Black Creek Threshing Ring Elects Bray Captain Again
Rural readers report a social gathering at captain William Bray’s home where the Black Creek Threshing Ring settled accounts and celebrated with ice cream cakes and buns. The Shuff brothers served as threshers with an oil pull tractor, securing another year of contracts. The ring includes about 16 jobs with yields of 14 bushels per acre for wheat and 35 for oats, totaling 2856 bushels of wheat and 8119 bushels of oats. About fifty attendees named Bray and peers John Lowery John Corporal Jack Barnes and others plus families and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Creek Threshing Ring
William Bray
Shuff Brothers
Near Landess
Bray
John Lowery
John Corporal
Jack Barnes
William Plummer
Wesley Shrock
William Chopson
Val Cemer
Frank Doyle
Samuel Logan
Guy Haynes
Everett Beck
Walter Pattison
E. Scott
Francis Boxell
Matilda Huff
Messers
Jess Shuff
Pete Shhuff
Charles Shuff
Ed Bocock
Dorsey Quinn
Clyde Shrock
Good Farms Sold Near Marion In Recent Transfers
Last week Lewis Sharp purchased the John Lowery farm south of town at 240 dollars per acre. Oscar Haynes bought the 80 acre H. M. Blake farm south of town at 235 dollars per acre. Mr Parkhurst bought the Frank Downs 155 acre farm south of town at 200 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Sharp
Marion
John Lowery
Oscar Haynes
Swayzee
H. M. Blake
Mr. Parkhurst
Tipton
Frank Downs
Farmers Plan August 25 Meeting to Fuel Indiana Fund
The Indiana Federation of Farmers Fourth district will meet in Marion at 10 AM on Monday August 25 in the circuit court room. The goal is to raise 200 000 for a district fund and attack “organized greed” while aiding farmers by reducing living costs and providing information on protection and interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Federation of Farmers of the
Marion
Circuit Court Room
H. T. Walker
Grant County Agricultural Association
Oats on A.S. Warren Farm Record Heavy Yields
The oats on the A S Warren farm four miles east and one mile north of the city produced record yields. An eighteen acre field averaged 54 bushels to the acre while another averaged 50 bushels. All oats are good this year, but this is the heaviest yet reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.S. Warren
Montpelier Herald
Fourteenth Boller Family Reunion Set Near Marion
The fourteenth annual reunion of the Boller family will be held in Reuben Boller's grove five miles east of Marion on Sunday August 24. All members and friends are invited and a short program will be given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boller
Reuben Boller
Marion
Garden supervisor Landess White lauded for season’s work
Marion Leader Tribune notes Landess White, assistant garden supervisor for the city, completed his work yesterday with eminently satisfactory results. Supervisor Banter pays tribute and White will take a short vacation before starting new duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landess White
White
Banter
Marion
Range Line Ring Has Good Season
Landers Indiana August 20 The range line threshing ring met for final settlement at the Brock home A George Lobdell machine threshed ten large oat jobs in three days No officers were chosen for next year due to contemplated changes Refreshments were served to a long list of members and guests including the Brock and Lobdell families Numerous individuals attended and the event marked a successful season with no formal officer elections for the coming year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Welsh
Frank Bradford
Maine Pulley
Chester Pulley
William Sprow
Charles Wine
Russell
Anson Bryner
Wade Corey
George Westfall
Bloomer
Dan Little
George Lobdell
Bernice Howell
Mary Wigger
Miss Brock
Walter and
Earl Westfall
Lawrence and
Omer Brock
Chamberlains Tablets Aid Digestion and Bowels
A note advises Chamberlains Tablets for indigestion or constipation to strengthen the stomach and help it function naturally. The remedy is said to promote regular bowel movement and improve temperament. August.
