Henry's Letter Reflects Four Decades of Marriage and Community News
The writer recalls a forty five year anniversary with a shiveree, notes spring weather in Armour and Easter events at the local church where eleven new members joined and seven were baptized. He credits community letters from Seattle and Fort Wayne, mentions road conditions, travel between Armour and Mitchell, and reports a recent fatal quarrel case in which Frank Wilcox is jailed and William Kenery is buried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Armour
South Dakota
Amanda (Yoder) DeWald
The
Seattle
Wash
Almeda Meds
Denver Tribune
Rose H. Winstead
Mary Harp
Hoover
Ind
William Harp
Samuel Harp
Erma Ritcha
Fort Wayne
Aunt Almeda
Weasaw
Mitchells
William Kenery
Frank Wilcox
Robert Walters
Lake Andes
Jones Howe Ad Promises Car Finish For Under Five Dollars
An advertisement from Jones Howe of Peru offers car finishing services for under a five dollar bill, urging customers to let them show the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Howe
Peru
Charles Alderfer
Ray
C. B. Stockdale
Olma Dukes
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Acel Dukes
Olma
Michigan University
Sell-Floto Circus Promises Grand Equine Display in Peru
The Sell-Floto circus arrives in Peru Monday April 28 featuring European liberty horse acts from Budapeth with forty eight horses, twenty four ponies, an English fox hunt on the track, high jumping horses including a car clearing horse, twenty five thoroughbreds ridden by girls, and the huge production A Night in Persia with nearly two hundred horses in the big top show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Budapeth
Europe
Plains of
Tartary
Mary Pierce
Persia
Local Happenings in Peru and Denver Area
Peru residents including Harry Miller and Phillip Miller visit Denver on business and social calls while Willard Ege and family travel from near Chili to Denver. Local merchants advertise furniture, paints, and farm supplies as community events and visits unfold around Denver, Peru, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Miller
Peru
Denver
Willard Ege
Chili
Rufus Fisher
Phillip Miller
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L. C. Dukes & CO
A. L. Fouts
Mrs
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Near
Mexico
Grace Harper
Elkhart High School
T. M. Greer
Jones Hoowe
Wal-nut
Clayton Fletcher
E. S. Waymire
Joseph Warren
Rees
Wibel
Sarah Lee
Nenver
Huntington
Harve Ream
Moore
Elbert Zook
W. E. Howes
Logansport
M. M. Squires
Cornelius
John Dewald
Deedsville
Otto Goodwin
Dorothea
Joe Dillman
Roy Dillman
Goodwin
Lyman Maus
Herschel
Carl Maus
Miriam and
Galen
Marie Graft
Walter Shafer
J. D. Comerford
Madelynn
Bunker Hill
A. C. Cunningham
Nan Gallahay
Emma
Emma Zook
C. F. Golden
Stonebreaker
Burlington
Harry Kline
Beatrice
Cheston Long
Harry
Ager & Wiseley’s
West
3Rd St
A. J. Long
Roy Marley
Marion
Lee Long
Kathryn
Long Home
A. L. Graat
Daniel Baber
Graals and Babers
Blue Grass
Mr. Baber
Ben Caldwell
Miss Jack
Jefferson Township High School
William Tharp
Frank Tharp
Frank
Mr. Tharp
Dewald Carpenter
Hattie Stancil
Rockfield
J. W. Newell
Vada Leffel
Vada
E. S. Kline
Wilton
Rev. Montgomery
Inwood
Denver and
Chili M. E
M. E
Montgomery
Charles Long
H. W. Park
Elvin Long
Eldon Leon
Florence
Foster Long
Marlee Stockdale
Ina Fouts
South Whitley
George Hayes
Betty Louise
Elvin
Aly Long
Hayes
Does
Detroit White Lead Works
Rogers
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Farmer
Business Man
Citizens State Bank
Indiana
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