Local Social Notes and Charity Drive Totals
Mr and Mrs Al Booker of Darlington and Miss Vera Cregg of South Bend visit Mrs Susan Little. Miss Leona Mills hosts the dinner club Friday. Baptist church refinishes its floor. Jackson Township Red Cross drive completed with total donations and membership at 110.15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Booker
Darlington
Vera Cregg
South Bend
Susan Little
Leona Mills
Red Cross
Jackson Township
East of Delphi social notes and illness updates
Mrs Willis Fife ill with the flu. Jessie Wise bought a new radio. Various Delphi area residents visited, hosted, or were guests including Dr Schermerhorn in Flora, Ernest Mummert and family, Naomi Johnson, Mary Margaret Jester, and others. Gillie Hoff’s blood poisoning shows slight improvement. Thanksgiving travel and interurban crew layoffs also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Fife
Jessie Wise
Fred Raber
J. C .Schermerhorn
Flora
Earl Mummert
Ernest Mummert
Young America
Joe Turner
C. W. Sidenbender
Johnson
Naomi
Delphi
Joe Allen
Raymond Fetterhoff
Ockley
John Genrich
Burr Balser
Frank Balser
Mabel
Gillie Hoff
Chas. Gros
A. M. Rankin
Nora Jester
Mary Margaret
Charles
Will Eller
Cletis
Genevia Crook
Wayne
Logansport
Allen Tritle
George Snoeberger
E. E. Blickenstaff
Pyrmont
Pleasant Run and nearby towns note Thanksgiving visits and family news
Local residents report Thanksgiving gatherings and visits across Pleasant Run and nearby towns. Names include Nina Bliss Lefler Edna Lefler Morrow McKinley Gibbons, Viney, Dillman, Crowell, Chadd and many others with hospital, birth, illness, and illness recovery updates.
Conductor Materials Work Up To 6000 Degree Heat
The bureau of standards reports that any known material conducts electricity with relative ease at high temperatures. Current knowledge suggests no substance will be found that remains a nonconductor at 6000 degrees Fahrenheit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Standards
Dance Dispels Loneliness on Tristan da Cunha
On Tristan da Cunha, the loneliest island of the British empire, dancing is the main pastime. Men dance with men and women with women, except on very special occasions. Royal Scepter Coffee and Smith's Groce are mentioned.
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British Empire
Tristan da Cunha
Royal Scepter Coffee, Smith’s Groce
Christmas for Adults Finds Children Within
In a rural family Christmas piece from 1925, two grown siblings with no children present decide not to exchange gifts, yet old family ritual wins. A planned quiet day becomes a table groaning with surreptitious gifts as relatives confess that Christmas should be for everyone. They later share gifts and memories after church, reaffirming the holiday’s pull beyond adulthood.
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Sim
Christmas Wisdom Wink from Martha Banning Thomas
A witty quip contrasts a foolish husband buying clothes wringers with a wise man gifting a pair of arctics and double-decker jade earrings, highlighting clever gift giving. The quote reflects playful domestic humor about knowing a wife’s desires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Banning Thomas
Mistletoe superstition noted in London Tit Bits
A London Tit-Bits snippet states that mistletoe, when not suspended, is regarded by the superstitious as a harbinger of bad luck.
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London
Elephant maturity age and lifespan notes in old text
An aged excerpt claims elephants do not mature until a certain number of years and may live many decades or more, reflecting historical beliefs about their development and longevity.
Local families share visits and gatherings this holiday season
Radnor residents Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lucas and sons near Miami spent Friday with his parents. The Biiney family from Illinois visited Ed Lane’s home. An oyster supper hosted by W H Isenhour drew several couples. Thanksgiving dinners united the Harner, Gillam, Blinn, Leiter, Snyder, and Mabbitt families. George Lucas and family visited Albert Lucas, while Marie Kearns remained ill in Lafayette. Elmo Kirkpatrick visited his aunt Roy Thomson’s household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Swatts
Wabash
Sam Swatts
Harry Wood
Will
Seneca Shenvard
John Shepard
Frank Shepard
Jim Gibbons
Frankfort
Tom Smith
Ruth
Logansport
Ethel Dillman
Roy Dillman
Ione Cripe
Radnor
Ed Crowell
George Fair
John Cornell
Charles Davis Vaughan
Glenn Chadd
Alvin Pritts
Perry Pritts
Forest
Harry O’farrell
Fred
Tom
Clark Ginn
Wm Acheson
Mabel Stewart
Delphi
William Biiney
Illinois
Ed Lane
W. H. Isenhour
Will Martin
Medford Clawson
Lloyd Shaffer
Emmitt Mabbitt
Chessie Snyder
Charles Harner
George Harner
Henry Gillam
Horatio Blinn
Star ‘City
W. J. Leiter
Bettie Snyder
John McCouch
George Lucas
Albert Lucas
Miami
Marie Kearns
Lafayette
Elmo Kirkpatrick
Roy Thomson
Thanksgiving week ends at school with activities
School dismissals for Thanksgiving. Students and staff travel to Chicago Bloomington and home for the holiday. Juniors plan a lyceum course and raise funds while pennants are cleaned and classrooms improved. Prizes awarded to Lucille McDonald and Bob Sanderson. refreshments served to a list of students and Mrs. Albert Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Befiner
Chicago
Miss Scully
Bloomington
Mullin
Ernest Robison
Harold Welch
Wabash
Bernice Been
Pauline Lontz
Mabel Benner
Lucille McDonald
Bob Sanderson
Helen Stewart
Robert Wasson
Thomas Sanderson
George Wagoner
Glen Porter
Robert Justice
Ward Lesh
Albert Porter
license plates ready by december 15
State license plates are now in every license bureau and will be ready for distribution after December 15. Unlike prior years, owners may not receive an extra two months to purchase plates, as past delays were due to clerk shortages in the secretary of state's office.
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Secretary of State
Movie Favorite to Circle World Again
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks plan another world tour departing Hollywood in January. After visiting major European centers they may return via the orient if they skip further pictures. Fourteen people will comprise the party.
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Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Hollywood
Orient
Grange Nets Big Pro Football Pay Day
Red Grange’s pro debut with the Chicago Bears ended in a 0 0 tie with the Cardinals on Thanksgiving Day before 39 000 spectators. He drew about 8 000 Sunday and could earn near 200 000 by spring as the team plans about twenty five minute appearances per game on a heavy schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red” Grange
Chicago Bears
Chicago Cardinals
Redhead
Grange
Chicago
Robins
Luna Coffee and Smith’s Grocery Feature Quote
A brief notice presents Luna Coffee and Smith’s Grocery with a quoted motto on candor. The text cites Bentzel Sternau praising candor as a noble mind’s seal and social virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luna Coffee
Smith’s Grocery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas
South Delphi
James Obear
West Front Street
Inneive
Yanus Wells
Chas. Hargraves, Yeoman
Chas. W. Hargraves
Coman
J. W. Weidner
Peoples B. & L. Association
Harry Arnold
Geo. M. Smith
Camden
Bell Telephone Co
West Delphi
Nina Bliss
Buffalo
Edna Leffler
Guy Julien
Missouri
Frank Morrow
Edgar McKinley
West of Town
Indianapolis
Fred Branson
Orliff Coghill
Joe Garrison
Ives
Dick Barker
Yeoman
Romney
Esther Gushwa
Monticello
Amanda Mickley
Frank Brewer
Western Newspaper Union
Dennison
Near Miami
Mrs
Parker Lucas
Rockfield High School
China
Childs Mugs
Childs
Sherbert & Goblets
Peddie
Dad
Scooters
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