Logansport Weekend Exchanges and Local Visits
Geo Patterson and wife spent Saturday and Sunday in Logansport Vern Yater and family are spending a few days in Michigan. Value Crites left Sunday to spend a week with relatives in Chicago. E M Spaulding and wife were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Delia McBride. The many friends of J W Terflinger will be pleased to know he is steadily improving. Mary McConnell Lyman Pennock and wife are spending a few days with Tom and Werner Young. Walter Ilicks went to St Joseph hospital at Logansport Monday to take treatment for rheumatism. Mrs Dora Saxe returned to her home in Terre Haute Thursday after a several weeks visit with relatives here. A farewell party was given Tuesday night for Frank Cree who leaves codgy for California. Those present were Paul Garrison and wife Ernest Mcfoy and family Joe Ficke and James Saylor and family Clif Cree and family Mat Cree and family Mat Cree and family. Music games and dancing were enjoyed and light refreshments were served.
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Dora Saxe
Terre Haute
Frank Cree
Codgy
California
Paul Garrison
Ernest Mcfoy
Joe Ficke
James Saylor
Clif Cree
Wm. Frier
Glen Wilson
Mat Willard Burrows
Chas. Cree
Mat Cree
Robt. Betts
Ed Wood
McNeil
Claude Welsh
Maud Countryman
Lena Wood
J.B. Rose
Forest Rose
Rev. Beckett
Glen Lawrence
Vern Young
Marie
Edith Sisison
Clark Lenon
Farmer Picnic in Jackson Township at Ed Dunham Grove
Farmers of Jackson township plan an all day picnic at Ed Dunham grove near Lincoln on Wednesday Sept 1 1920 with Jul ia orchestra of Walton providing music C S Mason of Greenfield State organizer will deliver an address Gates contests and amusements are planned and baskets of dinner are encouraged The Emry reunion held at Pipe Creek Sunday included Fern Connelly Ames Spring Wm Winterrowd James Peters Mason Griffin Clarence Lynas Emry Lynas Luke Lynas Clint Daggett Leslie Bell Frank Brown and others Ice cream and cake were served in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Township
Ed Dunham Grove
Lincoln
Julia Orchestra
Walton
C.S. Mason
Greenfield
Wil
Emry
Pipe Creek
Fern Connelly
Illinois
Ames Spring
Delphi
Wm. Winterrowd
Colorado
James Peters
Mason Griffin
Clarence Lynas
Emry Lynas
Luke Lynas
Clint Daggett
Leslie Bell
Frank Brown
Frank Day
John Emry
Ghost's Visit Yields Hidden Will and Coins
Pierre Gastron of Montmartre, Paris, aided a dying miser neighbor. After the man's death the ghost reveals a hidden will and 750 francs in silver under a third wall board in the bedroom. Gastron retrieves the will and funds, prompted by the specter’s claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Gastron
Montmartre
Paris
Gastron
Mann
Crocodile Sets Record Swim Across Fiji Waters
J Stanley Gardiner photographed a crocodile of the species Crocodilus porosus recently landed in the Fiji Islands. No such crocodiles are known to inhabit Fiji, with the nearest population in the New Hebrides about 688 miles away, suggesting the creature swam roughly 683 miles in open sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Stanley Gardiner
Fiji Islands
New Hebrides
Writer's Cramp Defined and Treatments Discussed
The article defines writer's cramp as a disease of those who write excessively with a tightly contracted hand. It notes loss of precise control in thumb and fingers used in writing and reviews treatment methods including surgical operations and electricity.
Thought He Was Privileged Sam and Hypy On Porch
Sam returns from illness for first time outside his room and plays with his dog Hypy on the porch. He questions his mother about her joy at his recovery and her tolerance for noise as he relearns to play after near death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Hypy
Conscience Fund Receipts Noted by Treasury
The conscience fund is run by a division officer who files letters with remittances. Writers rarely reveal their names, but the Treasury Department sends receipts to the newspapers of the towns sending the money.
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Conscience Fund
Treasury Deparment
Ita
Strange Happenings as Billy Returns with Broken Arm
The piece notes Billy, once Johnette’s favorite neighbor and playmate, broke his arm while visiting relatives in the country. He returned home with the arm splinted and healed, sparking Johnette’s tearful excitement and exclamations about Billy’s return with his broken arm.
