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Newspaper

Rockport Democrat

Location

Rockport, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1920

Page

6

Marriage licenses listed from multiple counties

The notice lists numerous marriage licenses for farmers, mechanics and merchants across Kentucky and Indiana, naming grooms and brides with ages and hometowns, including Fred H. Grewe Jr and Emma Zabel in Minnesota, and several couples in Kentucky counties such as Daviess, Mercer, and Maceo, among others. The section also reports local items: Evansville Christmas fund reaching 3500 dollars and Dale exchange changes and plans for electricity in Dale with upcoming details.

Clara Barton remembered in Bordentown school memorial

A local school in Bordentown N J once refused public school. Clara Barton taught nearby in 1858 and proved public schooling possible. The Red Cross later funded preservation, moving the old building while Burlington county teachers restored its interior to its former condition.

Bordentown N. J Clara Barton Hightstown America Burlington County Miss Barton

French Critic Praises and Pans American Spendthrift Ways

Louis Thomas of Capper's Weekly reports that Americans are wasteful and gambling in business. He notes many fortunes come from luck or imagination rather than steady work, and laments women's lack of economical housekeeping compared to Europe.

Louis Thomas The Opinion Thomas Europe

Grain Sown From Airplane Aerial Seeding Invention

An aerial seed planter, the flying sower, would sow a 36 foot wide strip at 40 miles an hour. Seeds exit via a perforated tube by air pressure, deep in ground, with lime or fertilizer outlining the area. The plane lands on plowed fields, can cover 640 acres in six hours, rivaling 22 and a half days by manual eight foot drill. Estimated capacity up to 1000 acres per day.

The New York Sun

Fisherman and Sweetheart Bet on Lobster Trap Outcome

A fisherman and his sweetheart fish for lobster in a morning rendezvous. They gamble on empty or full traps with a playful contest that turns serious as a large lobster appears, sealing a fate that hints at a new bond between them.

Camel Tobacco Blend Praised For Flavor and Quality

The copy extols Camel tobacco as uniquely flavored with a mellow body due to Camels quality and expert blend of Turkish and domestic tobaccos. It claims readers will prefer the Camel blend to either tobacco smoked straight.

Trinity Methodist Church Sunday schedule and 1921 officers

Trinity Methodist Church lists Sunday School at 9:30 and worship at 10:40 with the sermon The Stone of Help and Epworth League at 6:00 with Jesus, The World's Hope. Christian Church notes Bible school and communion services weekly, and L H Graham of Vincennes to begin a meeting January 10 for two or three weeks. 1921 officers elected December 26 include Supt Mrs L B Wilkinson and Sec Mrs Laura Martin.

Trinity Methodist Church Sunday School Epworth League Jesus A. L. Bennett Christian Church Bible L. H. Graham Vincennes L. B. Wilkinson J. J. Rimstidt Laura. Martin Carl Sweitzer Treas James Karney Lucille Richards

Baptist Church Schedule and Bus Change Noted

The notice lists church events with 9:30 Sunday school and 7:00 B Y P U and a talk titled Wise sayings that have helped me. Also announces Evansville morning bus time shifted from 6 24 to 6 20.

Evansville

Christmas Season Notes from Local Community

The column records visits and events: the Small family and infant guesting with Mrs. Mattie Hartwell, Abigail McTee and mother visiting from Evansville, L Taylor using a crutch, a Ky couple McDonald and Gatton wed by Esq. Ince, Holmes's northern trip, Sallie Dean visiting kin in the sunny south, Baptist program Christmas Eve, M E church program, a West Main Street colored orchestra advancing with Mrs. Clay at the piano, and Terre Haute’s R. Taylor visiting locally. Lick shows good health.

Chas. Small Baby Kentucky Mattie Hartwell Abagail McTee Johnnie McTee Abigail Schoool Evansville L. Taylor Mr. McDonald Miss Gatton Cleaton Ky Esq Ince W.S. Holmes Sallie Dean Smithfields’ Baptist The Baptist Church West Main St Clay R. Taylor Terre Haute Lick

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