Missionary Society Convention Held in Fremont Fort Wayne District
The forty fifth Fort Wayne District meeting of the Missionary Society was hosted by the Fremont M E Church and its Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. About 115 delegates attended from outside points. Decatur, Ind. will host next year. G A Snider and Harry McCleery families were honored as life members. Mrs G A Snider reelected president. Edith Bell of Africa spoke, and local reports and an evening program highlighted the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont M. E. Church
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Fort Wayne
Elnora McNaughton
A. C. Poulson
Martin
Edith Bell
Africa
Fremont
Aid Society of the Evangelical Church
Mission
R. E. Clark
Chicago
W. L. Clear
Decatur
Ind
G. A. Snider
Harry McCleery
Jennie Ritter
Local notes highlight deaths, arrivals, and small-town events
London umbrellas vanish daily says 200 figure while obituary notices include Charles Wright age 84 in Hamilton and Mrs L D Keyes burial in Orland. Fern Scattergood breaks a hand. Grace Beard remains missing. Community groups PTA and guilds praised. multiple travel and insurance items noted.
Farmers Meeting Delivers Cooperative Marketing Talk
Otsego township figures Rey Rozelle George Brown and Glenn Brown led a Township Farmers Association gathering in the high school assembly room last Friday. Mrs Morris Hanson provided accompaniments and her daughter Helen sang for the crowd. Mr Settle could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Township Farmers’ Association
W. H. Settle
Rey Rozelle
George Brown
Otsego Township
Glenn Brown
County Association
Morris Hanson
Helen
Angola Burglary Suspect Confesses to Book Store Theft
C Lough of Angola admits to Sheriff Adams that he took $500 from the College Book store in a burglary. Previously convicted of forging checks, he is also linked to a robbery at Helmee garage. His wife and three children have gone to relatives in Ohio.
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Angola
Lough
Adams
Helmeé
Ohio
Sovesis Club Opens Season With Informal Meeting
Sovesis Holds First Meeting at Mrs Maude Moore home last Friday afternoon. Officers led an informal program and served ice cream and cake. Miss Agnes McCates welcomed guests with a special greeting. Mrs B C McNaughton will be dressed to the club Oct 27. Responses will be Superstitions Are Heard.
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Sovesis
Borosis
Unclear fragment hints at school board meeting
Fragmentary note mentions last Friday and seembers of a school board. Details are unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angola
Shabby Mind and a Youths Companion Offer
An advertisement questions a tidy home versus a shabby mind and promotes The Youths Companion as a solution. It urges furnishing the mind with reading material and offers a year subscription for 52 issues in 1923, with pricing and mailing details from Boston.
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Onch
Commonwealth Ave
Ae Paul ‘St
Boston
Sheffer Murder Trial Moves Between Counties
The Nic Sheffer murder case shifts venue from DeKalb to Steuben County. He stands charged with killing his brother and his sister-in-law. The lengthy proceedings have consumed substantial time.
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Nic Sheffer
DeKalb County
Steuben
Sheffer
Ford Plans Aluminum Four Door Sedan With Refined Design
Ford introduces a new four door sedan featuring aluminum body panels, lighter roof, and a one inch lower overall height. The longer body offers more rear leg room, revised door and window mechanisms, leather visor, and improved upholstery. rear seat width and front seat dimensions are enhanced with a $725 price FOB Detroit.
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Detroit
The Office Cat and the bill collector tale
A playful note recalls the annual bill collector visit as a young man pays heating costs and calls his girl each evening. The piece closes with a humorous epitaph about Henry Reeve claiming a fifth ace up his sleeve.
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Mel
Henry Reeve
Former Fremont Lady Dies at Benton Harbor
Former Fremont educator and Benton Harbor School District longtime teacher died in hospital. Students and a pastor paid tributes at the funeral as families remembered her years of service in the Benton Harbor area.
