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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
4
Real estate pitch offering farms of 42 to 80 acres with no down payment under Plan No 1. Cash payments range from 200 to 400 with total costs from 750 to 2000, depending on land quality. Optional supplies livestock and building materials provided at cost and folded into contract. House and live stock options priced with cash payments 250 to 400 and total costs 1050 to 1200 or 1800 to 2200.
Advertisement outlines PLAN NO. 3 and PLAN NO. 4 farm packages featuring 14x20 ft houses, 12x14 ft barns, live stock, wells, tools, and seed mixes. Prices span cash payments from 500 to 700 with total costs from 1,250 to 2,420 dollars. Stock includes cows pigs and chickens.
After initial cash payment, no payments for three years. This applies to landowners who live on and improve their farm. The remaining balance is paid over a long term of years. If you do not move on the land, yearly payments cover five to seven years.
Advert explains land holdings along the Soo Line and Omaha routes near Exeland and Radisson. It touts proximity to major Midwest markets, rich silt loam soil, good drainage and timber clearability. Promotes buying a home in a premier dairy area and urges quick action before the chance passes.
PHONG 232 Manson Unger was a Frank fort visitor Thursday. Wardlow James is working at the Lafayette car shops. Theo Hawkins and son Swem were in Russiaville Sunday. Russell Deweese was a Logansport visitor Friday evening. Dr. Hollweg a Sharpsville dentist was in town Friday evening. Lot Warner and family of Sharpsville were in Sussiaville Sunday spending the day with relatives. Walter W. Brown spent Sunday at the Mt. Lebanon church near Sharpsville. Wm Thompson and wife and John Lee and wife also attended services at the same place.
Mrs. C. C. Eikenberry hosted the Thimble Club last Friday afternoon. A goodly number of members attended a brief business session followed by fancy work, conversation, and laughter. Refreshments of strawberries with whipped cream, cake, and coffee were served.
Postoffice Inspector D. W. McCorkle of Howard county died at his Kokomo home at 503 South Washington Street. He had served nearly thirty years in the postal service and suffered heart and stomach ailments for months. He taught school in youth and recently bought a Liberty Pond for his wife. He is survived by his wife, a mother, three brothers and five children Paul of Pulaski Illinois Mary Ruth William and Elizabeth at home.
Elmer Talbert and his wife were guests of Dewitt Talbert and wife at Swayzee Saturday night returning Sunday.
Rev Harmon and wife, A C Chaney and wife Nina Chaney and David Hodson attended the convention at Owasco on Thursday.
Mrs Carter and her guest Miss Nellie Mills of Plain City Ohio attend a Women's Home Missionary Society meeting at Arcadia this week.
Amos Michaels and his wife traveled to Russiaville for a Saturday night visit, staying briefly in town and returning home afterward.
The Rev. T. J. Johnson of Muncie spent Sunday afternoon as a visitor in Russiaville, sharing time with local residents and attending community events.
Wm Hamilton and his family from Kokomo were visiting relatives in Russia ville last Sunday.
Loretta Mathers of Indianapolis spends the week with her former college friend Ethel Stephens, enjoying time together and catching up on old memories.
Mrs. Carrie Hollingsworth assisted with reading and pantomimes at a parcels post social held at the Main Street M. E. Church in Kokomo on Tuesday.
A. L. RUNK of Russiaville Indiana offers a good Huber threshing outfit and a J I Case rebuilt engine for sale at a bargain. Will provide time on a good note. Phone number 1 on 12.
An old promotional notice offers One Hundred Dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promotes the remedy as effective for thirty five years and claims it purifies blood and mucous surfaces, urging readers to send for testimonials and buy from F J Cheney & Co in Toledo.
Report of limited eye and ear spotting near Citizen's Bank Lidg at the Glasses corner Main and Mulberry in Kokomo Indiana. Residents note flitting activity and suspicious threats observed near the intersection.
A speaker grumbles about Mrs Brown as an awful gossip who always repeats what she has heard. The remark echoes common chatter about gossip and trust in social circles.
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