Ozark Tent Summer Festival At Pioneer Circuit
A multi day program with junior frolics and parades, a grand opening night featuring Harold Bell Wright’s The Shepherd of the Hills, and evening concerts and lectures by Landis Brass Quartet, Sumayah Attiyeh, Mellinger, and Intermountain Artists. Local children recital and a Turkey Harem lecture add to the offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bell Wright
Wales Players
Ozark
America
Landis Brass Quartet
Sumayeh Attiyeh Oriental
Costue
W. L. Mellinger
Gringo and
Intermountain
Clair Beetham
Ralph Snyder
Camille DeContess
Chicago
Landis
M. L. Landis
Columbus
Ohio
Hammond's Gypsies Prelude and Morrison Girls Orchestra Act
A 1920s program listing Hammond's Gypsies with costumed trio and William Forrell pieces. Eve sing his shows feature dramatic sketches and gypsy finale. Morrison Girls' Orchestra Musicale offers popular and classical tunes directed by Mrs. Morrison. Morrison reader Bess Gerhart Morrison presents "That Calf" and other stories.
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Hammond
William Forrell
Eve
Morrison Girls
Morrison
Bess Gerhart Morrison
Morrison Girls’ Orchestra
Board of Review Adjourned After Tax Valuation Revisions
The Board of Review adjourned after revising real estate and personal property valuations amid tax relief discussions. Notable changes include a 25 percent cut to personal property, shifts in township valuations, and several auto and mortgage additions in the county. Knox Democrat reports attendees including Clair Beetham and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Starke County
Railroad Township
Wayne Township
Oregon Township
California Township
Knox Democrat
Tragic Sand Hole Death Of 11 Year Old Frankie Neis
Frank Neis an 11 year old son of Mrs Anna Neis died after sand collapsed in a hole at a sand yard while playing with siblings and visitors from Detroit. The inquest by Coroner Tom Hite confirmed the accident and the funeral was held at the Catholic church with interment in the local Catholic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Neis
Anna Neis
Detroit
Frankie
Dr. Fisher
Tom Hite
Knox
Mary
Lilian
Anna Louisa
Joseph
Father van Rie
M. Piowaty & Sons Firm Goes Bankrupt
The onion buyers M. Piowaty & Sons of Starke County assigned for creditors and quit business last Friday. The bankruptcy filing lists assets around 485000 and liabilities about 235000. Trustee Piowaty retains most staff to assist liquidation while plans for the owner remain undecided.
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M. Piowaty
M. Piowaty &Sons
Starke County
Creditorg
Chicago Packet
Car Piowaty
M. Piowaty & Sons
Piowaty
Well Known Mistakes and the Editor’s Nightfall
A witty quip contrasts errors by professions from doctors and plumbers to lawyers and judges with a pivot on editors. It notes doctors bury errors, plumbers overcharge, lawyers seek retrials, carpenters expect slipups, judges make errors become law, and editors’ mistakes escape notice before a humorous signoff.
Lutheran Anniversary Supper At Church Basement
The Lutheran Ladies Aid hosts a supper in the church basement on Sunday August six to mark the churchs fiftieth anniversary. Menu includes cold roast pork potato salad vegetables bread and butter cake and coffee 35 cents ice cream available separately. Public invited.
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Lutheran Ladies Aid
Readers honored in The News subscription list
The News lists subscribers credited since the last report including A. C. Naylor Logansport Indiana Mrs. Ella Walsh Kankakee Emil Mrazek Jr No Judson Carrie Ulsh Wabash Ed Wanson No Judson Graubman San Pierre B F Tanner No Judson John Brzezinski Chicago C B Smalley No Judson Jas A Shannon Chicago Harry Schultz Chicago Mrs Jesse Canfield Villa Grove Illinois.
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A.C. Naylor
Logansport
Ind
Ella Walsh
Kankakee
Emil Mrazek, Jr
Judson
Carrie Ulsh
Wabash
Ed Wanson
Graubman
San Pierre
BF. Tanner
John Brzezinski
Chicago
C. B. Smalley
Jas
A. Shannon
Harry Schultz
Jesse Canfield
Villa Grove
North Judson Group Forms Fish and Game Club
Jim Thompson and wife of Chicago visited friends in North Judson last week. Jas H Shannon sent a postal order from Chicago for another year of The News and sends best wishes to North Judson readers. The North Judson Fish & Game Protective Association was organized Tuesday night at Simon Wilcox home with Warden Pete Lavery and Frank Hay assisting. Officers chosen: S Wilcox President, M H Lake Secretary Treasurer.
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Jas. H. Shannon
Chicago
North Judson
North Judson Fish & Game Protective Association
Simon Wilcox
Pete Lavery
Frank Hay
Bass Lake
S. Wilcox
M. H. Lake
Sec
Treas
Marriage of S Henny Rozhon and Helen Meagee
On Tuesday morning at 9 Catholic church in Rockfield Indiana the marriage of S Henny Rozhon son of Joseph Rozho and Miss Helen M Meagee daughter of Mrs C E An ee8 of Rockfield was performed by Father Van Riee. Relatives and friends attended with bridesmaid Mary Kadlee and best man Albert Rozbalx. A wedding dinner followed at the Rozhon home. The groom works as an assistant cashier at the First State Bank. The newlyweds will reside at the Volke property in Enterprise in about two weeks.
