Danville and surrounding visits fill social notices
A long list of visits and callers from Lafayette Indianapolis Bedford and more includes Carl Commingore visiting his mother Elizabeth Comaingore in Lafayette, Miss Mary Grooms with relatives in Hadley and many others. The Up-to-date club hosts a Colonial Tea at Wm Osborne’s home, and Aunt Margaret Stanley dies in Hadley Ind. Several clubs and individuals attend events and travels across Indiana with weddings births and a listed marriage license and a divorce suit filed for William Ottinger versus Margarite Ottinger.
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Wm. C. Osborne
Fire insurance not protection says Indiana fire marshal
Indiana's state fire marshal warns that fire insurance does not prevent fires and urges public focus on prevention measures. He notes insurance funds come from premiums and that reducing risk will lower overall premiums across Indiana.
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Indiana
Lndiana
Oil Drilling Hopes Stir in Indiana Amid Weather Hurdle
Weather halts lease signings this week as Mr. Fenn delays arrivals. Yet many North South and West Coatesville-area residents seek oil leases, betting on a connecting oil-bearing rock linking Sullivan Indiana and Illinois fields to Delaware county. Experts urge drilling to prove the theory.
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Mr. Fenn
Herald Office
Greencastle
Coatesville
Sullivan
Ind
Illinois
Delaware County
Indiana
Illnois
Bainbridge
Sullivan County
Marriage Notice of Frank Ellett and Lot tie Hall
Former citizen Frank Ellett and Miss Lot tie Hall wed at the Presbyterian parsonage in Holly Colorado. Lieut. Ellett of the Colorado National Guards, stationed in the Trinidad district, married last Wednesday with Rev Wiley K Wright officiating. The couple plan to reside in Holly once the strike trouble is settled and Ellett departs for his post.
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Frank Ellett
Sylvester Ellett
Colorado National Guards
Miss Hall
Holly
Ellett
Trinidad
Knight and Shortridge Form Real Estate and Insurance Firm
R. C. Knight and C. R. Shortridge have formed a partnership under the name Knight & Shorbridge to operate in real estate and insurance. The article notes abundant opportunity and predicts strong success.
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R. C. Knight
C. R. Shortridge
Knight & Shorbridge
Creamery Closure Shocks Coatesville Community
At a stockholders meeting the Coatesville creamery was discontinued after directors were left to decide its future. Although the plant performed well, it never paid, and attempts to lease failed. Community leaders fear higher cream prices without local competition and hope for a revival under private ownership.
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Coatesville
High School Organization Plans County Invitational Events
High school superintendents from Brownsburg New Winchester Danville Clayton Amo and Litton met at the Claypool Hotel Indianapolis February 4 to organize an annual Invitational Track and Field Meet an Oratorical Contest and Musical. Each school may enter track and field events a contestant in oratory and two musical entries one vocal and one instrumental. Gold and silver medals will be awarded for first and second in each category with the first meet set for Danville on a later date. Prizes will honor top graded Common School graduates and county wide class standings with Senior Sophomore Junior and Freshman prizes for best grades
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Brownsburg
New Winchester
Danville
Clayton
Amo
Litton
Claypool
Indianapolis
Missionary Sermon Promotes Spirit of Growth
Pastor L A Beard of the Christian church delivered a strong missionary sermon last Sunday morning. He cited illustrations of three churches in different states that prospered under missionary effort, warning that without this spirit a church declines. He attributed worship here to ancestral heritage and urged world spread of God’s word to improve mankind.
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Rev
L. A. Beard
Christian Church
Calendar Club Meeting With Mrs Bridges at M EB Church
The Calendar club plans a meeting with Mrs. Della Bridges during the week of February 25 at M EB Church. A good attendance is desired.
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Calendar Club
Della Bridges
M. EB. Church
Present Day Club Meets on Lincoln's Birthday
The Present Day club held a February 12 meeting at Mrs. C D Knight's home. Members shared accounts of notable pioneers, reviewed history and a magazine, and enjoyed a Joaquin Miller piece read by Mrs. Lella Gambold. A history contest entertained and educated attendees.
