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Newspaper
Pendleton Times
Location
Pendleton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1923
Page
5
Damp day with leaves falling as community news moves through weekly chatter. Mentions include Rev D J Thornton in Muncie, Joseph Ford of Lafayette visiting Pendleton, and Dal Tharp joining C T Grocery.
Mrs. Jesse Smith hosts the Phealitha class for a Halloween party at the Christian Sunday School Friday night. Several families and visitors are noted in brief social items across Indiana and Ohio locales.
For sale a desirable Pendleton building lot measuring 60 by 83 feet one block from uptown. Interested buyers should contact The Times office for details and ordering.
A collage of varied notes mentions Texas having 245 counties, images in churches from 300 A D, Swiss cheese competition with home made goods, and 1656 pendulum clock regulation idea by Christian Hagens. It notes Laura House’s pie record, immigrant health checks, Washington's dimensions, mitsumata vegetable leather, marriage milk plate custom in India, Athens peacock skin coverlets, and global telephone counts.
A fragmented, colloquial sketch about child mischief and domestic frictions. It evokes a neighborhood scene with a messenger, a pitching kid, a baby shouting, and the disruption they cause while a writer struggles at a doorway.
The article notes rising demand for compact light cars as a key factor in easing traffic on city streets and highways. It highlights convenience, quick stopping, easy parking, and better maneuverability, with Ford cited for its small car features and improved open and enclosed models boosting owner satisfaction.
Mrs Burchie Adams entertained the Thimble Club on Wednesday afternoon with needle work. Gerald Norris of DePauw University visited his parents, Howard and Mrs. Norris, over the weekend. Thelma Ruth and Aldean Valentine of Fortville visited friends nearby. Marle Shaul of Fortville spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Shaul. A birthday dinner for Mrs. I. M. Cox of Tipton, formerly Pendleton, was attended by Mr. and Mrs. George Smith and Mrs. and Mrs. Ray Smith and families. Effie Small of Ohio is visiting Mr. and Mrs. David Adams.
The Times notes pumpkins sought by Fall Creek Canneries with a contact phone 88. Also classified ads offer rooms for light housekeeping to childless parties at 240 Broadway and a nine room house three miles east of town through I. G. Davis.
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