Marion & Bluffton Traction seeks readjusted freight rates
The Marion & Bluffton Traction Company petitioned the Indiana Public Service Commission to establish Interline Merchants Dispatch freight rates. It asks local traffic at 150 percent of first class, multi line hauls at 120 percent, and minimum charges of 40 to 50 cents. It seeks to base rates on the disque scale with zone A plus supplements. The company also requests authority to set commodity rates for certain articles.
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Marion & Bluffton Traction Company
Marion
Bluffton
Indiana Public Service Commision
Central Freight Association
Local family gatherings and visits noted in Warren area
The report lists numerous Sunday visits and Saturday calls among residents of Van Buren Warren and nearby areas. Names include Dillman Slusher Elwood Leas Ritchey Cochran Zoda Schweikhardt Swager Pickens Banter Kribbs Compton Lee Holdren Cloud Conwell Riggs Howell Evans and others plus travel to Muncie for school.
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Lela Elwood
Daisy Slusher
Ruth
Ralph Leas
van Buren
Will Ritchey
Roy Roush
J. Slusher
Goldie Jones
W. C. Slusher
Harvey Elwood
G. W. Cochran
Will Huffman
Zion
M. E. Zoda
Frank Schweikhardt
Ira Swager
Milt Zada
Willie Pickens
Marion
C. D. Elwood
Hope
Homer
Samuel Cloud
Guy Conwell
George Howell
D. T. Riggs
Six More Get Diplomas In Van Buren Township
The April 8th grade examination in Van Buren township results show Phil Anderson William H Tinkle Brooke Pulley Pauline Knote Fern Walker J C Camblin and Mr and Mrs Willis Toler of East Moline listed among those successful Mrs Johnson’s birthday gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs Geo W Johnson included Homer Buzzard Rebecca Havens Ada McCoy Clarence Wine Vera Mae Bradford Evelyn Dale Vera Palmer and other guests a bountiful dinner followed.
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van Buren Township
Phil Anderson
William H. Tinkle
Brooke Pulley
Pauline Knote
Fern Walker
J. C. Camblin
Willis Toler
East Moline
van Buren
Geo. W. Johnson
Homer Buzzard
Rebecca Havens
Huntington
Ada McCoy
Fairmount
Clarence Wine
Vera Mae
Francis Bradford
Evelyn and
Dale
Vera Palmer
Kings Daughters Society Meeting at Mrs Will Plummer Home
The Kings Daughters class of the M E church met at Mrs Will Plummer's home with prayers songs and readings. Officers and members were named and a plan to fund Armenian relief discussed. a Bible names spelling contest followed and the Y P B met with Mrs Harve Miller. The next gathering will be at Mrs Wm Plummer with refreshments provided. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society will meet Friday at 2 30 pm with Mrs Vol Cemer leading.
