Harvest Round-Up and Homecoming in Cambridge City
John F. White recalls the Cambridge City harvest round-up of August 26, recalling old landmarks, the park gift by Jerry McDaniel, and the town farm gathering. He describes picnics, races, tug of war, an indoor baseball match between country hayseeds and town dudes, and the joyous rebirth of community spirit.
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Ed. Tribune
Cambridge City
Dublin
Cambridge
Vinton House
Marson-Conklin
Creitz Park
Jerry McDaniel
Frank Mosbaugh
John F. White
Out-of-town mourners at Paul Dill funeral
Attendees from Indianapolis Knightstown and Richmond included Mrs Elsie Daugherty and daughter Claude Dill Harry Scheidler Hattie Bortfield Hattie Williams and son Lot Ride nour Robert Schissler Fornshell ert and McCurio as relatives and friends of Paul Dill attended last week's service.
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Paul Dill
Elsie Daugherty
Claude Dill
Harry Scheidler
Hattie Bortfield
Indianapolis
Hattie Williams
Lot Ridenour
Knightstown
Robert Schissler
Fornshell
Ert
McCurio
Richmond
Mrs Bond Heads to Santa Cruz for Winter Visit
Mrs E C Bond departed Sunday morning by auto with her daughter Mrs Hurst and her son and daughter from Centerville for Santa Cruz California to spend the winter with her son in law and daughter Mrs Guyton.
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E. C. Bond
Hurst
Centerville
Santa Cruze
California
Omer Guyton
Cambridge City School Notes Names Several Faculty Members
Superintendent E F Cloyd and Principal Winter lead the staff in Cambridge City. Miss Ball of Rushville teaches English on Hamlet and Miss Schlagel of Glenwood returns to head home economics. Bowden remains math instructor, Bozoarth science, Schlagel cooks, Stewart manual training, Smith history Latin, Gilbert singing, Dickson Latin English, Amick vocational agriculture, Rueff junior high, Arthur commercial department. Mildred Mannon signs.
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E. F. Cloyd
Cloyd
Cambridge City
Mr. Winter
Winter
Pershing
Margaret Ball
Rushville
Hamlet
W. J. Bowden
James L. Bozoarth
Esther Schlagel
Glenwood
Miss Gilbert
Mary Dickson
Brownsville
Bob” Amick
Scipio
Bessie Rueff
Franklin
Central School enrollment climbs as rooms fill
Central School reports record enrollment with Room 3 housing fourteen A pupils and twenty two B pupils while Room 2 holds twenty four first graders and eighteen second graders. Multiple rooms show mixed grade counts as the building nears capacity.
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Miss Easton
Miss Kniese
Easton
Newman
Board of Education
Margaret Scudder
Elizabeth Newkirk
Freshmen Take Over Hall In Schoolhouse Scene
A playful reflection by Lillian Tague on freshmen invading classrooms and seats, their small size and eagerness causing bemusement. The piece notes freshmen wander the building, seek classes, and end the day with hazy memories of doors, while predicting they too will become dignified seniors.
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Lillian Tague
Miss Ball Plans Dual Editing Teams for School Paper
Miss Ball proposes a plan to split the Senior Class into two editing sections each with a two month edit cycle. After four months editors will be judged with the losing side entertaining the winners. Ye Editor urges Lincoln boosters to contribute news for a lively high school paper.
Socials and Visits Across Towns and Fairs
Miss Valetta Bachman Olga Bachman Helen Sanford Martha Groff Irene Kelsey and Mrs Bachman toured to Fountain City Sunday. Eleanor Groves and Margaret Scudder were in Knightstown Sunday. Elizabeth Newkirk visited Richmond Saturday and Dayton Sunday. Dick Paul a freshman shown prize cattle at the State Fair last week. Howard Gaar Roy Dickerson Dick Wonsettler Dorothy Fransher Arthur Ballinger and others spent Monday in Richmond for the Booth Festival at Earlham College. Ball and Schagel were in Richmond Saturday. Aeed visited friends in Richmond Sunday.
