Newtown Social News and Obituaries
The Woman's Missionary Society met with Mrs. John Dagger south of town on Saturday afternoon. Funeral services were held for Frank Huff, longtime farmer and resident, at Union church Friday. Social visits included Sam Simms and family from Lafayette, Rev. A. D. Merrill's sermons, and various locals visiting relatives. A June 19 birth brought a new girl to Paul Rooze and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
John Dagger
Town
Mesdames
Guy Kerr
W. P. Robins
T. J. Brown
D. {. Conkle
Lee Dinwiddie
Kate
Edith
Sam Clark
Henry Dagger
Mae
Don Don Clark
Frank Huff
Newtown
Union Church
Huff
Sam Simms
Loveta
Arthur Dove
Lafayette
Crete Simms
Newtown Hall
A. D. Merrill
Crawfordsville
Baptist Church
Constance Glover
Veedersburg
Robert Campbell
Margaret Snyder
Frankfort
Martha Beckley
Jaredj Frankenfield
Larkin Coffing
Aylesworth
Elmer Keyt
Lake View
Mich
Bessie Simms
John Rice
Linden
Pleas Boot
Lutrell Reeves
Indianapolis
S. T. Randolph
Veedersburg and
Covington
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
John Lawson
S. McMahon
Seymour Rhode
Attica
Shackleton
Arbuckle
Alice
Gus Mikesell
Laura Briar
Pine Village Social Notes Highlight Travel and Illness
Mrs R G Odle and daughter Bertha move to Pine Village from west Lafayette to be near Purdue while sons attend school. Local visits include Mr and Mrs Shackleton, Mr Yoe, and families. The cherry season begins. several deaths and illnesses noted. births, weddings, and church activities documented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Odle
Bertha
West Lafayette
Here
Lafayette
Purdue
Harry Yoe
Bob
St. Louis
C. J. Shackleton
Yoe
Baby
Muncie
Indiana Bridge Company
Armstrong
Ohio
Joe Staa
Columbus
Frank Blind
Indianapolis
Aylesworth and Indianapolis Happenings
Mrs. Ben Brown underwent a delicate surgical operation at the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis last week. She is recovering and taking nourishment. Rev. M. K. Richardson of Indianapolis delivered a sermon at Newcastle church last Sunday morning. Mrs. Frankenfield of Newtown visited her daughter Mrs. Mattie Coffing this week. Everyone welcomed the rain at the start of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Brown
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
M. K. Richardson
Newcastle Church
Frankenfield
Newtown
Mattie Coffing
Mare and man killed in Covington farm fight incident
Mrs. Mary Pasley of Covington visited relatives in this vicinity last week. Chas. Baldwin lost a mare and cost Monday. Both were killed by a fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Baldwin
Mary Pasley
Covington
Local Happenings Including Lectures and Socials
Rev Stretter spoke at Covington with Palestine views as Prof Owen Butcher and wife visit on a farm with Mrs Mary A Roberts. Attendees saw Uncle Tom’s Cabin at Independence and remarks praised Harriet Beecher Stowe. A July 14 Montoyne quarterly meeting and O C society picnic plans are noted along with births visits and a Riverside ice cream social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Stretter
Methodist Church
Covington
Owen Butcher
Mary A. Roberts
Stetter
Palestine
Michigan City
Chicago
Robert
Dorothy
Billie
Montoyne
Dunlavy
Woods
Shadeland Charge
Frank N. Lutz
J. Frank Brown
O. C. Society
Wm. Haines
Georgia Lutz
George Lutz
Attica
Charleston
Ill
Riverside
John Potts
Howard Leslie
Eva Flemming
Elizabeth Beedle
Child Fatally Falls in Chicago Household Tragedy
Miss Allie Whitehall remained in Chicago with her nephew Charles Clark from Saturday to Thursday night to attend the funeral of Annette Clark four and a half year old who died from a fall from a rear porch onto a cement court. Doctors could not save her as skull fractures proved fatal during attempted surgery. Mr. Clark, once known in Attica, served as Adams Express Co. agent for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allie Whitehall
Chicago
Charles Clark
Clark
Attica
Adams Express Co
Ade Sails to Europe as Progressives Urge Nomination
