Baptist Church Weekly Schedule and Meetings
The Baptist church lists Sunday services at 9 30 a m 10 46 subject about Jesus and 7 p m led by Wm Melton Pastor Sunday school 9 30 am and evening service at 7 pm A business meeting is set for Wednesday December 1 at 4 30 pm to elect officers and plan canvass. A Teacher Training class meets Wednesdays and a daily Bible Reader Class runs Nov 24 to Dec 24 reading John Eph Phil.
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Crites
Jesus
P. U
Salyj
Wm. Melton
Brethren Church Announces Week Schedule of Services
The Sunday School opens at 9 30 a m with Omer Flora as Superintendent Morning Service at 10 30 Subj A Real Thanksgiving Christian Endeavor at 6 Evening Service at 7 Subj A Stimulant to Consecration Communion Service Monday at 7 30 Teachers Training and Choir Practice Thursday at 7 The Class meets 7 and Choir 8 Public invited Pastor L A Myers announces week schedule
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Omer Flora
Epworth League Devotional Then Sunday Services
Public invited to Sunday school at 9:30 a m at Chestnu Long and a devotional Epworth League meeting at 6:15 p m led by Alvin F White pastor.
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Chestnu Long
Epworth League
Alvin F. White
Woolleytown News Briefs and Local Inquiries
Floyd Leffel of Twelve Mile is sick with the flu at his grandparents’ Woolleytown home and attends Chili school this winter. William Leffel of Woolleytown runs a veterinary business. Call on the ex mayor for sick pigs. Wonder what happened to Frank Wiedenhoeft and Jonas Earhart and his sons. updates needed.
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Floyd Leffel
Twelve Mile
William Leffel
Woolleytown
Chili
Aly Long
Mr. Leffel
Frank Wiedenhoeft
France
Thresh
Huns
Frank
Jonas
Arhart
Earhart
Carl
Wild neighbors antics and town news from Denver district
A noisy column recalls animals and pranks around Denver including a dog with sleigh bells attracting a skunk, rabbit stunts with a Ford tractor, and local figures like Aly Long hosting farmer dinners. It also notes Owen Murphy’s winter plans and a call for a Red Rock rooster. John Leedy, once a Miami County pillar, is reported poorly and staying with Hannah Dewald.
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Owen Murphy
Owen
Aly Long
Aly
Automobile Curtain Lights pub inby HARRY HAGEE
Readable fragments show a brief item referencing an automobile curtain lights event or listing connected with Harry Hagee. The exact nature remains unclear due to OCR garble, but the names suggest a local notice or social item involving Hagee.
Thanksgiving wedding in Jefferson township draws quiet attendance
On Thanksgiving at noon, Miss Vesta Jordan Swindler and Omer William McGuire wed at Rev. G C Carpenter's Peru home. Bride wore taupe silvertone traveling suit with pink Ophelia roses. They honeymoon in Cincinnati, Dayton, and Kentucky before settling at the Jordan Swindler home after December 10. McGuire, son of John McGuire, recently discharged from military service, is in the Mexico grocery business.
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Jefferson Township
G. C. Carpenter
Peru
Vesta Jordan Swindler
Jordan Swindler
Omer William McGuire
Jordan
Jefferson, Township
McGuire
John McGuire
Mexico
Camp Taylor
Victory Week Pledge from Miami County Federal Food Administrator
Hal C. Phelps, Federal Food Administrator for Miami County Indiana, promotes Victory Week December 16 and urges households to adopt a daily creed pledge to prevent waste, cooperate with conservation measures, and remember those who served and suffered in the war. The pledge emphasizes serving the country by preserving food, easing hunger, and rebuilding homes.
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Miami County
United States Food Administration
Hal C. Phelps
Ind
Flu Cases Rise in Denver as Epidemic Expands
The influenza outbreak grows in Denver and the surrounding region with four new cases on Sunday and many additional illnesses reported through Wednesday. Names such as Glory Shoemaker Dwight Shoemaker J T Donaldson Anna Gustin Sapho Wright Wilma Fouts Foster Long Robert Kline Mrs S I Newman and two children are noted among the affected. Mexico and areas east of Chile report ongoing epidemics with daily new cases. Denver schools remain open with precautions to prevent spread.
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Denver
Glory
Dwight Shoemaker
J.T. Donaldson
Anna Gustin
Sapho Wright
Wilma Fouts
Foster Long
Robert Kline
S. I. Newman
Virginia Nickle
Sam Kinzie
Mexico
Eas
Chili
Car Collision Near Brownell Injures None
John Simons and James Ream were involved in a vehicle collision at the Chilipike crossing west of Brownell. Simons' Ford truck and Odum's Ford touring car failed to see each other. the truck ditched, minor damage to both vehicles, no injuries.
