May exports rise while imports fall says Commerce Bureau
A Commerce Department bulletin reports May exports at 739 million dollars up from April and 604 million a year earlier while imports fall to 431 million. Gold trade shifts show May imports at 16 million, and 11 month totals for gold and silver are detailed alongside earlier year comparisons. Political stir follows as Democratic leaders clash over League of Nations, with McCombs and Bryan opposing Wilson as Harding’s campaign uses cheeky band humor references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Chicago
W. F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
League of Nations
Bryan
U. S
J. Ham Lewis
Harding
Wedding Guests Bring Syracuse Woman to Town
Mrs. Perley O. Place of Syracuse New York visits Mrs Ada Kendall and family to attend the wedding of Miss Margaret Greiner and Wilbur Kendall tonight. Wilbur lived with Mrs Place while in school in Syracuse and was often a guest in their home during camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perley O. Place
Syracuse
N. Y
Ada Kendall
Margaret Greiner
Wilbur Kendall
Wilbur
Oil on the Way and Local Business News
Will Ryan reports three carloads of oil should arrive by Saturday as rains curb dust. Nichlas Howard shipped 160 sheep to New Orleans and handled 4000 head this year. J T Gibson sold his store to S M Adkins who will continue at the old stand. The Morris grocery was robbed of 5 dollars. Hon W J Robinson, a state senator, is improving from illness. The Rushville Republican resumes under Cowing and Kemper. Legislature convened with James H Lane presiding in the Senate. O B Torbett was speaker. George Fletcher sold his grocery to G B Spining. Farmers urged to use guano. advised not to sell hogs until packing season opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Ryan
Nichlas Howard
New Orleans
Mr. Howard
J. T. Gibson
S. M. Adkins
Old Stand
I. G. Morris
W. J. Robinson
Rushville
G. B. Spining
Local 1853 sketch highlights Uncle Tom mania and travel woes
Jan 14 1853 issue notes Paris uproar over Uncle Tom's Cabin with two pistol threats cited by the New York Times. It records editor D Batterton and Rhiver as publishers, Gov Wright's legislative message, Pierce family train wreck injures wife and kills son, and local car trouble on West Sheridan with Huntington garage repairs. Delmar Blackmore and Bud Hamilton drive to Indianapolis to reunite with Loren Blackmore and companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Paris
Chauiain
D. Batterton
Batterton and Rhiver
Joseph A. Wright
Legislature
Pierce
Boston and
Main
R. R
Leroy Lane
West of Town
West Sheridan Street
Huntington
West Main Street
Delmar Blackmore
Bud” Hamilton
Indianapolis
Loren Blackmore
Local Residents Return From Visits and Health Updates
Mrs J M Harrell and Mrs Fame Armstrong return from Union County relatives. Emma Mathews and daughter Maury visit Pat Parker family in Anderson. Mrs E J Lawson and sons of Danville Ill visit Olive Tibbetts family. Raymond Cox improves after typhoid fever. Joseph Whipple returns from Shelbyville visit. Emma Evans family host M E Evans Glenn Evans at six dinner. Ella Williams accompanies Mrs Fisher to Indianapolis for treatment. A S Parker and wife travel to Evansville for ten days with brother Frank Parker. Mildred Evans returns from Indianapolis visit. A S Parker and family motored to College Corner Ohio for uncle’s death. M E Evans hosts dinner with Glenn Evans Lotis Gartin Rushville Misses Geneva Elvira Robbins bianco Evans Fairy Thurston Russell Evans Herschel Webb. A M Alexander and daughters Anna Cora visit with Harry Corder and Florence Simmonds. Mrs George Bach near Letts goes to Columbus hospital for treatment and operation next week. Irene Moore afternoon guest of Earl Bentley. Blanche Evans afternoon guest of Sherman Bridges. Virginia Castor nurse. Raymond Cox returns home near Sardina after typhoid siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Mathews
Daught , Maury
Anderson
Pat” Parker
E J. Lawson
Danville
Ill
Olive Tibbetts
Raymond Cox
Joseph Whipple
Shelbyville
Emma Evans
M. E. Evans
Glenn Evans
Ella Williams
J. C. McCammon
Neal
Doris
College Corna
Lotis Gartin
Rushville
Geneva
Elvira Robbins
Bianco Evans
Fairy Thurston
Russell Evans
Herschel Webb
A. M. Alexander
Anna
Cora
Harry Carder
