Local Social Notes From Community Visitations
Miss Dorothy Whitman and visitors from Kokomo Forest and Terre Haute spend weekend with local relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Lacey Catron enjoy Kokomo visits. Mrs. Daisy Chapple and son Chester stay with York and Leonard families near Peru. Mrs. John Bowers rests toward improvement at Cove sanatorium after illness.
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Dorothy Whitman
Terre Haute
Mrs
Lacey Catron
Kokomo
Daisy Chapple
Chester
York
Peru
Wrights Host Rhea Wright Guests at Fulton Visit
Mr and Mrs Rhea Wright of Fulton were guests of the former s parents Mr and Mrs Rash Wright on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhea Wright
Fulton
Rash Wright
Motor races observed by several at Indianapolis Saturday
Witnesses report several people saw the motor races at Indianapolis on Saturday with informal notes of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Courebe M. E. Church Sunday School and Service
Courebe M. E. Church invites all to Sunday School at 9 45 a m and preaching service next Sunday evening at 7 39 p m. Pastor S F Harter welcomes attendees.
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S. F. Harter
Baptist Church Sunday School and Services Schedule
The Baptist Church invites all to Sunday School at 10:00 a m each Sunday. Preaching held Saturday night before the second and fourth Sunday and Sunday night. B Y P A meets Sunday at 6:00 p m. Prayer service Thursday at 7:00. Allie Stith is the pastor.
Christian Church Sunday Schedule and Notice
Christian Church announces Bible School at 10:00 a.m. Communion and preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Preaching service on Sundays with services on the second and fourth Sundays. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Everyone not affiliated elsewhere urged to attend. Pastor A. A. Honeywell.
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Christian Church
Bible School
A. A. Honeywell
Friends Church Service Schedule and Pastor Austin Osborn
The notice lists Faith church activities with Bible School at 9:45 a.m. Worship at 11:00 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 6:00 p.m. and a Thursday Prayer Meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monthly meetings occur on the last Thursday. In June the pastor attends specific morning and evening sessions.
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Bible School
Christian Endeavor
Basket Meeting at New London Friends Church
Sunday June 7 gathering at New London Friends church and park with a 10 o’clock morning session led by Yearly Meeting Superintendent Edward M. Woodard. The afternoon missionary meeting will be addressed by Solomon Tice, one of the last missionaries to leave Mexico. Bring filled baskets for a feast of spiritual and temporal good things.
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New London
Whiteman and Avery Wed in Elwood Ceremony
Warrick Whiteman, a Russiaville pharmacist, and Miss Ruth Julian Avery of Michigantown married Monday afternoon in Elwood. The ceremony was performed by the bride's brother Rev. Ellis L. Avery. The bride is the daughter of Michigan township farmers Charles and his wife. The couple will reside in Russiaville.
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Warrick Whiteman
Russiaville
Ruth Julian Avery
Michigantown
Elwood
Ellis L. Avery
Charles Avery
Michigan Township
Whiteman
John R. Whiteman
Fransfort Crescent
Republican Call for Howard County Delegates 1914
The Howard County Republican call outlines apportionment for the June 18 Kokomo congressional convention. Howard County gets 37 delegates and 37 alternates distributed across Center township and the other townships. Details include ward allocations in Kokomo and the schedule for delegate selection at Honey Creek Russiaville on June 6 at 1:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard County
Kokomo
Center Township
Tax Board Opens Annual Meeting in Kokomo
The county board of tax review began its annual session Monday at the county assessor's office in Kokomo with all members present. The board includes County Assessor Davies County Auditor Swift County Treasurer Ryan A C Shilling of Russiavile and Emmet Swafford of Kokomo. It will hear appeals from township assessments and fix corporate property valuations for taxation and will meet daily until July 1. If any grievance exists, it should be brought before the board promptly. When changes are proposed the board consults its representatives before adjusting any corporate valuations.
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County Board of Tax Review
Kokomo
Davies
Swift
Ryan
A. C. Shilling
Russiaville
Emmet Swafford
The Measure of Success Among Men and Work
The text observes that wealth and high professions are not granted to all yet a modest home and comfort can come to those with health, honesty, economy, and steady purpose. It notes the poor often struggle to find steady work while employers seek capable men, passing many idle workers.
What a Newspaper Does For a Town
The newspaper acts as a costless booster and defender of the town. It supports local industry by attracting factories, employing locals, and circulating money within the community, while serving as a reliable business enterprise run on strict principles.
Road contracts awarded for five gravel routes in Gonies
County commissioners let five road contracts in Venter township under the three mile gravel road law. Kokomo Asphalt Paving Co. secured four contracts totaling 128 050 for Isutcher McAiure Ruse and farmieadd roads all asphalt concrete. Drinkwater Road went to J H Watson & Son for 19 009.
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Venter Township
Kokomo Asphalt Paving Company
Isutcher
McAiure
Ruse
Farmieadd
Drinkwater
J. H. Watson & Son
Western Construction Company
Gonies Township
Is, &. Swift
Blooming ton Woman Sends Wreaths to Graves
Mrs. Clara Clark of Blooming ton Illinois sent wreaths to her mother Anna Hodson for placement on the graves of her father M. J. Hodson and her infant son in the Rassiaville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Clark
Bloomington, Ill
Anna Hodson
M. J. Hodson
Rassiaville
Local Notes on Farms and Visits in the Area
Snanzaai Notes report mixed crop conditions with wheat looking fine while other crops lag. The entry lists several social visits and property updates including Kdli McNeal adding a new barn roof, multiple families visiting relatives in Koko mo and New London, and Henry Newlin and Mrs. Glen Ratcliff making home improvements and visits this week.
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Indiana
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Lon Woods
Dorothy
Forest
Thomas Jones
William Cox
Kukomu
BE. J. Cerver
Helen
Plainfield
Alfred Leonard
John T. Gifford
Greenfield
That
John Bowers
Cove
Courebe M. E. Church
Allie Stith
Friends Church
Austin Osborn
Tyes
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Cyko
Cyko Paper
E. Beakins
Russiaville, Lad
Republican Call
Honey Creek
Tax Board
The
Whiteman Pharmacy
Also Hess
David Roberts Renedies
Fiourisig
Till
Tracy Hollingsworth
Snanzaai Notes
Kdli McNeal
James Morris
Alvin Morris
John Wright
Crvil
Bennett
Auna Wr Git
Kmimil
Rebert Johnson
Mary Hanson
Wm. Liebson and
Henry Newlin
Glen Ratcliff
Tipton
John W. Rentro
Charney Ixcily
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