Busy Bee Club hosts Mrs Mikesell at Hickory Church
Jefferson Twp report notes the Busy Bee Club and families surprised Mrs Ida Mikesell with ice cream and cake for about sixty people Friday night. Several local residents attended events, visits spanned Monticello, Indianapolis, Chicago, and Wolcott with church, hospital, and Old Settlers activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busy Bee Club
Hickory Church
Ida Mikesell
Proctor
Monticello
Walter Casad
Mildred
Linden
Mildred Maxwell
Indianapolis
Sam Maxwell
Iona
John Roach
Oris Dimmitt
Pious Chapel
Fred
Iva Holloway
Andy Mikesell
Walter Atkinson
Chicago
Will Goslee
Lafayette
R.R. Alexander
Burnettsville
John Dimmitt
Roy Hendryx
Radnor Visit for Ill Brother Prompts Family Travel
Radnor residents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Butz traveled Friday evening to visit George Horner after his second stroke. Dortha and Mary Lane stay in Delphi this week to be with their mother Mabel Lane. Clara Fauber from Ashland visited Chesie Snyder last Thursday. W. H. Isenhour joined Settler reunion near Lafayette Sunday. Marybelle Thompson visited her parents, the Jim Thompsons, last week. George Lucas and son Chas with Ed Lucas family near Kokomo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Butz
Radnor
George Horner
Dortha
Mary Lane
Delphi
Mabel Lane
Clara Fauber
Ashland
Ohio
Chessie Snyder
W. H. Isenhour
Lafayette
Marybelle Thompson
Fred Townsley
Decatur
Ill
Jas. Townsley
J. W. Shull
Monticello
Geo. C. Neel
Ladies. Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
J. W. McClure
Harry Fisher
Frank Sinks
Kokomo
Henry Godlove
Leslie Condo
A. M. Price
Ethel Bryan
Eva, Bryan
Indianapolis
George C. Neel
Ed Robbins
Urbana
Everett Robbins
Robert Ross
Chas. Humes
Frances Inskeep
Meiser
J. H. Roller
John Coble
Mae Gorman
Ruth Hatton
James Burton
Harrop
Sidney
John Neel
J. Albert Carson
Russel Moorer
Thurman
Iowa
Wm Hayes
Illinois
Frank Leslie
Pike Creek
Robert Million
Henry Hasting
Roy Milburn
Lockport
Royal Center
W. B. Irelan
Phoebe
Esther
Lewis Siford
Oakdale Dam
J. H. Mourer
A. A. Mourer
South Bend
B. B. Oneal
Argos
Melvin Swihart
Rochester
Harry Mourer
Greenfield
Charles Mourer
John Girard
Mourer
Roy Wineholt
Truman Wineholt
Goodland
Wm. Prose
Vincennes
Chas. Dunham
Everett Roller
Teachers’ Institute
Pulaski County
Public health foundation underpins human welfare says Coolidge
A quotation from Calvin Coolidge emphasizes that public health is the base of all welfare. It argues that without conserving health, other efforts to promote welfare lose value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Coolidge
Notice of Administrator for Peter B. Smith Estate
The Carroll Circuit Court appointed Carroll County Indiana resident Carroll Co. Loan & Trust Co. as administrator of the Peter B. Smith estate. The estate is declared solvent and represented by Harry E. Reed as secretary treasurer. attorney for the estate is John H. Hamling. August 27, 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Circuit Court
Carroll County
Indiana
Peter B. Smith
Carroll Co. Loan & Trust Co
Harry E. Reed
Sec
Treas
John H. Hamling
Atty
Carroll Circuit
State of
Jennie K. Penn
Idaville Social Roundup Peoples Visit and School Plans
Idaville notes list Mrs Townsley and family from Decatur visiting relatives, multiple calls at neighbors homes, and gatherings with Monticello Urbana and Logansport residents. A missionary meeting is planned, and school opens next Tuesday with listed teachers. various travel and reunions are noted around Monticello and Idaville.
