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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1904
Page
4
Christmas entertainment at the Friends church is set for Friday night December 23 with the cantata Christmas at Grandpa's. Numerous local residents and visitors are noted in this community diary of social and religious events.
Bluz River area notes festive plans as Christmas nears with rabbit chanting and Santa. Local visits include Mr and Mrs Thomas Macy near Scottsburg and Parinthia Anderson in Carthage. A break in at Chas Moore home with gas shut off puzzles residents. Miss Barber preaches at Friends church, Dorcas Macy in ill health, John L Gunning dies with services at Little Blue River Christian Church. Jasper Hester and J M Pitts plan oil work in Louisiana.
Omer Hacklematropot Jot flack Jeman Cheenfield died after being caught between the frame and log carriage at a Yorehouse saw mill. He passed at 7 p m next day. Funeral services were held at his sister’s home. He leaves a wife and three children, a father, and three sisters. Relatives from Boone, Oertident, and Carthage attended.
Ritley Township convenes at Carthage Saturday December 10 at 7 30 PM with Friends Church choir leading devotional readings and minutes. Committees appointed and a closing song. Sunday afternoon December 11 at 2 39 PM features soft devotional by Rep Scull Quertette address on the Sunday School movement andOrganizer E D Goller leading songs.
Will Seymour, superintendent over laborers on the new railroad bridge north of town, tore ligaments in his left arm and suffered a gash near the left eye after a slip on ice during unloading. He crawled to the bank, received treatment from Dr. Cregor, and faces seven to eight weeks of recovery. Seymour is a graduate of Iowa University and a civil engineer for Yaegar & Battlefield, recalling a past Iowa football game against Chicago.
A letter dated November 30 1904 from S B Haddleston of Dublin Indiana to C Benjamin of Carthage Indiana recounts a May 12 1867 marriage to Miss Sarah E Johnson at the Harrell home in Bloominggrove and describes family life. He mentions five sons and two daughters including a daughter who is a physician in Indianapolis and another who is a deaconess in Washington DC. The letter notes a home in Dublin and asks Benjamin to visit Father and Mother Harrell now living with Haddleston.
J Dwight Holford reports locating an ancient mound on Ripley Township’s western edge. He notes a magnetic needle over the mound vibrates irregularly then steadies, then repeats. Hofford’s claims drew scientific interest but lack clear explanation. interview with Almont to follow in Christmas issue.
Mrs Marlatt wife of Rev A N Marlatt pastor of the M E church in Connersville narrowly fell into an open trunk near her door Thursday evening causing a badly broken arm. She is well regarded with numerous relatives and friends hoping for her speedy recovery.
Maggie Saunders aged 50 wife of Joseph Saunders died at her home Thursday at 3 30 in the morning after a week long illness of typhoid malaria. Funeral services will be held from the home today at 10 pm with interment in Centre cemetery. She leaves a husband and two daughters Edith and Gracie. Each item is counted in the Who's Popular Contest.
An odd OCR produced list shows numerous names with scattered numbers and incongruous text. The readable items include Lottie Billman Nettie Parish Elvira Wooden Elsie Wall Roy Bundy Venila Sample Rupert Stanley Howard Newsom Raymond Fleeme Hallie Retherford Laura Hill Alta Carfield Bonnie Hemley Herman Macy Merrill Chappell Russell Phelps Blanche Gray Ida Hendricks Helen McCorkle Herschel Wolgers Lois Binford Gusdoety Robert Hembey Marley Ball Walter Earnest Howard Winslow Veirth Taince Henry Hemley Lawrence Scott Harry Rhoades Grace Reddick Warren Bundy Allen Cleaver Robert Hinsha Frank Cross Horace Worth. The fragmentary roster suggests a historical contestant listing with many missing details and illegible portions.
Howard Hill visited the High School on Monday. On Wednesday Rev. Whitely led devotional exercises on conscience noting its natural right guidance and danger when perverted. A literary program followed with recitations by Hallie Retherford Russell Phelps Lottie Billman Robert Hinshaw Jesse Kizer Lois Binford Horace Worth Mabel Binford Narvel Henry Henley Mabel Narvel Ida Hendricks and others plus book reviews and a debate by Harry Rhoades Roy Bundy Lois Hill and Donnie Price.
The boys elect Harry Rhoades captain and J Russell Publow manager for the coming baseball season. A promising roster includes catchers Kinder Publow Stanley Hall, pitchers Rhoades McBride Beher, first base Rhoades R Du Bois Bundy, second base Coffin Binford, third base Publow Hall Kinder N Phelps, short stop Hinshaw Rhoades Hall, left field Beher Coffin, center field Bundy Hackleman N Phelps Fleener L DuBois, right field R Phelps Stanley and the mascot Robert Stanley.
About fifty attended a F S social hosted by Mr and Mrs Clark Ganse. Mr and Mrs Joseph H Goddard of Muncie recently back from a trip through Mexico spoke on the country its people and Friends Mission work there. Music interludes featured a piano solo by Stella Ganse and vocal solos by Mrs Whitely and Miss Whitney. Refreshments followed and guests lingered socially.
At the Christian Church Tuesday night the Bible Class entertained members of other classes to raise funds for their pastor. A contest awarded prizes for the most money collected and the Bible Class settled the debt with Mrs. Wm. Dill organizing the special. Walter Sharer sang two solos as contests and singing entertained guests followed by refreshments.
I express thanks to friends and neighbors for their kindness during my wife’s illness and passing. Signed Josern Saunders.
Cough medicines beyond Foley's Honey and Tar may contain opiates causing constipation and risk to children. Foley's Honey and Tar contains no opiates and is presented as safe. McCarty & Son, Druggists, warn against unsafe alternatives and promote Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe option.
IME WELLS-GREENAWALT CO entertained at the Columbia with a two and a half hour show twelve numbers each encored twice Arthur Wells and Hayes Greenawalt praised for clever readings Clarence Greenawalt drew with crayon scenes organ chimes saxophone and other instruments wowed the audience a Danville Illinois return is planned with hopes for a future Carthage engagement
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