College Hill Club to Hold Thursday Event
Garnett and friends visit Vincennes guests at Vincennes. Mrs. George Stafford visits Vincennes. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Cushing of Marion City visiting here. Miss Dortha Collins visits Mr. and Mrs. Bob Collins at Bicknell. Mrs. Mack Denham and son Cari in Indianapolis visiting her sister. Miss Bertha Howe leaves for Clinton to take a trimming position. Mrs. Bud Sash of Jasonville visits her parents in town. Will Calahan of Bicknell attends ball game. Bicknell defeats Linton. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Pirtle Sunday include Mrs. K O Campbell, Mrs. B C Campbell, Miss Helen Gillman, Harry Wise, and Theodore Write. Harold Wise accompanies them home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stafford
Vincennes
Sylvester Cushing
Marion City
Dortha Collins
Bob Collins
Bicknell
Mack Denham
Cari
Indianapolis
Ried
Bertha Howe
Clinton
Bud Sash
Jasonville
Emmett Heaton
Will Calahan
Linton
K. O. Campbell
B. C. Campbell
Helen Gillman
Harry Wise
Theodore Write
Taylor Pirtle
Harold Wise
Farmers meet draws good crowd in Cincinnati
The Cincinnati farmers' meeting drew decent attendance. Otis Weaver, back from Greenfield, returned home. Rev. T A O Cox of Bloomfield leads a tent meeting this week. Tom Martindale aided Wm Garsnett in hay harvest. The infant Snow child was buried in Carmichael cemetery. Weaver went to Bloomfield to take a navy examination. A farmers' meeting is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Otis Weaver
Greenfield
T. A.o’cox
Bloomfield
Tom Martindale
Wm. Garsnett
Community fundraiser set for next Wednesday in Cincinnati
In the school house at Cincinnati a fundraising event is announced for next Wednesday night. Residents are urged to attend and support the good cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Local visitors and outings noted in Bloomfield area
Lester Miss Ilene Naugle of Bloomfield visits Miss Anna Cox. Clyde Snapp and family of Indianapolis visit W. A. Street. Residents attend Sunday School picnic at Mineral. Virgil Wesner of Elnora spends last Sunday with Thomas Mackall. Miss Gladges Huffman of Indianapolis vacations with her parents. Anna Cox Pearl Lester Ilene Naugle George DeMoss Virgil Reeves and Gilbert Stolting of Edwardsport motor to Newberry Sunday evening.
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Ilene Naugle
Bloomfield
Anna Cox
Clyde Snapp
Indianapolis
W. A. Street
Mineral
Virgil Wesner
Elnora
Thomas Mackall’s
Gladges Huffman
Jason Huffman
Pearl Lester
George DeMoss
Virgil Reeves
Gilbert Stolting
Edwardsport
Newberry
Simpson Chapel News Notes from Bloomfield Visit and Picnic
Mr and Mrs Sam DeMoss were in Bloomfield on business Saturday. Miss Gladys Huffman of Indianapolis visits home folks this week. Miss Helen Street and George Stone attended the Mineral picnic. Arthur Emery and William Carr are cutting logs for Newton Bogard s new barn this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam DeMoss
Bloomfield
Gladys Huffman
Idianapolis
Helen Street
George Stone
Mineral
Arthur Emery
William Carr
Newton Bogard
Insolvency Notice in Greene County Probate
State of Indiana Greene county in the Greene Circuit Court September term 1917 estate of Aaron D Fuller deceased petition filed seeking insolvency action and related proceedings in the court.
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State of
Indiana
Greene County
Greene Circuit Court
Aaron D. Fuller
Insolvency Declared for 1917 Indiana Estate
The Bloomfield Indiana court on August 11 1917 found the estate of the deceased probably insolvent and ordered settlement. Creditors must file their claims for allowance with the Clerk as of August 13 1917. Witness the Clerk and seal of the court at Bloomfield Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Indiana
E. Kirby Ashcraft
Fairplay Township 1918 Expenditures and Tax Levies
Fairplay Township Greene county Indiana plans its 1918 expenditures and levies at a September 1 1917 advisory meeting. Totals include 10200 in expenditures and 83 cents tax rate per hundred dollars. net taxable property 937820 after mortgage exemptions. D I Strick signed as trustee Kler August 1 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairplay Township
Greene County
Ind
State News Items Show Unity Behind Defense Council
Indianapolis reports Thomas Taggart denies political by play in defense council actions. Other items note coal price discussion with President Wilson, Fort Benjamin Harrison officers receiving commissions, labor federations opposing home guards, a fatal lightning strike near Bristol, breach of promise suit in Mentone, Quaker reconstruction pledges, Indiana Guard moves to Mississippi, and a saloon keeper offering bribes to police.
