National Womans Relief Corps Jubilee Observances Planned
Next week marks the Jubilee for the National Womans Relief Corps with uniform programs nationwide. Frank C. Mosbaugh Corps No 50 will attend M E church services and dedicate two trees for Civil War veterans C W Lester and Miles Davis on Lincoln High School lawn. A nationwide radio broadcast will feature Corps work, and the Mosbaugh post meets Friday in the Legion hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Womans Relief Corps
U. S
Frank C. Mosbaugh Corps No. 50
M. E
Rev
W. H. Harrison
F. C. Mosbaugh Corps No. 50
C. W. Lester
Miles Davis
I Co
Lincoln High School
Li H. S
Womans Relief Corps
Frank C. Mosbaugh
Legion Hall
Dublin Items Show Daily Social Ties and Visits
The Asbury Sunday school class meets at Mrs. Frank Retz home on Wednesday July 26. Many residents and visitors from Dublin and nearby towns are listed visiting relatives and attending events including reunions, hospital stays, fishing trips, and church services.
Swimming in Dog Days From the Symond's Creek Valley
Recount of a 1850s summer in Wayne County near Pleasant Hill focusing on a family memory of a forbidden swimming hole on Symond's Creek. The narrator details the Brenner, Dill, and Wissler households, a near-miss with Mr Dill, and a boyish scramble to avoid punishment after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symonds Creek
Pleasant Hill
Wayne
Brenner
Symond
Dill
David
Israel
Abraham
Dock
Wissler
Ben
Chris
Dave
Germantown Social News Highlights From Week End Gatherings
Germantown residents report visits and dinners with relatives across nearby towns. Mrs Sherril Winter and daughter of Dayton returned home after a week with Mr and Mrs Charles Winter while the Barnes and Doddridge families hosted extended kin from Cambridge City Richmond and Ricrawrd. Local trips include Frank Wantz at New Castle, Kaiser and Whirley households hosting weekend guests, and church Ladies Aid plans in the county home south of tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherril Winter
Dayton
Charles Winter
Morris Drury
Centerville
Frank Schock
Milville
Ede Barnes
Mary Jane
Wilbur Harold
Cliva Blemke
Mary
Cambridge City
Archie Wills
Sands
Henry Wills
Malina Berisch
Aen Doddridge
Ricrawrd
Harvey Bertsch
Suss Kuarna Jean Doddridge
Richmond
Sunda
Bertsch
Mixss
Maggie Wise
B. F. Sourbeer
Lee Hartman
Fred Hines
Frank Wantz
Daniel Wantz
New Castle
Harry Winter
Frank Kaiser
Oe Well
Edward Kaiser
Richard Whirley
Lawrence Ryan
Eeaf Davis
Willampbang Pen
Tre Whiley McKee
Well
Milton Sns
Abundant Legal Avenues for Theft Scrutinized
A historical report examines how broad legal frameworks and loopholes enable theft in commercial and civic sectors. It highlights enforcement gaps, calls for tighter oversight, and notes prominent cases challenging existing statutes and regulatory practices.
Not all society buds grow into blooming idiots
A concise, wry remark on social pretension suggesting some people fail to mature into wiser behavior. It contrasts high society labels with the folly of those who misread social cues.
Save the traction lines in Indiana amid rising interurban business
The report shows increased freight and passenger business on Indiana interurbans, easing abandonment fears. Officials deny immediate closures, urges communities to boost patronage, citing lower fares, no parking issues, and long term taxpayer savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Debt collector feelings clash in a terse exchange
A short dialogue contrasts the debtor’s hostility with a debt collector’s persistence as the collector notes many people ask him to call again. The exchange highlights social friction around debt collection and communication.
Modern child plans first permanent wave
A playful remark notes after destroying the last unbreakable doll, the modern child shifts focus to arranging a first permanent wave, signaling changing childhood norms and tastes.
