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Newspaper
Boone County Progressive
Location
Boone, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1914
Page
11
Country correspondence from Eleervville lists numerous visitors and gatherings around Lebanon including Mr. and Mrs. Sadler, Mrs. Julia Wright, and Mrs. Hugh Bercaw. Protracted Baptist meetings begin with daily services and an oyster supper at Lebanon. Several families travel between Milledgeville, Greensburg, Thorntown, and Indianapolis, with community updates on illnesses, births, and social events.
Center Grove revival meetings opened Sunday led by Pastor Rev Martin with area families visiting from Terre Haute and Thorntown. Several locals attended a M B Church banquet in Thorntown Monday. A gold medal contest is planned for Sunday evening February 8 at the church, with six contestants.
Mr and Mrs Harrison Shannon spent part of last week with relatives at Ladoga. Mr and Ira, Orval Taylor and daughter Anna visited Mr and Mrs Robert Cox. Elza Bowen of Lebanon visited Basil Stewart Mize. Elsie Green of Lebanon spent Sunday with Charles Green. Mrs Robert Cox learned of her grandmother's serious illness at the Soldier's Home in Lafayette. Willis Denny was taken to a home for epilepsy in New Castle last week. W H Stafford 36 visiting his daughter Mrs Anna Neal near Bhl Wall nd family attended.
Earnest Thrasher and family were Sunday guests of Clarence Thrasher and family. James Tapp and family visited friends in Frankfort yesterday and Sunday. W J Miller and Tom Caldwell with wives attended church in Thorntown Sunday night. George Dawson worked for Tom Burress who is sick. Residents attended a M E church banquet Monday night. W J Miller and wife spent Friday in Lebanon and Stringtown. Carries McDonald recovering from illness. OM McDonald and Carter Allen visited Kirklin Wednesday. Joseph and family were Sunday guests of Walter McLaughlin and family. Earl Smith and wife visited George Joseph and family Saturday night. Charlie Tawis and wife called on Andy Stewart and wife Sunday night.
Charlie Reagad and family spent Sunday with Elza Withrows near Mechanicsburg. Frank White moved to the Gray farm. Clint Strange and family visited Robert Rogers near Mechanicsburg. Wm Merril builds a new house on his farm, moving from near Kirklin. Mrs. Lew Warren operated on at Palmer hospital in Frenkfort for cancer and is recovering. Emory Kelney and family attended the funeral of Mrs. Jacob Harlon in Lebation last Friday. Lew Muston rented the farm. Farry Zeigler bought Huston Weaver. Weaver bought another farm near Sheridan.
Mr and Mrs D R Wille moved forty miles from Jamestown Monday and other relatives gathered for a social at the Crane residence Friday evening. Andrew Braton returned from Clinton Falls after attending a brother in law’s funeral. Mrs Fom Campbell visited relatives near Litton from Wednesday to Sunday. The event featured oyster soup celery ice cream cake and mints with guests including Robert Bata Pritchard Buchanton Neptune Maze Staton and others.
Mrs. W. H. Stamard hosted a Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Pearson and others. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Myers entertained. Miss Mary Fancher hosted Fairy Stephenson and others. Sick list includes Mrs. Virtue, Mrs. Bahnon, and Mrs. Bailey. Ruth Myers visited Uo Hawkins. A surprise planned for W. H. Stafford and wife as they head to Colorado. About fifty present with candy, popcorn, and apples served.
Mechanicsburg notes show daily meeting in town led by County Agent Ime, family visits from Indianapolis, and Red Men lodge degrees conferred including Himer Warren and Ogle Nance. Capon sales posted with totals and prices, local moves, Navy visit, and planned church sermons and minister changes in 1914.
At 2 a.m. off Hog Island the Old Dominion liner Monroe collided with the Nantucket. The Monroe sank within ten minutes, taking 49 lives including 25 passengers and 24 crew. Eighty-five survivors were rescued by the Nantucket, aided by wireless distress calls. The Monroe, valued about $500000 with cargo, marked a major loss for the Old Dominion line.
Salem reports Mrs Leander Heck improving after illness Rev Tarr and Rev Roy Lucas of Lebanon hold meetings at the place Leslie Beck and family visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Everett Fleming Myrtle Mangus of Lebanes visited early week with Sam Grehabi and family Beecher Beck and daughters of Lebanon spent Sunday with Chalmer Beck Gladys Plewis ill with tonsillitis Roy Lucas of Lebanon visited Wednesday night with Sam Graham and family Lawrence Beck and family visited Mr and Mrs Beecher Beck at Lebanon Eva McDoneld and daughter of Thorntown visited the first of the week with Mr and Mrs Hert Titus Delbert Beck and family and Ethel Fleming were Sunday guests of Newt Beck and family Misses Mary and Fern Beck Pauline Titus Elizabeth and Allen Heck spent Sunday with Pauline Beck Mrs Homer Kersey and daughter Phelma spent Wednesday with Leander Heck and family Miss Ethel Fleming visited with the Truitt girls Friday night and Saturday Miss Gladys Henry spent Monday with Mrs Ed Proctor Mrs Ralph Neptune spent Tuesday with Mrs F M Beck Sam Graham and Mrs F M Beck spent Monday at Lebanon
Thorntown basketball notes list Velma Lea and Donna Filtott among the sick, while RM Haes was in Indianapolis. B. McGregor of Lebanon visited Perry Barker on Thursday evening. Iyma Haffaner of near Darlington and Grace Hayes stayed with Mamie Bowles on Sunday. Mrs Henry Wilson of Frankfort returned home after a week with J M Hayes, Hirata Bowles was in Frankfort Friday.
Commissioners' Court approves Omby W. Wethington for admission to the Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youth and orders papers prepared. Joseph A. Campbell's petition for a free gravel road in Clinton Township is approved and referred to the county surveyor and two officials to meet. George Threlkeld's petition for a free gravel road in Jefferson Township is dismissed with papers withdrawn at the petitioners' cost.
Lucius N. Tuaner of Grovesville and his brother William were fined $1,000 each and sentenced to a month in jail for smuggling gems into the United States. The judge suspended the jail term. Mrs. Mark D. Jones visited him in Stanspolia today.
Clark Long was elected county chairman with T. N. Kersey as vice chairman by the Democratic precinct committeemen. The group set February 28 to select delegates to the county and state conventions and March 7 for the county convention. Long thanked the committee after being asked to speak, joking he had sought office for about 26 years.
Joseph Cassidy former Democratic boss of Queens County and William Willett ex congressman received one year and one and a half years in Sing Sing plus $1000 fines. Lewis P. Walter Jr. associate in the conspiracy drew three months and a $1000 fine. Cassidy led the bid for a judicial nomination and conspired to trade influence for Willett's support. Walter acted as go-between.
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