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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1921
Page
4
Fragmentary item mentions Howard Myers and Chas Spangler in Indiana. Reference to baby chicks, Pratts grain food, Hess Drug Co, differentials and transmissions, and a service garage offering new grease gun and while-you-wait service. Readable fragments point to a local business notices collection.
Brook residents formed the Brook Baseball Club after a Monday meeting. Their first game is set for Sunday against Remington at Remington. Officers elected were Bud James as manager and Joe Badger as secretary. A home ground is undecided with several fields in view. The report notes weekly updates for scores and schedules. Also mentioned is a fireproof cover for airplane gasoline tanks developed by aero nautical experts, described as leak and crash resistant.
Ade school crowds enjoyed a well filled basket dinner and a big ball game with Dick Whaley Brown Doty and Mr Clarkson as star players. Charles Porter and family traveled to Crawfordsville and wind was noted on the return trip. Mrs Bert Bell and sons were in Morocco between trains. Farmers moved grain this week and Fred Freedline began bridge work south of Ade. Lloyd Burton plowed after night while Chas Gerrich and wife shopped in Morocco Friday. G E West promotes feed markets and pledges best placement for buyers.
Three local men report Good Friday crucifixions in Northern New Mexico during Holy Week rites by a religious order. Two victims were bound to wooden crosses for over thirty minutes, leaving their condition described as critical. The incident is presented as an honored participant tradition.
The Goodland baseball season begins Sunday May 1 with a home game against the Talbot Tigers, a team parity known from last year. Manager L A Walker of the Reda signs 1921 squad including J T Chamberlain Chalmer s Jesse Haliday Chris Mulligan Paddy McGraw James Mesd Mike Dwyer Bert Gravel Ralph Heck L Gorman and Mr Jones of Rensselaer. Other items note cabbage plants for sale and old papers, plus a Six Nations Indians appeal to King George III over enfranchisement and tribal government preservation.
About fifty patrons gathered at Foresman School on Thursday April 21 to celebrate Closing Day. They brought lunch and a noon feast was shared. A literary program by Foresman school children followed and County Superintendent W O Schanlaub spoke about the new school building benefits. The old school house was closed with fond memories. For sale seed corn and baby chick feed advertised by E B Hess Drug Co.
John Mc Cloud in Goodland Indiana advertises cabbage tomatoes cauliflower celery and sweet potato plants plus peppers mangoe and seeds including Salvia and Aster. Sunday dinner guests include granddaughter Dorothy Hate from Chicago while Mr J N Pendergrass hosts Samm Waling and small Pay Pendergrass.
Former students of Schuette School gathered for a closing day reunion described by Minnie Stone and reminiscences from E T Lee now in Sandpoint Idaho. Chas Russell outlined a new school system to be implemented next year as photos and goodbyes concluded the event.
The Town of Brook Newton County Indiana passes a sidewalk construction plan on North Highway Street linking Lots 7 8 9 10 11 in Lyons Addition with a 915 foot concrete path. Ordinance No 14 enforces four foot width and grade standards and requires publication for three weeks with an emergency taking effect upon passage.
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