War Finance Committee formed for Corn Belt aid
The War Finance Corporation announced the Corn Belt Advisory Committee with members including Warren T. McCue and B T Meredith aiming to coordinate banking support for orderly corn marketing and livestock feeding. The group will establish Chicago headquarters and seek farmer banker cooperation through Agricultural Loan Agencies to bolster financing amid current conditions. The article also notes the death of Emma Hardy and a local sale listing in Brook, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Finance Corporation
Warren T. McCue
Indiana
Indianapolis
B. T. Meredith
Nes Moines
Iowa
Vive-Caatm
RI Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Ilinois
Edward Chambers
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Illinois
Alexander Legge
International Harvester Company
Illnois
Chas. Brand
Urbana
Ohio
Lloyd 5. Tenny
Bureau of
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington D.C
J. H. McNider
First National Bank
Mason City
Washington
Corn Belt
Tripple Alliance controls Indiana state education contracts
The Tripple Alliance, backed by Purdue and Bloomington appointees, dominates the State Board of Education and now pushes five year book contracts. The plan to insert favored histories cost taxpayers nearly a half million dollars for two professors’ work. Farmers face two thirds of prewar buying power as farm prices slump and costs rise, prompting calls to retrench until price relations normalize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Tommy Moran
Purdue
Jimmy Woodburn
Bloomington
State University
Public Schools
Indiana
Tripple Alliance
Indiana Farmers Federation
Indianapolis
Purdue University
Local Pastor Serves Prison Farm Chaplaincy in Greencastle
C. F. Byerley has begun as chaplain at the state farm in Greencastle with about five hundred inmates. In two weeks his ministry led seventy men to profess faith in Christianity. First Sunday service drew two hundred. the superintendent was away. The second week more inmates attended and guards were sent to assemble all present. The chaplain notes strong desire among the men to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Byerley
Greencastle
Florida
Byerley
Why Business Men Fail in 1920 Historic Report
Government report 1920 notes that 90 percent of failures occurred among men who did not advertise. Firms rode high on prior price inflation but failed to announce price reductions when adjustments arrived, losing business. James Shaaffer and wife kept all children home for Thanksgiving holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Shaaffer
Holliday
County Records Examined and Local Obituary Noted
State expert accountants review Gravel Road and Bridge Funds to ensure lawful spending from county treasury. Levi Dirst, longtime Newton County resident and former County Council member, died at his Mt. Ayr home after years of illness. He leaves wife, three sons Arthur Daniel Fletcher and daughter Mrs Harvey Spangler, with funeral and burial at Brook Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Dirst
Newton County
Mt. Ayr
Conrad Kiifner
Roy Lawrence
Dirst
Arthur
Daniel
Fletcher
Harvey Spangler
Brook Cemetery
Supreme Court decision taxes stock dividends gains
The Supreme Court in Washington settled a long running issue by ruling that profits converted into stock dividends remain taxable income. The decision rejects lower court findings that such conversions avoided taxes, ensuring substantial revenue to the treasury. Thanksgiving visits are noted for Fred Lyons and family including Dorothy Lyons, Joe Badger, and Bess Zook returning to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Wasington
A Little Food for Reflection and Local News
A mix of opinion on public funding and taxation followed by Thanksgiving greetings and social notes. Local residents Marion Flerson visit, Kentland football game, Thanksgiving dinners for Lawrence, Beagley, and other families. Willam Parke studies in Chicago while selling city lots and singing at theaters. Peter Reterath recalls Troquois school lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam Parke
Chicago
Chicago Technical College
Elmore Real Estate Co
Aleep
Temple Moviegrams Full Week Announces Classic Titles
Friday offers The Idle Class and Cheated Love from Universal. Saturday features Norma Talmadge in Panthea and King of The Circus. Wednesday shows Wania Hawley in The Outside Woman plus Century Comedy. Thursday promises Danger Ahead with all star cast and a comedy showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal