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Kings Daughters
M. E. Church
Will Plummer
Jesus
Lee
John
Deuel
Long
Kern
Ted Boxell
Cemer
Sam Lee
Willey
Bray
May Lee
Vanarden
Cramier
Mary Plummer
Palmer
Miller
Kelley
Harve Miller
America
Samuel Toney
Wm. Plummer
Iris Pickenpaugh
Marguerite Whitecotton
Dorothy Duckwall
Agnes Struble
Leona Jones
Merle Butler
Lucile Stackhouse
Spencer Saxon
William Losure
Gail Kern
Frank Bloomfield
Willis Palner
Plummer
Herald Stepp
Forest Griffith
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Vol Cemer
Francis Boxell
Jeppe Jansen
Upland
L. G. Butler
Charley Daughtrey
Roy Daughtrey
Orville Daughtrey
Thos. Daughtrey
S Harry Huff
Roll
Silas Sands
Edna Pitman
J. N. Love
Glen Shaw
Thelma Sands
Young Peoples
Plummer’s Chapel
Ruey King
Mary Carter
Pansy Delamere
Chester Caldwell
Paul and
Samuel Hinds
Carl
Milford Delamore
Ralph Myers
Donald Delamore
Dale Knight
Ralph King
Harmon Carter
Young Peoples’ Union of the
Otterbein M. E. Church
Achash Endsley
Ethel Tinkle
Opal Ruble
Rosa Harris
Ruby Trout
Inez Brown
Ernest Shideler
Eldon Brown
Earl
Alexander Butler
Omar Harris
Harry Green
Lester Tinkle
Mark Bollhoefer
Chester Endsley
Henry Bollhoefer
Elmer Endsley
Farrville Social News Recaps Local Visits and Church Events
Mrs. Dolly Lytle and son Kenneth visited Hattie Farr and Grandma Edmunson after Pauline Farr’s visit to Eva Lytle of Marion. The Grant County Sunday School Association convention at Fairmount drew Farr relatives including Florence Lytle Pauline Farr John Farr Harry Holloway and Orville Hodgson. Multiple families shopped in Marion and Van Buren and Jefferson County residents attended gatherings, with Miss Florence Farr entering Muncie Normal and several residents noted as sick or visiting.
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Dolly Lytle
Kenneth
Hattie Farr
Grandma Edmunson
Pauline Farr
Eva Lytle
Marion
Walker Farr
Florence Lytle
John Farr
Harry Holloway
Orville Hodgson
Grant County Sunday School Association
Fairmount
Jesse Farr
Harry Farr
Edna Moler
Mabel Lytle
Elsworth Camblin
Upton Lytle
Millie Farr
Vic Farr
Elsworth
Nellie Hodgson
John Hodgson
Evan Farr
M. A. Collett
Grant County
S. S
S. EB. Farr
Warren
Henry Ferguson
Florence Farr
Muncie
Flossie Banter
Victo
Marie Welsh
Virgie Bole
Mabel
Velma Lytle
Vern Doyle
Guy Kilander
Isaiah Nelson
Fred Boone
John Amos
Jennie Dillman
Guy Dillman
Duluth, Minn
Y. E. Holmes
Adam Hanna
Fred Green
Edward Harris
Everett Alen
Otto Delamore
J. C. Caldwell
Glen Shaw
Delmer Green
H. M. Crandall
Dale Knight
Chester Caldwell
Yearsley Holmes
Sanford Shideler
Otto Delan Ore
Levi Detamore
Delamore
Mabel Hinds
Hattie Dillon
J. ©. Caldwell
Tee Hinds
John
Ernest Mageart
van Buren
D. L. Hatcher
Landersville
J. N. Love
Local News Brief from Marion Community
Farmers urged to renew Leader Tribune and Chronicle at Pax ton Drug Store for $3 yearly. Marion area notes list numerous visits among Duckwall, Moon, Barrow, Beekman, Denton, and Kariger families. An oil well is being drilled on James Gard’s farm nearby.
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Leader-Tribune
Chronicle
Paxton
Elsie Barrow
Glen Duckwall
William Beekman
Barrow
William Trout
Blakney
Mrs. Williamson
Mrs. Moon
Local Social Roundup From Troy City Deepens Community Ties
Mrs. Glen Shaw is slowly improving as residents share visits. Neighbors and relatives, including Y. E. Holmes, Adam Hanna, Fred Green, Levi Detamore, and J. Caldwell, gather for meals and calls. Several families host dinners and teas while church groups meet and plan a June gathering with a pot luck.
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M. B
Indiana Public Service Commission
Dillman
Farrville
Milo News
Anna
Elsie Park
Thursdiz
Frank Moon
Mrs Williamson
Moon
Otto Barrow
Denton
Nadene
Mary Stinson
Virgil Kariger
Troy City
Mrs
Ned Conwell
W. 5Th St
George R. Fear
S. Washington Street
Ind
van Atta & Clawson Attorneys
Marion National Bank
Breedlove Bros
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