Community Notes From Merom and Surrounding Towns
Merom residents share visits with relatives in Clinton Hymera Terre Haute and Bloomington. Local groups presented a minstrel at the YWCA fundraiser for foreign missions. U C College football loss to Oakland City and teachers attend state convention in Indianapolis are noted along with several local births moves and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rescue Daugherty
Clinton
Ind
J. W. Daugherty
Homer Davis
Hymera
Webb Milam
Grace
Alice Asbury
Terre Haute
G. T. Carruthers
Reid Wilson
Jerry Wilson
Zurilda Page
Richard Johnson
Lucy White
Bloomington
Ellege Auditorium
Wm. Thornton
Linton
Harry Shay
Martha Shaw
Sullivan
Dick Thompson
Ralph Pennington
David Harbor
Lawrenceville
Ills
F. H. Johnson
Jacob Fleming
New Lebanon
Wm. Zenor
Lebanon
Pauline
U. C. College
Hubert Burroughs
Eliott Bowen
Earl Johnson
W. W. Bowen
Oaktown
Bensie Milam
Florence Dodds
Drue Thornton
Palestine
Hal White
Robinson
Ethel Johnson
Africa
College Chapel
Frank Robertson
Oakland City
Merom
Indianapolis
John Gettinger
Luther Gettinger
Helen
Mary McNabb
Halls Catarrh Medicine Endorsed For Colds
An old advertisement details Halls Catarrh Medicine as a two part treatment with an ointment and a blood acting tonic. It claims to ease nasal catarrh and reduce vulnerability to colds after forty years on the market. Local social notes follow with numerous family and neighbor visits across Terre Haute Shelburn and Riley.
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Rf, J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Corn husking begins as farmworkers toil in bottoms
Kingsley reports corn husking starting this week with farmers working long hours due to a shortage of help. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Gaston was buried at Drake cemetery after a brief residence service led by Rev. George Fuson. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Strain hosted a Saturday gathering in honor of their son Lorenz.
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Lynn Gaston
Drake Cemetery
George Fuson
Edgar Strain
Lorenz
Birthday Anniversary Celebrated at Whitlock Home
Merle Whitlock marked his 21st birthday with a Sunday evening gathering hosted by C F Whitlock and family. The week featured visits from Rev Leslie Johnson of Youngstown and many friends including Ed Strain and Mrs Wright with children. Nut gathering and social events plus a Teachers Association outing to Indianapolis were noted.
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Carl Lester
Sullivan
Leslie Johnson
Youngstown
Will Lester
Mary Dickerson
Fairbanks
Jessie Harrison
Lex Trueblood
Casey
Inl
Elmer Trueblood
C. F. Whitlock
Merle
C. E. Thomson
Terre Haute
Will
Roll
Will Kersey
George Kersey
Drake Church
Local Social Notes From Big Springs and Surrounding Areas
Sunday gatherings and visits abound around Big Springs with families including Alsop Kennett Watson Mann and Cushman and guests Miss Tinley and Miss Price. Sales and home projects continue as Chisler goods are to be sold next week while John Kennett’s health remains limited and hospital stays mentioned.
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Frank Alsop
Near Paxton
John Kenentt
Will
Emerson Watson
J. H. Parsons
Riley
Tom Durham
Carl Burton
Mary Mann
James Royse
Terre Haute
Hazel Tinley
Miss Price
Helen Cushman
Edyth Bicknell
Harvey
Mann
John Kennett
Cato
Hutsonville
Carl Hulf
J. T. Shore
Mr. Stratten
Imerson Watson
John Greene
James Arnett
Ima Davis
Merom
John Kinnett
Sylvia Medsker
Indianapolis
Warren Watson
Sullivan
O. T. Collier
Graysville Notes on Residents and Local Events
Graysville community updates include Rev F M Correll visiting, Will Johnson moving to Thomas Shefn farm, sewer issues at the school, Miss Leis Shields narrowly escaping a truck incident, and local reflections on postum and literature day. Aunt Julia Moore dies. funeral at Center Ridge.
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F. M. Correll
Will Johnson
Providence
Thomas Shefn
Leis Shields
J. D. Sumdae
J. A. Sumwalt
Geo. W. Nowlin
Albert Beveridge
Methodist Church
Bob White
Graysville
Julia Moore
Wm. M. Moore
Esther A. Woner
Center Ridge
Sullivan
Fox Farming Groaning Industry in the Country
The fox farming industry has grown over a decade, with producers raising up to 15 000 silver foxes in captivity. The sector faces challenges as it expands and evolves in this country.
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Bard
Desertion, reunion and a puzzled widow in New Jersey
Mrs. Barker Pierson of Orange recalls a gray haired man on her doorstep claiming to be her first husband Charles Topps who she believed dead for 13 years. She chooses present husband over the man she once loved, while Morristown officials say a buried millpond body may not be identified as Topps.
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Orange
N. J
Barker Pierson
Elizabeth Street
Charles Topps
Adrian
Mr. Pierson
Morristown
Toops
Charles Torps
Mrs. Pierson
Bony
Porter's Field
They Ride a Turkey to School in Paris Kentucky
Henry Wilkerson, Bourbon County farmer, owns a turkey gobbler used as a daily ride by one of his children to school and to visit nearby farms. A saddle and bridle were made by the father after the turkey took to the role with good humor.
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Paris
Henry Wilkerson
Bourbon County
Wilkerson
Richmond Man Drives After Neck Shot Incident
Clarence Stout was shot in the neck yet managed to drive his car several miles to a hospital for aid. A revolver fell from his pocket and discharged while he was attaching chains to his ear, according to the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Clarence Stout
Biddy Has Long Pedigree Traced to 700 B C
Anthropologist Dr. Clark Wissler traces the chicken’s origin to 700 B C in southern Asia. He notes chickens spread quickly to Africa then Egypt and then across the world despite early travel limits.
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B. C
Asia
Clark Wissler
Africa
Wissier
Egypt
Wheelbarrows Climb Stairs in Changsha City Scene
The Changsha city scene features wheelbarrows that climb stairs. A larger wheelbarrow leads, with a smaller one ahead. Handles lower as auxiliary wheels rise to step heights, allowing the loaded barrows to see saw between wheels to reach higher flagstones.
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Changsha
China
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Ray
P. T. Lloyd
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Jerry Barcus
Geneva
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W. H. Eaton Sherman Building
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