Grandfather Clock Memories Shared By Readers
Mrs. Bertha Steward Ladd recalls a family Timex legacy in Sullivan and Terre Haute Indiana. A Seth Thomas walnut clock with calendar faces, once in the Masonic Hall and her grandfather’s home, kept time until his death and remains a relic valued by descendants.
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Bertha Steward Ladd
Terre Haute
Indiana
LaFayette Steward
Sullivan
Masonic Hall
Seth
Thomas
Ancient Canada goose traced to ice age finds across North America
The article notes Canada geese existed across most of North America during glacial epochs. Fossil remains found in Oregon California Florida Nevada and a wing bone fragment in Minnesota support ancient distribution. Smithsonians Wetmore reports ice age birds in Canadian caves including wood duck barred owl red winged blackbird and grackle. The piece ties the geese sight and sound to early inhabitants’ experiences.
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North America
Oregon
California
Florida
Nevada
St. Paul
Minn
City Water Department
Canada
Alexander Wetmore
Smithsonian Institution
Iroquois
Local Social Notes of Residents and Visitors
Mrs. Dennison and family return from Lake Mary Florida for Sunday dinner with Rev. and Mrs. Ezekiel Haley. Stephen Stepp visits Roger Butts. Mr. and Mrs. P. M. White visit in Paris. Various neighbors host and visit in Marshall Paris Robinson West Terre Haute Brazil and Larimer Hill communities with multiple family gatherings and illnesses noted.
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Ezekiel Haley
Lake
Mt Mary
Florida
Arid
W.F. Taylor
Stephen Stepp
Roger Butts
P. M. White
Paris
White
James Turner
Bruce Landis
Paris Hospital
Harry Johns
Centralia
H. E. Johns
Jane
David Bland
Donnetta
J. H. Johns
Dean Holmes
Earl Brown
David Sweitzer
Marshall
Harold Holmes
Russell Taylor
Edmond Bowling
Brazil
Indiana
Gust Thomp
Ralph Fairgrief
James Stepp
Cecil Bradbury
Robinson
George Ray
LaVenia Jones
Eleanor Taylor
Nell Taylor
Marion Garner
Carol
Alva Newell
Larimer Hill
Foster Thompson
West Terre Haute
Orville Taylor
Pete Hayes
Roxie Hunter
Russell
Laura
Jack Lewis
Kevin
Ohio Chapel pastor to speak Sunday at 10 30
A religious notice reports Rev. Robert Shephard will fill an appointment at Ohio Chapel on Sunday evening and return for a 10 30 service next Sunday January 18. Local visits in Farmersburg Indiana West York Martinsville Terre Haute are also listed along with social guestings and family meals. University of Illinois tilting soybeans rows 24 inches apart beat wider spacings by several bushels per acre. Dairy cows with poor production hurt profit and milk market supplies.
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Robert Shephard
Ohio Chapel
Pleasie Bartlett
Anna Dee Wells
Euleta Wernz
Mother
Farmersburg
Indiana
Nora Jeffers
George S. Marvin
Mary Crumlin
Nora Barkalow
West York
Pearl Graham
James Graham
Tyler Tinmons
Terre Haute
Percy Crumlin
Max Bartlett
Herman Bartlett
Dorothy
Maggie White
Stephen
James Blankenbeker
Grant Hollenbeck
Harold Graham
John Bishop
Martinsville
Clifford Harding
Gale Liston
Betty Jean
Ernest Harding
Cora McGarvey
Virgil Combs
Frankie
Robert
Charles Allen
Burton Joe Riggs
Ida Riggs
West Union
Fern Wernz
Anna Shotwell
Golda Marvin
Cecil Spangler
Harold Wernz
University of
Local Socials and Homemaking Notes From County
Mrs Lena Artman visited with Mr and Mrs Roscoe Graham and relatives from Thursday to Sunday. Alva Wells hosts a birthday supper for Alva Wells with Wesley Chapel folks. Jolly Pal Club met with Joan Cornwell and family visiting Annopolis. Attended by Mr and Mrs Jay Drake and daughter and other neighbors. Illinois eggs and chicken cooking tips cover prep methods and marination. Agricultural researchers at Illinois and a $3 500 Texas Company grant advance ammonia use in soil. Home milk deliveries and quart containers grow in popularity.
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Lena Artman
Flat Rock
Roscoe Graham
Alva Wells
Wesley Chapel
Jolly Pal Club
Joan Cornwell
Jay Drake
Mary Crabtree
Harold Clatfelter
Reo
Delma Stige
Graham
University of Illinois
Texas Company
Good Marks In School Of Lasting Value
A teenage boy questions why a C grade matters. The piece argues grades reflect learned knowledge and effort, shaping permanent records for college or job access, urging teens to work for better marks today.
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Eenagers
National Eerly Newspaper Service
Frankfort
Federal budget crisis pushes plan to privatize government projects
The Courtier Gazette argues for cutting spending and moving government power projects to self supporting private enterprise. It calls for selling projects to private buyers at the best price to cut the national debt and fund essential needs. The Okaloosa News-Journal notes rising fire losses and high replacement costs, warning that inflation and insurance gaps threaten households.
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Courtier-Gazette
Newark
N. C
Congress
Okaloosa News-Journal
Crestview
Florida
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Timothy Sheet
Braet
George B. Brown
Tyman
Texas
Kentucky
Herald Advertising
Taylor
Ohio
Mrs. Grant Hollenbeck
Miss Frances Drake
University of Illinois Foods
Pearl Janssen
By C. D. Smith
Yevrolam
Chevrolet
Archer Ave
Marshall, Lil
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