Community schedule highlights local events downtown
St Pauls Guild and Morton Memorial Aid hold afternoon sessions. A Glenwood Park picnic runs from afternoon to night. Mrs Emil Ettel hosts her club at Mrs Chas Clark's home at night. Morton Memorial Boy Scouts meet at Scout House at night. D of R Lodge gathers at Pfau's hall tonight.
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Glenwood Park
Emil Ettel
Chas Clark
Morton Memorial Boy Scouts
Scout House
D. of R. Lodge
Pfau’s Hall
Circle of Christian church all day meeting
Church hosts an all day Circle of Christian meeting with the Presbyterian Missionary society in the afternoon and a Friendship Bible class picnic led by Mrs. Chas McCulloch. A Presbyterian Brotherhood gathering closes the day, with Miss Ruth Watt attending for the 8S 8. K. activities.
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Circle of Christian Church
All-Day Meeting
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Chas. McCulloch
Ruth Watt
Avalon Club Dance at Glenwood Park
Avalon club hosts a night dance at Glenwood Park with music and refreshments. Park church Epworth League lawn fete also scheduled for evening, featuring games and fellowship.
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Glenwood Park
Zaun Declares Independent Bid for Mayor in 1921 Race
Charles AH Zaun announces independent candidacy for mayor in the November 1921 election. He seeks to challenge incumbent and mobilize local voters with a platform focused on reform and responsible governance.
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Charles AH. Zaun
Picnic brings large crowds to Chamber merchants annual event
After four o clock families head to the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants annual picnic at Glenwood and Silver Creek. Elsa is spotted among attendees as the gathering promises the season’s jolliest times with more people than last year.
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Cummcerci
Glenwood
Silver Creek
Elsa
Bald Residents Protest Island Entry Policy on Baldness
City residents angered by Ellis Island officials barring Salvator Ippolito for baldness. They wonder if baldness itself could become a deportation factor and affect future entrants.
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Ellis Island
Salvator Ippolito
Notice to road contractors Clark County Indiana 1921
State of Indiana Clark county board of commissioners invites sealed proposals to improve a 6700 foot highway by grading draining and paving with mecadamas per county specifications. Proposals opened and contract awarded July 5 1921 at 10 a m in Monroe township. Road known as Ed Kern road awaiting bids for completion.
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State of
Indiana
Clark County
Board of Commissioners
Jeffersonville
Tidiana
Monroe Township
River Canoe Trip Ends In Rustic River Camp
The narrator, guided by Jim Pierce and Dicky, completes a canoe journey along a winding Lumbee river. After numb feet and a punctuated paddle, they reach a rustic log cabin camp where guides secure canoes and a jovial chef greets them for a hearty dinner.
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Jim Pierce
Dicky
Lumbee
Othrs
County improvement bids require bonds and lowest bid wins
The county will select the lowest responsible bid for the improvement project after an affidavit of noncollusion is filed. Bids must include a bond equal to double the bid, with sureties resident in Indiana and Clark County. Time to complete will be set after contract letting.
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Board of Commissioners
Indiana
Clark County
Nin
Board of Commis
W. W. Woolum Road
OS Eatn Big
Board of
Said
S. Seal
Thomas L. Stoner
Women Who Cannot Work Find Relief in Lydia E Pinkham Product
A letter from Elizabeth C. Corley of Edmund, South Carolina describes relief from nervousness and monthly female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The notice urges other women to try the remedy, claiming it enabled Corley to perform household duties again and praising the medicine over doctors.
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Edmund
S.C
Lydia E. Pinkham
Elizabeth C. Corley
A. P. Corley
Mrs. Corley
Office Cat Schedules Saturday Pome Purge
The Office Cat announces Saturday as the day to clear a flood of pomes received during the Great Pome Contest. Extra postmen are dispatched to the Post Office to sort and pass a generous portion to readers at no extra charge.
Puncture Proof Tire Rumor
An old column extols tire reliability and humorously notes punctures affect mood and social events. It urges motorists to carry tools and air, and mentions free air at garages comes with charged incidental services. The piece observes tires used per car declining from five to under four over five years.
