John Wesley Stuber Dies of Cancer at 55
John Wesley Stuber, 55, a well known Perry township farmer, died at 8 a.m. Wednesday at Dukes Memorial Hospital Peru after being stricken at home northeast of Ebenezer church. He is survived by his widow Flora Edith Cunningham Stuber and many children, plus three brothers and a sister. Funeral arrangements had not been announced.
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John Wesley Stuber
Perry Township
Dukes Memorial Hospital
Peru
Ebenezer Church
Stuber
Waymire
Denver
Denver, Was Called. the Doctor At Once Realized Mr. Stuber
Flora Edith (Cunningham) Stuber
Childre
Clarence
Paul Becker
Difiance
Ohio
Paul Griswold
Mexico
Earl Moore
Calumet
Okla
Ivan Reed
Plymouth
Ind
Edmon
Santa Fe
Cleo
Lydia
Mabel
Lillian
Gerald Wesley
Flo
Charles
Clay Township
William
New Mexico
George
Charles Sutton
Mrs Louisa Griswold Dead In Mexico Home
Mrs Louisa Griswold widow of Daniel Griswold died at the family home in Mexico Sunday at 12:30 PM after two years of illness due to heart trouble. Born Cass County May 2 1836 she was 86 years 10 months 9 days. Surviving are John and Cassius of Mexico George of Peru Edward and Emma of Mexico and May Flora of Elkhart. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 PM at the Methodist church in Mexico with Rev C F Davidson of Rochester assisted by Rev Irvin Fisher and Rev Trout. Burial Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Louisa Griswold
Daniel Griswold
Mexico
Griswold
Cass County
John
Cassius
George
Peru
Edward
Emma
May Flora
Elkhart
Methodist
C. F. Davidson
Rochester
Irvin Fisher
Trout
Greenlawn Cemetery
May Form Poultry Organization in Peru
A meeting of poultry keepers led to the formation of the Miami County Poultry Association to be incorporated. It will be governed by a seven member board including Mrs. DeWalt, Frank Daniels, Mrs. Carroll Liverman, Mrs. Omar Flora, George Wigner, and FE Weiner. Stock offering set at 5000 dollars in 1000 shares of five dollars each. Next meeting at the Court House on March 3 at 1 30 pm with aim of large attendance.
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Peru
Miami County Poultry Association
DeWalt
Macy
Frank Daniels
Mia
Carroll Liverman
Omar Flora
George Wigner
FE. J. Weiner
Court House
Farm for Sale Near Denver and Deedaville
J. M. Lee offers the farm 24 miles north of Denver and one mile south of Deedaville for sale. Possession to be given March 1 if sold at once.
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J. M. Lee
Denver
Deedaville
Pontius Dines With Mrs Idx Ege Thursday Evening
Rst Ed Pontius spent Thursday evening with Mrs Idx Ege in a social gathering. The meeting appears casual with no stated agenda or formal event recorded.
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Pontius
Idx Ege
Mack Moon Dies of Injuries From Car Collision
Mack Moon died at his daughter Mrs William L Cheesman’s home on East Sixth Street Peru at 4 30 a m Monday age 68 survived by two daughters The funeral was at First Baptist Church Peru with Rev S D Haff officiating Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery He suffered injuries in a collision two weeks earlier between his car and a delivery truck driven by Donald Reed Moon had ribs leg lung injury and heart complications from the shock and had lived in Peru and Miami county for years as a cattle buyer and church member
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Mack Moon
William. L. Cheesman
East Sixth Street
Pere
Cheesman
Esther Moon
First Baptist Church
Peru
S. D. Haff
Mount Hope
Moon
Donald Reed
Main and
Jefferson Streets
Miami County
Indianapolis
First ‘Baptist ‘Church
Income Tax Exemptions For 1922 Filers Explained
The article outlines exemptions for 1922 income tax: single filers get 1000 dollars. married or head of a family under 5000 dollars net income get 2500 or 2000 dollar exemptions. higher income exemptions differ. Additional $400 credit per dependent under 18 or unable to self support. Filing required even for nontaxable incomes. normal tax rates are 4 percent on the first 4000 over exemptions and 8 percent on the rest, with four installment payments due dates March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15.
Jefferson Township Farmers Institute Held in Mexico
The Jefferson Township Farmers Institute convenes at the Mexico School Building on Friday February 28. The program features morning and afternoon sessions with talks on diets soil improvement community value and farm labor saving devices plus musical performances and competitions for corn potatoes bread cake needlework and manual training open to youths under twenty one from Jefferson township.
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Jefferson Township Farmers’ Institute
Mexico
Jefferson Township
J. Foster Long
Clarence Flora
Peru High School hosts county basketball tournament
High School teams from the county compete Friday and Saturday at Peru High School Gym to crown the best team. Schedule includes Chili vs Deedsville, Macy vs Mexico, Butler vs Gilead with morning and afternoon sessions and a weekend finish at 9 30 p m. Officials listed as Homer Stonebraker and E C Rowe with McMullen scoring.
