Suburban Social News From Brownsburg and Nearby
A long list of residents visiting friends across Brownsburg Plainfield and surrounding towns is reported. Guests include Albert and Mary Smith Oscar and Ethel Overman Pat Casserly Anna O Neil and many others with multiple movements between Indianapolis Brownsburg Plainfield Maywood Greencastle and Evansville. The item also notes marriages and social gatherings with Flora and Delia Ford, Grace Miller and other locals attending events and hosting dinners and porch parties.
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John Okey
John Hicks
Plainfield
Joab Lamb
Hattie Lamb
Danville
Benjamin Logsdon
Toledo
Martin King
Annapolis
John Todd
Indianapolis
Samuel Mart
James Norris
Isaac Parsons
Elizabeth
Vita Hawkins
Michael Casserly
Thomas
Joseph Classey
Micheal Classey
Maywood
George Appleby
Mooresville
Montey
Tues
Nellie Dugan
Harry Dugan
Pitts
Irwin Graves
Brownsaekee
Jesse i
Charles Morgan
Anna
James Roberts
Claude Gladden
Greenfield
Simon Powner
Lily Ferree
Jane McLain
William Greenen
Henry Foltz
Sabine
Edgar Stout
Louis Batley
Martin Hessian
Terre Haute
Ollie Perkins
Homer Kingley
Evansville
Avon
R. J. Yenerated
Kingley Will
Thomas Long
Ellen
Delia
Brooklyn
N. Y
Henry Artman
John Long
Lawrence Fox
Brownsburg
Henry Miller
Nellie Miller
Charles Miller
Edward Little
Greencastle
Grace Miller
Ethel Tansel
Clermont
Anna Neal
Clyde Little
Dr. Corwin
Visiting friends and relatives nationwide
A series of social notes list Miss Nellie Edwards and Miss Lillian Howard visiting in Indianapolis and numerous others returning from trips to Indianapolis Danville Danville Ohio Ohio Peru Hartford City Rushville and Cincinnati plus guests in Nashville Nashville and Washington D C Mrs. Dollarhide Mrs. Crane Misses Thompson Cross Butler and Bowman are among those noted for visits or guests across Indiana Ohio Illinois and Kentucky with Miss Cordelia Butler mentioned as hosting a guest later today.
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James Sheehan
Galton
Mabel Bowers
Saybrook
Charlies Clampitt
Fortville
P. McKenna
Logansport
Nellie Boyer
Charleston
J. S. Boyer
Anna Stark
Terre Haute
Jack Yunk
Willis Emmons
Kansas
Henry Cauldwell
McCordsville
E. B. Hanna
John Gilmore
Lula
Sybil
Portland
Marion Hive
Harry Miller
Olinville
Brownsburg Grove
Arthur Blair
Bridgeport
Samuel F. Miller
Atlantic City
C. E. Spahr
Indianapolis
M. Vinta Myers
Starlight Pleasure Club
Olive Myers
Inianapolis
Eva Smith
Roy McCaslin
United 3Ss Army
Fia. P. I
Cne
Benjamin Long
Nellie Edwards
Plainfield
Lillian Howard
Lou Craig
David Corwin
Hartford City
Richardson
Walter Frank
Chicago
Ida Myers
Dr. Smith
Liberty
Ed T. Helfer
Bernice Bevers
Rushville
Katherine Todd
Omer Isenhour
New Augusta
Arthur Danner
Nashville
Fred Lewis
Michigan
Oliver Powell
Manilla
Louise Wilkes
Crane
Columbus
Ind
Williams
Shefffield Avenue
Millie and
Ruth Thompson
Pittsboro
Thomas Shipp
Washington, D. C
Ira J. Chase
Wabash
P. C. Jacobs
Bessie Campbell
Cincinnati
Martha Bowman
R. E. Moore
Clarksburg
Jessie
Helen Cross
Shelbyville
Monroviamorrow
Cordelia Butler
Miss
David Jones
Denver
L. M. McCready
Rush County
John Snoddy
W. A. Fox
Ruth
O. M. Quigley
Niagara
Charles Hart
Gosport
Bessie Martin
New Harmony
Bert Stubbs
Bernice Gregg
Greencastle
Alve Manker
Omer Farley
Kempton, Ind
Louis Webster
Thomas Wright
Edna Brown
Mamie
Emma Truex
Mildred Harting
Anderson
J. E. Harting
George Wilkinson
Illinois
Mtes
M Grant
Mies Je Grant
Jeffersonville
D. C. Crull
A. D. Crull
Memphis
Tenn
Many Local Residents Return From Visits Across Indiana
A string of social notices details Miss Della Everetts returning from Franklin, Edward Shelton from Terre Haute, and Mrs. Catherine Lowden visiting Tipton. Visitors include Rev J Edward Brown from Lake Winona, Misses Florence Napier and Pearl Napier from Milton, and Mrs. Thomas L. Wallace from Zionsville. The Ben Davis High School opens Sept 15 and twilight services will be held at the Baptist Church.
