Local residents and visitors dine the week away
Cary L Harrel of Jasonville and attorney Joseph Housum were in town on legal and professional business Monday. Numerous residents from Linton Bedford Indianapolis Bloomington and Indianapolis visited family or completed trips, while Rev T J Parsons spoke at the Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary L. Harrel
Jasonville
Joseph Housum
Louie Ryan
Baxter Pate
Indianapolis
Ella Moore
Linton
W. L Cavins
John R. Sullivan
Beech Creek Township
W. R. Cravens
Helen
Catherine
Frank Welch
C. E. Welch
Hobart Hancock
Indiana
Bloomington
Charles Wylie
Charles
W. G. Jones
Mildred Inman
Indiana University
W. E. Inman
Indiana Presbytery Young People Convene at Scotland
Scotland hosted the Indiana Presbytery Convention of Young People with two days of addresses and the installation of J. Harvey McCann as regular pastor. Rev. Aiken presided, Brown and Jameson spoke, 22 delegates attended, and the new building is completed with debts paid. New officers were elected for the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Indiana
U. P
J. Harvey McCann
Jnc. T. Aiken
Rushville
George L. Brown
Indianapolis
A. W. Jameson
Xenia
Ohio
Death of John Flory at Tulip Home
John Flory aged sixty eight died Sunday evening at his home one mile north of New Tulip from diabetes with ten days of carbuncles. He leaves a wife and two children. The funeral was held this afternoon at Tulip with Mrs Kemp and the Rev Dustin officiating. Burial followed in Tulip Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Flory
New Tulip
Tulip
Kemp
Dustin
Drowns While Bathing in Pond at Owensburg
Louis Strosnider twenty one drowned while swimming with companions at Waggoner pond near Owensburg on Saturday. His friends on shore mistook his distress for diving and did not leap to aid him before he sank. Cause unknown. He was a son of Omer Strosnider of Jackson township and a former Owensburg high school graduate. He had been living in Chicago and was visiting Owensburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Applewhite
Indianapolis
C. E. Gregg
W. M. Haig
James J. Denney
Scotland
Beaver County
Penn
Lemuel A
Marco
Eliza McKee
James Harrel
Mary
Helen Freeland
Nona
Dimple Stalcup
Bloomington
Bloomfield
Washington
Elnora
Worthington
Spencer
James Taylor
Duluth
Minn
Taylor
Stockton Township
New York
Columbia University
Lara Johnson
Herbert Leavitt
Chester Harrah
Government Aviation Corps
Champaign
Hainois
Chicago
The
Louis Strosnider
Owensburg
Omer Strosnider
Jackson Township
Owensburg High School
Cloudburst Causes Severe Flooding and Structural Damage
A cloudburst at Worthington Thursday afternoon flooded streets and poured into the C. W. Jean poultry house basement. The flood undermined the foundation and damaged the east wall, sixty feet, requiring dynamiting and rebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
C. W. Jean Poultry House
Dagley Returns Home From Hospital Stay
Mrs. A. C. Dagley of Cincinnati was released from the Linton hospital after a two week stay and was able to go home last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Dagley
Cincinnati
Linton
Distinguished Spanish Cellist Coming Here For Chautauqua Week
The fourth day of the Redpath Chautauqua features Senor Sala the royal court cellist of Madrid joining the tour. Salvador Sala, newly arrived from Barcelona, appears as violinist with notable Arthur Fram as accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Senor Sala
King Alfonso
Madrid
Spain
Salvador Sala
America
Barcelona
Kubelik
Arthus Fram
Bite
Antonio Sala
Bloomfield in 1838 a rough rural town portrait
In Bloomfield, 1838, residents chopped wood for fires, baked corn bread in skillets, and cooked on coals. A ferry over White River ran by Boo and family, while doctors, a lawyer, and few shops marked the town. Fights, whiskey, markets, and court days shaped the rough frontier life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavins
White River
Boo
Greene County
Bloomfield
Hugh Livingston
Bedford
Bloomington
Cora
Marquis of Queensbury
Don C Faith Receives Commissioned Army Honor
The Washington Herald notes Don Carlos Faith son of Edward C Faith of the city has passed army selection tests and will be commissioned a first lieutenant. At about twenty one he is praised for studious rigor and technical prowess earning a high standing in military circles and a lasting army role potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don C. Faith
Ed Faith
Washington
Laura O’haver
Washington Herald
Don Carlos Faith
Edward C. Faith
Don Faith
West Point
Army
Don
Young Don Faith Proves Bright student at Temple of Justice
The passage extols a young man named Don Faith for his broad learning. At twenty one he is a graduate of the local high school and the University of Wisconsin and has completed a program equivalent to graduation from the U S military school. He excels in literature mathematics engineering military tactics and languages English French Spanish and Italian. Only a reader with considerable talent can follow his achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Don Faith
University of Wisconsin
United States
Elmer Oliphant Visits Linton On Furlough
West Point student and Purdue star Elmer Q. Oliphant arrives in Linton for a two month furlough. He has won five monograms at West Point and is slated to graduate next spring with possible cadet major promotion at the end of August. He may be sent to Europe after graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Elmer Q. Oliphant
West Point
New York Journal
Purdue University
Oliphant
New York
Chicago
Europe
