Farm Notes and Contest Call for Five Acre Corn Yield
Farm notes describe Newton County farmers enrolled in the Five-acre Corn Contest with optional fifth-acre plots anywhere in the field. Winners may receive bronze silver or gold medals. Club activities weigh pigs and calves next week and members must keep animal weight records. Also noted are sale ads for two good tower go-phers and items about Rome's Colosseum lease and Louvain Library reconstruction as a war memorial.
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Newton County
Club Niiiness
County School Commencement Heard In Newton County
Dr Shannon to speak at county commencement with music by local Newton county group. Mr Yocum from Kankakee to sing, Mildred Shilts attends Schnider graduation in Lowell, neighbors note Mr Edward Boyle’s improving health. Local sale of hats and records advertised by Mrs P D Wells. remark on U S auto and truck numbers.
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Shannon
Newton County
Frank W. Gunsaulus
Central Church
Chicago
Yocum
Newton County Péadle
Mg. Yocum
Kankakee
Mildred Shilts
Lowell
Schnider
J. D. Rich
North Newton
Edward Boyle
Sound Pure Bred Stallion Criterion’s Best No 15940
Criterion’s Best, a pure bred stallion listed as number 15940, is presented in a registry record. B Krueck is noted as secretary in the short entry. The terse note confirms ownership or registration details within a stud book context.
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Bill Jack Co
Brook
Indiana
Newton County
Andy Marks
Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board
Real Estate Transfers in McClellan Two Area 1920 21
A series of property transfers recorded in McClellan two and nearby additions. Transactions include Jacob W. Clinegard selling Lot 2 Block in Grandadil Brook to Joseph J. Jones for 300 dollars on August 17 1920, Frank Holser selling part of Lot 33 original plat Goodland to Clarence A. Doland for 2500 on March 16 1921, JT J Wilson Co selling NW Sec 15 Lake-two to C F Claus gen and Son for 1000 on April 13 1921, Stella E Murphy selling Lots 1 2 Block 26 Pair Grounds Add Moracro to Fred G Richmire for 1333 on September 22 1920, Bessle L Hamilton de Frera Richmire et al to Int Lot 1 2 Block 25 Fair Grounds Add Moracro on September 4 1930 for 2500 30, Thad Mott selling Block 13 Conrad to Binnie Flattot for 300 on September 14 1920, Dinwiddie Co to J B Anderson NW NW Sec 11 Washington two on October 3 1920 for 5181 75, Elbert T Hurrig to Jesse Harrin Roberts and int involving NY and NW NW Sec 29 NE Sec 29 part NE Sec 34 part NW Sec 35 all in McClellan two on April 16 1921 for 1 09, Elbert T Harris to Virginia Harris in various fractional shares of Secs 33 27 28 etc in McClellan two on April 16 1921 for 1 00.
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Frank Holser
Clarence A. Doland
Goodland
JT J. Wilson Co
C. F. Claus
Gen and Son
Lake-two
Stella E. Murphy
Fred G. Richmire
Moracro
Besslé L. Hamilton de Frera G
Richmire
Fair Grounds
Morac
Thad Mott
Binnie Flattot
Conrad
Dinwiddie
Anderson
Washington
Elbert T. Hurrig
Jesse Harrin Roberts
Part
Nee
McClellan
Elbert T Harris
Virginia Harris Undiv .Vnt
Local Church Plans Morning Unite and Evening Sermons
Church members announce a unified morning service at Disciples Church next Sunday with Sunday school at 10 30 and Epworth League at 6 30 pm Thorn will preach at 7 30 pm. Sunday school meets at 9 30 am each week. Mrs Eugene Thayer hosts Ladies Aid next Wednesday afternoon.
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Disciples «Church
Epworth League
Ladies’ Aid
Eugene ‘Thayer
Thorn
Bank Bandits Get Life in Double Indictment Trial
Four men convicted under a per petration of a crime statute for murder in the course of a bank robbery. They were all armed and participated in the gun fight that led to their capture, though no killer was proven. Sentencing followed as the crowd heard details and a child clung to Silbert as the verdict was read. Local notices mention boosters from Kankakee, a cyclist, and visitors to Whitley with farm and race notes amid coal industry trivia.
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Jat
Laine
Indiana
Silbert
Li. W. Rouse
Education for an Easier Path Across Generations
Our grandparents and parents aimed to ease education for their children and now our children seek easier routes for schooling. The essay notes the old saying there is no royal road to learning and warns against overprotection, urging hard work and the value of understanding life’s phases. A girl named Neilsen Conn fractured an arm in Beaver City. Dr. Collier treated her at Rensselaer. Wanted: Lot 25 in Lyons second addition to Brook. 640 car meat meal tankage to be moved around May 13. contact G. E. Vast.
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Neilsen’ Conn
Beaver City
Collier
Rensselaer
Majority of Morocco students underweight study
Miss Carpenter weighed 173 pupils in Morocco school across rooms Corbin Garther Dearhurst Ketcham and seventh grade reporting 31 normal and 143 underweight. Eight grade in high school not weighed.
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Carpenter
County Health Nutse
Morocco
Miss Corbin
Miss Garther
Miss Dearhurst
Miss Ketcham
Miss Winter
Shower honors Miss Florence Schaffer bride elect
A Wednesday evening shower at Miss Gladys Lyons home honored Miss Florence Schaffer, with guests giving advice for married life and sharing menus for the couple’s first visit to their new home. Neighbors John Gehring and family visited, and Otto Franco’s group spent part of the week at Blue Grass Farm near Kankakee with Quince Hoods Webb Sell and the Gehrings.
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Gladys. Lyons
Florence Schafter
Globe
John Gehring
Otto
Franco
Quince Hoods
Webb
Gehrings
Kankakee
Blue Grass Farm
Walter Armold Dramatic Jump From Chicago Building
Walter Armold, a resident of Kentland, leaped from the third story of a Chicago hospital to the pavement. He broke both arms and one leg and sustained two concussions. He was delirious at the time and remains in critical condition.
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Walter Armold
Kentland
Checago -Hospital
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Farm Page
the Brook Reporter
Harry Bruner
United Stat
Colisium
Rome
Mition Picture Company
O Wce
Louvain
County School Commencement
Columbia
Pathe
United States
Free Lyons
J. D. Rice
H. Ma Lisur
Julian
Wheishaar
Beau Ideal
Chapin & Thayer
Newon County
C. M. McGonneth
Harry M. Moberly
B. Krueck
Jacob W. Clinegard
Joseph 'J. Jones
Wndig Int
Block & Sells Grdadil Brorok
L. C. Lyons
Marshall
Lyons
G. L. Chapman
Walter Hess
Indianapolis
Grand
Bossung & Merchant
Bossung& Merchant
BR. Bossung
Grace Park
W. Carpenter
Federated Club
Monticello
Misa Carpenter
J. D. Robertson
Wm. Black
L. F. Porter
Hebron
Sam'l Hays
Misa Elizabeth Hays
Ee Jom Zimmerman
Remington
Staten
John
George Major
Lebanon
Pete
SOUND
S. G. Kindig Farm
Kent Land
Ty Kindig' Drothers
Rensselaer l
Satten
Mark Karr
Larsy
Whitley
Earl
Mark
Joe
Claude Fix
Clinton
L. A. Sunderland
Claude
Murray
Little Gir
A.L. Sawyer
Valparaiso
Ind
Sanitary
Connecticut
Hartford
National Liberty
W'S. Cunningham
Brook, Indiana
Florence Schaffer
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