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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
3
The column records numerous residents and visitors on various days, mentioning stops at Bloomfield, Sharkey, Ogden Burch, and Riley Ray’s. Notable lines note sick lists, returns from Indianapolis and Bloomington trips, and local social calls. A future event notes an Haster Cantata at the Lutheran church and a Switz City school visit by Prof. Humphreys.
NEWBERRY Rev Hudelson traveled to Vincennes on business. Mrs Mary Wolford visited her daughter Mrs Homer Brown in Odon. Miss Grace Hasler of Elnora stayed with cousin Doris Clark. The sick list included W A Hilburn wife Mike Neff and Norma Neff. Miss Josephine Jessup joined Elnora for Friday night basketball. County Superintendent McIntosh reviewed school interests in town. Joe Matthews and wife of Terre Haute visited his mother and W H Moore. Elmer Killian and family of near Odon visited W D Killian family. M F McIntosh spent the week at a Worthington farm. Prof Phillips Orval Neff and Omar
Local notes show Mr. and Mrs. John F. Arthur visiting Newark on Monday and several neighbors making short calls. Richard Bland stayed Tuesday night with Willie Derrickson while Mrs. Paul Britton and Rosa Wells visited the Tinker Campbell and Sherman Wells households. A planned sermon by Rev. Cramer at Gaston was cancelled after late word.
An eye catching note of a large flock of robins seen last Wednesday amid bitter cold. Local families such as the Mullises and Haslers hosted visitors from Lyons and Morgantown during the weekend while neighbors noted high water from recent rains inconveniencing several residents.
The W F M S gathered at Mrs Arga Brown’s home with about twenty members and three visitors including Mrs John Workman Ruth Bynum and Grace Combs. Etta Chaney presented the Parable of sowing and reaping and Nelle Hasler gave a recitation. A letter from Hazel Dailey of Illinois was read and two new committees were chosen. The next meeting will be at Miss Etta Chaney’s home on the second Wednesday in April.
Mrs Henry Flory is sick Ivan Flory was in Bloomfield N W Osborn went to Bloomfield Miss Wanda Hunter and Winona Hunter visited Mrs P D Killinger Sunday Mr and Mrs Joe Smith visited Mr and Mrs Ed Pipes Saturday evening Mrs Sarah Bland has been sick for weeks is slowly recovering Robert Hunter and sons Garrett and Theodore visited Henry Bland and family Sunday Earl Vandeventer a guardsman on the Mexican border was here Monday en route to Spencer to report for duty
Joe Franklin buys a Ford. Roscoe Conder and wife visited Evra Miller and wife Sunday. Daisy Snyder visited Lizzie McIntosh Saturday. Richard Shaves and family dined with Alfred Neill and wife. Church planned at New Hope Saturday and Sunday night. Richard Skaggs and family called on S. N. McIntosh Wednesday. William Dyer and wife visiting daughter Ruby Alterman in Linton. Cecil McIntosh called to stay with sister in Indianapolis and ill mother. P A McIntosh family dinner with J W McIntosh. Lavern Franklin burned by stove Sunday morning and improving.
Mrs Vince Pearson visited her brother at Dugger a few days last week. Mrs Henry Abrams visited her parents Friday. Miss Leora Blaker and Miss Grace Killinger visited Miss Pearl Wilkers Saturday night. James Taylor of Montana came Saturday to visit his ailing father. Several young people spent Sunday at Harry Doyles. Their son Gladis who had been in Indianapolis returned home Saturday night then left Sunday night. Bernard Workman Margaret Workman and Grandma Phipps spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Emery Neidigh. Mrs Dave Blaker was an afternoon caller.
Farmers sow oats as three weeks of school remain. Harley Strauser loses a milch cow. Mrs Bough visits daughter. Francis Gilbreath sells horses. Elvan Martin family and Fran Gilbreath dine with Milton Gilbreath. Rain floods low lands. Jeffers family has measles but improves. Four pupils visit Newberry. Fred Ault travels to Koreen to see father ill. Edith Clark stays with Mr Walls. Cone children recover from measles. Miss Susie Clark birthday. nearby youths plan to visit her home.
