31 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Burnettsville News
Location
Burnettsville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1914
Page
1
Local items report school vacations, new post and ditch appointments, Christmas visits, and family happenings in Idaville Burnettsville Monticello and nearby towns. Notable mentions include new employees, hospitalizations for Wilbur Ireland, a Christmas baby, and holiday visits among relatives with ads and small notices interspersed.
In White County the western area sees excitement over a railroad from Rensselaer to Kankakee with a southward route via Wercott and Lafayette. West Point and Round Grove Townships expect new towns, with Fairview or Woodrow names considered for a West Point site on Fred Wilson’s farm, Woodrow avoiding conflicts with existing Indiana towns.
Jefferson township farmers organize a Parmer’s Booster Club aiming at general development. A stock company plans a cement post factory and a cement tile plant to be built in spring. Regular meetings feature Purdue experts on hog cholera prevention and soil conservation. Local stock raisers push to prevent foot and mouth disease entry.
Auditor Fisher reports November tax distributions by area. Jackson township and Cass township lead with township and local tax totals, while Burnettsville and others show varied local tuition and school charges. County total distributes at $68,473.29, down from spring. Also notes a birth and visitors to residents.
A column reflects on human restlessness and envy, noting universal longing for different or better conditions. It mentions Miss Ida Crowell visiting family in New Albany, Miss Willo Perry visiting grandparents in Logan, and praise for plumbing work by BM. Hatton at the Forbes Hotel in Monticello.
Harley Shaffer of the Shaffer farm south of town and Miss Hstella McCall of Ida ville were married Christmas Eve at the Presbyterian parsonage in Idaville by Rev. Harper. The bride, a former telephone girl at daville, became a popular figure among friends. They will reside at the Shaffer farm and begin housekeeping there. Elmer T. Davis and Miss Olie Hook wed Tuesday evening at Rev. G B Heeter’s home. Davis is a restaurant clerk and Hook teaches in Cass township. they plan to live in Burnettsville. Friends extend season’s greetings and good wishes for a long, happy marriage. Miss Faye Frye spent the weekend in Reynolds.
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