Wheat and oats yield strong in early threshing report
The early threshing shows strong yields of oats and wheat. Ott Frauenhoff farm reports 25 acres at 33 bushels per acre, Nick Herath wheat at 26, and Pearson Pendergrass’s 12 acre oat field produced 960 bushels. Nearby fields near Beaver City record 45 bushels for ten acres and 20 bushels for twenty acres.
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Ott Frauenhoff
Nick Herath
Pearson Pendergrass
Goodland
Newt, Beal
Frauenhoff
Beaver City
Ray Hollay
Cost of Country Newspapers Sparks Industry Alarm
The National Editorial Association estimates postwar newspaper costs have risen 200 to 400 percent over prewar prices while advertising and subscriptions climbed 83 and 50 percent. A new advertising scale is urged for papers with wider circulation, threatening many country papers unless adopted. Local notices report theater, visits, family events, and community activities across towns, with lost item noted and church group plans for an all day meeting.
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National Editorial Association
Taust Hye
Forty-Aiters and Labor Split Mark City Politics
A jumble of names and plans shows a local political split as forty-aiters clash with labor factions over a theater piece and governance. Norma Taluadge and Ian Born are noted, with community notices on births, gatherings, and poultry market prices.
Aviator tours and war heroes come to town weekend
Flyers visit Saturday and Sunday with ex wartime pilots Captain O J Hall Lt Morrison Fin sign Heim in Ann Arbor to earn funds for school. Flights cost 12 50 for fifteen minutes from Thayer pasture east of golf links. Spectators welcome to watch and ride if desired. Local social notices follow.
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O. J. Hall
Belgium
Ztbrugge
Morison
Finsign
Thayer Pasture
Golf Links
Red Cross
Contract Set for Excavating Furnace Room in Community Building
On Wednesday evening the committee set the contract for the excavation work in the community building. The award includes cement work and Cunningham & Adair secured the contract at 388. The furnaces are already here.
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Cunningham & Adair
Illinois and Indiana Coal Mines Strike Over Wage Rise
The day men from Illinois and about 350 Indiana mines have walked out for higher wages. No unified contracts, with Oates and wheat yielding 45 good out turn. Weather hints at rain and heat needed for a strong crop. Community notices list visits and personal news from Cool and Marseilles, with locals like the Freeses and Freeman families, car updates, and travel notes.
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Indiana
Local Business and Personal News Highlights
Allen Robertson was in town Saturday Mrs Elmer Harkrider visited Morocco friends Pauline Conn returns from Indiana Harbor Ralph Adamson visited relatives in Goodland Joe Hurtt from Chicago visited his wife’s parents Battleday Lawrence Lehold of Howe Indiana visited Brook area 10 to 15 percent off fibre chairs and rockers this month Davis county agent on two week Green Bay trip Glenn Legpold Ford salesman for D Rib er Son James Montgomery family visited Logansport Tress Turner Remington visited with brother Nason Gertrude and Letha Welsaar returned from Gooodland Dan Burley to Kendallville two years in Atlanta over Mexico fibre rockers sale Mr and Mrs Rhinehart Bossing visited Chicago Milwaukee Charles Robertson welcomed a baby girl fourth daughter Fred Lyons family spent time at Lake Winona and LaCrosse crops noted as best in Indiana
Temple Moviegrams Show Week at Temple Theater
Weekly lineup lists Wm Farnum in The Spoilers with Rex Beach story on Thursday. Friday features Chaplin in Tillie’s Punctured Romance plus Meek Sennett Comedy. Saturday Clara K Young Eyes of Youth 15 25 and Owen Moore The Desperate Hero with Christie Comedy. Norma Talmadge Isle of Conquest Wednesday. Henry Walthall The Boomerang Friday and Universal program Thursday TBA.
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Wm. Farnum
Rex Beach
Chaplin
Tillie
Clara K. Young
Robert Warwick
Hearta
Norma Talmadge
Isle ‘of Conquest
Universal
Henry Walthall
Algo Muck Sefinatt
Owen Moore
Moore
Christie
Price Increase Notice for Witch Hazel Cream
BE HESS DRUG CO warns customers of a price raise to 5 cents per unit due to higher material and labor costs, effective August 1. Also notes a dry hot wind throughout the region, leaving corn withered and fields dirty under a cloudless sky.
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Nebraska
No Compromise In Sight Delays Taxing Woes
The legislature remains deadlocked over taxing reforms as negotiators fail to agree on measures to straighten the budget. A key bill is sidetracked and no progress is reported on other items of public interest.
Bonds Sold At Par For Foresman School House
The Fletcher Trust and Savings Bank of Indianapolis bought the bonds at par though no representative attended the sale. Arty Cunningham later accepted them at par, with another bidder absent. A load of cement was unloaded last Friday for the new school building and the contractor plans to push operations as soon as material arrives.
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Foresman
Fletcher Trust and Savings Bank of Indianapolis
Grack
Arty Cunningham
Bulldog
Property Sale in Inn ul Union Township At 350 Per Acre
Last week 80 acres in Inn ul Union township Benton county sold to Sumner Dick ingon and son Lawrence from near Goodland for 350 dollars per acre. Spangler Beagley and Dick were offered 400 per acre for the two sigatus owards but refused.
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James Watt
Innul Union Township
Benton County
Sumner Dickingon
Lawrence
Goodland
Ford Spangler
Winre Beagley
Wm. Dick
Spangler
Beagley
Mannis Granted Bail After Auto Theft Arrest
A Monterey party delivered Sheriff Gardner a $200.03 bail certificate for Mannis, an alleged auto thief. Upon release, he and Casper would be taken to Kentland and bound over to the October term of court in $1000 bonds to face charges of burglarizing Floyd Welsham’s home.
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Monteray
Gardner
Mantis
Casper
Kentland
Floyd Welsham
Monticello Plans New Country Club and Golf Links
Monticello residents vote to buy 50 acres of the Pater Brooks farm north of town to build a club house with modern conveniences and 25 guest bedrooms. Alan Aity lots will be offered for cottages while the Jang riverfront spans eight miles.
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Montivello
Pater Brooks
Alan Aity
Jang
Farmer and City Worker Enter Relability Run
The passage notes a yearly cycle where a farmer plows long hours in grain fields with a four-horse tractor while a city resident travels the main roads, both to secure food for winter. It contrasts the hard labor of farming with urban labor and appetite preparation.
Isle of Conquest Screen at Temple Theater
Norma Talmadge appears in Isle of Conquest next Wednesday at the Temple Theater. Dr. Collier and Omar Felmy traveled to Chicago on Thursday for an X ray of Omar's stomach, after a year of stomach trouble.
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Norma Talmadge
Isle of Conquest
Hur
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Nina
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R. M. Clark
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Mildred
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Johnny Jump
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Ian
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Walter Ewan
John Sitmonin
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Shaffer and Warr
Cochrane & Miller
le Bersbtoan
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Newton County Hospital
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Kankakee
Charles Housel
G. D. Larrison
Hansacker
Washington, Sinois
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Howard Myers
Lloyd Dearhurtt
Wm, Muritt
Earnest James
Lester’s Ford
Charles
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Three Oaks
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Atties
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Atantic City
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Ner
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Fowler
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Elmer Harkrider
Morocco
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Lawrence Lehold
Howe, Ind
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Atlanta
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Hee
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Milwaukee
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Lake Winona
Mrs. Lyons
Gladys
Fred
LaCrosse
Hess Drug CO
Foresman School House
Mannis
Monticello
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