The Umpire Shouts Three Strikes for Home Club Stars
A poetic snippet centers on baseball and the crowd energy as the umpire calls three strikes. It evokes the heartbreak of a home team failing to score and the game's rhythmic tension in a rustic club setting.
Pa s Lil Wheeze
Plainly Dorothea was worried and anticipates a visitor. Cecylle phoned to say he is coming over. Her father shifts his wallet as he considers the situation and kid worries about the onions.
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Dorothea
Cecylle
For Sale Soda Fountain and Hog Lot by Shaw
An advertisement shows Robert Shaw of Hymera Indiana selling a soda fountain two show cases and three hogs cow fresh this month. The note mentions a Terre Haute Tribune ad and a collaborator continuing work on the Evening News without a headline for over a week.
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Shaw
Terre Haute Tribune
Robert Shaw
Hymera
Ind
Weather Becomes Blunt Factor in Outerwear Talk
Fred Boehm notes that in rough weather the length of wear on coats matters little. He argues practicality overrides fashion in winter conditions.
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Fred Boehm
Husband lends wife pays herback estimate
Charles K. notes that a husband often gives his wife a $410 payday bill and expects roughly $9.45 to be returned before the next week. The remark highlights common household money expectations in that era.
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Charles K
Morning mow inspires unlikely heiress label
A quirky morning scene features a wealthy heiress facing reporters who deem her plain rather than charming. The piece critiques media framing as dawn breaks and a lawn is mowed by a brisk, repetitive chorus of BR sounds.
Indiana Corn and Wheat Yields Reported by Census Bureau
Preliminary 1919 census figures show Indiana planted 4,457,400 acres of corn yielding 158,603,938 bushels and 2,798,657 acres of wheat producing 45,207,862 bushels. Oats from 1,718,748 acres totaled 52,529,723 bushels. Indiana ranks fourth in corn production, with Iowa leading at 371,362,393 bushels. other top states include Illinois, Nebraska, Ohio and Missouri.
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Bureau of the Cesus
Indiana
Town
Alligois
Nebraska
Ohio
Missouri
Tael as a silver measurement not a coin in early China
The historical entry explains that the tael served as a unit of account used to reckon sums in silver, not as a minted coin. It functioned as a measured slab for value rather than physical currency.
Surface Sea Temperatures Vary Widely From Poles to Tropics
Surface sea temperatures range from 28 degrees in polar waters to 86 degrees in tropical regions, indicating large regional differences in heat content and oceanic climate.
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Polar
Tropice
Lighthouse on Heligoland Tops World in Candlepower
The article notes the Heligoland lighthouse as the world’s most powerful artificial light at 40 000 000 candlepower. It also discusses Cork oak’s slow maturation and a Turkish upper class trend toward women sharing housekeeping and entertaining duties.
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Heligoland
Turkey
Constantinople
Fashionable head dresses and portable paint spraying trend
In England during George III era ladies wore elaborate head dresses that took long preparation and were often not undone for weeks. Separately, bridge painting work has become cheaper and simpler with a trailer mounted spray paint outfit that moves along the structure as it works.
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England
George III
Notice of sealed bids for road improvement in Clark County Indiana
Indiana Clark County invites sealed proposals for road grading draining and macadam work at the county courthouse in Jeffersonville bids due July 5 1921 at 10 o clock a m Contracts awarded for the Charlestown township sale road project will be made under Indiana law and in the auditor's office reads as on file in the auditor's office
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State of Indiana
Clark County
Board of Commissioners
Court House
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Charlestown Township
Glerk County
Clark County advertises road improvement bids
The Board of Commissioners of Clark County invites bids for completing the W. W. Woolum road improvement per plans and specifications. Bonds for bid performance are required and bids may be rejected if affidavits are not submitted.
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Jeffersonville Star
R. C. Swartz
Seffersemvile
Todora
Ander
St. Paul's Guild
Meeting of Presbyterian Brotherhood
Adele
Said County
Radiant Grill
T. McCartin
Rele ‘Tsich
BECK
Homer G. Bottorff
Wall and
Maple Streets
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Shannon's Dairy
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