Recital and rehearsals highlight local music scene
A student recital is set for next Saturday at 2 pm in Schellschmidt studio. The Indianapolis Mandolin Orchestra will rehearse Monday evenings in Shortridge High School’s assembly hall, inviting mandolin players to attend. Discussions of young violinist Jan Kubelik note his pure tone but limited emotion as he gains fame in New York and plans a Europe return.
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Schellschmidt Music Studio
Indianapolis Mandolin Orchestra
Shortridge High School
Rand
New York
Omar
Europe
Private home for the aged urges dignified cottages over poorhouses
The article argues private homes for the aged should resemble real homes with individual rooms, one-floor cottages, and separate hospital and dining facilities. It favors a nonpauper, self-respecting model funded by endowment or individual payment, and warns against mass housing or abuse of the elderly.
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T. A. Hendrick
Nocturnal Reception Evades a Seminary Prank
A New York Times item recounts a college life incident at a women’s seminary where students planned to hoist visiting cadets to their dorm via a rope basket. A faculty member improvised a trap by entering the basket but the students released the rope, ending the prank with the intruder's exposure. The tale unfolds with comic shock as the professor is lowered unceremoniously to the dormitory floor.
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New York Times
Seth
Semoeiry
Mr. Low
Young man reconsiders bill after canvas-back duck error
In a fashionable New York restaurant at seven, a young man ordered canvas-back duck. After the bill bore 20 cents extra, he protested loudly, was told to sit and eat what he could afford, and eventually left after the dish went to another patron. The scene drew attention from nearby diners as a bystander noted the tale as likely made up.
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New York Evening Post
Brightwood Suburban Social News Highlights Returns
Miss Grace Adams and many locals return from trips to Argenta Wa bash St Louis Mattoon Urbana Greencastle and Oaklandon. Church groups and social clubs host visits dances and receptions as residents travel. revival services continue and officers are elected for local lodges and tribes.
Return visits and gatherings noted in Terre Haute society brief
Residents and guests are listed returning home or visiting in Terre Haute and area. Names include Mrs. Gus Roth Chicago. Mrs. W. E. Ela Texas. Mrs. Stover hosting Pleasure Club. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Marion. Judson Forsythe. W. F. M. S. First M. E. Church. George Lloyd Greencastle. Mary Seigel southern Illinois. Augusta Shanck Harmony. Joseph Paugh Ohio. Marvin Jones Brazil. O. M. Quigley daughter visit. Scott Druax Daleville. Epworth League Trinity M. E. social at Leachman. Ladies' Aid Trinity M. E. with J. A. Baker. Clark McDonald Greencastle. Katherine Dwyer Edith Needham Waterville. Morris Street Christian Church Ladies' Aid second division.
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American National Economic Association
Epworth League
J. G. Kingsbury
Anna Moore
Zionsville
Ind
Josephine Smith
New York
John Carroll
James Layman
Ruth Davenport
Gambier, C
Kenyon College
Irvington
Joseph Hunter
Washington Street
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
J. B. Terrell
Central Avenue
Henry Schell
Clinton
John Wood and Son
Painesville, C
Jabez Hall
Theodore Gist
Christian Woman's Board of Missions
Demarchus C. Brown
Africa
Mary E. McGaughey
P. C. Jacobs
Our Village
Miss Mitford
Scot Butler
College
Lula Kellar
Elsie Hodges
Mina Ely
Lera Campbell
Mary Wickler
Hazel Reeves
Blanche Boston
Eva Nebeker
Nelle Coyner
Edith Abott
Chicago
Covington
Pi Beta Phi
Pearl Leedy
University Avenue
Anna Morris
Florence Province
Kent
Franklin
First M. E. Church
William McKinney
George Lloyd
Greencastle
Wysong
Mary Seigel
Illinois
Augusta Shanck
Harmony
Owen Quigley
Joseph Paugh
A. Hogue
Ohio
Marvin Jones
O. M. Quigley
Brazil
Andrew Foltz
Thomas Harmon
Valley Mills
Scott Druax
Jewett Jones
Daleville
Trinity M. E. Church
Leachman
J. A. Baker
River Avenue
Clark McDonald
T. Denny
Katherine Dwyer
Edith Needham
Waterville
William Shanck
Morrisstreet Christian Church
Fagan
Is Wapato a lake or not a lake in Oregon
Portland wardens wrestle with a legal question as to whether Wapato exists as a lake or merely a wet spot. The piece explains how the water fluctuates, how blinds line its shores, and cites a game law defining lake as any body of water that could be deemed a lake at any time of year, impacting duck hunting rights and potential prosecutions.
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Portland
Oregonian
Wapato
State of
Oregon
Columbia River
Quimby
A Cure for Insomnia from the New York Post
A titled anecdote recounts a morning shower bath remedy for insomnia. The author describes overwork and sleepless nights, then details cooling the head and spine with a shower bath to induce sleep. He notes nightly use of a cold water final pour, claiming lasting relief from wakefulness.
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New York Post
Saleem
Sleeplessness Remedy Involving Body Spray Cooling
A method uses spraying over the body to induce cooling as a non drug sleep aid. It costs nothing and carries no harm even if it fails to work, though it takes longer to provide cooling than other approaches.
The Honest Man and the $8.50 Suit Tale
An Honest Man enters a Detroit clothier and proves honesty by recalling buying an $8.50 suit marked down from $15. A $10 bill is found in the pocket, and the clothier confesses a policy of $18 overcoats marked to $9 with a $50 bill in each pocket to close them out, then resolves to correct the wrongdoer’s wages.
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Detroit Free Press
Ikey
Zola's Bohemian Days and Early Paris Struggles
The memoir recalls Zola's Paris years including a rue Soufflot lodging house, encounters with grisettes and ruffians, and police raids. He details early life among students, his 1842 entry to Ha chette, writing duties, and efforts to support his mother while battling pecuniary difficulties and debt collectors.
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Soufflot
Nana
Paris
Vnce
Bohemia
Boudet
Messrs. Hachette
Taine
Edmond
Prevost-Parodal
Aix
Lille
Baille
Cezann
Roux
Valabreque
Dreyfus
Red headed old virago cleans up at bank in London
A London Tit-Bits scene shows a shady exchange where a woman flatters a cashier with a smile, claiming to be the neighbor known for troublesome children. She taunts him with a ruse about dinner money and the need for funds, exposing a petty con game through playful malice and social guile.
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London
Virago
Harry
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