Monday, December 17, 2012

Fun and Farm-Moving

From the cold and wet (one presumes) late winter of 1920, some do-it-yourself entertainment news, including the fact that the mysterious Jolly Four was now hosting dances in Hobart as well as Ainsworth.

Jolly Four & Ainsworth social
(Click on image to enlarge)

The "Ainsworth social" had been held the evening of Friday, February 20, at Gust Lindborg's hall, to raise money for the Ainsworth school.

… And some manufactured-entertainment news.

Gem Theater ad

"Hearts of the World" was a war film released in 1918. Both Lillian and Dorothy Gish had roles in it.

Hearts of the World poster

I can't find any images relating to "Desert Gold" or its star, Edward Kline Lincoln.

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Some people had no time for entertainment, manufactured or otherwise. Some people were too busy moving farms:
Ray Halstead [or Halsted] and family will move Friday [March 5, 1920] to the farm owned by his father, A.E. Halstead, located near Merrillville, which has been occupied by F.B. Price and family. Mr. Price moves to his own farm recently purchased, on which he is erecting a complete set of buildings. Bert Bartholomew will occupy the residence vacated by Mr. Halstead and family.
As you can see on the map in this post, Ray's father farm was just west of the Price's farm. I do not know where Ray's previous residence was, so I don't know where dear Bert Bartholomew (whoever he was) would soon be living.


Sources:
♦ "Local and Personal." Hobart News 5 Feb. 1920; 4 Mar. 1920.
♦ "Local Drifts." Hobart Gazette 27 Feb. 1920.

1 comment:

Suzi Emig said...

Wow! A dog tax!! Pay up or else..I had to read this twice to believe it really meant what it said. Kind of shocking when you consider how many people probably had dogs.