Local Social News and Community Meetings
Dr C E Thomson and family visited friends Tuesday. S B Orchestra met at the Wernz home Monday evening. Rev and Mrs George Fuson visited in Rockville last week. John Thomas from West York Illinois tended farms here Saturday. Eugene Wernz underwent appendicitis surgery Friday. Mrs Ellen Drake of Terre Haute visited Edgar Strain Tuesday. Jessie Harrison family visited Mary Medsker Sunday. Roy Kelly went to Middletown Monday. Dr and Mrs Olin Parker and daughters visited George Kersey Sunday. Sunday school choir rehearsed for Children Day. Lorena Patton birthday party with music and games Saturday. attendees listed. Weather forced corn replanting in the bottoms. Carl Lester visited Sullivan Monday. Drake church B Y P A met in Middletown Sunday. topic Cultivation of Contentment. Readings and musical numbers provided by several local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Thomson
Wernz
George Fuson
Rockville
John Thomas
West York
Eugene
Fred Wernz
Ellen Drake
Terre Haute
Edgar Strain
Jessie Harrison
Mary Medsker
Big Springs
Roy Kelly
Middletown
Elmer Truebland
Grover Scott
Olin Parker
George Kersey
Lorena Patton
J. F. Patton
Warren Dickerson
Will Patton
Billy Keith
Frank Patton
Ruth Riggs
Fulura Foutz
Ernestine Wernz
Iva Drake
Pearl Hall
Helen Laughrey
Gratis
Harold Loughrey
Merle Whitlock
Otha Frakes
Herschel Huff
Ross
Clem Halil
Russell
Owen Patton
Carl Lester
Sullivan
Drake Church
Baptist Church
Clarence Walters
Olive Johnson
Myra Riggs
E. C. Pogue
Scott Fuller
Leona
Gwenn Trueblood
Hazel Drake
Ola Bradbury
Fern Criss
Mrs. Luna Higbee
Kelsie Peacher
Social News From Big Springs and Nearby
Ralph Collier and wife were in Sullivan Sunday afternoon. Abe McCloud was drowned in Turman's Creek Sunday afternoon. He came from Terre Haute to visit his parents and was buried there Tuesday morning. Mrs Warren Watson attended Theodore Harper's funeral in Carlisle Friday. Several curbers joined the Pig Club as summer resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Collier
Sullivan
C. E. Watson
Charley Bragdon
Newt Haines
Hallie
Elizabeth Pounds
Warren Watson
Ray
Frank Wilson
Lucy Burton
Merom
Clarence Mahan
Bloomington
University
Tom Durham
Abe McCloud
Turman
Graysville Faithful Fill Tent Meetings Each Evening
Graysville reports large crowds at a Methodist ground tent meeting with Evangelist Cooper and Pastor Johnson leading. There have been 15 conversions to date as neighboring pastors join in. A drowning of Abe McCloud last Sunday evening is noted as an unfortunate incident. Nearby visitors include Mr and Mrs Harry Dawson and families from Walnut Prairie. A bountiful noon dinner delighted the guests and farmers remain busy with field work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Pennington
Abe McCloud
Methodist
Evangelist Cooper
Johnson
Harry Dawson
West Union
Ill
Walnut Prairie
Ills
William Gorham
Stolen Roadster Recovered in Defiance Ohio
Paul Misenhelder of Indianapolis reports his roadster, stolen thirty days ago, has been found in Defiance Ohio. William E Brock of San Bernardino California, once a county resident, continues to send subscription favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Miesenhelder
Paul Misenhelder
Indianapolis
Defiance
Ohio
William E. Brock
San Bernardino
California
Light Showers Help the Farmers in Indiana Crop Report
Indiana’s June crop bulletin notes frequent light showers easing soil work but some ground still hard. Corn prep near complete, winter wheat healthy though red rust and chinch bugs threaten, oats and barley poor, rye good. Potatoes strong but insect pressure high. tobacco transplanting under way. Hay, forage, and fruit crops reported in good condition with labor steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Capitol
George C. Bryant
Indiana
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Lamberts Family Reunion Near Shelburn
A Lambert family reunion was held at the home of Mr and Mrs A D Lamberts four miles southeast of Shelburn Sunday. Four generations were present and a bountiful dinner followed by group photos. Late departures included Mrs Thomas Boone of Lawndale Ills who stayed for visits with relatives in the county. Attendees included Henry Lamberts and family of Paxton Mrs Thomas Boone and daughter Bernice of Lawndale Ills Mr and Mrs I S Wilkey who live with the Lamberts Mrs Wilkey's parents another daughter Mrs Jacob Zellers and family near the Lamberts home a granddaughter Mrs Fred Herndon and family of Dugger Mrs L A Boone and son Richard of Lincoln Ts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lamberts
Paxton
Thomas Boone
Bernice
Lawndale
Ills
I. S. Wilkey
Lamberts
Wilkey
Jacob Zellers
Fred Herndon
Dugger
L. A. Boone
Richard
Lincoly
Will Impersonate Literary Notables at Chautauqua Here
Sidney Landon humorist scholar and interpreter will present an impersonation recital at the Redpath Chautauqua. He will mimic Mark Twain Poe Bill Nye Tennyson Kipling Longfellow Riley Hugo and other masters with wigs grease paint and spoken likenesses while reading their best known works. The lecture recital promises inspiration education and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Longfellow
Riley
Hugo
Sidney Landon
Mr. Landon
Poe
Bill Nye
Tennyson
Kipling
Landon
Washing powder and a heated curbside argument
A Mrs Curfew rebukes a salesman touting a washing powder. She defends home soap making with lye and grease while ridiculing the product as unsafe and inferior to traditional methods. The exchange touches on intrusive government inquiries and the annoyance of inspectors.
