Local Notes From Ridgeport and Nearby Towns
Daily notices report visits and travels by residents including Tad Bough Ollie Wells Rex Harper Elbert Bingham D E Combs Mack Burch Charley Hord Lexie Mitterspaugh and Mandy Baugh. A sorghum making day is noted and a infant death occurred for Homer Linthicum with burial at Ridgeport cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tad Bough
Ollie Wells
Bloomfield
Rex Harper
Elbert Bingham
D.E. Combs
Tulip
Mack Burch
Mandy Baugh
Charley Hord
Tanner
Lexie Mitterspaugh
Rose Hardesty
Joe Hunter
Tarrence Hoke
Near Park
Ben Holt Sclaw
Maud Burch
Linton
Marco
Floyd Kindred
Alva Brosman
Allen Chapel
Cary
Community Visits and Gatherings Highlight Local Social Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Combs hosted visitors including Mrs. Aaron Combs on Tuesday. Olivina Bradley and Eva Wright shared weekend visits. Families of Combs, Bogard, Wright, and Byers connected at various social calls and a funeral in Robinson. The Rev Charley Manes will preach at Mattamoris Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Combs
Aaron Combs
Olivina Bradley
Eva Wright
Alvin Gwinnup
Raymond Combs
Olivena Bradley
Curtis Hendren
Margarete, Avis
Irene Heaton
Frances Shaffer
Wm. Dailey’s
William Wright
Milton Bogard
Fanny Wright
Roscoe Byers
Charley Mansfield
Robison
Local Socials and Visits In Bloomfield Area
Bloomfield residents attended lodge events and visited friends across the area. Notable names include Mrs. D. H. Mitchell Mrs. Ed Hasler Miss Grace Feutz and Emerson Mays who returned after ten years in Knox Penn. Several families hosted and visited kin and neighbors during the week with no serious incidents reported.
Local residents enjoy Sunday visits and events in area towns
Ernest Whitsett and Walter Edington spent Sunday in the vicinity while Ernest Bruce traveled to Martinsville on Monday. Laura Bland visited Mamie Boltz, and Kathern Mahan visited relatives in Linton Sunday. A large crowd attended a Union Valley basket dinner and a county agent lecture at the school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Whitsett
Ernest Bruce
Martinsville
Laura Bland
Mamie Boltz
Walter Edington
John Terell
Bloomfield
George Barge
Peter Killinger
Wesley Killinger
Jake Flory
Union Valley
Linton
Sullivan
Dugger
Viaduct
James Mahan
Kathern
Stella Shoemate
Wilburn
Henry Whitsett
Allen Bland
Walter Ferguson
Local Visits Highlight Weekend in Lyons Area
Jonas Lester and family visited relatives in Lyons along with Curtis Martin from Newberry staying with his brother Elvan. Several others including the Haslers and Barters gathered for dinners and visits with friends and relatives across nearby towns.
