Newberry notes: locals visit, travels, and church events
Mrs Myrtle Bennett of Terre Haute visited friends last week. Jene Musselman and son John traveled to Washington on business. John Crise Inman slowly recovers from illness. A newborn toy born to Clarence and (unnamed) Quackenbush. Harry Axe of Terre Haute visits parents. Martha Catron visits Colon. Amy Ketchem went to Lyons awaiting Dr Aydelodte's wife. Markel of Jasonville was there Friday. Al Killian and wife drove to Washington D. of, Stnkardan daughter May and Wiss Hazel Johnson to El Nora Sunday. M Baker of Loogootee visited town last week. Mrs Wm Neff and Norma visited Bloomfield. Clay Owen and children from Bicknell came up Saturday. Children will summer with W M Wesner. Rev C M Day of Odon led service at Chrine tian church with wife and son. Dr L Hamilton and family went to Loogootee to see Mrs Hamilton's sick mother. Will Crooke and family moved to Cleve Lester property. Della Figley and Anglia Sexton from Linton were here last week. Will Harris, recently in Terre Haute, is at home. Will Crooke taught at the Little Gem restaurant. W D Killian returned from Philadelphia seeking sawmill location. Frank Shoptan and Gov Humphreys families attended church at Shiloh. Joe Danner moves to Killian property formerly G W Mayberry.
Concord Items Show Local Social Roundup
Riley Chambers and wife visited Elliot Flynn and family of Shiloh Sunday afternoon. Many residents visited relatives in nearby towns including Washington and Odon, with multiple families hosting or visiting over the week. Typhoid fever in Miss Myrtle Debolt is noted as improving, and several social calls and visits occur around Arney, Andis, Critchlow, and Wade households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Chambers
Elliot Flynn
Shiloh
Fairview Visits and Local Calls Report
Mrs Nancy Allen and Miss Eunice Hnubottom visited Mrs Alley Hogett Tuesday. Mrs James Garten spent Wednesday with her mother Mrs Mark Potter. Miss Inez Rosenberry visited Miss Nettie Andis Sunday. Jephen Parker and Chas Green wood drove to Washington on business Saturday. Mrs Ella Andis and daughter Miss Earith called on Mrs Ella Rhabottem and Miss Eanice Sunday evening. Miss Rosa Garten returned home Saturday after weeks with Mrs Emma Scott. A T Myers called on Joe Browning and family Sunday evening. Tabitha Parker called on Janice Grove Wednesday evening. ara Joe Maliette and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Allen
Eunice Hnubottom
Alley Hogett
James Garten
Mark Potter
Ella Andis
Miss Earith
Ella Rhabottemagi
Eanice
Rosa Garten
Emma Scott
Tabitha Parker
Janice Grove
Ara
Joe
Maliette
Local Social Notables Attend Various Outings
Curtis Borden visited Elnora on Monday while Henry Poindexter and Mrs. W. F. Litherland were in Washington Saturday. Harvey Borden and J. A. Stewart with daughters Opal and Blanche were in Washington Tuesday. Elizabeth Borden visited her daughter Aden Long Sunday. Jessie Becker attended Pisinville Friday. Edward Norris and spouse were present at an event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Poindexter
W. F. Litherland
Washington
Harvey Borden
J. A. Stewart
Opal and
Blanche
Elizabeth Borden
Aden Long
Local Visits Brighten Boyd And Bellview Circles
Mr and Mrs Harvey Borden returned to their Boyd Oklahoma home after a two week visit with Mrs Elizabeth Borden. Miss Maude Ritter of Bellview spent Wednesday with her grandmother Mrs Border. Mrs R J Ketchem was at Elnora Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Harvey Borden
Boyd, Oklo
Elizabeth Borden
Death Through a Tarantula and London Baked Potatoes
A tale of a mine camp killing after a tarantula scare ends with a coroner’s verdict of justifiable homicide. The piece also details London street vendors selling hot baked potatoes from autumn to spring, with the spicy snack guiding pedestrians to warmth and sustenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenderfoot
Why Chinese Shops Are Small In Tientsin And Peking
The average Chinese shop in Tientsin and Peking is a one story building with a front of shutters and a 14 to 16 feet street width. Inside a narrow 3 to 4 foot deep counter area sits behind shelves, with storerooms too shallow due to the square courtyard home design. Officials’ ya mens follow the same courtyard pattern, each building opening into the central court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
Peking
Opals and Ill Luck: A historic superstition explored
The opal was once popular in Europe, especially Italy, until a Venice plague era linked a deathbed opal to brightness. Observers claimed the stone foretold death, causing fear and reduced sales as the belief spread. The superstition endures for some as a belief in misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Italy
Venice
Scot Free in Scottish Tales of Trails and Gantlets
The article recalls the phrase scot free from Sir Walter Scott works The Antiquary and Rob Roy noting a trial form where a condemned offender is stripped and run a gauntlet past archers who fire on command If the arrows miss the runner he is freed from punishment
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Walter Scott
Rob Roy
Unusual Elevator Request in New York Dry Goods House
A large determined woman entered a famous New York dry goods store elevator. She was carried up and down the shaft several trips but showed no interest in buying items or negotiating rates at any department.
