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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1920
Page
8
Our customers praise the farm implements for good work and durability. Plows pull light and handle easily while seeders place kernels accurately. Corn planters offer automatic markers and precision dropping, with cultivators delivering thorough soil work between rows. Visit us to see models set up as intended for full value.
Local notes list Charles White visiting friends and Grace Foresman home from DePauw for Easter. Ivan Weishaar returns from Purdue for the holiday with family. Miss Editaark heads to Weston Texas en route home in about three weeks. George Staton and wife move into Fred Walker’s vacated property. Mrs Chester Deage travels to Chicago for a sister’s hospital operation. An ad for Better Flour appears, followed by a moral reminder about honesty and improving civilization.
Mr and Mrs Hen Leopold visited relatives in Chicago this week Bring your Panama hat to Leopolds for cleaning and reblocking Calf ant Pig Clubs started last Saturday with good enrollment Miss Taylor Kentland visit over weekend Elizabeth Maya was in Mt Ayr Colorite colors sold at retail E E Hess Drug Co Good Samaritans meet with Mrs J B Lyons Jr next Monday evening Murresco and Alabastine stocked in all colors George Weishaar and family visiting near Peru Buff Rock eggs for hatching 7 per hundred 430 Mrs Otto Herath We carry Murresco in all colors Fresh fruits and vegetables received every Thursday Gardens plowed and hbarrowed while you wait H R White and Mrs David Fletcher of Lafayette guests of Mrs Weston Shepard entertainers at Easter dinner Wm Todi and daughters Clifford Todd Mel Shepard Eggs for hatching Barred Plymouth Rock 3c each Earnest Mayhew 4 16 Job English in Chicago visiting grandson.
The column records Mrs James Little hosting the M. L. Ladies on Wednesday and Easter visits by Miss Gertrude Weishaar and Miss Ruth Pence, with family gatherings for the Oster holiday. It notes J F Bell of Kentland in Brook, Ted Sell visiting from IndianPolis, and Easter entertaining at the Howard Myers home plus Will Karr and Ernest James gathering with families. Also mentions the A B Missionary Society meeting at Mrs Howard Myers, a shipment of Ben clocks, a Brook Feed Mill ad, and a sales note for meat ties tankage and Arrow Brand Hog Feed. A farm advisory discusses Hessian Fly in wheat, urging field checks, cautious plowing, and patience for potential yields before corn planting.
Farmers interested in the elevator movement at Mt Ayr have called a meeting for Monday April 12. The assembly will be in the Mt Ayr school auditorium and will be addressed by E G Macullum secretary of the Farmers Elevator Association and one actively engaged in field work along these lines. The meeting is called for 730 PM and a large gathering of business farmers is confidently expected. You are invited to be present whether you expect to become a stock holder or not and are urged to come out.
Trustees and Advisory Board of Iroquois Township Newton County Indiana petition the State Board of Tax Commissioners to issue bonds totaling 40000 for building a school house in Fortsman Inward Township. The act titled An Act Concerning Taxation approved March 11 1919 governs. A hearing is set for April 26 1920 at 10 a.m. in federal court regarding taxation protests.
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