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Newspaper

Brook Reporter

Location

Brook, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1922

Page

5

Kicking to Victory The Rugged Road to Success

A Bloomington Ind May dispatch shares motivational vignettes about persistence. A milkman finds a frog on a butterball after its tale of stubborn effort. The piece cites Washington Bruce Jones and others, urging readers to endure trials, test themselves, and keep kicking toward success amid economic hardship. It notes Indiana University campus trees like the ginko, olive cypress, and magnolia as curiosities and ends with a reflection on optimistic prosperity.

Dauntless Resation George Washington United States Robert Bruce Tia Bruce Tal Himgely John Paul Jones Tey Bloomington Ind Indiana University Japan W Hose Department of Botany

Fourth annual club roundup drew 1300 plus attendees

More than 1300 boys and girls attended the fourth annual club roundup at Purdue University May 2 to 4 representing 600 counties. The event offered short courses in agriculture with judging demonstrations by faculty. Winners included Robert Hulley Marion in corn and Joseph Perry Columbus in livestock judging, among others. Plymouth led demonstrations, with Parke and Goshen county teams placing in contests.

Purdue University Imeu[anes Knosciuska Robert Hulley Marion Huntington County Crawfordsville Worthington Harrison County Idam Moresville Joseph Perry Columbus Brazil Mathew Yount Scottsburg Plymouth Parke County Goshen Logansport Moores Hill Scott County Dorothy Worrel Hendricks County Montgomery County Harriett MecGutcheon Vanderburg Jean Summitttville Lilluian Starkhouse Summittville Clay County Uni

Working students at Franklin college earn higher grades

A Franklin Indiana survey by Bethe Webb Ellen Crawford under Prof E H W Shideler shows 44 percent of local students work for pay and earned 22.15 credit points in the first semester compared with 17.27 by nonworkers. Workers averaged 3.16 more credit points than nonworkers.

Franklin, Ind May Indiana Bethe Webb Jeanor Crawford Franklin College E. H W. Shideler Franklin

Classified Ad Teaser for Sales and Rentals

If you have something to sell rent or exchange phone 28 find buyers fast with a Reporter's ads. This compact header echoes the newspaper tone urging readers to place ads for quick results in the upcoming issue.

Notch Jack and Clydesdale stallion stand at Chapin farm

Pure bred Beau Ideal No 8954 and Criterion's Best No 1F940 stallions will stand the entire summer at Chapin farm four miles east of Troquois schoolhouse. Terms: 10 to insure healthy cost, service fee due if more is parted with. Chapin and Thayer May 19.

Jack Criterion Chapin Farm Troquois Chapin & Thayer

Local News From East Chicago And Lafayette Circles

L. L. Hershman visits Chicago on business while a letter from Hube Berlin notes prosperity. George Conn suffers a nervous breakdown at his East Chicago home. Families like the Gritleys and Bishops visit relatives in Indiana. Various social events and hospital news populate the week from Clarke County to Lafayette with church and school activities mentioned.

George Conn East Chicago Jennie Conn Clarke County Indiana

Farm Bureau Meeting Highlights in Ade Church

The Washington township Farm Bureau met at Ade Church Friday night with a men’s quartet performance by Bert Kenoyer William Whaley Sr Merble Chapman and Harold Spangler drawing applause. June 16 was named as the farm bureau picnic day for all township farmers and their families.

Washington Township The Farm Bureau Ade Bert Kenoyer Wiliam Whaley Merble Chapman Harold Spangler

Power Sprayer Boosts Orchard Spraying Efforts

William Van Dyke of Kentland has acquired a power spraying outfit with a two horse power engine and a 300 pound air compressor, delivering a fine spray at five gallons per minute. The device promises thorough spraying for the upcoming apple crop, and his work is praised as up-to-date and efficient.

William van Dyke Kentland van Dyke

Purdue expert outlines striped cucumber beetle control

Tafayette Ind May 8 Purdue University Extension head Frat JI Davis explains a dust method to curb striped cucumber beetle, a major pest of cucumber melon crops in Indiana. Mix one pound calcium arsenate with twenty pounds gypsum and dust on plants when beetles first appear, reapplied every three to four weeks.

