Sewing Fiasco With a Simple-to-Sew Jumpsuit
A Home front diary chronicles a chaotic weekend as Jennifer Brown battles a "Simple-to-sew" jumpsuit pattern. Despite 30 years of needlework, the wearer endures failed zipper installs and backwards seams, ending with a comical, parachute-like result and a return to the drawing board. Ross endures a haircut mishap as well, while the author vents on patience, weariness, and a stubborn pattern that didn’t fit.
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Windfall’s Early Days Chronicle History and Key Businesses
In Windfall's early era the town hosted two dry cleaning shops a ten room hotel two drug stores a shoe repair shop a tile factory a creamery a dressmaker and a livery stable plus a newspaper named The Windfall Herald. Some residents subscribed to a Cincinnati paper and four daily trains ran from Richmond to Logansport. Continued Page 2.
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Grandmother's Kitchen Delivers Reflections on Modern Life
An excerpt from a Delineator magazine piece warns against loss of life’s graces amid rush and feverish excitement. The Windfall American Legion and Auxiliary plan the Fifth District Indiana meeting with dinner, meeting, and a 9:30 PM dance at the American Legion Post on Saturday May 15.
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Poppy Day Message From Windfall American Legion Auxiliary
Dear Jennifer, as president I explain Poppy Day observed the weekend before Memorial Day. When asked to wear a Poppy, contribute to veteran rehabilitation and care for their children. It honors all disabled veterans and families who fought and died for our country.
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Little Journey concludes on Jim Hubbard and Roycroft
The article recalls Mike Martin's two part study of Elbert Hubbard. It traces Hubbard's shift to a flamboyant farm look and his Roycroft leadership. It notes the 1895 launch of the Philistine pocket pamphlet later a monthly, subtitled A Periodical of Protest, famed for its fiery tones and rare lawsuits.
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Elbert Hubbard
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Larkin Soap Company
Roycroft
Garnet
Philistines and Hubbard's Marketing Circle
A fragmented reminiscence on E L Hubbard and the Philistine crowd. It recalls Hubbard's readers including clergy doctors and lawyers, his May 1899 Message to Garcia, and its impact on workers and employers. It notes Hubbard's control of the Philistine brand and the drift toward self authored ads and plagiarism claims.
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Stephen Crane
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Pauline Pickard
Ethel Massey
Ronnie Shockney
Mike Kimbrough
Denny Summers
Matthew Reprogle
Scott Walsh
Tipton
LEE TR
Jennifer
Pether
Elbert
Bubbard
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