Local notices and social visits from Winamac and nearby towns
A long list of residents visiting, traveling, or hosting across Dwight Knox Rensselaer Francesville and Monticello. Mentions include George Kimne Ronald Timmons Bert Anderson Mrs Brenneman and family at Rensselaer, Courtship and church society gatherings, farm work changes and new vehicle purchases. Also notes an August egg car demo and a light humor item about ice cream records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kimne
Dwight, IL
Ronald Timmons
Roy Reish
Bert Anderson
Lafayette
E. H. Brenneman and Son
Rensselaer and Brook
John C. Jones
Knox
W. R. Jones
W. E. Tennell
Mary Parker
Wilson Timmons
Kokomo
Glen Slenker
Mary Anhier
Monticello
M. M. Maxwell
Buffalo
Logansport Quails
Will Howatt
George Snyder
Ripley
Fern
St. Louis
Ladies-Aid Society
M. E. Church
Foster Morgan
Morgan
T. H. Passee
L. E. Burson
Otto Hooker
Edward Brenneman
Rensselaer
Hooker
Orville Lambert
Charles M. Armstrong
Lansing
Armstrong
E. A. Armstrong
Lagrange
Wilbur Stigleman
Roy Sherrick
Stigleman
George Pugh
Beaver Township
Henry W. Seidel
Winamac
Minnie Shultz
A. F. Long
Brand
Seidel
Naat Lip
Joachim Wendt
Oscar Boulden
Chas. A. Clark
Francesville
Albert Gudeman
Swartz
August Nachtingall
Chevrolet
W. J. Hubbard
Walter Engle
Pioneer Club
John Méliter
S. K. Jones
M. P. Hill
W. C. Richardson
Chas. Severns
H.V. Foster
E. H. Byrd
Ray Lee
J. V. Bechdell
Burl
Carl Meyers
W. M. Clark
Roan
Burl Reddelt
Star City Item
Winamae
Advertising ethics for small merchants in old newspapers
The text discusses how storefront ads should present goods honestly, with distinctive store names and clear pricing. It urges consistent branding like The Druggist or The Stop Clothing Store, and notes polite, informative ads build customer trust while suggesting ads act as a personal salesman. It highlights product quality cues such as polished glasses and syrups, with a focus on reliability and customer satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanitary Bakery
Stop Clothing
Women’s Home Missionary Society guest day meeting
The quarterly meeting at Mrs Beesley’s home drew 27 members and visitors. Mrs A L Brandenburg led the Spanish speaking lesson. Miss Jennie Colbo sang, and Mrs Gurd Lurber played religious melodies with help from Mrs Beesley and Mrs Brandenburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Beesley
Women’s’ Home Missionary Society
M. E. Church
A. L. Brandenburg
Jennie Colbo
Increasing Joy of Living At Walcott Bathers Pool
The Monticello Journal notes Walcott’s swimming pool drawing about half the town’s population each evening for bathing or watching. It praises the well located site and compares it with Tippecanoe access, suggesting a beach and bath-ready area would enhance such leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walcott
Tippecanoe
Monticello
Notice to Farmers on Chalky Kentucky Coal Prices
Farmers told to thresh that Dye Thompson Lumber Co offers six kinds of Kentucky coal at 4.50 dollars per ton or less. W T McCaskey Co expands to Monon with armstrong splitting duties. Monon youth Ward Tyner, 21, dies at home from a health condition linked to curvature of the spine. Funeral held for the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dye-Thompson Lumber Co
Kentucky
W. T. McCaskey & Co
Monon
Armstrong
Ward Tyner
Setae
Just a farmer out here in the country, says townsman
A reader portrays a farmer as steady and respected, contrasting him with a boastful town youth called a dudelet. The piece defends the farmer as valuable and dependable, noting his simple word as dependable as cash and his household as content. It laments the shallow boasting of the younger man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honserd Taove
Schleman Purchases Wilcox Harness Shop Building
William Schleman acquired the West Main street property now housing the Wilcox harness shop. He was out of town for a statement, but plans from his home indicate extensive alterations and improvements will begin on the site in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
William Schleman
West Main Street
Wil‘cox
Schleman
Spitler Lurber & Co Hardware and Furniture Ad
A fragment from Spitler Lurber and Co storefront advertises refrigerators freezers cream porch swings and stoves showcasing their hardware and furniture offerings at the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spitler, Lurber & Co
Notice to Settle Debts By Sept Per Dunn
Indebted party: being urged to call and settle with Q. E. Dunn. Settlement requested before September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sks
Q. E. Dunn
Kentucky Coal for Sale by Dye-Thompson Lumber Co
Six varieties of Kentucky coal offered for sale at four dollars per ton. The Dye-Thompson Lumber Co advertises cheaper coal upon request.
Fragmentary Notice Bids For Personal Arrangements
Broken text mentions money, a person named Joan, and an "Addryne" with Dr. E. A. Meyer involved. Content is incomplete but suggests a personal or social arrangement note. No clear event, date, or location is legible for a fuller summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Francesville
Addryne
Dr. E. A. Meyer
James Whitcomb Riley Passes Away A Beloved Children's Friend
The Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley is dead, mourned as a saint of childhood. His verses made him a lifelong friend to children and lovers of nature, celebrated for capturing the heart of childhood and the comforts of home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
James Whitcomb Riley
Riley
Mary
Local Notes and Ads From The Lafayette Journal
Brief items include praise for a child poet and farewell sentence, Cushman engines advertised as best in market, White priced at 8 cents per pound, repairs offered for binders and mowers, Sharples feed separator shown, Dye Thompson Lumber Co coal price, Gordon Dennis players performing under tent west of Lamar's barn, Monon telegraph operators wage increase of 7 percent approved by President Kurrie, and a conference between P. L. Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Dennis
Lamar
Francesville
Jim
Lafayette Journal
Cushman Engines
Blue Front
Spitler, Surber &Co
Spitler, Surber & Co
Dye‘Thompson Lumber Co
Kentucky
Gordon - Dennis
Monon
Kurrie
P. L
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nina Myers
Virg Coffel
Jones Bakery
W. B. Leeson
Indianapolis
Charles Clark
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Rensselaer Republican
Carr
Washington
Alexandria
Lon Markle
Weit
Eis Dar
Bayer
Hay Night Telegram
Aratchy
Britten
Society
Beesley
Leslie Whitaker
Clay City
Ab Whitaker
W. J. Whitaker
Della Shumaker
Grace Frohm
Gay’s Park
Brookston
R. L. Wilson
Sheridan
J. A
Spitler & Surber’s
Coteh-Teele
Dye-Thompson. Lumber Co
Taylor Hardware Co
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