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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
5
On Sunday October 24 the church invites all to a Bible study at 9 90 a m and Endeavor at 6 30 p m Preaching at 10 30 a m followed by a social dinner Our afternoon temperance program will entertain and in the evening the fall Communion services will be held Public urged to attend A T Winicx Pastor.
M. E. Church in Denver will host Lee Long superintendent speaker. Mrs. McNabb, long a China missionary during the Boxer uprising, speaks Sunday night October 31 and in Chili Monday November 1 at 7:00 o clock. H. W. Park, pastor.
Chiu M E Cacrou Sunday School at Chili 9 30 a m. London School Superintendent Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7 p m. Preaching services morning and evening. H W Par Pastor.
The Baptist Church lists Sunday School at 9 30 a m B Y P U at 6 30 p m and a prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m C F Gotpen is the pastor.
A card from the Tribune reports Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pontius of Miami, formerly Denver, arriving at J. W. Kerschner and wife in Sterling Colorado. They will stay a few weeks, finding relatives well and enjoying a pleasant visit that benefits them.
Mr and Mrs Walter Kirkpatrick and their Logansport family visited Denver over Sunday to see Mr and Mrs Glenn Smith and Mr and Mrs John Donaldson families. Mrs W H Kirkpatrick accompanies them and will stay in Denver with her daughters after a five week old birth in Logansport.
Mr and Mrs Clinton Eikenberry were summoned to Rockfield on Monday due to their uncle Charles Stancil’s grave stroke and long decline with no hope of recovery. Herman, their son, stayed with grandparents Levi and Mrs Eikenberry during his parents absence.
Mrs Martha Kline comes home to Mexico Sunday evening after visiting her son E S Kline and family. Mr and Mrs Ilton and Mrs D C her home in the Kline household.
The Miami County Treasurer urges tax payments at the County Treasurer's Office in Peru Indiana or through local banks. The time limit to pay without penalty ends Monday November 1 1920. Delinquent taxes will incur penalties and collection by law. Citizens may pay via banks by instructing their bankers what property and location to tax. Office hours extend 7 p m to 9 p m from Oct 23 to Nov 1 and payments must be in by 9 p m on Nov 1 to avoid penalty.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Dukes with daughter Elizabeth traveled from Denver to Peru, joined by Alma of Van Wert and Miss Olivia Dukes, then to Bloomington to see Treva Dukes at Indiana University. They returned to Peru by Sunday noon so Alma could teach Monday in Van Wert High School.
Donald M Coppock requests placement in the candidate column as the Republican choice for representative from Miami County He is a local raised on a Jackson township farm and formerly with the Peru Post Office for eleven years He has managed the Oatis Insurance Agency in Peru since 1912 He appeals to voters to support him in the November election.
Members and friends of the Mexico M E church are invited to a Home Coming and Basket Meeting at the church on Sunday October 24 1920.
The eighty eighth annual Indiana Baptist Convention met in Indianapolis with Rev H N Spear elected president and Carlos M Dinsmore reporting a year of $240000 in missions and 7000 new members. Republicans in Miami County opened a campaign week led by Warren T McCray with tours from Peru to Denver and visits by Borah Watson and Margaret Hill McCarter.
The Ladies Aid Society at the Methodist church served a chicken dinner for about two hundred attendees touring Miami County with Warren T. McCray, the Republican gubernatorial candidate. Net proceeds exceeded $100 and will be added to the Aid treasury. Expenses were minimal with $2 for drayage and $1 for table use.
Clarence Laurell Murphy and Bertha Marie Gottschalk wed at the Chili Baptist church home of A E Murphy on October 12. Murphy, youngest son of Joseph and Elizabeth Murphy of Denver Indiana, marries the daughter of William and Mrs Gottschalk of near Rochester Indiana. Best man Wilbur Carr of Peru and bridesmaid Laura Gottschalk attended. Couple to begin housekeeping on Murphy farm north of Denver with many friends offering congratulations.
Please call and settle all accounts at once with Gustin Furniture Co in Denver. Payment may be by bankable note or other means. Immediate attention requested.
C Derek and wife and Glenn Brown and wife dined with A M Brown and family Sunday. FOR SALE Apples of various kinds priced to suit buyers. Dick Grimes and Rollin Place, who worked with a bridge gang near Pendletown, Ind, returned home for Sunday.
Edgar Stanton purchased the late Mrs. Mollie Grimes residence in Roann and sold his Denver residence near the Methodist church to Dwight Shoemaker. Stanton will move after the election to Roann to join a Gar rison Basket factory job with his family. Shoemakers plan to occupy their own home once vacated.
All Denver children invited to the Junior Chautauqua meeting at Miss Helen Smeltzly's home next Thursday afternoon October 28 between four and five o'clock. Plans for the fall event will be made and all children are urged to attend.
Peru firm Mylet Bros adds a tailoring department with pressing and dry cleaning at popular prices. John Hayes will head the service catering to all classes of cleaning and pressing. The Tribune notes the expansion as firms reach out for more business.
Albert Donaldson has qualified as Executor of the will and estate of Lorenzo Donaldson of Miami County. The estate is stated to be solvent. Attest: M. E. Andrews, Clerk.
Notice says the B Y P U will be entertained at the Gallahan home on Friday evening October 22. Meet at Donaldson's corner at 7 15 and ways will be provided.
Huntington candidate Samuel E. Cook seeks the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Eleventh District for the election on November 2, 1920.
Richard Gilbert announces his candidacy on the Republican ticket for Commissioner of the Second District in Miami County and asks constituents for support on election day Tuesday November 2 1920.
Republican candidate Homer Fenters runs for re election as Miami County sheriff promoting strict law enforcement and a fair deal for all. He asks for official support.
County treasurer candidate Albert Ward runs on the Republican ticket urging voters to re elect him to serve the people. The card notes Election Day on Tuesday November 2 and promotes support for Republican candidates including Donald M Coppock for Representative in Miami County.
Wanted middle aged man with experience as a shoe salesman and stockkeeper for steady employment with good wages. Apply in person at once at Boston Store in Peru. Also notes Miss Pearl Smith and Miss Jessie Hurd visiting in Wal On Friday and Denver bound, Little Wizard washing tablets advertised by grocers. Mr and Mrs Charles Black of Roann guests of Shoemaker family Monday. Sale Bills at Tribune Office.
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