Boys Earn Junior Life Saving Test Honors at Wehi
Robert McKee and Robert Harmmeier completed American Red Cross Junior Life Saving tests at Lake Wehi this week under W A Dorsett who teaches swimming and life saving. Both are Boy Scout members. tests require rescue skills artificial resuscitation four drowning holds towing a person their weight 30 feet disrobe in water and swim 100 yards surface dive and recover objects three times in shallow water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McKee
Robert Harmeier
American Red Cross
Wehi
W. A. Dorsett
Lake Wehi
Eagle Ran
National Cross
Dorsett
Greenville man visits hometown relatives Friday
Lemuel Crockett of Greenville Cincinnati? Wait Greenville C. spent Friday with relatives here. Mrs C A Braden is slowly recovering from a serious attack of bronchitis. Mrs Adam Spence of Indianapolis spent Tuesday with Mrs Savannah Heiser. Arthur Kimmel is spending one of this week at the Spence home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel Crockett
Greenville, C
Adam Spence
Indianapolis
Savannah Heiser
Arthur Kimmel
The
Spence Ome
Local Social Visits And Illness Reported In Richmond Area
Miss Mary Modlin of Richmond spent Tuesday with Mrs. Florence Stone. Mr and Mrs Lowell Cornthwaite spent Thursday with his parents. Mrs Clara DeHays is seriously ill at her Front street home and is being nursed by Mrs Minnie Wisman. Mrs Lenora Cartwright and Mrs Sarah Stombaugh visit Mrs Earl Frank at Connersville. Dr Chas Albertson and Dr E C Test will entertain the Veterinarians of the 10th District at Lake Wehi Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Modlin
Richmond
Florence Stone
Clara DeHays
Front Street
Minnie Wisman
Lenora Cartwright
Sarah Stombaugh
Earl Frank
Connersville
Chas Albertson
E. C. Test
Lake Wehi
Dolph Personnette
Park Ammerman
Spencer Geathers
Hugh Fagan
Mary Roth
Gerald Murphy
Rudy Shellenberger
Backenstee
Tennessee
Paul Hill
Millville
Joan
Gene Fagan
Everett Gray
Dublin
A. L. Stamper
Hattie Brooks
Wayne
Joe Brooks
Rhea
Clarence Jones
Helen
Forrest Milner
Sanford Ellison
Walter Williams
Williamsburg
Ted Davis
Thomas Enyeart
Cambridge City
Frank Bowermaster
Amond Craig
William Wilson
James Shumate
Campbellstown
Ohio
Elmer McGrew
Esther
Near Greensfork
Harold Widan
A. A. Lindley
Nash Lindley
Lydia Wickersham
Evelyn Morse
Reynolds Odom
Frank Dorgan
Straughn
Marion Haisley
Marjorie
Clayton Dougherty
Charles Riggs
Earl Eugene Clark
New Castle
William Clark
Elnestta Craig
Helen Bernice
Lloyd
Bernice Hormel
Willie Modlin
Philip Weidner
Alonzo Hormel
Hugh Hutchinson
Edna Petro
Centervill
Mollie Doddridge
Milton
Clyde Waldron
Blussell Barnes
John Kiser
Ula Worl
Clayton Denna
Merele Taylor
Clyde Young
Norma Taylor
Greenville
Will Taylor
Frank Eaton
Camp
Taylor
Norma
Hurst
DeHays
Hallie King
Mary Is. Grey
Beulah Worl
McUeford Howard
Clark Faucett
Cas
Creitz Park
Local Officers and Social Events Highlight Community
Robert Myers acts as marshal while Frank Craig is ill with flu and off duty last Friday. Miss Daisy Ayler hosted a birthday dinner on Thursday evening for Mrs. Alice Ludington with guests Mrs. Robert Krone and Miss Elizabeth Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Myers
Frank Craig
Mr. Craig
Daisy Ayler
Alice Ludington
Robert Krone
Elizabeth Paul
Baptist group meets at Mrs Difford Jacobs home
The W. W. G. of the Baptist church gathered at Mrs. Difford Jacobs’ residence on Wednesday. They studied the first lesson from the study book Eastern Woman of Today and Tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. G. of the Baptist Church
Widners of Indianapolis Visit Mrs. Kuster
Mr and Mrs Frank Widner and their children Joan and Frank traveled from Indianapolis to spend Sunday with Mrs Helen Kuster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Widner
Joan
Frank
Indianapolis
Helen Kuster
Miss Patricia Martindale Visits Miss Jane Davis at Summer Home
Miss Patricia Martindale spent the first of the week with Miss Jane Davis at her summer home near New Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Martindale
