WABASH TOWNSHIP NEWS AND LOCAL NOTES
Several fields of wheat and rye lie overripe from an early harvest amid dry weather. Harriett King and Earnest Thompson visit their aunt in Indianapolis for a three month vacation. Perry Green dies after a long illness. funeral at Sylvania church with burial in nearby cemetery.
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Harriett King
Earnest Thompson
Indianapolis
Bertha Brockway
Perry Green
Liberty Township
Sylvania Church
Local Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Mrs Fred Kirkum and children returned to Vincennes after a three week visit with Mr and Mrs James Forrest. Byron Riley visited his parents, Grant Knight made a Newport business trip, and several families shared Sunday dinners including the Featherstons and Williams in West Union. Opal Wimmer and children joined Vera Knight for an afternoon with Mrs James Woody of West Union.
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Fred Kirkum
Vincennes
James Forrest
Byron Riley
Mrs
James Riley
Grant Knight
Newport
Opal Wimmer
Vera Knight
James Woody
West Union
Bud Wolfe
Lela Knight
Boyd Collings
Local Social Notes From Montezuma Area
George Dicken and family of Montezuma spent Sunday with Lewis Waldridge and family. Mrs Hubert Featherston and son visited Brazil Friday with her parents. Mrs Lewis Waldridge Anna and Nadine spent Friday with Mrs B VanSickle. Lewis Dodd and wife with Lee Dodd and family near.
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George Dicken
Montezuma
Lewis Waldridge
Hubert Featherston and Son
Brazil
Anna
Nadine
B. VanSickle
Lewis Dodd
Lee Dodd
Near
Cronin Baby Dead After Sudden Illness
William Jeremiah Cronin aged 10 months 4 days son of Mr. and Mrs. W F Cronin of Terre Haute died Sunday night after a sudden illness of cholera infantum. He previously showed no signs of illness and was treated at St. Anthony hospital. The death brings grief to his parents sister Gertrude and many relatives. Mrs. Cronin was formerly Miss Gertrude Rierden.
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William Jeremiah
W. FP. Cronin
Terre Haute
St. Anthony Hospital
Grim Reaper
Little Billy
Gertrude
Cronin
Gertrude Rierden
Montezuma Chautauqua Set for July Tent Week
The Montezuma Chautauqua returns to the same grounds July 11 to 15 with a ten-number program for all tastes. Tickets are on sale through local merchants and neighbors with season prices of 2.00 for adults and 1.00 for children 6 to 12, rising on opening day to 2.50 and 1.25. Junior work under Mrs. N. W. Clark highlights the event and next Enterprise will publish illustrations and the full talent lineup.
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N. W. Clark
Conservation Goes Quiet but Powerful in Impact
A concise look at how conservation efforts operate behind the scenes, delivering long term benefits through steady, targeted actions rather than loud campaigns. Communities see improved ecosystems, biodiversity, and resilience despite low-profile visibility.
Social visits across Metcalf and West Union regions
Metcalf Illinois residents spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs H B Van Sickle and Frank and Ralph Manwaring. Herman Smith and family and Mrs Sarah Linebarger with daughter Janet visited Wm Mathas. Edgar Dale moved to Rockville for work. Sam Phillips is employed by Wm Mathas.
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Metcalf
Illinois
H. B. van Sickle
Frank and
Ralph
Manwaring
West Union
Herman Smith
Sarah Linebarger
Janet
Wm. Mathas
Montezuma Beats Mecca 8 7 In Debut Game
A large Sunday crowd watched Montezuma defeat Mecca 8 to 7 in the first local game. Wolfe starred with the bat and Thomas on the mound. Preston Smith pinch hit in the eighth, driving in the tying run, Cummins scoring the winning run on a misplay. Montezuma faces Rockville American Legion next Sunday.
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Ball Ground
Montezuma
Mecca
Wolfe
Thomas
Preston Smith
Cummins
Weekend Basketball Schedule Notes Missing Players
The squad failed to show up for the Montezima game causing a schedule change. The team will travel to Newport to play Sunday afternoon with the substitute lineup.
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Cupona Montezima
Newport
Bodies on Road Return of War Dead From France
The body of Paul Long arrived in New York June 15. He was a World War soldier from Parke County and the first local casualty in active service. A telegram to Mrs. Laura Groves said her son Lloyd Shumaker’s body had arrived in New York and would be sent home once arrangements are made. Shumaker was Montezuma’s first boy to die in the war.
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Paul Long
New York
France
Parke County
Straud Long
Laura Groves
Lloyd Shumaker
Montezuma
Birthday Party For Sixth Birthday At Home
Mrs Frank Bowman hosted a Saturday birthday party for her son age six with help from Miss Edith Lightle. About sixteen friends arrived around two, gave gifts, played on the lawn and swings, then gathered for cake with six candles.
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Frank Bowman
Edith “Lightle
Sly
John
Notable Guests Invited to Local Event
Mary Pank Fern Newton An na and Paul Lightle Fern Brown Lucile McNamee and Irene Keller were among invited guests who could not attend for various reasons.
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Mary Pank
Fern Newton
Anna and
Paul Lightle
Fern Brown
Lucile McNamee
Irene Keller
Veral
Canl
Ford Prices Lower At Myers Car And Tractor Co
The Myers Car and Tractor Co. was notified of another price cut on Ford cars announced in The Enterprise last week. The drop returns Ford prices to prewar levels, and the piece predicts a flood of cars, possibly requiring double tracking on roads and new trunk lines.
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Myers Car & Tractor Co
Ford Cars
Dry pages as filler troubles college and home papers
A humorous note complains that readers claim no news in the home paper yet howl when the paper arrives late. It quips that the country may not be dry, but papers are, even college ones, struggling for filler material.
