Community Notes and Obscure Local Happenings
Marco Hawkins dies after illness and preparations are made to move a switchboard to company property. Miss Bess Chambers visits from Indianapolis to help with a high school play. Flu spreads in the community while Pierce Jarrell visits from Martinsville with his mother. The high school entertainment Saturday night succeeds. piano by Mr. Arthur noted. Baccalaureate sermon by a Linton minister and alumni banquet planned for next Saturday. Harry Vandiver of Winora teaches, attended the play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hawkins
Oman
Hawkins
Albert Gullett
Charce
Bess Chambers
Indianapolis
Miss Deer
Pierce Jarrell
Martinsville
Texiday
Lucy Walls
Young
Myr
Arthur
Community Hall
Harry Vandiver
Winora
Telephone bill notice from New Home Telephone Co
Telephone bills are due and payable at the office the first of each month. Service may be discontinued if not paid by the 10th. Restoration requires payment of a restoration charge. Bas 1110 Bulk garden seed and lawn grass seed at the Board of Trade Feed Store, Phone 72.
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New Name Telephone Co
NEW Home Telephone CO
Bas
Board of Trade
Former Missionary to Speak Friday Eve at Baptist Church
Miss Debolt, Salvation Army ensign, will discuss her mission work in India at 7 PM Friday at the Baptist church. Her career shift from business to army officer spans Chicago slums to evangelistic and foreign work, with vivid word pictures and a focus on India's needs.
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Baptist Church
Miss Debolt
Salvation Army
India
Linton
Chicago
Cook
Indiana
Glenburn Students Stage Mock Divorce Trial
Pupils at Glenburn school practiced public spending and court procedure with a mock divorce trial held after 8:30 Monday. The event also included an entertainment segment for the students.
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Glenburn School
Odd Fellows Meeting Draws 300 From Wide Reach
The local lodge hosted a large Odd Fellows meeting with the iTymera degree staff conferring the third degree on ten candidates from Linton Bloomfield Hymera. District officials and visiting lodges from Terra Haute Sullivan Jasonville Bloomfield Vickburg Owensboro Salsberry Greencastle Ledford Indianapolis New Harmony attended.
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Lodge of
Odd Fellows
iTymera
Linton
Bloomfield
Hymera
George Mitchell
Jasonville
Clyde Crane
W. B. Cissna
Walton Stover
Thomas Morgan
Nymera Lodge
Odd Fellows Lodges
Terra Haute
Sullivan
Pleasantville
Vickeburg
Owensbore
Salsberry
Greencastle Ledford
Indianapolis
New Harmony
John R. Eeker
Forged Check Scheme Hits Bicknell Shoe Merchant
In Bicknell Indiana on March 88 two farmers lured shopkeeper Flarry Lasky into cashing a ten dollar shoe purchase check signed Charley Fry of Freelandville bank. The check bounced after about a week, revealing a forged intent. Local investigators seek leads as residents note the ruse targeted small towns.
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Bicknele
Ind
Flarry Lasky
Lasky
Seal
Mr. Lasky
Charlie
Charley Fry
Freelandville Bank
Camphor Mixture Claims Quick Eye Relief
Linton residents laud Lavoptik eye wash mixed with camphor hydrastic witch hazel for weak watery red eyes. A local woman reports first bottle helped her after years of discomfort. one small bottle said to aid any weak strained or sore eyes, per WJ Hamilton druggist.
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Linton
WJ. Hamilton
Draggist
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Cushing
Marco
Boston
Sam Zink
Partey & Zorzi
Clinton
Debolt
Salva
Tion
First Christian Church
Julia Martin
Morene Martin
Dally Hunter
Flossie Gabbard
Bertha Flann
Mary Donahue
Elsie Martindale
Lenora Thamlin
Bessie Michael
Lawrence Plann
Frank Ode
Honore Mournier
Iarold Magin
Frank Dean
Surrell
Bicknell Shoe Merchant
Bascue
Leis
Howe
Selans
Bascon
Harold M
New York
Mary Vein
Masa Suilving
Burbsa
Insurance Department
Altho
Linton Trust Co
Maxwell & Persons
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