Local residents wrap up extended auto trip to Washington
Henry Godlove of Kokomo spent the weekend with his family here. Mr and Mrs J N Small and Mr and Mrs J M Henderson returned from an auto trip to Washington DC across New York and into Canada, covering 2200 miles with no auto trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Godlove
Kokomo
J. N. Small
J. M. Henderson
Washington, D. C
New York
Canada
Clarinet Origins and Modern Role in Orchestras
The piece notes the clarinet as an old instrument, likely invented by German I. Denner in 1690 and a staple of orchestras since then. It hints at possible links to ancient wind instruments like the shawn and relates the English shawm and German schalmey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. ©. Denner
Schalmey
The Wonderful Secret of a Boy and a Stepmother
Bob faces a private fear as his father remarries. Bess reveals a secret plan to become his stepmother. The boy learns his new family includes a voyage and a ship with whales, while Mary and Aunt Alice adjust to the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Mary
Cook
Miss Lisbeth
Lamb
Bess
Dad
Alice
Uncle Jim
Aunt Alice
Wilson
Malay Pirates and a Tidal Wave’s Warning
Captain Ira recalls Malay pirates and a village fear driven by superstition. A tidal wave swamps the harbor as the war canoes attack, but most survive when panic ends and distrust is blamed for the havoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Ira
Blue-Nose
Lucy
Former Delphi Lady Dies in Grand Rapids
Irene Elizabeth Bauer, wife of Lafayette city electrician Carl Bauer, died Saturday at Butterworth hospital Grand Rapids after blood poisoning. Born March 28 1902 in Delphi she trained as a nurse at Home Hospital Lafayette class of 1923 and married June 24 1924. Surviving are her husband and her parents. Funeral services were held at the Bauer home and Brown Street M E church with interment in Springvale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Elizabeth Bauer
Carl Bauer
City Electrician
Lafayette
Butterworth Hospital
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bauer
George Bauer
Albert McArdle
Delphi
Home Hospital
Brown Street M. E
R. H. F. Ackerman
R. O. Kimberlin
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
Springvale
Mysterious Treasury Notes Reported in England Train Find
In Spalding Lincolnshire England sixty people claimed a cache of treasury notes found in a train. Each claimant listed a different amount and none provided the correct train time or date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Spalding
Lincolnshire
England
Happy Faces Please Phrase Reflects Generational Tone
The line hints at a mood where happiness spans ages with a playful slogan. It suggests a cultural refrain about smiles across generations, implying simplicity and shared cheer. The fragment hints at positive social messaging rather than a concrete event.
Old Roman men wore embroidered sandals with precious tones
The article notes that wealthy Romans wore elaborate sandals adorned with embroidery and set with precious tones, illustrating luxury footwear among ancient elites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Olla podrida meaning and ingredients
The term means a putrid pot and refers to a stew made with meat fish poultry and vegetables. It is cooked in a closed pot and highly seasoned with pepper and garlic.
Indiana sanatorium tour highlights new children’s building
Mr. and Mrs. James Wason and party toured the Indiana State Sanatorium in Parke County. Dr. and Mrs. Carter led a guided visit through the main administration and women and men wards, the new school building, and the remarkable children’s building perched on a cliff with 85 youngsters. Roy Palmer, a Carroll County patient, was noted for gaining 26 pounds in under five months. Mrs. James P. Wason signed the note inviting further visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wason
Chas. Murphy
Jessie
Hazel Corn
Adams Two
Indiana State
Parke County
Carter
Childrens
Miss Martin
Carroll County
Roy Palmer
Hazel
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Luna Coffee
Smith’s Grocery
Walter Gochenour
Francis Wilson
E. Monroe St
Breining & Wilson
Ind
L. J. W. Breining
Ras Wilson
Wolever’s
A. W. Wolever
Jefferson Twp
Otto L. Penn Brady
PENN
Hanna & Hall Attys
Royal Scepter
Coffee, Smith’s Groc
Idaville
Ruth Friday
Center School
Adams Township
Clarinet
Douglas Fairbanks
Robin Hood
Western Newspaper Union
Rockville
Frank M. Swatts
Delphi, Indiana
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