For Sale Classified Items and Lost Item Notice
For Sale comb honey ready next week by R R Reames. For Sale or Trade barn 36x72 with 35 tons hay capacity ten stalls corn crib 1000 bushels inquire at this office. For Sale George Watkins property lot 71 Clark and Henley add inquire Bertha Watkins and heirs. Lost pair horn rimmed glasses Henry McCullough. For Sale good piano inquire at this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Reames
George Watkins
Clark and Henley
Bertha Watkins
Henry McCullough
Tweedyville Moves Highlight Local Notes
Carthage residents report Wilbur McCorkle moving to Tweedyville while Hal Green remains ill. Indianapolis visitors Mrs. Walter Phelps and niece Jean Fagan, and others recount travels to Shelbyville Anderson Rushville and Portsmouth. Fly spray ads promote Dr Hess at $1 per gallon, with Sharer Moore and local updates on farms and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Phelps
Jean Fagan
Indianapolis
Dr. Hess
Sharer & Moore
Hess
Sharer
Moore
Sitting Bull Not Chief but Influential Leader
The Sioux leader Tatanka Yotanka born 1834 or 1837 led tribes in the plains wars and was a medicine man healer preacher and politician. He commanded a Sioux band at Little Bighorn in 1876 fled to Canada for four years surrendered under amnesty and later died December 1890 resisting arrest near Fort Yates North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitting Bull
Tatanka Yotanka
South Dakota
Custer
Little Big Horn River
Montana
Canada
Fort Yates
North Dakota
Everest Revered as Goddess of Mountains by Natives
Natives view Everest as the goddess mother of peaks and fear anger of the gods for disturbing its sanctuary. The Himalayas host protective and malevolent spirits with Nanda Devi standing among the empire’s highest summits at 25 500 feet. Beneath Badrinath and Kedarnath, a Hindu high priest communes with the gods from a rocky home, with temple doors of copper, silver, and gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everest
Himalayas
British Empire
Garhwal
Badrinath
Kedarnath
Prayers on a Rosary A brief look at its origins
The article traces the rosary’s early practice with Hermit Paul reciting 300 daily prayers and notes uncertainty about when mechanical rosaries began. It cites Godiva’s 1048 Coventry foundation and a jeweled string for devotion and mentions Thomas of Cantim? describes the term rosary as Mary’s rose garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sozomen
Paul
William of
Thomas of
Cantimore
Early Automotive Inventions Sparked By Many Researchers
The text notes that the automobile emerged from contributions by hundreds of inventors over the century. It mentions the Duryea first gasoline vehicle in 1892 and Elwood Haynes' early gasoline car first driven in Kokomo, Indiana in 1884, highlighting collective progress rather than a single inventor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
A. Duryea
Elwood Haynes
Kokomo
Ind
Hutdpe
Swear words in Indian language questioned in
A quoted Indian American explains that using white man’s words to invoke God is unacceptable and sacred language must be respected. Religion features prominently in Indian life, reflecting a history of dramatic tribals and rites surrounding life, death, and appeasement of gods.
