From: Jesse M. <da...@gm...> - 2013-10-02 19:57:14
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On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Nick Hall <nic...@ho...> wrote: > Do you have any other examples of social gatherings that have been > reported in newspapers? Without having a paper in front of me, it's something like "Mrs. Smith left for Sometown yesterday, to visit her sister, Mrs. Jones. She will be back next Tuesday." Or "Mrs. Smith arrived yesterday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Jones, from Anytown. She will be here until next Monday." One I recall I found the other day was along the lines of "Mr. Johnson left for AnotherTown where he will study to be a minister." Those are probably the more informative examples. If the paper is small enough and the news is slow enough, the social column can get to be quite trivial. Reporting social gathering and parties isn't that uncommon. I believe I've seen "Mrs. So-and-so won first prize at..." before as well. Which, I'll admit, is probably quite dull for the birth/marriage/death crowd, but can help shed some light for those researchers who have a reason to dig deeper. |
From: Philip W. <wei...@gm...> - 2013-10-02 20:31:07
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I record those as residence events, with the newspaper source and article/page/column citation. Something like: Residence for Mrs Smith in hometown. Residence for Mrs Jones in Sometown. If it feels appropriate, I record a Travel event for Mrs Smith. The tougher ones are the Mrs. So-and-So won a prize events. I have one for my grandfather when he made the paper for taking a rowboat on a joyride on Lake Union (a large lake in Seattle) at age 6 and the police were called because people on the shore thought the kids were adrift with no paddles. No charges filed. Just an interesting story. I did not want to create a custom "rowed a boat" entry. For now, the article is just attached to my grandfather as a media item. Phil. On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Jesse Meyer <da...@gm...> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Nick Hall <nic...@ho...> wrote: > > Do you have any other examples of social gatherings that have been > > reported in newspapers? > > Without having a paper in front of me, it's something like "Mrs. Smith > left for Sometown yesterday, to visit her sister, Mrs. Jones. She > will be back next Tuesday." > > Or "Mrs. Smith arrived yesterday at the home of her sister, Mrs. > Jones, from Anytown. She will be here until next Monday." > > One I recall I found the other day was along the lines of "Mr. Johnson > left for AnotherTown where he will study to be a minister." > > Those are probably the more informative examples. If the paper is > small enough and the news is slow enough, the social column can get to > be quite trivial. Reporting social gathering and parties isn't that > uncommon. I believe I've seen "Mrs. So-and-so won first prize at..." > before as well. > > Which, I'll admit, is probably quite dull for the birth/marriage/death > crowd, but can help shed some light for those researchers who have a > reason to dig deeper. > > |