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Della Everetts
Franklin
Edward Shelton
Terre Haute
Catherine Lowden
Tipton
L. A. Lowden
Edward L. Hawley
Hazel
Lebanon
Amy Rogers
Loogootee
Brooks
James Orr
Fair Haven
London Chronicle moot seat in brain of highest intellects
A fragment from the London Chronicle notes a curious phrase about the exact seat in the brain of the highest intellectual faculties forming a moot. The text is fragmentary and offers little concrete detail beyond the speculative idea.
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London Chronicle
Questions and Answers from the Readers A Q A column
A compendium of reader queries and expert replies on topics from genealogy and university names to biblical quotes and notable figures. It covers common questions about history, pronunciation, and institutions with concise clarifications and dates where available.
Perils of washers on wire lines in 1898 stories
Leslie's Weekly notes that in 1898 at least a dozen women died after being struck while stripping clothes from wire lines. The piece warns that letting wash get wet may be safer than riskily saving fabrics in a sudden shower, highlighting dangers in strict caution.
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Leslie's Weekly
Descent and Doubt in Louise Moulton Poem
From a distant height the speaker questions tracing the weary path of present journey. She weighs desertion and danger against divine training through toil and pain. Will past fears fade in a sudden light, transforming sorrow into bittersweet memory?
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Louise Chandler Moulton
Modern Fables of Tessie the Gum-Chewer and Basil
George Ade spins a comic tale of Tessie Therese a nine year old gum chewer who irons a white dress buys ribbon and attends a Ladies Auxiliary picnic. She dreams of a Basil Armytage like suitor while fending off attention and avoiding a lunch basket. The piece riffs on flirtation class and fantasy through vivid early 20th century phrasing.
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Tessie
Horse-Shoers’ Union
Tess
Harry
Main
Therese
Mother
Bertha Clay
Basil Armytage
Loraine
Basil
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Horse- Shoers’ Union
Picnic Promenade Plot on the Boat Ends in Flight
Tessie plants herself in the main promenade to lure a man while a pale Chauncey from a clothing firm tries polite courtship with Therese. A rough Hick intrudes, taunts Therese, and Tessie disappears after spotting a meal ticket. Moral: league rules don’t go on picnics.
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Tessie
Chauncey
Society of Ladies
Therese
Chance
Tess
Sis
Gladys
League
Drinks of the English Great Britain liquor bill nears limit
London Telegraph reports a national shift in drinking habits as costs rise and duty increases curb spending. Despite higher total consumption, per capita outlay drops due to war losses, taxes, and business changes. Queen Victoria’s sherry trend resurfaces as fashion drives demand.
Poem Fragment Reflects Sower and Paradise
A fragmented verse echoes Keatsian themes of shedding tears and renewal. The speaker urges resilience as the sower promises bloom another year, while a cryptic line about Yona beds and pots hints at roots and nourishment.
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Paradise
Intermed and Greenfield Stations Train Schedule Note
Train times list departures and arrivals for Greenfield Knightstown Intermed stations and Mooresville service. Services run from early morning to late evening with hourly cars to Mooresville and connections to Union Passenger, Georgia Meridian streets, and Brooklyn routes.
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Greenfield
Knightstown
Intermed
Georgia
Meridian
Georgian
Rae A
Mooresville
Kentucky Avenue
Washington Street
Carves
Union Paes
Sisheeees
Brooklyn
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