Oldenburg Residents Visit Relatives Across States
Oldenburg residents and families traveled to Indiana and Ohio for visits. Harry Karg and wife from Connersville visited relatives Saturday evening. Mrs Bigham and children returned from Hall Indiana. Several others, including Mrs Mary Schulte and daughter of Cincinnati and Miss Nellie Averdick of Covington, joined relatives in Cincinnati Noblesville and Indianapolis for weekend visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Karg
Con Nersville
Dr. Bigham
Hall
Ind
Helen Honnebrink
Indianapolis
George Schmidt
Maurice
Joseph Freihage
Angela
Cincinnati
Mary Schulte
Henry Geile
James Averdick
Nellie Averdick
Covington
Jos. C. Merchen
Gibson House
Henry Schmidtt
Clarence Ratterman
George Schmitt
George Feldkamp
Linda
Bertha Holtel
Anthony Ziegler
John Wessler
Noblesville
Farmers Enjoy Fine Weather and Local Socials
Lower Pipe Creek area reports pleasant conditions as farmers cut hay. A well attended quarterly meeting occurred at Oak Forest U B Church over the weekend. Visitors include Wilbur Hunter and Robert White's families, Mary White from Batesville, Hazel Jones recovering from a knee injury, and Charles Schwegman from Cincinnati visiting locals. Co C Sheckel and wife also attended Oak Forest Saturday evening. Elliot Jones visiting his uncle Lafe Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Forest U. B
Wilbur Hunter
Robert White
Wren
Blaine Hubbard
Metamora
Frank White
Mary White
Batesville
Oak Forest
Ben Schwegman
Charles Schwegman
Cincinnati
Mrs. Smith
Hazel Jones
Co. C. Sheckel
Elliot Jones
Lafe Jones
Brookville Social Roundup Notes Local Visits
Frank Fehrman and family spent Sunday with John Deesterling and family. Anthony Waechter and son attended Commissioners' Court at Brookville Monday. Ferd Volk Ben Wessler Clem Luttmann and Joseph Burwinkle were business callers at Brookville Monday. John Oesterling and wife visited Ben Schulte's family near Batesville Friday. Miss Gertrude Waechter was guest of Miss Anna Middendorf Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fehrman
John De6esterling
Anthony Waechter
Leonard
Brookville
Ferd Volk
Ben Wessler
Clem Luttmann
Joseph Burwinkle
John Oesterling
Ben Schulte
Batesville
Gertrude Waechter
Anna Middendorf
Local visitors and travelers listed from Rush County area
A long list of residents and relatives visiting relatives or traveling to events. Metamora George Senour and family from Rush County visit here while Mrs Nelle Sterrett and children of Fairland visit her parents. Several others attend races in Indianapolis and Laurel show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Senour
Rush County
Nelle Sterrett
Fairland
C. H. Thorpe
Thomas Brittain
Newcastle
Maria McWhorter
Ross Tracey
Harrison
Harry Davis
Everton
Otis Murray Sr
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Alpha Wright
George Wright
Helen Gordon
Edith Moore
Hazel Jones
Linnie Banes
Laurel
Anna Jones
Hazel
Connersville
John Moore
Blooming Grove
Theodore Moore
Ellsworth Martindale
Ellsworth Miller
T. J. Holmes
Christian Church At
Brookville
Mollie Metsker
John Alley
Ellen Burton
Norma
Josephine
Walter Gordon
Local Social Roundup From Indianapolis To Greensburg
A series of short notes from Indianapolis to Greensburg records visits and travels. Charles Meyer Jr and wife along with Elmer Siefert and son Jim mie spent the week here with relatives. Several residents returned home after visits including Mrs Ed Moulton from Mt Summit and Mrs T Ennebrock from Hamilton Ohio. Numerous people went to Greensburg Bloomington Cincinnati and Muncie for visits schooling or shopping. A Children Day program was held at the Christian Church and a birthday gathering honored Mr Puttman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Meyer Jr
Elmer Siefert
Jimmie
Indianapolis
Ed Moulton
Mt. Summit
Arthur Fuehtman
Greensburg
T. Ennebrock
Hamilton
George Niemeyer
S. V. Maime
Dave Martin
A. B. Colson
Ira
Westport
Joe
Marguerite Metz
Erna Loyd
Cecil Niemeyer
Chicago
W. York and Family
John Colson
Christian Church
J. J. Puttman
Ed O’day
J. A. Hillenbrand
Dora McLaughlin
Virgil Minning
Rushville Family Visit and Patent Medicine Endorsement
Sunday time with Bert Mattox and wife of Rushville is noted alongside an advertisement praising Chamberlains Tablets. Mrs. Newton Vreeland of Minoa New York recounts using the tablets for five years to ease heavy meals and fatigue. She recommends them for constipation and indigestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Mattox
Rushville
Chamberlain
Yenisei River Mouth Opens Briefly Each Year
The Yenisei, among the world largest rivers, flows into the Arctic near Yeniseisk. In its lower reach the river is four to five miles wide and its mouth opens for only a few weeks annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yenisei
Arctic Sea
Yeniseisk
Family Generally on Job
Uncle Eben quips that telling a friend his faults is needless since the friend’s family likely knows better and will remind him. The wry remark reflects small town talk and blunt honesty about relationships and criticism.
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Eben
Pocket notices of social visits in the Marticke and Schone circles
Local social notes list numerous visits among residents including August and Mrs Marticke Ed Schone Fred Bosse Elmer Gesell and families. Recurring gatherings occur Sunday afternoon and Friday evening with extended kin and neighbors such as Grandma Wessel J M Marticke Henry Beinke and Wilbur Schwier also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Marticke
Henry Stickford
Ed Schone
Fred Bosse
Elmer Gesell
Fred Marticke
Grandma Wessel
H. C. Meyer
William Beinke
Mary Beinke
Henry Beinke
J. M. Marticke
Fred Meyer
Sixteenth Century Statues Unearthed at Courceboeufs
Excavations in the elf Cemetery of Courceboeufs Sarthe reveal two sixteenth century statues. One is a stone seigneur in armor partly mutilated. The other in life size terra cotta shows a kneeling woman with hands joined, head missing. The castelary belonged to Diane de Meridor countess of Montsurenu.
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Courceboeufs
Sarthe
Diane de Meridor
Montsurenu
Chin of the Old Block Phrase Traced Back to 1626
A brief note explains the origin of the saying chin of the old block. It cites a 1626 edition of Dick of Devonshire and a Chicago Journal quotation illustrating the phrase used to describe a person resembling their father.
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Devonshire
Chicago Journal
One Exception in Jud Tunking Line
Jud Tunking comments on preferring a man who minds his own business unless drawn into a kind of work that demands remorselessly taking others time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jud Tunking
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Oldenburg
Pipe Creek
R. R. No
Newpoint
Sellers Jhune Bride
Sellers
Meyer Hardware Coo
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