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Newspaper
Pendleton Times
Location
Pendleton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1923
Page
8
For sale a six room house with three lots a barn a grape arbor and 28 fruit trees on 68 west 1st St North Anderson priced at 2650.00 cash only can be viewed by appointment. Also contains a pest note about roaches and a local church schedule with services listed.
The Universalist Church affirms the universal fatherhood of God the spiritual authority and leadership of Jesus Christ the trustworthiness of the Bible the certainty of just retribution for sin and the final harmony of all souls with God.
Territorial farmers face millions in crop losses from rats. A product called Royal Guaranteed Rat-Rate De Stroys promises decisive rat destruction. Sold by Lewis Bros and E Tanke & C.
The Times invites readers to nominate potential news gatherers in their own neighborhoods. The Editor urges prompt notification of suitable locals to join the reporting effort.
Mrs Clinton Jenkins is quite ill and Mrs John Vance is in serious condition. Mildred Adams spent Thursday with Miss Nelda McKinney. Several residents including Miss Opal Rozelle and Evangeline Jarrett visited over the weekend. The Adams and Bryant households hosted visitors from Pendleton and Indianapolis. The Ladies of the Thimble Club held an all day meeting at Mrs Frank Manifold's home in Ingalls. Frances Champe is ill and will undergo an operation after hospital transfer.
Mrs. Kenneth Roberts remains ill while a tent revival began Tuesday. Local church revival led by Rev Warran. Multiple visits noted including Mr and Mrs J M Roberts heading to Portland for six weeks. Attendance and collections listed for M E and Christian Sunday Schools. Several residents travel to Indianapolis Cincinnati and Oregon for visits and leisure.
Uncle Henry Keller and Mrs Cyrus Harlem are very sick. Threshing is slow due to damp weather. Ed Richart entertained at dinner with Will Richart and family of Ft Wayne. Sneak thief stole three dozen barred rock hens from Mrs Troy. Attendance at Sunday school 55, collection 4.22 dollars. The Junior Banner Class had best attendance. Many attended the Willow Branch tent meeting led by Rev Rohrig. Mrs E J Keller, Mrs Howard Hogems, and Nancy Frank picked berries in Jennings County. Rev M S Bittner to preach next Sunday at 7 30 pm and will preach again before leaving for Annual Conference at Columbus. Bittner gave a sermon on children and two young girls joined the church after. Mr and Mrs W A Tray entertained at Sunday dinner with Rev M S.
A Bendlaton gathering hosted by the Best Ever Sunday School Class at Idlewold Park featured chicken dishes and a large salad for about one hundred Americans. Guests included Mr and Mrs Ralph Kennedy Miss Lena Collingwood and Rev A B Arpard, with references to church leaders and tipsy misfortunes. An earlier note mentions Rev Arpard’s role in building churches in Mt Gilead Indiana and Columbus. A later incident recounts Mr Barnard’s Ford crash with his family ending safely despite injuries and egg spill.
The Cook family gathered Sunday for the ninth reunion at C. C. Williams and wife’s country home. A basket dinner, musical program, and a quartet led by William Hulse and others followed. Officers elected for the visiting year were Omer Van Winkle president Howard Michael vice president Mrs. George Rogers secretary and Howard Hill treasurer. Several members and relatives attended from Farmland Elwood and Detroit with plans for next year at Howard Hill’s home.
An ad promotes Royal Guaranteed Roach Powder as a solution to house roaches. It claims roaches breed rapidly, contaminate surfaces and food, and spread disease. The product is sold and guaranteed by Lewis Bros and E. Tanke and Co.
Ad listing a good building lot near Falls Park for sale with inquiry directed to the Times Office and a nod to The Times for job printing services.
William Russell appears in The Great Night at the Pendleton Theatre this Saturday Aug 11. The Fox production follows jewel thieves and a son who joins the police to avoid matrimony schemes, with the plot by Joseph F Poland and direction by Howard M Mitchell.
The Pendleton Theatre shows Broken Chains Sunday and Monday August 12 and 18 winning first prize of ten thousand dollars in a Goldwyn Pictures and Chicago Daily News scenario contest. Malcolm McGregor leads as Peter Wyndham with Colleen Moore as Mercy Boone and Ernest Torrence as the outlaw ranchman. Allen Holubar directs this Goldwyn production.
Emory Johnson police melodrama unfolds with a bank robbery manhunt and an accidental shooting as Officer O Hara and Mother O Hara lead a strong cast including Ralph Lewis Ella Hall Claire O Dowell Johnie Walker Ben Alexander and Dick Morris. Johnson produced directed and stars in the film released by RC Pictures showing August 17 and 18.
Pris cilla Dean stars in a picturized version of Ouida's Under Two Flags at the Pendleton Theatre on August 15. The noted actress portrays Cigarette in a vivid sequence of jealousy love and hatred, delivering a screen masterwork in a dramatic tour de force that captivates audiences.
Advertisement notes a rat prevention product named Royal Guaranteed Rat-Rake sold by Lewis Bros and E. Tanke and Co. It claims annual rat damage and health risks such as cholera typhus and bubonic plague while urging destruction of rats.
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