Brethan Church Announces Sunday Services and Events
Brethan Church invites all to Bible School at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 30 p m and 8 p m Junior Christian Endeavor at 2 30 p m Advanced Bible Class Tuesday at 8 p m Choir Friday at 8 p m Union Bible Class at Deedsville Friday at 8 p m A hearty welcome awaits. Notes mention the school plans to attend the Deedsville picnic. Pastor L G Woad.
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Christian Endeavor
Union
Deedsville
L. G. Woad
Baptist Church Sunday Schedule and Temperance Lesson
The notice lists church activities including Sunday School at 9 30 a m B Y P U at 6 45 p m a Bible Class Wednesday at 7 30 p m choir practice Friday 8 00 a m Rollin Place leads B Y P U next Sunday evening the Temperance Reform lesson is Eph 3 14 21 and invites public attendance with a hearty welcome from Rev A B Gloyd
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Rollin Place
Gloyd
M E Church Weekly Services and Conference Notice
The M. E. Church announces Sunday services and Sunday School at 9 30 a m Epworth League at 6 45 p m Prayer Meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m The 2nd Quarterly Conference is August 14 at 10 00 a m presided by Dr Hellopeter Communion on the 15th morning Public invited Leo Glenn Jacobs
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Epworth League
Hellopeter
Aged Lady Eliza J Place Dies in Logansport
Mrs Eliza J Place mother of Wo Place of Denver died at her daughter Mrs W D Craig home in Logansport last Thursday aged 82 years 6 months and 8 days Death was due to old age and a fall suffered fifteen weeks earlier Funeral services were held at the Craig residence Saturday at 2 30 PM with burial in Logansport cemetery
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Eliza J. Place
Wo. B. Place
Denver
W. D. Craig
Logansport
Graig
King County highways to install drive slowly signs
The King County Superintendent of Highways plans to place many safety signs reading Drive Slowly and Sound Horn on principal roads including the Mexico pike north of Peru. He urges clearing bushes and trees from projecting points to improve driver sightlines and road safety.
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King
Mexico Pike
Peru
Farmers Bank to buy corner site for new building
Farmers Bank purchases the corner lot at Harrison and Payson from Mrs. Clara Cloud. The plan includes a modern bank building on the site and possible sale of the residence to make way for a large business block on the entire lot.
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Farmers’ Bank, Éf Ver
Ridence
Harrison and Payson
Clara Cloud
Market Days to Host Contests in Peru on August 7
Entertainment events start with a 20 by 40 foot tent on Third street near Broadway donated by L. E. Ager. Ex-Sheriff John W. Wolpert leads contests for tallest corn stalks bread cakes and kite making with prizes from 5 to 50 cents. Proceeds from a bread and cake auction benefit the Miami County hospital and a kite flying contest follows on the final Market Day.
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Peru
John W. Wolpert
Third Street
Broadway
L. E. Ager
Ager
P. Eckstein
Miami County
Col
Leroy Shively
Miami County Hospital
Jacob Sinster
Washington Township
George H. Geves
William H. Myers
Peru Township
B. B. Wetherow
Gertrude,Thiebaud
Ladies Aid Meeting at Mrs Howes Home
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church will meet at Mrs W H Howes home on Wednesday afternoon August Ath. Mrs SE will be assisted by Mrs J W Garrison and daughter Nellie and Mrs L H Dice. The August meeting was moved due to Mrs Dice illness to Mrs Howes residence.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist Church
W. H. Howes
J. W. Garrison
Nellie
L. H. Dice
Murphy Family Reunion Slated for Kokomo Park
Invitations mailed announce the Murphy family fifth reunion at City Park in Kokomo Indiana on Thursday August 19 1915. Attendees expected from area families with plans for gathering and activities.
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Murphy
Burglar Foiled in Denver Home Break-In
Beatrice Long woke to a thief slipping through a window on West Washington street. A lake of chloroform devices and a long handkerchief hint at a planned family attack. Bloodhounds traced the suspect to a Greentown area home. he is a 27 year old parolee from Indiana, with prior forgery and post office robbery ties. Mr Long aided by Sheriff Simons and local dogs led to the capture and restitution of the attempt.
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Denver
Cheston Long
West Washington Street
Beatrice
Mr. Long
Simons
John Donaldson
Denver Ldrugeist
Mora Road
Whitmore Barn
Donaldson
Peru
Messrs
Null
Kelley
Jeffersonville
Jouly
Greentown
Ind
Dever
Deedsville Picnic Sunday School Event Noted
A rural community notes an annual Sunday school picnic in Deedsville with plans for a family friendly gathering featuring games and potluck style meals. No further details are provided in the fragment.
Expenditures and Tax Levies for Jefferson Township 1915
The Jefferson Township trustee presents estimates for 1916 expenditures and taxes at the Farmers Bank Mexico on September 7, 1915. Totals include township $1,762 and 15c per hundred. local tuition $4,700 and 40c. special school tax $5,875 and 50c. road tax $2,350 and 20c. additional road tax $940 and 8c. Net taxable property stands at $1,175,005 with 250 polls.
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Jefferson Township
Miami County
Indiana
Farmers’ Bank
Mexico
A. C. Baldwin
Local man dies suddenly at Kotterman farm near Chill
Harry Johnson aged fifty two collapsed in the barn yard on Sunday morning from heart failure. He had arrived last Tuesday seeking work and stayed on for hay making season. Undertaker Lewis Gustin of Denver took the body to his morgue. no relatives were found and he was buried Tuesday evening in the Denver I O F cemetery.
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Harry Johnson
O. M. Kotterman
Kotterman
Denver-I. O
Jim Goff Buys South Payson Street Restaurant
Jim Goff purchased the restaurant on South Payson Street formerly owned by Glen Smith. Goff, well known locally and previously with Denver bakery, takes charge Saturday evening to operate a first class lunch room restaurant and confectionery with help from his brother Bert and Miss Garnet Wright.
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Jim Goff
Payson Street
Glen Smith
Goff
Denver
Bert
Haa
Garnet. Wright
Stay Poor No More Think Again About Poverty
A motivational tract argues poverty stems from indolence and wasteful spending. It urges readers to count penny expenses and replace penny waste with thrift to escape lifelong poverty, claiming fifty years of waste can ruin fortunes while disciplined saving can alter outcomes.
Heavy Rain Deluges Nation Causing Crop Losses
Over the past week many regions faced excessive rain with flooded fields and partial crop ruin. Wheat and oats harvests were delayed and threshing hindered, likely reducing total yields by about a quarter. Sunday night further saturated rail lines north of Peru with minimal damage.
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Csuntry
Mwany
Peru
Robbins Auto Livery Announces Peru Denver Round Trip
Beginning Thursday July 22 parties of four and five will be taken to Peru and returned to Denver for sixty cents per person. See us for Regular Hours.
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Peru
Denver
Robbins Auto Livery
Junk buyers seek scrap materials high prices offered
Wanted to buy your junk. Chase Wright advertises top rates for rags rubber iron hides brass and copper.
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Chase Wright
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Brethan Church
M. E. Church
Leo Glenn Jacobs
Ladies Aid Meeting
Murphy Family
John Fear
Oforem
Mean of
Blood Hounds
Eee
Farmers Bank
Rufus Kinzie
Insurance Co
D. Co
Chiropracter
N. Broadway
Frank Murphy
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