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Peru
North Side
South Side
Deedsville
Macy
Mexico
Butler
Gilead
Homer Stonebraker
E. CO
Rowe
McMullen
L. E. Singer
C. O. Gamble
Chili H
P. Ramsey
Butler H. S
Richland Township Farmers Institute Program at Chili Church
The Richland Township Farmers Institute will meet at the Chili Baptist Church on February 16 with a morning session at 10:00. Program includes songs, invocations, addresses on Our Community and Marketing Farm Products, committee appointments, a noon dinner by Baptist Ladies, and an afternoon session featuring The Duty of the 20th Century Woman and Profitable Recreation. Prizes will be awarded for Domestic Science and Manual Training exhibits. Harley Black vice chairman. Mrs. Omar Flora secretary.
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Richland Township
Farmers’ Institute
Baptist Church
Chili
Chili H
RLL
Tompson
Mrs. Tuttle
Quartetta
R. E. Tompson
Harley Black
Omar Flora
Aaron Lantz Dead in Minneapolis at Sixty
Aaron Lantz aged about sixty died suddenly in Minneapolis Minnesota on Wednesday. Telegram received by relatives stated the cause was not learned. He was a brother of George B Lantz of Peru and of Mrs Mary Sullivan of Union Township widow of P S Sullivan Elm The Denver and John Lantz of Indianapolis. He was a single man and a native of the county.
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Aaron Lantz
Minneapolis
Minn
George’ B. Lantz
Tenth-street
Peru
Wabash’ Yard
Mary Sullivan
Union, Township
P. S.° Sullivan
Elmer
Lantz
Denver
John Lantz
Indianapolis
Mexico merchant suffers auto mishap in Hiner hills
John Elder of Mexico, a restaurant and store keeper, drove a Ford truck into a ditch on a slippery cement road north of Peru. The vehicle did not tip, but its cargo of candies, peanuts and cigars was scattered in the bed as the truck rested on a steep embankment.
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John Elder
Mexico
Hiner Hills
Peru
Elder
Russel. Wise
Denver Real Estate Swaps Include Meat Market Sale
Over the past week J R Wright closed a Denver deal selling his residence along with the meat market slaughter house and ice house to O S Warner near Perrysburg. In return Wright will receive a dwelling and a block of lots on Blair Pike in northwest Peru. Warner's possession timeline for the Denver Meat Market remains undecided. Henry Donald sold his South Denver residence to Mrs Maude Saline of South Bend and she may build adjoining dwellings, boosting Denver housing. Donald and family plan to move to his Ebenezer area farm. Mrs Elizabeth Friend sold her East Harrison Street cottage to Mrs Kate Stowman near Mexico with possession by April 1.
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Denver
J. R. Wright
O. S. Warner
Perrysburg
Blair Pike
Peru
Warner
Mr. Wright
8Th Street
Henry Donald
South Denver
Maude Saline
South Bend
Elizabeth Friend
East Harrison Street
Kate Stowman
Mexico
Place family relocates housing as Dora Place plans new bungalow
Mr and Mrs R S Place relocate from Place farms east of town to a Washington Street home while Mrs Dora Place completes a new East Harrison street bungalow. Wilbur Personett and family move from near Pettyaville to the vacated Place farm. Elizabeth Flora of near Chili visits the Ithenites (unnamed).
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R. S. Place
Place Farms
Washington, Street
Dora Place
Harrison Street
Wilbur-Personett
Pettyaville
Mr. Place
Miss Elizabeth
Flora
Chili
Ithenites
Mere “Alle
Letter From Mrs Medsker Describes Bremerton Navy Yard
A 1923 Seattle letter from Mrs A J Medsker recounts six weeks with Byron Medsker in Bremerton Washington. She details naval facilities, dry docks, ship repairs and tours of the Bremerton Navy Yard including the Princess Australia, battleships and the Medusa and Holland under construction. She notes costs, crew roles and the yard's unique ships’ capabilities.
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Bremerton
Wash
Byron Medsker
Navy Yard
Princess Australia
Vancouver
Bremerton Navy Yards
England
Australia
Germany
Oklahoma
New York
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
California
New Mexico
Mississippi
Idaho
Panama
Cuba
Indiana
United States
Medusa
Holland
Texas
Omaha Ia
Ford Ship ‘Yards
Tacoma
Navy
Seattle
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Iley Stuber
Poultry Organization
Income Tax Facts
Park Music
G. W. Musselman
Lee Long
Spindler
A. C. Burns
H. M. Widney
Orchestra High School
Bunker Hill
Amboy
Converse
Richland Township Farmers’ Institute
Park
Carl Tuttle
A. J. Medsker
Seattle, Wash
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