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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
8
A bizarre report details a 4101 pound sea turtle with a six inch cross mouth shown at the New York Central Park menagerie. The story threads through a murder confession, pardons, and a Windsor-Detroit crime family past, ending with the eccentric pug Marshall McMurran.
AMO Ruth Stark and daughter and Miss Emimnt Moore of Clinton visit J A Owen family. Mrs C C Orrell and sister visit here. Lawrence Johnson of New Winchester stays with Frank Horn. Little Kenneth Primes breaks an arm. J N Phillips school reunion planned Aug 31 at Amu schoolhouse. Flossie Couprider visits from Harshwood. Montgomery and Clarian families hosted by Hietlan. Tem Montgomery and Parker families attend Montgomery reunion north of New Winchester. Next reunion at Taylor Miller’s south of Danville. Mamie Burgess visits Brightwood and attends White Cotton reunion at Brookside Park. Lightning strikes public school. high school may move to Coatesville. no new building until spring. About eighteen attend C M Justice and wife’s dinner with young people. Roy Brown and daughter return from visit to her parents Wo Todd.
Mrs Eliah Price and daughter Daisy and Miss Margaret Laflis from near Lebanon Ind had supper Tuesday evening with Mr and Mrs Bob Hodges Charlie Hodges and family. Tom Boyd spent Sunday with home folks. John Hodge was called to Peoria NL last week by the serious illness of his sister Mrs Suzie Hazlett.
A roundup of social visits and movements from Indianapolis to Greencastle with Mrs Jennie Weber Mrs Cynthia Bobbing Ada Fisher Miss Gladys I Tursb and others listed as visiting relatives or hosting guests including a White Cotton reunion and Walnut Chapel gathering. Several moves and completions of houses are noted.
Community notes report plans for a gravel road near Little Point. Local residents Truman Wubble and family along with Mrs. Walter Kinsey and Mrs. Harrison Gentry are hosted by Elgin Yarmouth and family. Several visits and social events are noted among residents including Dr. Carl Milhon and the Hadley family.
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