Local Scraps From Crawfordsville and Nearby Towns
Grandpa Nicely remains very poor. Joe Frazier visited Crawfordsville to see the doctor last week. Beryl Lucas and Pearl Nicely visited Mrs. Jesse Roark in Advance for music. Chas Sparks was in Jamestown Saturday afternoon. Della Lasley visited her sister Dr. George Broshar Friday night. Earl Ray of Goodland came Saturday night to see his poorly grandfather. Rev. Kelley spent the night with Charlie Sparks and Emily Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Frazier
Crawfordsville
Beryl Lucas
Pearl Nicely
Jesse Roark
Advance
Chas. Sparks
Jamestown
Della Lasley
Drs
George Broshar
Earl Ray of
Goodland
Rev. Kelley
Charlie Sparks
Emily
Golladay School House and Community News Snapshot
A trove of short notes covers visits and sales in Advance and nearby towns. Residents like Charley Thompson and Wm Pittenger report chores and corn trades. Elisha Higgs sold sheep to Mort Edwards. cattle traded with Hugh Bowen. Social visits include Bers Ferguson at Jamestown and gatherings at Wm Garner and family. A measles case, a quarterly meeting at Max, and an upcoming ice cream supper at Max close the items.
Local visits and home projects noted around Jamestown area
Hazelwood M M Edrington and family visited Roy Kibbey and wife near Jamestown Sunday. Mort Martin of Indianapolis visited his father A E Martin and wife over Sunday. Sam Billingsly Jr had a colt badly cut on a dis harrow last week. Omer McClaine and family spent Saturday and Sunday with A A Hendrix and wife of Frankfort. Frank Rightenour plans to build a house addition this summer. C C Debard bought a new carriage in Lebanon. R D Billingsly is erecting several rods of new wire fence. Mrs A A Hendrix of Frankfort visiting for a few days with O A McClaine remained about the same. C C Debard and wife spent Sunday with Carl Ferguson and wife near Dover. Emery Proffitt from near New Ross helped his father plant corn Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Billingsly Jr
Dis Harrow
A. A. Hendrix
Frankfort
O. A. McClaine
Birth of a Daughter to Harry and May Sumpter
A daughter was born to Harry Sumpter and his wife May on May 7. The birth occurred despite no Sunday services due to bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sumpter
May
Dover social notices and visits in Thorntown area
Dover residents Eva Grimes Esta Stark Eva Grimes and Elsie Green called on Fern Nooris Monday afternoon Eten Green returned to Indianapolis Sunday after a week away M M Routh and wife and Alonzo Nay and wife attended The Two Acts at Thorntown Friday Edgar Bruce and family dined with Eli Brown and family Sunday Mr and Mrs John Routh guests of Harry Nelson and wife Sunday E M Coons and wife and Claude Wall and wife attended a class play at Thorntown Friday Charley Green and wife visited Indianapolis Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Grimes
Esta Stark
Elsie Green
Fern Nooris
M. M. Routh
Alonzo Nay
Thorntown
John Routh
Harry Nelson
Wife Sunday
E. M. Coons
Claude Wall
Old Union Gossip Notes From Local Area
Wash Groves lost a horse to lightning days ago. The Beckelbimer daughter Helen is slowly improving while Mrs Susan Hinton remains poorly. Hazel Jarrett stayed with Uncle Lewis Elder near Litton last week. Fack Petterson and family visited Edgar Peterson on Sunday. Mrs Joe Jones visited her mother Friday. Ed Beck of Rosedale California visited his mother in law Mrs Susan Hinton and family. Little Kathleen Morrison has measles. John Heckethorn and family visited Thomas Beckelhimer Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Jarrett
Lewis Elder
Litton
Ed Beck
Rosedale
California
Susan Hinton
Country life lament in obituary style from Newark News
A rural speaker extols farming life over city living, noting shortages and snow, but looks forward to a grand obituary by Editor Green in Backwoods Weekly Guide. He imagines praise of his virtues, deeds, and Prohibition run, ending with The End written by his own hand. The piece preserves small-town voice and nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Papers
Green
Backwoods Weekly Guide
Joyville
Passaic County
St. Peter
Lemuel Green
Garwin
Bimon
Newark News. Ee
A Notre Dame Lady's Appeal For Home Cure
A pleads to rheumatism sufferers offering a home treatment that claims to cure muscle and joint pains, sciatica, lumbago, backache, kidney pains, and neuralgia. The letter asserts the remedy removes uric acid, loosens stiff joints, purifies blood, and restores vitality, with proof via letters to Mrs. M Summers Box R Notre Dame Ind.
