Carthage Reminiscences and a Gates Farm Reverie
The narrator recalls Carthage and the Gates farm by the Little Blue River as a dream life now vanished. He describes farm remains, the old battlefield of memory, and the beloved Edith Gates, whose presence haunts his recollections. The piece reflects on old times, the farm’s unchanged entrance, and the contrast with modern, noisy times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Gates Farm
Little Blue River
Knightstown
Gates
Mary
Edith
Hot Springs National Park A Health Resort History
The piece portrays Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas as a government endorsed winter resort. It notes 250,000 annual visitors with 100,000 treated free, 46 hot-water bubblers, 900,000 gallons daily, baths priced from 16 to 21 dollars, and federal oversight. It mentions historic explorers and legends, plus gambling and swindler stories amid a 1930s era setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs National Park
Arkansas
Hernando de Soto
Spain
Lewis and Clark
Northwest
Ponce de Leon
Ozark
Fountain of Youth
Department of
Hot Springs
Uncle Sam
Local residents socialize with friends and relatives
Gwynneville families and guests visited Sunday evening and weekend gatherings. University students Ned Poer and Robert Evans spent time with their families. Marjorie Nigh, Zelma Tucker, and others attended outings and shopped locally, with several couples hosting dinners and visiting a film in Indianapolis.
Notable Local Gatherings and Personal News from Knightstown
Funeral attendance for Delbert Wood in Knightstown. County leadership training at Maxwell with planned further sessions. Morris White visits mother Maude White, recently ill. Vinton Ormston returns from Indianapolis. Charley Walker visited by Claude Walker in Greenfield. Miriam Jessup and Mrs. George Holden visit Mrs. Roy Roudebush in Wilkinson. Carl Pearson marries Dorothy Pence in St Paris Ohio. bride’s parents hosted. Attendees include Mrs. Frank Pearson and others from area. Oscar Weeks dies in New Castle. formerly of here. Rev. H G Biddlecum attends state pastors meeting in Indianapolis. Local families host and visit over weekend. farm sale noted. several illnesses and recoveries reported. Rev E L Miller suffers paralysis. daughter-in-law Mrs Phillip Smith called. Mary Jane Overman visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Biddlecum
Delbert Wood
Knightstown
Maxwell
Morris White
Maude White
Vinton Ormston
Indianapolis
Claude Walker
Charley Walker
Greenfield
Miriam Jessup
George Holden
Roy Roudebush
Wilkinson
Carl Pearson
Frank Pearson
Dorothy Pence
St. Paris
Ohio
Marley Pence
Cloral Ulrey
Lucille
Audrey Louise
Charles Ulrey, Jr
Patricia Burk
Melvin Brammer
Oscar Weeks
New Castle
Frank Weeks
H. G. Biddlecum
M. C. Richardson
Tom Richardson
Ed Oldham
Arthur Ruggles
Dunreith
John Rhodes
Riley Watson
Adah Addison
Esther Wolf
Mary Catherine Jessup
Gladys Jessup
Harry Jessup
Ida
Walter Jessup
Fur Buyers Reports Due in Sixty Days
More than five hundred fur buyers in Indiana must file written reports with the Division of Fish and Game within sixty days after the trapping season ended January 31. Commissioner Virgil M. Simmons said the reports must detail purchases, buyers, sellers, and skin counts by species, plus any other required information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Division ‘of Fish and Game
Virgil M. Simmons
Department of Conservation
Mishawaka Couple Visited Brother Denzil McDaniel
Mr and Mrs Woodrow McDaniel of Mishawaka spent Sunday with his brother Denzil McDaniel and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow McDaniel
Mishawaka
Denzil McDaniel
Local Socials Note Quiet Morristown Gatherings
Mrs. Merlie Sumpter visited Mrs. Stella Copple Tuesday night at the Morristown high school gymnasium. Mrs. Ralph Wickliff is on the sick list. The Ladies' Aid of the U. B. church met with Mrs. George Nigh Tuesday afternoon for quilting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown High School
Merlie Sumpter
Morristown
Stella Copple
Ralph Wickliff
U. B
George Nigh
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Baysback Fertilizer Co
Rushville
Shelbyville
Levi Truster
Ite
Hattheries
F. R. Newby — — Notary Public
Carthage, Ind
Owen Gray
K. E. Wedeking
Optometrist
F. Bidg
Ind
E. Main St
Rex E. Sexson
Greenfield, Ind
Henry Nelson
Charlottesville, Ind
Ratliff
Knightstowr
W. E. Cooper
W. Third St. Rushville
F.E. Kling
E. Brown
St. Knightstown
Sentementee Sitite Los Soc
Texaco
Pirestone
Harold Phelps
Rush County Loan & Finance
King’s Beauty Shop
R. C. McBane
the Citizen
OUR
Andrews
U. 8
Highway 40
Flint
Baltimore
City of Flint
Germany
Norway
McCormick
By Warren Bayley
THE
Gwynneville
Charles Irvine
Edd Post
Ardith Beckner
Clarksburg
Agnes Dawson
Roy Laswell
Fred Pollitt
Frank Kemper
Stella Kemp
Zelma Tucker
Mar.jorie Nigh
Ned Poer
Purdue University
Dave Poer
Samuel Phares
Alice Swain
Durst Beckner
Gus Carwine
Cynthia Jane Alexander
Vernal Long
Carlos Long
Gurney Swain
Flora Swain
Joe Long
Marjorie Nigh
James Smith
Robert Evans
Jordan's
Edward Evans
Melvin Vandmeer
Bob Hurst
Raymond Cross
Kenneth Hite
Herschel Thurstom
Earnestine Nigh
Lawrence Wortman
Clyde Connaway
Wayne Wilcoxon
Lola Tague
Jack
Charlottesville
E. L. Miller
Methodist Church
Phillip Smith
Richmond
Mary Jane Overman
W. C. Overman
Carthage Grain CO
Hogle
Ronan
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