Suburban Social News Highlights From Local Visits
Mr. Willam Pollard returns from Marion relatives and many others, including Mrs. John Keiley of Frankfort, Mr. William Hudson from California, and Mrs. E. B. Hanna from Cincinnati. Numerous guests visit relatives in Frankfort, Richmond, Anderson, Indianapolis, and other towns as church groups meet, engagements are announced, and community social activity fills the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam Pollard
Marion
John Keiley
Frankfort
D. Strawn
Wiliam Hudson
California
E. B. Hanna
Cincionati, Mire
Frank Worley
J. Critchlow
Richmond
Albert Cramer
Andrew Green
Samuel Porteus
William Tyner
Anderson
May Lynn
J. Ensley
Wabash
Eliza Patterson
Columbus
H. A. Winn
Newman
Art Society of the Congregational Church
Meadows
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. A
Vernie Ingle
J. Ingle
Sheridan
Ind
Frank Cain
Leonard Holtz
Lynn Branham
Franklin
Carl
Della Wetzel Ant Rosabeingle
Community Travel Recaps From Indiana Visits
North Indianapolis reports Chester Jenkins returning from Pittsboro relatives. Fred Owen duo back from Peru friends. A B Parker to return next week from extended Mexico trip. Nellie Gunder back from Homer Illinois. Burnett Nixon returns to Newport from sister visit. George and C. Seliers of Zionsville home after visiting Sylvester Fulton. Capt George K Marshall and wife from Logansport visited daughter Mrs Alfred Raber. Thomas and Mrs Morgan guests in Lebanon last week. Morgan couple en route to Pamton HL. Rev C R Hunt to lead Home Presbyterian pulpit today in place of Rev J Edward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Clark
Scipio
James Stevenson
Washington Street
Helen Kensler
Connersville
Anna Stewart
Julian Avenue
Samuel Compton
Dublin
Elizabeth Powell
Downey Avenue
Nina Ely
Lulu Kellar
Miss Kellar
Kokomo
Carrie Howe
Netta Gray
Hugh T. Miller
Columbus
W. H. Pounds
Newman, Ill
George Russel
J. W. Shipp
Thomas
Washington, D. C
Lee Martz
Bluffton
J. L. Fussy
Pendleton
C. K. Carver
A. J. Halford
Terre Haute
Elsie Modges
Worthington
William M. Harvey
Milwaukee
M. A. Harvey
Ritter Avenue
E. E. Stroup
Carl Toop
Shelbyville
Helen Harley
Florence Moore
Delphi
Theodore F. Brown
Cincinnati
C. K. Davis
Fon Burt
Alfred Gilbert
Rushville
Gilbert
Elm Avenue
A. F. Armstrong
T. C. Howe
Central Avenue
Nina Price
Irington
Mount Nebo
Fall Creek
Henry C. Cory
Katherine
Charles Cross
John F. Lotts
C. M. Cross
Washington
J. J. Couchman
New Carlisle
Ind
Georgetown
Shakspeare
Mary Calkins
Sadie Blount
University Avenue
Irvington
W. H. H. Shank
Sarah J. Noble
Greenwood
George Brown
Sylvanus Moore
J. C. Moore
Hortonville
Henry Moore
Louise Moorman
Washington, D.C
E. L. Watson
Winchester
Downey Avenue Christian Church
C. W. Harvey
Whittier Place
Irvington Woman's Club
Shakspeare Coctrie
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Charlotte Powell
Helen Downing
Anne Heaton
Elizabeth Vincant
Lora Campbell
Johnny Carpender
Betty Paulson
Mary Wickler
Verna Richey
Essie Hunter
Minnie Wink
Messrs
James Baldwin
Robert Tincher
Harry Strickland
Harold Maury
Samuel Offutt
Alvin Frazier
Paul Murray
John Mitchell
Paul Jeffries
Roy Pierce
Leslie Anthony
Scot Hunter
Chester Jenkins
Pittsboro
Fred Owen
Peru
A. B. Parker
Mexico
Nellie Gunder
Homer
Ill
Burnett Nixon
C. Claude Travis
Newport
George Seliers
Zionsville
Sylvester Fulton
George K. Marshall
Logansport
Alfred Raber
Thomas Morgan
William Williams
Lebanon
Morgan
Pamton
C. R. Hunt
Home Presbyterian Church
J. Edward
Clergy and social events fill town week in Crawfordsville
Brown ministers hold open air twilight services July and August while Rev. J Edward Brown and wife attend General Assembly. Miss Leona Essex hosts Young People's Social Club. many residents visit kin in Indianapolis Kahoka New York and Brazil. Church groups install officers and hold special services at Trinity M E and Morris street churches with local officials and guests present.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Paul's
M. E
Thorntown
C. Claude Travis
Stansfield
Oldham
Halstead
Gobin
Schell
Hickman
Frank Terwillegar
O. H. Palmer
Dooley on Astronomy and the Flat Earth Voice
Dooley dismisses expert claims on astronomy and laughs at distance scales. He trusts personal sight over professed facts, arguing the world is flat, the sun resembles a pie plate or wheel, and that science is not yet digestible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anny
Father Kelly
A Tabasco Story
Representative De Graffenried of Texas jokes at lunch about tabasco and a story of a man who tried tabasco for the first time. The tale ends with a twist about a friend's tears and a quip on death and mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
de Graffenried
Texas
St Thomas Island in Bret Harte Verse on Seward
