Local notes on residents and service members return home
Hilary Coffman of Peru returns home after visiting his brother Ed Coffman. Miss Glenne and Miss Jean Hamilton return from Augusta Ky after railway strike delays. Stanley Hurst discharged from Camp Upton and back with his parents. Raymond Kendall to return from Rahway hospital and discharge at Camp Taylor. Mrs. Jeanette Fisher called to Cleveland for the illness of her daughter Vera Fisher Colbert. Several locals travel for visits, sales and Elk carnival events set for August 23 to 30. The Girl Scouts meet tonight, and other residents visit relatives while farm sales and divorces arise in notices.
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Glenne Hamilton
Jean Hamilton
Fay Hamilton
Augusta
Stanley Hurst
V. C. Hurst
Seventh Field Artillery
Army of Occupation
Germany
Camp Upton
N. Y
South Crown Street
Hurst
Europe
Sergi
Raymond Kendall
U. S. Army Hospital
Rahway
N. J
C.E. Kendal
Camp Taylor
Jeanette Fisher
Cleveland, O
R. J. Colbert
Colbert
Vera Fisher
Nelson Reunion and Property for Sale Notice
Nelson family reunion to be held at Somerset church on Sunday August 51. Ruth Wells secretary. For sale now my residence five room cottage with electric lights sink in kitchen good well cistern cellar and 3 14 acres. Possession to suit purchaser. Mrs A W Whelan phone Green 287. plus Ben Hur lighting system sale to John Quinlisk reported.
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Nelson
Somerset Church
Ruth Wells
A. W. Whelan
Wanted Boys and Help Wanted Ads in Steel City
WANTED AN OFFICE BOY must be over 14 and ride a bicycle for American Zinc Products Co. Also wanted a boy to carry the Indianapolis News, high school student preferred by J. K. Langdon & Co. Specials this week Spotlight William MacDonald Wood Barnaby's mill offers fine mill wood with phone contact.
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American Zinc Products CO
Indianapolis News
J. K. Langdon & Co
Second mortgage lender advertises in Indianapolis firm
Aetna Mortgage and Investment Co. 508 Fidelity Trust Building Indianapolis advertises real estate lending on second mortgages. Also notices seek a printer’s trade learner, farm loan abstracts, and part time work in Putnam County. Found cuff button at court house. ads for sale of household goods by E G Williams in Greencastle.
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Aetna Mortgage and Investment Co
Fidelity Trust Building
Indianapolis
Putnam County
the Herald
Greencastle
Ind
Court House
Herald
Brazil Giants to face Lost Creek Rangers in Sunday doubleheader
Local baseball fans will see the Brazil Giants play the Lost Creek Rangers and the Clay County Grays meet the Coalmont team in a doubleheader at Eagle Park in Brazil this Sunday. The town also reports growing food sales at the post office with postmaster William Denman noting strong morning demand. Other items note residents traveling for shopping, farm advocacy trips, a chicken culling demonstration near Bainbridge, a birth in the Underwood family, and various local visits and injuries.
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Brazil Giants
Lost Creek Rangers
Clay County Grays
Coalmont
Eagle Park
Brazil
William Denman
Unusual African Hyrax and Lemur Like Climbers
The text notes a hyrax found in Africa and Syria that grips smooth surfaces with hoof edges forming a suction cup. It folds under the hoof to create a suction platform, enabling surprising tree climbing. Also mentioned is the lemur like creature ending in suckers on its toes that can climb bamboo stems.
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Africa
Syria
Maliy Islands
Philippines
Would Be Worth Hearing Fog Story of a Dog
A Kansas dog tale tells of Shep the collie belonging to a family from the upper Selote river in Osle. The family moved to Sticky IL river headwaters in Kansas by train to Kansas City then wagon. After a year they returned to Ohio, leaving Shep with a neighbor in Kansas. Eight weeks later the emaciated dog walked home up to 100 miles away.
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Shep
Selote River
Osle
Sticky IL River
Kansas
Kansas City
Ohie
R.BD Hill Sale Notice Arrives For Tomorrow
An auction notice cites R B D Hill with a sale set for tomorrow August 22. The listing outlines property terms and location details in a standard public notice format.
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R. D. Hill Site
R. D. Hill
Fouts Brothers Realty to Open Local Office September 1
Realty firm invites listings of farms and city property for quick sale promising buyers and fair treatment. R. S. Fouts signs for Fouts Bros Realty Co. Also advertising sale items including oak buffet and dining set by Ralph Knoll on South Locust Street at the Hill estate sale.
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Fouts Brothers Realty Company
Fouts
Fouts Bros. Realty Co
Ralph Knoll
South Locust Street
Chamberlains Tablets Help Mrs Wright’s Bilious Attacks
A Missouri woman, Mrs. Ella Wright of Chillicothe, reports rapid relief from bilious attacks after using Chamberlains Tablets. She says a single bottle cured her indigestion and there has been no recurrence. The ad urges others with digestion troubles to try the tablets.
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Ella Wright
Chillicothe
Nickel by nickel tale of a beggar and a writer
A newspaper friend recounts a year long beggar scam starting with a single nickel and a $2 payment. The beggar’s neighborhood sightings and ongoing nickel requests lead to a growing tally, with the writer hoping for a simple profit but facing a mounting three dollar sum. The tale ends with the beggar expected to exhaust the full amount.
Chinese Railways Rail Passengers Reach New High
China’s government railways carry 25 million passengers annually over 3,000 miles, totaling 1 billion miles traveled. Passenger service yields 37 percent of receipts. five lines earn more from passengers than freight. Niney-five percent of traffic is third class at one cent per mile, aiding poorer travelers as roadways expand and autos rise. An automobile link across the Gobi from Peking to Uren and the Russian line has begun.
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Gobi Desert
Peking
Uren
Prayer Meeting and Dr Linton Talk Tonight
A Presbyterian church gathers for a 7 30 prayer meeting titled The Church and the Local Community. The session ends in time for attendees to hear Dr Linton at 8 20 in the high school.
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Presbyterian Church
Tepie
Dr. Linton
English Lenses Superior In Wartime Photographic Battle
The text notes British optical makers quickly outproducing German lenses in aerial photography during the war. It claims captured equipment showed British lenses superior, with German lenses failing at three miles height. It also includes stray, unrelated dialogue from a Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt about theatre and a student’s quarrel with a teacher.
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Jenses
Fair
Squire
Britain
Rantington Rourer
Hamter
The Twenty-Four-Hour Day in a Department Store Tale
A humorous vignette shows a group of friends discussing working shifts and a man who shifts roles after his baby arrives. A bachelor neighbor questions the change, while a shirt salesman turns into a department store floor walker.
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Nupoppe
Howe
Trank Vaughn Stock Sale Noted for Monday
Trank Vaughn stock sale is noted for Monday August 25 with emphasis on potential price movement and investor interest. The notice flags trading activity and market attention surrounding the event.
Putnam Farms for Sale by Fouts Bros Realty Co
Eighty acres tillable at 150 per acre. One hundred one acres well improved at 175 per acre. Two hundred twenty four acres sugar tree and black walnut land. Three hundred forty acres grain and stock farm with improvements and water at 165 per acre. Bargain sells before September. Other farms and city property available.
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Putnam
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Eastman Supplies
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Fouts Bros, Realty Co
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