Thanksgiving Gatherings Around Knightstown and Nearby
Local families from Charlottesville Knightstown and surrounding towns shared Thanksgiving visits and meals with relatives and friends. Weekend travel included Mrs Flora Moore returning home from Indianapolis area and many couples dining or staying with relatives in Bay City Hammond Terre Haute New Castle Greenfield and Rushville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Bridges
Bay City
Mich
Daisy Bridges
Margaret Smith
Rushville
Claude Walker
Walter Addison
Ralph Zapf
Elmer Collins
Stringtown
Walter Jessup
Russell Jessup
Mary Catherine Jessup
James Messer
Knights
Flora Moore
Indianapolis
Oren
Effie Niles
Butlerville Institution
Ella McClarnon
Lawrence Wales
Anna Bridges
Weather Conditions Dampen Fur Prices in Hoosier Trapping
Reports to Virgil M. Simmons show autumn heat reduced fur quality and prices during the trapping season. Trappers and buyers say later cold snaps yield better pelts, with muskrat opossum raccoon skunk mink and fox sales contributing about three quarters of a million dollars annually. Opponents told a legislative committee that Judge William Duff of Unionville Connecticut ate peanuts during trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil M. Simmons
Department of Conservation
William Duff
Unionville, Conn
Local Notice of Auctioneers Listing Names
Auctioneers Burket and Button with Carl H. Morrow and Clay White listed for ongoing sale actions involving Earl H. Sears and Margaret O. Sears. Public notice indicates bidding event details and participant roles.
A Western Trip Through Oil Rich Lands and Missouri
The account sketches a journey from Texas panhandle to Oklahoma and Missouri noting white faced cattle and abundant oil, Tulsa as oil capitol, then Missouri landscapes near Springfield and the Ozarks. It mentions St. Louis industrial sights, a Chicago stop, Grapes of Wrath, and scenes along the Wabash with Terre Haute and Terre Haute and Illinois trip ending into southern Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Capitol
Tulsa
Missouri
Springfield
Carthage
Baby Grand
Ozarks
Rockies
St. Louis
Purina Food Company
Federal Building
Illinois Terminal
Purina Food Co
Civic Auditorium
Illinois
Switzerland
Casey
Wabash
Terre Haute
State Normal College
November Oats Harvest Near Bloomfield Iowa
Pictorial note shows Arthur Finley’s Davis County farm near Bloomfield on November 8 as a second oat crop is bound and shocked. Unseasonably warm fall favors a volunteer crop providing extra feed. 46 acre field with heads full at cutting. Jack Finley and Glen Blankinship operate tractor and binder amid mention of nearby DePauw University and Putnamville penal farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Iowa
Davis County
Arthur Finley
Jack Finley
Glen Blankinship
Civil Service Exams and Western Frontier Reflections
The United States Civil Service Commission announced open competitive exams for positions including Teacher in Indian Community and Boarding Schools with retirement deductions noted. The writer reflects on western pioneers spirit and vast western landscapes, contrasting signs of churches and schools on a country drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
Washington
Indian Field Service
Indiana
Rocky Mountains
Plains
United States
Blue River
Arizona
Federal civil service exams open with varied offices and dates
The notice lists Alaska and continental openings with salaries from 1620 to 2000 dollars a year and optional branches in education and guard duties. It specifies age and experience requirements, and closing dates for applications: January 3 or 6 for eastern and western states, and July 22 or September 22, 1941 for Alaska regions. Details available from civil service authorities in major cities or Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Department of the Interior
Colorado
Arctic Circle
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington,d. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charlottesville
Floyd Gambrel
Joe Settles
Fountaintown
Harry Jessup
Wayman Herkless
J. R. Garland
Tillie
Son
Jesse
Michigan
Mrs. Benton Morris
New Castle
Misses Clara
Lizzie Overman
Nellie Vandyn
Homer Wasson
Vandyns
Paul H. Reeves
Jane
Luke Walton
Charlotte and
Lucia
Chas. F. Reeves
Ivan McDaniel
Rupert Lukens
Harry Lukens
Knightstown
Alhambra Knightstown, Ind
Maureen O’hara
Louis Hayward
Lucille Ball
Ralph Bellamy
Fred MacMurray
Patricia Morison
Albert Dekker
Rangers OF Fortune
Jean Rogers
Robi. Sterling
Russell Gleason
Sun
Mon
Brigham Young
Tyrone Power
Linta Darnell
J. O. Sears
Shiveley’s Corner
Mays
Jersey and
Guernsey
Rohmstock
Farrow
Poland
China
McCormick Tractor
Black Hawk
Christian Helpers
East Street Christian Church
Earl H. Sears
Margaret O. Sears
Charles Winslow
DePauw_ University
Putnamville
Cable Camp
Western Yearly Meeting of Friends
Mata Ao
Baysback Fertilizer Co
VILLE
Benfield
Shelby Ville
Snape
Ra Ze
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