Local social notes from Lyons area residents
MT NEBO Willis Fish of Lyons spent Sunday in the vicinity. Miss Lula Roach visited Miss Golda Townsend. Miss Lillie Graham stayed with Minnie Denny Sunday night. Miss Trula Laughlin returned to her Lyons area home. Mrs Ruth Dove visited her daughter Mrs John Plummer from Sunday to Monday. Nellie Kern, recently with her sister at Jasonville, returned home Monday. Mr and Mrs Tip Greene left Sunday for Louisville Kentucky for a few weeks. Mr and Mrs Willie Townsend and daughter Mabel arrived Monday to spend a few days with their parents. Mrs Marvel Townsend and sons James and Harrel spent Saturday night and Sunday with her mother Mrs James Campbell. Mrs Claude Walls and Grace of Indianapolis visited here last week. Otis Jamison returned to Camp Taylor Louisville Kentucky after visiting home folks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Fish
Lyons
Lula Roach
Golda Townsend
Lillie Graham
Minnie Denny
Trula Laughlin
Ruth Dove
John Plummer
Nellie Kern
Jasonville
Tip Greene
Louisville
Willie Townsend
Mabel
Marvel Townsend
James
Harrel
James Campbell
Claude Walls
Grace
Indianapolis
Otis Jamison
Camp Taylor
Carl Johnson
Salsberry
James Arthur
B. M. Nation’s
John
Jacob McDaniel
Bloomfield
T. C. Ferguson
Newark
Susie McDaniel
Everett McDaniel
Henry McDaniel
Sherman Wells
Anna
Tulip
Myr
Willie Derrickson
Edward Wells
P. C. Camden
Odessa Bland
Guy
Fannie Watkins
Clayton Brinson
Salem
H. V. Hoke
Helen Sparks
Clarice Bland
Raymond
Elmer
Mirs
Mandy Resler
James Drake
Frank Henson
Curtis
Crifton Wells
Homer Ray and
Charley Piercy
Fielding Turner
Ernest Ramsey
Linton
Horace Turpin
Anna Weddle
Iva Shelton
Ray Miller
Ann Grounds
John Dean
Charles Piercy
Ruth Bynum
Gladges Burch
John Pitcher
Mineral social notes list local families visiting
Mineral reports Jack Hoover works for Jerry Meredith. Fay Allen spent Sunday with Millie and Dale Sholders. Mr and Mrs Milford Chaney and family with John Grove and family of Bloomfield motored to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Allen
Millie
Dale Sholders
Milford Chaney
John Grove
Bloomfield
Sunday visits noted in Jasonville community
Rich ard Clemens and family visited church Sunday morning led by Rev. Clay. Daniel Smiley of Antioch visited Millard Smiley and family. Frost last night damaged corn in the low bottom. Minnie Miller of West Bloomfield shopped with her mother Mary Rampley. Charles Miller of Clinton visits William Allen family this week. Daniel Schrantz and granddaughter Jene Combs toured Alva Mantell. Lilbern Jackson and sons Claude and Albert stayed with Howe Herald near Switz City. Fox Hunters Association meeting attendees Elizabeth Fields George Merritt Richard Merritt and Ernest Quimby motored to Trinity Springs Sunday to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasonville
Richard Clemens
Clay
Daniel Smiley
Antioch
Millard Smiley
Minnie Miller
West Blomfield
Mary Rampley
Charles Miller
Clinton
William Allen
Daniel Schrantz
Jene Combs
Alva Mantell
Lilbern Jackson and
Claude
Albert
Howe Herald
Switz City
Fox-Hunters’ Association
Trinity Springs
Wek
Elizabeth Fields
George Merritt
Richard Merritt
Ernest Quimby
Clover Bottom Notes and Local Visits
James Barnes, ill with typhoid fever, shows slow improvement. Several local visits and social gatherings are noted, including a Clover Bottom school house pie supper planned for Saturday night October 7. Numerous residents from Bloomfield and nearby families are mentioned visiting and hosting relatives.
Social visits noted across Eagle Nest residents
Carl Johnson travels to Salsberry while James Arthur visits B Nation's. McDaniel families visit Bloomfield Everett McDaniel’s and Tulip. Various households host or visit relatives in Newark Everett Wells Salem and nearby towns. People listed include Susie McDaniel Sherman Wells Anna and Odessa Bland with several guests.
Local News Notes and Obituary Highlights
Charley Piercy erects a concrete silo while the community notes visitors from Lyons to Sullivan county. The obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Meredith, 80, longtime Taylor township resident, cites her Greene County roots, marriages to William Shanks and Jacob Meredith, and burial at Prairie Chapel after services by a Sandborn minister.
