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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1921
Page
4
Bijou Badger bids readers farewell as Sport Talk ends after a year in Bloomington Indiana. The writer recalls attempting pep and humor while admitting doubt about success and notes readers helped make it a feature. A playful sign about coffee and a roll resurfaces amid clubroom gossip and a caution about gambling.
A dump of humorous lines and caricature captions, recalling poetry parodies and campus satire. It threads quips about social events like stag parties, playful couplets, and a mock Village Blacksmith tribute. The tone is light, with nonsensical wordplay and urban slang.
The text retells two fable like incidents. A mummy from Zorum with a torn pair of pants sneezes and senses the breeze. It then references a joke about two brothers who severed diplomatic ties and split a Jersey cow, ending in a fatal division of the animal.
Fragmentary verse speaks of a bootlegger's woes with pale ink and forgotten names. A cryptic fragment hints at shadows of crime and remorse, lingering in a dim, unnamed setting.
ENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING will lead again at the national Red Cross convention in Columbus Ohio October 4 to 8 a great feature honoring war heroes. A story notes the Reporter staff and alumni moving to new positions and recalls careers of Joe Badger Paul MacDonald Charles Whiting and Jack train with light anecdotes.
The Sept 18 1921 events cover two family reunions in Indiana. Hambidge relatives met at Myers grove with a basket dinner and elected Thomas Hambidge president and Clara Myers secretary. McCarty family held a second nominal reunion at McCray's cabin near Kentland with 74 members attending, enjoying games and a shared dinner. Officers chosen: Delman McCarty president and Mrs Albert Diefenbaugh secretary-treasurer. next meeting location undecided.
The Light family held its annual reunion at Mt Zion last Sunday September 11 with abundant food and a short program. Israel Light of Indianapolis shared a four history stretching back about 400 years. Aunt Liz Burton noted as the oldest member. Officers were reinstalled and plans made for next year near Brook with Melvin Light as chairman and Roy as treasurer.
B. Dickson leads the national Red Cross convention in Columbus Ohio October 4 8 aiming to secure ten million members this year. He focuses on big figures and remains unbothered by the task. Le Rensselaer businessmen blocked a carnival company from using Streets in town last week and granted space at Graves & Dunlap grounds west of town. The shows were deemed not entertaining or profitable for the town. William Woolley and Ray Ward run a tent in the Harry Warr grove where their wives stay during the day and the men join at night. They report good fishing.
Newton County Indiana offers 1921 highway improvement bonds for sale by the treasurer in Kentland. Bonds total 329,088 dollars in 9 series of 40, dated September 5 1921, bearing 5 percent interest payable semi annually, to fund road projects in Ulyat Corpin Jackson Iroquois Township Ling Macadam Road and Levi H Dirat I Maradam Road. Bids received until October 5 1921 at 2 pm locally. principal and interest payable through Discount and Deposit Bank at Kentland.
A Haviland Ohio machine shop owner states his son was cured after using Grando Pine, and he warns a lingering cough endangers lungs and immunity. The ad promotes three ounces of Grando Pine to make a pint of cough syrup, lists uses for coughs, colds, bronchial issues and croup, and provides ordering details from The gland-Aid Co. Fort Wayne Indiana.
A public notice from Kentland Reduction Co listing officials and addresses and calling for protection of birds and harmless animals. It prohibits hunting shooting or trapping on lands owned or controlled by signatories, with penalties under state law and enforcement by local constables and directors. The signatories include J R Hershman J Montgomery C J Barton and HM Light among many others.
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