Monticello and Vicinity Personal Notices
Monticello and White County items note visits and travel. Notables include Mos le Y Stephenson and daughter Pianehe visiting Chicago. Ruth VanDeman at Ida ville visiting aunt Mrs John ULeagland. Charles Holladay and D M Rothrock in South Bend on business. Dr Switzer and sons returning from Frankfort. Wd Todd and Lonnie of Lafayette guests here. Pauline Kingsbury and Faye Davisson at Gays Park near Brookston. Mrs Albert Flaningham visiting family. Mrs M J Hoffman returning to Michigan City. Asa ods and John Lods with Edith Wigmore motored to Shades of Death and Turkey Run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Kingsbury
Faye Davisson
Gays Park
Brookston
Asa Ods
Chalmers
John Lods
Edith Wigmore
City
Illness at Home Hits Olive Glazier With Appendicitis
Miss Olive Glazier remains seriously ill at her parents home Mr and Mrs Ben Glazier after an appendicitis attack. Mr and Mrs Homer Hendrickson, son of Rensselaer, have stayed several days as guests of Mrs Hendrickson and her parents Mr and Mrs I W Jenkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Glazier
Ben Glazier
Homer Hendrickson
Rensselaer
Hendrickson
I. W. Jenkins
Mr. Didlake
E. Loomis
New Jersey
E H. Didlake
Cincinnati
Locals and visitors recount a busy Logansport week
Frank Robbins returns from Attica after a week with his mother. Harlacher bakery received bread from Indianapolis during his absence. Dozens of residents visit relatives in Winamac Idaville Burnettsville and Logansport while attending Shriners events and college reminiscences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Robbins
Attica
Harlacher Bakery
Indianapolis
Miss Hackenburg Spends Summer With Hackenburg Family
Miss Maude Hackenburg returns home to spend the summer vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs J F Hackenburg. She is a Northwestern University student taking a music course this term.
City Shrinesmen Attend Indianapolis Convention
Included among the Shriners from this city are the following men attending the Shriners convention in Indianapolis. The list names several local members among the visiting delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolie
City
Local social notes include club gathering and church events
Misses Lillie Wigmore and Edith Wigmore hosted the Young Ladies Business and Social Club with music and refreshments. Children's Day observances drew large crowds at churches. The piece also reports on travels and illnesses in the area including Mrs Merlin Cochran and Mary Frances, Mr Shultz's son John’s ear and throat operation, and Ellen Brechtiel returning from France to the U S with possible discharge soon. Mayor Thompson and Lewis Dellinger on a fishing trip to Minnesota. Ellen Lawrie and Jean Shulmner visiting Chicago. Frank and Mary Reid home from Indiana University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Bailey
Lida Wigmore
Edith Wigmore
Young Ladies Business & Social Club
Misses Wigmore
S. W. Thompson
Lewis Dellinger
Dorsett
Minnesota
Mrs. Thompson
Ellen Lawrie
Chicago
Miss Lawrie
Jean Shulmner
Peony Farm Visit Marred by Cold Weather and Hail Storm
A group traveled to Remington to visit W. L. Gumm’s peony farm where hundreds usually tour the vast varieties. This year cold weather and a prior hail storm damaged plants and slightly disappointed visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington
W. L. Gumm
Funeral held for Z T Johnson in Johnson cemetery
Z T Johnson died at his Seafield area home after a stroke on Wednesday night. Funeral services were conducted at his home north of Seafield Saturday with interment in the Johnson cemetery. William Tam and family from Greenville PA visited Idaville relatives. He is a former resident, a grandson of Mrs. George Neel, and superintendent of a Chicago Bridge and Iron Works branch with 149 employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. T. Johnson
Seafield
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
William Tam
Greenville
Pennsylvania
Idaville
Tam
George Neel
Tdnville
Chicago Bridge and Iron Works
Baptist Church
Chalmers
Mhenroy Backemeyer
Indianapolis
Backemeyer
Monticello
Fred Backemeyer
Presbyterian Church
Chalmers Church
A. R. Penn
Minister Conducts Infant Death Funeral in Kentland
Rev F. L Hovis of the Methodist Church was called to Kentland Saturday to conduct the funeral for the infant child of Mrs John-Ade whose death occurred last week. The infant’s father was an influenza victim who died a few months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L Hovis
Methodist Church
Kentland
John — Ade
Births and local society notes from Monticello area
The column records births and family visits including the Ade and Hovis families, Miss Maude Simons leaving for Washington to work in government service, and Lucy Van Deman visiting the district with her daughter. Royal Neighbors elect Lucy Turnipseed president and Monticello hosts the district convention in 1920 with drill showcases and initiations. Also noted are visits by Mrs. Anderson and family, T. R. Spray's brush with a clothes line, Monticello baseball loss to Logansport, Winona Year Book distribution, upcoming Chautauqua and Bible conference, a local revival led by A. R. Penn, and a Monon Railroad damages suit against Rosa M. Stewart from a 1918 derailment near Brookston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Simons
Washington D. C
J. P. Simons
Miss Simons
Washington
Lucy van Deman
Wilma van Deman
Royal Neighbors
Logansport
Lucy Turnipseed
Miss Turnipseed
Monticello
Brookston
Monon Railroad Company
Montgomery
