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Newspaper
Boone County Progressive
Location
Boone, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1914
Page
11
Busy social page records visits among Indianapolis residents staying with relatives in Elizaville and Lebanon. Families like Isenhour Davidson Day and Swope appear with neighbors, church events, school notices, illness reports, and upcoming entertainments at the Christian church and M E church.
The item lists multiple social calls and visits from Sunday to Tuesday around Advance Lebanon Thorntown and surrounding areas. It notes a school closure and several households hosting relatives and friends, including Miss Lola Bruce and Mr and Mrs Prank Butler, with a minor injury to Arch ie Graham during a visit at Claude Wall’s home. Ralph Goodwin is mentioned returning from Purdue and Janice Sanford leaves for Bloomington for spring term.
Center Grove reports the birth of an eight pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. Rade Endicott on March 25. Geneva Shannon of Shannon Dale spent Wednesday night with Sam Needham and family. Mrs. Jim Grimes of Darling ton visited Lew Cooper and wife. Ruby Harris of Whitesville and Walter Flannigan and family were part of last week. Mrs. Guy Caldwell and Mrs. S A Needham shopped in Lebanon last Tuesday. Several neighborhood residents attended the funeral of Enea Kendall at Sugar Plain on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. J Grimes hosted Sunday dinner for relatives.
Sunday school attendance reached 41 as Rev A D Gregge held services at Gynthiane while Rev E A Williams and family visited. Local residents Neani Audra Slagle and Basil Rightsell with families spent the day with Art Beck and family. Several relatives traveled from Bloomington and Indianapolis while Miss Della Swalle returned home after an elevator injury and Eston Dowden visited Carel Sullivan.
Students and patrons gather at School No 3 in Harrison township to mark the term’s end with a noon dinner for three long tables. Miss Mable Ransdall leads a program of recitations readings and graphophone music. Frank Kimmel wins top spelling award amid a list of honor roll names.
Mrs Virginia Leenhower hosted an Infare dinner northeast of Lebanon for son Alva Isenhower and wife following their marriage on March 26. A happy gathering with elaborate dinner and many useful presents signaled esteem for the newlyweds and relatives.
The Elizaville school closed Friday afternoon for spring and summer break. Patrons staged a surprise noon dinner honoring teachers Marlon Busby and Miss Roze Moore, who arrived with baskets of food. An afternoon program featured the children’s participation.
Local notes report a well attended church program at Stewarts Chapel and a string of Sunday visits. Families including Epperson Creasey Hedge Hall Sloan Straughan Hunt Beck Hopking Knox and others are listed visiting relatives and neighbors over the weekend.
A series of compact weekend social items mentions Oli McDonald’s horse death last week and Florence Hiyes visiting Mrs. WIT Miller. Several other county residents are listed visiting neighbors and relatives in Crawfordsville Shannondale and with the Elders.
The Boone County Progressive in Lebanon Indiana files its annual ownership management and circulation statement as required by the 1912 act. Editor J M Batterton Manafaging Editor A W Felker Publisher A H Felker sworn before Notary Jesse M Batterton on March 26 1014 with commission expiring 1947.
The Department of Agriculture warns the horse fly also called typhoid fly spreads typhoid fever and other intestinal diseases. It breeds mainly on manure and is linked to potential transmission of cholera and tuberculosis. Research into control methods and related insects continues, with updates expected.
A Big Four passenger train was delayed Monday evening when the tender left the track two miles east of Lafayette. The crew returned the tender to the rails and passengers hiked into town as the wrecking crew cleared the scene with no injuries reported.
The Boone County Farmers Cooperative Telephone Company will hold its annual meeting at the courthouse on next Saturday afternoon. State Fire Marshal W. J. Longley notified secretary Frank Vanarsdall that he will attend and discuss topics of interest to stockholders.
Sarah H. Beck filed in circuit court a claim against the estate of John F. Beck for 31416 dollars for a loan. She alleges he paid interest through 1910 but no interest has been paid since then.
A drugstore remedy claim suggests using four ounces of Jad Salts dissolved in water before breakfast to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys. It asserts benefits for backache, headaches, liver issues, bladder irritation, and overall urinary clarity. The piece cites a local pharmacist endorsing Rad Salts.
An old-time hair remedy from Wyeth promises to revive gray hair with Sage Tea and Sulphur. The downtown druggist claims it darkens hair evenly and naturally, restoring color after regular use and improving scalp condition.
A blue and white counter pane from Mrs Abe Hedrick of North Lebanon Street will be shown. It was made by her grandmother Mrs Susanan Bishop of Stoneville and bears the date 1936.
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