T ROY COOK Physician and Surgeon at Richland
Dr. T Roy Cook operates as physician and surgeon at Westside Square Richland with office hours from 9 to 11 and 1 to 3 and 8 to 8 p.m. Residence listed as 120. Office phone 209.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Cravens
North Side Public Square
T. Roy Cook
Westside Square
Richland Block
Frank A. VanSandt
Trustees Notices for Greene County Indiana Townships
Trustees announce township business hours in Greene County Indiana. John W. Jackson holds office at the A B Titus Building in Richland Township daily except Sunday. W E Dobbs conducts Taylor Township business in Scotland on Fridays and Saturdays. William Radcliff handles Jackson Township from his home on Tuesdays and Fridays and at Owensburg on the last Saturday of each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Township
Greene County
Indiana
A. B. Titus
Allen Williams
John W. Jackson
Taylor Township
Scotland
W. E. Dobbs
Jackson Township
Owensburg
William Radcliff
Travel notes and local visits hit Newberry scene
Newberry reports show Alva Hindman visiting from near Plainville while Diane Slinkard’s burned buildings are under rebuilding. Clergy and families travel, with Rev. Lessenhop at Luthern conference in Gila Illinois and Rev. O. M. Deal passing through en route to Odon. Louis Shoptow and wife of Washington vacation with Frank Slinkard. Janie McCall visits with the Slinkards. J. H. Parnell and wife from Indianapolis visit Barker family. Parnell now a First Lieutenant. Mrs. W. D. Killian travels to Mulberry then Indianapolis for dental service and Grand Lodge. McIntosh from Worthington also seen in Newberry. A remark notes soldiers’ needs tied to stocked cellars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Hindman
Plainville
Diane Slinkard
Lessenhop
Gila
Luthern Church
Louis Shoptow
Washington
Frank
Janie McCall
Jesse Craft
D. H. Slinkard
O. M. Deal
Graysville
Odon
Joe Matthews
Greenville
Miss
Matthews
Roy Owen
J.h.parnell
Indianapolis
Jas. Barker
Parnell
Engineering Corps
W. D. Killian
Mulberry
Ray
Grand Lodge Pythian Sisters
M. F. McIntosh
Worthington
Newberry
Local visits mark a busy Sunday in nearby towns
Plum mer Mr and Mrs Lewis Laymon visited their son Elsie Laymon and wife Roy McIntire and family were the guests of Tom McIntire and family Claude McIntire and family were the guests of Bradley Pugh and family Sunday Alma Kirk of Lyons spent Tuesday night with Edith and Audrey Rollison Helen Solliday of Worthington visited her sister Mrs Earl McIntire and family Lizzie Hill and daughter Mrs Fred Slinkard of Worthington were guests of Mrs Sarah Rollison Sarah Rollison and Mrs Levi Holmes and daughter Marie went to Bicknell Saturday to visit Mrs Walter Squires and family Mr and Mrs Oram Doney and children and May and Mrs Levi Holmes and daughter visited Thadeus Holmes near Sandbern Sunday Mr and Mrs Clyde Meredith of Koleen Mr and Mrs Dencil Shepherd and son Mr and Mrs Delbert Shepherd and son and Bertha Neal of Lyons were guests of Mr and Mrs Tom Myers Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Laymon
Elsie Laymon
Roy McIntire
Tom McIntire
Claude McIntire
Bradley,Pugh
Alma Kirk
Lyons
Edith
Audrey Rollison
Helen Solliday
Worthington
Earl McIntire
Sarah Rollison
Levi Tholmes
Marie
Bicknell
Walter Squires
Oram Doney
May
Levi Holmes
Thadeus Holmes
Near
Sandbern
Clyde Meredith
Koleen
Dencil Shepherd
Delbert Shepherd
Bertha Neal
Tom Myers
Farmers Gather for Agricultural Parade at Spooner and Hays
Farmers are urged to bring old and curious farming implements to Spooner and Hays' implement store for the Agricultural Parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spooner & Hays
Railroad Time Cards Evansville and Indianapolis 1917
Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad timetable effective August 18 1917 lists southbound train details for the route. The card notes departure stations and destination alignment with the southern schedule.
