Dinner Guests Honor Civil War Captain At Waskom Home
Mr and Mrs John Waskom near Wallonia hosted Civil War comrades for dinner honoring Captain Albert Downing of Estherville Iowa who is visiting Jackson county after leaving here in 1882. Downing near eighty five and visits yearly but ill health kept him away four years. Also notes a Mellencamp Cabin birthday gathering for F H Plump of Columbus and little Martin Plump of this city with about forty guests. A Methodist society meeting at Mrs Henry Roegge home features a pageant by King's Herald Band on the lawn. Privately, summer resort Pauleys Cabin at Indian Mound Park attracts campers including Florence Wiethoff Olive Stants Louise Carter and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Waskom
Wallonia
Albert Downing
Estherville
Iowa
Waskom
Mr. Downing
Jackson County
Downing
St. Louis
Azariah Empson
Dan Empson
George Sweetland
Jesse Moffatt
Captain Downing
James Duggan
Mellencamp Cabin
Columbus
F. H. Plump
Martin J. Plump
M. J. Plump
John Weaver
Carl Rogers
Paul Sharp
Harold
Fred Plump
George
Indianapolis
Ed Plump
L. W. Mellencamp
W. F
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the
First Methodist Church
Henry Roegge
South Chestnut Streets
G. M. Beldon
Grace Dunn
King’s Herald Band
Roegge
Pauley
Indian Mound Park
Florence Wiethoff
Olive Stants
Louise Carter
Margaret Hopewell
Mary Goodloe Billings
Dorothy Spanagel
Betty Beldon
Margaret Dowden
Louisville
Dinner Honors Mrs Thias and Billie Thias at West McDonald
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Thias hosted a Sunday dinner at their West McDonald street home welcoming Mrs John Thias and her son Billie of Bellevue Pa who are visiting relatives. Guests included Louis Thias with daughters Addy and Elsie Howard Whitsett with son Frank Edward Thias Mrs John Thias and the Thias family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Thias
West McDonald Street
John Thias
Billie
Bellevue
Louis Thias
Addw
Elsie
Howard Whitsett
Frank
Edward Thias
Dinner guests hosted by Mrs Swengel in Farmington
Mrs. Frank Swengel and her daughters True and Susie entertained Columbus guests at their Farmington home on Sunday for dinner. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. A. Rudy, Miss Lucille Beatty, Miss Thelma Houghland, Miss Eva Cassada, and Messrs. Chester Perrin, Carl C. Sudderth, Clifford Spurgeon, and Marion Emig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Swengel
True
Susie
Columbus
Farmington
A. Rudy
Lucille Beatty
Thelma Houghland
Eva Cassada
Messrs
Chester Perrin
Carl C. Sudderth
Clifford Spurgeon
Marion Emig
Oriental Fruit Worm Invades Indiana. Purdue Publishes Circular
Lafayette Indiana June 22 fruit growers warned of an impending oriental fruit worm invasion in southwestern Indiana. Dr B A Porter Purdue University notes this pest, first found in 1916, is highly destructive to peaches but hopes for effective control through early action and natural enemies. The circular The Oriental Fruit Worm will be mailed free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
B. A. Porter
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station
Orient
United States
Porter
Purdue
Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station
Egg Production Slump In Indiana Flocks Prompts Purdue Advice
A June egg production drop in Indiana poultry flocks triggers many inquiries to Purdue University poultry department. A Hoosier farmer asks how to adjust feeding after his flock of 300 hens declined from 150 to 100 eggs daily in ten days, seeking guidance from P. G. Riley of the extension staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley
Indiana
Poultry Department
Purdue University
Purdue
P. G. Riley
Gavel Presented to President Coolidge Highlights Wakefield Ties
Mrs. Harry Lee Rust of the Wakefield National Memorial Association presents a wooden and silver gavel to President Coolidge. The item, crafted from Wakefield Virginia sourced materials, honors George Washington's Virginia birthplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lee Rust
Wakefeld National Memorial Association
President Coolidge
Wakefield
Virginia
George Washington
Make Your Porch Mat From Oilcloth Pattern
A simple craft notes making an oilcloth plant mat for the porch. Cut white oilcloth to size, place a pattern around the edge, and trace with a heavy line along groupings. Use a tied string to create the guiding line for even spacing.
Retail Meat Marketing Study Urges Sanitary Practices Reforms
Department of Agriculture urges better sanitary practices to curb misleading advertising and unwarranted competition in retail meat. The study covers costs margins and consumer habits from 15 cities, including New Haven New York Birmingham Baltimore and Chicago, based on interviews with dealers health officials and housewives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
New Haveen
Sanitation concerns cited in meat trade practices
Officials report many dealers ignore sanitation and mislead customers about meat quality. Foreign owners are flagged as least likely to adopt sanitary methods while local boards cite funding limits. Observed practices include no fixed price methods and widespread substitution with inferior meats labeled prime steer beef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebr
Denver
Colo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Seattle
Washington
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Oakland
Los Angeles
Calif
New Orleans
Birmingham
Ala
Oklahoma City
Okla
Baltimore
Smart Footwear: Tailored Kidskin Comfort in Fashion
The article extols simple, tailored footwear using kidskin leather. It praises its comfort and breathability, noting kidskin as the smartest leather for the era and its popularity due to softness and porous qualities.
Russian museum to exhibit Thousand and One Nights manuscript
The Russian national museum will display the original Persian manuscript of the Thousand and One Nights after its discovery in Leningrad public library archives. Professor Marr recognized the manuscript as the original.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russian National Museum
Leningrad
Marr
Measures urged to curb unscrupulous meat dealers
The article warns about short weighing and overcharging in meat sales with clerks coerced to boost weekly wages. It notes manipulated scales in cities, giving 14 to 15 ounces for 16, and urges reforms such as honest advertising, meat grading, consumer education, better bookkeeping, cooperation, refrigeration, and strict sanitary enforcement.
God’s Purpose Defines Value Beyond Origin
Henry Churchill King argues that dignity and worth of law come from God’s purpose for each person, not from origin. The religious view holds value rises from divine intent rather than the method by which it is worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Churchill King
Interstate Safety Coach to rearrange Kokomo Peru bus schedules
The Interstate Safety Coach Company will continue bus service between Kokomo and Peru after a conference with the public service commission. The company plans to rearrange schedules to comply with state speed laws and will refile a permit application soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Safety Coach Company
State Commission
Indianapolis
Ind
Kokomo
Peru
Public Service Commission
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Coolidge
CAI Lle
Liberty Twin
F. C. B. Detroit
America
E. H. Hancock Music Co
Opp
Interurban Station
Seymour
Paris
Westinghouse
the Bacon
Py International News Service
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