Fourth of July program set for Brown County
Fourth program is complete in Mt Sterling with a large parade led by the Brown County band in new uniforms. Morning events start at 9 with band concerts and a parade from Depot street to the fair grounds. A big basket dinner, then a pageant on Brown county history at 1 followed by athletic events and a 3 o'clock baseball game. Personal mentions note several residents traveling and changes, including new jobs and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Sterling
Brown County
Depot Street
Fairgrounds
Fair Grounds
N. J. Stephenson
C. B. Archer
Eleanor
Fallon
Nevada
Sulphur Springs
Ark
J. C. Blizzard
John Morschauser
Ashland
Anna Morschauser
E. M. Hagel
Elgin
Hagel
Elgin Watch Factory
Nicholas Hutter
Ranney
Irene Thornman
Kansas City
Bertha
Alta Kieth
Roy McDonald
Leta
Frank Clark
Bliss, Okla
Local social notes and two weddings reported
Miss Helen Allen of Springfield visited her aunt Miss Helen Dunlap on Wednesday. Mrs. James Brady and sister Mrs. Henry Moss, with Mrs. Anna Banks, were in Quincy on Friday. Mrs. A. H. Fore and two children visited Timewell relatives Friday. Miss Hazel Ingram returned from a short visit with Miss Myra Kirkpatrick in Quincy. Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Cordley and two children returned from a week with her aunt Mrs. A. H. Barkley in Springfield. Frank Gifford and Miss Hazel Van der Entner, near Versailles, wed Wednesday afternoon at Rev. P. R. Powers residence. Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Grether held a surprise 34th wedding anniversary at daughter Mrs. Jacob Ashbaker’s home with about fifty guests and a money purse. Rev. E. E. Test has been called to pastor the Presbyterian church at Big York Minnesota after serving Mizpah and Big Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Allen
Springfield
Helen Dunlap
James Brady
Henry Moss
Anna Banks
Quincy
A. H. Fore
Timewell
Hazel Ingram
Myra Kirkpatrick
Dayton Cordley
A. H. Barkley
Frank Gifford
Hazel Vander
Versailles
P. R. Powers
N. P. Grether
Jacob Ashbaker
Grether
E. E. Test
Presbyterian Church
Big York
Minn
Test
Mizpah
Big Falls
Chiperfield Plans to Resign If Called to Front
Washington June 24 Representative Chiperfield a judge advocate of the Illinois national guard says he will resign his seat in Congress if called out and go to the front. The note follows President Wilson's call and reflects wartime service sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiperfield
Washington
Illinois National Guard
Wilson
Congress
Anniversary of Custer’s Battle Commemoration Held
Billings Montana marks the fortieth anniversary of the Little Big Horn clash with General E S Godfrey as memorial speaker and a message from Mrs. George A Custer read to northwest residents. An Indian village of 150 tepees and 2000 to 3000 participants are staged to resemble the 1876 scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
Custer
Little Big Horn
E. S. Godfrey
Seventh Cavalry
North West
George A. Custer
New York
Cubans Delay Maine Memorial In Havana Report
Havana editorial notes long neglect by Cuban government to erect the Maine memorial. Guns turret plates anchor chain and shells removed from a rubbish dock were set aside for the project, but a site remains unsolved and no further action taken. The Havana Post suggests burying the relics at sea where the Maine ended its “Last Voyage.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Secretary of Public Works
Havana Post
Cuba
Gulf
Maine
London Limits Use of the Word Port
London officials state the word port may be applied legally only to a specific Douro wine brand certified by Portugal as genuine and exported from Oporto. The move is tied to the failed 1914 Lisbon treaty ratification and British willingness to ally with Portugal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Douro
Oporto
Lisbon
Portugal
Fragmentary remarks on nationality labels in trade rules
The text discusses how a Batt sh ket designation may be qualified by origin terms like Californian or Australian, praising the measure for honest trading and noting commerce factors. It adds a cynical aside about a woman wanting a friend to marry her would be husband to alleviate misery.
Quote on sight and faults in a blunt character study
A man never complains of poor eye sight because he is unable to see his own faults. How we dislike to meet a man who acts as if our time were his.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hampshire
Uncle Sam
Burlington
Black Hills
Big Horn Mountains
Custer’s Battlefield
Glacier National Park
Glacier
Montana Rockies
Skyland
Yellowstone Park
Gardiner
Cody
Grand Canyon
Cascades
Sylvan Pass
Great Gorge
Shoshone
Burlington the
National Park
Colorado
Estes Park
A. S. Ellis
Newcomb
Burlington Traine
Ree Parke
Jeffery Trucks
Rete
Vermont
Adams County
Vermont Street
Quincy, Illinois
Guster
Batts
Montana
Hardin
Sheridan
Wyn
Terry
Fort Abraham Lincoln
Dakota
Powder River
Rosebud
Yellowstone
Gibbon
Seventh
Second Cavalry
Reno
Benteen
McDougall
Reno's
Maine Memorial
House F of Hearn At
Kimball-Chappell
Heywood Wakefield
Heywood
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