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John Simons
James Ream
Mr. Simons
John Odum
Chilipike Crossing
Brownell
Simons
Ne ‘Odum
Mr. Odum
Plane Over Denver Marks First Route Flight
A Curtiss biplane flown by Lieutenants Murry and Each of the U S Aero Service passed over Denver during a flight from Ohio to a St Louis training camp. Strong winds forced a stop at Roann before continuing to Logansport and toward St Louis as part of government studies for future air mail routes.
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Vandalia
Curtis
Ohio
St. Louis
Roann
Murry
United States
Aero Service
Roan
Logansport
Denver
Bargains for Quick Sale on Farmland in Denver Ind
L H Dice offers several farms for sale to investors seeking solid returns. Properties include 50 80 or 160 acre tracts with prices described as right for good land. Owner urges buying now before spring price increases and invites inquiries at Denver Ind. Real Estate and Fire Insurance office.
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L. H. Dice
Denver
Ind
Missionary Society Meeting Set at Brower Home
The Ladies of the Baptist Missionary Society will meet at Mrs Samantha Brower's home on Wednesday December 11 to quilt for Mrs A J Medsker. Attendees should bring lunch and come prepared for a good time.
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Ladies of the Baptist Missionary Society
Samantha Brower
A. J.medsker
Charles Stowman Home Arrives in Denver After Army Release
Charles Stowman son of Mr and Mrs D C Stowman arrived in Denver Monday evening from the aviation training field at Waco Texas He enlisted last year in the aviation department and when the war closed was given his choice of resigning or entering the regular army He was mustered out last Wednesday and arrived in Logan sport Saturday
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Charles
D. C. Stowman
Denver
Waco
Texas
Aviation Department
Regular Army
Logansport
Positively No Trespassing Signs on Farms Inference
A fragment warns Positively no trespassing on farms for any purpose with threats of prosecution and legal action implied by a tent or trespass context.
Notice to Hunters on Farms Denies Access Without Permission
A farmhouse notice from O. B. Stockdale & Son states no hunting on their farms without special permission. Trespassers will be apprehended.
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Specia
Éow
O. B. Stockdale & Son
Denver Tribune Subscription Offer For The Whole Family
A reader suggests a year’s subscription to the Denver Tribune as a Christmas gift. The proposal emphasizes benefiting the entire family with a timely newspaper present.
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Denver Tribune
Get Ready for Next Loan Drive
War ends but 2,000,000 American soldiers in Europe require ongoing sustenance. War Department estimates 423.27 dollars per soldier per year for equipment and maintenance. Treasury Secretary McAdoo says peace must be financed similarly, with one to three postwar loans likely. citizens urged to prepare to buy more bonds.
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Europe
War Department
France
United States
Treasury
McAdoo
Mrs. Louisa Williams and A J Medsker Visit Indianapolis
Mrs. Louisa W Williams and A J Medsker traveled to Indianapolis last Wednesday evening to visit Mrs W Williams sister Mrs Hattie Wright and her daughters Bertha Od and May Baskett. Mrs Williams reports Mrs Wright is in poor health this winter and largely bedbound, though once a resident and well known in the community.
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Louisa W. Williams
Rs. A. J. Medsker
Indianapolis
Hattie Wright
Bertha
May Baskett
Williams
Wright
Donaldson Store Hit by Flu Illness in Town
J T Donaldson proprietor and assistant clerk Miss Anna Gustin fall ill with influenza on Sunday. The store is run this week by Donaldson's wife and Miss Sapho Wright, causing some inconvenience but customers adapt as the business continues.
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J.T. Donaldson
Donaldson
Anna Gustin
Thanksgiving Feast Hosts Honor Visiting Guests
A Fort Wayne area gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs E A Woolley welcomed a diverse group including Mr and Mrs O Cover of Denver, Frank Moody and wife of Deedsville, Mrs Laura Ger of Ohio, Jean Perkins and two sons Kenneth and Ned, Rev and Mrs Norris and George Woolley of Lake Maxinkuckee, Mr and Mrs John Bookwalter of Macy Newell, and more for a royal Thanksgiving Day meal in Thanksgiving hospitality.
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E. A. Woolley
Pera
Harve Bell's Illness Report Sparks Confusion
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Harve Bell of Chili suffers an illness described as pneumonia followed by an attack. The garbled text suggests concern over a health event and its possible cause.
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Brethren Church
L. A. Myers
Mm. E. Church
Woolleytown and
Pike Street
Tulsey
Skunk
Ti ‘Skunk
Abner
Dream Land
Daniel Boone, Crockett
Buffalo Bil
Ethel Darbatt
Teddy
Old Town
Judson
Lee
Jud
Billie Grimes
Billie
Gus Cornell
Wensaw
John ‘Leedy
Hannah Dewald
John Leedy
Miami ‘County
Missionary Societya
Charles Stowman
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