Oldest Railway Tie Still In Service Near Newton Miss
A rail tie laid in 1875 on the Vicksburg division of the Illinois Central near Newton Mississippi remains in continuous use. The tie has bore the weight of five rail types over 149 years and is assessed to last about 50 more years according to district supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Miss
Vicksburg
Illinois Central
Cotillion Dance Evolves From Court to Modern Ball
The cotillion, a French origin dance, evolved from a peasant dance and was first performed for one, then two, becoming a round dance at Charles X's court. It spread to England with many figures and elaborate accessories in modern practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles X
England
Local Notes From Knightstown And Nearby Areas
A collage of society mentions from Knightstown Indiana and surrounding towns. Residents travel to Indianapolis Chicago and Little Rock while visitors arrive from Rushville Morris town and LaGrange Sr. The James Binford Family reunion and the Century of Progress trip tie local events to national happenings. Public notices include a bank report for State Bank of Carthage dated June 3 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank OF Carthage
Carthage
Indiana
Edgar N. Hill
Howard E. Henley
Mabel Phelps
Fred W. Parrish
Pitch-in Dinner Honors Bundy Family at Home
A pitch-in dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bundy and daughter Zona on Sunday. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Cheeseman and daughters Dorabell and Festine. John. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Langdon of Hartford City. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Cheeseman near Muncie. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Quakenbush and daughters Irene and Helen and son James. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holdren and daughter Martha. and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Delph of Eaton Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Bundy
Zona
Clinton Cheeseman
Dorabell
Festine
John
Warren Langdon
Hartford City
Alva Cheeseman
Near Muncie
Frank Quakenbush
Irene
Helen
James
Charles Holdren
Martha
Jacob’ Delph
Eaton Ind
Kinman and guests visit from Washington and nearby towns
Captain and Mrs. Guy Kinman return to Washington after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Gates and family. Miss Helen Marie Haven and Miss Imogene Ley travel from Greensburg and Knightstown for a short stay with the McDaniel family. The Friendship class at Fletcher M E church plans a Wednesday meeting hosted by Mrs Jess Newsom and others. Hugh Addison, son of Arlington residents, is ill at home, formerly worked at Winfield’s grocery and A P store in Indianapolis. The Henley family visits Niles Michigan and Geneva New York relatives, with Mrs Woodbridge remaining in New York before returning home. The Henleys also visit Jimmie Henley at Camp Crosley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Kinman
Washington
John Gates
Helen Marie Haven
Greensburg
Imogene Ley
Knightstown
al McDaniel
Hugh Addison
Tom Addison
Arlington
Winfield’s
Addison
Indianapolis
Howard, Henley
Maria
Howard Jr
Maria Woodbridge
Niles
Mich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Notary
Jesse Henley
Wilbur McCorkle
Tweedyville
Hal Green
Richard Daugherty
Camp Crosley
Mary Jean Sayles
Mrs. Charles White
Leo Kinman
Shelbyville
Ruth Snider
Betty
Portsmouth, Ohio
William Parish
Rosalind Keller
George Kellar
Anderson
Carolyn Smith
Shelby County
A. R. Bun
O'Dbnala Calvert
Selma
Ohio
Dr. Héss
Shidief &Moore
Russell’ Linvill
Pele
Mrs
L. L.’ Braybrook
Chicago
The
Electric‘light’ Company
Walter Walker
Charlottsville
Reeves
Rose Small
Mr. Fagal
Lim
Ella Coffin
Mr. Small
Virgil Tetrick
South
Gulf
Charlie Moore
Lucille Chappell
Great Lakes
al Carr
Ray George
Evelyn Lauven
Morristown
Merrill Chappell
Alvin White
Paul Winslow
Edward Smithee
Little Rock
Arkansas
C. V. Stevens
Sutchens
Walbash
Art Lineback
Barbara Blacklidge
Rushville
H. E. Stager
P. W. Linton
Jane
Arthur White
Susie Bentley
Grace Porter
Walter Chonan
Hubert Hill
Mr. and
George
Polly
Charles Beeson
Leslie Seward of
LaGrange Sr
Howard Winslow
Christian Church
Winfield’s Grocery
A. J. Carr
Jimmie
Richmond
Henry Stager
Morriston, N. J
Fred Addison Sand
Glen Kaler
Francis Addison
Ora Siler
Fred Donoho
Frederica Hill
Donoho
Lilly Varnish Company
Morris Gibson
Container Corporation of America
Lowene Callahan
Homer
Erma Adams
Mac Sells
Eldridge Jones
Fred Jessup
Tess Beher
James Binford
Walnut Ridge
Mattie Clark
John Clark
J. R. Behr
East St. Christian Church
Floyd and
Curtis ’Jones
Hidridge Jones
Ross
A. W. Winfield
McKinzie
Chas. Campbell
Diamond
Neice
Miller’s Grove
Arletta Small
Anna Mildred McClarnon
Carolyn Norris
U. S. Gov't
State OF Indiana
County of Rushes
I. Howard E. Henley
Howard. E. Henley
P. J. Sattler
Casady’s
Bargait
Casaday
Loren, Meek
Effie Abercrombie
Fletcher M. E. Church
Jess Newsom
Chas Beeson
Jeff Leisure
Kingan
Addison's Meat Market
Ome Galle
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