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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
4
A jumble of item names and prices appears in a dated grocery ad. Entries include vinegar cream, corn starch, kidney beans, canned salmon, coffee, naptha soap, Apples and potatoes, beef, cleaners, cheese, beans, rice, milk, oil, fresh fruit, and watermelons.
Burson & Son Monuments advertises funeral directors service with 24 hour calls and a Lady assistant in Francesville Indiana. Local notes mention Mrs Margaret Lee visiting Reynolds Tuesday and a for sale good young work horse from Joseph Pelsey Jr. Seventeen year locusts are appearing in northern counties with Lake County reporting alarming numbers and few in Starke County along the Yellow River.
A fire started by two boys under 12 damaged the Voorhees Lumber Company plant and a sawdust pile in Frankfort, with damages totaling about 75 dollars. The incident was reported as a family and local matter.
A. Goodell & Sons Co. offer a special fund for fast closings on good improved farm land through local agent H. A. Ames in Francesville, Ind. No delay if title is merchantable and no insurance company red tape.
A town seeks a single energetic boy aged 14 to 19 to serve as the official Movie Week LY Magazine agent after school. Pay is based on earnings with prizes and free Movie Tickets. promotion possible. Apply by letter to Mr E L Gilbert Personal 3rd floor 119 West 40th Street New York City with selling experience age parents school and two references.
Francesville will celebrate as the Blue Bird will carry mail both ways starting June 14. Local residents Miss Lucinda and Miss Gladys Koster visited Mr. and Mrs. Donald Boulden in Manon on Saturday. Postmaster Walter M. Engle announced from Lafayette that ten local men aged 17 to 27 may attend a military training camp for thirty days with all expenses paid by the government. Mabel Werner has left for Bloomington to attend Indiana University this summer.
Bird's Newstand in Chicago advertises daily papers from major papers including the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Examiner, Chicago Daily News, Indianapolis News, Indiana Daily Times, Indianapolis Star, and LaFayette Journal-Courier along with Sunday papers and popular magazines.
Parker School announces a weekly dance every Wednesday starting June 14 with Frank Fitz as manager. Also noted is a sale offering quick pleasure by day, contact via phone LIOM. Reports mention Mr and Mrs Caspar C Clark visiting from New York and Judson Fitzpatrick being in Chicago recently.
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