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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
1
Mrs. Clyde Warner visits in Danville. Many residents exchanged Thanksgiving visits with relatives in Indianapolis Terre Haute Crawfordsville Ossian Ottawa and other towns. Local estates hearings and marriages noted with names of individuals and towns.
Indiana schools nationwide recount the white plague through The Most Powerful Bug in the World the germ tubercle bacillus and its spread by air food and unclean milk. Fresh air sunshine and Red Cross Christmas seals are urged as weapons in the fight with contests and medals planned for county state winners. Tuberculosis Sunday on December 7 will see churches and doctors discuss fighting the disease and how to buy seals.
An invited group of ladies met at Mrs QO J Larkin's home on Friday evening November 28. A paper read by an unknown author outlined rules for organizing the Friday Social Club. Mrs Bennett was named president with Mrs Ninma Masten as vice president and Mrs Kennedy as secretary and treasurer. Mrs Leslie Owen and Mrs I A Kennedy will serve as typists for the next meeting. Ryert Redpath and wife from Indianapolis visited Mrs Josia Minter and children.
Community reacts with relief as Coatesville Creamery's Tuesday meeting rescinded the planned shutdown. Directors cited need for a $350 pasteurizer to improve butter quality and business viability, urging local support for the investment. The dairy has produced about 1,300 pounds of butter weekly and boosted local banking and merchant activity.
A nostalgic column rails at soaring meat costs in Coatesville with humorous price list for pig parts and a wry tale of a market encounter. The piece includes a mock caution about a butcher and a stray cat anecdote, ending with a note on a legal change of venue from Marion County.
Miss Valeria Greenlee hosted a surprise party on her brother Urban for his nineteenth birthday. Friends gathered at the house while a friend escorted Urban to a movie. A taffy pull followed and Urban received several gifts from attendees Blan che Christie Ena Masten Ruth Dooley Elsa Fritchie Elmer Christy Glen Duncan Chester Lester Walton Harlie McIntyre Fred Harold Amos Cecil Pritchett and Ona Greenlee.
I will sell at my farm one mile northeast of Danville on the Pittsboro road on Saturday December 13 1913. 25 horses and mules 60 cows and heifers 12 Short Horn 25 Jerseys 150 hogs 21 ewes 1000 bushels corn 100 bushels oats 25 tons hay fodder straw and more farm goods and implements. Also selling or renting 171 acre farm with two houses three barns silo and fruit. Six months credit at 6 percent or 2 percent discount for cash. Grasot Hornady Figg Walters Tharp Auct.
A long list of real estate transfers includes William Merritt selling portions of rural parcels to Wm Shipman and Benjamin Shipman for sums from 360 to 5500 dollars, with various lot and quarter-section descriptions in Danville Pittsboro and surrounding townships. Also noted are transfers involving Anna M Harrison, Tilzhman Stanley, Cora McCormack, and others, plus commission court items about bridges, guardianship actions, and probate-related orders.
Last Wednesday night Fillmore residents gathered at Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pitchford’s home to hear Clarence Clark, the blind Crawfordsville musician, perform classical pieces and ragtime, then recite poems. The evening drew praise despite the village loss of Mrs. Rose Smith to apoplexy.
Greencastle hosts Stitch and Chat club while Pittsboro residents anticipate moving into a new township school building by Christmas. Obituaries note Ida Talbott of Cloverdale died of tuberculosis, and James Tarpey of Brown township passed away at 81. The interurban bridge near Greencastle is being repaired after spring flood damage, and Cloverdale gains electric lighting as poles go up from Greencastle. Reverend H F Keltch of Berea Ky chosen pastor at North Salem Christian church. Governor Ralston appoints Demetrius Tillotson to the state tuberculosis board. Farther items include local deaths, a Cloverdale orchestra forming, and a windmill accident in North Salem.
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The Greencastle corn show held at Central National Bank attracted many exhibitors. James Wainbridge won first prize $10 for Reed's Yellow Dent, Watt Hellis took second prize $5 for Reed's Yellow Dent and Lemiz, and J B Buis of Cloverdale earned third prize $2.50 for Yellow Dent.
Mrs. Fannie Grimes remains ill. Clarence Christy vacated Charles Green’s house. J A Christy hosted relatives from Indianapolis Thanksgiving. Miss Cratre Etehnson spent Thursday with Miss Sylvia Gruss. Miss Eric Greenlee visited her sister Mrs Pansy Kelley. Carl Greenlee and wife hosted dinner. The late er’s family returned from Crawfordsville. Miss Gretta Moore spent Thanksgiving at home in Wingdon. Virie Iona Greenlee and brothers visited with Zulia and Lorena Corossane.
Sunday at M E Church preaches at Amo 0 4 p m and at Coatesville 7 p m on the second Commandment as part of a Ten Commandments series. Pastor Ralph Phillips returns to Bloomington after Thanksgiving with family.
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