A fragment from a Geographical Survey 1588 and Bret Harte poem recount St Thomas Island in the Caribbean. The piece personifies sea and hurricane and ends with Seward’s gaze to leeward, leaving only murky water where land once lay. It blends colonial commerce with natural force and mythic imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island
St. Thomas
Antilles
Isles of Eden
William Henry Seward
Leeward
Shortridge High School Notes On Club Events And Exams
SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL highlights include meetings of the Girls Tennis Club and various student organizations. Senior essays are due soon, while health issues and class decisions are noted for the term. A basketball wager looms as juniors and seniors prepare for the upcoming commencement activities and college plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Flanner
Ethel Morris
James Randall
Shirley Thomas
Edna Schermer
Neil van Winkle
Daughters of Diogenes
Ida Sheehy
L. O. T. Q. Club of
Ruth Elston
Ruth Rottler
Sigma Era Gammas
O. T. Q. Club
Lento Fulwell
Shortridge
Miss Selleck
Carl Brickert
Miss Goble
Albertine Shenard
Sans Souci Club
Myrtle Craft
Coburn Allen
English
Opera House
Classwell
Raymond Bangs
Ruth Patterson
Hugh Donnan
Mabel Pray
Frank Fish
Horace Allerdice
Bessie Trout
Bess Coldwell
Carl Ingram
Eli F. Ritter
Colonel Ritter
Daily Echo
Ford Kahn
Charlotte Edgerson
The
Echo
Frankwood Williams
Horace Nordice
Louise Milligan
Edmund Eitle
Ernest Holdson
Fred Herzch
Richard Barbee
Claribel Kahn
Margaret Rockwood
Lydia Wallace
Mary Carey
Vassar
Florence
Anna Rogers
Lucetta Ohr
Wellesley
Charles Lewis
Harvard
James Gipe
Michigan University
Albert Buchanan
Williams
Raymond Chapman
Purdue
Virginia Shaw
Europe
Bee Economy in Ainslee's Magazine: The New Woman of Beedom
In Ainslee's Magazine, Harvey Sutherland describes the bee colony as evolving from male driven labor to female cooperative efficiency. The queen lays millions of eggs, foods workers, and selects drones, while workers and the "New Woman" queen challenge traditional roles. Drones serve fathers but do not forage. workers receive royal jelly and pollen to mature. The piece blends natural history with social commentary on female independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Sutherland
Ainslee
Metamorphosis From Egg to Winged Insect Described
The passage traces the transformation from a tiny pearly egg through larval, pupal, and chrysalis stages to a butterfly or moth with wings. It notes how organs change into new structures and marvels at the immense ancestry guiding each step, ending with a self-deprecating remark on human ignorance.
Plural forms in medical terms discussed for English use
A medical note argues English plurals should prevail for terms like neuritis and nephritis, preferring neurites and nephrites over ITIS-derived forms. It warns to italicize Greek or Latin roots only when preserving original language, and urges anglicization of common terms.
Missionaries in Light of Brooks and Stevenson
Two biographies shed new light on missions. Phillips Brooks doubted then supported overseas work after witnessing Indian mission efforts. Stevenson admitted initial prejudice dissolved upon arrival in the South Seas and urged critics to visit missions to reassess beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Brooks
Allen
Bishop Brooks
India
Parsons
Brooks
Balfour
Robert Louis Stevenson
Women’s Missionary Association
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church of New South Wales
Sydney
Stevenson
South Seas
Do People Go to Church Harper's Weekly
The article argues that church membership has risen over forty years in line with population growth and that monetary giving to religious causes is higher than ever. It notes more old churches paying debts and more new churches being built, with over 38 million dollars slated for religious edifices next year. It raises the question whether actual church attendance matches these gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Economist
Slavery and Southern Life in May Atlantic
W H Page argues in May Atlantic that three forces fix Southern society: slavery first, then the politician and the preacher. Slavery preserves rural life, keeping frontier qualities alive long after the frontier faded. Southern people are capable yet stalled, halted by static social norms before democracy fully developed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Page
Atlantic
Advertising proves value, Harper Brothers test shows results
The New York publisher Harper & Brothers tested newspaper ads by promoting two popular fiction titles on equal terms. One book by a well known author, the other by a lesser known writer. In the second year the advertised title performed markedly better, revealing the power of ads to lift sales beyond normal channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Post
Messrs
Harper & Brothers
New York
Harpers
Modern Fables by George Ade Hezekiah and His Message to Graduates
