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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
1
The Danville area highlights a series of social events and visits. Activities include church socials, high school basketball games against teams from Ben Davis Indiana and North Salem, plus numerous residents and visitors from Anderson Indianapolis and other towns. Community updates cover baptisms, sermons, and local errands and meetings.
Rev J E Sherrill accepts church call and will visit Coutesville to preach Sundays and lead Sabbath school each month. He claims 100 converts baptized in 1013 and looks for another blessed year. Lamler McPhetridge of Indianapolis is visiting Danville relatives.
A nostalgic home front verse praises fathers for hard work and sacrifice while contrasting mothers roles. It humorously notes Dad’s early mornings, chores, and duties from provisioning to security, ending with affectionate tribute and a nod to missing him.
Mrs W B Lissy reports the Christian church Ladies Aid in Clark raised 73.60 from a two week old chicken pie dinner and supper with expenses around 7.00. She advises serving different dishes next time to raise more funds and praises the community’s efforts.
The Present Day club met on Thursday afternoon December 11 at Mrs. Chas Gambold's home with fourteen members present. Roll call featured Bible quotations, followed by a Rip Van Winkle review by Mrs. C. D. Knight. Mrs. R. C. Knight won the prize for best knowledge of Miss Cate, and the group packed a box of clothing for the Salvation Army in Indianapolis. Music and refreshments complemented the gathering.
Wm McAninch attended a district Knights of Pythians meeting in Plainfield. The Indiana district covers Hancock Marion and Hendricks counties with over 6000 members. State lodge aims to grow from 60000 to 100000 by the grand lodge meeting February 1. Coatesville lodge reports 19 candidates this week and hopes to hit 120 members by February grand lodge.
The quarterly Methodist conference in Coates Ville featured District Superintendent Campbell of Greencastle delivering a sermon on following Christ in daily life. He warned that Christianity is a full life not just feeling good, urged trust in Jesus today, and stressed endurance through trials at home and in the community.
The library reports higher monthly visitors and table readers than ever before and a rise in reference work use. Purchases include The Discovery of America by Fisk and other titles, with a book exchange at the Ama library station and a rise in new readers cards. Several families, including the Vaughns and Fosters, left for Florida to spend the winter, with St Petersburg their destination.
Jennie May Johnson passed away December 1 1913 at age 22 after a long illness. She was a Hazelwood Friends Church member and Monrovia High School graduate who studied teaching in Danville. She was a musician with a bright cheerful disposition and a devoted friend to family church and community. Funeral services were at Hazelwood Friends Church with Rev Carey Jessup and Bro Ottie Sherrill officiating and interment at West Union cemetery.
A stream of 19th century conveyances shows James E. Pinnell to Jas G. Runnells for 200 dollars a lot in the Tout addition to Danville and Julia Mann to Runnells for 200 dollars a lot in Tout’s addition. Several other transfers include Ralph E. Cope to Hord Carter for 1 dollar a pair of lots in Stilesville, ieldon Abney to Marion H. Roberts for 50 dollars part of section 14 17 2, Geo Lisby to Elmer Stephens for 800 dollars part of the northwest quarter of section 34, and the Winchester Cemetery Association to Ubed Underwood Trustee for 1 dollar a lot 34 in Wilson dale. A final entry notes Thomas C. Gatson transferring part of the northeast quadrant of the southwest quadrant.
Starley Smith offers a public sale at the old Dr. O Brien place one and one fourth mile northeast of Fillmore and four miles west of Coatesville. Dec 22 1913 sale includes ten horses twelve heifers many to freshen next spring thirty hogs hay from two bays two tons timothy hay in mow 300 400 bushels corn crib 125 bushels seed oats wagon harness farm implements and more. Credit nine months or six percent for sums over five dollars. Auctioneer Col A A Figg. Clerk R S Cowgill. Public notice by Fillmore Christian Church Ladies Aid society.
Local items note the Putnam County poultry show dates in Greencastle, school house openings in Pittsboro, a hip injury to Mrs. Ray, a Cloverdale fire, Moran entering the State Soldiers Home, revival meetings led by Rev. Hicks, and a range of community updates including new theater plans, a death of Dr. Wishard, a Cloverdale wedding, public drinking fountains, a Morgan County shooting death, a moving picture venture, Ritter’s death, Danville newspaper changes, a wedding in Cloverdale, and miscellaneous notes from Greencastle and surrounding towns.
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