Winona Lake season ends with Bible Conference success
Warbaz Indiana reports Winona Lake closes the summer with the Bible Conference ending its eleven day session drawing almost ten thousand attendees. The season sees record attendance and rising receipts. The park prepares for year round facilities as new buildings and expanded services unfold.
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Indianapolis
Warbaw
Ind
Winona Lake
Progressive Brethren Conference
Winona
Warsaw
Shank
Wilson
Jones
Moore
Black
Scott
Professor Walker
James Frazer
F. ©. Lynch
G. W. Brown
S. C. Dicker
J. A. Burnett
Hoffman
Townley
BE. A
Merrimac
A. L. Cooper
Frankfort
B. Lovall
Pleasant Lake Summers End At Wawasee
Wawasee Indiana reports a pleasant summer winding down with varying weather from hot to cool. Visitors and cottagers enjoyed tramps and boating while cottages and hotels prepare for the off season. Personal mentions note Mrs Car Bane returning to Indianapolis to join her husband and Miss Bess Cooper’s return to Pickwick after visits in Huntington and Goshen.
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Morrison's Island
Hubbell
Anderson
Jones's Landing
Robin Hendry
Mrs. O'Neil
Chicago
Mr. Whiteside
Franklin
Ind
Wawasee
Abbott
Goshen
Pickwick Park
Park
Ter Lois
Waukesha
Wis
John Coppes
Pickwick
Bullah Kridder
Frank Gaven
Whiting
Lakeview Hotel
Mr. Smith
Vawter Park
Indianapolis
Messrs
Manbeck, Grey and
Gladden
Milford
Florence Warrington
Oakwood Park
Jon Cleater
Mr. Soltau
Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Pine Lake
Huffman
Chautauqua
Weller
Beatrice Lynch
Fort Wayne
Michigan City
W. W. Travis
Ernest Quantrell
Fred Sperk
Lawrence Barker
Evansville
Franklin Cotge
C. P. Becker
Child
New Harmony
Murrey
Holmes Island
Morrison
Waverly Beach
Maud Marston
Kearney
Neb
F. H. Morrison
Misses Young
Danville
Ill
Mame Lay
Blue Ribbon Camp
W. E
Canary Cottage
Burch
F. A. Garlick
Harriet Garlick
Nora Garlick
Pinelake
Edith Morrison
Marquette
Mich
Emma Yockey
Plymouth
Della Oglesbee
Margaret Logan
Denver
Cal
Welles Grove
Helen Bearup
Weir Cottage
Park Cottage
D. Walter Crawford
J. K. Gore
Teegarden Hotel
Marston
Katherine Crumpacker
Ethel Gardner
Valparaiso
Margaret Luther
Bluffside Beach
F. M. Merrill
W. J. Fox
Clover Leaf Airhouse
Major
Dwight Fraser
J. R. Fraser
Clover Leaf Camp
Walter Schoff
Fox
A. de Khotinsky
Chicago University
Imperial Russian Navy
Hamilton Weir
Portland
Ore
Storks
Hall
Lilian Taylor
C. Edwards
Charlotte Pendry
Hogan
John McIntyre Staples
Peters Cottage
Stone Lake
David Grifith
Lafayette
C. M. Young
Danville, Til
Evey
Beach
Rawlins
Zada* Rawlins
Kansas City
Weber's Grove
Clarence H. Fish
J. H. Pendry
Chautauqua Hotel
Car Bane
Martinsville
Bess Cooper
Huntington
Fight with the Savages from the Philippines
G H Cranor, a survey party member attached to the gunboat Abbey, writes from Manila about eighteen months in the Navy and a graphic encounter with Moros near Jolo. He details landing operations, Krag rifles, a Colt gun, and a hill ambush thwarted by mosquito swarms and smoke. He notes ongoing surveys, Friday trips to Jolo, and a funeral rite observed for Moros with a pig blood ceremony.
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Cranor
West Eighteenth Street
G. H. Cranor
Philippine Islands
Mg Cranor
Abbey
Manila
Jolo
Wallace
See En At
Easy Indiana Divorces Draw Surge in Marion County
In Marion County Indiana divorces are rising with about seven marriage licenses issued for each divorce filed. Judges rarely deny petitions and many suits allege cruelty or abandonment. Summer months see more filings, while a notable case showed spouses arranging a divorce plans outside court before returning for the decree.
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Marion County
Indianapolis
Indiana
Mamma
Unlucky Friday Cuts Marriage License Hectic Day
A Philadelphia Press report notes a visitor and a clerk discussing how the thirteenth day of the month suppresses activity at the marriage license office. People avoid tying the knot on the unlucky date, turning the twelfth and fourteenth into busier days.