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New York
Musical Ear Distinctions Rooted in Cochlear Structure
A well trained musician can hear differences as fine as one hundredth of a tone, while most people detect only a tenth. Variations in the cochlea explain this gap, likened to piano strings with a damper, converting ear vibrations into musical signals sent to the brain.
The Drummer and the Geese at Gettysburg
A marching regiment near Gettysburg confiscates two geese. A drummer unheaders his drum to hide the birds. The colonel asks him to play, the drummer whispers he has geese inside the drum, and the colonel replies that if he is sick he need not play. That night the colonel enjoys roast goose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Lightning Hazards at Mountain Top Observatories
A winter on a mountain top shows rising lightning danger and the insufficiency of ordinary lightning rods for observatories. On Mont Blanc at Janssen's station bombardments filled the interior with ribbonlike sheets of electricity and balls of fire moving silently between points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moountain
Mont Blanc
Janssen
Breakfast in Norway and the Norwegian morning table
Harold Simpson in Rambles in Norway notes home brewed beer has displaced spirits as the national drink. Norwegians often drink it at breakfast to accompany pork with onions. A typical breakfast table features many small dishes of fish and a wide array of cheeses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Harold Simpson
Not idle cry and ticket to Europe in purse
Two women discuss a doctor advising a good cry as a benefit. One woman opens her purse showing two frat class retro tickets to Europe as a keepsake or payoff from a recent event. The fragment reads like a casual New York press snippet with informal quotes.
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Europe
New York
Are You Acquainted With Your Neighbor Insurance Offer
Local farmers mutual insurance ad promotes fire and lightning coverage through the Indiana Mutual Cyclone Insurance Company and the county mutual. Annual assessments have averaged 19 cents per year per hundred dollars. Solicitors listed in Odon Plainville Elnora and Loogootee areas with officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pa-Iness County Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company
Indi4na Mutuual Cycclone Insurance Company
W. W. Hamerickhouse
Odon
A. R. Alexander
Plainville
A. C. Long
Elnora
M. M. Flinn
Business Education at Top Colleges
An invitation to discuss pursuing business education at a leading college. The speaker offers placement and a fully paid court arrangement at a cost far lower than doing it independently and invites a visit to the Journal office to talk further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
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Myrtle Bennett
Terre Haute
Jene Musselman
John
Birs
Gene Musselman
Crise Inman
Clarence
Quackenbush
Harry Axe
Martha Catron
Colon
Amy Ketchem
Lyons
Dr. Aydelodte
Markel
Jasonville
Mrs. W.od Killian
D. of
Stnkardan Daughter
May
Wiss Hazel Johnson
Nora
Kk. M. Baker
Loogotee
Wm. Neff
Norma
Bloomfield
Clay Owen
Bick
Nell
W. M
Wesner
C. M. Day of
Chrinetian Church
Dr. L. Hamilton
Loogootee
Mrs. Hamilton
Will Crooke
Cleve Lester
Della Figley
Anglia Sexton
Linton
Will Harris
Ovid Smiley
W. D. Killian
Arkadelphia
Ark
Frank Sbhoptan
Gov. Humphreys
Joe Danner
Killian
G. W
Mayberry
Concord
Henry Byrer
Lena Mallette
Samuel Boyd
Cora Monts
Ruby
Brock
Jonah Arney
Ira Evans
Baylesville
Ben Franklin
Mrs. Neiswander
Roth
Clyda Boyrer
Mande
Lillie Critchlow
Edith Wilkey
Jonah Arney and
Family
Mande Critchlow
Emma Brier
Bicknell Sunday
Emery Wade
Jack Franklin
Tucasay
W. M. Kirk
William Andis
Lula Wade
John Arney Jr
Frank Colglazier
George Hinkle
Adam
Emma Byrer
Victor of
Ida Franklin
Clarence Andis
Harley Andis
Inez Rosenberry
Allegra Bowman
Alpha Brock
Myrtle Debolt
Alley Bechtel
Tom Resler
Roby van Ostram
Epsom
Agnes Hackler
Marion Bell
Baile
Ernest Wade
Homer Wade
Misa Agnes Hackler
Kate Turk
Marion Chandler
Near Shiloh
Fairview
Nettie Andis
Jephen Parker
Chas. Greenwood
A. T. Myers
Joe Browning
Curtis Borden
Jessie Becker
Pisinvile Frilday
Edward Norris
R. J. Ketchem
London
Drummer’s Secret
Odon Realty Co
Will
Odon Realty Cos
G. W. Henderson
Interstate Phone
Co-operative Phone
Drerane d Cra
Daniel
Boone Axle
Louisville
Chas. C. Stoll Oil CO
John A. Arvin
Ransom Fope
Sec’y
M. C. Raney
R J Loogootee
Newberry
Ind
Emil Slinkard
M. F. McIntosh
Buffalo, N. Y., U.S.A
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