Ditching machine uncovers $10000 in Liberty bonds linked to 1919 bank theft
Charley Baller of Bluffton Indiana finds ten thousand dollars in Liberty bonds while operating a ditch digger. The bonds were identified as stolen from a Peru bank in 1919. A separate Danville Virginia clerk questioned a Negro applicant with the reply name Virlie Birdiron Massendail William Harris. George Campbell sixteen of Berlin Maryland was arrested for stealing an airplane and boasted of reading cereal box flying instructions.
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Charley Baller
Bluffton
Ind
Peru
Danville, Va
Virlie Birdiron Massendail
William Harris
George Campbell
Berlin
Boston cafe told to change sign or close over wording
The cafe owner faced closure after city inspectors deemed the seven year old electric sign unsuited to public taste. The sign read Dam good food prompting authorities to demand removal or alteration to comply with standards.
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Boston
Quarles Vers Stop And Think at Wesleyan Church Schedule
Bible school at 9 30 a m with Isaiah Comforts an Afflicted People theme. Meeting for Worship at 10 30 a m sermon Time for Rainbows. Union service 7 30 p m with visiting minister at Wesleyan church. Thursday 7 30 p m mid week worship Work of the Prophets Elijah and Elisha discussed. Friends of the Friends welcome.
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Isaiah
Wesleyan Church
Eljah
Elisha
Fletcher Methodist Church Events and District Conference
Mid week service at the parsonage tonight at 7 60 p m. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society sub district meeting tomorrow at the church in St Paul starting 9 30 a m. Cars leave Carthage 8 15 a m. Box lunch at noon. Sunday school 9 30 a m. Preaching 10 30 a m. Union service next Sunday at Wesleyan Methodist church 7 30 p m. Spring District Conference at Connersville May 15 starting 9 30 a m. Children Day services second Sunday in June. Bible verse Jude 1 24 25.
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Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
St. Paul
Carthage
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Connersville
Jude
Brick by brick church drive gains momentum in Carthage
East Street Christian Church reports rapid brick gifts on a miniature church model atop a car to reduce debt. Members and non members buy bricks and shingles to support the project. Union services and quarterly meetings with Rev Gail Beaver are announced, with revival set for May 7 led by the Mort Brothers.
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Newcum
Carthage Christian Church
Local columnist laughs at headlines and keeps quiet fans
A humorous reader column venting frustration at lack of fan mail while joking about public figures, radio gossip, and community banter. The piece lampoons editorials, mentions Starr the poet, references historical figures, and ends with a self aware rhyme about a neighbor’s sliding board incident.
Local Hosts and Visitors Reported Across Gwynneville Area
Community members from Gwynneville Greenfield Morristown Rushville Moscow and nearby areas were listed visiting relatives and attending events. Notable items include a birth Carolyn Marlene on April 22 and multiple gatherings at homes of Pollitt Keaton Beckner Thurston Larrison Macy and others.
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Carlie Bundy
Moscow
James Andrews
Wilbur Brown
Morristown
Eva Thurston
Rushville
Porter Hunsinger
Mays
Herschel Thurston
Henry Myer
Fred Pollitt
Marjorie Nigh
Union Township
Lawrence Wortman
Gwynneville
John Wortman
Carlos Long
Vernal Long
Jan Long
Greenfield
Mort Macy
Card of Thanks to Local Neighbors for Mrs Watkins
The children and near relatives thank neighbors and friends for help during Mrs Ethalinda Watkins illness and death. Listed are Luther Watkins Ithamer Watkins Harry Madry Bertha Watkins Wyche Watkins and grandchildren. Foster Lockhart of Lake George NY receives $25 per thousand for tiny barbed stingers of bees used medicinally after venom sacks are full.
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Ethalinda Watkins
Luther Watkins
Ithamer Watkins
Harry Madry
Bertha Watkins
Wyche Watkins
Foster Lockhart
Lake George
N. Y
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Fletcher Methodist Co
V. McMillan
Raymond Manche
East Street Christian
Wayne Newcum
Charles Blankenship
Wesleyan Methodist Quarterly Meeting
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Elvira McCorkle
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Marion College
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Starr
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Jed
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Indiana University
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Bloomington
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Manilla
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Frank Wilcoxon
Harold Sample
Neal Addison
Dave Addison
Charles Larrison
Williams
Geo .W. Williams Company
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Cory
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