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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
2
Local announcements cover visits and illnesses in Amo and Plainfield. O P Phillips buys the Post Office building, weddings, receptions, and a Baptist church event mark a busy week with social gatherings and family updates.
Mrs Grace Wright visited Mrs Emma Morgan last Friday afternoon. Mrs Eva Walls attended a club at Coatesville hosted by Mrs Allen Campbell last Thursday. Merle Wright visited Floyd Davis one night last week. Loyd Campbell called on Sam Campbell last Tuesday morning. Mrs Mollie Goodwin and Mrs Rebecca Shuck attended the ladies society at Fillmore last Thursday. Mrs Anna Goodwin spent a couple of days with daughter Mary Hunter and family. Mr and Mrs Alva Wright and sons Merle and Tommy called at Will Shucks Saturday night. Miss Ruth Morgan has been out of school a week due to illness. Mr and Mrs Alva Wright and son Tommy visited relatives near Amo last Sunday. Mrs Alice Ransom and Mrs Marie Lawson and son Allen spent last Thursday with Mrs Sam Campbell. Very stick but no one hurt near this place.
Austin Smith spent Saturday in Coatesville. Mrs. Obe Ramsey is very sick with blood poisoning though she is improving. Mrs. Joe Harris is on the sick list. Miss Opal Batman returned home after two weeks with her aunt near Advance. Few attended the Christian church at New Winchester due to icy roads. Miss Bell Bunten near New Winchester fractured her hip in an ice fall. Several people have been hurt in the icy spell.
The Uniontown police book Charles Green charged with cutting down a stretch of utility wire and selling it to junk dealers. A Chicago family holds a wake where classmates report mysterious raps heard at the coffin, prompting talk of possible messages from the dead.
After Mr Rice’s funeral a belief arose that his spirit answered with three raps. Neighbors checked the wall for cracks but found none. Franklin Symonds, the nearby attorney, and others recall the remarkable sounds. Nearby resident W H Hilton, 65, who lost his voice two years ago, can whisper but speaks clearly to animals.
Hampshire pigs won grand champion at the Chicago International 1919 car lot class, repeating 1918 success. 1919 car sold to Armour & Co for 20.50 per hundred pounds. another at 19.00. Berkshire car 19.00. Duroc and Poland China averages listed. Hampshire breed praised for milk, litter size, feed efficiency, and profitability. breed HQ is The American Hampshire Record Ass'n in Peoria Illinois.
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