Local Notes Highlight Christmas Visitation and Gatherings
Numerous holiday visits across Indianapolis Mooresville Noblesville and Clayton as families hosted Christmas dinners and welcomed guests including the Blacks Gregorys Matchettes Spear Reyans Swearengin Cutrells Cradies and Jessups while J C Robertson and others spent time with relatives in Indianapolis and Mooresville A New Year party by the Lau zha Lot group is announced at Julias Reider's home and multiple trips and homecomings are noted across the region.
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Lau
Julias
Reider
Notice of Administration in Hendricks County
Goldie M Maxwell named Administratrix of the estate of Horace E K Maxwell deceased Hendricks County Indiana. Judge appoints the administratrix noting the estate is supposed solvent. Dated December 20 1921.
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Circuit Court
Hendricks County
Indiana
Horace EK. Maxwell
Goldie M. Maxwell
Plainfield fertilizer plant opens for dead animal waste
The Plainfield fertilizer factory announces immediate service for dead animals with Verl Crews as contact. Phone number 123 listed for urgent pickups.
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Plainfield
In Memoriam Helen Davis Died December 21 1920
Helen Davis is remembered in this memorial note citing Genesis 8 9 and the dove motif. The short tribute notes her death on December 21 1920 and references scriptural consolation.
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Helen Davis
Philosophical musings on risk and diplomacy in life
A collection of wry maxims on ambition, persuasion, and human folly. The piece suggests some cannot do what they think they can while noting charm may reside in effort. It reflects on friendship surviving without proving anything through conflict.
Monks in Tibet and historic gown use span centuries
Archibald Lithhe notes monks make up about one third of Tibet’s male population. Fukien once known as Min province from the Min snake. In the fourteenth century gowns were worn by men until the late nineteenth century. Earthquakes average four thousand annually worldwide. Peru orders banks to keep capital and deposits in Peruvian loans. Eureka Utah sets mining shaft speed record sinking 427% feet in 31 days. Air conditioning develops humidity control in industrial buildings.
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Archibald Lithhe
Tibet
Eureka
Utah
Cleaning and prep tips from a home care guide
A series of practical household notes covers polishing leather with linseed oil, chilling potatoes to keep them white, saving soup skimmings, dulling mildew with soap and chalk, sun drying damp items, using cotton napkins in summer cottages, whitening zephyr fabrics with flour and magnesia, and slicing bread for fancy sandwiches to maximize surface area.
Free for Christmas Quarantine Lifted in Bowman Home
Quarantine at the urban Bowman home was lifted Saturday to allow Christmas celebration. Merlin Bowman recovered from diphtheria and was described as as good as a new dollar.
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Urban Bowman
Merlin Bowman
Christmas Gatherings Reported in Elmwood Area
Several residents attended Christmas exercises at No. 8 school on Friday. Mr and Mrs George Clodfelter and daughters plus Fred McGuire joined a Christmas dinner at Mr and Mrs David McGuire near Shiloh. Mrs Florence Hall and daughters from Center Valley visited Rosa Jenkins recently returned from the Deaconess hospital. Miss Sadie Montgomery of Plainfield visited relatives. Addie Lamb and Chester Price spent Sunday with Fred Price.
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George Black
D. E. Gregory
Indianapolis
Christine Matchette
Joe
Joseph Spear
Addie Reagan
Lola Reagan
No. 8
George Clodfelter
Fred McGuire
David McGuire
Shiloh
Florence Hall
Addie Lamb
Chester Price
Fred Price
Almina McGee
S. &. Sutton
E. W. Sutton
M. Shute
Fragmented Prose Nuggets on Money and Morality
A set of pointed lines reflecting skepticism about words and wealth. It contrasts caution in speech with the perceived value of money and status, suggesting irony in who can afford appearances and who benefits from deception.
