Local Visitors and Notables in Brief
Clifford Howard visited his sister Mrs Welber Barber in Lima Ohio for a few days. Mrs A C Stilson a Centerville native died at her Los Angeles home. Miss Ella Callahan of Chicago and Miss Jennie Callahan of Indianapolis visited the Loebs. Mrs Gertrude Horseman moved here from Dayton to engage in private nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Howard
Lima
Ohio
Welber Barber
A. C. Stilson
Centerville
Los Angeles
Cal
Ella Callahan
Chicago
Jennie Callahan
Indianapolis
Charles Loeb
Gertrude Horseman
Dayton
Census Shows Presbyterian Church U S Members Rise
Final revision of church census lists 1 722 361 communicant members in the United States, an increase of 86 255 from last year, reflecting growth across the denomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
United States
Farmers aim to delay sowing to dodge Hessian fly
Considerable ground has already been broken for fall wheat in this section, but the farmers mostly will not sow very early, thereby hoping to escape damage from the Hessian fly and other blight.
Couple Returns From Institute Amid Brother's Illness
Rev and Mrs C E Schultz travel from Bettany Park to New Castle after attending the State Christian Endeavor Institute due to the serious illness of Mrs Schultz brother Frank C Michaels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Schultz
New Castle
Bettany Park
State Christian Endeavor Institute
Mrs. Schultz
Frank C. Michaels
Clawson Returns to Old Friends After Long Absence
Charles Clawson and his daughter Pauline visit hometown friends on a Sunday. It is his first return in years since his time as an inmate at the Epileptic Asylum in New Castle. He appears to be in good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clawson
Pauline
Mr. Clawson
New Castle
Wayne County Indiana Population from 1920 Census Report
The final 1920 census statistics from the Bureau of the Census place Wayne County Indiana with a total population of 48 136. Of these 44 831 are native whites, 1 424 are foreign born whites, 1 871 are negroes and there is one Indian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Bureau of the Census
Wayne County
Copper still found on Berkhiser farm near Waterloo
Friday officers discovered a copper still and several gallons of mash at Roy Bogen's home on the Berkhiser farm near Waterloo. Roy Bogen and Ollie Scanlan were arrested by Fayette county officers, tried before Mayor Reider in Connersville, pleaded guilty, and were fined 100 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Bogen
Berkhiser
Waterloo
Bogen
Ollie Scanlan
Fayette County
Reider
Connersville
Wayne County Trustees Hold Annual Picnic at Glen Miller Park
The fifteen township trustees and their families held their annual picnic Friday at Glen Miller park. A splendid picnic chicken dinner was served and thoroughly enjoyed. The usual sports games and entertainments were enjoyed by all for a good old-fashioned time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne County
Glen Miller Park
Cambridge City Doctor Competes In Grand American Trap Shoot
Dr. Robert Mosbaugh spends his vacation in Chicago this week taking part in the Grand American Trap Shoot. Trap shooters from across the country enter the tournament and the Cambridge City resident has posted good scores, potentially making a strong showing in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mosbaugh
Chicago
Cambridge City
John I Underwood Dies in Dayton Prominent Local Citizen
John I. Underwood longtime businessman and notable resident of this place died at his Dayton Ohio home Thursday last. He served Wayne county in the State legislature for one term shortly after the Civil War. Henry A. Johnsons family attended the funeral Saturday as guests of Mr and Mrs Charles A Raymond, former local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John I. Underwood
Dayton
Ohio
Wayne County
Henry A. Johnson
Charles A. Raymond
Robbery on Cambridge Bridge Targets Miss Raber Wage
Miss Sadie Raber, working at the Rowe restaurant, was paid on Saturday night then shopped and saw a movie before two men stopped her at a bridge in East Cambridge and demanded her weekly wage. She reported the assault to W. E. Austin and they went with her to her home. The article calls the act bold and dastardly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Raber
Rowe
East Cambridge
W. E. Austin
Chicago Aldermen Tour Stops Here for Fire Protection Review
The auto party of Chicago aldermen and city officials on a tour of police and fire alarm systems halted here Thursday en route from Indianapolis to Columbus. They praised the town’s fire protection and planned no comment on the local police system due to not meeting the marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Party of
Chicago
Indianapolis
Columbus
Ohio
Steel reinforced concrete bridge To span East Fork Whitewater
The State highway commission plans a steel reinforced concrete bridge over the East Fork of Whitewater south of Brookville. It will have five spans resting on wooden pilings, 350 piings, each 20 inch diameter, 20 to 25 feet long. The bridge is 20 feet wide, 410 feet long, and will cost about $92,000, with completion expected mid September.
