New Harmony Visit Reveals Indiana Town’s Firsts and Roads
The writer describes a May trip to New Harmony Indiana in Posey County. Beginning with attitudes about Posey County and Poseyville, the piece celebrates New Harmony as a town of many firsts including America’s first kindergarten and first free school. It details travel from Delphi via Turkey Run State Park through Lafayette Crawfordsville and Green Castle, notes bridge and highway projects, and ends with arrival at the Fauntleroy home for a Minerva club gathering, promising more next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Harmony
Indiana
Posey County
Poseyville
Hooppole Township
Delphi
St. Paul
Rappites
Owens
Fauntleroys
Murphys
George Rapp
Harmonie
Wurtemburg
America
Wabash
United States
Minerva
Mary Emily Fauntleroy
Fauntleroy
Minerva, Club
State Park
Turkey Run
Lafayette
Crawfordsville
Greencastle
Bear Hollow
Gypsy Gulch
Rocky Hollow
Indiana State Park
Richard Leiber
Rockville
Princeton
Vincennes
Hazelton Bridge
Herschell
Hazelton and
Decker
Hazelton
Evansville
White River
Rogers Station
Attica
New Bridge
Patoka Bridge
Patoka River
Patoka
Sullivan
Terre Haute
Spencer
Carolyn Cresse Pelham
Daughters of Minerva
Minerva Club
Mindwell
Letter Tells of Customs in China in 1924
A letter from Dr. Ernest M. Ewers of Weihsein Shantung China describes Chinese funeral customs and the Decoration Day tradition. He notes graves as fields, beliefs about spirits and luck, and Christian efforts to share the gospel. The letter also covers hospital work, Kala azar treatment, and the need for donations to aid patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Friends
Ernest M. Ewers
American Presbyterian Hospital
Weihsein
Shantung
China
Ewers
A. E. Ewers
Rockfield
Nigel
Jesus
Community day services draw large crowd in Rockfield
Rockfield residents attended Sunday evening services at Burrows Presbyterian and Camden Lutheran with young performers delivering fine programs. Notables included Dr. Clyde R. Van Gundy of Detroit visiting local families and J J John's funeral drawing many floral tributes from twelve youngsters. Mrs. Martha Ashfield near 90 weak at home. many local travels noted while plans emerge for a Presbyterian strawberry social on June 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Carson
David Pratt
Mary Burke
Rockville
Gertrude Poncebaker
Beulah
Josephine Roth
Lesley
Claud Pratt
Hammond
Russell Schock
Lester Marquess
Pearl Nicholas
Tueday
Alley
Baby
Indianapolis
David Piatt
Theodore Piatt
Tioga
Carl Metz
Fred Gaumer
David Arthur
Alfred Lilly
Charles Clark
Charles Schock
Yeoman
Julia Curtis
Wilber Brady
Mishawaka
Thomas Schnepp
Mahala Henry
Bert Nicholas
Los Angles
Calif
Guy Harvey
Wilber Gates
Idaville
James Viney
Artie Millen
Charles Armstrong
Carl Hanna
Hickory Grove
Ray Schock
Della Schock
Carla
Robert Harmon
William Houtz
Lela Bolinger
Marie Shafer
Elda
Blanche Houtz
Burke
Francis Bolinger
Kendalville
C. C. Hickman
Logansport
Orville Roth
Monticello
Charles Roth
Jay Nace
Earl Voorhees
Oak Grove
Norway
Earl McKinney
Earl Park
McKinney
Charles Johnson
McLain
Monon
Rockfield
Burrows Presbyterian Sunday School
Camden Lutheran Sunday School
Clyde R. van Gundy
Detroit
Perry van Gundy
Charles Raber
John W. Kerlin
Margaret Helen Snoeberger
Lafayette
Presbyterian Church
Flora Sanderson
Valparaiso
Paul A. Snoeberger
Chicago
Martha Ashfield
Geraldine
Georgia Carrigan
Muncie
Young Peoples
Presbyterian Sunday School
Fred Miller
Church Lawn
Frank Sanderson
Kirklin
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsements
In Kankakee Illinois a mother in law praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for weakness during Change of Life. A user reports strength to care for a baby and housework and notes medical recommendation. Advertisements claim relief for female complaints and backache and urge purchase from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Kankakee
Illinois
Jydia E. Pinkham
Pena
Harrison Ave
Kee
Old Wax Removal Method Using Household Mix
Mix equal quantities of sal soda and slaked lime to make about one pound of paste. Add to a pail of water and mop the floor. Scrub with sand soap and water. Use diluted sulphuric acid if needed, rinse with ammonia water, wipe and dry. Remove remaining wax traces with turpentine to ensure shellac adhesion.
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Y— Mindwell
Crampton Wilson
Ernest M
Patton
Alonzo
Curtis
Ruby Gaumer
Emerson Gaumer
Frank Poncebaker Jr
William Dilling
Lucerne
Leonard Brookshire
Charles Brookshire
Ella Viney
Orville Goslee
Leland Holloway
Paul
Fred Viney
Ward Holloway
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Office
Walter Gochenour
Retherford
Electric Shop
Ind
Niagara Falls
Traction
J. A. Greenland
Fort Wayne
Indiana Service, Corporation
Peggy Gordon
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