Pyrmont News Roundup Amid Fire Loss and Local Happenings
Weather hampers farming with late plowing while E C Roth and Sons prepare a Ford truck to reach Lafayette. Curtis Dubes store burned causing about 4200 loss. insurance partly covers it and donations raised around 350. Local residents plan moves attend events and seek health updates amid measles scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Roth and Sons
Lafayette
Curtis Dubes
Pyrmont
Andrew Wagoner
Manson Neher
Salt Lake City
Utah
Sunday Gatherings and Local Happenings in Colfax Area
Colfax residents host multiple gatherings with Raber and Sidenbender families visiting from nearby towns. Grandmother Wagoner remains mostly bedbound. Charles Harvey recovers from facial burns after a tractor accident. Local corn planting and new tents dot the Wabash river south bank near Lockport bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Saunders
Lockport
Charles Stonebreaker
Charles Harvey
Budd Sterrett
William F. Timmons
Wabash River
Lockport Bridge
French Post Park
John T. Stewart
Logansport
Camden Residents Share Weekend Activities and Local Updates
Horace S Case of Camden joined neighbors Sunday as a caller. Mrs Joseph Been and Mrs Eliza beth Guthrie toured Logan sport Saturday to view the Model Home and praised the exhibit. Miss Emily Guthrie visited Camden Monday. Corn planting nears completion and fence building continues. Lehre Guthrie reportedly plans two new fence strings this spring. Rock Creek fishermen are active and lights stay visible after ten at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace S. Case
Camden
Joseph Been
Elizabeth Guthrie
Logansport
Emily Guthrie
Local Residents Return Home and Visit Relatives
Mrs. Jennie Teener returns from Lafayette for the winter. Miss Nettie Schroggs arrives from Tipton after teaching there. Mr. and Mrs. Amick of Lexington Ill. visit Fred Friday’s family. John B Shaver of Logansport spends a week with the Cartmells. Marietta Gardner visits South Bend with son Lee Longbrake. Charles Marvin and Frank Schroges families visit Mrs C R Marvin. Rev RB Hicks and family spend time with relatives. Fay Ellis from Cicero visits Hester Lewis. Amanda Sharpe visits Burnettsville. Rev J E McCall and daughters visit from Allerton Iowa. they return with parents and Bessie. Anton Cramer, injured in a fall at Shafer garage, sustains a fractured wrist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Teener
Lafayette
Alice Schroggs
Nettie
Tipton
Howard Amick
Lexington
Ill
Fred Friday
John B. ‘Shaver
Logansport
Wm. Cartmell
Marietta Gardner
Hester Lewis
Goldie
Amanda Sharpe
Fred Saylor
Burnettsville
J. E. McCall
Allerton
Iowa
D. S. McCall
Bessie
Anton Cramer
Shafer
Home Economics Club Hosts Covered Dish Luncheon
Mrs. Lee Lesh hosted a Tuesday afternoon gathering of the Home economics club at a covered dish luncheon. The next meeting is planned for the first Tuesday in June at the school house with many local residents attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Lesh
Home Economics Club
Sunday School Convention at Rock Creek Lutheran Church
Sunday afternoon program featured Dr. Corkey of Logansport with the address and Rev. Stuckenburg of Camden delivering the evening talk. A Sun day school class shower honored Mr and Mrs Floyd Guthrie Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Edwin Allread received a surprise Thursday from the Juanita Social club with music games and a cut glass sherbet set. Mrs Ira Baldwin and her daughter from Lafayette visited the Leshs recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Creek Lutheran Church
Corkey
Logansport
Stuckenburg
Camden
Floyd Guthrie
Edwin Allread
Juanita
Allread
Ira Baldwin
Lafayette
Lee Lesh
Doctors Elect New Leaders at Flora Medical Meet
About seventy five physicians from Huntington Wabash Miami Grant Howard Carroll and Cass counties attended the Eleventh Councilor District Medical Association session in Flora. Dr D E Ridenour of Peru was chosen president succeeding Dr George Miller of Logansport Dr J H Reid of Logansport was renamed secretary treasurer and Dr C C Black of Warren was reappointed district counselor. The fall meeting will be held in Peru likely in early November and Dr F A Priest of Marion presented a paper on Tuberculosis to be published in the state medical journal.
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District Medical Association
Flora
D. E. Ridenour
Peru
George Miller
Logansport
J. H. Reid
C. C. Black
Warren
Ind
Huntington
Wabas
State Medical Journal
Woman Bequeaths Prayers in Unusual Will
A Parke County woman left her children the Christian faith and prayers as the sole bequest, with no property mentioned. The document states lifelong toil and hope it consoles them and aids their salvation.