Ernest Gaddis Sets Record Yields in Wheat and Oats
Ernest Gaddis, in charge of the E. J. Seale farm, boosted oat yields above fifty bushels per acre and wheat near thirty, with some oats reaching sixty. Cal Hancock manages the company farm. The Fairmount News notes the return of Ted Boxell assisting Milton Camblin at the opening of a new gentlemen’s furnishings store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Gaddis
Cal Hancock
Gaddis
E. J. Seale
Fairmount News
Ted Boxell
Gent
Milton Camblin
Palmer and Lee Reunion Beckons at Warren Fairgrounds
A crowded slate of Sunday visits unfolds as families from Warren, Montpelier, Van Buren and Huntington gather. The annual Palmer and Lee Reunion is planned for August 31 at the Warren fairgrounds with local residents and friends listed among attendees and callers throughout the week. The community notes Sunday School and Endeavor meeting details and a Bible lesson from Proverbs 16:1-19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Compton
Edna
Warren
Guy Conwell
G. W. Cochran
John Zuck
Marion Cochran
Huntington
Goldie Jones
J. Slusher
Montpelier
Ralph Leas
Ruth Slusher
Donald Slusher
Harvey
Beulah Holdren
Harvey Elwood
Ruth Palmer
A. T. Gilbert
W. C. Slusher
D. T. Riggs
Alice Dillman
John Riggs
Robert Butler
Esther
Lester
John Palmer
Willie Green
Clifford Merring
Marion
Ada Gilbert
Harve Huff
Ada Fruitl
Dan Mayher
George Cruse
Frank Leas
van Buren
Howard Byall
A Traveling Man's Experience with Cholera Morbus
W H Ireland of Louisville Kentucky recounts a 1888 cholera morbus attack. He paid a porter fifty cents to fetch Chambrain's Chambrain's Colic and Diarhoea Remedy, took a double dose per directions, slept, woke at five, and resumed travel cured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Ireland
Louisville
Chambrlain
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises $100 Reward
Advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case. Claims thirty five years of use and blood based action to heal mucous surfaces. Encourages taking the remedy now and sending for testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
The Best Physic Chamberlains Tablets Advertisement
A short vintage ad promotes Chamberlains Tablets as a pleasant mild laxative. It praises ease of use and gentle effect, noting high regard from those who know their quality and a price of a quarter. Aug.
Milo Ring Threshing Ring Holds Annual Meeting
The Milo threshing ring met Friday at Charles Blakley's home. Delco Lighting of Warren wired the lawn, and 12 019 bushels of oats and 2065 bushels of wheat were threshed by William Spark and son. Officers praised for their work. a social reception followed with many members and guests listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Threshing Ring
Charles Blakley
Delco Lighting Company
Warren
William Spark
H. C. Creviston
Davie Kelley
Walter Creviston
Henry Denton
David Kelley
Sampson Smith
Adam Beck
Otto Conwell
Coade Trout
Linzy Roberts
Harry Couch
Russell Brinneman
Fred Haupthoff
George Roberts
Merlin Bradford
Perry Daugherty
Liccurance
George Wilson
Guy Helms
Fred Creed
Sam Cloud
John
William Sparks
Ernest Keller
Jesse Ernestine
Kendallville
Robert Green
South Bend
Charles Martin
Sheets
Mary Green
Henry Shiefer
Milo News Social Roster Details Parish Visits
The report lists visits by Will Beckman and family to Van Buren and Harve Vincent, Bridmen relatives, Pauline and Geraldine Knote with Leah Beck at Ethel Conwell’s, and Barrow family gatherings with the First Friends Church in Marion. It notes Glenn Ducknall improving after a hospital operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Beckman
van Buren
Harve Vincent
Pauline
Geraldine Knote
Leah Beck
Ethel Conwell
Anna
Ethel
Bertha Barrow
Nadene Denton
Barrow
First Friends Church of
Marion
Tenry Denton
Korporal
Glen Duckwall
J. ©. Duckwall
David Barrow
Glenn Ducknall
Eyes That Say I Love You and Other Popular Songs
A fragmented list of songs and dance selections from Empire labels and performers. Includes titles such as Eyes That Say I Love You, When I Met You, Friends, Roses at Twilight, Gates of Gladness, On the Ozark Trail, Good-ble Wild Women, The Alcoholic Blues, At the Jazz Band Ball, Western Land, My Dreamy Little Lotus Flower, and Will You Remember. Mentions Empire Male Quartet, Empire Jazz Band, Empire Dance Orchestra, and several composers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer-Sandy
Henry Bun
Dan, Dee
Vincent Flatow
Arthur Fields
Black-Marple
Lewis James
Charles Hart
Brennan-Cunningham
Empire
Skidmore-Walker
Collins
Harlan
Johnson-Ager-Meyer
von Tilzer
Empire Jazz Band
la Rocca-Shields
Gay
Empire Dance Orchestra
Glick-Olman
Empire Banc
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Black Creek
Depoy
BIG
Fourth District
State of
Indiana
Boller Reunion
Charles Ailen
van Buren Ind
Farmers Equity
Farmers Equity Exchange
J. E. Tewksbury
W. 5Th St
Dillman
Slusher
W. E. Slusher
Lela Bwiwood
Milo Ring
Milo News
Mrs. Brineman
Capitola
Deane
E. Main Street
van Buren, Ind
Fisher
You
Armstrong-Klickman
Sam Ash
Margis
Yradier
Louise and
Ferera
Waikiki
Orch
Jesus
Marsh
Sweet Story
Engelbrecht
Stanley Mackey
John Manning
Ruspana
Earl
Penn
DeWitt
Pershig
Vandersloot
Whistler
Pryor
Gavnt
Libho
Johnson-Young-Si
Mendelssohn
Empire Military Band
Bnd
Alice Raymond Albert Faber
H. A. Davis & Company
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