Remarried-Widower Report

The social column of the Hobart Gazette of February 20, 1920, just happened to include tidbits about two acquaintances: Asa Bullock, who when last caught sight of was in New York, and E.D. Scroggins, who was once Daisy Chester's husband.


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Mable and Kenny Breyfogle

From the Schavey envelope collection.


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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

Handwritten on the back: "Mable & Kenny Breyfogle 1931(?)"

That's definitely Mable at left in the back row, and I'm guessing that she's resting her hands on Kenny's shoulders. No one else is identified.

(Earlier we saw a picture of a baby identified as Kenny in 1931 — both IDs can't be right.)

Wait For It!

This notice ran in the News of February 19, 1920.

Wait For Our Mill End Sale

Thousands of yards of just such materials as you are looking for. Will announce arrival of same just as soon as we can get it ready for your inspection.

AINSWORTH GENERAL STORE,
Ainsworth, Ind.

And so the thrifty home sewers of town and country set to sharpening their scissors, and oiling their sewing machines, and measuring their children, their husbands and themselves, perhaps buying new patterns — but not fabric; oh, no, that must wait.

Two short weeks, and the waiting was over.


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Sources:
♦ Advertisement. Hobart News 4 Mar. 1920.
♦ "Wait For Our Mill End Sale." Hobart News 19 Feb. 1920.

Baby in a Better Mood

From the Schavey envelope collection.


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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

No notes on this one, but going by the clothing and the stroller, I'd say this is the same baby previously identified as Kenny, or maybe Dwayne, Breyfogle.

I was a bit surprised to discover that you can still buy wire fence like that, e.g., here. (Yes, instead of writing better posts, I waste my time on the internet researching ornamental fences.)

"A Pretty Town Tho Full of Saloons"

Some time ago we met Jacob Van Nuys by accident, after he happened to mail a postcard from Hobart in the midst of a road trip from Chicago to Colon, Michigan in 1909.

Now, through the magic of Ebay, we discover that his son Arthur accompanied him on that trip.


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Writing to his wife, Arthur described Hobart as "a pretty town tho full of saloons"!

How Evelyn Spent Valentine's Day

From Evelyn Triebess' scrapbook of her senior year in Chicago's Parker High School, we have this account of her Valentine's Day party:


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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

More Extreme Cuteness (Random Pointless Photos)

Foster kitten and doggie pics.

Hypotenuse, the biggest and oldest.

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Tangent, the runt of the litter.


Tangent refereeing a match between Robby and Buddy.


Not-Circle thinks Robby's tail is a toy.




While the dogs are away fighting yet another epic battle over their purple-and-orange rope, Circle lays claim to their stuffed reindeer.


Buddy being generally cute.


Buddy, Robby and Tangent being excessively cute.




Circle says, "Have a Merry Christmas!"

(Actually, Circle said, "Put me down, you crazy —!")