A satirical tale traces Hezekiah Hooper from infancy to youth, showing how a self made boy becomes a captain of industry. It lampoons investor culture and the lure of wealth through a boy who weighs labor, finance, and a future in politics against moral promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hezekiah
Doc
Hezekiah Hooper
Senate
Hez
Hezekiah’s Rise and the Laughing Trust Scandal
An old patriarch named Hezekiah wields influence from the Court House to boardrooms, aligning with landholders while siphoning public funds. He fronts loans to veterans and secures real estate, then uses directors rooms and prayers to steer policy, all while amassing a fortune and advising the young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hezekiah
Union
Morth
Moral lessons and advertising impact from a 1902 business class
A long satirical piece critiques labor value and self interest as Hezekiah Hooper addresses a class of young aspirants. It contrasts a laborer earning 1.55 daily with a brain worker making 14.50, then extols integrity, thrift, patriotism, and a good name over wealth. It ends noting advertising tests showing print ads reach many and are effective when used wisely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunko
Hezekiah Hooper
Congressional
Beef Trust
Hezekiah
Misnamed celebrity causes polite confusion at London club
In a London society scene Mrs. Hugh Heid Griffin hosts a reception when the cockney footman announces “Mr. O’Parkins.” The crowd hushes as she welcomes the guest, unaware it is Mr. Hawkins in disguise, enjoying the clerical mix up of names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Anthony Hope
Ts Society
Hope Hawkins
Hugh Heid Griffin
American Woman‘s Club
London
Lawyer B Arrister and a Turkey Tale from Baltimore American
Dialogue features Mrs Arister and lawyer Liftem debating a cleared charge and a “worthless character” while a woodshed turkey joke and a market quote about quarts in a gallon appear. A teacher asks about quarts in a gallon and a boy answers six as the exchange reveals rural wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
B. Arister
Liftem
Turkey
B. Arrister
Baltimore
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Brightwood
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Olinville
Thomas Corliss
Denver
Col
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Buttoon
Myrtle Lamb
Avon
John Hicks
Etta Out
Sunnyside
Edgar Stout
Elizabeth Hawkins
Jacksonville
Nora Casserly
Mite Emma Shadley
Sim Power
Henry Foltz
Sabine
Edgar Storel
James Roby
Clermont
John Roby
Charles Casserly
George Reed
Lilly Freeland
Jamestown
William Devis
William Gladden
Greenfield
Simon Powner
Ilarvey Brown
Joab Lamb
Louis Ogburn
Katherine Dugan
Lizzie
Ethel Worrel
Flackville
Harry Dugan
Michael Dugan
Mary Davis
Mary
Muncie
Anna
Cora Starwalk
Jeffersonville
Fred Roberts
Anna O'Neal
Haughville
Delia Ford
Charley Shears
Plainfield
Irwin Groves
Brownsburg
Jesse Lamb
Madeline Arzman
Ethel Gamble
Nellie Dugan
Patrick Quinn
Indianapolis
Henry Arzman
Carrie Hardin
Danville
Frederick Wilson
John Masten
Patrick Casserly
Michael Casserly
Jesse Pouner
Ida
Jerry McLain
Nville
James Canton
Springfield
Samuel Johnson
Martin Henley
Helen
Bertha
King
William Connel
Raymond
Spencer
Marion Jost
Katie Dungan
Lily Hierdy
Frank Guthrie
Todianapolis
William Patty
Carl Miller
Verlinda Miller
Jacob Myers
Harry Ballard
Arthur Blair
Misees
M. Wiuis Myers
Katherine Todd
Delores Patty
Wurpin
Lodianapolis
Plackville
Omer Isenhour
New Augusta
Friends
W. W. McKee
Inethlinapolis
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M. Vinta Myers
Alex. Bever
Waynetown
Lt. Bever
L. Todd
Charles Howard
de Pauw University
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C. E. Orrell
Mastison
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Carrie Vestel
Martha von Bure
Mohler
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Charlies Hiser
Juliette
Plummer
Greencastle
John Burnet
Helen Ha
J. T. Oates
M. A. Chamberlin
Eva Goodykoontz
Katie Lampert
Frank French
Cornelia Crampton
Wichita Tribe
Meta Council
D. of P
Crown Hill
John EB. Seddwick
Sagamore
Mount Jackson Cemetery
Plainfield Reform School
William Wright
New Ross
Marion Loop
Edith Longley
Noblesville
Edith Scott
Edna Meyers
Knightstown
Clark Russel
Chrisman
Mayme McCullough
Case Kappa Friends
Saturay
North
Everett Myers
Jeannette Myers
West
Joseph Harding
M. Richardson
Kahoka
John Chisman
Mulvaney
Abbott
Wren
John Abbott
Jared Keith
Westfield
Thomas Tibbs
Charles Roberson
Mooresville
J. L. Newby
Mollie Beck
Feesburg
Imogene
Lulu Hoss
E. Nelson Grimes
Newton
B. Grimes
Owen Quigley
Brazil
Orval James
J. W. Cost
Charles Edwards
I. H. Shake
Martinsville
Pearl Tomlinson
G. 8. Henninger
Eva Smith
Minnie Knight
Adda Schumake
Fred Applegate
Hoy Jenkins
Ace Baker
Dooley
Astronomy
Tabasco
Spanish Main
Bret Harte
Shortridge High School
George Ade
Robert Howard Russell
Wayback Township
Lal
Cova
Sam
Mr. Brown
Mr. O'Pawkins
Papa
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