Tafayette Ind JI. J. Davis Purdue University

Grant Township Farm Bureau Meeting in Goodland

About twenty five members attended the reg ular Grant township Farm Bureau meeting in Goodland on Saturday night. Preliminary plans for the township picnic were discussed but no date announced. Orders for binding twine reached 4300 pounds and a local handler was urged. Neely Wilson & Son of Brock reported their store room inoculated soybeans with gluci method and assisted multiple farmers, noting soils nitrogen enrichment.

Grant Township Farm Bureau Goodland Neely Wilson & Son Brock Wilsons

Railroads Prohibited From Outsourcing Shop Repairs

The Railroad Labor Board ruled that railroads cannot contract their repair work outside their own shops. The move aims to keep control over workers and likely faces supreme court review. If upheld, repair costs may rise as competition for outside work is curtailed.

Railroad Labor Board Imen Railway Board Supreme Court of the U. S Labor Board

Pine cough remedy claims cures for child and adults

Relates a Haviland Ohio shop owner named A F Sherer praising Grando Pine as a cure for his son's long cough. The ad warns neglectful coughs weaken lungs and raise illness risk, promotes three ounces to make a pint of cough syrup, and urges readers to order from The Gin Company Fort Wayne Indiana. Mentions use for coughs cold bronchial ailments and croup, with preparation directions and Montgomery & Snyder selling location.

A. F. Sherer Haviland Ohio Claude Pine Fort Wayne Indiana

Eastern Stars Schedule and Notices

The regular meeting nights of the Eastern Stars are the third Tuesday evenings of each month. All members are welcome. Clara Little, W M. Ida Lowers, Secretary.

Eastern Stars Clara Little W. M Ida Lowers

Notice Against Hunting on Protected Lands in County

For the protection of birds and harmless animals all persons are notified against hunting shooting or trespassing on lands owned or controlled by the undersigned without the owner's permission. Violators will be prosecuted under state law. Names listed include Wm VanDerVoort Geo Stair Ed Kiifner Jacob Bringte Frank Heratd Joy Merchant Harry Gerrich Plus Unger M Johnston J R Hershman John Montgomery C J Barten Harry Ware Ed Hess W Pence F A Tyler Lyons George Jos Ade John Foresman Jacob Bowers Aberewees Howard Grigga Frank Ervin Sample Martin Bros Chas Kindly HM Light Harvey Waling.

Wm. VanDerVoort Geo. B. Stair Kiifner Jacob L. Bringte Frank Heratd Joy Merchant Harry Gerrich Plus Unger M. Johnston J. R. Hershman John Montgomery C. J. Barten Harry Ware Hess W.D. Pence F. A. Tyler Lyons George & Jos Ade John Foresman Jacob Bowers Aberewees Howard Grigga Frank Ervin Sample Martin Bros Chas Harvey Waling

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Optimists Andler Lebanon S. G. Kindig Kindig Brothers Indiana Ots Tal'able L. L. Hershman Hube Berlin W. A. Gritley Kankakee Ulinois Arthur Bishopp Lafayette John B. Lyons John Pence Schuyler Jones Joan Greencastle Eastern Star Club D. J. Burley Karr Burey Hostetres John Elison Renselaer Hospital Filson John Fores Man Mrs. Ezra Fix Berhard Jamies Mr. Fix Mrs. Fix Howard Myers John Stonehill O. M. Lyons Link Light Lewise Unger Ruth Pence D. Robinson Foreign Missionary Society of the U. S. Church Lizzie Buswell McDonald A. T. Buswell C. B. Mallath Frank Brewer Mar Oscar McCarty Henry McFarland oGeraid Harvey McCarty U. BR Chirch Lawn Church Lawn Krarmers E. F. Duvall Jessen's Jewelry Store Rensselace Grant Twp Farm Bureau the Brook Reporter Newton County A. D. Babcock Winl Tankagy Tankaga E.S. Hess, Mer Montgomery & Snyder Marcus Foresman Brook Tud G. D. Larrison T. E. Collier, M.D Attech Brook, Ind C. A. Wood J. E. Tinder D.V.M Ofice Lyons & Hershman Riati, Lodge Castle Hall Ww. VanDerVoort C. C, R, E, Cunningham AL M. Lodge Walter G W. S. Gunningham Connecticut Hartford National Liberty W. 5 Cunningham
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