Suburban Social Notes From Bridgeport
Many visitors and guests fill the Bridgeport area columns as residents report relatives and friends visiting towns like Green, Rushville, Pittsboro, Muncie, Brownsburg, Zionsville, Augusta, Danville, Mooresville, Terre Haute, Washington, Springfield, Wayne, Sabine, Knights Town, Huntington, Bellefontaine, Columbus, and other nearby locales. Social rounds include returns, visits, and hosting at homes, clubs, and churches with a steady stream of names such as Flora, Reed, Pearsons, Nora Cweeerly, Mabel Hadley, Je z le Simmons, Adair, John Bruce, Pettit, Georgie Gladden, Lottie Masten, apt. Davis, Frederick Roberts, Nora Waggner, Victor, Shockley, Isaac Johnson, Pearl Hawkins, Viola Hawkins, Patrick Casserly, Michael Casserly, John Ashton, Clyde Jackson, Dugan, Mamie Raston, Rosa Kent, Katie Ruffle, Bertha Delenger, James Orsman, Virgil Morrison, Elizabeth Morton, Chloe Taylor, and many more in a bustling town notices column. The piece also notes social club activities, visits by church groups, and local gatherings with numerous returns and hostings scattered through the data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Greencons
Powner
George Reed
Rushville
John Pearsons
Pittsboro
Nora Cweeerly
Mabel Hadley
Muncie
le Simmons
Brownsburg
Robert Adair
Ohio
John Bruce
Zionsville
Charles Pettit
Augusta
Peter Blank
Georgie Gladden
Danville
Lottie Masten
Apt. Davis
Mooresville
Frederick Roberts
Terre Haute
Nora Waggner
Victor
Washington, Ind
John Shockley
Springfield
Pearl
Viola Hawkins
Wayne
Patrick Casserly
Sabine
Michael Casserly
John Ashton
Knightstown
William Davis
Clyde Jackson
Danvill
Charlies Roberts
Mamie Raston
Rosa Kent
Mapleton
Martin Dill
Peru
Thomas Krull
Thomas Feeny
Fort Wayne
Adopted Heiress Inherits Conger Fortune At Aged Fourteen
Frank Conger a wealthy New Yorker died in Toledo leaving the interest on 175000 dollars to his adopted daughter Orissa Stewart Conger then fourteen. The train wreck twelve years earlier killed many but he saved a girl from the wreckage, later adopting her and ensuring she would not want after his death. Serial notes follow of social visits, club meetings, and arrangements for dances and receptions among Indianapolis families and college circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Conger
Toledo
Orissa Stewart Conger
Mr. Conger
Roosevelt Medal Portraits and Mint Process at Philadelphia
The article details the finished official portrait of President Roosevelt stored at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the minting process for presidential medals, and the sale of bronze and gold medals. It notes Roosevelt’s aversion to cameras, the engraving methods, and the distribution of medals from Washington to McKinley, with prices and sizes for various issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Uncle Sam
United States
Meredith
the Treasury
John Adams
McKinley
Fifteenth Street
Miles
White House
Navy
Mint
Harrison
Philadelphia Mint
Boston
Garfield
Lincoln
Congress
Army
Batson
John Paul Jones
Taylor
Palo Alto
William Henry Harrison
Scott
Jackson
Grant
Harry” Lee
Hull
Decatur
Wrence
Perry
Preble
Shaw
Pennsylvania
Treasury
George E. Roberts
Samaes
College Students' Queer Fad Spreads to Philadelphia Dorms
Visitors to University of Pennsylvania dorms encounter posters and signs ranging from dressmaking to back beer and painless dentistry. Rooms feature bill posters and placards advertising services and oddities like Egg Nog and Walk In stalls. The fad, seen in colleges nationwide, amuses observers but raises concerns about distractions from study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Bulletin
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
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Bridgeport
Isaac Johnson
Jolly Cinch Club
Brightwood
Bessie Lingle
Sheridan
Minnie Webb
J. J. Valdenaire
Mobile
Ala
T. A. Odell
Lafayette
William Oldridge
Fortville
Emma Bonn
Columbus
Everett Partlow
San Bernardino
Cal
Helen Jackson
Wabash
Bessie Kemper
