Honor Guest Farmers and Two Million Wheat Losses Stir Indiana
Mrs. Howard Byrne of Terre Haute was hosted by Mrs. Richard Bright at Hill Top farm with a dainty lunch for Byrne and her children, relatives, and friends. Indiana farmers claim about two million dollars lost as grain prices shortchange producers while processors profit, prompting federation plans for refunds and price reform. John Evans family moved from the Robert Blackburn property to the Simon Carlton house while Mr. and Mrs. Will Crockett and daughter visited J. C. Meto Kinney and then returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bright
City
Howard Byrne
Terre Haute
Gertrude Rariden
Hill Top Farm
United States Grain Corporation
New York
Chicago
Indiana
Taylor
Federation Board
Federation
Crown Point
Rockport
John
Will Crockett
Campbellsburg
J. C. Meto Kinney
Purposes Avid Intentions Of the Allied Service Club
A local Allied Service Club outlines its aims in a city notice. The document lists community service goals and planned activities to support residents, with emphasis on fellowship and civic involvement.
Allied Service Club Preamble and Fort Ritter Hero Believed Alive
The article reports Edward Beavers, formerly reported killed in the Argonne, is alive and recovering at his Fort Ritter home. It recounts his WWI service from March 1918 through deployments to Camp Taylor and Camp Upton, noting fellow servicemen who suffered wounds, shell shock, or imprisonment, and honors his family’s earlier sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Beavers
Argonne
Gisezse
Fort Ritter
Beavers
Camp Taylor
Camp Upton
N. Y
Iie
Raymond Mitchell
Earl Spear
Clyde Monitgomery
John Hert
Delbert Stephenson
George Beavers
Fort Ritner
Bedford Concert Band Ends Season With Final Thursday Performance
The Bedford Concert Band gave its sixteenth and final concert of the season on Thursday night. Manager Reed notes no further city or civic funding is guaranteed for next season, and expenses require about 100 dollars per week for 18 to 20 skilled musicians. The piece argues for quality musicianship over “kid bands,” praising park concerts for their social and cultural value but noting limited public funding for music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Reunion Of Veterans Of the Fourth Indiana Cavalry
Home of Rev. John Williams hosts a reunion for surviving members of the Fourth Indiana Cavalry with nine veterans present including Capt. T. C. Williams and T. A. Reed. Banquet tables extend the length of the dining room as families join the gathering. World War veteran Vinson H. Pizier among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Willams
North S Street
Fourth Indiana Cavalry
Williams
Fourth Cavalry
T. C. Williams
Terre Haute
T. A. Reed
Seymour
B. F. Buriey
Orleans
John Williams
William McGinnk
Eis
Bart W. Cole
Col. W. V. Williams
I. H. Crim
James Owen
Lee Potter
John S. Bailey
Lée Potter
Vinson H. Pizier
E. C. Newland
G. A. R. Post
Marriage Licenses for Clyde Edwards and Ethel Tow
The records list Clyde Edwards of Lawrence county marrying Ethel Tow of Lawrence county. The Mitchell sisters, once in a car accident described as thrilling and severe, were reported to be recovering well by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Tow
Lawrence County
Alvey
Mitchell
Bedford residents named in local notice
Irwin G. Fultz of Bedford and Thelma Matie Fiscus of Bedtora appear in a local public notice listing two individuals connected to the community records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin G. Fultz
Bedford
Thelma Matie Fiscus
Bedtora
Pleasant Club Meeting Includes Awards and Elections
The Pleasant club met with Mrs. Nettle Hudson on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Dodd won a linen handkerchief and Mrs. Hall a bon bon dish for best five line poems with Mrs. Hall elected president and Miss Lydia Ramsey secretary and treasurer for the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettle Hudson
Dodd
Hall
Lydia Ramsey
Auto Thief Apprehended After Columbus Stop
Two auto thieves fled with a Redding man's car, abandoning Ferdinand Poster’s vehicle. They fled toward the Interurban, possibly toward the north. One driver was captured at Columbus Thursday after the Wednesday evening robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Poster
Redding
Horace Bunting
Gua
Columbus
Finger Injury at Ingalls Robin Roost Mill
Clarence Jackson a hooker at the Ingalls Robin Roost mill in Qolitic sustained a broken left little finger Thursday afternoon when it caught between two hauled stones. A physician treated the injury. John Stepp and his wife from East 14th Street had returned from Old Fort North Carolina after his brother Keiton Stepp’s death and burial. Mrs Claude Black and her baby daughter from Indianapolis are visiting Mrs Mahbion Rainbolt and Mrs Harry Campbell and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Jackson
Ingalls “Robin Roost
Qolitic
Affternoon
Jackson
