Hervey White Plows Through Indianapolis Ties
In Indianapolis the notable writer and socialist Hervey White visits before moving to Woodstock New York. A tall, intelligent Westerner with a striking flaming red necktie, he discusses his books Differences Quicksand and When Eve Was Not Created and his push to place free libraries in poor urban areas. White argues literacy must serve social reform, urging librarians and authors to engage with the lives of the poor and working classes.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Catskill Mountains
Woodstock
New York State
Mr. White
Elbert Hubbard
New London
Kansas
William Allen— Stow
Mexico
Europe
Italy
America
John Crerar
Atlanta
White
Morarian
Modern Fables of the Eastward Schemer and Sep
George Ade’s sketches lampoon a long-headed schemer and a rural cousin Sep as they chase social status in New York. The tale blends satire on wealth, class, and the “Elites” with a thread about ancestry, luck, and American aspiration amid a moral at the end.
Social News Roundup of Traveled Guests and Local Events
Suburban social notes recount numerous visits among residents from St Louis to Danville and Columbus. The Young Ladies’ Society of St Francis De Sales Church plans a lawn fete with free admission this week. Local couples, families, and guests attend visits, parties, and a two-decade wedding anniversary celebration, with many relatives hosting gatherings and hosting guests across Indiana communities.
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St. Louis
H. A. O'rien
George Thompson
Zionsville
William Essex
Columbus
Ind
Samuel Thompson
Mattoon
Frank Rousch
Mayme Rice
Hamilton, O
Pearl
Alice White
Samuel Cox
Traub
Mary Morrisey
Chicago
Mary Exan
Alice Walsh
Cincinnati
Wroyd and Sons
Daleville
August Caveledge
Northern Lakes
T. W. Kirby
Danner
Blanche Gregg
Susan Tomlinson
Henry Bolando
Fortville
Alice Peck
Munger
Greenfield
St. Anthony's Church
Matherne
Butler College
Hang Park
Scot Butler
Marion
Robert MecHatten
Indianapolis
Louis Williamson
Crawfordsville
Ned McGaughey
James Stevenson
Amos Butler
Brookville
Pearl Teedy
Nineveh
Hazel Reeves
Essie Hunter
Laura Forsythe Wil
Percy Williams
Hunter Rickey
Union- Pa Mes
Charles Crows
Maple ‘ E. O
George Brewster
San Francisco
Paul Jeffries
George Miller
Eagles
Jennie Jeffries
Lillie Dean
Bedford
Hagel Harker
Misa Bess Campbell
Clifton Forge
Mise
Clara McGaughey
Clayee Ae
Martin
James Kingsbury
Lake Tippecanoe
Mary Branham
Iron Auxiliary
Epworth League
Arlington Avenue
T. L. Harker
Portland
A. Har
Demarchus C. Brown
Minneapolis
Minn
Grace Gist
Theodore ‘Gist
Z A. G. Heaton
Teibe
Washington Street
Edith Belle
Cl Landies’ Aid Society
The
Irvington
IM. H. Church
M. KR. Williams
Ee Sayne
Edwin Pape
Laurel
Anna Wardwell
Terre Haute
Ora Gordon
East St. Louis
Andrew Hughes
Alexander Lee
Marco
Bonnie Brady
Jonesville
Maude Mathews
Hilas Wheeler
Acton Park
Stella Glassburn
Franklin
Charles
Brazil
R. M. Bennett
Margaret
Edna
Louise
Dugger
James McGrew
Harding Street
Postage Overcharge Grievance Noted by Honest Sender
A reader questions the handling of postage overpayment in the mail system. He has long affixed 1 cent for every two ounces to send New York papers to rural readers, while the correct rate now is 1 cent per four ounces. He seeks reimbursement for years of excess payments and wonders if accounting remedies exist.
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Ing
New World
Newport
Sep
Ben
Ridpath
United States
Bill
London
New York Press
Smith & Jones
Postence Department
New York
Tle
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Deaths and departures in a somber Lippincott tale
A fragment from Lippincott's Magazine recounts a quiet vigil as a loved one passes. Cora A. Matson Dolson is noted among the figures, with a white robed figure gliding past locked doors and a final, peaceful smile as darkness returns.
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Cora A. Matson Dolson
Lippincott's
Man of honesty and reformist zeal writes on Babies care
The article portrays Mr White as a serious minded reformer who rejects bookish talk and embraces open emotion. He seeks tangible benefit for humanity, focusing on welfare of the lower classes including workers, the poor, dependents, criminals and the defective. He plans a book on Babies.
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White
Ike
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