Correspondence of residents visit notices across towns
Mrs. B B Mitten was at Coal City Friday. Mrs. Ray Hanna visits Delphi to see her parents E E Shaw who has returned home. Mrs. L D Trent of Huntington returns home after visiting relatives here. John N Darnell Mrs Earl White and son Charles were in Terre Haute the past week. Mrs John Price of Cincinnati visiting parents Thos J Owen Highland township. Paul Spear Geo W Springer R M Love Paul Hodges and Clayton Baker were in Spencer last week. N M Anderson Jas E Stahl Mrs J B Young E A Baker and daughter Miss Marion plus Miss Katherine Dyer and Mrs Frank Prow went to Indianapolis on business and pleasure last week. Mr and Mrs Oscar Summerville Milfred Mullis Frank Dowden Everett Stone and Eli and Mary Hasler CE Feutz and wife went to Bloomfield Tuesday to consult a physician. Mrs Feutz is sick. Mr and Mrs Charles Hasler visited Tenis Chaney and daughter Sunday. Mr Fred Chaney wife and children of Lyons and Miss Algie Acton of Worthington were also visitors there.
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B .B .Mitten
Coal City
Ray Hanna
Delphi
E. E. Shaw
Vincennes
L. D. Trent
Huntington
John N. Darnell
Earl White
Charles
Terre Haute
John Price
Cincinnati
Thos. J. Owen
Highland
Township
Paul Spear
Geo. W. Springer
R. M. Love
Paul Hodges
Clayton Baker
Spencer
N. M. Anderson
Jas. E. Stahl
J. B. Young
E. A. Baker
Marion
Katherine Dyer
Frank Prow
Indianapolis
Oscar Summerville
Milfred Mullis
Frank Dowden
Everet Stone
Eli
Mary Hasler
C E. Feutz
Bloomfield
Feutz
Charles Hasler
Tenis Chaney
Fred Chaney
Lyons
Algie Acton
Worthington
W.T. Porter
J. R. Bullock
James Henson
Will Bough
Newt Holtsclaw
Ray Cave
Troy Fuller
Sharkey
Ivan Mills
Eagle Nest
Riley Ray
Ben Holtsclaw
John Flynn
Robert Aland
Sherman Hash
Freeland Holtsclaw
Seymour Ray
Edward Allen
Pleasant Ridge
Cary Fuler
Onnie Hamilton
Floyd Kindred
Ola
Lola Hardesty
Local visits and social rounds in Middle Taylor area
Miss Georgia Mullis of Mineral visited grandmother Mrs Tom Mullis on Friday. Families and friends including Olaf Hasler Virgil Mullis Archie Malis and Mary Hasler met or visited over the weekend. Various relatives traveled through Middle Taylor and locals attended an ice cream social at Koleen.
Bargain Prices In Pantry and Canned Goods
Local store advertises A. B. Naptha and Swift's Pride at 5c, Borax soap at 5c, 10c items at 5c, tin quart cans at 60c per dozen and 25c, glass cans at 70c to 90c, Mrs Bowers and several coffees discounted from 4c to 25c per pound and from 25c to 20c per pound for select brands, bulk coffee 18c per lb.
Park social notes and farm activity roundup
Mrs John Williams visited Mrs Sam Flater on Tuesday. Elmer Floyd of Lyons put up hay last week. Mrs Ellen Heaton is reported weaker. Oats harvest keeps farmers busy. Will Dailey and son Robert help Taylor Pirtle put up oats. A large Sunday school gathering met at Sharkey. Mrs Hattie Perkins attended a funeral in Linton for her brother in law Jacob Rheupard. Eva Fuller visited Margret Heaton at Mrs Sarah Harden's. Inez Pirtle and Irene Heaton visit sister Mrs K O Campbell in Linton and attended a show. Dinner guests at Mrs John Heaton’s on Sunday included Mr and Mrs John Workman of Park, Mr Morris Ritter and three children of Bloomfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Williams
Sam Flater
Elmer Floyd
Lyons
Ellen Heaton
Will Dailey
Robert
Taylor Pirtle
Sharkey
Hattie Perkins
Linton
Jacob Rheupard
Eva Fuller
Margret Heaton
Sarah Harden
Inez Pirtle
Irene Heaton
K. O. Campbell
John Heaton
John Workman
Park
Morris Ritter
Bloomfield
Social visits and travels in Simpson Chapel area
Miss Inez Flater spent Monday and Monday night with Helen Bogard. Mr. and Mrs. Macomb Huffman visited Jason Huffman and family Sunday. Mrs. Clina Hasler and Inez Flater visited Rebecca Clark Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bogard and Milton traveled to Bloomfield Monday. Miss Anna Cox and William McCall attended a camp meeting at Newberry Sunday night. Helen Bogard and Inez Flater visited Delia Bogard Sunday. Mrs Newton Bogard and her mother with Charles Emery spent Sunday there. Miss Elberta Catron and Kattie Holt visited Miss Della Bogard Sunday afternoon. Helen Bogard and Inez Flater visited Milton Bogard near Worthington Sunday evening, whose son has been seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Flater