John Stepp
East 14Th Street
Old Fort
North Carolina
Keiton Stepp
Claude Black
Indianapolis
Mahbion Rainbolt
Harry Campbell
Mitchell sisters injured in car crash near Mitchell
Serious automobile accident about one and a half miles southeast of Mitchell injures Miss Ruby Alvey and her younger sister. Ruby, a country schoolteacher from Marion township, was unconscious Thursday night. The sisters are daughters of Mrs. S. A. Alvey, prominent Mitchell residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Alvey
Mitchell
5. A. Alvey
Ruby
Marion Township
Reliance Stone Glue Manufacturing Firm Changes Ownership
Bedford men organized a company with a $23 000 building inducement for Reliance to locate in the city. The Reliance Manufacturing company Friday became sole owners of the building valued at 55 090 dollars and of the business premises at Fourteenth and IX streets. A local business meeting followed with a dinner at B H S hall, served by Domestic Science students, featuring floral decorations and a musical program from Grace Hartman and Marguerite Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Uecame
Fourteenth
Bedford
Reliance
Stone Club
West Fifteenth Street
Chicago
Cleveland
Maurine Lappin
B.H. S
Terry
Grace Hartman
Mars Guerite Hughes
cave @ trovely
District Aigers Meet At Epworth League Conference
An Epworth League meeting of Fitcomington district officers held at First Methodist church discussed aggressive evangelistic efforts. Attendees included district president Revesdoe CG. Cooley of Greencastle and pastors from Martinsville Bedford and Patricksburg. Plans for study classes sub district rallies and a November district meeting were set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth
Carl Mitchell
Martinsville
W. M. Clark
Heltonville
Bowman Re Enlists in Infantry for Germany
Everett Bowman, previously mustered out at Aberdeen Maryland Proving Grounds, re enlists in the Infantry for overseas service in Germany. He returned home on a thirty day furlough to his parents Mr and Mrs Tyree Bowman on East Eighteenth Street before departing for overseas duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Bowmen
Aberdeen
Maryland Proving Grounds
Infantry
Germany
Tyree Bowman
East Eighteenth Street
Monon Detectives Visit Bloomington Over Grand Jury
Chief Detective Bert Scofield and Detectives Bulger Hays and Fred Bowen from Monon arrived in Bloomington today. They believed the grand jury was session to probe the June killing of a tramp in a Monon freight car, but the panel does not meet until next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Scofield
Bulger Hays
Fred Bowen
The
Monon
Bowen
Bloomington
Another Stone Mill at Stinesville to Reopen
Another stone mill at Stinesville is to reopen after work began to clear the yard and restore machinery at the old Pinchout mill south of town. The S and B mill previously operated a quarry but stopped years ago due to stone quality. The region’s stone trade has strengthened with rising demand for labor and a bright outlook for Indiana quarries and mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stinesville
Pinchout
S. and B
Indiana
Train Time Nostalgia At Bloomington Station
The Bloomington Star recalls crowded railway stations during train time as fraternities and sororities spike new members. Merchants shut stores to join the spectacle, while an old punchline about a town population being all present echoes. Farmers prosper and send children to college. once fathers sold the cow to fund schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siadow
Bloomington Star
Bedford Visitor Spends Day With Local Residents
Mrs Amy Joanson from Bedford visited Saturday to spend the day with Mr and Mrs Leo Torphy after a pleasant several week stay in Bedford She then returned home to Indianapolis source Blooming ton Felephons ne eon lel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Joanson
Bedford
Leo Torphy
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Eon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Byrne
Mary
Will Owen
Jesse Day
Fred Stan Gish
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Lewis Taylor
Vice Club
Is Edward Beavers
Ft. Ritner
Argolne Forest
Allied Service Club
Soldiers and Sailors
United States
Army
Fort Timmers
James Woppingarner
Seveneenth Street
Bedford Con
Cert
Jaaz
Gedford
of the Veterans of the Fourth
Indiana Cavalry
Albert Schmiser
Franx Bixler
Ab Blackwell
John Newland
S. H. Holmes
Mary H. Guthrie
B. F. Turley
Bert Cole
James £. Irwin
S.A. Pless
Sam Simpson
Jane McGinnis
J. 5. Bailey
Leonore Newland
Grace Guthrie Sherwood
Daniel G. Sherwood
Cora Nerland
C. W. Holmes
John Sears
George Sears
Edward Standish
Wm. J. Bixler
Victor Bixler
Fred MacGinnis
Ella Williams
Frank Bister
D. E. George
Alma Butterfield
Vada Bix
Clyde Edwards
Lawrence Coun
Howard Mitchell
Olive
Marian
Madison
Wisconsin
Garthee
Horace Bunton
Automobile
Friday
Bownarr
Muruby
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