Seer and Explorers Club Program Digest
The club calendar lists monthly programs featuring demonstrations, recitals, and readings. Notable entries include Mrs. McClure and Mrs. Morrison in musical numbers, essays on Eastern customs, portraits of Roosevelt, and literary discussions with guests such as Mrs. Seibert, Miss Julia Harrison Moore, and Miss Lucia Ray. The schedule spans February to June with topics on poetry, science, and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kereh
J. H. Holliday
I. J. Milligan
Meredith Nicholson
Morris Ross
Edgar Allan Poe
Julia Harrison Moore
Ebb. Ridenour
Niebelungenlied
Josephine Hyde
James T. Eaglesfield
Lucia Ray
Mary Dean
B. Kackley
Memory Street
F. N. Lewis
Thomas Love Peacock
Alexander Jameson
Anna Hendricks
Caroline Marmon
James M. Winters
C. B. Clarke
May Wright Sewall
Maria Woollen
California
Almus Ruddell
Pipkins
Driviny
Theresa V. Pierce
Carlyle
W. W. Woollen
G. W. Hufford
Elizabeth Nicholson
W. A. Ketcham
Eden
H. A. Edson
Green
H. H. Hanna
W. J. Hieselman
Julia M. Moores
the Hoosier
Margaret V. Marshall
Booth Tarkington
Club schedule of speakers and readings by Mrs. editors
A dated sequence of meetings listing with whom each session occurs from September to May. Each entry notes the hostess, literary responses, conversations, and programs featuring authors such as Sir Walter Scott, Marion Crawford, Theodore Roosevelt, George Eliot, and Maurice Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Brown
Sber
Maud Prior
Sir Walter Scott
Mary Lewis Hovey
David Ross
W. M. Stevenson
J. H. Orndorff
Marion Crawford
Garibaldi
Valentine Leonard
Italy
Mary H. Garver
W. J. Elder
C. N. Lemon
Theodore Roosevelt
Fletcher Wills
F. T. McWhirter
H. 5. Burnet
Lillian Moore
George Eliot
Harry C. Moore
H. T. Conde
J. J. Kirown
John K. Jones
Phillips Brooks
Hilsture
Elder
W. H. Kilman
Samuel Todd Miller
William T. Brown
Alice Snider
Philippines
E. D. Clark
Jennie L. Ballenger
Klondike
Milton J. Hopkins
Pope
Bertha Crosley
O. M. Pruitt
Annie A
John Kolmer
Frank Wells
A. K. Hallowell
Maurice Thompson
Indiana
F. E. Floyd
Indung
Sidney ‘Menasco
R. N. Bennett
Victor Hugo
Mr. Auit
C. Men
H. D. Tutewiler
John Keimer
Bryant
A. A. Young
S. E. Rudisell
Alta M. Roberts
Ny U
W. C._ Helt
Frank H. Holt
J. M. Dalrymple
Squirrel Raises Corn In California Chipmunk Yard
A New York World item describes a California chipmunk raising corn in a yard. The squirrel hoards uneaten corn in a stump, guards the growing stalks, and drives away sparrows as the ears mature. When ripe, naturalists say he will shell the corn and store it in his hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
California
London Ladies Pictorial Sees Slim Season Amid Delays
The London season suffers a bad year with coronation postponement. Poor weather has wrecked outdoor events and reduced opportunities for socializing among the young, leaving matchmakers disappointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Ladies’ Pictorial
London
Suburban Social News From Bridgeport
A long list of visiting friends and guests across Indiana towns including Indianapolis, Irvington, Greenfield, Danville, Brownsburg, and Rushville. Numerous families such as the Claflins, Jordans, and Hoggs host and travel, with frequent mentions of Mrs. Roberts, Mr. Davis, and Misses Etta, Ella, and Laura among others. The piece records social calls, weddings, and family visits through a spring season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett
