Local Notes Roundup From Napoleon Community
Napoleon residents share visits and travel updates as families return from Dayton and Brookville spend time with relatives. Indianapolis guests Ruth Dodson and Gladys Heimsath join locals including the Abplanalps, Dodsons, Waters, and Lott relatives plus a sixteenth birthday party for Albert Abplanalp. Delegates Doering and Fruchtricht attend Luther League convention in Fort Wayne while a group from Indianapolis visits grandparents and former Napoleon residents enjoy Fourth of July events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hiner
Walter
Indianapolis
Ruth Dodson
William Dodson
Ed Waters
Ruth
Mildred
Denver
Dayton
Brookville
Indiana
Porter
John Heimsath
Mildred Miller
Earl Ameter
Norwood Baker
James Baker
Milan Social Circles Toast Weekend Visits and Travel
A Milan notes multiple weekend trips and visits. Cincinnati visitors Miss Helen Barkley and relatives tour Aurora. Miss Eunice Elrod stays two weeks with her uncle Frank Rogers. Stella Arkenberg visits Will Eaters’ country home with Goldie. Mrs. Eugene Smith visits from Bloomington. A Shaw addition Lot purchase signals new building by Roy Runner. Verona McCoy of Versailles visits Thelma Doran. Lawrence Labadie visits with wife and son John and J. H. Letcher. A Sunday gathering hosts Nellie Rahe and Hart Bert Rahe with other Milan guests. A three week lake resort trip leaves Milan led by Rolla Howard family and Gould Hallowell group among others.
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Helen Barkley
Cincinnati
Gus Schwab
Earl Shockley
Blanche Colson
Aurora
Dorothy
Mayme Shelton
Eunice Elrod
Eunice
Frank Rogers
Stella Arkenberg
Will Eaters
Goldie
Eugene Smith
Bloomington
Illinois
Everett Shockley
Roy Runner
Shaw Addition
Verona McCoy
Versailles
Thelma Doran
Lawrence Labadie
John
J. H. Letcher
Charles E. Smith
Nellie Rahe
Herbert
Merle Swartz
Villa Grove
Ollie Smith
Lula Pease
Miss Opal
Nellie
Indianapolis
Milan
Michigan
Rolla Howard
Leon Levy
Delhi
Ohio
Gould Hallowell
Osgood
Gus Levy
Tommy Thompson
Deer Foot Crossing Church and Social Roundup
Alma Martin of Aurora visits cousin Edna Cutter. Edw Price of Indianapolis visits cousin Frank Schornick and family. Milan movie night draws crowds. Billman’s Wednesday play party well attended. Schoolyard Sunday event draws many. Miss Elnora Hountz hosts friends Sunday. Girls visit Lillian Bohner Sunday afternoon.
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Stumpke’s Corner
St. Pius
Alma Martin
Aurora
Edna Cutter
Edw. Price
Indianapolis
Frank Schornick
Milan
Billman’s
School Yards
Elnora Hountz
Lillian Bohner
Finks Corner Socials Mentioned for July and June Events
Fink's Corner notes a grand ball at Menke's Hall next Saturday night July 17. The Ladies' Aid of St Peters Church hosts a coffee social this Thursday evening June 15. Misses Malinda Brebberman and Selma Menke held a Sunday School picnic at High Bridge. Margaret Baylor visits Miss Selma Menke for a few days.
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Menke
St. Peters Church
Malinda Brebberman
Selma Menke
High Bridge
Margaret Baylor
You Guard Against Burglars, But What About Rats?
Rats steal grain chickens and eggs and destroy property and health. RAT-SNAP kills rats and prevents odors. Cats and dogs won’t touch it. Comes in cakes in three sizes 25c 60c and 1.00. Sold and guaranteed by Blank's Pharmacy and Meyer Hardware Company.
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Blank’s Pharmacy
Meyer Hardware Company
Harding hailed as real leader in Indiana support
F E Schortemeier secretary of the Indiana Republican State Committee praises Senator Harding as a statesman plain in life and sound in judgment. He notes Harding started as a poor boy and rose to leadership, attributes keen listening and thoughtful questioning, and urges Indiana voters to support him for four years of steady guidance.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Harding
Indiana
F. E. Schortemeier
Republican State Committee
Senator Harding
Schortemeier
Bradfute backs Harding in Indiana editorial endorsement
Bloomington Telephone editor Walter Bradfute urges support for Senator Harding for president and Calvin Coolidge for governor. The piece praises Harding as a statesman of ability, notes Wood Lowden and Johnson failed to secure nomination, and argues party unity despite past defeats as the Chicago convention critiques unfold.
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Bloomington
Ind
Bloomngton Telephone
Walter
Bradfute
Wood
Indiana
Harding
Coolidge
Telephone
Senator Harding
Gen. Wood
Lowden
Johnson
Orginal Wood
Chicago
Thiat
Ohio
Wilson
Republic
Real Estate Transfers List From Batesville and Vicinity
August Wisman transfers lot 16 in Batesville to Mary Luella Bland for 2200 dollars. Multiple entries cover parcels in Laughery and Otter Creek townships, Milan, Morris, New Marion, Versailles, and Osgood. sums range from 19 to 17,000 dollars. Notable parties include William B. Goyert to 1st German Evangelical Lutheran Church and Davidson Yater to Josy A. Lauber with substantial acreages and estates.
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August Wisman
Mary Luella Bland
Batesville
William B. Goyert
German Evangelical Lutheran Church
Laughery
Fred J. Morgan
Versailles
Minogco M. W. & Son, Co
John A. Partridge
Milan
Fred W. Arkenberg
Lena Kleine
Donnel Brothers
Morris
Philomena Roell
Philomena Roell Et al To Donnell Bros, Lot 54, Morris, $275. William Edens
Harvey Griffin
Otter Creek
F. C. Lewis Sales Co
Josy Lauber
Holton
Philip Schraub
Carl Richard Fischer
Brown Township
Lucetta Kinnett
Floyd Overshiner
Shelby ‘Township
Ira E. Heartt
Harry F. Brainard
Franklin Tp
Annabelle Hughes
Abe Spears
New Marion
Harry Pfeiffer
LocalVisits and Family Gatherings Around Osgood
Osgood R R No 1 reports visitors from Illinois and Cincinnati visiting relatives here for several weeks. Local families hosted relatives including the Finke and Ferather households and Miss Irma Dahle of Cincinnati spending time with friends and kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ehlers
Illinois
Clara Finke
Cincinnati
George Gunter
John Finke
Henry Menke
Harry Schwab
Henry Showers
Greensburg
John Herman
Osgood
George Ferather
George Hartig
Weisburg
Irma Dahl
How I Cleared The Mill of Rats
Night watchman claims large rat infestation at a mill. He describes using RAT-SNAP to kill rats, stating the treated period of six weeks cleared them all. He advertises the product available in three sizes at 25c 50c and 1.00, sold and guaranteed by local Blank's Pharmacy and Meyer Hardware Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blank’s Pharmacy
Meyer Hardware Company
Why Despotism irks in the shipwreck of force
A succinct reflection on the dislike of despotism as people resist governance imposed by violence and force, preferring to upend authority even when it bears on their fate and beliefs.
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Amiel
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John W. McCune
Ernest Hunter
Washington Township
Jacob Young
Henry Esse
Henry H. Gookins
Gould K. Hallowell
Davidson Yater
Josy A. Lauber
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