Death of David Johnston Near Burket
David Johnston aged about 60 years 5 months 2 days died at his home northwest of Burket after a paralytic illness that began Easter. Survived by wife and three children Sylvester Johnston Mrs Alfred Study and Mrs William Parker with many relatives. Funeral held Thursday morning at Palestine with burial nearby, Rev. Farmer of Burket officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Johnston
Sylvester Johnston
Alfred Study
William Parker
Palestine
Farmer
Burket
Camp Meeting Attendees Gather at Weslyan Methodist Session
Mrs. H A Martindale traveled to Fairmount Tuesday for the annual Weslyan Methodist camp meeting. The session is in progress and will continue for two weeks.
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Mount
Lot Sale Draws Local Crowd at Laket Town Sale
A large local turnout attended the Lot Sale held in Laket town on Monday conducted by the Gerhart Brothers Company. The event drew residents from the surrounding area to participate in the sale proceedings.
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L Laket
Gerhart Brothers Company
Vacationing Couples Visit Monticello and More
Mr and Mrs J D Cifoe and Mr and Mrs Ezra Funk left Wednesday for Monticello for a short visit with Funk’s sister Mrs A R Bridge and family. They will also visit several other places before returning. Ezra Funk, a clerk in the Grosso store, is enjoying a vacation this week.
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J. D. Cifoe
Ezra Funk
Monticello
Doctor Terry Visits Silver Lake Then Tours Old Town
Dr Charles Terry and son Charles of South Bend stopped in Silver Lake on Sunday afternoon while enroute to Akron. Dr Terry, a former Silver Lake boy, toured familiar sites from his boyhood as his parents once lived in the town.
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Charles. Terry
Charles
South Bend
Akron
Terry
Silver Lake
Is Now A Soldier n if Mr. and aes Joho
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a person named Joho and a possible soldier reference. Details are unclear and no verifiable event or date is stated.
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Aes
House Party at Homer Wells Home in Victoria Virginia
A copy of the Victoria Virginia Call of August 7 describes a house party at W H Wells home in Victoria with over twenty out of town guests. Activities included automobile rides hay rides dances bowling and a full day picnic at Nottaway Falls with hunting fishing and catabies. Mr and Mrs W H Wells and daughter Miss Claire are praised as gracious hosts.
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Victoria
Virginia
Ww.h. Wells
Nottaway Falls
W. H. Wells
Claire
Ground broken on Mary McClure lot for new dwelling
Ground was broken the first of the week on the Mary McClure lot in the west part of town formerly the old school house site. A modern dwelling will be erected.
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Mary McClure
Communion Services at Lutheran Church August 23
The Lutheran church in this place will hold Sunday Communion services next Sunday forenoon August 23. Rev. A. Z. Fryberger invites all to attend, with special urging for church members to be present.
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A. Z. Fryberger
Miller Brothers
Capt
N. E. Miller
Warsaw
J. L. Miller
Elkhart
G. W. Miller
South Whitley
John Miller
Ludlow Falls
Ohio
Charles Miller
Sidney
G. W. Sherboody
Miller Family Reunion Attended by Thirty-Nine Relatives
The Miller family reunion was held last Sunday at Myrtle Green Park with thirty-nine attendees. Officers elected for 1915 include President F M Miller, Claypool. Vice President Walter Vance. Secretary and Treasurer Capt N E Miller, Warsaw. the event featured a large noon dinner and programs ending with a song.
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Miller
Myrtle -Green Park
F. M. Miller
Claypool Vice Press
Walter Vance
Sec
Treas
N. E. Miller
Warsaw
Nelson Jantz Rittenhouse Reunion Held Today
A reunion for the Nelson Jantz Rittenhouse family is being held here today with relatives from the locality and distant areas in attendance. The Methodist Aid Society ladies provided a luncheon.
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Methodist Aid “Society
Ditiner
Married Saturday in Roanon at Broadbeck home
Howard Tillman and Miss Oda F Broadbeck wed at noon last Saturday in Roanon home of the bride’s parents Dr and Mrs G H Broadbeck Rev J W Tillman father of the groom officiated. The couple will reside in Edmonton Alberta where Mr Tillman runs a hotel business. Tillman once lived here about fifteen years ago when his father was minister of the M E church.
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G. H. Broadbeck
Roanon
J. W. Tillman
North Manchester
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Tillman
Mr. Tillman
M. E. Church
Resignation of Warsaw-based Grover Arnold Ends Joel Foot Tenure
Grover Arnold resigns from his post at Joel Foot restaurant in Warsaw and returns to Silver Lake on Wednesday. The move ends his tenure at the Warsaw dining venue and shifts his residence back to Silver Lake.
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Joel Foot
Warsaw
Silver Lake
Infant Daughter Dies Born to Perry Family
A seven and three quarter pound baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Percy Perry Sunday but lived only a couple of days.
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Percy Perry
Silver Lake Band Plays For Gerhart Brothers Sale
The Silver Lake band performed Monday in Laketon for the Gerhart Brothers sale. The group praises its growing reputation in the region. It marks the sixth time the band has been invited to another town for special occasions. Come to the band concert next Thursday night.
