Local Residents Yearn for Social Visits and Travel
Gwynneville student Ned Poer returns to Purdue after a week with his parents. Numerous families visit kin in Indianapolis Columbus and Greenfield. Chicken pox keeps Patricia Hite at home while others host, dine, or call on friends and relatives across Hancock and Rush counties. Bob Hurst from Butler University spends spring break at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Poer
Purdue University
Dave. Poer
Ed Poston
Charles Irvine
New Palestine
Vernal Long
Carlos Long
Jan
Columbus
Guy Kennedy
Patricia Hite
Ben Keaton
Wilbur Keaton
Gwynneville
John Gibson
Frances Perkins
Wanda
Rushville
Edward Evans
Joe
Texas
Fred Pollitt
Harry Keaton
Greenfield
Stella Kemp
Indianapolis
Ralph Kemp
Roy Laswell
Dave Peer
Earnestine Nigh
Durst Beckner
Shelbyville
Marjorie Nigh
Willetta Winkler
Jimmy Andis
Morristown
Bob Hurst
Butler University
C. E. Hurst
Bees In Window Attract Young Patients In Kalamazoo
D C C Osborn of Kalamazoo Michigan keeps a hive of bees in his office window to soothe young patients and ease their pains. Camel hair brushes are described as made from Russian and Siberian squirrel hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. C. Osborn
Kalamazoo, Mich
Do You Remember When Horse Thieves Visit Farmers
April 1 1910 report notes Earnest Helms and Edwin Foust south of Carthage on Arlington Pike offer rewards for return of a stolen mare and buggy after thieves swapped Foust horse for Ideams best at the Heims home. Mention follows several local social items and a brush fire on the Stager farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest Helms
Edwin Foust
Carthage
Arlington Pike
Young Foust
Carl Foust
Heims
Foust
McCormick Describes Farmer's Lost Craft and Modern Exploitation
The speech laments the farmer's decline from independent creator to exploited laborer under technocracy and middlemen. It argues land, knowledge, and craft have been parceled to distant industries, undermining agriculture and the republic. The speaker recalls pioneer workmanship and warns of a painful shift in destiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Republic of History
Indiana
Birmingham
Duluth
Mackinac
Gates
Republic
Civil Service Exams Open for Student Nurses at St Elizabeths Hospital
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive exam for student nurses at St Elizabeths Hospital Washington D C. Applications must reach the Commission by April 29 for eastern states or May 2 1940 for Colorado and western states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Federal Institution For Treatment of Mental Disorders
Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C
Commission
Colorado
Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Research Fund for Bass Stream Study
A $600 research fund for Indiana bass stream study was announced by Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner. The American Wildlife Institute funds, via the Department of Conservation, will study methods to improve bass fishing using trout-stream techniques with Sugar Creek in Boone County as the test site. Dr. W. E. B. Ricker of Indiana University will supervise with Boone County Conservation Club assistance. Data collection will cover aquatic life vegetation and food and cover conditions over a two year observation period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Conservation
Virgil M. Simmons
American Wildlife Institute
Michigan
Texas
Sugar Creek
Boone County
Boone County Conservation Club
W. EB. Ricker
Indiana University Department of Zoology
Ricker
University
Division of Fish and Game
Indiana
New York Central Offers Lower Fares Per Mile
Travel in spacious comfort with New York Central trains cutting costs as distance rises. Round trip fares as low as 1 percent per mile, offering comfort speed and safety. Modern coach trains provide more value, inviting you to read sleep dine stroll or enjoy the scenery while the engineer drives. Check with your local ticket agent for the new low fares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
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Geo. W. Willams Co
Knightstown
Zelma Tucker
Mary Frances Pollitt
George Nigh
Walter Dyer
Near
Lewis Nigh
Mrs
Frank Hull
Leota Robbins
Earnestine Nigh and
Margaret Smith
Clyde Connoway
Mima Pollitt
Rex Kemple
Arlington
Fort Hardware Store
Knightstown, Ind
M. F. Lovett
T. M. Cox
Grover Shimmer
Ida Hendricks
Nancy Hendricks
J. A. Lineback
H. E. Stager
A. O. Hill
Lewis Weingart
Lineback
Sharer & Moore’s Hardware
Phelps’ Grocery
Alonzo Kizer
Burl Magee
A. J. Carr
Chicago
McCormick
Research Fund For
America
Commonwealth
Deep South
Uatchez
Charleston
Baton Rouge
Gandhi
India
Axminster
Knightstown Furn. Co
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