Local News Briefs From Martinsville Area
Local notes report Ylias A Bryan of south Indiana called to Martinsville by Andrew Burkhart illness. Austin, 16, son of Mr and Mrs Austin of Greenho, injured in auto crash on North Street. Brother 10 at Putnam County Hospital. Church and community events include Woman's Union meeting after 2 30 at the church and Christmas carol services. Boes to attend Indianapolis banquet. Greencastle children plan church events. Mis Annice Moore faces charges. Ernest colored cited by Zeis. multiple minor updates from local residents.
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Ylias A. Bryan
South India
Martinsville Ay
Andrew Burkhart
Austin
Mr. and Austin
Greenho
North Street
Putnam County
Ten Million Dollars In Christmas Savings Clubs
A Chicago Daily Tribune editorial notes that over 10 million dollars this year are saved in Christmas Savings Clubs, with banks distributing more than 300 million nationwide. It highlights the clubs as a booster of prosperity and a lesson in economics for about 200 000 Chicago residents. The piece explains banks profit from promoting permanent saving, aiding business and community growth, and predicts lasting value for citizenship.
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Chicago Daily Tribune
United States
Chicago
Mrs Oliver Stringer Dies After Cancer Operation
Mrs Oliver Stringer aged 55 of near Belle Union died at Putnam County Hospital about 9 PM Wednesday following a serious cancer operation performed Monday. She had lived in the area her entire life.
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Oliver Stringer
Putnam County Hospital
Belle Union
Stringer
Obituary Notice for Local Resident Near Belle Union
The deceased lived near Belle Union and was mother of five, with two sons and two daughters surviving. Survived by husband, mother Mary McCammack of Belle Union, three brothers Everett Emery and Ern est McCammack and sister Mrs Hessie Wallace. Funeral Friday at 11 in Walnut Valley Church with Rev R E Masten and Rev George Miller. burial in Brick Chapel Cemetery.
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Belle Union
Gertie
Cecil
Lofty
Mary McCammack
Everett
Emery
Ernest McCammack
Hessie Wallace
Walnut Valley Church
Edwardsport Suspects Set for Jan 15 Trial
Theodore Armstrong and William Jones will be placed on trial in Vincennes on January 15 for the slaying of Charles Wright the Ed wardsport bank assistant cashier shot during an attempted robbery on November 8.
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Vincennes
Ind
Bec
Theodore Armstrong
William Jones
Charles Wright
Edwardsport Bank
Wright
Kinney the marrying squire ill on 77th birthday
E H Kinney a longtime justice of the peace in Columbus Indiana fell ill on his seventy seventh birthday. He missed a day from his office for the first time in fifty years and was unable to preside at work.
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Columbus
Ind
E. H. Kinney
Indiana
After He Is Dead World Forgives A Living Genius
A terse aphorism notes that genius elicits forgiveness after death, while a living genius struggles to earn a living. The line reflects on fame, talent, and financial hardship in a world quick to praise posthumously.
What Feeds Sponges and a Marriage Notice
Fisheries experts and scientists remain unable to determine accurately how sponges feed. An ordinary sponge grows about one to one and a half inches per year. The sponge’s familiar portion is the skeleton while the gelatinous material is washed away by wind weather and sun and soaking in sea water. A marriage scene unfolds as a car arrives with a streamer announcing new management while the couple remains unaware.
Standard Size Brick Adoption Reduces Brick Varieties
At a conference of manufacturers distributors and large consumers the country eliminated at least 88 rough brick and 55 smooth brick varieties by adopting a standard size for common brick and a standard size for face brick.
Service to Country
Quote from Swift praising practical work that increases crops and productivity as a greater public service than politicians.
William Harvey and Virgil Amid a Battle's Danger Zone
In Danger Zone the English physician William Harvey famed for 1651 blood circulation work is noted reading Virgil amid the chaos. The account highlights his classical tastes while he faced battlefield peril.
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William Harvey
A Queer Bird Along the Amazon River
A fragment notes a four footed bird from the Amazon with two feet acting as hands and agile young. The piece then shifts to a meta comment on human endurance, folly, and quotes from Cotton, Shakespeare, and local papers.
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Amazon River
South America
Advertising notices and services in a 1920s space
An assorted classified slip lists SEE ROY HILLIS District Manager offering automobile insurance including fire theft collision and indemnity from State Automobile Insurance Company. It notes free blank forms and personalized service for your car make and license number via J B Harris Notary Public above Central National Bank. Also advertises three modern rooms for rent with inquiry through Herald.
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Roy Hillis
State Automobile Insurance Company
J.B. Harris
Notary Public
Central National Bank
Must Stoke Up Ambition with Energy
A brief editorial urges fueling ambition with energy, warning that effort without fuel yields little progress, likening it to a locomotive without steam. The piece stresses practical drive over idle aspiration.
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Boston Transcript
There All the Time
A reflective line notes that adversity and prosperity do not alter character but reveal what already lies within a person.
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Indianap
Claypool Hotel
The
Electric Corporation
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Greencastle
Reh
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Prof. Sloan
Green Chools
C. W
Annice Moore
Iion
Zeis
Ernest
Edwardspor
Duluth Herald
Cotton
Pennywise
Louisville Courier-Journal
Frank Jones
Indianapolis News
East Seminary Street
Hamilton Book Store
Lowis B. Cowgill
E. Franklin St
Eitel
John Eitel & Son
Oakland
Herald Office
Mose Boone
Xmas Hamilton Book Store
Ladies of the Christian Church
Rector Bros
F. Turner
Bloomington Street
Mr. Zapf
Jackson
Dan Miller Farm
Vivalia
Marion Wright
Greencastle Battery Co
N- Side Square
Lucas and
Masten
South Jackson Street
N. Side Square
Herald
Bicknell-Coffman Hardware Co
Opera House
A. Cook
iMer
Nile
Mack Sennett
Pathe Comedy
Skylarking
Hoot Gibson
Blinky
Baby Peggy
Little Miss Hollywood
West Bend
Kitchen Outfitting Co. Gas Office
Betaste
Christie & Potter
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