Millersville
Herome
William John
Chloe Taylor
Farmland
John Hayes
Elizabeth
Lyda Morton
Bellefontaine
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Cora Black
Ws . A. Hundley
Gosport
Bessie Wolf
Morristown
George Buster
Jennie Jenkins
J. C. Dehn
Josie and
Mary Wallace
Fred Brannon
William Partlow
Artie Wallace
Frankfort
William Gilchrist
Lee Fisher
South Whitley
William O'Neal
Meggie
Hellefontaine
William Fowley
Richmond
Lena
Ruth Harrison
A. C. Harrison
Noblesville
John Baker
J. @. Baker
Huntington
Clermont
Dr. Rose
Blanche Myers
Olinville
Delores
Flackville
Cora Rose
Della Hardesty
Ash Miller
Haughville
William Patty
Ben Long
Arthur Pruitt
Paul MecOut
Brown Co
David Downes
Joseph Miller
Willis Miller
George Todd
Ear! Hand
Samuel Miller
Terrell McKeehan
Hattie McKeehan
Marion Park
Katherine Todd
Charles Clune
Indianapolis
Anna Bounce
Helfer
A. Ward
Harry
Ville
Louis
Laura Meyers
Carrie
Grover Todd
August Nolting
Leslie
Chicago
Elias Neal
Eliza Gregg
Franklin
Susan Thompson
Spencer
Irene Richmond
Son Gall
Liston
Morgan
Mrs. Gray
Knights
Johner
Ora Kidd
Barton Mandolin Club
Austin Menafee
Charles Sie
Clara Morey
Roma Dollarhide
St. Louis
Agnes Shea
Lexington
John Richardson
Lebanon
Whitmer
Louteville, Ky
Aldrich
Hawesville, Ky
Irvington
Helen Mosés
Shelbyville
Hibbard
Plainfield
Evelyn Butler
Anderson
C. R. Heaton
Jeffersonville
Anne
Mary McGaughey
Washington Street
Ramona
Orphin Tavnees
T. Thompson
R. E. Moore
Stella Harvey
Greensburg
James Layman
Belle
New York
John Carroll
Daniel Leslie
Mary
William Price
Maude Gibson
van B. Martindale
Emma Myers
Edward Blair
Myers
Amelia Lentz
Elizabeth Seymour
Mollie Smith
North Indianaapolis
Virgil Taylor
Manila
Robert Lowden
C. P. Houser
Albany
William L. Jones
J. L. Dixon
Anna McFarland
Cincinnati
Patterson
A. R. Hollingsworth
Halcie Dreyer
Roby Smith
Westiel
Edward Hatfield
Greensfork
William C. Shepherd
Young People’s Social Club
Grover Payne
Udell Street
Henry Holloway
Peoria
Ill
George Qe
Eliza Brandon
Myrtle
John Yaryen
G. W. Moorman
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Charles Milton
Utah
New Mexico
Jessie Helen Emery
Charlies W. Tyler
Marion
Johnny Carpender
Madge Kensler
Connersville
Anna Stewart
Fitzworth
Modena
Ind
Carl Loop
University Avenue
Rachel Clark
Monrovia
T. L. Thompson
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Tom Burt
Rosanna Gilbert
Alice Butler
Knickerbocker
Amos Butler
M Bronson Forsythe
Jennie Jeffries
Martha McGaughey
Georgandy
Oxford
J. W. Shipp
Stewart Schell
Son Layman
Emil Anderson
Clara Shank
Cliffton Springs
N. Y
Warren Gorri
C. H. Badger
Lowell Avenue
Woman'’s Foreign Missionary Society
Abbott
George Galvin
North Meridian Street
James Braden
Ritter Avenue
D. K. Carver
George Landon
Charles de Hass
Whittier Place
Mary Harvey
Charles Harvey
Jeasie Wright
Martha Mason
Athletic Association
Elizabeth Myers
Eva Smith
Tyler
West Thirtieth Street
Harry Holloway
Wilson
West Indianapoli
T. B. Wright
Brazil
Alexander
Princeton
Pearl Blue
Rensselaer
R. Kirk
5. T. Hayes
Mabel Crosser
Joel A. Baker
Brooklyn
Mabel Marsh
Talmadge, C
H. B. Treat
Claudia Shepherd
Pearl McCready
Falmouth
O. M. Quigley
Joe Trowbridge
J. A. Hernice
May
Dora Cantrell
Mahe] Benson
Miles Mathews
Brookyn
Hattie Carey
Carmel
Wyatt Osborne
Trinity M. E. Church
Pleasure Club
Beardsley
Scott Chisman
Aurora
John Chisman
L. T. Wheelock
Milo Ticker
Otto Leppert
Charles Morrison
Ora Irwin
Seymour Pierce
A. D. Crull
Dublin
William Strauser
J. E. Fagan
Frank Gray
Indiana University
Mary Morgan
A. Morgan
Ladies’ Ald Society
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Ellis
Mattie Hollick
Nowport
Jasper Jennings
T. J. Jennings
David Rittenhouse
Robert Patterson
James R. Snowden
Buddha
Sommerville
Marott’s Spring Footwear
Marott
Gibson Girl
Pee UY
Children’s Shoes
P. Cox
Geo. J. Marott
E. Washington Street
Sander & Reckehs
Sander & Becker Furniture CO
OUR
Capitol Ave
Winter & Hummel
Continental
Westfield
Vonnegut
Vonnegut Hardware Co
East Washington Street
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