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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
3
Bibbs Sheridan, working in a machine shop, is drawn into a romance with Mary Vertrees as he navigates family tensions and social climb. Mary introduces him to a richer town life, painting smoke and art as Bibbs contemplates a future beyond the shop.
Park Harry Wise and brother Gerald visited relatives the past week. Miss Irene Heaton and Okalene Heaton visited Marguerite Heaton Tuesday. Miss Marguerite Frater spent Tuesday night with Inez Pirtle. Several attended a basket dinner at Ridgeport. Inez Pirtle and cousin Gerald Wise called on Ida Williams. Mrs. Theodore Buckner of Illinois visited here last week. Mr and Mrs Elmer Floyd and children visited her mother near Lyons Sunday. Miss Mabel Heaton and others visited Lucy Stalcup Tuesday. Wiley Miller's daughter and family from Dugger visited their old home place Sunday. Mrs Taylor Pirtle and daughter Inez visited Mrs William Dailey Thursday. Miss Pearl Thompson of Oolitic visited relatives here last week. Opal New visiting aunt and uncle Samuel and Mrs Fraser the past weeks. Mrs John Denman and daughter from Switz City visited Elmer Floyd Thursday. Marguerite Flater had dinner with Inez Pirtle Sunday.
Robison Mrs Frank Hardisty returned home from Avoca after visiting relatives. Mae Ashcraft visits her sister in Kirby. Mrs Mat Flynn of Koleen visited her parents over Sunday. Weather noted as especially agreeable last Sunday. W E Brandon attended the state convention of the F E C A of A in Vincennes. Mr and Mrs George Pruitt welcomed daughter Evelyn Bernice born Thursday the 10th. Frank Beal of Dresden reports twins William and Wilma. Mrs Wm Stultz consulted a physician in Bloomfield. Wm Edington and Mel Hitchcock spent the night at Henry Jackson's. Audie Ashcraft and Doris Ashcraft visited from Indianapolis. Jessie King and wife mourn loss of son George aged fourteen months. Mrs Sam Wright, Mrs Lewis Wright and Victor Wright visited Bedford. Clayton Baker of Bedford spent a few days at Lewis Wright's. A crowd came in on the afternoon train Saturday to attend the
The report notes an annual meeting at Old Clifty with social gatherings. Bat Tetrick hosted an ice cream supper at his home Saturday night. Mrs. Sam Hudson hosted her Illinois sister over Sunday. Calf loss for C A Brandon due to black leg. Millard and Alma Mullis visited Uncle Ted Mullis in Lyons. The Young Ladies Economic Club will hold an ice cream supper at Ashcraft Chapel next Saturday to benefit the church in need of repair.
Community members visited relatives and friends across the area last week and on Sunday. Activities included dinners picnics and travel through nearby towns with multiple households hosting or visiting kin and neighbors.
Plummer and Mrs Edd Gray of Martinsville visit relatives for a week. Harvey Benham from Indianapolis spends weekend locally. Susanne Myers leaves for Spokane to winter with Ralph Myers family. Jim East of Indianapolis visits friends. Cicero Thomas Frank Thomas and Mrs Herman Hendren with Gilbert visit Mrs Sarah Rollison. Mrs Guy Ashbaugh hosts birthday for Susanne Myers. Hart McIntire visits Solliday family. James and Miss Venice Foster go to Linton and return. Ethel Woodall of Bloomfield visits Ruth Verna Woodall. Ode Myers family and others attend Mineral picnic. Stella Chaney family from Lyons visits John Woodall. Bethany Sunday school picnic planned Aug 19 at Mrs Hill’s grove.
Maple Guy Jean and wife and baby visit his father in law Mr Collins near Worthington. Walter Powell buys a molasses evaporator. Charles Watson and wife visit families of William N Watson and Thomas L Franklin Friday through Sunday. Walter Powell and family visit Walter Dyer and wife Sunday afternoon. James West and family from Atwood Illinois visit relatives in this area and Worthington. Rev Cassady and family visit Mt Beulah Brotherhood. Benjamin Fiscus builds a new house on his farm near Arney. The Stahl child injured by wagon incident is noted.
The page blends brief items about Thomas L Franklin’s family visiting relatives near Freedom, Heaton Brothers buying two year old male horses from Thomas J Nugent, and locals Mary Rea George Bivons and William Mutchler purchasing new Fords. It also contains a long county expenditure notice for Greene County Indiana for the year ending December 31 1917 detailing salaries per diems and office expenses across multiple departments and numerous bridge projects and public works.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Greene County Indiana announces the appointment of an administrator for the estate of Hugh Chaney a deceased resident. The estate is reported as solvent.
A child Marion Marjorie aged three overhears pro suffrage talk and asserts that women can do tasks men do, insisting dusting and moving a stove must be within a woman's rights. The anecdote reflects early 20th century attitudes toward gender roles and suffrage debates.
The first street railway in the United States was built in New York City along Fourth Avenue between Prince Street and Harlem in 1842. Horse cars expanded to major American cities after that, with electric traction beginning in 1881.
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