Widow's pension awarded to Mrs Geo W Schultz
Mrs Geo W Schultz receives her widow's pension. Eleanor Gifford spends the week with relatives at Sway-Zee. Attendees include Ord Floyd and baby Kokomo, Ernest Watkins, Russell Rhinehart and baby, Rush Bogg and daughter, George Kinder, Floyd Grantham and Howard Padgett, Beulah and Helen Louise Stout. Next meeting to be hosted by Mrs Howard Padgett.
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Ord Floyd
Kokomo
Ernest Watkins
Russell Rhinehart
Rush Bogg
George Kinder
Floyd Grantham
Howard Padgett
Beulah
Helen Louise Stout
Local Social Notices and Visits Reported
Mrs Alfred Leonard received notice of allowance of widows pension. Mr and Mrs Tracey Hollingsworth and children spent the Fourth on the Tippecanoe river. Mrs Charles McKay and son Harry visit Mrs McKay's son Dr Pac McKay and Mrs McKay of Webb City Missouri. Mr and Mrs Joe Bireley and daughter Mildred of Kokomo were guests of the former's aunt Mrs Sally McCoy Sunday. Fred Philpot of Clarksburg West Virginia started home today after visiting his parents and other relatives here and at New London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracey Hollingsworth
Tinpecanoe River
Charles McKay
Harry
Joe Bireley
Mildred
Kokomo
Sally McCoy
Fred Philpot
Clarksburg
West Va
New London
Fourth of July at Burlington Home of Mrs Harrell
Mr and Mrs Maxwell Jeter and Mrs Frank Gifford with son George and Mr Arthur Miller visited the Harrell family near Burlington to spend the Fourth of July together.
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Maxwell Jeter
Frank Gifford
George
Arthur Miller
Glen Harrell
Burlington
Forest man injured as horses bolt while haying
Wood Avery of Forest suffered two broken injuries Monday when his horses frightened, threw him to the ground, and trampled him. Dr. A H Miller attended the injured man.
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Wood Avery
Forest
A. H. Miller
Epworth League opens with street night crowd
The Epworth League held a Saturday street opening night drawing a large crowd. Free moving pictures and refreshments boosted the event. Rebekah Lodge No 357 installed officers Monday with short talks by A C Merrick and Charley Allison. Ice cream and cake were served during the social hour for 57 members and visitors. I C club met Thursday in Carter's woods hosting a fried chicken supper with cherry phosphate and angel food cake. Miss Evelyn Convear and Russel DeWeese attended as special guests. Indiana University ROTC earned national recognition as a distinguished college in military science for the fifth army corps area joining Ohio State Purdue and Depauw. Major R E O'Brien led IU ROTC achievements including camps at Camp Knox Ky.
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Rebekah Lodge No 357
A. C. Merrick
Charley Allison
I. C. Club
Carter’s Woods
Kenneth F. Newby
Russiaville
Indiana University
State University
War Department
United States
Ohio State University
Purdue
Depauw
Camp Knox
Surprise dinner for Mrs Geer with family visit
Mrs William Geer welcomed a Sunday homecoming surprise as her children and their families arrived with baskets and a chicken dinner. Attending were Charley Pauley and family, Oliver Greer family, Willis Webb family, Kokomo residents, Rev E E Callaway, and William Greer.
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William Geer
Charley Pauley
Lucile Stella
Alice
Oliver Greer
Bessie
Howard Greer
Willis Webb
Don Claude
Homer
Edith
Dorothy
Kokomo
E. E. Callaway
Christian Church of
William Greer
The Foolishnesses Title Questioned by Audiences
Mr. Stormington Barnes proposes the show’s title may target the audience rather than the stage. He notes theatergoers paid as much as $2 to attend, implying the title mocks or reflects the crowd’s behavior.
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Stormington Barnes
Brothers For The Moment
A congressman once allegedly borrowed a hundred dollars on a train from a stranger who wore a Masonic charm. Later the two discovered the charm was fake and both admitted they were not Masons at the time. The anecdote ends with the two men revealing their real circumstances.
Locusts Expected This Summer In Northern Illinois
State entomologist W P Flint warns the 17 year cicada brood 13 will be abundant in northern Illinois this summer with adults appearing May through June. Large numbers may infest timbered areas and new orchards, where egg punctures can kill or deform young trees. Cloth screens shield trees. sprays and dusts are ineffective. field crops are unaffected.
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W. P. Flint
Illinois
Flint
Irishman Missing From Court Conference Ends In Nonsense
A Superior court conference arranged by a judge and two others collapses when the Irish participant fails to appear by 5:30. The judge waits until after six, later receiving a call in which the Irishman explains confusion over four or five o'clock and acknowledges he could not attend.
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Jedge
Indianapolis
Poker Keeps Peace In Crimson Gulch Cartoons?
A new arrival argues poker harms order while Cactus Joe defends it, saying the sheriff promotes gambling to monitor crowds and quickly respond to any trouble.
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Crimson Gulch
Cactus Joe
Igloos for Consumptives in Colorado Springs
A large concrete igloo may be built in Colorado Springs to test Dr. Fred M. Spiers of Alaska and his theory of tuberculosis cure. Patients would live in a single large room without artificial heat, wrapped in furs, a plan claimed successful in Alaska.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Fred M. Spiers
Alaska
Short Circuit in a Mood of Ohm and Kisses
A playful exchange outlines the physics of resistance and current in a flirtatious moment. The dialogue riffs on Ohm's law to suggest that stronger resistance requires greater force to bridge the gap, blending science with romance.
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Ohm
Emergency mine cage offers quick lift in shutdown
The Bureau of Mines has devised a steel emergency mine cage for evacuating workers when the regular cage fails. The simple device uses riveted steel strips and iron ends, holds four or five men, and rides a shaft via winch, providing crucial access after explosions or disasters when stairs do not exist in a mine.
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Bureau of Mines
Milwaukee
Humorous Exchange About a Husband's Sleep Habits
A London Answers quip features Mrs. Lea asking if her husband is a sound sleeper and Mrs. Gee quipping that his snoring is audible throughout the house. The brief humor reflects light domestic chatter from the era.
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Mrs. Lea
Gee
London
Electric service brings home labor saving and cooling
How glad you will be this summer if your house has been wired for electricity. An electric range heats the food and not the cook and an electric fan gives cooling breezes to offset the heat of nature. But that is not all it is only in a wired home that your housework can be lightened by the numerous motor driven labor savers now in such common use. Our estimates will show you how inexpensive the many advantages of electric service.
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Geo. W. Schultz
Eleanor Gifford
Sway- Zee
Alfred Leonard
Epworth League
Kiehman
J.e.reeder
Optometrist
Spraker Building
Carter Electric CO
Indiana
Eureka
Eureka Mfg. Co
East St. Louis, IL
Swayzee
Marion
Kansas City
Wabash
New Ndon
Swayzee Milling Co
WM. H. Turner Company
Kokomo, Indiana
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