Jane Davis
New Castle
Vanderbeck Family Weekender in Galveston Trip
Mr and Mrs Frank Y Vanderbeck Mr and Mrs Charles Vanderbeck Mr and Mrs Hall Vanderbeck and daughter Charlene spent Sunday with relatives at Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Y Vanderbeck
Charles Vanderbeck
Hall Vanderbeck
Charlene
Galveston
Ludingtons Host Ralph From Detroit Over Weekend
Ralph Ludington of Detroit spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Ludington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Ludington
Detroit, Mich
Frank Ludington
B Y P A Members Attend East Central District Meeting
Baptist church members from Richmond Connersville Rushville and Cambridge City gathered at Roberts Park Connersville Tuesday evening for the East Central district meeting of the B Y P A A picnic supper followed the session and was served to attendees from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
East Central
Roberts Park
Connersville
Richmond
Rushville
Cambridge City
Hagerstown Dinner Party Hosted by Wisslers
Mr and Mrs Alvin Wissler hosted a family dinner Sunday at their home for guests including Mr and Mrs Ivan Dilling and family Mr and Mrs M O Hawbaker and family Mr and Mrs Charles Smith Mrs Miriam Widows Mrs Amanda Dilling all of Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Wissler
Ivan Dilling
M. O. Hawbaker
Charles Smith
Miriam
Amanda Dilling
Hagerstown
Scheidler Child Undergoes Tonsil Operation at Methodist
Charlene Scheidler daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Scheidler underwent a tonsil operation at Methodist hospital Indianapolis last Saturday morning. Mrs Scheidler and another daughter Mary accompanied her and the family spent several days with relatives there. Mr Scheidler joined them for the weekend visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlene Scheidler
Stanley Scheidler
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Car crash after tire blowout harms two women
Mrs. Paul Drischel lost control Friday morning near Kokomo when a tire blew. Her car hit a culvert injuring passenger Mrs. Emil Ebert and breaking several ribs. Drischel suffered two broken ribs and severe bruising. They were taken home to rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Drischel
Kokomo
Louise Steele
Emil Ebert
Drischel
Cleveland and Greenville Guests Dine at Hartley Hills Club
Alberta Fonda and Benton Mel linger of Cleveland and Greenville Ohio were guests of Bruce Urbahn Friday and honored guests at a dinner party at Hartley Hills Country Club hosted by Bruce and Dorothea. Other invitees included Eleanor and Martha Hughes Mary Butler Patricia Mar Genevieve niese Martha Fer Messrs Herman Kennedy David Wilson Willis Corwin Lamm and Kenneth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Fonda
Benton Mellinger
Cleveland
Greenville
Ohio
Bruce Urbahn
Hartley Hills Country Club
Bruce
Dorothea
Eleanor
Martha Hughes
Mary Butler
Patricia
Mar- Genevieve Niese
Martha Fer
Herman
Rol Kennedy
David Wilson
Willis Corwin Lamm
Kenneth
Barn Fire Destroys Rufus Cummins Farm Barn
A Beech Grove area barn belonging to Rufus Cummins and family burned Monday night around 10 in Straughn area. Their son Jack had driven the family car into the barn about an hour earlier. fire spread quickly, consuming grain, corn, wheat, wagon, tools, a nearby chicken house and several chickens, with the car unhoused due to extreme heat. Neighbors aided in saving the house. insurance covered only part of the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Cummins
Beech Grove
Straughn
Jack
Mr. and Mrs Hugh Allen Visit Relatives in Alexandria
Mr and Mrs Hugh Allen spent Sunday with relatives in Alexandria. The outing highlights family ties and a leisure visit in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Hugh Allen
Alexandria
Weed couple visits Huddleston family in Milton area
Mr and Mrs Albert Weed of Cleveland Ohio spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Horace Huddleston and family at Milton and visited friends here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Weed
