Community Notices and Court House News
Versailles residents host visitors including McCoys and Franks with multiple local invites. State Tax Board meeting in Indianapolis noted for Joseph E. Gordon. Courier reports new court cases against the Wagner heirs and a West divorce and injunction affidavit. Marriage licenses granted for Willis Thackery and Carrie Williams and William Saunders and Julia Large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will McCoy
New Marion
James McCoy
Calvin Francis
Madison
Wis
Josephine Francis
Howard Akers
Malcolm Cartwright
Rising Sun
J. W. Carson
S. E. Ellerman
Friendship
Joseph E. Gordon
Indianapolis
State Tax Board
Otto Pegee
Myr
Marcella West
James R. West
Marcella R. West
Willis H. Thackery
Carrie E. Williams
Osgood
William E. Saunders
Lawrenceburg
Julia R. Large
Milan
Christmas Visits Across Families In Napoleon Area
Miss Ruth Dodson and Beatrice Reckeweg spent Christmas with their parents Mr and Mrs Garnet Smiley of Rushville. Hoyt Spencer, Napoleon High School principal, visits Terre Haute. Miss Cora Hertenstein of Anderson visits her parents. Rev and Mrs Doering of Chicago spend holidays with their parents. Edna Philips of Shelbyville visits Grace Crane. Porter Abplanalp visits his parents. Leslie Hertenstein and family visit Winds home. George Grow and wife spend Christmas Day with daughter in Greensburg. Local girls employed in Cincinnati spend Christmas with parents. Alvina Abplanalp of Indianapolis visits her mother.
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Ruth Dodson
Beatrice Reckeweg
Garnet Smiley
Rushville
William Retzner
Hoyt Spencer
the Napoleon High School
Terre Haute
Cora Hertenstein
Anderson
Rudolph Hertenstein
Doering
Chicago
Greensburg
Cincinnati
Wdra Heimsath
Alice Sarringhaus
Effie Smith
Elsa Drescher
Alvina Abplanalp
Indianapolis
Anna Bauer
Community Holiday Gatherings Across Local Families
Wishing you all a Happy New Year the row notes a Rexville School house entertainment on Friday. Several locals attended the event and many spent Christmas Day with relatives including Will Wright and wife James Krause and family Ben Lane and family Sherd Copeland and family John Stewart at Holton and his father William Stewart Fred Hafft and Roy Hunterman on business at Osgood Richard Hafft and family with White Hall relatives Press Ferguson and wife and brother Arthur of Butlerville Charley Anderson and wife and Roy Ferguson and wife of Sardinia Charley Ferguson and wife of Grammer Christmas with their parents Stella Copeland and husband shared Christmas with Mr and Mrs Copeland.
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Rexville
Will Wright
James Krause
Ben Lane
Sherd Copeland
John Stewart
William Stewart
Holton
Fred Hafft
Roy Hunterman
Osgood
Richard Hafft
White Hall
Press Ferguson
Arthur
Butlerville
Charley Anderson
Roy Ferguson
Sardinia
Charley Ferguson
Grammer
Stella Copeland
Mrs. Copeland
The Raven in American Regions
The American raven once common in the Midwest New England and Allegheny lowlands is now rare in those areas. It persists in the Rocky Mountains and far northwest where cliffs provide nesting sites and distance from threats. The raven is larger than the crow and makes a hoarse er-r-eruek call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Alleghany Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Hugger or Growler Huh Hunting Tale Escapes Bear Near
A brief dialogue from a Boston Tran script recounts a hunting trip near danger as a person recalls a close call and his wife notes the proximity to a bear. The exchange highlights humor and tension in a rural hunting scene.
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Hugger
Growler
Boston Transcript
Censors Boost Advertising for Unexpurgated Films
Washington Star notes opinion that censoring can boost a work's appeal and that some films may gain value when labeled unexpurgated, a point raised in discussion of publicity and taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booka
Washington Star
Palm Oil Fuels Steam in Congo with Good Results
Palm oil is being used as steam fuel in the Congo with positive outcomes. The switch to palm oil as a boiler feed shows promising efficiency and reduced reliance on traditional fuels. Local mills report steady steam generation and improved cost performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Indiana Briefs Reflect Labor, Tax and Local News
The Central Labor union in Terre Haute plans to tackle rent profiteering and discuss actions. Indiana tax boards boosted coal company assessments in Knox, Vermilion, Warren, and other counties. Wabash County taxes will drop by about 147,756 dollars next year, with total taxes noted at 1,250,114 dollars. A female commander leads the Berry Copeland American Legion post in Indianapolis, the only Indiana post all comprised of nurses from WWI. Numerous local notes cover railroad sales delays, miners' strikes, highway contracts, and civic efforts in cities like Jasper, Sullivan, and Washington with beekeeping, Debs release petitions, and army reorganization funds referenced. Evansville directory counts and milk price holds also appear among these Indiana briefs.
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Central Labor Union
Terre Haute
Indiana
Vice
Knox
Vermilion
Warrack
Wabash County
Tndianapolis
Tndiana
American War Mothers
Columbus
Laurel Hall
Indianapolis
Tse
Congress
Wernar A. Hinehail
Tinlge Carpenters Federal Acourt
Chicago
Chicago and Indiana
Chicago & Eastern Minvs
Eastern Timeis
E. 1
Doh Hessler
Matriet 11
Hessler
Indiana State Highway Commission
Department
Aveting
Newiman-Ahlgren
House
Senate
General Assembly
Wheatland and
Braceville
Sullivan
Hays
Worman
Winchester
Washington
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Winer
Merchants’ Association
Indiana State Beekeepers’ Association
Butte
Genaal
Eugene — V. Debs
Atlanta
Debs
Picarding
Bertha Eide White
National Guard
Marion County
Guesser
Troy
Verry
Spencer
Barker
Mount Vernon
Posey County
Otto
Fifield
Crown Point
Lake County
Vanderburg County
Stile
Evansville
New City
Wilk
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Versailles
Napoleon
Wan
Dubois County
Jasper
Musicians’ Union
South Bend
Tecide
North
Manchester
Odel
Empire Type Foundry
Isttore
William F. Krieger
Batesville, Ind
Hali
Hall
Th. F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
P. W. Zimmer
George St
Batesville
Eagle“Mikado
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
Citizens’ Savings and Loan Association
West Pearl Street
Citizens’ Savings and Loan Assn
H. F. E. Schrader
Pres
John H. Wonning
Treas
Chester C. Meyer
Secy
BURNS
Harry Schwier CO
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