Blackwood Family Hosts 13th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Blackwood of Washington township celebrated their thirteenth wedding anniversary on Sunday June 24. The event also marked the fourth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Blackwood. Thirty-five guests joined the family for a noon dinner in the grove, with forty-five total in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Blackwood
Washington Township
John Blackwood
Blackwood
Indiana Guardsman Killed Guarding Wabash Bridge
James D. Laforge a private in Company B Second Indiana National Guard was killed at Vincennes when struck by a passenger train on the Wabash River railroad bridge. He was shoved along the track for about fifty yards and pushed into the water by the locomotive after being transferred from Terre Haute to Vincennes to guard the bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Laforge
Indiana National Guard
Vincennes
Wabash River
Laforge
Terre Haute
Wabash
Social Club hosts Mrs Welch afternoon gathering
Mrs Charles E Welch entertained the Social Club this afternoon. Standard Bearers will meet Friday evening with Mrs Marshall Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Welch
Marshall Davis
New Pastor Called at Worthington Presbyterian Church
The Worthington Presbyterian Church called Rev. G. C. Sprague of Oakland City as pastor. He preached his first sermon as regular pastor last Sunday. The young minister comes with a wife and two children and is highly recommended. The church had been pastorless since Rev Rankin resigned months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Presbyterian Church
Worthington
G. C. Sprague
Oakland City
Sprague
Rankin
Bloomfield Democrat Weekly and Cincinnati Enquirer Offer
The Bloomfield Democrat offers a weekly edition along with the Cincinnati Enquirer for a combined price of $1.75 per week. Both papers deliver local and regional news and updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield Democrat
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Daily routine of business transacted in the circuit court
The report outlines the daily routine in the circuit court including filings, docket activity, and civil and criminal matters handled this session. It notes judges present, case numbers, and procedural steps such as hearings, adjournments, and rulings.
Legal Notices and Civil Actions Summary
Idman B. Waggoner sues White Ash Coal Company for mine injuries. National Surety petitions to release from bonds of Oliver Williams trustee Stafford and Lucien Jones trustee Stockton. James B. Filbert obtains divorce from Louisa A. Filbert. Indiana Power and Water Company wins default judgment to quiet title along their right of way. Thomas Babers of Worthington jailed on wife desertion. divorce suit pending to be tried Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idman B
Thomas Babers
Worthington
Marriage Licenses Granted in Bloomfield and Beech Creek
Hobart Noel of Bloomfield and Lola E. Cooper of Dresden received a license. Everett Watkins of Beech Creek township and Leora Blaker obtained a license. Leora Blaker is a daughter of David R. Blaker of near Bloomfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart Noel
Bloomfield
Lola E. Cooper
Dresden
Everet Watkins
Beech Creek Township
Leora Blaker
Miss Blaker
David R. Blaker
Piano Recital by Mrs Harrel’s Pupils at Methodist Church
Music students led by Mrs J B Harrel presented a Friday recital at the Methodist church inviting families and friends. Performers included Helen Haig Hazel Workman Mina Blackmore Nellie Blackmore Margaret Smith Mary Inman Juanita Combs Helen Schrantz Yollie Ashcraft Iona Cravens Rolena Edwards Haseltine Welch Gretchen Haig Esther Neidigh Mary Ruth Haig Ruth Shryer Catherine Pate Rawles Cook Carl Hasler Ray Sullivan Estill Fuller and Lowell Welch. A Kitchen Symphony feature used common kitchen items as instruments. The program closed with The Star Spangled Banner sung by the class and audience.
Red Cross Meeting Called in Greene County
Jos. Moss, chairman of the Greene County Chapter American Red Cross, invites officers directors and members to a meeting at the Lincoln public library Friday at 7 30 p m to complete the county organization and name committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County
American Red Cross
Jos. Moss
Red Cross
Linton
Purdue Demonstration on Canning Set at Court House
Miss Beall of Purdue University will lead a canning demonstration at the courthouse Thursday afternoon July 5. Women are urged to attend as the session will be of vital interest and value to them. County Agricultural Agent Co. F. McIntosh announces the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Beall
Purdue University
Court House
Co. F. McIntosh
Fire in Headley & Sons Stone Mill at Bloomington
A fire damaged the Headley & Sons stone mill in Bloomington on Sunday. It is the second blaze at the facility in months with several bales of excelsior destroyed and the office building badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Headley & Sons
Bloomington
Reliable Abstract Service Ad in Bloomfield Democrat
An ad offers fast reliable abstracts for low cost with M F Pate. It promotes the Bloomfield Democrat newspaper twice weekly and the Terre Haute Tribune daily at a special rate of two dollars and ninety cents per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bloomfield. Democrat
Terre. Haute Tribune Daily
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Julia Glover
Anthony
Kansas
Andy Combs
Salsberry
Democrat
G. H. Hendren
C. C. Hendren
Wakeman
Edwards Abbieville
Louisiana
Temple OF Justice
Elmer Oliphant
Clubs and Society
M. F. Pate
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