Local social notes from Walton and nearby towns
Sunday visits span Walton Logansport Kokomo and Ithaca with many families hosting and travelling. A Cleveland wedding couple, Esther Johnson and Frank Knight, now reside in Ithaca while Frank studies at Cornell. Civic quotes urge courage persistence and citizen making through home and school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Johnson
Ft. Wayne
Frank B. Knight
Highland Park
Cleveland
Ithaca New York
Cornell University
July Named for Caesar In Roman Calendar History
The article traces July from Quintilis in the Roman year to its current name July. It explains July shifted from 36 days to 31 under Julius Caesar and that Marc Antony renamed Quintilis in honor of Caesar. It notes Saxon historians called July Hey Monath due to hay harvest timing.
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Julius Caesar
Ito
Marc Antony
Caesar
Chicago Journal
Black Hole of Calcutta remembered in grim tale
In Calcutta a fort garrison was captured by Nawab Siraj ud Daulah on June 20 1758 and jailed in a room 18 by 14 feet 10 inches. Of 156 prisoners who endured the night in the suffocating cell only 28 survived the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Siraj Danita
Resolutions of Respect for Willam Thomas Walker
Galveston Lodge No. 225 I C O F at Galveston Indiana offers condolences on the death of Willam Thomas Walker who died November 26 1920. The notice commends his charitable work aiding the afflicted bringing joy to the miserable and earning the Supreme Master’s praise. A copy of the resolutions is sent to the family. memory blessed in the Order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam Thomas Walker
Wuereas
Waerens
Galveston
Indiana
Multiple social visits mark holiday week in Liberty Center
Local households host relatives and friends from Indianapolis Michigan Kokomo and nearby towns during Thanksgiving and weekend visits. The column notes births engagements club meetings and a carload hog sale follow up with family gatherings at several homes and a Pennsylvanian return.
U. B. Church Notes Announce Week of Revival
Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching 10 30 with J E Martin of Indianapolis speaker and Harry Carey to preach 7 p m revival meetings at Otterbein church continue all week with 7 30 p m services The schedule covers topics on hell life and salvation plus rally day and baptism during the week with reception of new members expected and increased church interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otterbein
Heaven
Red Cross Campaign Ends in Cass County Treasury
The Red Cross annual membership drive in Cass County closes with $2,250 in the treasury to date and an expected total of $2,500 once outstanding townships report. The county campaign trails the year’s allotment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Cass County
Treasury
Local Socials Roundup From Brown County and Kokomo
Dave Demoss and wife visited relatives in Brown County. Mrs Lou Hecker spent Sunday with her daughter in Kokomo. John Swafford and wife joined Mrs Delia McBride for Thanksgiving with the Fred Fidter family near Logansport. Chas Lachreider and Carlos Livey of Logansport, with Warren Demoss, dined with Dewey Roach. Claud Cook and family visited Chas Roach’s home. Mrs Lou Becker dined with Frank Graff’s family at Galveston. Dewey Roach had dinner with Warren Demoss. Milo Troyer stayed with Bertlock and Nellie Brown. Agnes Deviney with Chas Peek and wife in Kokomo. Anna Jump and Ruth Burks spent Friday afternoon in Kokomo. Hugh McCorkle visited ALP Watkins and wife on Thursday. Grace Bunnell spent Friday afternoon in Kokomo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Brown
Agnes DeVinney
Chas
Peek
Kokono
Anna Jump
Ruth Burks
Kokomo
Hugh McCorkle
Alp
Watkins
Grace Bunnell
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Home Lawn Farm
Converse
Amboy
W. Snyder & Son
E. E. Phillips
Thos
A. Kelsay
Main Street
Louise Crockett
Walton
Glen McIlwain
Logansport
John McIiwain
J. W. Bevington
Elias Carey
John Patton
Chicago
A. J. Logan
Joe Oyler
Rev. Roberts
Johnson Knight
C. W Thatcher
Isabel DeHaven
Maude Lawson
Harry Thatcher
West Middletown
Carl Powell
Mary Wilson
Tom Marshall
Ed Elkins
Herbert Gray
Seymour Price
James Crockett
Ursula and
Vincent
Good Samaritan Hospital
Geo Stanley
Family
Bert Stravely
Lincoln Orville Amos
Harry Amos
Wm. Amos
Margaret Oyler
Kokomo Hospital
Maud Lawson
Beecher Parks
Black Hole
J A.J. Funk
Liberty Center
Earl McDonald
Monday Night
Full Blood
Plymouth Rock Cockerels
Mrs
L. O Geeting
Claude Wampler
Wm. Wampler
Elvin Heck
Shelbyville
Robert Betts
Dorothy Leu Thomas
Indianapolis
Carmen Graves
Wm. Toney
Raymond Myers
Clifford Toney
Wm. Munson
Albert Biiney
Dora List
Ethel
Bert Verbryck
Joe Mills
Charles Mills
Dan Shewman
Mr. Betts
C. O. Stonebraker
Percy Copeland
Claude Williams
Pennsylvania
Fred Swafford
Michigan
Penny Club
Ora Chamness
Minerva Bitler
Ellen Bell
Mollie Cook
Jake Johnson
Ann Householder
Lottie Taylor
Peru
Bruce Householder
Leslie Hardin
Florence Harness
Birthday Club
Sarah McConnell
Mesdames Bell McConnell
Ella Emerick
Ella Lott
Dora McClain
Dora ‘List
Mollie Miller
Margaret Bevington
Meda Peter
Ida Rodibaugh
Frank Johnson
Jas, Saylors
Kappa
Ernest McCoy
Ridgeway
John Moore
Wampler Home
FE. M. Spaulding
Fred McManama
Minnie Lawrence
Red Key
Funk
Bid Wininger
Wim. Ault
Ernest Polk
Sam Stump
Near Warren
Jas. Logan and Family
Eva Lynas
John Geeting
Greentown
Irene Morris
Lizzie
Effie Garritson
G. W. Burton
Frank Harris
Tom Talbert
Chas. Garbert
Ella Cree
Young America
Eleanors
Jesse Ault
Tom Streeter
Agnes Campbell
Wm. Campbell
D. A. Zehring
Fred Streeter
David Heck
Edinburg
Robi. Betts
Guy Simpson
John Moorehouse
Alonzo McClain
G. H. Sporting
Margaret
Bluffton
Minnie Butcher
Claud Butcher
Ellis Merrell
Gordon Shaffer
U. B. Church Notes
Chas. J. Roberts
Red Cross Campaign
Lincoln
Dave Demoss
Brown County
Lou Hecker
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