The report lists Doris Borter Hazel Autrey Helen Borter Eldena Stafford Floriene and Goldiene Thomas with a note of a surprise and a good dinner. Grandma Thomas visited Mrs. Mary and Marion Thomas last Monday and Tuesday. Miss Doris Borter stays with her sister Mrs. Nina Stone in Newberry to attend school. Mrs. Margaret Anderson moved to Newberry last Tuesday, purchasing property and planning residence there.
Mrs. Pete Frye called on Mrs. Lil bern Jackson Monday. Prayer meeting was well attended Sunday night. Miss Frankie Markley visits grandmother. Winifred McGinnis called on Jonquil Merritt. Henry Ledgerwood and family visited Milford Chaney's. Inez Jackson in Bloomfield for dental work. Clovis Frye of Bloomfield attended prayer meeting. Miss Violet Hinds visited Newberry. William Ruth and daughter returned from Illinois. Fay Allen visited sister in Bloomfield. Myrtle Patterson and children visited her mother. Ethel West and children visited uncle Will Stafford. Virgil Mullis and family visited his father Alf Mullis. Ethel Smith and children of Bloomfield visited Fannie McCain. Mollie McGinnis and daughter Mary with Lerne Mitchell visited George Foster.
Clifty residents and surrounding towns report visits and social calls among families including Faye Kirk, Ossa Frye, the Strauser and Carmichael households. A preaching event is announced for April 7 by Rev. D A Hendricks as Everett Spinks near retirement from ill health.
Mr and Mrs Chriss Lewis visited Sunday with their daughter Mrs Byr on Royal near Robison. Bant Sexson of Indianapolis plans a few days stay with friend Miss Nella Tetrick.
Local ad from Vanmeter Hardware Co encourages customers to buy spring furniture with optional installment payments. The notice highlights affordable terms and urges immediate purchase.
The article describes stringent French air service tests for American candidates. It notes extreme psychometric and physical requirements, including rapid perception and reaction, heart and color responses under stress, plus knowledge of war rules, geography, and meteorology. It concludes that successful applicants prove true manhood.
From obscurity in a London suburb to worldwide fame Raemekers is hailed as the age's master of pen and pencil. His anti German culture cartoons have drawn royal attention, German spies, and English admiration while funding aid for the French Red Cross in New York. Born in Holland to a Dutch father and German mother, he was a landscape and portrait painter before the war. He lives with his three children and a wife, now of Protestant faith, while he remains religiously unaffiliated and devoted to his art.
News reports 2,000,000 bushels of oysters lost in Chesapeake Bay due to an unknown blight. Experts suspect sea nettles destroyed the oyster spawn as wartime costs rise and the public weighs the impact.
Frank N. Ooley as administrator presents final settlement for the estate of Elizabeth Ooley deceased. The Greene Circuit Court will examine the account on April 7, 1917, at Bloomfield Indiana, requiring heirs creditors or legatees to appear and show cause why the account should not be approved. Witness the seal of the court March 18, 1917. E. Kirby Ashcraft, Clerk. Webster V. Moffett, Attorney.
A Chicago Herald report notes experiments showing fish detect odors in water as in air. Sharks bite pork on hooks, trout may respond to scented bait, and smothered nostrils reduce feeding. dogfish deprived of smell often starve despite nearby food.
WWI sketch artist Matania, famed for London weeklies, joins Elser and William G. Shepherd near Neuve Chapelle. A three inch shell bursts near the party, mud splashes the drawing, and Matania laments not preserving the mud covered sketch as proof of the near miss.
A new solder for aluminum enables repair without riveting or welding. Backed by a British advisory panel, the invention avoids high heat, needing only about 350 degrees, and is being reviewed by Woolwich arsenal for munition makers. The inventor withholds the formula, citing a common metals alloy blended in specific proportions.
German industry expanded despite two major war loans in 1916 with new and existing companies absorbing 616.8 million marks. This is 148 million more than 1915 but 529 million less than 1913. The rise came mainly from war industry firms and capital increases by existing firms.
A proposed bridge between San Francisco and Oakland would become the largest of its kind. It would cost over $2,000,000 and carry three roadways and four railroad tracks. The design shows 16 spans with two tall enough for ships entering San Francisco harbor.
Japan's largest steamship line Nippon Yusen Kaisha reports net profits of about 8.5 million dollars for the first half of 1916, up 3.8 million from the prior six months. A 28 percent dividend will be declared at this month's stockholders meeting.
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