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Valetta
Olga Bachman
Helen Sanford
Martha Groff
Irene Kelsey
Bachman
Fountain City
Eleanor Groves
Margaret Scudder
Knightstown
Elizabeth Newkirk
Richmond
Dayton
Dick Paul
Howard Gaar
Roy Dickerson
Dick Wonsettler
Dorothy Fransher
Arthur Ballinger
Earlham
Methodist Church
Miss Ball
Miss Schagel
Aeed
Local Social Notes Highlight Week of Travel and Visits
Mrs Oscar Fox spent last week with relatives at Modoc. Mr and Mrs Robert Krone attended the State Fair Friday. Alva O'Brien is installing a new steam heating plant in the home of Will Judkins. Mrs Fred Lahrman of Richmond was the guest of Mrs Wi Butler Friday afternoon. Mrs Herman Verbarg of Chicago is here visiting her parents. Eli Brewer and wife entertained over Sunday Mr Brewer's nephew Willie York of Mooresville. Dumont Huddleston is now located at Vernon Florida where he is an instructor in the city high schools. Mr and Mrs Ora Wilson and their daughter Betty of this place have been visiting relatives at Brookville. Mrs Bruce Garrard and three sons of Crawfordsville came Friday and spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Max Feemster. Mr and Mrs Ralph Ludington left Friday morning for a house party at Lake Wawasee. Wm Maier and family are now located here after spending ten months in Louisville Kentucky. Mr and Mrs Herbert Reese were the guests Sunday of his brother Arthur and wife and left for Middlebury Vermont by auto. Mrs Janie Driggs went to Flora Sunday for the funeral of her niece Mrs Claude Fink of near Greyling Michigan. Mrs Fink, before marriage Miss Birdie DeHaven, has visited her aunt many times. Mr and Mrs T W Davidson and family attended the Fair Saturday and spent over Sunday with his sister Mrs Warren Cox and family at the Capitol city. Mrs Fred Jones and Mrs Angelo Chiarenza attended the State Fair Friday.
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Janie Driggs
Flora
Claude Fink
Near Greyling
Michigan
Fink
Miss Birdie DeHaven
T. W. Davidson
Warren Cox
Capitol City
Fred Jones
Angelo Chiarenza
Couple returns from Deer Lake Heights vacation
Mr and Mrs Frank Ohmit returned last Wednesday from Deer Lake Heights Michigan where they spent two weeks with Dr and Mrs Roy Pelton and Miss Alice Bradbury Miss Bradbury is gradually improving in health and is praised by many friends here
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Frank Ohmit
Deer Lake Heights
Michigan
Roy Pelton
Alice Bradbury
Protect School Children Drivers Warned To Watch Crossings
Motorists are urged to slow and observe school zone crossings as classes resume. Hoosier State Automobile Association secretary M. E. Noblet warns the first weeks are most hazardous and drivers must stop for children crossing, guiding them safely across streets. The piece urges vigilance and cites signs worn by schools as reminders after summer laxity.
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M. E. Noblet
Hoosier State Automobile Association
Mr. Noblet
Using Algebra to Define Loyalty Harmony and Strength
A concise saying links Loyalty and Harmony and Strength to Success. It compares access and Tribune as ingredients for greater success attributed to Jackson Rodeffer.
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Pius
Access
Tribune
A Recipe for a Good School by Horace Sebring
A short verse describes assembling letters L L N N C O in a large mixing bowl then arranging them into a pennant. The author Horace Sebring signs the brief, cryptic piece.
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Horace Sebring
Lincoln High salutes Cambridge Tribune in Class 28 tribute
A Cambridge City poem praises the Lincoln High School and the Cambridge Tribune. The verse extols the Tribune as a best little paper and notes Roy, the paper magnate, and the Class of 1928 salute the publication with pride.
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the Tribune
Cambridge City
Lincoln
Cambridge Tribune
Roy
The
Tribune
Gehring Family Ends Visit to Relatives in Richmond Area
Eugene Gehring his wife and two sons Robert and Joseph have returned to Cleveland Ohio after spending two weeks visiting his parents Mr and Mrs John Gehring and his wife's parents Mr and Mrs O H Martin of West Richmond.
