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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1917
Page
3
Mrs Nettie West and son visit Lin ton relatives including David William and James Long. Several townsfolk faced illness with Elsie Wright measles and Miss Anne Ashcraft Bedford in poor condition. News covers travel to Bloomington and Dugger for family and medical reasons along with church attendance disrupted by a snow storm.
Mr and Mrs Everett Maners and son hosted guests Saturday night with Mr and Mrs Charles Brown. Rassie Malicoat visited Maners Sunday. Lillian Noel dined with Grace Minks and did domestic work for Elia Dumond last week. Charles Brown dined with Robert McCullough. Virgil Hudson visited relatives in Hendricksville Saturday night and Sunday.
Paul Haywood visited home folks over Sunday. Howard Grove of Morgantown spent Saturday night with his sister Mrs Lilbern Jackson and family. Winifred McGinnis took Violet Hinds to Bloomfield Friday evening. The Odd Fellows supper Saturday was unevenly attended but enjoyable. The doctor saw Mrs Ethel West Thursday. Church was well attended Sunday morning. Clyde Meredith and wife of Koleen attended the supper Saturday night. No prayer meeting Sunday night due to weather. Audie Manis, formerly in Indianapolis hospital, is expected home this week.
Lester Happy Gordon visited W. A. Street on Sunday. Miss Ellen Lester traveled to Indiana polis on Thursday to visit her aunt Nellie Huffman. Thomas Christenberry went to the county seat on Saturday. Mrs. W. A. Street and daughter,
Helen and Mrs. Lizzie Lester called on Mrs. Clyde Kent Monday. Dr Cravens was called to see Geo Lester Saturday. Miss Pearl Lester returned home Monday after spending three weeks at Henry Barter's. Mrs Mable Hasler and Ellen Lester called at Clyde Kent's Wednesday. Mrs Maggie Anderson spent a few days last week at Indianapolis. Miss Margaret Autrey and sister Edna spent last Friday at William Autrey's.
Linton and surrounding communities report multiple weekend visits and visits to relatives. Notable items include births at Emanuel Birch residence, election of C H C Club officers, and March 17 Rebecca Lodge initiation. A French miner Joe Wantlett died after injuries at Little Giant mine, a Loyal Order of Moose member.
The deceased was a relative of Miss Verna Spensler, with whom the club was to have met, and mains were brought here for the occasion.
Thursday night visits at Clover Bottom include John McHaley with Mr. and Mrs. John Baker. Families frequenting Bloomfield over the weekend include J. W. Johnson visiting Freel Bullock and family and Mrs. J. W. Johnson visiting her daughter in Bloomfield. Audrey Beard and Olive Crane host or visit, while Glen Bullock and Gladys Loffland call on Claud Taylor and wife. William Osborn’s family hosts Homer Johnson and child, and Lelia Osborn visits Kitty Casner.
Robert Clennon visited Bloomfield Sunday morning. Mrs. Walter Lowder helped care for the sick at Mrs. Will Loffiand's last Tuesday night. Jacob Bailey and W. M. Doyle work on shingles at Taylor Pirtle's farm. Mrs. Asa Buckner and Illinois relatives visit Ellen Heaton. Willie Heaton's children have measles. Mrs. Sam Flater hosted a dinner for several neighbors. The Doyle family visited Taylor Pirtle's Tuesday. Sick List members are reported better.
Mary Cullen is very sick and Dr Cravens of Bloomfield was called. Lillian Tomy from Elnora stays at Frank Morgan’s. Frank Morgan and S J Sparks traveled to Terre Haute on business. O P McKee has dental work in Lyons. Amos Hostetter J W and E K Canady noted. John Frederick and Edgar White were in Elnora and Odon on business. Mullis family dined at Fred Chaney’s. Mildred Ann Mullis attends. Frank Morgan owns a new Buick. John Chestnut is critically ill in Lyons at his daughter Mrs Asberry Hunter’s home. School term lasts three weeks and one day. closing day Saturday. Miss Arthur leaves for college Sunday. The school praised for harmony and success. Frank Blackwood denies buying ten dollar capons. claims they were ten dollar roosters for his yard. Mr and Mrs Fred Chaney and son Louis dined at J W Canady’s. O P McKee and family were guests of Alvin Rose and family.
