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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1917
Page
3
Local notices record visits and greetings among residents. John Hamilton and others called on Ferguson family. several trips to Bloomfield Newark and Odon are noted, plus church preaching arrangements and sick lists in the community.
James Hickam on the sick list. Catherine Williams visited Louise Griffith Sunday. Rev. Wyant and family visited Dan Stahl and family Sunday. Nelson Martin and family visited Calvin Falk and wife Sunday. Most schools in the township will come this week. J W Britton delivered a new Ford to Claud Mathews last Sunday. Ben Fiscus and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Franklin Sunday. William Britton of Spencer called on Walter Dyer Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Chester Heaton and children visiting her parents Jacob Spease and wife. Rev. Wyant and family spent last week with Victor Smith and wife.
Ralph Arthur visited John Crane Charley Calland visited his nephew Frank Keys and wife Glen Bullock visited James Barnes and family Sunday. Lizie Dilley and daughter spent Saturday with Mrs. Frank Keys. Tinker Campbell called on Claude Taylor Sunday night. Freel Bullock and two children spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs P F Barnes. Tinker Campbell visited his grandfather near Cincinnati who is dangerously ill. Lelia Osborn Mabel Loffland Mildred Frye and Ralph Crane went to Solsberry to write for graduation. Paul Britton John Lois land John McHaley and Glen Bullock visited with Mr and Mrs Tinker Campbell Wednesday night.
ILENE Amos Hostetter lost a valuable mare Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Mullis spent Monday night at Fred Chaney's. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morgan, March 13, a ten pound boy, Paul. Miss Ermil Laughlin spent Friday evening with Miss Dorothy McKee. J. W. Canady and family took dinner Wednesday with J. H. Canady and family. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Mullis and daughter, left Saturday for a short
Alva Coster shopped in town Saturday evening while measles spread in and around Hendricksville. Roy Hudson and Roy Abram suffered illness this past week. Oliver Abrams visited friends last Sunday as Virgil Hudson plans to move back from Turpin Hollow. Calf loss to blackleg and travel notes mix with church plans and winter hunting reports from Wisconsin.
Bloom Field Ice and Produce Co offers a buyout of 40 cents per hundredweight for old iron until April 1. The notice specifies payment terms and the company name.
Tom Martindale visited Bloomfield on Thursday. Jessie Sullivan and family called on Curt Price Sunday. Otis Weaver, sick for days, is improving. Herman and Raymond Garsnett visited Willie Weaver Sunday. Jasper Weaver and Mrs Weaver visited Mrs Weaver’s mother Sunday. Claude Combs and Millard Weaver went to Pete Oliphant’s Friday. Millard and Jasper Weaver were installing telephones Thursday. Merle Weaver traveled to Cincinnati Saturday for graduation writing. Lena Weaver and Ann Oliphant went to Cincinnati Friday. William Garsnett business trip to Starling Hudson’s Saturday. George Martindale went to Solsberry Thursday after Victor Carmichael and son. John Burks is very ill at his Cincinnati home with slim hopes of recovery. Victor Carmichael and son Morris of Vincennes visit George Martindale.
Ivan Lynn spent Friday evening at J. C. Holselaw's. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Abrams and little one were noted in the local social.
Granddaughter Mae visited son Albert Abrams Friday. Alvin Gwinnup called on Curtis Combs Friday morning. Mrs. Fuller remains at Ruth Combs bedside. Lon Holtsclaw visited his parents Thursday. Edith Hash and Bertha Pearson visited Olivena Bradley Sunday. Marie Shipman and Rex Holtsclaw wrote for Bloomfield graduation Saturday. Remember Sunday school at Sharkey each Sunday at 10 a.m. Everyone invited. Don Helms injured his foot when a heavy object rolled on it. Mr. Robin Redbreast and family seen on our streets recently. Curtis Combs moved Thursday to the former Allen residence.
A series of brief social items report residents visiting Newark and nearby towns on Saturdays and Sundays. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Watkins, Miss Verna Bowersock, Mrs. Hoke and son Terrence, Lizzie Bland and daughter Minnie, Susie McDaniel, W. S. Wells and son Curtis, Jacob McDaniel, and others. Also noted are church and school events, travel to Bloomfield, Spencer, and Smith, a preach by Rev. George Cramer, and a completed telephone line project to Newark. A final line notes a 40 cent payment offer through April 1.
The day centers on the railroad employees strike while local activity includes visits by Simon Ashcraft and son Joe in Bloomfield, graduation events in Owensburg, and community notes. Several residents travel, visit relatives, and attend meetings. incidents include a horse mishap near tunnel hill and a cemetery fence project by Koleen and Robison men.
Dr. E R Mason attended Victor Wright after his alarming sickness on Saturday. Lewis Wright's son was seen Sunday morning following the emergency. Mrs Frank Horn traveled to Bedford on Friday to visit her niece Anna Ashcraft, who remains in a serious condition.
John Rector born January 11 1835 in Lawrence County Indiana died March 11 1917 at age eighty two years two months and two days. He married Sarah Catherine Melton January 14 1858 and had five children. He joined the M E church at Owensburg aged about twenty one and lived a faithful Christian life. The funeral was held March 18 at the Owensburg M E church with local ministers. He leaves a widow five children two sisters and one brother and many friends.
The Rector family expresses appreciation to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of their father and husband, Mrs. Catherine Rector and children.
Army Recruiting Officer Sowder extols universal training and its mold of character for boys around nineteen. He argues a year of strict military life builds responsibility, courage, and direction, transforming loafers into disciplined men and guiding parental trust in Uncle Sam.
A persuasive call urges young men to embrace military training as a path to personal pride and public duty. It argues soldiers gain lifelong benefits, cites conversations with army personnel, and urges readers to apply to the Army Recruiting Station in Bloomfield Indiana to seize opportunity and defend country.
Bloomfield joins the Buy-at-Home movement as Leading Woman’s Magazine The Delineator adopts a policy to benefit local merchants. The article notes a radical shift encouraging shoppers to support nearby shops.
Local merchants have long pushed for a buy-at-home system while out of town concerns push catalogs. The Delineator, via Vanmeter & Company, will remove mail order ads from April issue on sale March 10, to favor local stores and taxes. Subscribers urged to support local ads and subscriptions to offset publisher losses.
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