Session of the City Council Appropriation and Street Work
City council session notes approve Patrick Shabsn storm water contract and bond. authorize Lebanon Water Works appraisal. discuss street cleaning methods and three mile road law. grant $100 for barn addition. treasurer and clerk reports filed. numerous water works and city department disbursements and claims listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Shabsn
Booth Street
Smith
George H. Adams
B. F. Herdrick
Noble Street
Three Mile Road
Indianapolis
West Corporation
Southty
South C Street
Water Works Committee
Lebanon Water Works System
A. Neese
Lebanon Street
Nolte Street
District mothers clubs program at Jefferson High School Lafayette
Indiana branch Mothers Clubs and Parent Teachers Association district program held at Jefferson High School Lafayette featured sessions on child welfare, school and church roles, round tables, and committee reports. Other notes include local social updates and recent hospital moves involving area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Mothers Clubs
Jefferson High School
Lafayette
Wedensday
Grant Teeters
Mire
W. Q. Crouse
Telet
Local Fire Department Expenses Document Aged Ledger
Ledger fragment lists spending items for the fire department including inspector services, insurance, printing, drayage, garbage collection, materials and labor for the treasurer’s office, gas from Indiana Lighting Co, and public lighting charges. Entries cite individuals such as T. M. Small J. W. Jones David T. Richardson Earnest Stoops and J. W. Sharmate with amounts varying, ending with a blended total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Small
Sewr Pam $Dlor Co
J. W. Jones
Lebanon
J. W. Sharmate
Frank Herod
David T. Richardson
Earnest Stoops
Indiana Lighting Co
Tateratate Public Service Co
Parents And Teachers Meet On School Sanitation Talk
A crowded Monday night PTA gathering at the third ward school heard EB Rogers discuss cigarette laws and penalties while Dr W F King outlined school sanitation needs. Miss Lydia Bell reported high smoking rates among older students and urged enforcement, with placards proposed. the session urged parental visits to schools to assess conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. O. Rogers
Pearance
I A. E. Lewis
W. F. King
State Health Commission
Dr. King
Harry
King
Indiana
Indista
National Teachers Association
Salt Lake City
Around the Hearth Stone Practice Makes Perfect
A moral strip on home manners for boys and girls urges parents to teach table etiquette and conversation at home. It warns against poor posture and noisy eating, stresses talking intelligently about current topics, and highlights how a loving hearth shapes character and social success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
Big Mother
Enjoyment at Home Warns Against Social Silence
A fragment urges readers to keep homes lively and open to laughter, warning that denying social enjoyment risks dulling spirits and letting the sun fade your carpets with cobwebs. It promotes warmth, shared cheer, and resisting a somber mindset.
Educators Urge Sanitary Upgrades in Indiana Schools
A speech by Dr King urged fixes to sanitary conditions in Indiana schoolhouses, linking life conservation to education quality. He cited 372 new buildings last year costing 4 million dollars amid 5,000 unfit structures statewide, and warned fires could rise to 190 before school year end. He noted widespread health issues among students and pressed home and school cooperation, including a meeting with the city school board and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Boong County
King
Inifana Merdival
Davia
Brown
Eouth
Catfos and
Plekley
China, Land of Opportunity in 1900s Haverhill Note
A missionary report from Haverhill notes China has changed greatly under foreign influence. Yuan Shikai’s government receives improved sanitation and welfare measures, but many broken idols remain a Christian challenge. The piece urges Americans to seize opportunity by sending teachers engineers and tradesmen, and to advance Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Jones
Hattie B. Stokes
Ann
China
Land OF Opportunity
Haverhill
Mass
Clarence A. Burch
Orient
Yuan Shin-kai
America
Chicago Faces Record Cold Two Years Deep Freeze
The Chicago area endured the coldest weather in two years with mercury near zero and a record low of 6.7 below. Two deaths occurred and many injured as fires and frostbite spiked, while charity workers rushed to aid the cold stricken in frigid conditions across the midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Peter Gillian
Corneline Sheehan
Bloomington
Illinois
Florida
Pleasant Surprise Honors Alva Boyland on Birthday Eve
A surprise party hosted by Sophie Boyland at their home on Haat Superior street celebrated Alva Boyland’s twenty fourth birthday with a 7 30 chicken supper, games, and conversation. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Robert White and family, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hardy and daughter Florence May, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Boyland
Sophie Boyland
Haat Superior Street
Mr. Boyland
Robert White
Bernard and
Joian
Valentine’s Day Social At Mrs Groves House
Valentine day social scenes unfold as Miss Harriet Waldron hosts Mercatytah Club members Saturday night at Mrs Will Groves home. Guests enjoy cards dancing with prizes won by Tole Moore and Allen. A simple refreshments course is served amid cheerful chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentines
Frank Breedlove
Minty Ben Tot
Harriet Waldron
Mercatytah Club
Will Groves
Miages
Tole Moore
Allen
A. Delightt
Local Socials Note On Indiana Weekend Visits
Halle Hamilton travelled to Indiana polis Saturday to attend the Mural and English theatres. Mr and Mrs Ora Powell of South West street visited with Indianapolis relatives over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halle Hamilton
Indianapolis
Ora Powell
South Weststreet
Also Mentioned on This Page
Water Works Committee Direct
Police Department
St SeVer
Bolis
Ik Tations
Library Board
Wecomes
MOS
Total
H.C. Bmiltii Coat Co
Taylor Belling Co
Leonard Langjahr
Jobo Kersey
Frank Cory
Central Ind. Ry Co
Vancamp Hardware Co
Haven
Standard OW Co
Yeee Crane Co
Mdise
Interstate Public Service Co
Bower
Chas I. Morgan
Selvence W. C. Ridgway
Councilman
Maters A. J. Plue
Chas Robuins
Clubs
Bine
M.C. Wel
Church
Sean Sumner
Morton Cogswell
Melville North
Babe
Williams Hospital
East Elm Street
Oscar Lane
Gall Stoney
Wil- Name Hospital
Bainbridge
Lloyd Sicks
Nottesville Road
Gardner White
Wiliams Hospital
Djenly
Earl Atkinson
Danglniy
Ind
Noblesville Road
H.C. Gullion
W. H. Moore
East Washington Street
Edythe Ransdell Hall
Will Hansdell
D. W. Foster
Richmond
Morris Horner
Honeywell Evangelistic
Union Churches
United Churches
Joe Rand Bucket
Washington Boulevard
Indianapolis Star
Becket
Mary Ann
Baker
A. M. Baker
Pola
Georgia DuVall
Aton
Minols
Moe
Opal Hadley
Leon
Ard Langjahr
Jotun
Pavall
Mochan
Fosburg
Third Ward
Assistant Secretary of State
Health Board
E. C. Rogers
Miss Bell
Parent-Teachers Association
Algat
Cuba
Godey
Ster
Alva Boysland
Coulter Park
Big Four Railway Co
D. M. Clark
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