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Newspaper
Boone County Progressive
Location
Boone, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1914
Page
5
A large Lebanon congregation heard Dr Patterson, famed for temperance work in Armagh, deliver a powerful Monday night address on Christian faith and Churchanity. The lecture praised temperance, critiqued inaction, and lauded his wife’s support, with Patterson hailed as Britain’s fastest speaker.
A fragmentary passage describes a Monday night lecture praised for moral earnestness and dramatic power. It notes the speaker’s strange eloquence that compels audience attention and suggests the talk would be remembered as a great treatment of timely matters.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Indiana reports 1923 totals: 11 000 plus members, 4742 admitted, 4930 initiated or reinstated, 46 admitted by card, and 1037 withdrew cards. Receipts reach 544,286.21 with 374,728.36 for member relief and 193,718.06 expenses. Resources total 4,143,159.6. 68,198 weeks of sick benefits, 9452 girded, 304 fatherless families aided.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Cornthwaite and daughter spent Sunday in Frankfort with relatives. C A Leckrone of Kirkland visited L F Cangjahr on Indianapolis Avenue. Mary and Lillie Whitson had dinner with Samuel Robber. The Kincaid family and Frank Walter’s party traveled for a Dayton Indiana death notice. Hamlet seen at Murat theatre. Jennie Loose-Allen returned home after hospital stay. Lesse Troutman received a violin dated 1730 from uncle Jesse Troutman of Carlisle Kentucky.
The column lists a series of social visits illness updates and movements of residents including Mrs A L Bowen ill with la grippe Miss Charlotte Opel in Indianapolis and Miss Edna Cunningham improving Mrs M W Lane hosted a thimble party for twenty ladies. A feature on winter birds describes suet feeding woodpeckers nuthatches and blue jays with detailed observations of behavior and plumage.
A reader chronicles interactions with nuthatches downy woodpeckers and flycatchers during cold weather. The nuthatches hoard suet, prefer sheltered roosts, and avoid ground fights while dawnys avoid cooked meat. The writer discusses feeding ethics and species roles, hinting at a larger tale about the Nut Hatch dearest Da-Ne.
George Davis spent Friday in Indianapolis on business. Mrs. Eulah Coombs of Indianapolis, recently operated on, is improving. Blanch Fenton was compelled to travel to Frankfort Thursday due to illness. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Mervin of East Millstreet visit Newark, Ohio for a week with daughter Mrs. J. Buren Long. Joseph McKee of Carpentaville, Indiana operated on for appendicitis, condition today very good. Mrs. Harry Murt spent Thursday with sister Mrs. Charles Slusset in Zionsville and attended a Christian church ladies meeting. John Schooler sold property on Hust Pearstr to Mr. and Mrs. Sleks and bought a house on West Green Street. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Partner return from Indianapolis after funeral of sister Mrs. Katie Copenhaver. Esther Allen hosted Mercimah Club with lunch in St. Patrick colors. E N Roberts, 82, eight miles east of Lebanon, seriously injured when cane broke as he fell. Mrs. Ora Powell of South East street called to be at bedside today. Mr. and Mrs. J N Cragua leave April 9 for Philadelphia for Easter vacation with son Dwight at the University of Pennsylvania, plan to visit Washington. The Non-s-be Club met at Mrs. W. H. Winn’s with buffet lunch and an evening dinner for about nine couples.
The Florentine club sponsors bring the Indiana Art Exhibit to Lebanon. The collection features top works by Indiana artists, a rare show for the area. The exhibit runs April 17 to 34, a notable event for Boone county residents.
Frank Adair considers a journey to Oregon while numerous Lebanon residents are noted in casual visits and family events. Mrs. John C. Perkins and Mrs. Hawkey illness, neighbors, and out-of-town guests mix with social gatherings, funerals, and school activities across Indianapolis, Columbus, and surrounding towns.
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