George Ade departs for Europe aboard the Imperator in a move tied to a Republican effort to court progressives in the tenth district. Ade remains a Bull Moose and would only accept a nomination if the party undergoes a radical reorganization. He travels while his Brook farm hands harvest to cover travel costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowler
Tenth
George Ade
Congress
George
Tharely
Europe
Imperator
France
Switzerland
Brook
Former Citizen Tebbs Dies at 69 in Lawrenceburg
George B. Tebbs once of this city and Williamsport, a member of the 52d Indiana and escort to Lincoln’s body from Washington to Springfield, died Monday at his Lawrenceburg home at age 69. His death marks the first of five Tebbs brothers. Suburban news notes heavy rain in northeastern Shawnee with ponds and flooded streams delaying cornfields. Strawberry crops suffer severe losses with only seventy five crates picked versus usual five hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Tebbs
Williamsport
52D
Indiana
Lincoln
Washington
Springfield
Lawrenceburg
Mr. Tebbs
John Redman
Ledger Press
Shawnee
James Dinsmore
Sane Fourth Movement Cuts Fourth of July Deaths
In 1910 the Fourth of July caused 218 deaths and 4,738 serious injuries. By 1912 deaths fell to 20 and injuries to 659, with ten year totals near 39,808 killed or injured. The progress comes from prohibiting dangerous fireworks in many cities and public education, reducing fire hazards and losses to national resources.
Ice Cream Supper Planned by Union Church Class
The young men's Sunday school class at Union Christain church two miles east of Aylesworth hosts an ice cream supper on the church lawn Saturday evening June 28. Refreshments including cream will be served and all are invited to attend and bring someone. William Schiesser of Mellott was in Attica on business Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Christain Church
Aylesworth
William Schiesser
Mellott
Attica
Covington Attorney Severely Injured by Train Wheels
Covington attorney Oliver 8. Jones of Covington was injured when his right leg was severed by a train in Terre Haute as he tried to board a fast departing car. He was rushed to a hospital and is recovering, with full return home in Covington expected after several weeks. Jones, longtime Covington lawyer and former mayor, has been a newspaper correspondent for a Danville paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver 8. Jones
Covington
Terre Haute
Jones
Danville
Knights of Pythias Barn Refusal to Raze Point to Test Case
State Fire Marshal Longley encountered resistance in Portland as deputy Isaac Hahn ordered four property owners to tear down buildings rented by the Knights of Pythias Lodge. Three cooperated while the lodge trustees refused to remove the condemned barn. The case may go to circuit court as a test matter. Hahn also ordered removals at Red Key and Bryant to remodel a picture show to meet regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longley
Portland
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Isaac Hahn
Circuit Court
Marshal Hahn
Red Key
Bryant
H Hurry Up Club Hosts Newport Social Event
The Hurry Up club of Williamsport was entertained Thursday by Mesdames William C Wait and Bird H Davis at Bird H Davis home on Popular street in Newport. The ladies toured by car and included Mesdames Fred Boyd J H Stephenson W B Durborrow J C Hatton A B Donovan L VanReed Frances Broadie and William Stephens. Ed Stephenson and John VanReed served as chauffeurs in Newport Hoosier State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
William C. Wait
Bird H. Davis
Popular
Newport
William Stephens
Ed Stephenson
John VanReed
Hoosier State
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O. C. Dodge
John Gray
Walter Crane
Edgar Hart
Herman
Paul Rooze
Pine Village
Daisy Hudler
Grandpa Satterwhite’s
Henry Woodhams
Anna
West Letayeree
Earl Reid
East Chicago
Mrs. Claypool
Son Stanley
Grandma
Grandpa Claypool
Earl Simmons
Howard Harvey
F. B. Ogborn
Musie Tribett
Madras
McDermond’s
J. Frank McDermond, Atti
Judy Auto Co
Attica, Indiana
Roberts
Alta Foster
iLake Forest, Ill
Ice Cream Social
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