Beasley Hosts a Christmas Party in Town
In a bustling scene at Beasley’s home, guests watch a playful Beasley dance a quadrille and charm a sick child as Dowden and a reporter seek invitations. A surprising rescue moment ends with a girl in the snow asking to join, declaring it Christmas time.
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Hamilton Swift Junior
Mamemy
Bob
Journal
Sim Peck
Dave Beasley
Mr. Peck
The
Beasley
Dowden
Dave
Plum
Dowder
Mr. Dowden
David
Dayton Area Social and Local Movements Report
Farmland reports activity with Mineer and Magee Aware Company involvement. Attendance at Elmer Franklin’s funeral. Families and neighbors visit farms and host homes. Local residents including Garringer and Karns families visited, with several groups traveling to Winchester for weekend gatherings.
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Dayton Eesx
Magee Aware Company
Flrvin Gauorn
Fred Jennings Isbury
Culty
Elmer Frankin
Waieht and Son
Mooi
Wes
Sally Bemand
Albert Garringer
W. Os. Karns
Frank Cuilom
Famaly
John Daly
Gilbert Wolfe
Winchester
Unionport Air Guns and Community Notices
Unionport scene includes Magee Hardware selling 1000 shot air guns for 2.00. Local updates mention Isaac Dis, Aunt Clatilda Kmiliott staying about the same. A list of visits notes Gale Moore's sale attendance and multiple families visiting neighbors and kin across several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magee Hardware Company
Isaac Dis
Clatilda Kmiliott
Winchester 77 caliber rifles and local social notes
Winchester appears in a list of names and events from a community notables page. Several families visit Winchester and relatives gather for meals and Sunday visits. Movements include Daniel Girths family moving from Sam Cox farm to L J Farquhar tenant house. A surprise dinner honors Flora Butler with many attendees.
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Jaron Ciner
Ty P Herdwick
Sulls Ivy Handwick
Lherma Iorner
Gien Sheppard
Ray Sheppard
Fir
Merval Horner
Winchester
George Cox
Little Son
William Cox
Earnest Dudley
Anna
Mamie Harvey
Danie
Girths
Sam Cox
L. J
Anna Parker
Ollie Myles
Clarence Stults
Claud Wilson
Fair profit needed for farmers not debt relief
The speaker argues farmers need an opportunity to sell products at a fair profit rather than borrow more to cover interest. Encouraging debt when interest cannot be paid is described as misguided kindness and harmful to farmers.
Gift in the mail beats two in the store
A playful ad urges readers to mail Christmas pack ages early, claiming mailed gifts offer practical advantage over store purchases and stressing timely mailing for holidays.
Brooklyn Scout Honored for Ice Rescue Heroic Feat
Samuel Levine of Brooklyn received a special medal during Safety Week for rescuing two boys from a thin ice collapse near Clover Island Staten Island. He warned the group, shed his gear, and broke ice to reach the children, guiding them to shore with a boat.
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Samuel Levine
Brooklyn
N. Y
Commissioner of Police
New York City
Elbert H. Gary
Levine
Staten Island
Weed Cultivation vs Weeds in Farm Practice
A historical summary of USDA style experiments comparing cultivated and ungrown weed control on corn fields. It cites Indiana plots and Purdue trials showing similar yields with weedless methods and argues for weed destruction as the primary goal of cultivation. It also favors knife sweep cultivators for effective weed destruction on mellow soils while noting limits on stony or clay soils.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Furmeys
Purdue
Weither
Prescription for Cheerful Scouts and a Manhattanoan Scout
A speaker from Manhattan recalls a poem and the eighth scout law, A scout is cheerful, smiles whenever he can, as his “dope.” He says reciting the lines helps when he is laid up and unable to join friends, lifting his spirits with a simple, rhythmical reminder.
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Manhattan
Scouts Guard Trees In Memory Of City Veterans
Scouts of Troop 21 in Grand Rapids Michigan guard trees planted in memory of local soldiers. They maintain tree health and conduct Arbor Day ceremonies to honor veterans to whom the trees are dedicated.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Boy rescues man from asphyxiation in Alabama car scene
Fourteen year old Charles A. Kohn from Montgomery Troop No. 5 noticed workers unable to revive an asphyxiated man. He moved the crowd aside and administered first aid, reviving the unconscious man who soon sat up. The incident followed others including a note about Box Stationery at Pierce Art Studio.
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Charles A. Kohn
Montgomery
Ala
Agency promotes Hygienic Co. displays in Millinery Store
The Franco American Hygienic Co. articles will be on display at Miss McGill's Millinery Store. Prospective buyers may call Mrs. Loa Reinheimer for details or inquiries.
Rotary Kiwanis urged to aid Legion club room
A message asks boys to craft a Christmas greeting for a girl and urges Rotary and Kiwanis clubs to fund a Legion club room. It recalls promises made when leaving home in 1917 18 and argues the aid is reasonable.
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Rotary
Kiwanis
American Legion
Legion
Legion Auxiliary Formation Postponed Until New Year
The American Legion plans to form its Auxiliary after the start of the year, delaying organization until after January. This move shifts the timeline for member enrollment and unit setup.
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American Legion
Dissolution Sale of T. C. Peacock & Son Farm Items
The firm dissolves its partnership and will sell at public auction on the Spring Brook Stock Farm five miles east of Winchester. Auction features 18 head of Angus cattle, 47 Poland China hogs, 20 registered gifts and feeders, farm implements, hay, grain, and household goods. Sale starts 10 o'clock sharp with hogs and cattle selling after moon. terms: under 18.60 cash, over 10.00 credit months with bankable note at 7 percent.
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T. C. Peacock & Son
Winchester
Jericho Church
Spring Brook
Poland
China
Big Liberty Loan
Passion Master
Gerstdale Hinshaw
Imporcer
Disser’s Gant
Big Tim
John Deere
Bewin
Moon
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Peck
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Raacin
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Sin
Admonth
Halifax
Melanna
Aji
David Beousley
Bes
Haninen
Juder
Chives
Blaichberg
Lis
Hunchberg
Simpledoria
Hundberg
Mister Swift
Unionport
Gale Moore
Clessie Cavenger
Joan
Abernathy
Cordie Shaffer
Ernest Melnurve
Tanily
Wi. E. Phelps
Jumel Burk
A. &E. Phelps
Glen
A. &. Phelps
Alonzo Harvey
Fred Owens
Isaac Mills
Ray Pegg
A. R
Trenton
C. E. Martin
Harnest Dudley
Journal-Herald
BOY Scouts Es
National Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Dan Beard
Pierce Art Studio
South Side Square
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Lifos
Troubie Lamps
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Pri
Hoosier Auto Co
Lund
Harrisville Ladies Aid
E. Ross
H. EL McNees
Peoples Loan & Trust Co
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