Farrville Community Notes and Local Visits
Local residents report visitors and travel including Harve and Wilma Bole hosting and trips to Pennsylvania. Families such as Guinnips, Bays, and Werthers visit Marion relatives while Virgie Doyle recovers from surgery. Notes mention church services upcoming June 10 and June 10th Children’s Day with Sunday School and preaching schedules.
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Harve Bole
Robert Houser
Marion
Matt Guinnip
Irma Bole
Pennsylvania
Alice Davis
Mamie Shuff
Clyde Holloway
Ellsworth Farr
John Farr
Glen Bole
Henry Doyle
van Buren
Olin Farr
Warren
Christian Citizenship Conference Discuss World Problems
The National Reform Association hosts a fourt h annual conference at Winona Lake Indiana July 1 to 6 with speakers including Simeon D. Fess Morris Sheppard William Jennings Bryan and religious and political leaders. Topics cover moral accountability religion in national life prohibition immigration and civic law with Homer Rodeheaver directing music and free lodging for pastors and missionaries who notify the Pittsburgh headquarters ten days prior.
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Association
Pittsburg
Simeon D. Fess
Morris Sheppard
William Jennings Bryan
Thomas Sterling
W. W. Brandon
Alabama
W. T. McCray
Indiana
Austin Peay
Tennessee
Thomas R. Marshall
Frank J. Cannon
United States
Utah
Francis J. McConnell
Walter A. Sellen
William M. Bell
Floyd W. Tompkins
D.D
John K. McClurkin
James S. McGaw
D. D
P. Albert Moore
John C. Acheson
Edwin G. Dinwiddie
Homer Rodeheaver
Billy Sunday
America
National Reform Association
Pittsburgh
Ambiguous Line Sparks Personal Reflections at Event
A speaker at a local gathering shares a rough, personal reflection about resilience. The text notes a youth responds to mockery by expressing relief and a sense of moving forward. The fragment hints at themes of hurt, recovery, and confrontation with critics.
Artie’s Party Hopes Dim for a Moonlit Night
A playful note on Artie failing to find a date for a club dance. the item contrasts his loneliness with a teaser about a heating contract headline in The Indianapolis Star.
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Artie
Pearl
Indianapolis Star
Ink the new addition to Wrights menagerie named Ink
John Wright introduces a new pig named Ink to his famous menagerie. Ink is noted for always escaping the pen. The item reflects a light, quirky local note about residents and pets.
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John Wright
John
Village Post Club Reality Check Ends in Question
B R A poses whether the Village Post Club mentioned by Walter Overholtz in his famous address is a real organization or a fictional construct.
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Village Post Club
Walter Overholtz
Language mixup and jokes spark a Marion theater note
A group of Chinese students debated billboard ads for milk and tobacco. They teased grammar and legal lines, joking about a lawyer handling bonds and interest. The piece notes Van Buren couples who attended the show You Can't Fool Your Wife in Marion last week.
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United States
van Buren
Marion
Ye Drug Store Romance Sparks at School House
A 19th century style scene unfolds as Jones, a soda jerker, parks on the school house lawn awaiting a fair maid. The brief encounter hints at a budding romance amid twilight.
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Jones
Moonlit stroll to Paxtons Drug Store
A lighthearted vignette describes a girl and a soda clerk strolling past a school house under the moon. The fizzjerker asks to accompany, and the pair proceed arm in arm along the sidewalk with a note to inquire at Paxtons Drug Store for further particulars.
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Paxtons Drug Store
Warden and Death Row Inmate Exchange Final Plea
A warden and an inmate on death row exchange a final exchange before execution. The murderer asks to give his seat to a lady, prompting a brief, stark moment of courtesy amid the impending lethal chamber.
Hershel Q Banion Obituary in Van Buren
Hershel son of James and Leatha Q banion was born September 8 1895 and died May 22 1923 at age 27. He was the second of six brothers and a Knights of Pythias member in Van Buren Indiana. He lived a thoughtful helpful life and is survived by his parents five brothers grandfather two uncles an aunt and many relatives and friends. The poem notes their loss and hope of reunions in heaven.
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Hershel
James
Leatha Q’banion
Knights of Pythias Lodge
van Buren
Indiana
Marion
Chester
Whooping Cough Treated Safely With Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
A warning about whooping cough stresses danger to young children and promotes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a safe pleasant and effective treatment that shortens the illness when paregoric codeine or opiates are not used. It cites wide use in epidemics and claims pronounced success.
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Charmberlain
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Support
We thank neighbors and friends for help and kindness during our sad bereavement. Appreciation for the flowers singers Brother Campbell Knights of Pythias undertaker Mr Davis donors of machines and the O Banion family names Burr Jay Chester O Banion and others.
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Bro
Campbell
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Davis
James O’banion
Glenn O’banion
Burr O’banion
Jay O’banion
Chester O’banion
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Sam Davis
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Linnie Banter
Orville Holloway
John Leverich
Matt Doyle
W. F Lee
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Herschel O’banion
Neil
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Reba
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Raymond, Jr
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Marie
Victo Welsh
Edith Holloway
Selah Lytle
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Vatrane
Bill Booster
Nork
Winver
Rayvac Electric Cleaner
Universal Electric Iron
M.&b. Traction CO
Eagle Dye Works
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Ralph C. Cottrell
Marion National Bank
Pest
S. D. Neff
Gildersleeve
Alwa. F. Duckwall
Boot, Shoe and Harness Garage
Woodstock
Iroquois
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A. B. Cline
Bluffton
J.G. Click
L. M. Cline
Cline Lumber Co
Arnal C. Merrell
Cline Lumber Company
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