People of Our Town The Cheerful Idiot Laughs at the Kaiser
A fragment from a satirical column portrays a cheerful idiot who laughs at the Kaiser and taunts readers by joking about harm to a son and a fish. The text is nonsensical and lacks clear events or context.
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Kaiser
Bose
Kodak Finishing Service Installed at Cummins' Pharmacy
Foster Quality Kodak finishing service now available at Cummins' Pharmacy. The store highlights the Foster Quality imprint as essential for maximizing pictures from every roll and ensuring prints do not fade, aligning with Eastman standards.
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Foster Quality
Eastman
Near East Relief Continues Armenian Aid After Famine End
Indianapolis June 15 192- Near East Relief headquarters says famine relief in China is no longer needed due to rains and donations. The merge with China Pamine Wund ends March 1 with Governor McGray as chairman. Armenian orphan aid remains acute and appeal continues with clothes drive set for July 1 for children and adults.
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Indianapolis
China
America
Neat East Relief
City Trust Building
Near East Relief
China Pamine Wund
McGray
Armenia
Joint Organization
Real Estate Transfers in Rockville Ledger
Real estate transfers reported by C E Lambert Abstractor Rockville include Bertie Wimmer to Ghester Crooks 126 acres Union 8500 Frank Glosson to Emma Pinegar lot 1 Block 5 McCunes Ind Addition Rockville 675 John S McFaddin et al to Parke Hotel Company part lot 50 Rockville 1 Samuel L Fisher to John S McFaddin et al 162 acres Adams 16000 Gordon Jones to Fannie Gaskin lot 238 Sills Addition Rockville 1 Nancy Newkirk to Sim Newkirk lot 26 North Rockville 1 Edward Oliver to Samuel Sylvester lots 73 72 Mecca 20.
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Frank Glosson
Emma Pinegar
McCune’s
Ind
Rockville
John S. McFaddin
Parke Hotel Company
Samuel L. Fisher
Adams
Gordon Jones
Fannie Gaskin
Sill
Nancy Newkirk
Sim Newkirk
North Rockville
Edward Oliver
Samuel Sylvester
Mecca
Opportunity to all draws crowd with busy merchants
A large crowd gathered Saturday evening as merchants reported brisk business. The ad notes two wagons for sale, one new, advertised by Frank Bowman, and an aluminum lined steel clad Fireless Gooker stove with few uses at half price, offered by Mrs. Mary Maxwell.
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Frank Bowman
Mary Maxwell
Property for sale Hillsdale Indiana inquire at office
Sale listing for a five room house with well and garage in Hillsdale Indiana indicates fair condition. Inquiries should be directed to Enterprise Office for details and contact.
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Hillsdale
Ind
Enterprise Office
Paul Thomas to Pay for Dead Animals and Telephone Charges
Paul Thomas of Dana Indiana will cover costs for dead animals along with telephone charges.
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Paul Thomas
Dana, Ind
Cal Bartlow Drives New Auto Truck in Local Notes
Cal Bartlow is driving a new automobile truck. Chautauqua tickets are on sale with season passes urged. The Clan Gall opening chapter was discussed last week. Wann the Optometrist visits King Hotel Friday June 24. L O Ingram and wife buy John Morgan property on North Main and plan move in sixty days. King Hotel reports busy crowds and a gust of tourist patrons. They served supper to a party of four last Friday at nine.
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Wann
King Hotel
L. O. Ingram
John Morgan
North Main Street
Same
Train Schedules and Routes For City Lines
The timetable lists morning and afternoon departures for C1 and W lines east and west, with times at 8:05, 2:13, 9:05, 5:58, 8:54, 8:59, 9:01, 8:01, and services on C and H South North paths, plus Brazil division south and north departures at 4:05 and 6:18 PM and earlier morning slots.
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C1 & W. East
West
East
Rex Farnum as Drag. Lone gunman seeks outlaws near Rancho Seco
The Rex Farnum character Drag is described as a mysterious two-gun man on a mission to wipe out local outlaws around Rancho Seco and rescue a rancher’s daughter from their clutches.
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Farnum
Rancho Seco
Vera Gordon stars in The Greatest Love and Snooky in An Over All Hero
Sunday Vera Gordon appears in the select special The Greatest Love while Snooky the Chimpanzee performs in a two reel comedy An Over all Hero. The program highlights two featured acts in a single bill.
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Vera Gordon
Humoresque
Snooky the Chimpanzee
Rex to close Tuesday nights. summer schedule cut to three shows
Coming next Thursday the Rex Theatre lists a revised summer schedule. After this week the Rex will be closed on Tuesday nights except to open July 5 for Charlie Chaplin in The Kid. Only three shows a week remain Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
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Rex
Charlie Chaplin
The
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Wabash Township
Lanna Jones
Turkey
Rnn
Mecca Baseball
Barnaby
Dixon & Yocum
W. B. Murphy
Willa Lawrence
Clyde DePrimer
Chas. Williams
Oliver Phillips
Roy
George Featherston
John Myers
Helen
Hattie Featherston
Irene Wimmer
Angier
Carrie Weaver
Happy Corner
Henry Rierden
Ella Rierden
Edgar Dale
Sam Phillips
Wm. ‘Mathas
Base Ball News
American Legion
FORD
Kodakers
Cummins' Pharmacy
Pelbibe
C. E. Lambert
Abstractor
Bertie A. Wimmer
Ghester W.crooks
Union
Cal Bartlow
Clan Gall
South
North
Louise Lovely
Mutt & Jeff
Regina
the Electric Shop
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