Local Residents Crowd Francesville News and Visits
Local rope of notes records Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hudgens from Lafayette visiting, Miss Bernice Tucker with Manon friends, and many others from Chicago, Star City, Lafay ette, and Monticello listed among visitors. Names include Gant, Hubbell, Rees, McElwee, Brundage, and more in a broad county social roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hudgens
Lafayette
Pen Ames
Chicago
Ames
Wall Whitaker and Son
Chicaevu
Bernice Tucker
Manon Friends
Joseph Gant
South
LW. Hubbell
Kk. F. Rees
Dan Smoyer
W. A. Lamar
Michigan
Abe Whitaker
Walter Kessinger
Medaryville
J. N. Davis
Estel Wright
Monticello
Ruth Jones
Hog disease preventable by sanitary methods
Extension Veterinarian Dr. L C Eigin warns farmers to prevent hog cholera spread during threshing season. With increased farm traffic, disease can spread rapidly unless the infected farm is cleaned, litter is burned, ground lime sprinkled, and protective Cresol Compound solution used on shoes and farm work surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Eigin
Purdue University
Kigin
Shippers Protest Discriminatory Freight Rates
More than 100 Indiana shippers pressed the interstate commerce commission in Chicago led by the state chamber of commerce and the public service commission. The case seeks relief from alleged differential freight rates between Indiana and Illinois with railroads backing Indiana. The commission acts in an advisory capacity after the railroad administration could not reach an agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Interstate Commerce
B. H. Meyers
Chicago
Hainois
State Chamber of Commerce
Public Service Commission
Railroad Administration
Commerce Commission
Too Much New Hay Probable Cause of Fire
A barn belonging to Bert Minion near the Carlgon school house southeast of Monticello burned Tuesday morning. The fire, likely from spontaneous combustion, destroyed the hay and barn contents while implements and stock were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Minion
Carlgon
Monticello
Indiana Needs More Farm Hands West Needs None
Indiana's employment commission says Indiana has continuing demand for farm labor while Kansas and Nebraska have enough harvest hands for wheat cutting. Federal agents east of the Mississippi are told to halt shipments of men to western fields, as they would be jobless upon arrival. Wages reportedly remain similar to those in the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Free Employment Commission
Kansas
Nebraska
Mississippi River
Indiana Employment Agency
Indiana
West
Flaming Dirigible Crash Kills Ten in Chicago Bank
A gigantic dirigible on a test flight caught fire and fell 500 feet crashing into the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank. Ten people died and twenty five were injured as the fire trapped bank employees in a blaze when the gasolene tanks exploded on impact. Most victims were bank workers, many girls, trapped in the bank rotunda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
Prof. O'Brien Named Head of Monon Schools
Prof Eugene O'Brien of Bloomington Ind has been employed to lead the Monon schools for the coming year. He is a graduate of Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute and is completing a course at Indiana University interrupted by his service in the National Army. Sanitary improvements are underway at the school building and should be finished before the September reopening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene O’brien
Bloomington
Ind
Monon
Indiana State Normal School
Terre Haute
Indiana University
National Army
What Have You In The Cellar
A cheeky note contrasts old and new questions about staying cool. It suggests securing a palmleaf fan a shaded bench and an illustrated catalogue of summer resorts to keep comfortable at low cost.
Educated Youth Has The Advantage
A Bureau of Education study shows an 18 year old graduate earns far more than a 14 year old quitter. By age 25 the educated youth earns about 900 dollars yearly more and 2000 dollars more total by 8 years, with higher future salary growth. Education is vital for better jobs and national efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Bureau
Demobilization of Ten Thousand War Dogs
Ten thousand dogs of war being demobilized after serving as dispatch bearers watch dogs and staff dogs. Some will return to owners who loaned them for the war duration others go back to service or are adopted by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Farm For Sale in Gillam Township
160 acres in section 34 Gillam township known as the Mathias Zimmer farm located six miles north and west of Francesville. For particulars inquire of tenant or former owner G M Farr Route 3 Kankakee N. For Sale Two Shetland ponies will sell one or both EE L Delamore Francesville. Lost Pair gold rim glasses in Francesville Finder please leave at Tribune office. Found Ladies muff in front of W C Myers residence Inquire at the Tribune office. Found Ladies and gentleman s blue coats at Monon bridge east of Francesville Call W F Scott. Lost A tug from set of work harness between Yeppe Hansen place and Joseph Fox farm Finder please return to Joseph Fox. Lost Pair of crutches between Francesville and Monon Sunday Motify Clay Thacker Monon or leave at Tribune office. Lost Gold watch open face Elgin works somewhere between Joseph Engle residence and Gordon show tent Friday night July 18th Return to Tribune office for reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillam Township
Mathias Zimmer
Francesville
G. M. Farr
Kankakee
Tribune
W. C. Myers
Monon Bridge
W. F. Scott
Yeppe Hansen Place
Joseph Fox Farm
Joseph Fox
Monon
Clay Thacker
Tribune Office
Elgin Works
Joseph Engle
Gordon Show
Booze Runners Picked Up for Interstate Traffic