Florence Simmonds
Hope
George Bach
Letts
Columbus
Bach
Irene Moore
Earl Bentley and
Blanche Evans
Euelah Moore
Sherman Bridges
Virgina Castor
Sardina
Weekend Visits and Local Church Events Highlight Indiana Community
Sandusky Sam Jenkins and family from Indianapolis spent the weekend with Henry Thrine and family. Mrs J D Knox and Mrs Lige Amos attended the Sunday school convention at Crawfordsville. Hilmer Dwenger and family visited Batesville. WCTU conducted flower mission at the county infirmary. Ora Meek and family shopped in Greensburg. James Taylor and wife Willard Sefton and brother and William See right visited Greensburg. Mrs Charles Warnecke and son Homer spent Friday in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jenkins
Indianapolis
Henry Thrine
J D Knox
Lige Amos
Crawfordsville
Hilmer Dwenger
Batesville
County Infirmary
Pleasant Bowman
Ora Meek
Greensburg
James Taylor
Willard Sefton
William Seeright
Charles Warnecke
Homer
Cincinnati
County Agent Purdue Man Tour County Wheat Conditions
Purdue extension official R S Thomas accompanied the county agent to inspect wheat fields and identify better seed. The article notes widespread pests and diseases including smut Hessian fly and wheat scab, with potential yield and quality gains from standard local varieties and disease resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdue
R. S. Thomas
Soils and Crops Extension Service
Decatur
Miller Family Visits Indianapolis for Weekend with White
Mr and Mrs Oscar Miller and daughters Margaret and Eleanor motor to Indianapolis this morning for a two day visit with Mr and Mrs Ed White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Miller
Margaret
Eleanor
Indianapolis
Ed White
Ripley county war history set for press launch
In Batesville locals plan a subscription drive to fund the war history volume. The First M E church redevelopment nears completion at a cost of 1500 dollars. Fourth of July events are planned at the Fair Grounds with a big ball and amusements. John Drickelman and his Illinois bride stop in Batesville on their wedding tour. Flora Govert and Harold Schlicht wed at Cross Roads church and will live in Cincinnati. Wilber Schwier and John Lamy arrive from Berea Ohio. Lamy soon departs for Louisville with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley
Flora Govert
Harold Schlicht
Cross Roads Church
Flantz
Cincinnati
Wilber Schwier
John Lamy
Batesville
Berea
Ohio
Mr. Lamy
Rev. Schroeber
Louisville
Ladies Attend National Convention In Toledo And Visits
Mrs Mary Mitchell and Mrs Joseph Boehmer with Misses Rose Meyer Clara Fischer and Stella Vascou travel to Toledo Ohio for the national convention of the Ladies Auxiliary. Afterward Vascou and Meyer tour Niagara Falls then Crooksville to visit uncle J C Talkenberg and wife. Fischer proceeds to Fremont to visit aunt Mrs Alex Nusbaumer and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Mitchell
Joseph Boehmer
Rose Meyer
Clara Fischer
Stella Vascou
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Toledo
Ohio
Miss Vascou
Miss Meyer
Niagara Falls
Crooksville
J. C. Talkenberg
Miss Fischer
Fremont
Alex Nusbaumer
Batesville Tribune
Farmers Will Meet In Jackson Township Friday
Farmers of Jackson township plan a Friday evening gathering at the Big Horn school house to discuss threshing and the wheat crop. The meeting starts at eight o'clock and all are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Township
Big Horn
St. Paul’s Lutheran Home Sunday Service Schedule
St Pauls Lutheran Smyrna Indiana publishes the order of services for the fourth Sunday after Trinity June 27 1920. The schedule lists 9am Sunday school 10am Divine worship and 730pm J P S meeting with a quarterly meeting after services. Pastor Clemens W Schirmer urges every member present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smyrna
Ind
Clemens W. Schirmer
Stewart Woodfill Heads to Mackinac for Hay Fever Break
Stewart Woodfill will depart Sunday night for Mackinac Island to escape hay fever. He will stay at the Grand Hotel in a pleasant and profitable official position. He spent last summer on the island and benefited greatly. Former local woman credits prohibition with depopulating the state prison and reformatory. Miss Mary Johnston of Indianapolis, visiting her mother Mrs A C Johnston of Adams, notes a drastic drop in the state institution population since prohibition. She says the criminal department now has 45 inmates and the correctional 40, down from 200 two years ago, due to the country going dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Woodfill
