Local Church Activities and Town Notes Highlight Summer Visitations
Yesterday fielding and church life dominated the town scene with M. E. Church housekeeping and Rev Loveless leading Sunday services. Notables include Dr. A. H. Miller visiting Pipe Creek Falls, Mrs. Fred Waters from North Carolina, and Prof. N. F. Hutchison vacationing nearby with family. George W Hart, a former Russiaville resident and Boxer War veteran, died at 53 in Cicero. The Lynn Reserve Friends plan a union tent meeting on July 23 led by Rev. Edgar Wollan. Train schedules list arrivals from Toledo and Frankfort, while local students Donald Mills and Charley Allison are noted in travel. The Queen Esther Circle meets June 27 near Prairieville and work on the Graham gravel road proceeds from Manville Rays corner toward West Main Street. Aram C. Merrick visits Komo today for business and old friends.
Epworth League Convention at Grace E M Church
Citizens attend the Epworth League Convention at Grace M E church in Komomo on June 19 and 20. Lucile Younkin and Jeanette Carter served as official delegates from the local chapter. Miss Ruby Walter accompanied them and Miss Irene Brubaker performed a piano solo.
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Epworth League
Grace M. E
Kokomo
Lucile Younkin
Jeanette Carter
Ruby Walter
Irene Brubaker
Lost Shell Rim Glasses Reported In Kokomo Church
A heavy pair of shell rim glasses were lost Wednesday afternoon June 7 around three o clock in the Friends church building. The finder will be rewarded if returned to Burt W. Ellis care Thos J Dye & Son Kokomo.
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Friends Church
Burt W. Ellis
Care Thos. J. Dye & Son
Kokomo
New Cement Street Extends From Main to Union Near North
A cement street from the south side of Main Street to halfway mile north on Union Street was completed last Thursday and will soon open to the public. The paving is well constructed and promises greatly improved travel and comfort for residents and travelers.
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Main Street
Union Street
New Epworth League Officers Elected
Epworth League officers were elected at the M. E. parsonage with Dorcas Loveless as President Laura Chambers as 1st Vice President Evelyn Convenr as 2nd Vice President Pauline Loveless as 3rd Vice President Fleeta Riggs as Ath Vice Press Faith Ritz as Secretary Jeanette Carter as Treasurer Evelyn Convenr as Pianist Esther Ritz as Assistant Pianist Esther Ritz as Reporter Cabinet meetings will be held the first Monday evening of each month and business and social meetings on the Friday evening after the first Monday each month.
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Epworth League
M. E. Parsonage
Dorcas Loveless
Laura Chambers
Ath Vice Press
Fleeta Riggs
Faith Ritz
Jeanette Carter
Evelyn Convenr
Esther Ritz
Elizabeth Darby obituary from Rush County Indiana
Elizabeth Darby born December 1833 near Milroy Rush county Indiana died May 18 1922 at age 88 years 5 months and 10 days. She married John Darby in 1861 and lived in Indiana Missouri Kansas before returning to Forest Indiana then New London. Survived by two daughters and a son with her Seventh day Adventist faith, the family notes her peaceful death and hopeful afterlife.
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Elizabeth Darby
John
Elizabeth Smiser
Milroy
Rush County
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Forest
Frances McKown Smith obituary highlights life of mother and educator
Francis McKown Smith born May 24 1832 in Knox County Ohio died May 31 1922 at son Omer B Smiths home in Clinton County Indiana aged 90 years 7 days She married Larkin Sims in 1849 had one son Samuel Sims later widowed at nineteen then married Henry Smith with eight more children She valued family above all and raised fourteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren Her life centered on sacrificing for her children and maintaining a cheerful, strong home adhering to a single purpose of careful upbringing and virtue.
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Francis MceKown Smith
Knox County
Ohio
James
Mary McKown
Omer B. Smith
Clinton County
Indiana
Boone County
Larkin Sims
Samuel Sims
Henry Smith
Tipton County
Eliza Jane Ramseyver
West Middleton
Mary Melissa Grayson
Russiaville
Wiliam Perry Smith
David Elmer Sith
Streator
Ilinois
Anna Simmons
Rocky Ford
Colorado
Viola Linson
Nora Etta Smith
Fannie
Pearly Gates
Eureka Egg Producer Introducer Wanted
Straight salary of 85 dollars weekly plus expenses offered to a man or woman with a rig to introduce Eureka Egg Producer. Eureka Mfg Co located in East St. Louis Illinois seeks a self starter for sales and field work. Potential earnings and travel details not specified in readable text.
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Eureka
Eureka Mfg. Co
East St. Louis, I
City to buy $20,000 alum plant for savings
Kansas City Kansas seeks bids on a $20,000 alum plant expected to cut annual alum use by about 1,000 tons and save the city roughly $15,000 per year.
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Kansas City
Kan
New Self Tapping Screw Claims to Cut Threads
An inventor introduces a machine screw that can cut its own threads in cast iron or softer metals without pre tapped holes. The claim highlights threading during insertion, potentially simplifying metalworking processes.
Electric wiring promises summer comforts and labor savings
The article extols wired homes with electric ranges and fans to keep kitchens cool and reduce work. It notes motor driven labor savers available in such houses, promising lighter housework during hot weather.
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M. E. Church
Wm. Farwick
Terhane
Ed Farwick
A. H. Miller
Pipe Creek Falls
Fred Waters
High Point
North Carolina
New London
N. F. Hutchison
Salem
George W Hart
B. B. Hart
Town
Cicero
Friends Churches of
Lynn and Reserve
Lynn Church Lawn
Edgar Wollan
Cleveland Bible School
San Souci Needle
Gale Leap
Carrie Allison
Middletfin
Jones
Toledo
Frankfort
St. Louis
Donald Mills
Annapolis Naval Academy
Picky McCoy
Charley Allison
Queen Esther
Ina Lee
Prairieville
Cecil Wyrick
al Linson
Near
Centerbury
Graham
Manville Rays Corner
West Main Street
Aram C. Merrick
Evelyn Con
Venr
Pauline Loveless
John Darby
Cloverdale Church
Mary
Eva
Jacob
Seventh Day Adventist Church
You
Francis McKown Smith
J.e.reeder
Optometrist Kokomo
Sprzker
Carter Electric CO
Swayzee
Pele le
Cgiowihager
Ul Hee
Biscay
Raisas
Swayzee Milling Co
Goodyear West
Misses’ $ Kid
Mary Janes
Ion
Bonhams
Sycamore
Brown
Hereford
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