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Newspaper
Boone County Progressive
Location
Boone, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1914
Page
11
Mis Ether Jacony and Norman Tribbett are on the sick list. Numerous visits and dinners mark a busy period with families from Lebanon, Thorntown, Muncie, Frankfort and beyond. Reunions, birthdays, garden parties, and church events fill Sundays and weekdays as residents share meals and greetings.
Ward column reports Herschel and Carrol Faulkinberry improving from whooping cough, A M Lucas ill with grippes, and various local families visiting or hosting. It lists multiple family gatherings, Sunday school attendance, travel between Lebanon Advance Jamestown and Indianapolis, and notes on rheumatism and illnesses among residents and kin.
Arlie and Sparkle Clingler and Gearldine Allen visited Miss Flossie Adair on Sunday in Gadsden. Nora Warburton stayed with William Clingler. Hazel Smith of Lebanon visited Arlie Clingler. Willie Atkins welcomed a son named Samuel Paul Friday at dawn. George Neidlinger and family with Walter Hickson visited John Alva Abbott’s family. Violet Allen and daughter returned home after visiting relatives. Roscoe Clingler and family spent Sunday with Nora Adair’s family. Crystal Dawson and Blanche Clingler traveled to Lebanon Friday.
James Ferguson of Mechanicsburg sold 40 acres of his farm to Mrs. Mary Jordan. Mrs Daisy Rogers visited her mother in Frankfort on Friday. Jesse Hall and family from Frankfort visited Dr Umberhine and family on Sunday. Forest and Mary Harlan of New Brunswick spent Sunday with Emmett Shepherd and family. J E Shepherd traded his farm for a Barsville hardware store and will take possession September.
Mr and Mrs Liston Sample spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Art Fancher. Mr and Mrs Aaron Virtue visited with their son Delbert Virtue and family. Dave Myers and family entertained at dinner Sunday. Chester Bell and family and Roscoe Pearson and family also attended. Opal Bannon and Leona Bailey visited Miss Atha Fray. Mr and Mrs Joe Coupland and son Doras with Rev George Stainbrook dined with Mr and Mrs Tra Copeland. Joseph Hawkins and family hosted Mrs Cora Burgess and children from Kirklin and Omer Hendricks with Roy and Ruby Myers. Ralph Whiteman visited a few days with grandparents Mr and Mrs Joseph Hawkins. Willie Quick and family spent Sunday with Charles Richardson and family of Elizaville.
Goldie Emmert of Lebanon visited her sister Mrs Emery Proffitt for a week. Mrs Margaret Beck plans to improve her house. Mrs Finch, staying with Harley Shelly's, has gone to Indianapolis. A L Titus and family visited their son Bert Titus near Salem on Sunday. Bun Sumpter and family visited C C DeBards in Lebanon. Ralph and Mrs Jones, Clarence De Atley and Nathan Jones of Ladoga spent Sunday with J T Jones and wife. Easter bazaar at Advance by Shiloh church ladies drew several attendees. Carl Caldwell was taken ill again Thursday with slim chance of recovery.
Ray Whitley and family of near Whitesville spent Sunday with B M McClain and family. Z Billingsly, M M Edrington and D A McClain made a business trip to Lebanon Friday. Frank Martin spent Sunday with
Mrs. Martin improves in Indianapolis Hospital. Real estate transfers cover multiple Lebanon area properties including Marion Taylor to Hugh M. Bercaw and Vada L. Bragg to Nancy A. Stark. Numerous neighbor visits described with families gathering in Clinton township and Lebanon. Court notice warns absent defendants in a 1914 Boone County case, with June 1 as hearing date.
State court notice in Boone County Indiana about Huston T. Weaver vs Zach Turpin. Complaint to quiet title filed April 1914 in Circuit Court with clerk recording. Court number 5212 lists parties and action in non resident notice format.
Olney Casey and family spent Sunday with R L Hine and family. Ellen Dulin visited Doris Bohannon. Ruth Schooler called on Ruth Huffman Will Zenor and family. Mrs Mary Bohannon attended a birthday surprise dinner for Mrs Carl Gelling. Robert Hine of Lebanon stayed with his wife visiting Lindsey Hine and family.
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