A. D. Isenogle and Mrs. Hineman are noted as ill. Mrs. Loffland improves while Hayes Roach and daughter Rachel Ellen stayed with Ellen Haywood. Residents attended the Odd Fellows social in Mineral with recitations and music. Ilene’s support to Rockwood is appreciated. Vaetor Hasler and Vera hauled hay. Louis Chaney and daughter visited Worthington relatives. Sunday visits included Mr and Mrs John Mitchell and family. An H C Whitner Company agent near Bedford had a minor accident while driving through town.
A horse pair pulling a buggy caused a brief upset as one horse kicked back while the other advanced. The buggy overturned and a man was dragged a short distance but remained unharmed. Nearby reads note the paper’s local flavor and March weather compare to a war dog. Ed Hasler and family welcomed visits from Scotland. Jed and Fredith Mitchell and others played Rook at John Hasler’s Thursday evening.
Mrs James Halderman called on Mrs Samuel Flater and several neighbors visited Mrs Granville Stewart. Quarantine announced for William Sparks family due to small pox risk. Various visits among Mrs William Shepherd family Bloomfield and nearby homes noted with multiple频连.
Local notes report a protracted meeting ending at Oak Grove Friday night. Several community members are listed visiting, celebrating anniversaries, or noting family visits and travel. Measles illness affects Bertha Beck's children while Edward Wells plans return to Iowa.
Alma Clifty, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roscoe Long, is reported no better. John Sharr visited his daughter Mrs Ralph Carter at Buena Vista Nellie Tetrick spent Saturday night with Lula Long Frank Regal Lank Hudson and
Augustus Burch traveled to Cincinnati on business. Mr and Mrs Corwin Long visited Mary Wilson. John Sharr and son Shirley hauled straw from Hugh Johnson. Measles cases show improvement. Thomas Robinson visited his sick daughter Mrs Noah Reed in Linton. Orval Collins and Henry Hudson called on Clyde Strauser. Cathleen Dagley visited Phillip Strauser. Mrs Joe West and son Clarence visited relatives in town. Thomas Long and Frank Carmichael hauled hay for Chris Lewis.
The Bark Well-Farr Company of Cleveland Ohio seeks industrious reliable men for ten plants operating year round. Pay rates listed include strikers 3 50, letterers 3 65, shedmen 3 00, teamsters 2 65 to 3 00 plus bonus dumpers 3 10 wheelers 3 50 and better. They offer 90 day railroad fare refund housing and family relocation assistance and claim no labor trouble.
A Newberry woman recounts years of dyspepsia and constipation before using Adler-i-ka buckthorn bark glycerine mixture. The druggist Guy G. Mayberry claims it flushes the entire alimentary tract and relieves constipation, sour stomach, and gas with quick action.
Classified notice states to file mortgage exemptions with Russell Fuller in the Recorder’s office. Also advertises for sale or trade of a five passenger touring car for a good team of mules wagon and harness. Signed by W. L. Slinkard.
Notice to farmers announces A B Douglass speaking on Dairying and Community upbuilding in the Commissioners Court Room Bloomfield Friday March 9 at 2 30 p m Farmers and business people urged to attend Roy Kirkhart Cincinnati Indiana seeks owner for 120 acres 1 1/2 miles northeast of Cincinnati with house barn sheds four orchards at a bargain if sold quickly C F McIntosh County Agent Bloomington Indiana
C. E. Combs Real Estate and Loan Agency of Bloomfield Indiana offers prompt secured loans on improved farms at a low rate of interest with reasonable commissions.
C. E. Combs real estate agency in Bloomfield Indiana announces a large farm and city property listing and urgently solicits prospective purchasers to inquire about available properties.
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