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Whitewater
Brookville
State Highway Commission
Remarkable Tanlac Cure Report From Georgia Store
Maxeys Georgia merchant A J Gillen recounts a bedbound woman who for three years refused meals. Five doctors failed until Tanlac helped her rise after two to three bottles. The unsolicited testimonial credits Tanlac with restoring energy enabling her to cook and manage a large household. Dean House Cambridge City and local druggists sell Tanlac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxeys
A. J. Gillen
Cambridge City
Dean House
Milton Community Notes and Local Obituaries
The Eastern Star held a Wednesday meeting with Wallace watermelons served afterward. Milicent students Mildred Larsen and Ruth McCormick visited home from Muncie and the normal. A variety of social visits, health updates, a death by suicide of Roscoe Beeson, and local church activities are reported along with band concerts, family gatherings, and Sunday school attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Larsen
Muncie
Henry Larson
Abington Township
Ruth McCormick
East of Town
Embroidery Club
Alice Guyton
Roscoe Mack Beeson
Indianapolis
Pezabel Beeson
Milton
Doddridge-Beck Manufacturing Company
Mitchell
Ind
Edith Belden
Wesley Newton
Earl Clingman
Walter Jorge
Bath
S. K. Hoshour
J. A. Brown
Robert Beeson
Reid Hospital
Richmond
Phyllis Pernice Clingman
Milton Post Office
Cora Brown
J. S. Brown
Elizabeth Kimmel
Harry Rothermel
Bay Minette
Ala
George Rothermel
Alvin Lowry
Lawrence Wissler
Abington
Harry
Mary Benninger
J. A. Dorgan
Mary Beachont
Hagerstown
Elmer Lowry
F. M. Jones
Edward Wilson
Salem
Russell Wilson
Gus Ulrich
John McMeans
Mesdames Jas. Coons
Anna Hoshour
Walter Higham
Milton Band
Albert J. Newman
Clarence FE. Hartshorn
Fort Wayne
R. F. Calloway
Luther Vardaman
Hattie Sills
W. J. Caloway
Christian Sunday School
Vernon Thompson
Houston
Texas
Lewis Thompson
Warren
Ohio
Wilbur Elwell
Edward Macy
Florida
Ed Wallace
Wabash
Lida Warren
Old Settlers Picnic Draws Big Crowd in Center Township
Despite threatening weather, a large crowd attended the Annual Old Settlers Picnic at Jackson Park near Centertown. Henry G. Hill of Indianapolis delivered the principal address praising Wayne county’s position on the National road and urging future progress, noting a mortuary list of over a hundred residents aged sixty and older since August 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Park
Centerville
Henry G. Hill
Indianapolis
College of Music and Fine Arts
Wayne County
Indiana
Lest We Forget Gold Star Honor Roll Honored in Indiana
The state issue of the Gold Star Honor Roll memorial book honors Indiana men and women who died serving the United States and Allies in World War I. A copy has been given to every public library and to each family who lost a son or daughter, with a display copy available for public examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Indiana
Wayne County
Lawrence Howard Bertsch
Cambridge City
Raymond Bryant
Milton
Henry Heath Callaway
Ralph H. Moore
Hugh Wessel Personette
Roosevelt
Wells
Indiana Historical Society
Japan
Averill
South Seas
O’brien
John Burroughs
Barrus
Hamilton
Bulfinch
Chandler
Grey
Wilson
Roe
Husband
Gibbs
Walpole
Hill
Comstock
Lutz
Willsie
Dawson
Mundy
Harris
Pedler
Gregory
Canfield
McKenna
Atherton
Black
Hurst
Bassett
Porter
Curwood
Very Pretty Wedding Unites Gladys Cook and Rev William Flurkey
Gladys Phoedelle Cook married Rev William Henry Flurkey of Brazil Indiana in a noon ceremony at Dr and Mrs H W Cook home Hicksville Ohio attended by 26 relatives. Officiant Rev M L Scheidler. Grandmothers aged 77 and 81 present. Couple to reside in Brazil Indiana. New Castle tax assessment values to rise with 14 362 240 in revenues next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicksville
Ohio
H. W. Cook
Gladys Phoedelle
William Henry Flurkey
Brazil
Ind
M. L. Scheidler
Indianapolis
Anna Louise Dunn
Greenville
Ona Fowler
North Adams
Mich
Robb Cook
H. W. Cook, Jr
Flurkey
Northwestern College
Naperville
Ill
Northwestern College and Seminary
University of Chicago
Mary Cook
Rachael Scheidler
Rev. Scheidler
Mrs. Flurkey
New Castle
Tucson Public Auto Camp Opens On Six Acre Lot
Tucson Arizona builds a self contained auto camp spanning about six acres with a wire fence and attractive gateway. The facility acts as a city within a city offering running water and nightly car parking for a nominal fee with police and fire protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
Cactus Joe Advises Music Study Over Life of Exercise
At the soda fountain, Cactus Joe tells the younger worker that he should not stay in the physical labor forever. He suggests studying music as the hands and feet exercise would help him learn to play the pipe organ.