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Eugene Gehring
Robert
Joseph
John Gehring
O. H. Martin
West Richmond
Cleveand
Ohio
Cambridge City Gains City Free Delivery Post 10,000 Receipts
Postmaster General Harry S. New announces Cambridge City's shift from village to city delivery starting October 1. Receipts last year surpassed 10,000, enabling two carriers and parcel delivery under city service. Postmaster Hugh Foss expresses elation and notes possible salary and promotion changes for carriers.
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Hugh Foss
Harry S. New
Foss
Washington
Washington, D. C
Hugh R. Foss
Cambridge City
Ind
Mr. Foss
School Notes column announced for Lincoln High students
The Tribune dedicates a school notes column written by Lincoln high school students and faculty under Miss Ball. The paper foresees student editorial training and will feature the first issue this week, noting no liability for authenticity but trusting school editors to verify news.
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Tribune
Miss Ball
Lincoln High School
the Tribune
Richmond Dinner Party Honors Miss Eva Toms at Mary Lemon Home
Miss Eva Toms hosted a Saturday evening dinner at Miss Mary Lemon's Richmond residence. Guests included Mesdames Robert Hughes, Charles Kniese, George Callaway, Abiram Boyd, Foster Scudder, Mayme C. Wilson, Ethel Middleton and Misses Beatrice Swallow and Mary Bertsch.
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Eva Toms
Mary Lemon
Richmond
Robert Hughes
Charles Kniese
George Callaway
Abiram Boyd
Foster Scudder
Mayme C. Wilson
Ethel Middleton
Beatrice Swallow
Mary Bertsch
Dr Jennie Scott Dies. Philadelphia Practitioner Buried in Indianapolis
Dr Jennie Scott a Philadelphia physician for over twenty five years died at her home last Thursday. Her remains were taken to Indianapolis for burial. She was a native of the community, daughter of the late Samuel and Mrs Scott and sister-in-law of Mrs Minnie Scott who with her children reside here. Scott was a 1892 graduate of the local high school.
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Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Miss Scott
Samuel Scott
Minnie Scott
Scott
Brooklyn area couple to celebrate 72nd wedding anniversary
Owen and Clarence Holbert of near the city are grandsons of Mr and Mrs John Klemm of Brookville aged 95 and 90 who plan a January 24 1927 celebration at their home to mark seventy two years of married life without a battle They are in good health and happy They have seven living children.
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Owen
Clarence Holbert
John Klemm
Brookville
Garage Burglars Target Private Properties in Town
Over the past week several garages were entered by youths taking tools and tires. Mrs Mayme Wilson reported her extra tire stolen but the thief left it by the door. Marshal investigated with no trace found. Clifford Marson observed a man near the Wilson property as the burglar fled in a car.
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Mayme Wilson
Clifford Marson
Wilson
Mr. Marson
Good luck party honors Anna Catherine Whelan before Oberlin
Miss Elizabeth Whelan hosted a Friday evening gathering with garden flowers, a Word scramble contest won by Dorothy McGuire, and a lunch at a long table. Guests included Virginia Martin, Maxine Morris, Leeta Connor, Mildred Mannon, Ruth Dodson, and many others with Miss Anna Catherine set to leave for Oberlin College.
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Elizabeth Whelan
Anna Catherine Whelan
Oberlin
Ohio
Dorothy McGuire
Blanche Boyd
Anna Catherine
Virginia Martin
Maxine Morris
Leeta Connor
Mildred Mannon
Marie Danner
Ruth Dodson
Ruth Bell
Grace Ballenger
Eunice Ballenger
Katherine Ulerich
Thelma Wyer
Loraine Petty
Letha Blue
Victoria Clark
Mary Frances Yohler
Ethel Mason
Bertha Wilson
Connersville
Martha McClear
Clarence Whelan
Richmond
Lillian Evans
Dublin
Thirty Years Ago Happenings Recorded in The Tribune
Lafe Develin buys the steam laundry and moves it to his business room on Foote Street. A McKinley drum and bugle corps is organized by Clifford Marson, Don Converse, and others aged eight to twelve. Mahlon Kirk’s family plans to stay in Oregon. Dr. Allen to visit Cambridge City first Wednesday monthly. The nuisance family from the steam laundry vacates for Hagerstown. Lewisville fights saloons again. Weaver knocked out. Humane society urged for starved plug horses. National pike road house near Richmond cited as a growing nuisance with rioting and fights on Sundays. Prosecutors urged to act.