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Lincoln
C.D. Knight
Magazine Review
Lella Gambold
Joaquin Miller
Big Meeting lecture on Washington's Birthday Sunday
A patriotic service is planned for Sunday afternoon February 22 with Judge Charles J. Orbison of Indianapolis delivering the address. The program promises special music and an inspiring overall service. The gathering begins at 2 30.
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Washington
Charles J. Orbison
Indianapolis
Myrtle Blue Returns to Store for Spring Trade
Miss Myrtle Blue has returned to her place of business and anticipates ready stock for the spring trade.
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Myrtle Blue
Mean minister silences church gossip with a joke
A preacher grows irritated by loud whispers in his service. At a signal the choir halts on a word in a hymn. An overheard gossip blurts out she fries hers in lard, prompting the minister to declare the remark and resume singing.
Thimble Club Meets At Grimes Home In Cold Day
The Thimble club met at Mrs. Marlon Grimes home on Tuesday the 20th with a large attendance despite the cold. Members made various fancy works and enjoyed refreshments. Guests included Medames Alexander Marian and Goodrich. Next meeting will be at Mrs. Claud Phillips on February 24 seeking strong turnout.
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Thimble Club
Marlon Grimes
Medames Alexander
Marian
Goodrich
Claud Phillips
Mystery lantern sighting stirs nerves in local neighborhood
Atlas Phillips reports neighbors are excited after a strange light seen in the woods south of his home. The glow flickered like a jack o lantern and observers speculated it was a person moving about the area.
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Atlas Phillips
Hendricks county updates include jails empty and new station
News notes several local items from Hendricks county: Danville jail empty. Greencastle land leased by oil interests. Clayton Masons planning a Masonic temple. Cloverdale figures in weather and health updates. new Monon railroad station in Owen county named for Gov Ralston. Red Men Lodge thriving. births deaths and local civic changes.
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Ralston
Monon
Owen County
Gov. Ralston
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Lafayette
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Mary Grooms
Hadley
Albert Pattison
Henry Hamilton
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Margaret Stanley
Simon Hadley
Hadley, Ind
Josephine Davis
B. 8. Demarcus
Inez Haynes
Clayton, Ind
Jessie Dooley
Addison Pierson
H. F. Taylor
Carrie E. Harrison
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The
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E. W. Estep
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E. L. Estep
Edith Mills
Terre Haute, Ind
Ruth Hamrick
Sears and Barrett
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J. D. Patterson
Franklin, Tad
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Bay View Club
Martha Scearce
Harry Scearce
Mooresville, Ind
L. W. Armstrong
Baltimore
Miss Ada Armstrong
Ed Rivers
Grinnell Town
Horace Millikan Jr
James McCaun
Martinsville, Ind
Gray
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Clermont
Mary Owen
Bedford, Ind
Dana Enloe
Clara Barrett
Lawrenceville
A. G. Barrett
Kid E. W. Thomas
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Bloomingt Ind
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EB. A. Beeson
Los Angeles, Cal
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Marshall Fulton
Denver, Cal
Marshall
Mabel Jessup
Madlaca
Clifford Warner
de Pauw
Chester Hadley
Mooresville
Chas H. Dill
Kin Hubbard
John C. Taylor
Mrs. Frank Thomas
Mrs. S. W. Steel
Martha Harvey
Lebanon
Mary T. Hadley
Beulah Conn
Attica
Clark Reese
New Castle
Harry L. Pace
Lora Sheets
A. Rogers
M. Dobyns
Orval Hardin
Marie Herdrick
William R. Ottinger
Margarite Ottinger
Patriotic Services
Chas. J. Orbison
Hendricks
Masons
Hiram Keller
Cloverdale
Pittsboro Sun
J. P. Allen
James F. Gilmore
Bloomington
Red Men’s
Hazelwood
Caroline Coombs
S P Browning
Putnaw
Nevis Cireencastle
Alva Fletcher
Cartersburg
Vandalla
Fred Masten
Warren Township
Putnam County
F. 8. Stamm
Plainfield
Rantoul,ll
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Wright
Charles E. Edwards
Wendricks
Tendricks County
David A. Higgins
Otis EK. Gulley
Qorro [Jaynes
Ile
Hunt
Boswell
Bloomingdale
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Mr. Shipley
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