Farm Page Notes Local Visits and School Repairs
Farm Page reports visits by Mrs. Bert Bell and sister Mrs. Deitz in Westland, observations on Watseka hospital care for Ross Padgett, and multiple calls by families including the Rice, Madden, Lowe, Gerrich, and Deitz clans. School yard moved, building repairs by Henry Wolf and John Cox, and Sunday dinner with Bert Hell family near Tab. Mrs. Bell of Morocco visited Mrs. John Plummer. Fern trip planned for Deitz family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Bell
Deitz
Westland
Ed Klopp
Henry Wolf
John Cox
KE Bert Hell
Lester Bible
Orrin Madden
Cyrus Lobr
Willie Gerrich
Peru
Imogene Gerrich
Bert Belts
Mrs. Deitz
Fern
Abe Deweese
Marie Bell
Ade
Bell
Morocco
John Plummer
Einstein Budget Explained for Iroquois Township Tax Levy
The notice explains a 1922 budget plan for Iroquois Township Newton County Indiana. It compares levies from prior years and details how $14 209 in tax funds will be raised, including a special school fund and tuition fund. The advisory board meets September 6 1921 to hear objections to the proposed expenditures and levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iroquois Township
Newton
Indiana
Iroquois
Chas
Russell
Brook Steporter
Newton County Enterprise
Chas, Russell
Troquoie Township
Am’t
Toberol Fund
State Board of Tax Commissioners
State Board
Wheat pests cost millions of bushels yearly
The USDA says saving all wheat destroyed by pests could add about 29.48 million barrels annually to US output. From 1916 to 1919 average annual wheat production was 783.85 million bushels with about 147.52 million bushels lost to disease. Efforts focus on disease prevention and resistant varieties through cereal investigations and state stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Orice
Bureau of Plant Industry
Notice to Contractors for Retaining Wall Repairs in Lee Iroquois Twp
Bids for repairing a retaining wall on the McIntosh ale ditch in Lee of Iroquois Township Newton County Indiana are due by 2 pm September 7 1921 at the trustee's Brook office. Bids may be rejected and bonds double the bid are required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brook
Lee
Iroquois Township
Newlan County
Indiana
Real Estate Transfers and a Lycurgus Quotation
Real estate transfers list several 1921 1922 deeds with names Kate May James Diack Sarah Foley Lida Butler Charlie Knapp James Black and others detailing parcels in Ashes Add Morocco Jenkins Add Brook and related tracts with prices and dates. The item closes with a quotation about Lycurgus from Epictetus noting restraint and reform through public example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate May
Katherine R. May Graotor
Kentlind
James Diack
Charles Hongland
Ashes
Morocco
Sarah Foley
Harry McConnell
Jenkins
Lida Butler
Henry J
Brook
Goodland
Charlie Knapp
Joseph M. ‘Brunton
Wilsons
James Black
Louise
Porter
Black
Resignation of Terre Haute Prohibition Chief Jones
Chief J. J. Jones, mayor of Brazil Inc and recently named group chief of Federal Prohibition Agents for the Terre Haute district, submitted his resignation to Indiana Prohibition Officer Bert Morgan. He cites an oversized district, insufficient staff, and low pay of 2260 plus 240 annually as reasons, effective immediately. Morgan notes the district has four agents who are moved frequently and declined naming a temporary replacement. The resignation came as a surprise to Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 3. Jones
Brazil, Inc
Terra Haute
Bert Morgan
Indiana
J. J. Jones
Morgan
Terre Haute
Janes
Mr. Morgan
Culling Demonstration and Farm News From Indiana County
One poultry culling demonstration is scheduled for next week on Mi Alex Elijah s farm in Jackson township inviting poultry raisers to boost productivity. Purdue farm near Wanatah will host a large meeting on 469 acres of land with soil experiments yielding notable results. A county stock show prompts questions on animal size and fatness, following a four-bull scale at a Springfield-bound event. The Jefferson township Farm Bureau meeting discussed wheat sowing and fertilizer needs. A big September 17 picnic planning meeting occurred at Brook with a new horse shoe tournament. Five acres of oats on A J Zimmer s Grant township farm yielded 63 bushels per acre without fertilizer, drilled seeding noted as favorable. The sub structure of Indiana s largest bridge near Attica progressed, with a six-span reinforced concrete design across the Wabash river, funded by the county and supervised by the state highway commission. The 20-foot roadway and 5-foot walks with railings, plus ornamental lighting, reflect a major public works project. estimated cost around 275000 dollars. The bridge foundation sits 13 feet below low water and rests on 20-foot pilings, with the deck 37 feet above water. The Dixig Bee Line highway connects Evansville to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mi. Alex Elijah
Jackson Township
Indiana
Wabash River
Attica
Fountain County
Bridge Department
State Highway Commission
Charles W. Zeller
Preaching at M and E Church and Brook Quarterly Conference
There will be preaching at the M E Church next Sunday at 10 30 with Sunday school at 9 30 A M No evening service. The fourth and last Quarterly Conference for Brook and Foresman will be held at the M E Church in Brook next Thursday at 7 30 P M. Sunday school at 9 20 and preaching in evening at 7 30 P M with pictures to be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brook and Foresman
M. EB
Brook
Public Library to Close for Wall Redecoration
The Public Library will be closed from Friday August 26 through the following Thursday or Friday for redecoration of the walls.
