Bloomfield Daily Notes Local Moves and Events
A sequence of brief items records residents and visitors around Bloomfield and Greene County. Names include Morton Harrah, W. R. Vosloh, Sandy Carmichael, Z. P. East, Jacob Bucher, Emmett Wright, Mrs. Henry Smith, Mrs. Voris Davidson, B. F. Stivers, John F. Stafford, Mrs. Robert Carpenter, Frank Woodhouse, Lewis Wright, John Gorman, Mrs. Carl Davis, Frank Ryan, Wm. Winters, C. C. Turner, James Bough, Thomas Foster, William T. Benham, Ed Canada, Miss Pearl Stalcup, and others. Activities range from business trips in Indianapolis to farmers meetings, pension news, and local office moves. The Greene County Farmers Association met. power lines progress and a market planned by the Ladies Aid. A pension notice for Mrs. Sarah P. Dobbins appears, and a carved book artifact is described.
Sullivan County Farmer Found Frozen in Yard
Ephriam Johnson, 40, a Fairbanks Township farmer in Sullivan County, was found in his yard early Saturday morning frozen to death. He had struggled with facial cancer for about three years and, in a delirious spell, wandered from bed to yard during the night and could not return to the house due to weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephriam Johnson
Fairbanks Township
Sullivan County
Johnson
Bloomfield Passes Ordinance Regulating Wires
Bloomfield town board in special session approved an ordinance requiring electric light wires on paved streets and the public square to be placed underground. The rule covers streets up to half a block from the square. Officials say underground wiring is expensive but soon inevitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Board of
Bloomfield
Wilson and Marshall Win 277 254 Electoral Victory
A joint session of the Senate and House completed the electoral vote tally. Wilson and Marshall received 277 votes to Hughes and Fairbanks with California’s 13 votes for Wilson prompting cheers from Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
United States
Wilson
Marshall
Hughes
Fairbanks
California
Birth of a Nation comes to Grand Opera House
The Birth of a Nation by David W. Griffith arrives at the Grand Opera House in Linton on February 22 for afternoon and night shows. The reviewer praises Griffiths pantomimic screen spectacle with synchronized orchestral score and notes the film covers fifty years of American history including Civil War and Reconstruction era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
Linton
David W. Griffith
Griffith
Ku Klux Klan
Thomas Dixon
Greene county memory letter from Abbeville founder
C J Edwards of Abbeville La recalls Greene county’s early days in a Democratic letter. He notes his grandfather Henry Edwards a pioneer near Saratoga NY and Peter C Vanslyke built an early saw mill on White River near Bloomfield. He recalls rough times whisky at 25 cents a gallon and court week with fights and four horse teams hauling goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
C. J. Edwards
Abbeville
Greene County
Old
Greene
Henry Edwards
Saratoga County
New York
Peter C. Vanslyke
White River
Bloomfield
Wakeman Edwards
New Orleans
Louisville
Godliness Topic Highlighted In Fifth Sermon
The pastor will deliver the fifth sermon on character building with Godliness as the subject next Sunday morning at 10 30. Bible school starts at 9 30. The Christian Endeavor Society program on Life Lines Beyond the Sea was postponed due to the storm and will be held next Sunday night at 7 00. Invite a friend. music will be fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Christian Endeavor Society
Sermon and Lecture at Presbyterian Church on Siberia
G W Horn invites attendance for Prof Moore’s Siberian costume lecture and Palestine slides on February 18 at 9 30 Sabbath school 10 30 worship 6 Endavor 7 45 new timing for the illustrated lecture on Palestine and the Holy Land A meeting for trustees and officers at South Side Mission Bloomfield Indiana February 26 at 7 00 to form a corporate body Jos M Campbell pastor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Prof. Moore