Mackinac
Grand Hotel
Stewart
Mary Johnston
Woman’s Prison and Reformatory of
Indianapolis
A. C. Johnston
Adams
Decatur County
Miss Johnson
Miss Johnston
Cross Complaint Filed Seeks 500 Judgment in Rush Circuit
Julius Doty sues Gus Ryse in Rush county circuit court seeking 500 in a cross complaint related to a Ventura case from the local court. The plaintiff also asks 100 for damages and possession of the basement of the DeArmond hotel rented to the defendant. Mrs. Ann Allison returned home to Crawfordsville after visiting Indianapolis with her brother during illness. She stayed with her sister Mrs. Lytle Williams after accompanying the deceased. Mrs. Frank Scott and daughter visited friends in Indianapolis. Eura Wood traveled to Cincinnati for a several day visit. Ruth Beth and Florence Gronier of Rushville attended the wedding of Margaret Gronier. Mary Johnston of the Woman’s Prison at Indianapolis visited family in Adams. Mary Tomlinson visited parents Rev. S. J. Tomlinson and Mrs Tomlinson in Fairland Selbyville News. Karl Zoller made a business trip to Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Doty
Gus Ryse
Rush County
DeArmond Hotel
Ann Allison
Crawfordsville
Allison
Indianapolis
Oscar Elder
Lytle Williams
Frank Scott
Eura Wood
Cincinnati
Ruth, Beth
Florine Gronier
Rushville
Margaret Gronier
Mary Johnston
Adams
Mary Tomlinson
S. J Tomlinson
Fairland
Selbyville
Karl Zoller
Martha Harrison
Fairmount
Grant County
Myrtle Leach
Europe
Muncie
Adellia Dobyns
Clarksburg
Shelbyville
Dobyns
de Pauw
Mable Emmett
Greensburg
Christy
Wilbur Lawrence Kendall
Curtis Kendall
Margaret Groenier
Fritz Patton
Denver
Colorado
Rush Patton
Patton
Taylor Meek
Marjorie Beall
Lafayette
Beall
Allen Davis
Colorado Springs
Col
Christian Church
Davis
David S. Hoover
Pennville
Ind
J. B. Patton
J. F. Lambert
Asumption
Russell Vs. Watson
Squire Grant
Squire Creath
Willys
Fred Richards
Joliet
Inl
Ada Kendall
Kendall
Richards
Tonigt
Wilbur Kendall
Fritz Paton
Colo
Leonard Lumbers
Toronto
Canada
Lizzie Hamilton
S. S
James Withers
Chicago
South Bend
Sam Baker
Boston
N. A. Crawford
Raymond
Connersville
Giles Gray
Whiting High School
Catherine E. Markland
Dora
Roseville
Ill
W. C. ‘Woodfill
Elizabeth
Margaret
L. B. Ham
Katherine
T. A. Ham
Rock Island
W. B. LeMasters
South Ireland Street
A. T. Brock
Cyrus Donnell
Edward Donnell
Tennessee
Edgar Spillman
Milroy
Mary Woodfill
J. H. Woodfill
Frank Martin
Sandusky
Frank Brokaw
Yeste
Shelbyvile News
Eminent Pedagogues to Visit County Institute in Aug
Three noted educators will lead the Decatur County Institute August 13 to 27. Prof. A. E. Winship of Boston, Prof. Arthur McMurray of the University of Kansas, and Prof. Charles A. Dobson of Indianapolis head the program. Local staff and residents, including teachers and couples, are noted in society briefings and travel plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Institute
Decatur County
J. R. Crawley
A. E. Winship
Th Journal Education
Boston
Mass
Winship
United States
Arthur McMurray
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kan
Charles A. Dobson
Indianapolis
Bridgette Club Hosts Social in Mrs Thomas Home
Society news records a Friday Bridgette Club gathering at Mrs Fred Thomas in North Lincoln, a Womans Home Missionary Society meeting with Mrs Will Davis on July 14, and guests from Rushville at dinner with Mr and Mrs Frank Sefton. It notes receptions for eleven new members of the Burney M E Church society, travel plans for weddings in Terre Haute, and local club activities including the Three Leaf Clover Club program and house guest arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgette Club
Fred Thomas
North
Lincoln Street
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Burney M. E. Church
Will Davis
Vorhees Cazitt
Rushville
Frank Sefton
Sanducky
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Burney M. E. Church
Emma Johnston
Three Leaf Clover Club
Celestia Gannon
Mary Ferris
Lois Ainsworth
John P. Rogers
Tri Kappas
Psi Iota Xi Sorority
Greensburg
Department Club
Local church wedding reports diverse and early 1900s
