Public recreation spend in Indiana tops sixfold in five years
Indiana cities reported 454713.30 dollars invested in public recreation in 1924, up from five years earlier. The program includes 289 reported play areas across 31 cities, plus 23 pools and 18 beaches, with outdoor play, centers, and athletic fields.
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Indiana
Playground and Recreation Association of America
Hoosier State
Pennsylvania
Bluffton
East Chicago
Elkhart
Gary
Hammond
Peru
Richmond
South Bend
Terre Haute
Wabash
Whiting
Anderson
Evansville
Indianapolis
Bedford
Brazil
Crawfordsville
Fort Wayne
Goshen
Huntington
Jeffersonville
Kokomo
Lafayette
Laporte
Logansport
Michigan City
New Albany
Tell City
Vincennes
Wabash, Wakarusa and
Change in Personnel at White House
The article notes Independence Day reflections and Lincoln quotes, then details the retirement of Miss Laura Harlan, daughter of a former associate justice, as White House social secretary. It explains the role, tradition, and the potential successor, with State Department staff connections and historical shifts in managing White House socials.
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White House
Laura Harlan
Coolidge
Swampscott
Miss Harlan
Mary Randolph
Roosevelt
Department of State
State Department
Two Men Become Foreign Missionaries
Lesson outlines the start of foreign missions from Antioch, focusing on the Spirit calling Barnabas and Saul, their commissioning by the church, and their preaching in Cyprus. It notes the role of the Spirit in mission, the need for faithful Word preaching, and the obstacle posed by Elymas the sorcerer.
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Barnabas
Saul
Antioch
Cyprus
Andrew
Jesus
Christ
God
Elymas
Sergius Paulus
Adam
Garden of Eden
Paul
Notable July Fourth milestones in American history
A column lists key events tied to July Fourth from 1636 to 1864, including Roger Williams founding Providence, Washington surrending Fort Necessity, Braddock’s defeat, Clark’s capture of Kaskaskia, Texas annexation steps, California independence, Jefferson and Adams’ deaths, Monroes death, Lincoln’s 1861 call for troops and 1864 news of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, concluding with civic obligations and unalienable rights.
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United Colonies
Europe
Roger Williams
Providence
R. I
Blue Ridge Mountain
George Washington
Fort Necessity
India
Benjamin Franklin
Braddock
Boonesboro
Wyoming Valley
George Rogers Clarke
Kaskaskia
Texas
United States
California
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
James Monroe
Washington Monument
Lincoln
Congress
Union
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Three College Presidents Visit Southern Indiana Tour
President Edward C. Elliott of Purdue University and his wife toured southern Indiana with Dr. L. N. Hines and his wife. The group praised scenery and roads visiting Brown County Clifty Falls Corydon Wyandotte Cave French Lick and Bloomington. In Bloomington Elliott met Dr. William Lowe Bryan, president of Indiana University.
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Edward C. Elliott
Purdue University
Indiana
L. N. Hines
Indiana State Normal
Elliott
Brown County
Clifty Fall State Park
Corydon
Wyandotte Cave
French Lick
Bloomington
Elliotts
William Lowe Bryan
Indiana University
A Smile Costs Nothing, Yet Enriches All
A smile costs nothing but gives much. it enriches all who receive and harms none who give. It takes a moment yet lingers in memory, and none are so rich or powerful they can do without it. A smile creates happiness at home, fosters goodwill in business, and signals friendship, bringing rest to the weary and cheer to the sad.
Sunday Giver Billy Sunday Funds Winona Projects
A letter from Ma Sunday to Winona Assembly reveals Billy Sunday lectured on Sundays and donated all earnings to Winona. This year the drive raised 17000 dollars for Indiana resort improvements including walks swings fountains flower beds rogue courts pavilions and admin building remodels. Over four years their gifts total more than 60000 dollars per J C Breckenridge, Winona Assembly secretary.
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Billy
Winona Assembly
Monty
Winona
Indiana
J. C. Breckenridge
Winona Assembly and Bible Conference
Plant care says keep sleeping room warmer for plants
The article notes that house plants need a sleeping room temperature around 50 degrees at night and about 70 degrees during the day for healthy growth. It emphasizes well ventilated rooms and contrasts indoor temperature with plant needs.