Moore
Palestine
The
Holy Land
South Side Mission
Bloomfield
Indiana
Jos. M. Campbell
New Brick Building Planned in Bloomfield by Local Agents
Mansfield and Haywood, Ford and Overland agents, will begin a new brick sales room and garage north of Ambaker drug store by early March. The 50 by 184 foot building will store over 50 cars and serve as a modern facility. Bloomfield's building boom signals growing business in the county seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield & Haywood
Ford and Overland
Ambaker Drug Store
Bloomfield
McIntyre Injured Riding Switch Engine at Bloomington Showers
Ot McIntyre son of Mr and Mrs Thomas McIntyre suffered a painful foot injury while riding a switch engine at the Showers factory in Bloomington on Tuesday. A cross tie placed near the track to stop rolling logs caught him as he watched signals and he was thrown clear. He received medical care in Bloomington and returned home that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ot McIntyre
Thomas McIntyre
Bloomington
Young McIntyre
Community Club Officers and Local Society News
The Tri Kappas elected new officers led by President Mrs. Avis Bryan Davis and Secretary Miss Josephine Adams. Luncheon and meeting notices include Rue Ladies Missionary Society at Mrs. S. D. Miles and Twentieth Century Club discussions on Conservation and wartime issues. Indiana clubwomen receive recognition for welfare and culture efforts. mentions of Mrs. David Ross and Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri Kappas
Josephine Adams
Avis Bryan Davis
Faye Marshall
Blanch Bennett
Carrie Johnson
Twentieth Century Club
Worthington
J. D. Myers
O. Merrill
W. E. Wright
L. E. York
Mitchell
Germany
Legislative Council of Indiana
State House
The
Social Service Review
General Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Indiana
Carolyn R. Fairbank
Ft. Wayne
Indiana Federation of Clubs
Red Cross
David Ross
Indianapolis
Albion Fellows Bacon
Market Prices and Local Notices From 1862
Market prices cover domistics calico yarn coal oil and more with entries for groceries medicines fruits and farm goods. The column notes a hospital death John Inman and canal navigation opening along with mail routes marriage licenses tax payers and notable taxpayers in 1868.
New Federation Sees Growth With Two Hundred Fifty New Members
The federation reports 83 new members from Ko komo and Evansville groupings. Mrs A C Cox of Terre Haute and Miss Mary Mathews of Evansville are listed among the newcomers. Since the Indianapolis convention last November about 250 members have affiliated with the Federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
A. C. Cox
Terre Haute
Mary Mathews
Woman’s Franchise League
Kokomo
Indianapolis
Wanted dairy herd feeder at Valparaiso University Farm
A permanent position offers room board washing and thirty five dollars monthly. Age preferences not specified. Location shown as Virgil Mood Manager Wanatah Indiana with Valparaiso University Farm seeking a middle aged single man to feed and care for a dairy herd.
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Valparaiso University Farm
Virgil, Mood, Mgr
Wanatah
Indiana
Court items list executors and estates in local docket
J E Walton named administrator of Sarah E Sebr ing estate and John M Bennie named executor of Cumming Bennie will. Nelson Rariden appeals damage. Goldie Strum and Annie Tyler divorce actions. Jacob Pedack divorce from Margaret Pedack. In Re Petition for public highway J W Jackson et al. Mary E Goodman administratrix v Dessa Pool et al petition to sell. Sharr v Parker Thompson Stella Thompson Joseph Sharr Effie Sharr partition. William P Lewis administrator of Irene Lewis Estate v William P Lewis et al petition to sell. Jury commission recalled to draw three new grand jurors. three drawn earlier deemed incompetent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Goodman