Global Nitrate Supply Estimated at 2 Million Tons
The world's visible supply of nitrates is estimated at 2,102,000 tons. This figure reflects available nitrate reserves tracked for industrial use and fertilizer production.
Poppy Metaphor Replaces Ideal Groom in Jest
A wry exchange recalls Mabel’s marriage choice. Initially she praised the suitor as the pink of perfection, but with the baby’s arrival he proved only a mere poppy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel
Neptune's Laundry Sees Sea Wash Aboard Crossing Line
A playful note from Neptune's Laundry invites readers to witness the wash of the sea. The remark suggests the best time is during a crossing line voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neptune’s Laundry
Local notables and visitors listed in Hymera community
The Hymera vicinity hosts a stream of visitors and residents with ties to Indianapolis, Terre Haute, and Sullivan counties. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lloyd of Chicago staying with Mrs. Bland. Miss Irma Pound and Mrs. Hallie Harrison heading to California. and Eva Dear awaiting a Philippine assignment return. Several faculty and alumni attend reunions and commencements at DePauw and Indiana University.
Home makers Club of Turman holds all day gathering
The Home-makers Club of Turman township plans an all day event at Graysville near Meadow Lark Lodge at Rocky Ford. Morning focuses on study of next year's work. noon picnic near the sulphur spring. afternoon program includes songs poems talks and ukulele performances with invited friends encouraged to bring dinners and join in a woodland day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home-makers’ Club
Turman Township
Graysville
Meadow Lark Lodge
Rocky Ford
Joe Rees
Turman
Glenn Vail
W. H. Herschel
E. Guest
Judith Arnett
Mrs. Cynthia Thomas Severely Injured After Fall at Home
Mrs. Cynthia Thomas aged 80 was seriously injured last week after a fall from the front steps on Fast Washington street. She fractured a shoulder and sustained other injuries and remains in serious condition at the county hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Thomas
Fast Washington Street
Efficiency Test Hidden in Number Conversion
A trick prompt asks friends to write twelve thousand twelve hundred and twelve in figures. They may answer 12 initially, missing the catch. The correct digits are 18,212, revealing a decoding puzzle about interpreting written numbers into digits.
First Paisiendkerchiefs and 18th Century Fashions
A fragment notes the first pris hardkerchief made in 1743 and mentions tilverchiefs edged with JD once worn by Elizabethan gentlemen in hats as ladies favors with small cash value.
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Men’s Union
Climax
Aluminum
Notion
Gray
Kingsley
Ford
United States
Goodrich
Citizens Garage
South Main St
Wale
Po An ‘Mason
State Board of Health
Jack
Europe
Gingham
Chautauqua
New York
Redpath
Ernest Lloyd
Chicago
William H. Bland
Sewell B. Coulson
Mary Jane
Hymera
Waldron
Ind
C. B. Plew
Las Vegas
N. M
Black Diamond Lumber Association
Second District
Christian Church
Loyal Daughters
T. R. Black
Walker V. Jennings
Alice Giboney
Carlisle
J. E. M. Purcell
Long Beach
Cal
Thomas
S. Paul Poynter
Greencastle
DePauw University
Bayard T. Lang
St. Petersburg
Fla
Jesse Daugherty
Gill Township
BK. F. Walker
Pasadena
Perry Walker
O. W. Ridgeway
L. C. Ridgeway
Farmersburg
Chas. R. Railsback
South Main Street
Irma Pound
Hallie Harrison
Los Angeles
Frate Liston
Liston & Springer
R. ©. Tomlinson
Dale Billman
Washington, D. C
Doris Crowder
Wm. H. Crowder Jr
J. C. Dodds
Mr. Dodds
New Lebanon
Eva Dear
U. S. Army
Corigidon
Phillipine Islands
States
Jen Cora Warren
Kennebunkport
Maine
Warren
Drew Seminary
Carmen
N. Y
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