Norma Talmadge
Newton County At The Big Show
Governor McCray will exhibit 26 head of Orchard Lake Herefords at the International in Chicago. Exhibits of corn come from Wil Littlejohn James Corbin Jethro Mattox and Lem Cole of Jefferson township and George Clarke of Morocco with possible additional exhibitors. Will Drake plans to show a bale of alfalfa east of Kentland. County attendees include two boys and one girl who earned trips as club members Bernard Alt Everett Plemming of Brook and Helen Bergren of Fair Oaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor McCray
Chicago
Wil Littlejohn
James Corbin
Jethro Mattox
Lem Cole
Jafferson Township
George Clarke
Morocco
Will Drake
Kentland
Bernard ‘Alt Everett Pleming
Broak
Helen Bergren
Fair Oaks
Newspapers Weakened by Costs and Vandalism in Lake County
In Lake County Indiana Harbor and Whiting newspapers faced destruction and closure as vandalism and patronage woes hit the Sentinal and the Call. Rising newsprint prices threaten sustaining plants, risking obituaries and public notices moving to neighboring towns unless support improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Indiana Harbor
Whiting
Call
Eithar
Death of Mrs Eugene Hoober at St Elizabeths Hospital
Mrs. Eugene Hoober of Attica Med died Saturday night at 11 o clock in St Elizabeths Hospital Lafayette after several weeks illness. Survived by husband and two daughters Mrs Harry Nelson Muncie and Mrs George Nalan Attica. Remains brought to Attica Sunday afternoon and taken to home on West Mill street. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 pm from Christian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Hoober
Attica
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Lafayette
Harry Nelson
Muncie
Geoge Nalan
Calvert Ambulance
West Mill Street
Local and business news brief tidbits
Mrs Roy Sell was in Chicago last week visiting her husband at Wesley hospital where Roy is reported improving steadily. We have expanded our rental storage batteries and service options at Vesta Service Station. Found an Overland crank near Schutte school house. owner can claim at this office. For sale extra large purebred White Holland turkeys before December 21. Public sale of stock and implements on McNoun farm one mile north of Wadena school house on January 19. Ladies of the Rebekah lodge plan a miscellaneous bazaar on December 10 with details to follow. Brook Sales Co hours and salesroom open evenings and Sundays. Brook Feed Mit promotes the best corn for human use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Hardy
George Hardy
Goodland
L. L. Hershman
Brook Fund
Chicago
Ottawa
Tillmols
Roy Sell
Wesley Hospital
Roy
McNoun
Wadena School House
G. H. Dupp
Cora Deardorff
Harley
Brook Sales Co
Brook Feed Mit
Local Sale Ads and Rural News Notes from Brook
A compact page lists items for sale including vacuum bottles and a metal lunch kit from Montgomery and Snyder's, a six room cottage on Main Street Brook, and consumer goods such as alarm clocks. Local social mentions include neighbors in Oman sending apples, and a death in Washington D C of John Hamacher, brother of Brook residents Fred and Leo, with funeral plans and family travels noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hamacher
Washington D. C
Fred
Leo Hammacher
Brook
Sam
Washington
Leo
Valparaiso
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Gov. McCray
War Financ Corporation
Frank
Charles Robertson
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Pardue
State University and
Terre Haute Normal
Fred Lyons
Dorothy Lyons
Capitol City
Joe Badger
Bess Zook
Arthur Lyons
California
Marion Flerson
Mr. J
C. E. Sunderland
Kenland
Lawrence and Little
Bruce Beagley
Levi Tieree
Miss Ellsworth
Sumasittville
Ralph and
Lloyd Adamson
George Staton
Frank Staton
Aaron Lyons
Wife
Clifford Davis
Catherine
Crawfordsville
Harry Watt
Wm. McMillen
Paul Hanson
Jean
Fred Fornsman
August Hanson
Watseka
Uinola
James Lyons
Ayr
Arthur Bishopp
Peter Reterath
Buck Creek
Troquois School
Pete
Temple Moviegrams
Hrs
I Kewanna
Francesville Tribune
Louis Cory
Wright's Nest
John Panes
DePaul
Logal
Business News
Leopold
Vesta
Schsutte School House
Red River
Bossing & Merchant
John Pence
Albert Sage Brook
Rebekah
Montgomery & Snyders
H. M. Clark
New Haven Clock Co
Tina Keapare
Montgomery & Snyder's
United States
E. E. Hess Drug Co
Bert Miler
Alva Hoover
Clarence Stoddard
Oman
Clink
Ir Am Orchard
Bert
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