Cleveland
Ohio
Horace Huddleston
Milton
David Wilson Hurt Washing Bottles at Miller Dairy Plant
David Wilson sustained a severe cut to his right hand on Friday while washing milk bottles at the Miller Ice and Dairy plant. He required seven stitches to close the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wilson
Miller Ice and Dairy Plant
Eae
Unnamed Misses and Escorts Visit Cincinnati on Sunday
Miss Anita Bales, Miss Mary Frances Hern, Wilbur Shafer, and Robert Miller spent Sunday in Cincinnati, enjoying a local outing and social time in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Bales
Mary Frances Hern
Wilbur Shafer
Robert Miller
Cincinnati
Bowlan Family Visited Greens Fork with Daughter McGrew
Mr and Mrs William Bowlan spent last Sunday with their daughter Mrs A McGrew and family at Greens Fork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bowlan
Mrs. A McGrew
Greensork
Middletown Trio Visits Bachmann Family Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacCleland and daughter and G. A. Wilmer of Middletown Ohio spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bachmann. Mrs. MacCleland and daughter with Mr. Milner are spending this week with the Bachmanns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert MacCleland
G. A. Wilmer
Middletown
Ohio
Harry Bachmann
Winchester Visitor List Highlights Local Families
Mrs Florence Templin of Winchester spent last week with her sister Mrs S S Ballinger and family. Sunday guests at the Ballinger home were Dr and Mrs A M Mendenhall of Indianapolis, Mr and Mrs Glen Miller and son Bobbie, and Mrs Emma Mendenhall, all of Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Templin
Winchester
S .S. Ballinger
Ballinger
A. M. Mendenhall
Indianapolis
Glen Miller
Bobbie
Emma Mendenhall
Knoxville and New York guests depart after week visit
Mr and Mrs David Iliff of Knoxville Tennessee along with Mrs Alphea Grove Mrs Alphea Winbrough and Miss Margaret Winbrough of New York City left Monday for home after spending the past week with Mr and Mrs Max Feemster Mr and id Robert Bertsch and Mrs Mary ut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Iliff
Knoxville
Tenn
Alphea Grove
Alphea Winbrough
Margaret Winbrough
New York City
Max Feemster
Robert Bertsch
Maryut
Mrs. Caroline Poff Dies After Illness at 87 in Wa
Mrs. Caroline Poff aged 87 died at her west Front street home Friday evening after three weeks of illness. She was a Methodist church member and charter member of the Frank C. Mosbaugh. Services were held at Wiseman Funeral Home Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev. W. H. Harrison. Burial followed in Riverside cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Poff
West Front Street
The
Methodist Church
Frank C. Mosbaugh
Wiseman Funeral Home
W. H. Harrison
Riverside
Cyrus Omer Hurst Dies at 84 in Cambridge Home
Cyrus Omer Hurst aged 84 died at his West Main Street home Saturday. Survived by two daughters Mrs Dan Cleven ger Centerville and Mrs Richard Ouseworth Milton, two sisters Mrs Emma Reis Anderson and Mrs Roxie Wilson Alexandria, three grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Longtime Washington township farmer he moved to Cambridge over twenty years ago. Services were held Monday at Deddridge cemetery with VV. Wm. Harrison officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus O. Hurst
Cyrus Omer Hurst
West Main Street
Dan Clevenger
Centerville
Richard Ouseworth
Milton
Emma Reis
Anderson
Roxie Wilson
Alexandria
Hurst
Washington Township
Cambridge
Deddridge Cime Cemetery
Apen Vv
Wm. H. Harrison
Milton residents share visits and church events
Milton residents travel for family visits including Jesse Moore to Chicago and Oklahoma to see relatives. Local social notes list gatherings with Pindell, Hylton, Woolen, Cochran, Crawford and Hoshour families, plus church events at the M E church basement and a threshing dinner hosted by Hoosier Hustlers.
