28 Jul 1904 Maxinkuckee Snipets Culver Citzen  

Excursions -

Saturday the Cincinnati Chicago & Louisville RR ran an excursion train here. The people came mostly from Marion and Munice. There were five coaches with about 400 people

Sunday - The train from the north brought in about 400 people Sunday. The reg ular excursion from the south carried eleven coaches well filled. The crowd, considering the size, was the most orderly that has been in this season. the Maxinkuckee band furnished music on the Nas-wau-kee (Nees-Waugh-Gee, Nees-wau-gee), and the Smith-Butler orchestra was on the Peerless.

Tuesday - The Methodist Sunday School picinic from Plymouth. Tuesday brought in several hundred people. Special cutter drills were given at the C.S.N.S. for them A mumber stayed over to hear the bandconcert in the evening.

Wednesday - A crowd of about 75 citizens of Argos, members of the M.E. Sunday School enjoyed a picnic here last Wednesday

Reg ular excursion - from Terre Haute Sunday, Aug. 7th.

Odd Fellows July 31 - The Odd fellows Band of Logansport will run an excursion her Sunday July 31st. The band is an up-to-date musical organiszation and a big crowd of Logansporters, will likely come up to enjoy the day at Indiana's most pop ular summer resort.

South Bend Aug. 9 - The South Bend butchers and grocers organization will hold their annual outing excursion here on Tuesday, Aug. 9th. They insure 1000 people an dif the day is nice, the number will be more than doubled.

An Annivesary Mr. and Mrs Samuel Osborne entertained Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Thompson; Miss Olive Thompson, Mr and Mrs J. H. Willey, Mr. and Mrs A. R. Underwood and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McDoanld Tuesday. A number of friends and relatives called in the afternoon, among them being Mrs. Jane Mosher and Miss FLora Morris. July 29th, being the anniversary of the arrival of the Thompson family upon the banks of Maxinkuckee, they have established a custom of visiting the lake and old homestead at that time.

Mr. Osborne, Mr. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs Wiley spent the afternoon in driving along the lake front. Many pleasant as well as many painf ul incidents of pioneer life were brought to mind. They returned with sharpened appetites to join the others in doing justice to the bounteous dinner prepared by Mrs. Osborn. A very different scene greeted weary pilgrims sixty-eight years ago. Instead of covered carriages laden with produce for the summer visitors that now line the lake, statuesque Indians peered from behind the poplars. Instead of the reveilie the song of the mosquito, the bliss of the rattle snake and the howl of the wolf was heard, even from the marshland since converted into the grounds of the Military Academy. Instead of the whie winged cutter and c ommodius steamers to today, only the Indians log canoe rippled the surface of this the most beautiful of lakes.

Col. josiah Farrar and wife of Peru and their daughter Mrs. Daughtery and two children of Wabash have opened their cottage at the south end of the lake for the remainder of the summer

Misses Oas, Olga, Mellie and Birdie Bennet, L ulu Bickle and E ula Trinkle, Messrs Orrin and Vernon Bennett of Terre Haute are camping on the Bradley property near the boat house

Dr. Young is spending the week at Terre Huate

Dr. Wintermute is spending a week in Chicago

Mrs. M. Shirk is pending a few days at her cottage

Mr. Henry Myers is spending the week at Terre Haute

Miss Emma Alison is a guest at the Pierce-Ward Cottage.

Miss Jeanne Wheeler is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Bliss

Mrs. John Perrin is a guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Bates

Mr. and Mrs. Chas Dark are spending the week at Indianapolis

Mr. and Mrs Joseph Strong are spending the week at Terre Haute

Dr. Chas Berry spent Sunday with his family at Maxwell Retreat

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Schaf of Indianapoplis are occupying their cottage

Misses Sample and Pfiefer of Indianapolis are guests of Mrs. Hugo Fisher

Mr. Joseph of Terre Huate is spending the week with his family at South View

Mr. Stanley d Turner of Indianapolis is the guest of Mr. Clarence H. Carson

Mrs. Arville and Miss F uller of Ft. Wayne are guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Brownell

Mrs. Clara C Warner and daughter Ruby of Chicago are the guests of W. J. Carson

Rev. and Mrs. Johnston of Logansport are guests of Mr. and Mrs Charles Holbruner

Mr. and Mrs Sloane of Magneketa Iowa are guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Henderson

Mr. and Mrs Carnahan of Cincinnati are guests of the Misses Robinson at the Powwow.