Winte Cn ~ Davis
Geo Simmons
Spring Lake
James Bradley
Spencer
John Casserty
Greenfield
Peter Ford
Brownsburg
Della
Ellen Long
Brooklyn
N. Y
John Brine
Toledo
Flora Roberts
Bina Casserly
George Reed
Fair
Frederick Roberts
Ezra Brown
Greencastle
Henry Foltz
Edgar Stout
Danville
Ollie Perkins
Lon Robertson
Indianapolis
Madeline Aramann
Patrick Quinn
Clyde Hopkins
Shelbyville
Davis
Frederick Dugan
Kenny Worrel
Flackville
John Adair
Mattoon
Jordan Highball
Anna
Laura Kingsley
Info
Ethel Gam
George Sisco
Sim Pouner
McDonil
New Augusta
George L. Todd
Chicago
Carl Miller
Clermont
Katherine Todd
Clayton
Ira Farrington
Florence Meyers
Rex Larimore
Sarah Meyer
John Flenzer
Olinville
Edith Groves
Janette Kendy
Ethel Tansel
Ind
Marie Clark
Clark
Greensburg
J. P. Brown
W. W. McKee
Mrs. McKeehan
Todd
S. J. Miller
Joe Fickle
O. B. Barnes
V. Miller
Anderson
Louis Holliday
Alma Martin
Tena Dumser
Salen Pittman
Leland Pittman
Rushville
McKee
Ray McCaslin
M. Vinta Myers
Return Visits and Guests Travel Through Indiana Towns
Local society notes list residents and visitors returning from trips to Cincinnati Findlay Hartford City Terre Haute Mishawaka Indianapolis Denver and other towns. Names include Clara Trowbridge Edna Cosler Edna Cosler Ella Tucker Sara Milligan Ruby Phares Myrtle Phares Merle Walling Deborah Clark Jabel Johnson Edith Wheeler and many others with host families in Franklin Brownsburg Indianapolis Brazil Plainfield Urbana and more, reflecting a bustling social circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lex
Cincinnati
Clara Trowbridge
Findlay, C
Charles Tyler
Edna Cosler
George D. Craig
Hartford City
M. E. Tucker
Ella
Terre Haute
Sara Milligan
Mishawaka
Charles Smith
William Lewis
Connersville
Benjamin Barton
Philadelphia
Charles A. Wise
Ruby
Myrtle Phares
Fortville
Robert Fessler
Brazil
Merle Walling
F. J. Cather
Franklin
C. Claude Travis
Rensselaer
A. D. Crull
Dublin
D. James
Denver
Col
EthyIn McGrew
Jabel Johnson
Westfield
Deborah Clark
Christian Gossett
Plainfield
Harry Russell
Urbana
Ill
Edith Wheeler
Shelbyville
Gertrude McCready
Greenfield
Owen Quigley
Ada Bush
John Baker
Milton
Mabel Brude
Ethel Kerr
Scottsurg
J. F. Benham
Carp Lake
Prairie chicken shooting nationwide decline in many states
Guests of Mr and Mrs McCready return home as American Field highlights prairie chicken sport. The article notes the birds are confined to a few western states with best shooting in Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas. It warns of near extinction without strict laws and funding, and praises upland shooting while detailing opening day crowds and dog work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Jeffries
Normon
Ore Trafalgar
Elsie Hodges
Worthington
Ind
Pearl Leedy
Virgil Dalrymple
Elwood
Ritter Avenues
Jessie
Helen Cross
Shelbyville
Charles de Haas
Florence Moore
Clarksburg
O. H. Barnhill
Winchester
J. C. Barnhill
Demarchus C. Brown
Minneapolis
Minn
W. D. Howe
White Mountains
Elizabeth Howe
Europe
Y. App
August Jutt
Evansville
Aera League
Irvington
M. E. Church
Riverside Park
P. H. Clifford
Alexandria
Charlotte Powell
Denver
Col
Olivia Brunning
Columbus
Theodore Gist
Glencairne
S. A. Harker
Portland
Relaves
Sarah Noble
George Brownee
Greenwood
Cora Allen
England
J. D. Forest
Stanley Igoe
Charles B. Clark
Carrie Ritter
Belle
Katherine Layman
Washington Street
Central Avenue
Netta Campbell
Mabel Norris
Sue Chambers
Clarence Forsythe
Ethel Dorsey
Clara Lewis
Josephine Smith