Administratrix
Dessa Pool
William P. Lewis
Irene Lewis
Clerk Denies Marriage License To Young Daviess Couple
Ray O Donal d and Lillian Feagans sought a license at the Daviess county Clerk's office Thursday. Deputy clerk Sullivan refused due to a Greene county residence rule requiring thirty days. Judge Slinkard offered conditional consent but warned the clerk could face a $25 fine for violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray O’donald
Lillian Feagans
Daviess County
Sullivan
Washington
Indiana
Greene County
Slinkard
Marriage Licenses Issued by County Clerk Ashcraft
County Clerk Ashcraft reports marriage licenses issued since last note. Harry Wayne, 28, of Bicknell wed Ruth Duncan, 22, of Linton. Marion Fish, 28, of Martin county, and Ethia Bough, 20, of Greene county. Harry C. Meredith, 29, of Greene county, weds Mary Oakley Shepherd, 23, of Greene county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashcraft
Harry Wayne
Bicknell
Ruth Duncan
Linton
Marion Fish
Martin County
Ethia Bough
Greene County
Harry C. Meredith
Mary Oakley Shepherd
Same Place
Paxton Youth Drowned in Home Well
Nolan Cox of Paxton in Sullivan county was accidentally drowned Monday evening in his parents well at home. He, who had epileptic fits, is believed to have fallen while drawing water. A physician arrived, but life was extinct. neck broken in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolan Cox
J. W. Cox
Paxton
Sullivan County
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Morton Harrah
Hendricksville
W. R. Vosloh
Sandy Carmichael
Jackson Township
Z. P. East
Jefferson Township
Jacob Bucher
Highland Township
Emmett Wright
Grant Township
Henry Smith
Voris Davidson
Lyons
B. F. Stivers
John F. Stafford
Robert Carpenter
Frank Woodhouse
Newberry
Lewis Wright
Greene County Farmers Association
John Gorman
Carl Davis
Morgantown
Mrs
Allen Williams
Frank Ryan
Milwaukee
T. M. Ryan
Wm. Winters
C. C. Turner
James Bough
Thomas Foster
William T. Benham
Washington Township
Ed Canada
Miss Pearl Stalcup
L. H. Stalcup
Commissioners Room
Court House
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Presbyterian Church
Parham Bakery
A. F. Quillen
Wm. Bovenschen
Switz City
Overland Automobile Works
Akron
Ohio
Ray Atto
Jno. Atto
Koleen
Sarah P. Dobbins
Joshua Dobbins
David C. Roach
Indiana Power and Water Company
Dr. LeGears
Spooner and Hays
John Terhune
Bloomfield Friends
John Herrington
John Hartley
Joe White
Thurman Jeffers
Walter Burcham
C. C. Hendren
James M. Hudson
McCracken Piano
Mary A. Bradford
Near
Tulip
David Kidd
R. Jackson
Merritt Owen
G. W. Horn
Pastor
Clubs and Society
Woman’s Social and Benevolent Club
Indiana Federation News
St. Louis
John Inman
Robert Inman
Co. D. 59Th Reg. of
Indiana Volunteers
Washington Mail
Spencer
Sullivan Mail
David Wright
Susan A. Brannon
Chas. Spencer
Mary Smith
Andrew J. Gillick
Maranda Benham
John W. Arthur
Mary A. Graves
C. C. Gilmour
Lavina Hogue
David A. Wilson
Mary E. Stansberry
Chas. M. King
Mary Robertson Hiram Campbell
Mary A. Beasley
Henry A. Wise
Martha A. McBride
Jacob Hardisty
Mary S. Whitak
John B. Harris
Eliza Plummer
M. H. Shryer
Rose & Peck
Wm. Mason
John Jones
Jason N. Conley
John K. Bennett
Henry Hanna
John H. Dixon
William Dixon Putman McKissick
Corpus N. Shaw
George R. Taylor
Dr. C. W. McDaniel
John Wesner
Samuel Miller
Henry E. Newsom
A. J. Newsom
James Blackmore
Henry Vanslyke
George Edwards Sr
Marcus Hays
Aaron Hagaman
Wine
Burbank
M. H. Shryer Rose & Peck
Will Mason
J. E. Walton
Sarah E. Sebring
John M. Bennie
Cumming M. Bennie
Nelson Rariden
Goldie Strum
John Strum
Annie Tyler
Benjamin Tyler
Jacob Pedack
Margaret Pedack
J. W. Jackson Et al
Mathias Sharr
Parker Thompson
Stella Thompson
Joseph T. Sharr
Effie Sharr
Partition
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