Dugger School Faces Enrollment Surge and Crowded Classrooms
In Dugger on September 23, officials report a 23 percent rise in school enrollment over last year. The west building houses multiple grades with 23 girls and 28 boys in primary and 31 girls and 20 boys in upper grades. Central and north buildings show similar crowding among primary to high school groups.
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Maendrickson
Campbell
Helen Crawford
Grace Lester
Nellie Vanarsdall
Harvey Hammell
Glen Sisson
Fire Prevention Day Planned Across State
Public approval grows for observing Friday October 9 as Fire Prevention Day. Governor Ralston may issue a proclamation calling attention to the day urging citizens to clean up premises and reduce rubbish, a factor in 66 fires since May with losses of 11863 dollars.
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Ralston
Local Notes From Fairbanks and Nearby Areas
Mrs Ira L Drake and daughter Iva attended the state fair in Indianapolis last week. Mrs Will Gaston left for Springfield Ohio to visit her brother Loton Dickerson. Mr and Mrs Fred Wernz with Mr and Mrs Carl Lester and Frank Wernz went to the Martinsville Illinois fair on Thursday. John Wisner visited his farm near the Narrows. Albin Bicknell made a business trip to Sullivan. Percy Leagter delivered hogs to John Thomas at West York. Chowning is drilling a well at the Strain school house. Carl Lester visited friends in Palestine Illinois. C O Morin will hold a public sale on Saturday Sept 20. Farmers prepare ground for sowing wheat. Mrs Warren Dickerson and daughters visited her parents near Farmersburg last week. Pringle oil men of Pennsylvania leased a large tract near the area. Ira Drake and Edgar Strain went to Shelburn Friday. A good rain fell Thursday afternoon. Will Harrison of Terre Haute visited Mrs Rachel Russel near Fairbanks. Rev Wagoner preached his last sermon for the conference year at Kingsley. Albin Bicknell holds the contract to transport Narrows school children to the Strain school.
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Fairbanks
Ira L. Drake
Iva
Indianapolis
Will Gaston
Springfield
Ohio
Loton Dickerson
Fred Wernz
Carl Lester
Frank Wernz
Martinsville
Ill
John Wisner
the Narrows
Albin Bicknell
Sullivan
Percy Leagter
John Thomas
West York
Chowning
Palestine
C. O. Morin
Warren Dickerson
John Ramsen
Farmersburg
Messrs. Pringle
Pennsylvania
Ira Drake
Edgar Strain
Shelburn
Will Harrison
Terre Haute
Rachel Russel
Wagoner
Kingsley
The
Narrows School
Strain School
Foley Kidney Pills Promised To Ease Rheumatic Pain
Advertisement claims weak kidneys let uric acid poisons remain in blood causing rheumatic pains and swollen joints. It urges taking Foley Kidney Pills to build up kidneys restore normal action and keep uric acid crystals out of the blood. For sale by Joe K Smock & Son.
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Joe K. Smock & Son
Elder Lewis man visits nephew in Terre Haute
Jacob Henry of Lewis Indiana visited over Sunday with his nephew John T Hays. Henry is the father of Judge David W Henry of Terre Haute and at eighty three remains in good health and very active for his years.
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Jacob Henry
Lewis
Ind
John T. Hays
Henry
David W. Henry
Terre Haute
Shields Family Returns Home After Mt Carmel Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shields and daughter Dorothy returned to their home in Mt. Carmel Saturday after a visit with Aud Hopewell and family.
Corns Warts and Bunions Addressed by Mendenhall Medicine
A vintage ad promotes Mendenhall s Corn Medicine promising relief for corns warts and bunions with a 16 cent price and a bold guarantee.
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Mendenhall
Civil Service Examinations and Local Farming News
A list of civil service examination postings in government agencies with dates and salaries appears alongside farm reports from Monticello and Redkey Times. Reports cover land sales, coal rights, local mining hopes, and agricultural conditions in Jay and Carroll counties with notes on corn yields, alfalfa, and possible gold discoveries.
Remarkable bumper clover seed yields in Indiana fields
Joseph B. Turner of the David Scaggs neighborhood near Monticello and Idaville reports 53 bushels of big English clover seed from 7 acres, averaging 7 1 2 bushels per acre. Neighbors Ott Howell and D C Scroggs harvested 261 bushels from 50 acres, averaging 5 1 2 bushels per acre, with clover sown in corn and benefited by winter stalks. At $10 to $12 per bushel, the crop represents a valuable yield.
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Joseph B. Turner
David Scaggs
Monticello
Idaville
Mr. Turner
Ott Howell
D. C. Scroggs
Mrs Pyles and guests visit Carlisle with Hart
Mrs Charles Pyles and her guest Mrs Alfie Robbins of Terre Haute spent Saturday in Carlisle with Mrs Alice Hart.
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Charles Pyles
Alfie Robbins
Terre Haute
Carlisle
Alice Hart
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