Mrs. G. G. Howe who has been a guest of Mrs. J. R. Wilson, has returned to Indianpolis

Messrs Barnhart and Taylor of South Bend spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Obenchain.

Mr. E. T. Hazeldine of Terre Haute spent Sunday with his family at the Darnell cottage.

Misses Francis Glading, ALma fertie and Mary Williams are the guests of Miss Marjorie Potts

W. T. Wilson and family of Logansport have opened their cottage for the rest of the summer.

Mr and Mrs W. H. Albrecht of Terre Haute arrived at the lake Friday and opened their cottage.

H. B. Heywood is building a porch to his insurance office which adds quite a bit to the lake front.

Miss Pearl Champ who was a guest of the Rouths returned to her home at Logansport monday

Misses Althea and J ulia Brooks of Chicago are guests of Miss Jennie Berry at Maxwell Retreat

Mr. Van Braun of Austria Hungary who has been a guest of J. H. Vajen left for Chicago Monday

J. E. Hitz of Indianapolis and his daughter Edith are spending a week with Dr. George on the east side.

Misses Melissa and Marie Myers of Logansport will be guests at Beach Law for a few days.

Mrs. J. George Mueller has returned to the lake to spend a few days with her sister Mrs. C. Vonnegut

Mrs. Jobes and sone who have been guests of her mother Mrs. A. R. Hellr for the past six weeks returned to Indianapolis Wedensday

D. L Wood and Mr. and Mrs Glover who have occupied the W. H. Porter cottage for the past month have returned to Indianapolis. Mr. W. W. Winslow and family will occupy it for the remainder of the season

Mr. and Mrs R. P. Daggett of Indianapolis spent Saturday at their cottage

Misses Louise and Ruth Pratt who have been guests of the Misses Ketcham have returned to Indianapolis

Mr. and Mrs Lewis who have been occupying part of the Twiname cottage returned home Wedensday

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Mitchell of Indianapolis will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Heywood next week

Charles Kiefer and mother and Mr. and Mrs Herman Koehne of Indianapolis are guests at the Hidden Inn

Miss Carrie Bonnie of Louisville, Ky. who has been a guest of the Whitneys returned to her home Tuesday

Owing to the illness of Mr. N. Dial. Mrs. Dial and daughter Floreonce returned to Terre Haute for a few days.

Master Lucian Lewis aged five years caught a six pound bass. He will be quite an angler if he improves with age.

Mr. Baird of Louisville, Ky who has bee a guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Woolen returned to his home Monday.

Dr. Shefridge is the bass anngler of Long Point. Saturday he made a catch of eight and Monday seven, all nice large ones.

Mr. R. Alison, Mrs. J. Q. VanWinkle and son who have been guests at the Pierce-Ward cottage have returned to Indianapolis

the Misses Nellie and Sue William who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dark returned to their home at Indianapolis Monday.

Miss Wool and Miss Hilda Dykemen of Logansport who have been guests of mr. and Mrs. Charles Holbruner returned home Monday

Mrs. A. R. Heller has rented her cottage to W. E. Shilling for the remainder of the season Mrs. Heller will spend a few weeks in Chicago

Mr. Robert Ayers of Bringhurst, Miss Mikels of Flora, and Misses Ida and Viola Harrison of Flora are guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Craig.

Mr R T Irving of Philadelphia and Misses Nellie and Virginia Davenport of Davenport Iowa are guest of mr. and Mrs. W. H. Henderson

Mus Edna Henton of the Oaks gave a party to twenty-five of her fiends in honor of Miss Ruth Langton of Terre Huate Wednesday evening.

Miss Artie Banermeister of Terre Haute, Mrs. E. P. Zabel of Milwaukee, Mrs. E. H. Emory of Chicgo are guests of mr. and Mrs. W. H Albrecht

Mrs Charles Lehman of Indianapolis and Mrs. George Lehman of Kendallvile who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Lehman returned home Moandy.

Mr. and Mrs Muthaland and family of Lima O and Mr. and Mrs. Dunkran of Logansport will arrive Saturday to be guests of Mr. and mrs. A. J. Murdock

Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Waldorf gave a family party last Monday. Those present were: Mesdames David Greene, Jackson Greene, horace L. Greene, S. L. Kilmer, William Warner, Forest Hillier, Florence Hamilton, Misses Bessie Kilmer, Marie Green, Florence Hamilton, Wilella Throckmoton of South Bend and Mrs. B. F. Waldorf of Chicago.