Manual Training High School Life and Clubs
An in-depth look at the Manual Training High School detailing its four year program focused on crafts and drafting, lunch hour life, and senior projects. It highlights student routines from 3:15 to 3:15, diverse departments including woodworking forging foundry and machine fitting, and the active school culture with orchestra, forums, fraternities, and athletic association. The piece notes feeder classes, student organizations, and notable events such as dances and football game proceeds supporting school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manual Training High School
Freshie
Emmerich
Sich Aor
Sprague
i# asociation
Athletic Association
John Goode
Joe Minor
Martin Quinn
Thomas Sheerin
A. J. Bean
M T. H. & Literary Society
Harry Boyte
Albert Jennings
Senate
Shortridge
MT. Bos. Science Club
A. G. Abott
Air
Science Club
Lin Smith
Mamie Ite
Bess Frey
Secetary
Albert Bernd
Ira Mclntire
Flossievine Beget Sarah Kautsky
Walter Paull
Edna Murray
Hykyo Japanese Society
The
Mirror
Hykyas
Leslie Maxwell
Edward Svendsen
Stacy Lindley
John Stuckenberg
John Kittle
Harry Coppock
Ralph Li Beau
Earl Miner
Joe Miner
Fred Coepper
Sibly Everitt
Lesette Krauss
Ada Picket
Alice Ballard
Maud Grey
Senores de Fortuna
Joel Barlow
Stanley Rhodes
Hana Batake Japanese Society
Hykya
Vanity Fair
Thomas Harvey
Sumner Warner
Riley Farm Rhymes Celebrate Everyday American Life
A review extols James Whitcomb Riley for capturing common man life in verse. It lauds his Old Swimmin Hole poems for their humor and pathos, noting readers from all backgrounds were moved by the fidelity of his portrayals to ordinary life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Riley
Will Vawter
Riley
James Whitcomb Riley
Jim Trimble Got Away From Uncle Sam Whitney
In a tale told by Uncle Sam Whitney a feud between the Whitneys and the Trimbles over years is revealed. Jim Trimble outsailed a family trap at a county fair and narrowly escaped a shooting that left Whitney wounded as Trimble walked away and vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Whitneys
Jim
Jim Trimble
Sam
What Earl Li Wanted
The piece recalls 1896 New York where Li Hung Chang toured the Waldorf and challenged manager Mr Boldt to return to China to build a hotel like it. He asked for age salary and building costs and gave a pointed reason to have hot water whenever he wanted it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Telegraph
Li Hung Chang
New York
Waldorf
Occidentals
China
Mr. Boldt
Era Poem Fragment Reflects Time and Deed
An enigmatic fragment cites Alarsius Coll and an Era setting, with lines praising morning rise, time as creed, and salvaging the day while hinting at possible decline. The text blends poetic imagery with incomplete syntax and a historic- sounding voice.
Abraham's Gifts and Earrings Across Ages
London Globe notes a renewed fuss over girls wearing earrings, arguing the practice survives despite fashion. It traces earrings to biblical lore from Abraham and Hagar, cites Genesis as early evidence, and suggests earrings, like other ornaments, endure though fashion shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Globe
Sarah
Hagar
Abraham
Isaac
Rebecca
American woman seeks author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden
An American admirer obtains a letter from the author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden after inviting the writer to visit the United States. The author said she would accept hospitality and planned a trip with the Man of Wrath, reading publisher letters in a drawer when weather blocked her in the famed garden, but she did not sign her name to the reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron
Apollo
Galba
Europe
Cleopatra
Antony
Swene
England
Stubbs
Elizabeth
Shakspeare
Philadelphia
Germany
Man of Wrath
New York Letter on Shoe Houses and Free Footwear
A fragmentary New York letter discusses women and shoe houses along the ferr y view, noting shops that offer free foot fitting or samples while men might take advantage of the setup. The text is garbled but hints at social norms and a street scene surrounding footwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
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M.T
Pils
Shortridge Schools—The
Reading
Hazel Avery
Harry Cartisie
James McPheeters
Training School
Thomas D. Sheerin
Glenn Diddle
Bessie Frey
Harry Ogbern
John C. Stuckenberg
Earl Minor
Fred Cree
Howard Stewart
M. T. H. S. Affairs
Ella Glass
Indianapolis Cold Storage Company
USS the Athletic Association
Will Wheeler
Shortridge High School
Delta Phi
Denison
Miss Nehrbas
Vawter
Sahry
Griggsby
Riley Farm
Sander & Becker’s
Resee Rodis
Ing
Jardiniere
Morrow
Rockers
Morris
Vernis Marten Music
Sander and Becker Furniture CO
East
Washington Street
Courthouse
Merchants’ Association
Matthewman
Dwiggins
Casvergut
Tact
S. Henny T. Coates & Co
Earl Li
Rowlandson
David White
Duke of Bedford
Russell
Corvaicut
Henay T. Coarts & Co
Jordan
Indianapolis
Ind
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