Reverend George B Weeks Dead at 37 in Sandborn
The Rev George B Weeks longtime Daviess County minister died at 3 am Tuesday at his Sandborn home. He formerly preached at Mt Olive Baptist east of the city and led the Sandborn Baptist church for two years. Survived by his father widow Grace Ellis Weeks three children and several siblings. Funeral held in Sandborn Thursday led by Rev Clive McGuire.
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George B. Weeks
Daviess County
Sandborn
Mr. Weeks
Baptist Church
Union Baptist Association
Clive McGuire
New Tax Assessment Method Outlined by Indiana Board
A letter to County Assessor Bush from the Indiana board of tax commission describes a future approach to real estate taxation. Personal property taxables would be assessed at full value minus 25 percent, unless the assessor doubts the stated valuation, in which case the 25 percent reduction would not apply.
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Bush
Indiana Board of Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Marguerite Clark Stars in Gretna Green at Royal Theatre
Marguerite Clark returns to the screen in Grace Livingston Furniss’s Gretna Green at the Royal Theatre next Wednesday Mar 8. The four part film from Famous Players features Clark as Dolly Erskine a flirtatious but loyal English belle with love humor and drama set in early nineteenth century society.
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Marguerite Clark
Royal Theatre
Famous Players Film Company
Grace Livingston Furnis
Gretna Green
Paramount
Dolly Erskine
Miss Clark
Greene-Noblett Wedding At Burns City
A pretty wedding occurred at the Noblett home near Burns City as Ethel Noblett wed Ralph Greene in a ceremony by Rev. Trowbridge of Odon. The couple, charmed by about twenty relatives and friends, left for Bicknell and Terre Haute on a wedding trip after receiving many gifts.
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Fletcher Noblett
Burns City
Ethel
Ralph Greene
Trowbridge
Odon
Jane Greene
Bicknell
New Refrigerator Installed by Ledgerwood Bros at Spring Street
Ledgerwood Bros groceries install a new McCray refrigerator in their store on Thursday to expand storage for vegetables fruits and meats improving trade efficiency. An advertising feature promotes Vinci cod liver and iron tonic available at Odon Drug Co as a remedy for tiredness amid local notices. Washington reports clothing dyestuff shortages prompting a national appeal to opt for simpler colors due to limited production and color variety.
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Ledgerwood Bros
Spring Street
McCray
Vinci
Odon Drug Cos
Odon Drug Co
Washington
Mar
United States
Department of Commerce
National Association of Clothiers
Valley View social notes and political preview in Odon area
Local items record visits and illnesses across families including Mrs S L Todd and Mary, J W Pope with pneumonia, and the Freed family recovering from lagrippe. The piece notes ballot literacy for the March 7 primary, previews county office candidates, and urges careful study of the ballot plus entertainment from The Royal theatre.
Aged Citizen Richard Trueblood Dies at Home
Richard Trueblood 72 a respected Van Buren Township resident died at his home eight miles south of town yesterday morning at 8 30 from tuberculosis He was in ill health for some time and leaves wife Margaret Ragle ten children eight with mother six brothers and three sisters Funeral services will be held at the M E church at Raglesville tomorrow with Rev Huddleson in charge and burial there He was a member of the M E Church
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Richard Trueblood
van Buren Township
Raglesville
Huddleson
Trueblood
M. E. Church
Dramatic Star Marguerite Clark Shines In The Goose Girl
Marguerite Clark, famed from comic opera to drama, rises as a film favorite in The Goose Girl. The Jesse L. Lasky Company presents the film at The Royal Theater on Saturday night, following her notable stage career with De Wolf Hopper.
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Marguerite Clark
Miss Clark
de Wolf Hopper
Europe
Jesse L. Lasky
Royal Theater
Sims-Cunningham nuptials in Eaglesville city home
Clarence E. Sims and Miss Lela Cunningham wed last Tuesday at 6 30 PM at the home of Rev C H Buchanan in this city. Sims works in his father Hiram Sims’s general store in Eaglesville and Cunningham’s family hails from Elmore township. The couple will reside in Eaglesville.
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Clarence E. Sims
Lela Cunningham
C. H. Buchanan
Hiram Sims
Eaglesville
Lewis Cunningham
Elmore Township
Sims
Raglesville
Eyestrain and refractive errors raise health concerns
The piece argues long hours of close looking strain the eyes and may cause far reaching health issues if refractive errors exist. It endorses relief through lenses and cites Keck the Jeweler and Optometrist as a source.
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Keck
Card of Thanks for John Cummings Family
We express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown in our recent bereavement. John Cummings and children.
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John Cummings
BETTER SCHOOLS IN RURAL EDUCATION DISCUSSED
A rural education article argues for hands on study of soils crops and farm life. It highlights agricultural, manual and domestic science for boys and girls and cites national occupation statistics and high school completion trends. Continued on page 7.
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Enders
United States
School Notes and Exam Schedule Across Townships
The article details promotion ticket mailings for pupils, teacher monthly reports, and upcoming exams. It notes graduation tests for Washington township eighth graders on April 15, honor rolls due before school closes, and rescheduled second semi annual exams in Elmore Steele Veale townships for March 23 24 and Washington township for April 6 7 due to term length differences.
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Washington Township
Elmore
Steele
Veale
Assault Ends Bishop Carter's Life in Cincinnati
Rev. Thomas C. Carter D D of Chattanooga Tennessee, a United Brethren bishop, died in Cincinnati after a street assault by highwaymen who knocked him down and robbed him. Physicians say death resulted from erysipelas caused by the bruises from the attack. He had spoken here on several occasions.
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Thomas C. Carter
D. D
Chattanooga
Tenn
United Brethren Church
Cincinnati
Carter
Store Moves and Political Visit Highlight Vincennes News
O B Syphers Variety Store moved to Worthington shipping goods last Wednesday. Walter Freeman will open a new restaurant in the vacated building. James House, Vincennes mayor and congressional candidate, visited Thursday with Ed Oconnor Jno Cox Mr Mosier and Mr McCormick from Washington and Vincennes to discuss campaign matters.
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O. B. Syphers
Worthington
Walter Freeman
James House
Vincennes
Contress
Ed Oconnor
Jno
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