Fishermen to Use Planes to Locate Herring Shoals
The Manchester Guardian notes the push by Scottish trawler owners to use airplanes to locate herring shoals. Postwar changes have herring abandoning old migratory tracks, leaving drifters with bare catches and losses. planes could rapidly cover seas, identify fish presence, and announce locations to fleets, saving weeks of fruitless effort.
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Manchester Guardian
Unionism backs injunction fight over picketing
The Brookyln Eagle endorses union opposition to Vice Chancellor Buchanan's injunction prohibiting peaceful picketing. The case moves to the New Jersey State Court of Appeals and possibly to Washington, with aims to frame opposition as due process rather than street corner rhetoric. The dispute hinges on whether unions may recruit in mining regions of West Virginia, shaping the open shop precedent for all labor groups.
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Buchanan
Brooklyn Eagle
State Court of Appeals of
New Jersey
Commonwealth
Washington
West Virginia
Commemoration of the Constitution Emphasized by Times
The New York Times urges simple and sincere remembrance of the Constitution. It argues plain facts suffice to inform Americans and help newcomers, noting the Constitution secures individual rights amid shifting sentiment and turbulent times.
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United States
New York Times
Forest conservation urged after war wood usage facts
A wartime timber program shows that 450 million board feet and 650 000 cords of fuel wood were produced for American troops. In St Mihiel 70 million board feet were needed every 30 days. About 31 000 men supported wood supply in France. Mills cut 2 million board feet daily at armistice.
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St. Mihiel
France
Groom hit by shoe in Syracuse sparks post wedding debate
A Syracuse groom dodged a thrown shoe, was bumped by a locomotive, and fell to the platform injuring his chin and tongue. The incident is likely to fuel a mock debate on whether it was wiser to be struck at all.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Indiana
Money box rings when thieves touch it
Inventors boast a money box that sounds a gong if a thief tries to carry it away by pressing a button. Yet until a box can disarm a bandit’s gun, people won’t rush to press the button.
Gold mined since Columbus worth billions, vast spending
National City bank notes that since Columbus discovered America about 18 billion dollars in gold has been mined and that since his time there have been more than 18 billion ways of spending it.
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National City Bank
Columbus
America
Experienced Housemaid Joins Workforce With Ease
A remark notes one person who appears to have no trouble finding work, specifically an experienced housemaid. The observation underscores demand for skilled domestic labor.
Human tongue compared to arm in industriousness
A concise reflection posits that the tongue is not as large or powerful as the arm yet is infinitely more industrious. The remark contrasts physical strength with verbal or creative labor, suggesting sharper marginal impact from speech and intellect.
Christmas Guests and Local Celebrations Across area
Social notes report numerous Sunday visits and weekend gatherings. Ralph Poland family hosted by Will Mattern. Noble Terrell of Chicago visited J M Ter rell. Clayton hosts Mrs George Armstrong. Francis David and family dined with Dianna Welbourne. John Woods home guests Scott Morris and Forrest Turpin of Indianapolis. Ruth Parnell celebrated 15th birthday at John and Ruth Parnell’s home.
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Hubert Brown
Ralph Swearengin
Indianapolis
Will Cutrell
Ernest Cutrell
Calvin Cutrell
Ralph Poland
Will Mattern
Francis David
Dianna Welbourne
John Woods
Scott Morris
Forrest Turpin
Ruth Parnell
John Parnell
Alice Terrell
Marie Bovard
Irene Wood
Ilydia
Local Residents Share Holiday Visits and Illness Notes
Camby Minnesota Mrs Marion Kiser and daughter Inez have been on the sick list this week. Mr and Mrs Dixon of Indiana and son have visited Mrs Ella Hammer. Mr Lee Newby his wife and baby spent Christmas with Mr and Mrs Wilson Furniss. Mary Belle Robinson recovering from typhoid fever is able to sit up.
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Marion Kiser
Inez
Mrs. Dixon
Indiananolis and Son
Ella Hammer
Mr. Lee Newby
Mrs. Wilson Furniss
Mary Belle Robinson
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