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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
4
Miss Ruth Shartle wins the diamond ring drawn at the Poultry show hosted by Agee Wilson, jeweler. The event closes with high spirits despite snowy weather. Christmas services, concerts, and varied visits mark the season with numerous locals returning home for the holidays.
Frank Davidson comments from Indianapolis News on a snowy Christmas Eve scene. A boy beside toys sparks a vision of the wise men and Bethlehem. Lyrics-like imagery blur into a vow to renounce pride and greed and to honor the poor and hardworking.
Jack Baldwin, once from the area and now near Minin ence, visited Coatesville on Saturday. He noted a dividing line between Coatesville and Bainence, with farmers choosing where to buy based on the incentives offered by each town. He urged Coatesville to provide inducements to attract buyers.
The Herald reports the death of Hannah Elrod known as Aunt Hannah a longtime Coatesville resident aged about 82. She endured years of poor health including a fall that left her bedbound. survived by three children from her first marriage Sylvester Johnson Englewood Kan Mrs Ea Masten Toledo Ohio and Mrs John Fincher who lived with her. Two stepsons Kon S Elrod Suromd S Dak and Charles Elrod Pierre S Dak and sister Mrs Otto Masten also survive. A Methodist she was loved by many. funeral arrangements to be set once Mr Johnson arrives from Kansas likely Saturday.
A comic fragment describes a printer nicknamed a queer duck who frequents a blacksmith shop to join a chaise and works without a marshal for fare. He crafts his own furniture, uses steel rules and rus ty sticks, and his devices perplex bankers and lawyers. The quirky narrator mocks methods, tools, and odd habits amid playful wordplay.
A wood cash store valued at about six or seven thousand dollars to sell or exchange for a good farm within twenty miles of Stitesville. Also a 40 acre farm and three other properties worth about 13 000. Real poor land not considered. Address Frank Arnold.
Indiana began as French territory with Vincennes settlements in 1702, shifted to English control in 1763, and became part of the United States after the northwest transfer. It endured Tecumseh’s War, Tippecanoe, and statehood in 1816, then faced debt, rail and canal growth, Civil War efforts, and a natural gas boom after 1885 driving rapid industrialization.
Atmo high school hosts a three act comedy Deacon Dubbs presented by the junior class in the Ame high-school assembly Friday evening December 29. Curtain at 7:00. Admission adults and children. Tickets on sale at Whicker and Uutford's store. Cast lists many names. High School Quartet to perform. Play concludes at 0:13 and directions to Coatesville provided.
A dying Arizona man writes to a California editor urging support for the Anti-Tuberculosis Society. He notes that most Red Cross Seals funds stay in local communities and warns relief is far from sufficient at home. He asks readers to place stamps on Christmas packages to help afflicted families and restore health for the next year. He also mentions the Amo farmers institute event with its Friday and Saturday program details.
The piece chronicles Bill Potlock starting a feather foundry, jokes about powdery hunting ladies, a Deacon’s take on dentist table papers, Jerry Spivens suing a trustee over sheep losses blamed on water dogs, Grandma Diddler noting State fair spectacles, Mrs Belle E Aiken hosting Domesiés Palace clut, Miss Lacie reading papers, pickled pig feet at a meal, and a boy’s clock prank at a Sunday dinner. It ends with family ties strained and Jerry Mard Gailhouse's son excelling as Bean Creek schoolteacher.
D. D. Pruitt known local photographer surprised friends by marrying Miss Vesta Garner of Menfro Missouri in St Louis last Saturday. The couple met eight years ago at the Illinois School of Photography in Peoria. They will spend a week in Missouri visiting families before settling into a home on Fourth Street after the first of the year.
In Fillmore, Marton township residents aim to build a modern high school before opening next year. Inspector Pier estate notes the current building fails to meet requirements, but pledges commission of the present facility if township funds a new school within a year. The community emphasizes the need for a certified school to ensure Indiana college eligibility.
Mrs HT Hathaway, in Indianapolis for treatment, asks readers to accept her thanks for the many towers, cards and letters of season's best wishes. There is little improvement in her condition despite full efforts from medical staff and caregivers.
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