Helen Bogard
Macomb Huffman
Jason Huffman
Clina Hasler
Rebecca Clark
Thomas Bogard
Milton
Bloomfield
Anna Cox
William McCall
Newberry
Worthington
Local Social News Notes from Scotland and Nearby
Delbert Denny in Scotland is at Terre Haute while Joe Roberts suffers appendicitis. Several locals visit Linton circus. visits include Mr and Mrs Dan Campbell and Earnest Huguman. Rev Etherton and wife return from Kentucky. Nicholson family visit Denny home. Plummer works for Granvil Chrisenberry threshing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Denny
Terre Haute
Joe Roberts
Robert Black
Wilbert Barker
Odon
Katie Holt
Sam Jameson
Willis Fish
Marco
Linton
Dan Campbell
Earnest Huguman
Etherton
Kentucky
Carl Nicholson
Robert Denny- John Plummer
Granvil Chrisenberry
Marvin Townsend
James Campbell
Alberta Catron
Goldie Townsend
Maple Notices and Local Visits Include Midland Trip
Maple Mrs Giles Duncan is on the sick list. Mr and Mrs Merle Jean are in Worthington this week. Edith Spangler visited Nova Dun can Saturday and Sunday. Miss Ruth Needy visited Miss Bertha Burger last Sunday. Earl Burger spent Sunday after church with Kenneth Needy. Aunt Mary Fiscus visited her sister Mrs Don Dalton last week. Frank Price and family and Mrs Mary Fiscus motored to Midland last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles Duncan
Merle Jean
Worthington
Edith Spangler
Nova Duncan
Ruth Needy
Bertha Burger
Earl Burger
Kenneth Needy
Mary Fiscus
Don Dalton
Frank Price
Midland
Sunday Visits and Local Social Roundup
Sunday visitors include James Fiscus and family with Calvin Falk and wife. Mable Herstine Lois Wall Florence and Hazel Waggoner. Thomas Sparks with daughter calling on Walter Dyer and family. Harvey Burger and Otto Collen baugh bought Chevy cars. Dyer and Walls families visited sick David Fiscus in Midland. Verlin and David Dyer went to Terre Haute to see their mother near death from stomach cancer. A crowd picnicked on Haxton bluff for Harlen Franklin who enlisted in the army and will report to camp duty in Alabama soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Fiscus
James Fiscus
Calvin Falk
Mable Herstine
Lois Wall
Florence
Hazel Waggoner
Thomas Sparks
Walter Dyer
Harvey Burger
Otto Collenbaugh
Harvey Walls
Midland
Frank Falk
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Co
Thomas Franklin
Wilbur
William Watson
Orlan Griffith
Jasonville
Neil
Verlin
David Dyer
Terre Haute
Haxton Bluff
Harlen Franklin
Alabama
Social Roundup of Local Visits and Outings
Roy Stone spent Saturday night at Henry Bartr's. Katherine Holt stayed at Clina Hasler's. Clina Hasler and Mr. Hasler hosted last Sunday at John Hasler's. Anna Cox and Pearl Lester visited Helen Bogard Sunday. Oscar Hall and family vacationed near Odon at W. S. Street's. Attendees from here went to the John Robinson circus in Linton last Wednesday. Grace Stalcup visited Wilmina Lester. M. H. Lester family Irene and Irene visited Clyde Kent Sunday eve. Elberta and Iva Catron stayed with Josie and Alice Barker. Thomas Mackall and family with Geo. Lester family at George Carnage's Lyons. Earl Clark family dined with Samuel DeMoss. Hasler and Pearl Lester with Inez Flater of Worthington at Ulysses Clark's. John Stone family called at George Blackmore's Sunday eve. Thomas Mackall and sons Oscar and John drove to Indianapolis last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Stone
Henry Bartr
Katherine Holt
Clina Hasler
John Hasler
Anna Cox
Pearl Lester
Helen Bogard
Oscar Hall
Near Odon
W. S. Street
John Robinson
Linton
Grace Stalcup
Wilmina Lester
M. H. Lester
Irene
Clyde Kent
Elberta
Iva Catron
Josie
Alice Barker
Thomas Mackall
Geo. Lester
George Carnage
Lyons
Earl Clark
Beula
Sadie Clark
Samuel DeMoss
Motors Proposed to Replace Horses in Light Field Battery
The war department notes that while motorized batteries show promise for heavier artillery, no machine yet matches horses for light field units under combat conditions. Horses are scarce and costly to maintain, but mobility and rapid action remain decisive in bringing a light battery into position.
