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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1911
Page
6
A brief ad urges the Commercial Club to meet next Monday evening and to bring a quarter to cover dues. It also notes Sate-Pair wagon scales in good condition for sale by Masten Lumber Co.
Sunday school at 9 30 preaching at 10 45 Epworth League at 1 30 all invited to worship prayer meeting Thursday night Pastor C O Smock leads the congregation.
The Dr. of R. Lodge hosted an oyster supper on Thursday night December 7 at the Chandlers' country home southwest of town for the couple's tenth wedding anniversary. Tinware and dishes were given as gifts. Music followed with Ada Draper on piano Ora Lecman Vern Walton and Burton Jones on strings. John Harris and others gave talks marking the tin anniversary.
The notice praises Professor Hicks for decades of warnings about dreath storms and invites readers to support Word and Works Publishing by sending one dollar for a year’s subscription to both the Almanac and Magazine. The Almanac alone costs 35 cents by mail.
Ida Herod age 34 daughter of Mr and Mrs J M Herod died about 1:00 am Wednesday. Funeral services were held at the Christian Church in Fillmore Friday morning with Rev W H Brown officiating. Burial in Fillmore cemetery. Community extends sympathy to the family.
Danville discusses sewer upgrades and a new heating plant for the high school. Miller murder trial delayed a week. Supt. Miller of the telephone company injures a foot by a fallen pole. Hathaway named deputy and Miss Harvey assistant to Clerk Edwards in July. Fred Bonswer becomes mail carrier on Route 3 after top civil service score. Poultry and corn show set for the first week in January with high premiums. The men and religion movement gains traction with a pending address by James M. Ogden. Technical Institute case: city liable for debts and optional payment debated. appeal likely. Evangelistic services by Rev. Rudy draw large crowds with provocative Danville topics.
The revival meeting led by Rev. Stainbrook will start at Canaan on Tuesday December 26. Local residents Mrs. Joe Whiteman of New Ross visited daughter Mrs. Gertrude Bess last week and many neighbors were seen at various calls and visits around Greencastle Fillmore and Reno with church attendance noted.
Father Vaughan in Inverness denounces optimism as false philosophy risking national disaster while contrasting a pessimist mounting a tower unfurling a flag and ignoring the crowd. The remark echoes a Conservative orator claiming Britain would shelter its shores from foreign peril.
A South Side physician shares a homemade method to rid houses of flies. He places a half filled glass of soapsuds on a window sill, covers it with bread spread with molasses, and waits as flies crawl through the hole to the molasses and drown in the soapy water. He notes the method is safer than a formaldehyde pan and easier than chasing flies.
The fragment lists loans and discounts totaling 50 926 21 with overdrafts secured and unsecured, U S bonds to secure circulation, bonds and securities, banking house and furniture, notes of other National Banks, fractional currency, specie, and a redemption fund with the U S Treasurer. It shows a ledger view of assets and reserve items.
The document shows financial figures for expenses and capital stock paid in and surplus fund. It lists National Bank Notes outstanding at 21 200.06, individual deposits subject to check at 71 468.10, demand certificates on deposit at 3 200.593, and total 127 345.00. J N Phillips as cashier attests to the truth of the statement in Hendricks County Indiana.
Property listing by J. N. Phillips offering a parcel of one and thirty eight hundredths acres for sale near Amo. Details specify size and seller.
Birmingham’s sole piece of radium owned by Southall Bros & Barclay vanished under curious circumstances. A skin specialist used it to treat a patient who took the item home, risking serious harm. Police traced the loss to the patient, who tried to study its effects at home.
The article recalls the typewriter as an ancient instrument, first produced in England about 200 years ago. It cites a January 17, 1714 patent granted to Mr Mills of the New River company for an artificial machine to press or transcribe letters onto paper with precise neatness like print.
A former archdeacon visits a distant parish in the rector’s absence and discovers wheat growing in the churchyard. The archdeacon disapproves, while the clerk jokes that planting wheat was not right but should have been potatoes. The exchange ends in a humorous pun about “wheating” the churchyard.
A farmer explains he has backed a congressman for 15 years due to trust built from past horse trades and feeling safer with the representative busy in Washington. The exchange highlights loyalty born from personal dealings and perceived reliability.
A young man asks how he can support the daughter, while the other party reveals the true intent was a marriage proposal. The exchange centers on expectations and obligations within family relations. The remarks reflect a social dilemma about duty, marriage, and financial support.
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