Verna Richey
Essie Hunter
Mississippi River
Dakotas
Iowa
Minnesota
Middle States
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Louisiana
Texas
Tulips and Hyacinths Planting Time for Spring Blooms
Country Life in America explains bulb planting by fall to ensure robust roots and spring flowers. It compares bulbs to onions, notes late fall or spring planting harms blooms, and advises planting hardy bulbs four to six weeks before freezing nights for best root growth and flowering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Beauty by a Knife How Noses and Ears Are Made Over
A Washington Post discussion of dermatology as art and science in cosmetic reshaping. It details surgical reshaping of noses and ears to enhance appearance, notes methods from grafts to skin incisions, and cites a Washington dermatologist recounting a minister who had his ears set back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
France
England
America
Victor Hugo
Cleopatra
Antony
Washington
Milady
Chicago
New
York
London
Paris
Fall Care of Bulbs in Lippincott's Magazine
E. E. Rexford outlines fall bulb planting, urging September or October work, not November. Prepare beds a foot deep with rich manure, ensure drainage, slope beds for runoff, plant large bulbs eight inches apart at five to six inches deep, smaller ones four inches apart at four to five inches, and cover beds with a foot of leaves before cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Rexford
Lippincott’s
Edge of the World Poem Excerpt Dictated June 21 1871
A fragment from a dictated June 21 1871 entry conveys a speaker resting at the world’s edge. The voice expresses weariness and poverty while gazing toward the vast infinite floor and toward God faith and love. The speaker repeats Love and asks what words fit that vast world, offering only a brief, aching reflection.
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Woman's Club
Woman's Research Club
Bridgeport
Brightwood
Henry Hoss
Purue
Wells Essex
M. Millikan
Topeka
Kan
Fullenwider
H. Kelly
Gertrude Lyman
Mabel Bowers
Saybrook
BE. W. Titus
Maxwell
Wesley Burr
James McFerrin
Ralph Funkhouser
Waldron
George Messersmith
Niagara Falls
Elmer Schaler
Colorado Springs
James Leech
James Stevens
Martinsville
A. G. Graves
Kirkland
Naomi Hughes
James Canty
Etta
Lydia Martin
Munete
William Martin
Harry Miller
Avon
Vincent Johnson
Traders Point
Omer Isenhour
Ida Hollingsworth
Lee Applegate
Sara Myers
Vinta
Mabel Myers
George Cravens
Schenectady
O. O. Carvin
Edgar Forsythe
Bay View
Helen Matlock
Lafayette
Alice Butler
Alma Palmer
Agnes Moore
Susan Walker
Haughville
Mary Peterson
Leona Gropp
Louisville
Emma Money
Dora Martinsdale
Lon Thornbrough
St. Louis
W. F.M. Society
Mary Preston
King Avenue
Adelaide Chamberlain
Anna Dunn
Monta Hobbs
Sadie Mayo
Emma Trotter
Bloomington
Minnie Goodlet
Lilie
Inez Conner
Ae Eelee
Carl Loosesiay
Roachville, Inn
Junius Cravens
Beth Devahans
West
Algernon
Mrs. McCready
Henpeck
Mrs. Oliphant
New York
Claypool Hotel
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Wegman
Anos
Webber
Pease, Schaeffer
Sohmer
Carlin & Lennox
Stella
Perial Symphonium
Regina
VIC Talking Machines
J.e Vion
TIN
Washburn
Carrlin
Lennox
Meridian
L. Weiss
East Ohio St
Failere
Pratt
T. B. Aldrich
Rmeter
Dr. Joseph
Enk’s
ENE Medicine CO
Union City
Henry 2. Bader
Dragaist
Wash
Penn
Sts
GEO. Merritt & CO
Washington St
V. H. Lockwood
G&1s
Lemcke Bids
Indianapolia
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