Rail Passenger Trains Stop At Terre Haute Station
North bound E and I railroad passenger trains arrive and depart from the Evansville and Indianapolis station at First and Ohio Streets Terre Haute. Johns Talbot general traffic manager Terre Haute O H Brown agent West Bloomfield Elliston Ind Co B Falley general superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
A. m
Ohio Street
Fas
Aise Gates Ja
Riverside
Clay City
Worthington
P. m W. Bloomfield
Lp. m
Elnora
Washington
Petersburg
Oakland City
Evansville
E. & I. Railroad
Evansville and Indianapolis
First and Ohio Sts. Terre Haute
Jasonville
Linton
Tidam
Beehunter
Qodon
Bedford
Iays
Ar. Seymour
Odon
North Bound
Seymour
Odon Elnora
T. Averitt
Bedford to Bloomfield Railway Schedule Notes 1920s
Train timetable fragment lists main line departures from Bedford with numbers 7 5 11 and 10 6 12 and 4 58 Sunday service at 9 16 p.m. C I and L Railway TT No 3 shows agent L D Wood Bloomfield Indiana and Sunday only No 58 at 9 16 p.m. No 9 arrives 3 05 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. m
Evansville
Oakland City
Petersburg
P. Mla
Washington
Bena
de Elnora
W. Bloomfield
P. m. Worthington
Ffee
Clay City
Jesse
T. H
R.s.e
Switz City
Ept
Bedford
D. Wood
Bloomfield
Indiana
South Bound
P.m
Dapper Bedford
Owensburg
Dresden
Rockwood
Mineral City
Aber
Eee
Elliston Eeennen Ee
Ar. A.m Ly. P.m
Dailey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ridgeport
Sharkey
J. O. Hasler
D. H. Mitchell
Ed Hasler
Ollie Combs
Frank West
John Hasler
W. C. Isenogle
Rochester
Quince Hasler
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Mineral
Carrie Denny
Charles
Will Combs
Olaf
Nelle Hasler
Harry Lynn
Arkie Foster
Grace Bynum
Piers Wade
Here
Ed. Summerville
Russell
John Dowden
Nathen Smith
Chrisman
Ill
Noel
Lowell West
Ben Mules
Malin
Jonas Lester
William Jeffers
Curtis Martin
Elvan
Gladys Miller
Clarice
Edith Clark
Anna Sappenfield
Laura
Nona Hasler
Eliza Thomas
William Hasler
Joseph Hasler
Reuben Barter
Dale
Peter Hasler
Elza Clark
Dog Island
Elsworth Jeffers
Grace Leavitt
MT. Nebo
Jack Hoover
Jerry Meredith
James Barnes
Charles Calland
Ford Beard
Clover Bottom
J. W. Johnson
J. D. Crane
John Loffland
James Lindsey
Sarah Cain
Ettie
Gretta Weaver
Gladys
Mabel Loffland
Olive
Geneva Crane
Herman Flynn
Roy
Bessie
Katherine
Wm. Hunter
Tinker Campbell
George Frye
Willard Dilley
Dorothy
John Baker
John Hudson
Freedom
Claude Taylor
Rev. Flynn
Jim Barnes
Frank Keys
Freel Bullock
EAGLE
Earl Bland
Dlinois
Clarence Padgett
Davies County
Roland Bland
Amos Hostetter
Mr. Hostetter
West Center
T. K. Chaney
Elizabeth Meredith
H. N. Shanks
Monroe County
William Shanks
Noble
Wesley
Belle Brit‘ton
Jacob Meredith
Frances Wright
N. W. Meredith
Big Wells
Tex
Cla Fry
Stella Edington
Mollie Bowman
Liz
Sadie Gates
N. V. Meredith
Baptist Church
Sandborn
Praira Chapel
Slineard & Vosloh
Law
Democrat
James M. Hudson
Square Bloomfield
Plummer
Lizzie Hill
Fred Slinkard
Evansville & Indianapolis Railroad
C.I. & L. Railway
Illinois Central. Railroad
A.m. P.m
Morgantown
Bloomington
Linton See
Robinson
Newton Won
Effingham Pesta Ase
Hall
E. Railway Company
Southeastern Line
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