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Philadelphia
Jn Etty Hall
Wis
Elisabeth Stuart Phelps Poem Fragment
Fragmentary verse by Elisabeth Stuart Phelps explores grief and longing as a speaker contemplates death and separation. The speaker questions whether love and life allow passage across the room to a departed beloved, ending with a somber reflection on mortality.
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Lord
Indianapolis Parks to Host Attractive Musical Entertainments
In Indianapolis Fairview today the Military Band will provide incidental music for moving pictures and perform a concert program of popular and classical works. Afternoon and evening shows feature films like Mont Pelee in Martinique and Cinderella and the Crystal Slipper, with free band concerts planned across Riverside and Brookside Parks, plus Spades Place.
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Fairview Park
Indianapolis
Mont Pelee
Martinique
Park Board
Riverside Park
Miller's
City Band
Raymond
Thomas Waltz
Strauss
Faust
Bendis
September Approaches in Bloomingdale Glens
Bloomingdale Indiana notes the swift passage of August into September with reflections on early autumn scenery and signs of seasonal change. The piece observes nature's shift to harvest colors and tranquil atmosphere while recalling past fears of the Wabash plague and late summer ailments.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomingdale
Ind
The Crew of a Cup Defender and Its Command Structure
The crew of a cup defender is organized into fixed placement with two mates in charge of rigging and sail handling. The captain at the helm monitors mainsail trim while the first mate oversees headsails. The full crew totals sixty plus the owner and guests, with steam tenders now housing the owner and amateurs during matches.
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W. E. Simmons
Bth
Return to Scotland Leaves Chicagoan Mixed Feelings
In Washington Post quotes Hugh Aytoun of Chicago recounting a visit to his Scottish homeland. He says twenty years in the United States made the Old World seem harsher and less comfortable, and he prefers the ease of life and abundance he has found in America.
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Washington Post
Scotland
Hugh Aytoun
Chicago
Old Country
United States
Atlantic
States
America
From Pot Rock Hollow to Camp Sunshine in Bloomingdale
The article recalls relics of Wabash plague cures by Indian women in Pot Rock Hollow, with rock basins where medicines were boiled. It notes the decline of malaria and ague, cites early Sugar Creek stills around Bloomingdale, and describes modern campers and visitors at Camp Sunshine with lists of local residents and guests.
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Pot Rock Hollow
Sugar Creek
Bloomi Je Glens
Turkey Run
Kinchen Morgan
Morgan
Uncle Sam
Lester Davies
Bloomingdale
Liberty Bell
Albert Sahm
Indianapolis
R. McCune
Marshall
Ruth
Mary McCune
John Steele
H. E. Thoms
Annapolis School
Mecca
Poer. Rufsey
Presbyterian Church
Rockville
Ethel Sahm
Helen Holloway
Aileen Owen
B. M. Stewart
Danal
White City
Joscelyn Courtwright
India 3
Dick Ottkville
Etta Brubeck
Lucy Harrison
Martha
Ridgefarm
Inl
Elks Plan Festival To Aid The Poor This Winter
The Indianapolis Elks lodge stages a December week long festival at Tomlinson Hall with booths prizes and daily vaudeville. A $10 prize seeks a catchy festival name open to all, with proceeds aiding poor families during holidays.
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Indianapolis
Lodge of
Elke
Tomlinson Hall
Elks
Joseph E. Bell
Gustav A. Keevers
Samuel V. Perrott
Mortimer A
Ecommittee
The
Elks’ Jodge
Charles P. Balz
Tomiinson
Elks’ Lodge
Masson’s Life Piece Satirically Revisits Global Tensions
In a satirical scene, Tom Masson’s Life depicts the American eagle and the Russian bear confronting modern civilization’s perceived disgrace. The exchange riffs on imperial ideals, hypocrisy, and destiny as they clash over a fictional episode featuring Filipino children and moral outrage.
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Tom Masson
Eugle
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Harry Monroe
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James Orr
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L. W. Mullhall
H. Hadley
Water Street Mission
Eleanor Stafford Miller
Julia Layton
Melbourne
Australia
Rufus W. Miller
Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip
Charles E. Brandt
Wichita
Kan
Pine, Lake
Daphne
J. ©. Murfey
Wawasee Lake
Savages
G. BH. Cranor
Brother
Philippines
Elisabeth Stuart Phelps
Fairview
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Mullendore
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Lazarre
Bloomingdale Glens
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