Local notes from town and visiting relatives
Miss Lois Newlin of Lancing Michigan visits her grandparents Mr and Mrs E H Towell. Chas Nolen and family come from Mecca to see his parents. Riley Redenbaugh and wife from Urbana Illinois visit relatives. John Tunin of Oklahoma visits relatives. Mrs W E McCrary and children attend chautauqua in Rockville. Mrs Earl Marshall from Winthrop heads to Tangier. Jacob Purdy of Logansport visits Wm Boyer and family. C H Rateliff and wife go to Indianapolis. Robinson Reath sells fresh lard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Newlin
Lancing, Mich
Mrs
E. H. Towell
W. E. McCrary
Rockville
Jacob Purdy
Logansport
Wm Boyer and
Mr Riggs Troubled by Reluctant Child in Newark Tale
The piece recalls Henry Riggs a former Harvard rower and intercollegiate shot put record holder. In Newark a mild wife urges their infant Rodney indoors as Riggs struggles to command the child to come in from the damp street, leaving the father exasperated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Riggs
Harvard
Rodney
Henry
Riggs
Field
Track Wonder
Phosphate Beds Near Garnet Range Hold Vast Fertilizer Potential
Montana geologists report large deposits of phosphate rock in layers up to eight feet thick near Garnet range. At four feet thick, an acre could yield about 14 000 tons of rock for fertilizer after processing with sulfuric acid. Nearby, the Anaconda smelter stack provides sulfuric acid from waste gases, with potential future recovery of valuable byproducts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Garnet Range
Anaconda
Saturday Evening Post
Widow Brings Heat to Pie Thief in Window Exchange
A busy housewife irons by a window when a tramp asks about two stolen pies. She accuses him, he denies, saying a friend stole them and is dead. She hurls a flatiron, the thief escapes.
Dressing to attract attention in public provokes comments
A street gossip exchange mocks a young woman named Miss Knobby for a gown that drew all eyes. The speaker suspects a dressmaker is behind the look and presses for the name, but the subject refuses to reveal it.
Must Have Certificates Under New Indiana Education Law
State School Superintendent Greathouse explains the compulsory education act raising the minimum for schooling to sixteen. Children ages fourteen to sixteen seeking work must have a certificate. no under fourteen may receive one, and certification requires advancement through the fifth grade. The reform signals Indiana taking charge of youths up to sixteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greathouse
Indiana
Obituary for William Johnson 1841 1913
William Johnson died July 21 1913 aged 71 years 10 months 11 days born Butler County Ohio Oct 10 1841 moved to Edgar County Illinois aged 12 married Sabina Isley 1867 later moved to Indiana had six children survivors include Ella Rosa Payne Mary Reath Omar Johnson and widow. two daughters predeceased him. He served in 154th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Co H and died from stone cancer of liver and bowels. Also notes on local items Kingman August 21 Mrs Abbie Huddleson visiting Pine Village Myra Ford visiting relatives.
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William Johnson
Butler Co
Ohio
Edgar Co
Ill
Sabina Isley
Indiana
Ella
Rosa Payne
Bell Plains
Iowa
Mary Reath
Omar Johnson
Veedersburg
Ind
Perry Massey
Dave Rusing
Mellett
Lakeview Hospital
Danville
Rube Johnson
Long View
154Th Ind. Vol. Int. Co. H
Real Estate Transfers in Fountain County Week
Transactions filed for record include Wilbur Young & wife to Wm R Massey Lot 123 West add Covington for 1000 dollars. John Belles and wife to 1.0.C. F Lodge Wallace part Lot 13 for 100 dollars. Warren C Bowers and wife to Clement N Neal Lot 88 Wins Bros add Hillsboro for 200 dollars. Harry Fuhere and wife to Leland J Wallace wife North quarter block 216 Veedersburg for 1000 dollars. The annual U B Sunday school picnic was held last Sunday at Old Settlers Ground south of Yedda with about sixty attendees. Joe Marshall and family of La Crosse visited relatives. Guy Bales, Wayne Cory, and Garland Steinbaugh were in.
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Warren C. Bowers
Clement N. Neal
Bros
Hillsboro
U. B
Old Settlers
Yedda
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kingman
Michael Mayer
Pres
Forrest A. Ward, Sec’y
The
Homer Sewell
Covintcr, Indiana
Homer E. Mayer
Trens
Courtney W. Dice
Chas. Nolen
Mecca
T. B. Nolen
Riley Redenbaugh
Urbana, Il
John Tunin
Oklahoma
G. W. Spencers
C. H. Rateliff
Indianapolis
Robinson & Reath
Opera House
Harry Green
Rector
Ratcliffs
Athbets
Mean
Mrs. Weeds
Mr. Kidder
H. P. McCrary
Abbie Huddleson
Myra Ford
Pine Village
Ratcliff's Meat Market
Fountain C
Alist
Tur Star
S Douglas
Covington
Wilbur Young & Ws
Wm R. Massey
Tohn Belles & Wf
C. F. Lodge Wallace Pt
Harry Fiuhere
Leland J. Wallace
N . Qr
O. P. Veedersburg
Joe Marshall
of la Cross
Guy Bales
Wayne Cory
Garland Steinbaugh
the Kingman
Grismore
Drake
S. B. Coal Company
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