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Henny G. Rozhon
Joseph Rozho
Helen M. Meagee
C. E. Anee8
Rockfield
Ind
van Riee
Mary Kadlee
Albert Rozbalx
Marysozhon
Mary Smrt
Joseph Smrt
Jas. Rozhon
First State Bank
Volke
Enterprise
Hank
Starke County Bankers Elect Officers At San Pierre Meeting
The Starke County Bankers Association held a regular session in San Pierre. Annual officer slate announced with J. C. Fletcher as president and J. Dolezal Sr. as vice president. Secretary Jacob Short and Treasurer G N Peterson also named. Executive committee includes H A Smith and J W Kurtz. A special committee was named for the Indiana ers’ Association Lake meeting. County association next meets in North Judson on the third Thursday in August.
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Starke County Bankers’ Association
San Pierre
J. C. Fletcher
Starke County Trust & Savings Bank of Knox
John Dolezal, Sr
Bank of San Pierre
Jacob Short
Hamlet State Bank
G.N. Peterson
First State Bank of North Judson
H. A. Smith
North Judson State Bank
J. W. Kurtz
Farmers State Bank of Knox
The
Indianaers’ Association
Lake
P. Comick
W. S. “Dahngmini
County Association
North Judson
Tuesburg ditch bids advance for northern Indiana project
Ditch engineer Curtis Thomas of Laporte considers bids on the Tuesburg ditch, a nearly fifty mile drainage project affecting Pulaski St Joseph La Porte Starke Elkhart Marshall and Kosciusko counties. The job requires removing 3 152 008 cubic yards of dirt and must be finished in two years. Bidders include H W Nelson Company Pollard Campbell E G Sternberg McWilliams Dredging Walb Construction with prices per cubic yard ranging from 9.71 to 11.10 cents.
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Tuesburg Ditch
Indiana
Pulaski
St. Joseph
la Porte
Starke
Elkhart
Marshall
Kosciusko
Curtis Thomas
Laporte
Place Ditch
Starke County
H. W. Nelson Company
Chicago
Pollard & Campbell
Omaha
Neb
E. G. Sternberg
Chica
McWilliams Dredging Company of
Walb Construction Company of
Lagrange
Chamber of Commerce of North Judson Formed at Dinner
The Commercial Club reorganized as the Chamber of Commerce of North Judson Ind adopting a new constitution and by laws. A nominating committee named temporary officers with P H McCormick as president and L E Bennetley as vice president. A board of directors includes C W Weninger Charles Hruska and Dr F E Davis. The group plans a Bass Lake county picnic and a Sunday Methodist church address by Dr Ernest Ewers.
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Commercial Club
Bradford Hotel
P. H. McCormick
J. H. Watts
L. E. Bennethy
Chamber of Commerce of
North Judson
Ind
O. S. Schuyler
F. G.davis
Jos. Dolezal
FE. G. Davis
C. M. Pobimsnn
Bass Lake
Indiana Onion Crop Signals Reduced Output
Reports to the USDA show Indiana onion plantings at 4,500 acres, well below 1921, with thin stands in parts of Noble Steuben and other counties. Notable acreage includes Whitley 970 Noble 636 Starke 300 Dekalb 285 Jasper 370 Steuben 3,844 and Kosciusko 390. Replanting due to early rains. some counties show good color and potential, though overall yield appears diminished. Buyers already visiting Starke County as prospects vary and prices may rise.
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Indiana
United States Department of Agriculture
Whitley
Noble
Starke
Dekalb
Jasper
Steuben
Koscisko
Francesville Plans September Fall Festival Update
Francesville business men will hold a fall festival in September as part of ongoing local entertainment efforts. The event follows the town’s 4th of July celebration and will be announced with a specific date later, per the Francesville Tribune.
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W. E. Knachel
Hammond
Francesville
Francesville Tribune
The Country Gentleman Praises Local Newspapers
The Home Paper The Country Gentleman extols the local newspaper as vital to community growth. It highlights farmer access to meetings, county agents, and the role in social life from births to deaths and celebrating local progress.
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Country Gentleman
Farm Bureau
Grange
Royal Neighbor Lodge Meeting Set for August Fifteenth
Press dispatches from Chicago report the Elgin Joliet and Eastern railroad plans a ten million dollar yards and shops at Chesterton. If two steel firms join the project Chesterton could become the metropolis of Porter county.
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Chicago
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad
Chesterton
Porter County
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Pioneer Circuit
Bess Gearhart Morrison
Intermountain Artists
Diana
Jim Thompson
Bankers
Chamber of Commerce
Ella Donchin
Helen Siegel
Ben Donchin
Erma Matejka
Maude Pulaski
Ernest Ewers
Methodist Church
North Judson Chautauqua
the Home Paper
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Bank of Progress
Carey
Hay
Bank of
San Pierre, Ind
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