Rosa M. Stewart
Monon
ENTEL
Methodist society officers elected at Mrs Baker home
The Society of the Methodist church met at 120 East High last Friday afternoon and elected officers for the coming year including President Mrs Chas W Davis and Secretary Mrs Guy Williams. Robert and Jack Meiser leave today for Lake Michigan cottage through September. Everett V Parks returns home after two years with the U S Army with injuries and infections affecting his hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of the Methodist Church
W. Baker
East High Street
Chas W. Davis
L. G. Gustavel
C A. Pierson
Guy A. Williams
William Hutton
Ella McPhee
John Montz
Nannie Wartel
Queen Esthers
Anna Brannan
Home Guards
W. W. Scott
Mothers’ Jewels
George Biederwolf
C. &. Preston
J. W. Meiser
A. K Sills Jr
Robert
Jack
Lake Michigan
Michigan City
Monticello
Charles Parks
Everett V. Parks
United States Army
Parks
New York
Camp Mills
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Flis
New School Building Planned at Wolcott
Construction on the Wolcott township school complex will start soon, costing 80000 dollars. Plans by Samuel Young aim to modernize facilities before September opening. A State Board of Tax Commissioners petition cleared for bond approval after scrutiny of prior bond sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolcott
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Samuel Young
el. J Dibell
Dinner hosts entertain Chesterton visitors at Hotel Ferbis
Mr and Mrs A. K. Stils Jr entertained at a dinner party at the Hotel Ferbis Sunday for Chesterton Indiana guests who motored down for a weekend visit. Attendees included Dr and Mrs Harry Ruge Dr and Mrs R A Axe Mr and Mrs Arthur Peterson and Mr and Mrs Charles Smith and Mrs S Preston. The Chesterton party returned home Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Stils Jr
Hotel Ferbis
Chesterton
Ind
Harry Ruge
R. A. Axe
Arthur Peterson
Charles Smith
S. Preston
Housebrooms SPECIAL at 69e THE FAIR
A brief fair advertisement notes a housebroom sale priced at 69e. It highlights a limited offer and urges fairgoers to visit the stall for this discount item.
Linoleum Ingredients.
Linoleum is made from cork and linseed oil with smaller amounts of kauri gum rosin and pigments.
Monster Screen Planned for Methodist Centenary Celebration
Arrangements are under way for a colossal projection screen in Columbus for the Methodist Centenary from June 20 to July 13. The 115 by 116 foot picture surface will require a four story building level foundation and withstand 40 pounds per square foot. Architect Harry C. Holbrook says the lantern will cast images across distance and has already lit a New York City screen four and a half blocks away. The $8,000 structure will feature fitted lumber for the face and be part of the Methodist Missionary Survey’s world view collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
New York City
Harry C. Holbrook
Methodist Missionary Survey
How Man's Strength Fluctuates Across Ages
The text notes male strength rises quickly from twelve to nineteen, then grows more slowly to thirty before declining. Female strength increases more uniformly from nine to nineteen, slows to thirty, and then decreases.
Herald Adverts Promote White County’s Largest Circulation
Local notice proclaims the Herald as the largest circulation paper in White County inviting businesses to advertise. It emphasizes broad reach across the region and offers contact details for booking ad space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Herald
White County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hamill & Co
Mos. le Y. Stephenson
Pianehe
Cisusdaw
Mire Enaria Leltazmian
Miss Side Wigtere
Diarry Sanders
Dayton
Myr
Frank Harlacher
Ruth VanDeman
John Uleagland
Charles A. Holladay
M. Rothrock
South Bend
Dr. Switzer and Sons
Frankfort
W.d. Todd
Lonnie
Lafayette
Albert Flaningham
Thorntown
Nelle Flaningham
W. F. Coonrod
M. J. Hoffman
Michigan Ciy
Anna Megahan
Winamac
Oscar P Stamats
South Main Street
Ella Cochran
Amanda Crowell
L. A. Cochran
Burnettsville
Crowell
Landis Engle
Arcola, Illinois
Mr. Engle
Mary Engle
D. McCann
Pauline Shell
Morris Brecher
Miss Shell
Mrs Brecher
M. B. Spencer
Oxford
Western College For Women
Mary FE. Sfeneer
Guilford Teeter
Shriners
Italio
Arthur
Mirw
Royal Neighbor
Geraldine Windig
Kankakee
Alimix
UL. LE. Sindig
Meoo
Mareelus Woltz
Woltz Vornierts
Willian Anheier
Chas. Sullivan and Son
Mr. Sullivan
Genevieve Sullivan
Mary Shook
Clay Cochran
Laporte
Mabel Witz
Charles van Wanner
Charles Anderson
S&s. C. Anderson
West Harrison Street
Lafayette Hospital
C. E. Newton
Sebring
Elizabeth Kitchen
Newton
Captain Chester Newton
Harry Westle
Kestle
W. N. Scott
Walter Simons
Thomas J. Hanna
George Gilbert
T. F. Palmer
J. L. Ackerman
Carl Russell
W N. Loughry
Donald Brearley
Merlin Cochran
Mary Frances
Connersville
A. Boigegrain
Cochran
Colorado
William Schaffter
A Shultz
Frank
Mary Reid
Indiana University
Henry J. Reid
John Burnett, II
Mishawaka
I FL Ross
Indianapelis
Ross
T Vincent’s Hospital
Ellen Brechtiel
Aaron Greehbeil
United States
Breebbeil
France
6Th Field Artillery
39Th
Camp Upton
William Ade
Rey
Hovis
Ade
R. (. Anderson
Esther
T. R. Spray
Christian Church
Mr Spray
Logansport Shamrocks
Ths ¢Ity
Watseka
Tlinois
Downey
Winona
Winona Lake
Women’s Home
John T. McCutcheon
Purdue University
Delphi
the Herald
Scholls
Erne
de Scholls
Frank M. Shields
Cash Shoe Store
Barber Price List
William Schroeder
John Boyd
Preston Cottrell
Rexall
Pizarro
Panama
Peru
Monticello Markets
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