Hurst family attends assessor’s picnic. Mrs Bowen in accident
Green castle area notices report D W and D V Hurst with Lockey Hurst at the assessor’s picnic at Oran Buis’ and a gathering with Bernice Reeves. Mrs Lee Bowen of Stilesville was injured in a Thursday car collision with cuts and bruises though no bones were broken. Bowen is daughter of the Hurst family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Hurst
Lockey Hurst
Oran Buis
Greencastle
D. V. Hurst
Lee Bowen
Stilesville
When a Man Loves A Man Finds Love Amid Dolorous Drama
Fabien a young French man trained for the priesthood falls for Manon Lescant, an orphan desired by Count Ravoir. After love and deceit, Manon is forced to join Ravoir, then returns to Fabien. Fabien becomes entangled with gambling and mutiny aboard a convict ship.
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Fabien
France
Manon Lescant
Ravoir
Faoien
Manon
Pirates Escape Aboard A Free Ship With Manon
Fabien and Manon flee mutineers in a convicts run vessel. In a perilous life boat escape they row toward land while fearing capture, planning a new life together away from the penal colony and old crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fabien
America
Cat
Manon
Fe Bren
Farbien
Febien
Health Must Be Earned Says Gene Tunney
Gene Tunney urges daily regular exercise as the secret to good health. He practices his own routine each morning, emphasizing deep breathing and a consistent program for both athletes and business people to maintain top efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene
Gene Tunney
DePauw Establishes Home Management Cottage
DePauw University opens a home management cottage to serve as a laboratory for home economics. Students live in groups, manage funds, read meters, and rotate offices under Miss Beatrice Mills while aiming to meet Smith Hughes standards and broaden campus offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePauw University
Department of
Smith-Hughes
Beatrice Mills
Miss Mills
Department of Home Economics of
DePauw
Dorothy Dix
L. S. Ayres and Company of
Indianapolis
Westinghouse
Walker
Premier
Hoover
Home Economics Club
Margaret Maple
Mabel Casey
Marlin
Class of Applied Arts
Nancy Elliott
Chicago
Mildred Reed
Washington
Sullivan
Mable Casey
Austin
Telephone Statistics From Early 20th Century News
New York records 7 500 000 daily telephone calls. Georgia ends 1926 with 129 490 Bell telephones, up 10 494 last year. Elberton toll operator Miss Delree Bailey completes five years without absence. About 73 000 Bell employees own AT&T stock outright, 200 000 earn via partial payment plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Georgia
Delree Bailey
Elberton
Bell System
American Telephone and Telegraph
Breakfast table overdivorce trends in 1930s ads
In St Louis a Blanke Health Coffee and Tea ad declares more marriages fail at breakfast than in divorce courts. It claims bad toast undercooked eggs and bitter coffee threaten happily ever after and touts health coffee free of caffetamic acid as a solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
Cyrus F. Blanke
Blanke Health Coffee and Tea Corporation
Telephone workers and calls across Bell System states
On July 1 1927 the total employed by telephone companies reached 381000 with 130000 men and 251000 women. The Southwestern Bell Telephone Co handles about 8500000 calls daily across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell System
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Warning Against Early Sowing of Wheat in Indiana
Indiana Farm Bureau warns farmers not to sow before the fly free date to prevent Hessian fly resurgence. Entomologist J J Davis notes early planting after a wet fall and good weather could undo years of control. fly free dates range from September 20 in the north to late September in Indianapolis and southern Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
J. J. Davis
Purdue
Davis
Mr. Davis
Indianapolis
Wheat Sowing Delayed by Heat Wave and Cool Weather Hint
Agronomists cite a swing to cooler weather as more favorable for wheat than sowing amid the current heat wave. Delays are recommended to improve germination and yields, with officials weighing optimal planting windows.
Spaulding Heads Conservatory Drama Department
Miss Margaret Levisa Spaulding graduate of DePauw University now heads the drama department at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and has established a four year course toward a Bachelor of Letters. Her home is in Anderson and she frequently visits Greencastle after singing in a recent DePauw concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePauw University
Elizabeth Morrison
University of Wisconsin
University of Chicago
DePauw
Wisconsin
Beatrice Mills
Middlebury College
Columbia University
Margaret Levisa Spaulding
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Spaulding
Anderson
Greencastle
First Woman Governor Forced Into Politics Against Her Will
Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming recalls being pushed into her 1930s gubernatorial race by friends who nominated her after her husband’s death. In September Good Housekeeping she describes the Democratic committee’s visit, her initial reluctance, and her eventual acceptance despite doubts about strength and stamina.
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Fabien
Synnelet
Fablen
Synelet
Manon
Malon
America
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
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Greencastler
Bernice Reeves
Nora Browning
Artie Seabee
Mies
Warner Bros. Picturea, Inc
John Barrymore
Nate
Et. Synnelet
Ty Spa
Laboratory For Economics
City of
New York
Senorita
Maria Luisa Lacuadra
Madrid
Spain
Voncastle
Douglas Mlean
Doug MacLean
Horace Greeley
Conservatory OF Music
Seana
breiGeenes
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