Local Social Roadside Visits Highlight Weekend Gatherings
Mrs Carrie Clodfelter Maxine and Kathleen along with Miss Cora Carrington spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Glenn Clodfelter in Lafayette Mrs Anna Thomas from Princeton visited Mrs Oran Perkins last week Oran Perkins returned home from Martinsville last week Mr and Mrs Cockeral and Mrs Walk Firestone and Miss Mildred Firestone attended a football game in Lafayette Saturday Mrs Ella Butcher visited inWaseland last week Miss Olus Perpins from Eagles Town spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs William Perpins Mr and Mrs Floyd Jackson from Chicago spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives here Mr and Mrs Thomas Roach Mr and Mrs Deloss Call Mr and Mrs Rex Call and Mr and Mrs Lyle Call spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Al Call at Putnamville Mrs John Burnsides visited her daughter Mrs Howard Ferran last S B Love and family from Wave land spent Sunday with Mrs Ella Butcher
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Carrie Clodfelter
Maxine
Kathleen Clodfelter
Cora Carrington
Glenn Clodfelter
Lafayette
Anna Thomas
Princeton
Oran Perkins
Martinsville
Cockeral
Walk Firestone
Mildred Firestone
Ella Butcher
Waseland
Olus Perpins
Eaglestown
Somerset Wheat and Local Quilt Group Update
A large acreage of wheat was noted as coming up well in the Somerset area. Farmers began cribbing corn. corn performed better than expected during the dry period. John Watts shows partial paralysis recovery after a stroke. Mrs. Maggie Garrett visited her niece, Mrs. Raymond Flint, and family. The Willing Workers plan a Friday quilting meeting to prepare for a bazaar in a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Watts
Maggie Garrett
Raymond Flint
White House Conference Highlights Doomed Infant Mortality Drop
The White House Conference on Child Health and Protection reports a 1929 infant mortality rate of 66.2 deaths per 1000 births, among other hopeful indicators. Experts note improved life expectancy estimates and call for broader use of preventive health measures and research to shape future child welfare policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
D. C
United States
Hoover
White House Conference On Child Health and Protection
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Interior
Public Heath Service
Masquerade and social events begin Sunday at Fant Judy home
Sunday school plans a masquerade and pound social at Fant Judy's home Friday night. Willing Workers set a monthly meeting next Wednesday with Mrs. Ely Scobee in Bainbridge. J. F. O'Hair has been ill. his daughter Mildred visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fant Judy
Herbert Collier
Shirley
Raymond Flint
Roy Ferrand
Collier
Ely Scobee
Bainbridge
J. F. O'Hair
Mildred
Brick Chapel League
Oscar O'Hair
Hugh Burdett
Frances
C. K. Hall
Kentucky
Mr. Burdett
Consulting Aeronautical Engineer for Pennsylvania Railroad
A statement identifies the individual as also serving as a consulting aeronautical engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad, indicating dual roles and industry expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
NEW MAYSVILLE Social Notes Share Weekend Visits
New Maysville residents and visitors are listed, detailing Sunday and Wednesday visits. Names include John and Cramer families, Ed Cramer household, Danville resident Sandy Underwood, and Indianapolis guest Paul Beam. Several couples and individuals are noted as hosting or visiting local residents across the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cramer
Ed Cramer
Sandy Underwood
Danville
Sarah
Paul Beam
Indianapolis
Mary MecConaughey
Lucy Isenberg
Dan Weller
Mildred Pickett
Ethel Bell
Ruby
Vivian Elliott
Ella Hendren
Charley McFerran
Ida Steward
Laura Steward
Nona Grantham
Mattie Brothers
C. F. Modlin
Ida
Lula Weller
Eugene Sallust
Blanche Cramer
Sunnyside
Air travel and rail-air links advance across Indiana
Speakers describe expansion of landing fields and integrated rail air systems linking Indianapolis to St Louis Chicago to Louisville routes. Frank Strouse notes reduced distance via air travel with Transcontinental & Western Air and links to Pennsylvania Railroad, Lindbergh as technical committee head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Chicago
Louvisville
Greencastle
Wen Cook
Curtiss Aviation Company
Indiana
Cleveland
Henderson
Moore
Frank Strouse
DePauw University
Strouse
Pennsylvania Railroad
