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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1917
Page
1
A compact notice highlights local visitors and social happenings. It lists neighbors and friends visiting, calls on residents to note upcoming community events, and notes the ongoing exchange of greetings and plans within the town.
Mrs E R Mason and daughter Marjorie visit relatives in Warsaw. Mr and Mrs E W McIntosh visit friends in Worthington. Bloomfield residents attend Robinson circus in Linton. Several townsfolk visit relatives in Worthington and Bicknell. A trio travels to Rockford Ill for aviation work. Oil prospects emerge as Clay County Oil and Gas leases land in Wright township with wells near Jasonville and Jacksonville.
The thirty-eighth Greene County Sunday-School convention met at Switz City and will close this afternoon. Miss Emma G. Lemen of Indianapolis will be the principal speaker. Speakers include Rev. Merrit Owen, Rev. F. H. Level, and Rev. J. D. Smith from local churches.
Farmers are invited to a two day Wheat Production campaign on August 2 and 3 with four meetings in Owensburg Bloomfield Worthington and Linton. Purdue crop department agents will discuss seed variety sowing time fertilization seed bed prep limestone and other wheat handling topics. County Agricultural Agent C F McIntosh urges participation and notes a possible two dollar per bushel minimum price.
The Wednesday Reading Club met Tuesday at Mrs Edward DeBerry’s home in Bicknell. A full course dinner was served at one by Mrs DeBerry and her daughters Bertha and Ruth. The spacious porch and an automobile ride through the city finished a perfect day for seventeen women after a Switz City gathering.
Virginia Fuller two years old drank a small amount of coal oil at her grandparents home. A physician was summoned but the dose was not enough to cause serious harm.
Greene County citizens residing in Indianapolis plan an annual reunion at Garfield Park on Sunday August 5 1917 at 3 o clock. The association officers will try to reach all former residents but readers who know Greene County people who moved to Indianapolis recently should notify Bert Hendren secretary at the State House with their address.
Dr. T. J. Slinkard of Nashville Tennessee traveling with the John Robinson circus was killed when his car failed and overturned into a water-filled street stream on South Lincoln in Bloomington. He arrived with his wife and a circus official after traveling from Linton. his wife had gone to a hotel. The physician had been with the show for years.
Assistant Surgeon General Trask urges physicians and midwives to register all births within 33 hours in Indiana. Craven, Greene County Health Commissioner, warns fines of ten to fifty dollars for noncompliance and notes legal liability for delayed or absent birth certificates.
J Aubrey Sandefur pastor of First Baptist Boonville Ind will preach Sunday morning and evening at the Baptist church The evening service will be a union meeting Sunday school at 930 with opening exercises by Mrs A D Haigs class B Y P U at 630 pm Everyone invited
Merritt Owen, pastor, leads Bible school at 9 30 and morning sermon at 10 30 on Means of True Happiness. Union meeting planned in the park or Baptist church with sermon by the Baptist minister. Rev Owen to preach at Castle Sill church Sunday at 3 00 in the afternoon.
The article argues dirty back yards breed malaria and fever through kitchen slops and foul odors. It warns deaths from disease blame hygienic neglect and notes deception in presenting tidy fronts while backs are unfit, urging sani tary reforms and awareness.
The text urges teaching children cleanliness for its own sake not due to external criticism. It recommends directing waste and drainage away from the house, maintaining lawns with grass, repairing fences, and planting vines to hide refuse barrels. It advises sturdy clothesline supports and a closed ash receptacle to avoid unsightly ash clouds, keeping back yards as clean as front ones.
Noble Puckett and Fay Harris of Jasonville. Edwin Humphreys of Kokomo and Anna Landis of Linton. John B. Pol near Worthington and Grace Markle of Worthington. James Burks of Bloomington and Frances A. Raper listed with Greene county residence.
A civic exhortation urges residents to praise local progress and avoid petty complaints. It encourages hustling to share in growth, speaking kindly of others, and keeping personal grievances private to improve community spirit.
Oscar Bogard of Lyons, formerly a Bloomfield high school teacher, accepts the position as principal of the Washington township schools for the coming year. He succeeds Charles Hannah, who becomes superintendent of the News Perry schools.
Correspondence notes the paper is without an experienced linotype operator causing many communications and some obituary notices to be omitted for this issue with promises of future publication.
Sunday visits by Willard Hilburn and Everett Quackenbush family and friends. Mrs Isabel Scott died Sunday July 22 and was buried Tuesday, with multiple travel and family connections noted. Drafts show fifteen of sixty seven locals drafted. veterans and relatives from Vincennes Terre Haute and Indianapolis attend funerals and visits.
Dessie Pafford and Winnie Terrel host Sunday gatherings while Miss Florence Chamberlain and Lena Gore exchange calls. Many neighbors including the Bynums and Ch arles Hamilton families share visits across Bloomington Owensburg Camp Ground and Lester. A Sun day school gathering hosted by Dessie and Leslie Pafford precedes a party by the Hamiltons.
Nie Terrell Hazel Helen and Josephine Workman called in the afternoon. Mr and Mrs Charles Hamilton entertained a large crowd at their home Saturday night with several car loads of people from a distance. Everyone reported the usual good time they always have at Mr Hamiltons.
Margaret Workman and Grandma Phipps spent Sunday with Bernard Workman and wife. Earl Frey from Worthington came home with Claud Workman Thursday evening, returning Friday morning. Mrs Angie DeVilbiss of Bloomfield visited daughter Emery Weidigh Monday to Wednesday. Ray Blaker returned Friday to grandparents David and family after visits to Illinois and Terre Haute. Mr and Mrs Charles Cook of Indianapolis visited over Sunday. Mrs Cook and son Van extended stay with Thomas Pearson. Large turnout at funeral of Mrs Myers Flater. she was described as a loveable woman of high character and morals, with sympathies extended to husband and relatives.
Local households log a weekend of visits and overnight stays. Fern Wells hosts Susie McDaniel. Verna Bowersock visits Rosia Wells. Mrs Sherman Wells visits Mrs John Watkins. Ona Campbell of Clover Bottom stays at Geo Frye’s. Richard Bland returns from Indianapolis. Ollie Wells family visits Edward Wells. Helms family spends Sunday with Johneth Helms. Frye household hosts Luther Frye and children. McDaniel and Everett families gather at Susie McDaniel’s. Fannie Watkins visits sister Clayton Brinson near Salem. Sunday guests at Sherman Wells and John W Watkins homes include multiple relatives.
Mrs Sallie Ellett visited Mrs Sarah Rollison Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr and Mrs C E Ashbaugh visited Bloomfield Sunday to see Mrs Ida Shirts. A basket meeting at Bethany is scheduled Sunday. Mrs Clyde Meredith of Koleen spent time with her parents L B Shepherd. Mrs Milton Flater and two daughters visited Mrs Guy Ashbourd and family. Mrs Walter Squires of Bicknell visited her parents Jess Rollison. Rev Day preached at Bethany Sunday. he returns every fourth Sunday for six months. Mrs Emma Cunningham, at L B Shepherd’s home, is improving after a paralysis stroke. Mrs Tom McIntire and Mrs Roy McIntire attended the County C W E M rally in Switz City Tuesday. Sunday guests at Delbert Shepherd’s home included Miss Bertha Neal of Lyons, Ray Ashbaugh, Mrs Tom Myers and Roy McIntire and family.
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