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Parke County
County Chair Men Re-Elect Ira Clauser
Democratic county chairman of the Ninth district met in Lebanon last Friday and re-elected Ira Clauser of Crawfordsville district chairman Nellie Bly Tyner of Goldsmith Tipton county chosen vice-chairman succeeding Mrs Daisy Thistlewaite of Sheridan John C Whistler of Hamilton county named treasurer succeeding Joseph Lewis of Tipton Frank Heflin of Lebanon elected secretary None of the offices was contested A resolution endorsing Valentine E Livengood for the Appellate Court nomination was adopted unanimously The meeting featured speeches by Ola H Holt Kokomo and others and included committee members from several counties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ira Clauser
Crawfordsville
Nellie Bly Tyner
Goldsmith
Tipton County
Daisy Thistlewaite
Sheridan
John C. Whistler
Hamilton County
Joseph Lewis
Tipton
Frank Heflin
Valentine E. Livengood
Ola H. Holt
Kokomo
Boone County
Ku Klux Klan
James P. Davis
Congress
James Purvis
James B. Reynolds
Ben M. Sifres
Kemp
Kempton
John Hanna
Mack Foster
Montgomery
Grover Garrett
Clinton
O. S. Baird
Carroll
Ira Stephenson
Boone
Frank MacCaughlry
Fountain
A. H. Baker
Hamilton
Larry Ryan
Howard
Thomas Owen
Boy Burns Fatal Fire at West Side School Stove
Charles Hobaugh, a pupil at West Side school, was badly burned Thursday when he lit a fire in the school room stove with coal oil and caused an explosion. He saved his face by throwing his coat over it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hobaugh
West Side
Mrs. May Sibbitt Reports Navy Husband’s Yearlong Cruise
Mrs. May Sibbitt learns from daughter Mrs. Marion Moyer that Lieut. John Gould Moyer of the U S Navy is ordered to begin a yearlong cruise starting June 1. Mrs. Moyer and their daughter are with Lieut. Moyer in Norfolk Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Sibbitt
Marion Moyer
Lieut
John Gould Moyer
GA R Ladies Plan Memorial Day in Delphi
The Ladies of the G A R and Boothroyd Post will hold a Memorial Day program in Delphi on Friday May 29 with flower arrangements at the courthouse hall cemetery decorations assisted by Boy Scouts and a cooperative dinner for Civil War veterans. At 2:30 PM a public program at the park will include scripture reading prayer music and readings with the unveiling of Dyson Boothroan’s grave marker the first Civil War soldier from Indiana. A L Akers and Miss Anna Trobaugh lead the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Ladies of the
Park
Boothroyd Post
Court House
Dyson. Boothroan
Indiana
A. L. Akers
Anna Trobaugh
Cutler Defeats Delphi In High-Scoring Baseball Game
Cutler baseball nine defeated Delphi 17 to 8 on the Cutler diamonds. The fast infield and strong pitching backed by McCray and Lucas led the Cutler attack while Delphi, with Fife and Marshall on offense, could not overcome the early lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutler Baseball
Delphi
Cutler Diamonds
Cutler
Fife
Marshall
McCray
Lucas
Mrs Susan Flora Dies at 85 in Indiana Home
Mrs Susan Flora widow of John Flora died at 2 PM Sunday at her son William Musselman’s home. She leaves four sons and one daughter William Camden Marylon Cut Bank Montana David Peru Elmer Musselman Burnettsville and Mrs Sarah Eikenberry Elwood. Funeral at Old Order Dunkard church Tuesday at 10 conducted by Rev Abraham Fisher. Burial in Musselman cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Flora
John Flora
William Musselman
William
Camden
Marylon
Cutbank
Montana
David
Peru
Elmer Musselman
Burnettsville
Sarah Eikenberry
Elwood
Old Order Dunkard
Abraham Fisher
Musselman
Parlor Tricks Fade as Time Changes Interest
A reflective quip notes that learning many parlor tricks came late, and as quickly as trends shift, those tricks fall out of fashion leaving a man behind in social play or showmanship.
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Owasco
M. E. Frey
John Myers
West Lafayette
the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
U.S. A
Lux
Red Circle
East Main St
Wiges
Salin Campbell
Ps Od
Fcandy
GUM
BOKAR
Per Peck
Coffee Supreme
Wisconsin
Prunes
Delphi, Indiana
India and
Ceylon
Carl Raber
Thomas Raber
John Raber
Colfax
Fred Raber
Mary Sanderson
Henry Sidenbender
Clymers
Joe Turner
C. W. Sidebender
Samuel Anderson
Charles
W. H. Sidenbender
Monticello
C. W. Sidenbender
Wagoner
Andrew Wise
Noah Wise
Family
Charles Raber
Ima Staggers
Rockfield
Chas. Raber
Pete Teel
Henry Crooks
John Sieber
David Stief
Rock Creek Township
Real Lumber
Carroll County Lumber & Coal CO
Elphi, Indian
Idaville
Burrows
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