Local Visits and Socials Spread Across Kentland
Eddie Baer and John Connelly visited Kokomo Sundays while George Ekstrom returned from Purdue on Tuesday. Numerous local residents sent and received guests from South Bend Chicago Milwaukee and Indianapolis. The Outing Club enjoyed a gathering at Mrs Annie Reed’s home. many families hosted relatives and friends, and merchants advertised new stock and services as the community prepared for Memorial activities and a county W C T U Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Reed
Chance to Save Sugar by Growing Free Sorghum Seed
Tei 123B Thomas Tebo offers free sorghum seed to growers who will plant and deliver crops to his mill at the P. Merrifield farm located 2 miles north and 114 west of Brook. Prospective farmers are invited to participate in this seed program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Merrifield Farm
Brook
Thomas Tebo
Notice to Soldiers and Sailors to March to Community Building
The notice calls soldiers sailors and marines to meet and march to the Community Building on Sunday. It honors comrades who fell in the great struggle across the seas and in avery camps and the memory of Civil War veterans who preserved the nation.
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Avery Camps
Local Business and Personal News Highlights
Frank Davie returns from Lafayette on business while Abe Dewees and Arty Davis visit Montreallo. Deane Arthur Rowley announces the birth of a baby in Pounds Wisconsin on May 29. Gasoline tanks fitted at the Service Garage. peaches selling 40 to 55 cents per can. Lincoln township reports sixth baby born to Mr and Mrs Frank Rush. Tailored shoes priced 3.50 to 7.50. One Tower Gopher and two Eagle cultivators for sale. Nelda Courtright in Watseka hospital for appendectomy. Kentland farmers plowing and cultivating corn. Mrs J B Foresman and Mrs Lee Clark visit DePauw University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane Arthur Rowley
Pounds
Wisconsin
County Federated Clubs Meet at Morocco
The annual Newton County federated women's clubs gathering occurred in Morocco on Wednesday. A fine program featured each club’s number with Brook representation including Mrs. Mark Foresman and others. Florence Shaffer sang with pianist Miss Jennie Gaines. Mrs. McWhirter of Indianapolis delivered the address on right living and thinking. Officers for the coming year were elected, with Mrs. as chairman.
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Federated Women's Clubs
Newton County
Morocco
Brook
Mark Foresman
John Lawrence
J. C. Lyons
Fred R. Foresman
Perry Gaines
Misa
Florence Shaffer
Brook Club
Jennie Gaines
McWhirter
Indianapolis
Salvation Army Drive Date Set For May Twenty Eighth
Fr day drive announced with start at 9 A M and continuing through day. Local organizers urge prompt donations to support the Salvation Army home service appeal. Prominent national figures praise the Army’s wartime welfare work and social impact.
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Salvation Army
Salvation Army Home Service
Salvaion Army
Woodrow Wilson
John J. Pershing
Theodore Roosevelt
Frankin K. Lane
Interior
Bronk
J.B. Lyons
New Ice Cream and Soda Parlors Open Saturday
Bernard James relocated to the Boyer Building quarters and refreshed the room for cigar candy and news trade. He partitions the space with beaver board and lattice to create privacy for the soda trade while maintaining air flow. The lobby features marble tops, sanitary tiles, a fountain and candy cases. Women and children are welcomed and girl attendants will serve.
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Bernard James
Boyer Building
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Eddie Baer
John Connelly
George Ekstrom
Purdue
John Cawley
South Bend
Joe Irwin
Joe Badger
Chicago
Earl Clinton
Blue Grass
Robert Cunningham
Wm. Cunningham
Kentland
Lind, Bossing & Merchant
Waiter Hess
Wm. McMillen
Masonic Lodge
Mr. Lee Brashears
George McDaniel
Swanington
Bennett Family
Mrs. Burkett
Frank Corbin
St South Bend
Charles Russell
J. D
Sunderland
Pajiline Lyons
Kathryn Sickafoose
F. A. Scott
Mel
Fanny Hansel
Children
Mrs. Larrison
Fred Lyons
Gladys
Frauenhoff
Miss Erginger
Chris Barton
Manhattan
the Dormer
Bossing & Merchant
George Bland
Milwaukee
Sabin
Chica’ Co
Byron
Miss Eunice Park
Mary Thayer
Eugene Thayer
G. B. Smith
Geogre Shepard
Goodland
Fred Challis
Tilbury
Essex County
England
Samuel Waling
Mrs. Challis
Mr. Waling
L. C. Lyons
Fred Foresman
Marcus Foresman
Reciprocity Club
E. E. Hess Drug Co
Wm. Ca
Houser
Walter Flowers
Wm. Beal
Richs
Mel Thornton
Hanmond
Pauline Conn
Rensselaer
Mrs. Lem Conn
Meriala
Hossing & Merchant
P. W. Horton
Ind
Eiffintaen
Nina Sargison
Indiana Central College
Nason Turner
R. B. Foresman
Charles Welch
George Welch
Marie O’reilly
Thornton
Ensil Vosberg
John Lyons
W. TH. Moreman
Georgetown
Indiana
Nora, Rosenbarger
Washington D. C
James Davis
Bro
Arthur Bennett
Tel
G. Adkin Jr
Howard Snidger
A. M. Snyder
Ed. Kiiner
Crawfordsville
Howard
Khitmer
Peter Camp
Rush
Hattie
Watseka
B. Hess Drug Co
Jamee Little
Little
Percy Little
Will Lite
Roy Lawrence
Crook
Guy Little
Chalmers
Ralph Sterner
Maréchal
Woopston
John McCloud
Goodland Ind
John Marlow
E.D. Zook
Brown
Newtown
Zook
Warr’s
Charled+ Adamson
Song and Stater
Sam Sauders
Lafayette
Ernest Gilbert
Chicago l
W. C. T. U. Institute
U. B
Carla J. Wayhinger
Sugar
Marines
Frank Davie
Abe Dewees
Arty Davis
Frank Rush
Lincoln Township
Janesville
Tsed
W. D. Pence
Glenn H. Leopold
FORD
Co. Rifer & Son
Misa Nelda Courtright
Kent Estate
J. B. Foresman
Safer
Lee Clark
Grace Foresman
DePauw University
Willam Schanlaub
Pentland
James Stewart
Ruth Fox Off
Edwin Stewart
Indianapolis Goodland
Young
Grant Shal- Dearhurst
James
Bach Boyer Building
Bethel Fairfax
Hereford Breeders’ Association
Kentland Overland
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