Mooresville Social Notes Record Local Visits
Miss Katherine Lindley from Martinsville visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Chas Ballard. Indianapolis guests tour with Mr and Mrs J B Sedwick. Dawson Sands returns to work in Indianapolis. family visits and church events fill a week. Selections include music classes, picnics at A W Hadley, Sabbath lunches, Epworth League social, and local gatherings.
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Katherine Lindley
Marlinsville
Chas. Ballard
Chas. Sedwick
Indianapolis
J. B. Sedwick
Dawson Sands
Osro
Dillard
R. U H. Lewis
Effle Oleson
Helen Henson
Mary Kirkham
Blanch ‘Tansey
Edith Sedwick
Ralph Sedwick
Marie Sedwick
Lewis
Nina Wilson
Marion Headly
Plainfield
BE. E. Henley
Epworth League
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Blanchard Horton
J. P. Henley
Mooresville
Chas. Hadley
Protein rich durum wheat tied to irrigation trials
Department of Agriculture researchers compare durum wheat grown under plentiful irrigation with dry land farming. Dry cultivation yields hard, high protein grain over 18 percent, while irrigated grain becomes soft with about 17 percent protein. Focus shifts from yield to grain quality for foreign markets and high gluten content.
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Department of Agriculture
Calvert The Photographer
Calvert discusses security mailing envelopes as ideal for safely sending photographs, highlighting sturdy protection and practical use.
Prohibition and Christian Union Rally Rhetoric
A W C notes discuss Supreme Court limits on liquor sales and critique prohibition as national issue. They praise temperance groups and religious ethics, urging moral causes and unity against the liquor traffic.
Obituary of Frederick Keller 1826–1908
Frederick Keller born in Baden Germany November 17 1826 came to Morgan County at about age 22. He married twice first to Wunice Bray May 2 1850 then to Christina Schreiner fifty one years ago this past August. Nine children born with eleven sons and five daughters total. nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren survive. He lived a life of faith in Lutheran Methodist and Friends churches and served as an overseer at White Lick Monthly Meeting. Keller died September 4 1908 at age 81 years 9 months 17 days after years of illness.
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Frederick Keller
Baden
Germany
David
Salome Keller
Morgan County
Wunice Bray
Christina ‘Schreiner
Nive
Hese
Ife
Lutheran Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mooresville
Friends Church
White Lick
Christ
Card of Thanks from Keller Family
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness during the sickness and death of our beloved husband and father Christina Keller and children.
Feeding New Oats Trade Note for Indiana Farmers
Indiana farmers are advised to prefer old oats over new, as new oats are often not fully dry and weigh more per bushel. They can be laxative to horses and cause excessive sweating. This season the oats crop dried slowly, leaving many wet or damp grains. Mixing old and new oats is recommended when both are available.
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Indiana
Farewell to Pioneer Lady Ann Eliza Moon
Ann Eliza Moon daughter of Eli S. and Judith Moon born September 27 1851 near Mooresville died September 7 at age 56 years 11 months and 10 days. She married Charles Hadley in 1871 and lived near Mooresville except 14 years in Iowa. She leaves husband four daughters and many siblings. She was active in the M E church and charitable societies and cared for the needy.
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Ann Eliza Moon
Eli S
Judith Moon
Mooresville
Charles Hadley
Iown
Bowers
Lows
M. E. Church
Old Bethesda
Christian Church
Aid
W.A. M
Dorcas
W. H. Sage
Charles L. Hadley
Birdie Cochran
Chicago
C. H. Woodward
Portland
Oregon
B. F. Trogdon
Abel Thompson
Filmore Johnson
Hutchinson, Minn
Milo
Wichita
Kansas
Sylvester
New Providence
Iowa
Sylvanus Moon
Indianapolis
Armor plated vaults guard Bank of England treasures
A London Telegraph account compares locksmiths and burglars to armored vaults as it describes the Bank of England strong room. Concrete foundations, water-filled beds, and four ton doors shield thirty two vaults and priceless holdings from thieves. A historic letter from an intruder preceded an elaborate sewers escape.
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Bank of England
London
London Telegraph
Amos Cummings and the must story at the New York Sun
Ken Amos Cummings, then managing editor of the New York Sun, overrode an ads-driven space crunch to publish a must story. After a tense stockholders meeting led by Charles A. Dana, Dana supported Cummings and authorized sacrificing ads to secure news. The paper later improved presses to add pages at the last moment.
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Ken Amos Cummings
The
New York Sun
Cummings
Jill
Sun
Charles A. Dana
Dana
Amos
Respect for Wealth Echoes in Pork Packing Tale
In the American Magazine a writer recalls a father who valued the sources of wealth. He tells of a pork-packing heir who, while rich, would have his children remove hats and bow to a drove of hogs to teach respect for those who supply wealth.
The Woodman and the Bear in the Forest
A woodman finds a bear rolling on the ground in complaint while covered in lumps. The bear laments wanting honey despite shedding his fur to avoid bees. Moral: none of us is too satisfied with a good thing.
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Gayly
Teo
New York Sun
Demosthenes Story on the Shadow of an Ass
The ancient Greek orator Demosthenes silenced a heated crowd with a tale about a youth who hires an ass in summer to Megara. Both parties crave shade, quarrel over the shadow, and the audience asks for the main argument but the decision is never revealed.
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Demosthenes
Megera
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