Our Life in God and Freedom of the Time
A reflective passage by George A. Gordon on living by justice honor mercy and moral mastery. It describes life as life in God and for God free from anxiety fear doubt despair and death, content with God and fate.
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America
United States
Lincoln
God
George A. Gordon
Corn and Clover for the Men
County agent office promotes agriculture and home arts with focus on corn and Clover crops for men. Clothing guidance for women and club work for children add practical programs. Community cooperation emphasized to improve rural life.
Quote on pride and integrity from civic leader
A civic leader extols pride in place and integrity urging honesty and fairness. The piece closes with a note about advertising in the Citizen-Phone.
Sewing shortcuts taught by Purdue’s Helen V. McKinley
Mrs. Helen V. McKinley of Purdue demonstrated quick sewing shortcuts at the third meeting of Carroll County Clothing Project leaders in Delphi on June 25. Fourteen representatives from Home Economics Clubs attended, to share techniques at future local meetings. The pattern work previously shown has reached eighteen local meetings with 290 women in attendance, and Carroll County leaders claim the record tops nineteen counties. County Agent H. E. Ackerson invites interested residents to contact local leaders.
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Helen V. McKinley
Purdue
Court House
Delphi
McKinley
Carroll County
H. E. Ackerson
State Fair Boys Camp opens for Indiana youth
Arrangements for the State Fair Boys Camp allow 250 Indiana youths with fair exhibit or 4H team ties to enroll in classes on animal husbandry dairying farm mechanics soils crops poultry insect study potatoes and horticulture The State Board of Health and YMCA assist with health and character work.
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Indiana
State Board of Health
State Y. M. C. A
John Edward Snoeberger
Real Estate Transfers for Past Week In Delphi and Camden
Compilation by The Abstract Company lists transfers to Roy B. Trobaugh and Harry G. Reed with small cash deeds, then transfers to Flossie Goslee and Ruey Viney, plus Emma G. Robeson and Ord L. McDowell in Camden. A narrative follows about Dr Burton preparing for guests with shoes at each door, a human touch amid a real estate summary.
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Abstracters
Delphi
Indiana
Dean Smith
Samuel F. Trobaugh
Roy B. Trobaugh
Gilliford
South Delphi
Harvey E. Studebaker
Harry G. Reed
Riggle
Flora
O. P. South Delphi
Martin M. Baum
Flossie B. Goslee
Ruey B. Viney
Yeoman
Jefferson Township
Ord L. McDowell
Emma G. Robeson
Camden
Armstrong’s Add
Ten Thousand Americans Sail for Europe from New York
A record exodus sails from New York as eleven trans Atlantic liners depart with about 10,000 people aboard. Shipping officials say most travelers are pleasure seekers, though some businessmen and students are among the travelers.
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Europe
New York
Braille System and Its Inventor Louis Braille
A summary of how Braille enables blind readers to read via embossed dots. It notes Braille was devised by Louis Braille, a blind Frenchman, around 1834 and later adapted to many languages worldwide.
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Louis Braille
Turkish Delight on a Battlefield Football Match
In Tales of Turkey Maj. E. W. C. Sands recalls a Turkish commander watching a football match. He, praising and grim, calls it a desperate battle with officers who fought well and questions the extent of wounded. The scene blends warlike rhetoric with sport.
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Turkey
Maj
E. W. C. Sands
Salesmen’s Knowledge Gap Taints Cheerful Goods
A central Ohio storekeeper with a kindergarten level selling education struggles to assist a customer seeking cheese cloth. He returns with a large sample of New York cheese and confesses he cannot remove the cloth, highlighting a humorous sales knowledge lapse.
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Ohio
New York
Dean's Pills advertised as kidney stimulant diuretic
An advertisement claims women suffer backache headaches and fatigue from weak kidneys and promotes Dean's Pills as a remedy. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. Wm. A. Pearson of 309 N Market St and lists Elless & Orr's Drug Store as a seller, price 60 cents, Foster Milburn Co. as manufacturers in Buffalo New York.
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Dean
Wm. A. Pearson
N. Market St
Elless & Orr
Foster-Milbure Co
Mfrs
Buffalo
N. Y
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P. B. Fitzwater
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Marion Leroy Burton
University of Michigan
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Dr. Burton
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Bill Booster
L. G. Niewerth
Delphi, Ind
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Jack Hoxie
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William Farnum
Lefty Flynn
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