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Silver Lake
Meat famine prompts federal study of rising living costs
Federal economists examine meat price surge after Agriculture census shows a net loss of 4,183,000 head in livestock and a $176,530,000 rise in value. Hog numbers drop 9,185,000, cattle down 175,000, sheep off 1,763,000, while beef values lift cattle totals by $166,683,009 and swine add $9,842,000 despite the overall supply decline.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Mrs Thomas Baker Arrives From Montana for Visit
Here From the West Mrs Thomas Baker of Montana formerly Miss Carrie Barrett arrived here Monday night for a visit with her many friends.
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Thomas Baker
Montana
Carrie Barrett
Wallace-Hagenbeck Show Draws Attendees
Several people from this place downtown attended the Wallace Hagenbeck show with attendees described as present from the area to Wabash on Wednesday.
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Wabash Wednesday
First Visit in Town for Many Months
Mat Snyder of the east side stopped in town Tuesday afternoon for the first time in many months. He has suffered rheumatism while staying at home but is improving in recent weeks.
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Mat. Snyder
Here
Beulah Park Holiness Camp Meeting Near Alexandria
The annual holiness camp meeting is under way at Beulah park near Alexandria. Several locals from this area are contemplating attending the gathering next Sunday.
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Beulah Park
Alexandria
Mrs Rantz Plans Visit to Rosholt Wisconsin
Mrs Mary Rantz arranging to go to Rosholt Wisconsin next week to visit her son Dr W L Rantz and family. She will be accompanied by her daughter Mrs Lunsford who is visiting here at present.
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Mary Rantz
Rosholt
Wisconsin
W.L. Rantz
Mrs. Lunsford
Rickel Moyer Reunion Set On Beaver Dam Lake
The eighth annual Rickel and Moyer family reunion will be held at the Reason Rickel farm by Beaver Dam Lake next Thursday August 27. A large turnout is expected as relatives take a day from work for recreation and enjoyment.
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Rickel
Moyer
Beaver Dam Lake
Wabash
Ind
Yarnell
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Irwin
Supreme Court
Quartette
Chas Juyons
Leffel Named Monticello High School Superintendent
James M. Leffel, four years Knox high school superintendent, has been selected to lead Monticello high school. The Monticello school board interviewed Knox residents and voted him in, praising his qualifications and wishing him and his wife well as they relocate to White County’s capitol.
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James M. Leffel
Knox High School
Monticello High School
Knox
Leffel
Accident and Health Insurance Ad Prompted at Record Office
See C. C. Hanson at the Record Office for accident and health insurance. Protect yourself and family now and reap the benefit. Remember the old saying a stitch in time saves nine.
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C. C. Hanson
Proud North Manchester Couple Welcome Baby Boy
Mr and Mrs Floyd Bashore of North Manchester announce the birth of a baby boy on Wednesday morning. Mrs Bashore formerly Miss Laura Gall daughter of Mr and Mrs John Gall residing southeast of town.
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Floyd Bashore
North
Manchester
Reed Couple Welcome Baby Boy This Monday
Mr and Mrs Alf Reed residing west of town are the proud parents of a baby boy born at their home Monday.
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Alf Reed
Tag Bachelors A Marriage Solution
A newspaper column proposes tagging bachelors as a painless way to connect them with widows and promote marriage. The writer jokes about state bills taxing bachelors and suggests a tag day to pair about one hundred thousand Indiana bachelors with as many widows, using a marriage license to solve two problems.
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Cupid
Indiana
Beaver Dam Lake Fish Fry Outing By Campers
Kenneth Personett Ralph Mer ley of Akron Gladys Sprigg Catherine Hay Ethel Skinner and Rupert Davis enjoyed a fish fry with friends camping at Beaver Dam Lake Sunday evening.
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Kenneth Personett
Ralph Merley
Akron
Gladys Sprigg
Catherine Hay
Ethel Skinner
Rupert Davis
Beaver
Dam Lake
Camping on Island with the Meeks
Charles Meek, Honey Meek and Donald Meek camp on the island across the lake from the park and enjoy a fine time.
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Charles, Honey
Donald Meek
Partial Eclipse Visible at Sunrise Friday Morning
A partial solar eclipse will be visible at sunrise on Friday morning August 21 as the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. The event will be observable in the morning sky.
Advertising Chautauqua Boosters in Akron Visit
Several auto loads of Chautauqua boosters including the band arrived from Akron on Wednesday and the band played on the street. They then dined at Pearsons.
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Boosters
Akron
Pearsons
Former resident John Mathews recalls Swayzee ties
John Mathews and family, near Swayzee, visited town briefly on a forenoon trip to Wells land. He spoke of several acquaintances in the area and recalled farming connections northwest of here.
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John Mathews
Swayzee
Se Wells
Mr. Mathews
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David Johnston
Barket
H.A. Martindale
Lot Sale
Arba Gall
Homer Wells
Victoria, Virginia
Saturdy
Benedict
Can
Howard Tillman
Oda F. Broadbeck
Grover Arnold
Jas
Knox Paper
Stark County Republican
Post-Office
State of
Chautauqua
Will Reed
Brother
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