A series of marriages are noted around Madison area including Seanna Flakes and Oliver Vandiver at the Christian church parsonage with Rev Allan T. Shaw officiating. Several other couples tied the knot in Scottsburg Milroy and Cincinnati, with home plans in Indianapolis Madison Wisconsin and Cleves Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seanna Flakes
Oren Flakes
Oliver Vandiver
Nathan Vandiver
The
Christian Church
Allan T. Shaw
Indianapolis
Passenger fares on interurban rail three cents again
The article notes Union Traction Line fares rise to three cents with a 157000 end 1919 loss, showing net incomes around five to eight percent per mile without depreciation. It compares Terre Haute Indianapolis Easton, Indianapolis Cincinnati lines and warns coal labor and material costs erode earnings. It also mentions residents relocating and local social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Traction
Union Traction Company
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Easton
Cincinnati
Return After 30 Years
Mr Wesley Rigor of Corning California and his wife visit his sister Miss Adam Sample on East Main Street. Reared in the county he left thirty years ago for Kansas then Colorado before settling in California. He enjoys meeting old friends and will stay in Greensburg until week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Sample
East Main Street
Wesley Rigor
Corning
California
Leonard
Mrs. Rigor
Elwood
Ind
Holman Glidewell
Milroy
Cal
Mr. Rigor
Kansas
Colorado
Greensburg
Charles Ainsworth Sr Conducts Business in Indianapolis
Charles Ainsworth Sr transacted business in Indianapolis today in a routine early 20th century commercial matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ainsworth, Sr
Indianapolis
Greensburg Chautauqua Set Features Renowned Performers
The program lists a seven day chautauqua in Greensburg with lectures by Bishop Hughes and Dr. Shannon, concerts by the Italian Quartette Wiss Set and Mountain Ash Welsh Choir, Mendelssohn Musical Club performances, bird life lectures, and dramatic pieces by the Clifton Mallory Players. Notable names include Leibovitz Deluchi Dietrick Olds and F Mountain Ash Welsh Choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Win H. Hughes
Episcopal Church
Halian Quartette
Leibovitz
Deluchi
Liberati
QO. A
Paul
Sunshi Dietrick
F Mountain Ash
Glauchards
Paul “Sushine Dietrich
Mountain Ash Welch Choir
Wales
America
Menddelssohn Musical Club
Evarts
Snes Am
Mendelsohn Musical Club
W. B. Olds
James Milkin University
J. Olds
Clifton Mallory
T. W. Robertson
Mrs Smith Orrell Returns Home After Visit
Mrs. Smith Orrell went back to her home near Nebraska today following a visit with her daughter Mrs. Charles Beecraft who lives west of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Orrell
Nebraska
Charles Beecraft
West of Town
Also Mentioned on This Page
Department of Commerce Beress
J. M Harrell
Fame Armstrong
Union Coun
ST. Paul’s Lutheran
Prohibition
Auto Party
Corinne and
Marie Robton
Wayne Whipple
Horace
William Patterson
Beulah Clark
Phyllis Gartin
Thomas Hardman
Richard
Arthur Foulkes
Clark Foulkes
Arthur
Jessie Robbins
South of Town
Bolinger
Mareta
Seymour
Elizabeth Reeves
Mr. Patterson
Pennsylvania
Dalmbert Hall
Katch-a-Koo
Helen Bobrink
Helen Aldrich
Cecelia Spitzmesser
Madeline Hall
Ruth Pitkin
Helen Christy
Orange
Texas
Paul Dibble
Robert McCardle
Robert Barnes
Mosie Levenstein
Clyde Logan
Francis Reed
Vandiver
Plaskett-Trail
Eva Trail
C. O. Paton
Scottsburg
Clyde Plasket
Madison
Wisconsin
Miss Trall
Minear Dry Goods
Tech Hospital
C. O Patton
Adams-Robinson
George Adams
Clifford
Marjorie Robison
Epworth Ave
Winton Place
Mrs. Adams
Charles
Cleves
Krummel-Himelick
William Krummel
Andy Krummel
Fanny Himelick
George Himelick
A. H Pitkin
Foster-Crist
Russell Herbert Foster
Robert Foster
Near
Mildred Florence Crist
Laura Crist
Hendricks
Wiggins-Jones
Harvey R Wiggins
Dayton, C
Clara Jones
W. H. Reynolds
J W. Burney
Laurel
Montana
Anthony Hmapig
Knights of Columbus
Edith Fowl
Near Millhousen
Philip Fowl
Ripley County
Locke Bracken
Myers
Lincoln
Rebecca Daily
Winona Lake
Wilbur Donnell
Kingston
Walter Bryan
Harold
J. Lorraine Wright
Forest Hill
James Cline
Lawrenceburg
Chautauqua
Cos
Roy C
Kane
Feiler
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