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Lafe Develin
Foote Street
Clifford Marson
Don Converse
McKinley
Fusion convention names county ticket in Free Silver and Populist meeting
The Free Silver Democrats and Populists held a fusion convention in this city last Saturday with large attendance though many old Democratic leaders did not participate. Speeches were given by Attorney General candidate McNutt Thomas J Study and Judge Abbott. The ticket includes Circuit Court Judge Thomas J Study Prosecuting Attorney B F Mason of Hagerstown Representatives J W Newburn Chester M L Bowmaster Cambridge City Treasurer Ira C Starr Boston Sheriff James M Smelser Rich Commissioner Eastern district T E Boren Fountain City Middle district N S Harris Chester Coroner J B Allen Hagerstown Assessor Tolbert Moore Jackson Township Surveyor Geo W Gates Rich.
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McNutt
Thos. J. Study
Abbott
Tho. J. Study
B. F. Mason
Hagerstown
J. W. Newburn
Chester
M. L. Bowmaster
Cambridge City
Ira C. Starr
Boston
James M. Smelser
Richmond
T. E. Boren
Fountain City
N. S. Harris
J. B. Allen
Tolbert Moore
Jackson Township
Geo. W. Gates
Unitarian Convention Attendees and Health Update
Dublin items note Mr and Mrs J B McGrew D P Demree Rev H N Brown and James Hammond attended the Universalist convention at MecCordsville last week. Mrs Lillie Tweedy, recently in Indianapolis for six weeks of treatment, returned home Saturday night improved in health. Her sister Mrs Will Binkley accompanied her and will visit relatives for a week or two.
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Dublin
J. B. McGrew
D. P. Demree
H. N. Brown
James Hammond
MecCordsville
Lillie Tweedy
Indianapolis
Will Binkley
Local Education Moves and Obituary Notice
Jen Heiser left Saturday to lead his school in West Indianapolis. Herbert Kocher Frank McDaniel and Harry Warfel will attend Cambridge City this winter. Dr Gentle sold his business to Dr Ehle of Bluffton and will practice in Indianapolis. John Boyer died at his sister’s home in Pennville after months of illness.
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Jen Heiser
West Indianapolis
Herbert Kocher
Frank McDaniel
Harry Warfel
Cambridge City
Gentle
Ehle
Bluffton
Indianapolis
Bennett Gordon
Richmond
Reublican Club
Gordon
E. M. Haas
P.S. Binkley
John Boyer
Oldaker
Pennville
Milton Items And Local Social Notes
Miss Cora Brown measured a 72 inch by 10 inch item this season. Dr St Clair and family attend funeral of aunt Mrs Louisa Mosbaugh at Cambridge City. Newcastle visitors and Milton girls host a gathering at Charley Nugent’s. Public schools opened with large attendance. opening exercises led by Rev Harris and Rev Donnelson with Supt Scholl remarks. Schools dismissed to rooms with Miss Fatout No 5, Miss Crawford No 4, Miss Myers No 3, Miss Sands No 2, Miss Newman No 1.
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Milton
Cora Brown
Traffic Jam Redirected by Ten Policemen
Ten policemen were summoned to redirect traffic as the block became jammed for nearly an hour, according to an exchange report.
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Oscar Fox
Modoc
Robert Krone
Alva O’brien
Will Judkins
Fred Lahrman
Wi Butler
Herman Verbarg
Chicago
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Jacob Meyers
Eli Brewer
Mr. Brewer
Willie York
Mooresville
Dumont Huddleston
Vernon
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Ora Wilson
Betty
Bruce Garrard
Crawfordsville
Max Feemster
Ralph Ludington
Lake Wawasee
Ross Coffin
Wm. Maier
Louisville
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Arthur
Middlebury
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Joseph McGuire
Jackson Rodeffer
Mary
Lincoln Hi
Edward Close
Lincoln High
Greensfork
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Kitchell
Liberty
Carthage
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Anode
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Agnes Morris
New Bank
Mahlon Kirk
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Lewisville
Weaver
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