Local Items Preview School Session and Social Notes
School begins September 13. Numerous residents travel to nearby towns for visits and business. Local clergy and families, including Mr. and Mrs. Smeltzer, Odess Gadberry, and James Nugent, are mentioned with trips to Linton Odon and Indianapolis. The Elnora Co-Operative Telephone Co. held a meeting to accept a resignation and elect officers, with a vote against connecting Pike County to the Elnora line.
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Elnora Co-Operative Telephone Co
Wm. Swinda
Dan Courtney
Ransom Pope
Pike County Telephone Company
Elnora
A Ballad on Slang of Yesteryear
A reflective piece tracing discarded slang from parents day and comparing it to modern speech. It laments fading phrases like Cheese it and Rats while noting language evolves and styles decay as society moves forward.
Elnora M. E. Church Notice
Sunday School at 9 15 a m with J E Pershing as superintendent Prayer meeting Wednesday at 745 p m Epworth League Friday at 745 p m Sermon at 1030 a m The Spiritual World demonstrated through natural laws Sermon at 745 p m The Way Truth Life Cordial invitation to all to worship with us Welcome to all at every service
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J. E. Pershing
Epworth League
Christ Church Minister C Howard Buchanan Services Schedule
Minister C Howard Buchanan conducts preaching on the 2nd and 4th Lord's Day. Bible School Sunday morning at 9 30. Christian Endeavor on the 1st and 3rd Lord's Day at 7 15 pm. All are invited to every service.
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Christian Endeavor
Moral and Bee Imagery in a Quarrelsome Verse
A fragmented line contrasts a "deepest grave" with fables of moral order, noting a quarrelsome bum makes enemies while the busy honey bee makes honey. The verse plays on contrasts between idleness and industrious virtue.
Trainor notes ill Nick Herman shows improvement
Community updates list illness improvement for Nick Herman. Several locals including Minnie Grove, Jennie Seegers, Mary Campbell, Mrs Thos A Wade, Tilla Groves, Chas A Young, Mary Kidwell, Josiah Graber and family, and visits to and from Emma Groves, Dan Raman, Maggie Brewer, and Frank Turk are recorded along with social calls and a euchre gathering hosted by Austin Kidwell.
The Village Non and the Town's Unlucky End
A village tale follows a stubborn man who opposed every issue and swung between dry and wet towns. His life left him friendless until his quiet funeral, with the oldest locals remarking it was the town’s smallest farewell. The preacher spoke briefly as the choir sang Gone But Not Forgotten.
Local residents and visitors pass through Willow Lick area
Byron Allen Sam Riggins and Dr Hattery moved through Willow Lick en route to Odon. Mrs Rosenberry visited Mr and Mrs Maryfield. Pat Wadsworth and Marshall Clark biked trips to Odon and Odeon on Monday. Ada Adkins and family plus Mrs Pearl Courtney from Sargent visited Nelson Adkins Wednesday. Mary E Hayes visited sister Lottie Adkins last week. Ada Allen visited friends in Martin Co. Ella Phipps and children of Clinton spent week nearby. Frank Crane and wife en route to Odon Thursday. Enoch Myers left for Brookville for farm work. Ed Dobbs of Scotland and Dr T A Hayes of Burns City visited Friday. Adam Schmidt of near Holtsville and John Ledgerwood Henry Sipes attended institute at Washington. Ava Ledgerwood attended Washington institute last week.
Local Visits and Social News from Scotland
Mr and Mrs Wilbert Henderson and Mrs Mollie Henderson visited Theo Henderson Sunday. Herbert Asdell returned from Oakland City where he attended school. Ora Dobbins and son Verdon visited Otto Dobbins Sunday. Will Hendersons daughers Alma and Josephine visited Mrs Tom Stout Tuesday. John P Staggers is our switch board operator now. Tom Wirt visited Mrs Isenogle Sunday. Fred Stone and Will Danner attended the free show at Odon Thursday. Otto Henderson of Jasonville visits his parents. Helen Street visited Ruth and Helen Dobbs Sunday. John Sims of Odon passed through en route to Deans Monday. Hiram and Franklin Field were guests of Denver Hasler Sunday. Seth Sims attended church.
Local residents listed at Roy's sale stop
Farlen reports several locals attended Roys sale last Thursday. Charles Skemp from Nebu church area visited Saturday. Aden Westfall from Burns City was here Saturday. Will Bricker and family of Burns City passed Friday. Joe Marshall near Odon came through Saturday evening. Ed Garten of Odon visited J. P. Taylor and wife Sunday. James Allen near Newberry was here Sunday. John Kinnaman of Odon cut timber Tuesday and Wednesday. Chas Herron of Bunkum came through Thursday.
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Aden Westfall
Burns City
Will Bricker
Joe Marshall
Near Odon
Local Notes From Nearby Towns
Brief reading lists Charley Isenogle at Odon Obe Sexon in Little Cincinnati buying mules. Mrs. Lafe Kirk and Mrs. Oscar Perkins travel via here to Deans. Will Danner seen at Raglesville on Monday.
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Obe Sexon
Little
Cincinnati
Auto tax paid in Daviess County details
John L. Clark county treasurer received a warrant from Homer L. Cook secretary of state for 4497.61 dollars the amount due Daviess county on the state automobile license tax apportionment. Auto licenses issued 401 motorcycles 14 chauffeurs 7 dealers 3. Total 428 applications. There are 326 miles of gravel road in the county.
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John L. Clark
Homer L. Cook
Daviess County
The Irony of Efficiency and Marital Insight
A Judge quotes efficiency as a creeping force that dulls inspiration and turns work into mechanical slavery. The excerpt contrasts thorough floor scrubbing with stifling routine. It ends with a quip about a wife realizing her husband was right after all.
Quote on egotism from a self-centered man
A sharp witticism defines an egotist as a man who pushes to hear about himself and insists you reveal what you know about him. The line frames egotism as self-pavoring vanity and social misdirection.
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Dilla Gough
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J. A. Maryfield
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Frank Overton
R. A. Zigler
Edd O’conner
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Will Cox
the Marsh
A. L. Stoy
George Stoy
C. E. Ramsey
Eaglesville
Ada Adkins
Pearl Courtney
Sargent
Nelson Adkins
Mary E. Hayes
Lottie Adkins
Ada Allen
Martin Co
Ella Phipps
Clinton
Frank Crane
Enoch Myers
Brookville
Ed Dobbs
Scotland
T. A. Hayes
Adam Schmidt
Holtsville
John Ledgerwood
Henry Sipes
Institute
Ava Ledgerwood
Tion
C.A. Pickett
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J.A. Overton
Wilbert Henderson
Mollie Henderson
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Alma
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Fred Stone
Will Danner
Otto Henderson
Helen Street
Ruth
Helen Dobbs
John Sims
Deans
Hiram and
Franklin Field
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Seth Sims
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Roy
Charles Skemp
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J. P. Taylor
James Allen
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Raglesville
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