Schwartz's Corn Show Ends With Weighed Victory
Max Schwartz's event closed on Tuesday forenoon with 26 entries of five ears each. John Williams won first prize a $15 vacuum sweeper for five ears weighing seven pounds ten and five-eighths ounces. William Zick took second prize a pair of $4 blankets. Judges included Robt. Milligan and editors from the Democrat and Ledger-Press amid general talk of corn quality this year being inferior in quality rather than yield.
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Max Schwartz
John Williams
William Zick
Robt. Milligan
The
Democrat
Ledger-Press
Hard Time Masque Party at Hickmans in Fountain
Mr and Mrs George Hickman hosted seventy five friends in a Hard Time Masque at their Fountain home last Thursday night. Guests arrived at seven dressed as patched ragged folk then unmasked at ten, enjoying surprise reveals and a corn bread beans and hominy supper before departing late.
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George Hickman
Fountain
Hickmans
Missing Wabash man found at friends’ home near Coal Creek
David Elwell of Wabash township was located at friends’ hillside residence along Coal Creek near his old haunts. He vanished from Covington courthouse almost two weeks ago as officials prepared to detain him for a state hospital. Though previously erratic, he is reportedly sound mentally. A past real estate fraud left him lighter but with about three thousand dollars, largely loaned out.
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David Elwell
Wabash Township
Coal Creek
Covington
Corn yield leader named Cleveland Howard on Coffing farm
Cleveland Howard, a young farmer on the Coffing farm northeast of Covington, reports the county's biggest corn yield to date. He sold 1,625 bushels from 20 acres averaging over eighty bushels per acre using Johnson County White seed planted in May. Howard has farmed the site five years, achieving his largest yield yet. Dr J R Hicks and wife left Covington for Indianapolis then New York, sailing for Havana to attend a medical convention as Indiana public health representative. They will be away beyond Christmas. Dr Rowland acts county health superintendent in their absence.
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Cleveland Howard
Coffing Farm
Covington
Johnson County
Howard
J. R. Hicks
Indianapolis
New York
Havana
Cuba
Indiana State Board of Health
United States
Europe
Gifts for all at prices you want to pay
A retail feature lists gifts for all shoppers including dress silks up to 81.50 per yard, ladies scarfs, fancy neckwear, umbrellas for all ages, Colgate perfume colors, Roger & Gallet bottle at 98c, gloves from 2.50 to 3.50, and a wide array of small gift items. Handkerchiefs are highlighted as a popular, well priced item with a doubled assortment.
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Attica
Maan
Zeigler’s
Colgate
Roger & Gallet
Iver
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Albert Linburg
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