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc
Charles Lindbergh
Canaan Chapel Appointments Warned and Social Fortnight
Rev Bennett will fill his appointment Sunday and the C C C class hosted two plays Thursday night. The aid group meets with Mrs Cora Girton Wednesday. A Hallowe en mask party was held at Elizabeth Ann Gage s Saturday night with pumpkin pie coffee and doughnuts. Family and friends visited and called on neighbors over the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Cora Girton
Elizabeth Ann Gage
Sim Best
Reelsville
George Johnson
Terre Haute
James Beaman
Alice Brooks
Illinois
Marjorie F Eaglesfield
Helen
Brazil
Samuel Owens
Vivian Williams
Ross Hassler
Edward Chew
Obituary for Albert A. Gentry 1909 21 years died
Albert A. Gentry born August 30 1909 son of Mr and Mrs Alva Gentry died October 27 at 12 10 am aged 21 years 1 month 27 days He leaves one brother six sisters Mrs Fred Strange Mrs Virgil Gasken both of Greencastle Mrs Charles Lander of Lafayette and Mrs Harold Truesdel ment Ind Misses Virginia Syrma Gentry and Joe Lee Gentry at home plus uncles aunts cousins and many friends A sentimental verse closes the notice
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Albert A. Gentry
Alva Gentry
Fred Strange
Virgil Gasken
Greencastle
Charles Lander
Lafayette
Harold Truesdel
Ind
Virginia
Syrma Gentry
Joe Lee Gentry
God
Gentry Family Expresses Thanks for Sympathy
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the death of our son and brother. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Gentry and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Alva Gentry
Starved steer trapped in straw stack found alive
INDIANA brief reports a steer, starved to a skeleton, found imprisoned in a large straw stack on Charles Snyder’s farm near Galveston. A dog’s barking led Snyder to the stack where the steer, missing for about two months, was rescued alive though skeletal. A separate Peru item notes a Miami county political candidate mocked as an monumental ass after a heated southern campaign tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Ind
Charles Snyder
Groeck
Snyder
Siter
Miami County
Politician Faces Friendly But Frank County Voter
An earnest candidate canvassed at a Howard county farm house and received patient listening from an elderly woman who urged support for Miami county while noting she could offer little help due to distance. He left muttering about embarrassing moments.
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Miami County
Howard County
Indiana Artist Exhibit Showcases Hoosier Salon Talent
Exhibit features Homer G. Davisson from Ft Wayne and Carl Graf of Bedford with Brown County scenes. Davisson studied in Munich and traveled Europe and Brown County, while Graf won the Edward Rector Memorial prize for The Shadowed Stream. The show includes works tied to DePauw and notable artists such as Polley, Hartroth, Schultz, Dudley, Mock, and Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier
Asbury Hall
Indiana
Brown County
Indianapolis
Richmond
DePauw
Greencastle
Homer G. Davisson
Davisson
Carl Graf
Edward Rector
Chicago
Art Critica
Graf
Bedford
Lawrence County
John Herron Art Institute
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
United States
Frederick Polley
Mirage
Lucie Hartroth
Adolph Shultz
Frank Dudley
George Mock
Edward Williams
The Devils Holiday at Voncastle Theatre Halloween Show
Nancy Carroll stars in The Devil's Holiday at the Voncastle Theatre Friday night at 11 p m a Halloween party feature. The play contrasts urban life with rural enterprise showing how a hotel manicurist and salesmen push farm equipment into wheat country. Also at Granada for weekend shows. Tonight Buddy Rogers stars in Young Eagles final showing.
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Chas
Buddy) Rogers
Young Eagles
Nancy Carroll
Voncastle Theatre
Middle West
Miss Carroll
Mise Carroll
John
Granada Theatre
Charles
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Semdac
Standard Oil Company
O. F. Overstreet
R. J. Overstreet
Alamo
Vine Stre
Morton
Somerset
Broadway
Fio Ziegfeld
George White
Beryl Wallace
Vongastle
Sporting Youth
Vitaphone
Paris
Anita Louise
David Newell
Yola d'Avril
Gaston Glass
Joe Cook
Nancy
Carroll
America
Sweetie
H. F
Shoptaugh
Greencastle Township
THE
Childrens Bureau
U.S. Dept OF Labor
New Maysville
Canaan Chapel
Peru
INS
Mullins Drug Store
Ady
Voncastle
Newsmat
Greencastle-Bloomington
Bloomington
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