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Billy
Little Johnette
Cleaning Wall Paper Quick Bread Method
A simple historic tip suggests using stale bread to clean wallpaper. Cut crusts, rub the exposed surface gently and rub up and down as the crust dulls, then cut another slice and continue.
Belief shapes history and world outcomes
The passage asserts that history and events are realized thoughts of people. Faith determines influence more than any other factor, arguing that collective belief drives long term reality and change in society and the world.
Painters Remember Masterpieces From Memory
Painters recall notable works created from memory. Gustave Doré painted portraits from memory while Abercrombie reportedly copied Rubens’ masterwork so accurately that observers had to inspect closely to tell the original from the copy.
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Gustave Dore
Abercrombie
Rubens
Keeping confidences in conversation as a caution
The note urges mindful communication, reminding readers to avoid revealing business, family secrets, or private matters in conversations even when trust seems high. It emphasizes potential regret from sharing sensitive information.
Spirit of dealing with difficulties in life advice
A compact aphorism urges direct confrontation of troubles. It counsels removing pretense and facing grievances head on to move forward with clarity and resolve.
Pa'e Little Falling Reads House Library Quietly
Pa falls into a cautious pose, not a hypocrite, yet he pretends to have read every book in his home for the sake of visitors and children. The line between truth and show rests on his careful display of knowledge.
Lines to Be Remembered in a Wise Leader Tribute
The note honors Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Clay with concise quotes. It highlights Roosevelt on fighting for the right as noblest sport and Clay crediting a wise mother and good books for life success. References to enduring leadership and parental influence frame the brief tribute.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Clay
Local residents visit kin and attend events over weekend
Willard Burrows and wife spent Sunday in Logansport. J A J Funk and wife spent Sunday and Monday in Indianapolis. Ray Oldfather and family started the Home Coming at Wawpe cong on Sunday. Mrs Sarah McConnell and daughter Marjorie returned Friday from Indianapolis. Elsie Meek left Sunday for California to teach this winter. Mrs Al Thomas and children and Misses Johnson and Vore of Springfield Ohio returned home Saturday after visiting W L Thomas family. J M Thomas and Elizabeth Lantis. George E Garrison and family drove to Peru to attend a M E church lecture by Miss Lulu Shepherd on The Menace of Mormonism. Frances Saylor visiting her daughter near Lucerne and will go with Betsie Laird to Lafayette to visit her brother William Roseberry.
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al Thomas
Johnson and Vore
Springfield
Ohio
W. L. Thomas
J. M. Thomas
Elizabeth Lantis
George E. Garrison
Peru
M. E Church
Lulu Shepherd
Frances Saylor
Mrs
Curt Laird
Lucerne
Bessie Laird
Lafayette
Wm. Roseberry
Local youths charged in Galveston street craps case
Five local boys faced charges over involvement in a street craps game in Galveston about three weeks ago. Two were fined in Logansport with suspended penalties for good behavior. three others await appearance today. The piece notes calls for broader arrests to curb speeding and other violations, alongside social tidbits on a Jitney party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Betts with attendees listed.
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Galveston
Logansport
Farmers Report Low Yields and Club Drive Gains
Nearly all oats threshing finished last week with average yields around sixty bushels per acre and wheat at about thirteen. The Deer Creek Threshing Company processed about 22000 bushels of oats and 2000 bushels of wheat while entertaining with ice cream and cakes. Officers for next year are J. E. Kite ti el president R. D. Zartman secretary and Forest Rose treasurer. A Jackson county farmers drive for membership signed forty eight new members in four districts as state organizer R. S. Thompson assisted. Meetings set for Aug 26 at Harry Belk's to plan the picnic and discuss laws on county license funds and a farm loan bill for 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Creek Threshing Company
Pres
J. E. Kite Tiel
Sec
R. D. Zartman
Treas Forest Rose
Jackson
R. S. Thompson
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John W. Souder
Souder Farm
Ind
Buster
Souder
Ladies’ Aid Society
E. E. Eikenberry
R. E. Coble
W. B. Davies
D. L. Crume
Indiana
Geo. Patterson
Vern Yater
Michigan
Value Crites
Chicago
E.M. Spaulding
Delia McBride
J. W. Terflinger
Mary McConnell
Lyman Pennock
Tom
Werner Young
Walter .Licks
St. Joseph Hospital
Kokomo
Willard Burrows
J. A. J. Funk and
Indianapolis
Ray Oldfather
Family
Sarah McConnell
Marjorie
Z. A. Loop
Automobile
State Automobile Insurance Association
Hary Belk
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