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Cactus Joe
Not a Cent
A terse exchange about a rich uncle's death and a rumored inheritance hints at tensions between Alphonse and Lon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford
Alphonse
Lonédon
The Pastor and the Old Lady Scissors Tale
An old lady visits her pastor over neckband length and offers to cut them. The pastor returns the favor by asking to shorten a different feature, prompting her to stick out her tongue as the tale ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Forgetful Husbands and Cigars? A Lively Tip to Remember Stuff
A social column notes a witty suggestion from the New York Sun: a wife should hide a note in her husband’s cigar to prompt him to complete a task. The idea mocks old finger-string reminders and promotes discreet, practical memory aid via smoking habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Wiseacre
Mrs. Booner
New York Sun
Origins of the Japanese Tea Ceremony
Two theories explain Cha-no-yu’s origin. One links tea to Buddhist nocturnal rites and silent meditation, elevating it to ceremony. The other cites psychological taste differentiation among Chinese tea seeds that court nobles turned into a refined etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Invention of the Jinrikisha by Rev Jonathan Goble
The jinrikisha is a two wheeled man power carriage created in 1871 at Yokohama by Rev Jonathan Goble an American Baptist missionary and former US Navy sailor. He built it to aid his sick wife and teach outdoor exercise. It rapidly replaced older carriages before being edged out in Japan by electric trolleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Jonathan Goble
United States Navy
Commodore Perry
Godey
Japan
Foolish Pretender and a Noisy Conspiracy
A boy lies to his master about a rambling excuse. He confesses he spoke falsely because the other boys made so much noise that he could not hear himself. The master questions the untruth, prompting a candid repentance.
Eminent Stateswoman Quips On Men Talking Too Much
A dialogue features an eminent stateswoman asserting men talk too much, with Mr. Meekton noting Henrietta’s opinion. A charge is mentioned, and a protest is questioned as unnecessary, arguing it would simply increase useless conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta
Mr. Meekton
Types of Silk Spun by Spiders Show Variety Across Species
Spiders produce multiple silk types, with seven distinct kinds recognized across species. No single spider yields every type, highlighting diverse silk functions from dragline to sticky capture threads.
Sims the barber senator and political confidant
A Los Angeles Times anecdote recounts Senator Sims, long trusted in the Senate barber shop, who confides that direct election of senators is a bad idea. He teases President Harding with a cheeky remark about past and present senators, then retreats claiming generic speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sims
Senate
Harding
Mr. Harding
Los Angeles Times
Water movement in sand explains Columbia drinking water
An old tale links 1608 legends to the water supply test in Columbia. Army tests measured groundwater flow in medium sand, showing water travels 845 feet per year, with the water table sandstone outcrop near Versailles about fifty miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Louis D. Moscoso
de Soto
Missouri
Mike
Columbia
Columbia Missourian
Japanese Language Encouraged as Easy for English Learners
Sir Dennison Ross of the London School of Oriental Studies praises Japanese as easy to pronounce with words ending in vowels and no difficult consonants. He notes its grammar lacks persons and genders and no relative pronouns, yet six months of study with good teachers can yield practical, everyday speaking ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennison Ross
London School of Oriental Studies
Defective Vision In Children In New York Schools
Dr William A Howe of the state education department cites 141000 cases of defective vision among New York school children last year. He links many cases to poor lighting and notes lighting is a key problem as they operate night classes in several school buildings, including about two thousand rooms in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
William A. Howe
State Education Department
New York City
Peacock Fire on Paducah Rolls Up a Tall Tale
Lieut Chester Lewis recalls an incident aboard the Paducah near the Isle of Pines when a captured peacock perched on the radio shack was burned by sparking radio equipment. The flames singed its tail but were put out with water from the Atlantic Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Lewis
St. Clairsville
Ohio
United States
Paducah
Isle of Pines
Radio Shack
Lewis
Atlantic Ocean
The Missing Factor in Cubist Art
A fragmentary quote frames cubist art as lacking salesmanship. The exchange asks what art misses and answers that commerce and promotion are essential. The tone mirrors a silent era critique balancing aesthetics and market appeal.
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Clergyman
Ne Enzland
Hubby
Capitol
State Board of Education
Lewis and Hosie
Wells and Hart
Webster
Scott
Walker
Bennett
Adams
Bergen & Caldwell
McPherson & Henderson
Robinson & Beard
Newell
Harper
Smith
I Fite
Reed
Gov
Grammar School
Migntn Meader
Frye and
Atwood
Emerson & Betts
Pocahontas
Kentucky
Lorin Ulrich
Pennsylvania
Amo
Phos
Farmers Grain Company
Pershing
Chas
Thornburg Farm
Dublin
Straughn
T. H. I. & E. Traction
Jerseys
Jersey
Farrow
Hoosier
Zanesville
E. E. Mochwart
Jennie Smalley
Everett Button
E. L. Plummer
Straughn Ladies Aid Society
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