Local Social Roundup from Lebanon Jamestown and Brownsburg
Number 5 Frank Heady and wife visited Lebanon on Monday. George Zimmerman and family shared Sunday dinner with Tom Demaree and family. Tressie Butler returned Saturday from Brownsburg where she visited her sister Mrs Chas Day. Lon Sandlin and wife visited John Heath on Monday. Shelby Hutchinson and mother stopped in Jamestown Monday afternoon. Mrs George Zimmerman and daughter Mabel visited Wm Zimmerman and family Monday afternoon. Charley Richardson and mother visited William Butler on Sunday. The funeral of Daniel Wall was held at Old Union Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tressie Butler
Brownsburg
Mrs. Chas. Day
George Zimmerman
Mabel
Wm. Zimmerman
Daniel Wall
Old Union
McCall Magazine and Patterins Offer Free Copies
Readers are invited to claim complimentary copies of McCall's Magazine and McCall Patterins. The offer appears in the catalog page and promises free access to both publications for a limited time.
Shiloh Christian Church Sets Meeting Next Saturday
Notice declares a business meeting at Shiloh Christian Church next Saturday night May 18 urged for all members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh Christian Church
Women’s Sick and Wounded Convoy Corps Forms Training Units
Mothers and sisters of the Boy Scouts of England organize uniformed service companies for home defense. The Women’s Sick and Wounded Convoy corps trains in riding, camp and hospital duties, nursing, signaling, stretcher work, and cooking, with real stretcher practice and diet theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womenn
Boy Scouts of
England
Women’s
Harper’s Bazar
DuckWhat did the white hen do when she found the china egg
In Barnyard the white hen discovered a china egg in her nest and immediately tossed it out claiming she would set herself straight on the matter. The exchange highlights farmyard humor and a stubborn hen's resolve.
Charlie's Wish at Supper With Grandma
A child asks if glasses make things look bigger and expresses desire to remove them while Grandma puts the cake. The playful dialogue centers on perception and family dinner time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Hubby s Scheme a Failure
Erasmus J. Proudfoot, husband of a suffragette, plans a night out but faces his wife s sharp wit and a web of excuses. He insists on independence, cites meetings and games, yet his partner and home life trap him with reminders of reality until he stays in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erasmus J. Proudfoot
Mr. Proudfoot
Mrs. Proudfoot
Erasmus
Matilda
Breakfast for a Man and the Breakfast Debate
A humorous meditation on breakfast choices and national traits. An old man recalls trunks from New York artists and the contrast between oatmeal and hearty buckwheat cakes with sausages as a nourishing, chest-sinking meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Mr. Jordan
New York
Jordan Place
Jordan
Why some men build great enterprises while others stay small
James Laurence Laughlin argues in The Outlook that uneven natural gifts create leaders capable of launching large businesses while many remain in small, steady work. He cites clear judgment, talent for managing big affairs, and the competitive impulse as driving forces behind invention and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Laurence Laughlin
University of Chicago
Not worth powder to blow him up not worth six a week
John Arbuckle comments on college life describing rich men's sons as useless in college and fresh graduates as not worth much. He faulted wealthy students for avoiding criticism and focusing on cars and chorus girls. The piece also mentions a big home wedding staged by a Broadway director like a musical comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Arbuckle
Arbuckle
We Tried That New Play On The Dog
A brief cartoonish exchange notes trying a new play on a dog and its positive effect. The dialogue centers on testing a tactic with the dog accepting the idea and shaping behavior favorably.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Advance R. R
Grandpa
Mark Wall
Indiana
Tory
Golladay School
Charley Thompson
Robi. Ferguson
Gladys Bowman
Jane Bowman
Wm. Pittenger
New Ross
Elisha Higgs
Mort Edwards
Mace
Polly Airhart
Anna Ragsdale
Sam Caplinger
Wm. Garner
Hugh Bowen
Lebanon
Bers Ferguson
Mrs. Ottenburg
Thomas Burroughs
Ralph
Eveline
Hallie Higgs
Valle Hedge
Geo. Lasley
Esther Stump
Alden Reveal and
Family
Fannie Clements
Frank McMullen
Hazel Lasley
Geo Lasley
James Hunter
Bushtown
Maude Laller
Hazelwood
M. M. Edrington
Roy Kibbey and
Mort Martin
Indianapolis
A. E. Martin
Omer McClaine
Frank Rightenour
C. C. Debard
R. D. Billingsly
Carl Ferguson
Dover
Emery Proffitt
Coldwell
I Or Nee Roe
Coldell
Advance Hardware Co
Eten Green
Edgar Bruce
Eli Brown
Charley Green
Wash Groves
Listle
Thomas Beckelbimer
Fack Petterson
Edgar Peterson
Joe Jones
Kathleen Morrison
John Heckethorn
Thomas Beckelhimer
Issures
MR. Sparrow
GRASS
Notre Dame Lady’s
Frank Heady
Tom Demaree
Lon Sandlin
Max
John Heath's
Shelby Hutchinson
Mother
Charley Richardson
William Butler
McCall’s Magazine
McCall Patterins
McCall’s
Ulttm
McCall Patterns
Arhecr Send
Maccall’s Magazine
W. 37Th St
New York City
Elizabeth Heath
Hubby
Aaa Ud
Epperson
Whitsett
Grochry
B. Index
D. G. Caplinger
J. W. Ross & Son
George McDaniel
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