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Indianapolis
State Council of Defense
Thomas Taggart
Council
WHHH
Hays
Republican State Committee
Taggart
Chicago
Wilson
Fort Wayne
Federation of Labor
Council For Patriotic Service
Man fined for swearing at cow in marriage dispute
Frank Pineski, arraigned by Squire Gleason on a charge from his wife after he allegedly swore at her while milking a cow. He claimed he directed the words at the cow instead. The justice fined him twenty dollars and costs, noting the cow is a lady and he should not have sworn at her either.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Frank Pineski
Squire Gleason
Death of David E Sherrick Noted Indiana Politician
David E Sherrick a former Republic and state politician and ex auditor of state died in Muncie after a long illness. He had lived for several years on a farm near the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
David E. Sherrick
Sherrick
New Huntington County Hospital Set to Open
Huntington county announces the new hospital will open on Monday September 3 with the hospital corps moving into the building a few days after the dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Huntington County Hospital
Hospital Corps
Stabbing in Evansville Over Dice Game Leaves Belay Wounded
Evansville on August 15 reports Robert Belay colored twenty five from Boonville was stabbed in a quarrel over a dice game. He is not expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Robert Belay, Cenlored
Boonville
Body of Laborer Found In Vincennes
The body of Kensey Bateman, thirty five, a laborer, was found on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad tracks in Vincennes on Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Kensey Bateman
Notice of Setting Contract for Macadam Road
Greene County Indiana commissioners set Sept 4 1917 at 2 pm to receive bids for a macadamized road in Jackson township demanded by Sampson Steel et al. Plans and specs on file with County Auditor. Bids require proposals bonds and affidavits by law. bids may be rejected. George E Kidd Auditor signs August 8 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners of
Greene County
Ind
Jackson Township
Sampson Steel
Board of County Commissioners
George E. Kidd
Indiana
Owensburg
William Radcliff
Bids Sought for Macadam Road in Stockton Township
On Aug 10 at 2 p m bids will be received for construction of a macadamized road in Stockton township petitioned by Leonard Hunter et al plans specifications and details are on file and open to inspection in the County Auditor's office in the county and state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
John Urits
Bragdon
Pony
Stockton Township
Re-Estimate for Fairqlay Highway Improvement 1917
The document details a re-estimate for road work in Fairqlay Township with quantities and costs for embankment excavation gravel culverts printing and engineering totaling 3109.62 dollars. Signed by Engineer W W Clogston and viewers W B Hays Mark Hays on August 7 1917. It also includes a notice to non residents for James T Roach vs James H Poe et al with appearance date September 3 1917 and deadline September 19 1917 in Greene County Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
W. W. Clogston
Wilber A. Hays
Mark Hays
James H. Poe
Webster W. Moffett
Indiana
Greene Circuit Court
Court House
Bloomfield
E. Kirby Ashcraft
Public Sale Of Cattle Horses Mules At Bloomfield Farm
A public auction will be held at the seller’s residence one half mile east of Bloomfield at 10 o clock a m. Twenty five head cattle five head horses and mules wagon and harness. Items include two year old heifers calves milk cows work horses correct payment terms credit six months on sums over five dollars with six percent interest cash for five dollars and under and two percent cash discount on sums over five dollars paid on sale day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Grant Lands Opened for Homestead Sale in Oregon and California
Legal decision ends dispute over Milford Riddle Oregon California Railroad land grant revested to United States. Act directs two million three hundred thousand acres to be opened for settlement and sale with timber and agricultural value. Map and soil climate details offered by Grant Lands Locating Co Portland. Also classified notices offer house for sale and jobs for stave makers at Concrete Silo Co Bloomfield and abstract services by M. F. Pate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon & California Railroad CO
Grant Lands
United States
Congress
Grant Lands Locating Co
Portland
Oregon
E. & I. Railroad Grid Changes Schedule Update
The E. and I. railroad has issued another schedule change. The northbound passenger departs West Bloomfield at 3 10 p m while the southbound leaves at 11 51 a m.
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E. & I. Railroad
West Bloomfield
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Garnett
Indian Creek
Lester
D. I. Strics
Kler
Chesterfield
Igarett
Viveun
el Guy
Re Svens
Raepe
Council of Defense
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Lightning Kills Ltd
Elkhart
Willard Aster
Lemington
Earl Edson
Stone Lake
Will Quigley
Bristol
Quigley
Edson
Heart
Letha Jenkins
Phillip Doddridge
Mentone
West Lifayette
Danville
Lit
Anderson
Indiana National Guard
Hattiesburg
Miss
David Sherrick
Leonard Hunter
William Daubenspeck
Fairqlay ‘Township
State of Indiana
James T. Roach
Slinkard & Vosloh
Law
Democrat
W. R. Cravens
Northside Public Square
T. Roy Cook
Westside Square
Richland
James M. Hudson
Square Bloomfield
Frank A. VanSandt
Richland Township
A. B. Titus
Allen Williams
John W. Jackson
Taylor Township
Scotland
W. E. Dobbs
Milford Riddle
Gfor
North Stein
L. S. Graham
Washington Street
Concrete Silo Company
M. F. Pate
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