbert Minnich in Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Lena Schockey
Belaix
Fred Schramm
Harley Wilson
Exton
Amy Mason
Mildred Breley
Lois
Don Breley
Pittafield
Marjorie Cole
Rita Cole
Oberlin
R. L. Walker
Charles Pickworth
Anna Pickworth
Mary Elizabeth Pickworth
Fred Sheffield
Amy Sheffield
Charles
James Sheffield
Ruth Heiden
Kenneth Heiden
Ollie Minnich
Gilbert Minnich
Elyria
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Charles B. Driscoll
Chas. Driscoll
Kansas
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Charlottesville
Jefferson
New England
Lexington and Concord
Mass
Longfellow
Wayside Inn
America
Ereign
Ruth's Wave Shop
Lake Ave
BIG Ben
Murbach Coal & Supply Co
Thrifty
ATS Kreeteey
W.T. Grant Co
Broad ST
Rochester
Florence Davidson
Robert Rowland
Charles Parker
Hartland
Hallowe'en
Terry
Renette Miller
Westport
Felix Holt
George Eliot
Cicero Woodson
Woodson
Gottlieb
Tailor Sys
Kelser
Great Savings
ALL
Fanchons
I, Price
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