Seils Sterling Circus to Visit Cambridge City
Cambridge City greets a four ring show for August 3 with elephants ponies clowns and wild animals. The Seils Sterling Circus travels from Piqua Ohio on special trains arriving at 8 am unloading 8:30 am. Afternoon events begin 1 pm with menagerie aviary zoo horse show and band. 2 pm under the big top performance begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge City
Seils Sterling Circus
Piqua
Ohio
Local residents arrange travel and visits across town
An electrician joins the Masonic Home in Franklin and his wife plans a month’s vacation before starting. Mrs Dye of Centerville visits her daughter in town. Several families share a cooperative dinner. Wayne County Rural Carriers hold their annual meeting at DeHays Park. Ross Parker visits home from Shelbyville. Various residents assist threshers and recover from illness. A Indianapolis singer will perform on air from Connecrsville. Earl Clingman and spouse attend Rural Carriers State Convention in Madison July 16 to 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic
Frankline
Rusche
Mary. Dye
Centerville
Carl Passmore
Lafe Myers
Paul Myers
Ross Parker
Mary Jane
Bernice Hicks
Lois
Wayne County Rural Carriers Association
Enic
DeHays Park
Shelbyville
C. A. Erisman
John Cook
Howard Cook
Chas. Dailey
Lucinda Ferguson
Eva Wallace
Russell Warren
Union City
Ed Roberts
Will Roberts
Cincinnati
S. R. Kinney
Julia Ball
Indianapolis
Connecrsville Broadcasting
C.s.t
Earl Clingman
Madison
Jacksonburg Social News Highlights Residents Visitors
Richmond visitors and numerous local residents attended events across Jacksonburg. Families and friends visited, called on neighbors, and joined church services while plans noted for a July 26 meeting of the Help One Another club at Creitz Park.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Asbury
Frank Retz
van Crawford
Lawrence
Clinton Freed
Mary Scott
John Otis Retz
J. Clyde Hoffman
Straub
Joe
Lester Snyder
Wilbur Cleventer
Lake Chapman
Malcolm Simmons
Gilbert
Powell
E. E. Swanson
Owens
Texas
R. D. Covell
James
Hazel
Moss
Nabors
Pichmend
Allen Compton
Mildred Rowley
Christenburg
Frank Clark
Pennsylvania
John Thom
Muncie
Elmer Fagan
Minnie Vickrey
Lewisville
Mae Cranor
J. Morris
B. Craig
L. B. Cranor
Virgil
Robert Adams
H. B. Manning
Stella Cranor
Curtis Parvis
Paul
Elizabeth Schuneman
Bertha
Richard Garner
Belle Garner
Jesse Hormel
Charles
Sam Thompson
Guy Belden
Jennie Smalley
Carroll Smalley
Willis McCarty
Mary House
Sadie Hammer
Newark
Howard Champe
Chicago
Lawrence Johnson
Ellen Beard
Clara Cope
J. W. Sands
Carrie L. More
Charles Crist
Champe
Washington, D. C
Flora
John
Leonard Champe
Sarah Huddleston
Elizabeth Oneman
Sirius
Mother Wissler
Mr. Dill
Brenner Cottage
Liza Brenner
Sis
Christine
Israel Dill
Waat
Mother Brenner
der Deel
Moses Myers
Kumet
Baba
Heim Ganga
RE. F. Wissler
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Germantown
Lowell Cornthwaite
Squire Cornthwaite
Jesse Moore
Ruby
Oklahoma
Ollie
B. F. Callaway
Ben Barrick
J. C. Pindell
J.C. Holland
Toledo
Elizabeth Shephard
Arthur Hylton
Wm. Huddleston
Jean Rose
King’s Heralds
M. E. Church
B. B. Woolen
Paul Cochran
Mt. Summit
J. C. Gause
Pasadena
Calif
Frank Wolfe
Clyde Squires
Breezemont
Lake Wehr
Matilda Caldwell
Earl Crawford
Mildred Erisman
Park Manlove
Cora Wise
Julia Hoshour
Christian Church
Harold Hoshour
Hazel Myers
Virginia
Betty Reith
Kendalville
Maude Thurman
Hopewell
Lenna Doty
Chas Kirlin
Ray Biser
Carrel Gene Hess
Carl Gehring
Paul McKee
Hartford City
S. K. Hoshour
McKee
California
Colbert Ingermann
Omer Hall
Neil McMahan
Somerville
Will Miller
Flora Vorhees
Ruth Warren
M. Ferguson
Frank Wallace
Cecil Eschmeyer
Emma Eschmeyer
Will Sweeney
Frank Ohmit
C. A. Gifford
Sherman
Arthur Rusche
Jacksonburg
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