The confiscation of two auto loads of liquor en route from Marion to Indianapolis signals intrastate trafficking in liquor as nearby states went dry. Police note runners shift operations to moving liquor within Indiana, with caches around Indianapolis valued in the millions. Arrests at Noblesville show the problem remains unresolved and may persist for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Indianapolis
Indiana
Trffic
Nobiesville
National agitation against profiteers
The Pharos Reporter editors condemn high prices and looming increases, warning of troublous times if profits remain unchecked. They accuse profiteers of taking excess gains, urge action to curb them, and compare possible penalties to France’s death penalty for profiteering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pharos
France
War Risk Insurance Bureau to Add Local Offices
Advisory committee led by Charles Evans Hughes urged systematic decentralization of the War Risk Insurance Bureau. It recommended placing local offices at suitable points nationwide to improve the handling of business, after three days of talks with Director Cholmely Jones and aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Charles Evans Hughes
Cholmely-Jones
Barn Fire Destroys Eischelbarger Farm Barn
The barn on Joseph Eischelbarger’s farm west of town burned yesterday morning around one. Tenant William Breshnehan ran to save stock. New hay stored inside caught fire. investigators suspect spontaneous combustion. Contents were insured, building not insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Eischelbarger
William Breshnehan
Medaryville to Open New Picture Play House
Medaryville converts its former furniture showroom into a modern picture play house with opening night set for Thursday August 7. Ora Kiblinger a Field Artillery veteran returned home to Manon last week and was visited by his grandfather A C McKinley. Joseph Pelsey bought 560 acres of John Poole land in Hanging Grove Jasper county and later sold the tract to Mrs Anne Richardson of Pontiac Illinois via H A Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prevo
Medaryville
Ora Kiblinger
Field Artillery
France
Manon
A. C. McKinley
Joseph Pelsey
John Poole
Hanging Grove
Jasper County
John Kruger
Mr. Pelsey
Anne Richardson
Pontiac
Ilinois
H. A. Ames
Big crops and high prices lift US outlook this year
The article projects US crops at over twenty two billion dollars in value, surpassing 1918 by about a billion. It notes drought in parts of the wheat belt but expects larger yields overall. It cites corn hog and cotton price highs, widespread optimism, and belief in continued prosperity despite inflation and political delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wheat
Chicago
United States Senate
Daughter returns home from college in domesticology lesson
The graduating daughter tells her mother she will keep up psychology and philology. The mother replies with a firm plan for her to start a course in roastology boilogy stitchology darnology pathology and general domesticology and to begin by donning a blue apron and picking spinach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie
Odd Fellows And Rebekah Picnic at Bass Lake
A joint meeting of Rebekah and Odd Fellows lodges from Starke and Pulaski counties will be held Sunday Aug 3 at Cranberry Point Bass Lake. Basket dinner music by the lodges band and other numbers. Public invited bring a basket enjoy yourself refreshments on ground. Committer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranberry Point
Bass Lake
Rebekah
Odd Fellows Lodges
Starke
Pulaski Counties
Odd Fellow
Rebekah Band
State Shippers Meet With The Commission
Indiana manufacturers and shippers met at the state house in Indianapolis to present discrimination examples affecting competition with Illinois due to lower Illinois freight rates. The commission will forward findings to the Interstate Commerce Commission in Chicago Monday, as Hoosier groups press claims against Illinois rates. Frank Fritz of Francesville seeks to sell several C I C registered males and will name his farm Level View Stock. A southern Indiana crop report is noted as a friendly moment. The J F Horner Auto Co of Monon and staff enjoyed a Tippecanoe river outing and dinner at William Goble’s in Beavera with many Monon and Francesville residents listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
State House
Indianapolis
Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Illinois
Frank Fritz
Francesville
Ile
Level View
J. F. Horner
Monon
R. E. Hunter
Chas. Avens
B. C. Wasser
James Millard
Wolcott
L. C. Mahlin
Chahbers
Muriel Burger
Chalmers
V. Russell
Monticello
I. F. Wargrave
Burnettsville
Vern Hodland
Winamac
William Koster
Frances
Labor Strikes Stir Wages and Fares in Chicago Area
The piece argues wage increases trigger higher prices, harming the public. It notes Chicago streetcar workers seek a 77 percent raise, with hearings ongoing before the state utilities commission on both wages and fare hikes. It warns of a vicious cycle unless price and wage setting are coordinated to prevent profiteering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
State Utilities Commission
Fabor
Indianapolis News
Public Service Commission
Indiana
Johor
Ford’s claim on propaganda prompts questions on responsibility
Henry Ford testified in a libel suit that he hired experts to carry out propaganda and left them to work with little knowledge of their methods. The piece assesses whether Ford conceived the low priced car or if it was shaped by others, and compares his understanding of his auto to his peace effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Ford
Marriage of Miss Mabel Frey and Arvie Earl Culp
Miss Mabel Frey of Delphi marries Arvie Earl Culp of Francesville with Rev. Kimberlin officiating. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs William Culp northwest of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Mabel Frey
Arvie Earl Culp
Francesville
Kimberlin
William Culp
Lafayette
L. G. Hullinger
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