Local School Activities Highlight Holiday Preparations
Supt BW Vickrey visits Akron relatives as tension grows over Christmas seals. Choral work resumes Tuesdays under Miss Waters with new songs and carols. Red Cross seal sale aims to exceed 3 million statewide. Honey Creek township urged to participate. Institute postponed to December 9 due to Thanksgiving break. Art and craft projects underway. schedule adjusted for shorter days. Attendance figures show mixed changes across classes. Fire-side meeting note and Kempton basketball event recap add to a busy week.
Thanksgiving Help For A Neighbor Family
A narrator recalls a Thanksgiving when a poor family with five children faced hardship. One girl named Mable inspired the act, prompting the narrator to buy a twenty two pound turkey with his mother’s help. The Browns enjoyed a warm meal and a grateful fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brown
Mable
Dresa
Mamma
Local notes and meetings amid La Grippe activity and reminiscences
The fragment lists gatherings in Kokomo and nearby areas amid illness, mentions visits by families, church meetings at Oakland, and a reminiscence of Mud Creek. It also includes a 1912 bank balance sheet excerpt from Howard County Indiana with cash items, reserves, and official sworn statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton Daily Tribune
Joe Shaw
Wm. Shaw
Nevada
Tipton County
Joe
Indiana
Howard
H. J. Brubaker
H. M. Brubaker
Mabel Clark
Kokomo Woman Edna Eikenberry Marries Scott Weaver in California
Miss Edna Eikenberry daughter of former county clerk M W Eikenberry and longtime Kokomo resident wed Scott Weaver of Los Angeles on November 9 in Maricols California. The bride soon moves to California with her husband. friends in Kokomo extend best wishes.
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Edna Eikenberry
M. W. Eikenberry
Walnut Street
Scott Weaver
Los Angeles
California
Maericols
Mise Aikenberry
Taft
Mr. Weaver
Illinois
Los Angele
Sven
Miss Eikenberry
Kokosqa
Dispatch
Thanks to Friends and Neighbors for Kindness During Illness
We thank the friends and neighbors for their kindness and assistance during the short illness of our dear husband and brother Silas Ratcliff. We also thank those who helped us including Mr. Pare who found Mr. Ratcliff in the field. Beareri Ratcliff Harvey Ratcliff Mary Betsure and other relatives join in this gratitude.
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Silas
Ratcliff
Pare
Mr. Ratcliff
Foc
Beareri Ratel
Harvey Ratcliff
Mary
Betsure
Hideous Folly of War Insightful Reflections
A prose excerpt condemns reliance on force and violence to gain rights. It contrasts civilized individuals with barbaric nations and argues war leaves lasting ruin and pestilence, citing Napoleonic era impacts on France as a warning.
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Napol
France
Quoting Menshe for the Offer and Its Own Failing
A reflective note on preaching strict standards to others while not applying them to oneself. The author urges self scrutiny, warning that advice loses value when not practiced by the giver.
Wonders of Surgery and American Medical Progress
The piece lauds New York international clinics and U S leadership in surgery. It highlights vein transplants muscle splicing organ transfers and prolonged living outside the body as signs of rapid medical progress and a vast advance in understanding the human body.
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New York
United States
Ben on Grocery Cat Critique of Corner Stores
A writer argues that average corner groceries harm civilization by spreading disease. He claims half are disease-breeders with poor sanitation where pests and decay threaten food. He suggests buyers enforcing sanitation would quickly fix the issue.
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Red Cross
Honey Creek Township
Consolidated Institute
Woo
A. F. Hutsoo
Rams
Wilson
Fortner
Ig R. Wooly
Atlee Chiematte
Firiside
Tat
Kempton
T. A. Hanson
Kokomo
Floyd Grantham
Ross and
Mary Cook
Near Kokomo
Emmons Bieghler and
John Renfro
W. E. Bennett
Marvin Chandler
Wm. Smith
W. P. Newhouse
Tipton
C. C. Tarr
Lebanon
Oakland Church
Hayes Dunlap
John
Russiaville
Carl Clark
Amin
Taar Tee Creer
Auginees
WOF
Resources
U. S
Tee
Ing
U.S
National Bank
W. F. Gordon
J._A.DeLon
RC. K Aeaid
Palmer Cloake
Johnny Coats
Simpson
C. 3S
Wadman
Debriggs Co
Zonda
E. B. Eakins
Rugsiavlle
The
International
Rea Wright
Russia
Lacey Gatron
Phonion
Eikenberry
Chicago
Hiusband
St. Bernard
Widdow
Wonders OF Surgery
Ben
Cat
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