Local News Briefs and Health Ads from Goodland Area
Local residents A D Babcock, Wm Gerrich family, John Lyons, George Crudden and families, Rev Longwell and family, Mrs Ad Burton, A F Sherer of Haviland Ohio share travel and health notes. An advertisement touts Grando Pine cough syrup as relief for lingering coughs and colds, with instructions to send 0 cents to The land Aid Co Fort Wayne Indiana. Also notices of visits by Mrs H D Clark, Mrs Claude Killett, Miss Mary Moberly, Mrs C B Stonehill, and Mrs Edward Becher, with medical staff listed for a Goodland clinic event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Fi. Sherer
Haviland
Ohio
Virgil Whaley
Ian Rewnson
Claude Pine
land-Aid Co
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Montgomery & Snyder
Glande Pine cough medicine advertised for quick relief
An old advertisement touts Glande Pine as a potent cough remedy, claiming rapid throat relief, mucus reduction in lungs, and prevention of pneumonia complications. It promotes a concentrated formula to be mixed with syrup or honey, urging daily use and claiming a long standing cure record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cland-Aid Co
Fort Wayne Ind
Stray Baggage Always Has Most Valuables
New York baggage handlers say lost trunks often contain diamonds necklaces and other valuables yet items like dresses shirts and clothing usually fill the stash when recovered Anxious travelers report remarkable contents while examinations reveal exaggerated losses in many cases a Grand Central view on stray luggage
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New York
Grand Central Tenni
Envelopes Letterheads Ad From Brook Publishing Co
A Brook Publishing Co advertisement promotes envelopes and letterheads services. It lists contacts including Clifford Davis John Hershman Jr Rolland VanDerVoort Wm Lyons Fielder Lyons and Pred Lyons Jr. who recently returned from a camping trip on Lake Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Brook Publishing Co
Clifford Davis
John Hershman
Rolland VanDerVoort
Wm, Lyons
Fielder Lyons
Pred Lyons, Jr
Lake Manila
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the Brook Reporter
ADE News
Ross Padgett
Watseka
Geo
Ray Rice
Miss Frankl
Miss Lambert
Dick Bartlett
Hue
Ruth
Clyde Flemming
Kdoya
Meredith Lowe
Tab
Eugene Thayer
John J. Wilson
Battle Ground
Detey
Bevore
Newton Cox School
Newton County
Chas. Russell
T. B. Collier
Joe Ade
Michigan
Mra
Warren McCray
McCray
Lycurgus
Lycurgue
Lyurgus
Epictetus
Quita
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S. S. Davis
Purdue
Wanatah
Gav. McCray
Springfield
Illinois
Jefferson Township
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Committee
A. J. Zimmer
Grant Township
ENS
A.D. Babcock
Wm. Gerrich
John B. Lyons
Indianpolis
George Crudden
Chas. Denham
Fountain Park
Longwell
Monon
Ad Burton
Monticello
H. D. Clark
Fowler Day
H. M. Clark
Mrs. Claude Killett
Indianapolis
Chas. Robertson
Mary Moberly
LaGrange, Ilinois
L. E. Lyons
C. B. Stonehill
Frank
Edward Becher
Goodland J
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