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Fremont
Benton Harbor
Benton Harbor City
Alice Dewey
Mich
Alice’ Dewey
Mercy Hospital
First Congregational Church
Miss Dewey
Order of Eastern Star
Helen Clark Noe
Marjorie Smith
Paul H. Yourd
F. C. Dewey
Angola
Ind
H. R. Dewey
Belleview
EF. M. Dewey
Elkhart
Frank Brown
Tremont
Bert P. Shrune
Missell
Pleasant Lake
A. H. Hiller
Buchanan
J. M. Russell
Brita Avenue
Dairy Record Club Boys Return From Minnesota
Harold Lachamire Fred Neihardt and Vernon Sniff of Steuben County Dairy Club returned home after attending the National Dairy Exposition at Minnesota. They toured the state capitol Fort Snelling Minnehaha Falls and several agricultural sites. The exposition featured over a thousand cattle including Holstein Jersey Guernsey Ayrshire and Brown Swiss with a large dairy machinery display.
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Harold Lachamire
Hamilton
Fred Neihardt
Orland
Vernon Sniff
Angola
Steuben County Dairy Club
Minnesota Fair Grounds
Minnesota Capitol Building
Fort Snelling
Minnehaha Falls
Minnesota Agricultural College
Field’s Museum
Chicago
Chicago Union Stockyards
Armour
United States Department of Agriculture
Local Color Farm Stay Quip Sparks Witty Bartering
An author seeks a farm vacation for authentic local color. The farmer quotes Twenty per week for board with ten extra if the guest demands straw chewing and dialect talk.
Conversation Sketch About Exercise and Skin Care
The exchange shows Ray asking about complexion and May replying she runs five miles each morning. Ray comments on distance to the drug store, highlighting a humorous street dialogue about health routines and daily habits.
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Ray
Efficiency expert trims office exit time in farce
In a humorous exchange a speaker asks if the efficiency expert boosted staff performance. The reply notes the team can now lock up and be out of the office in a little under forty seconds.
Brainless Crossing Ends in Tragic Train Tale
A grim verse recounts a man attempting to cross a railroad track as a train nears. Bandits or unknown assailants sever his brain and place the pieces in a sack, but the brain remains missing. The macabre scene echoes classic saga imagery.
Editor warns Missouri subscriber. editor replies with cryptic note
A Missouri editor informs subscriber Bill Jeffrey that his subscription has expired. Days later the editor receives his own letter bearing the scrawled remark So's Bill, hinting at mutual renewal or shared fate.
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Missouri
Bill Jeffrey
Bill
Ex-god Introduced at Village Church Gathering
After services the congregation dispersed into groups in the yard. The pastor introduced a recently arrived ex-god to a wealthy Mr. Smith and joked they had met in church, remarking the ex-god slept in the next bunk to his.
Hampshire Breeders Meet Resolves County Work Plan
The Steuben County Hampshire Breeders' Association held a brief session in the county agent's office Saturday evening. The meeting focused on finishing club work for the year and planning winter tasks, with a short discussion of upcoming county activities.
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Hampshire
Steuben County
Hampshire Breeders’ Association
Aent
Dinner at Conklin Home in Kinderhook
A Sunday gathering at the Tei Conklin home in Kinderhook hosted twenty five relatives after church. The host celebrated a birthday as Miss Larile Conklin and her brother Howard Conklin visited from Kalama zoo and Kalamazoo College respectively. The weekend also marked the first appearance of Helen Louise, the host’s grandchild, in a program of music and visiting.
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Conklin
Tei Conklin
Kinderhook
Larile Conklin
Department of
Gilmore
Kalamazoo
Howard Conklin
Kalamazoo College
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London
Charles Wright
Fern Scattergood
Ashley High School
John Odren
Amos Odren
Branch County
Sherwood Wakeman
E. C. Duguid
Coldwater, Mich
Ashley
Nellie Follett
Allen
California
L. C. Failor
Quincy
Grace Beard
Montpelier
Wayne Shieber
L. D. Keyes
Sterling
Keyes
Oliver Stayner
Herman Keller
Coldwater
Deland
Fla
Hurst & Smith
Battle Creek
Wolverine
FORD
Dairy Record Club Boys
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Mrocks As
Crandall Bros
Fremont, Indiana
Schlosser Bros
Indiana
Sidel & Boster’s
Purity Bakery
Henry McElhenie
Taylor’s Ford Garage
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