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War Department
Providence Journal
Barrel Strawberry Patch Grows From Small LA Garden
A Los Angeles man, facing a tiny backyard, builds a strawberry patch in a barrel as described in Popular Mechanics. He bores 12 inch apart holes on the barrel sides, stacks perforated cans in the center to create soil wells, plants vines in the holes, and uses an irrigation passageway created by stacked cans with drainage near the bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Rural Ridgeport Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Widespread Sunday attendance marks church and community life in Ridgeport. Visitors and travels include J R Bullock at James Henson’s, Mrs Will Bough with Mrs Newt Holtsclaw, and Ray cave gathering. Farmers report corn at rest, while many locals such as Troy Fuller and Ivan Mills appear across town scenes.
Thrifty reuse of tin cans for food storage
Old Syracuse advice suggests using No 3 tomato or berry cans after cleaning, drying, and resealing with a soldering iron when needed. Cautions include using correct cans for acidic foods and reusing cans from vegetables only if opened properly.
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Syracuse Post-Standard
War as a remedy for insanity debated by experts
The London Globe cites Doctor Oswald of Glasgow Lunatic Asylum arguing war reduces insanity by raising living standards through employment. He claims poverty and unemployment are more fertile causes of insanity than war, a view to consider after the conflict ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald
Glasgow Lunatic Asylum
London Globe
Wanted Single Hands for Gravel Road Work in Lyons
Inquire Harmon J. Brown Lyons Ind R R No 2 for the job. Also offered is a reliable abstract service at short notice by M EF Pate on low cost. A sale: house and lot 99 by 132 feet north Stein home. Part or all. L S Graham 209 W Washington Indianapolis Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Stein Home
L. S. Graham
Washington Street
Indianapolis
Indiana
Harmon J. Brown, Lyons, Ind
M. EF
Pate
North Stein
Ind
Yielding to Necessity and the Diversity of Gifts
A discussion on noble yielding to necessity as divine and proper without fear of criticism. It argues that until necessity is clear one should not yield, and notes the poet and painter erred in lamenting limited gifts, praising diversity of talents as consoling and true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clenthes
Danger of Sleeves and Ties in Machinery
Warnings about loose clothing around machinery persist as 986 U.S. workers are killed yearly by being drawn into or thrown from rotating parts when sleeves or neckties catch. The Sci entific American urges workers to avoid loose sleeves and ties at all times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Scientific American
Lodger Asks Landlady To Tune Her Cat
The landlady greets a new lodger at breakfast. He complains her cat kept him awake. She quips about killing the cat, and he asks instead if she would mind having it tuned.
One Way to Save Shoes Offered for Cheap Repair
A local ad urges customers to bring usable shoes to the New Phillips building on the west side. Repairs will render them nearly new at a modest price, promising substantial savings as pairs cost from five to ten dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Building
West Side
For Sale Furnishings as I Leave for Training Camp
Household goods and furniture offered for sale by Fred Devilbiss who is departing for training camp on Saturday. Items include usable pieces from a home collection. Sale arranged locally with potential buyers to contact for details and pricing.
Coal diggers to lease mine near Bloomfield opening
Thomas Mackall reports four miles south of Bloomfield a coal mine will be leased and opened with access to a vein about 35 inches wide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
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Middle Taylor
Georgia Mullis
Mineral
Tom Mullis
Olaf Hasler
Virgil Mullis
Alf Mullis
Archie Malis
Freyia Emery
Maggie Feutz
Delius Barker
Grace Feutz
Ben Mullis
Rosana Mullis
Charley Smith
Koleen
Alf Ilsenogle
M. C. Feutz’s
James Chaney
Wm. Fines
Margret Haywood
Letta Foster
Nellie Hasler
Harry Lynn
Lois Barker
Emma Fedgerwood
Ruba
Ray Summerville
Richard Beard
Belle Hays
Deans
Swift’s Pride
Borax Soap
al Williams
Scotland
Lester
Ridgeport
Stalcup Grocery
Chase & Sanborn
Phoenix
Northwest Corner Square
IL. Burke
Riland Criss
J. W. Uxerd
Switz City
Yoho Brothers
Solsberry
ALL Good
Slinkard & Vosloa
Law
Democrat
W. R. Cravens
North Side Public Square
Tho
Osborn
J. A. Sparks
Marco, Ind
W. L. Slinkard
Fred Devilbiss
Columbia Everyabace
West Coast
East Coast
Ieee” Ea
Orvale
Cain, Hardware
Bloomfield, Indiana
VanMeter Hardware Co
Hasler Bros
Farmers’ Store
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