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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
4
Danville residents and visitors are featured in a series of society notes. Items include memos of weddings and engagements, travels between Danville Seymour and Jackson Mich, and local movements such as Downard & Taylor relocating offices. Judicial and civic entries note marriages licenses, suit filings, and court actions alongside community updates.
Red Cross work surges in Coatesville as locals form a new unit with officers and committees. Danville activists spark the drive. James Davidson named director. local funds are allotted to Hendricks County for the national drive to raise 100 million dollars this week.
Dr Elle McCullom Jones a renowned national figure and top National Franchise league recommendation will speak at the Methodist Church Monday June 25 at 7 30 p m Her message aims to interest all residents and encourage voter turnout in the community event.
A noon Sunday crash near Reelsville killed 17 year old William Trester and seriously injured 16 year old Wilford Butts. The youths, from Reelsville, were in a car struck by a westbound interurban train on the T W H I E line at a grade crossing near Reelsville. A bystander reported the car appeared to move onto the tracks unaware of the approaching interurban.
A Vandalia switch in Coatesville hosts a gang of foreigners living in cars converted for cooking and sleeping. They attach a flat car for tools and pack beds of dirt to grow lettuce and vegetables, carrying their garden truck with them. The piece praises the frugal, portable garden as a novel way to ease the high cost of living.
A Platteville citizen uses Haiment from the pantry for pimples on his nose. His nose swells to giant proportions, prompting a wife to reveal the bottle is not liniment but bust developer sent to St. Louis, exposing his folly.
The south town house of Mrs Thas Alexander was hit by a storming bolt on Wednesday afternoon last week. The strike damaged a central roof flue and outer walls, tore plaster, and bored a foot deep hole in the veranda metal roof. Mrs Alexander slept nearby as the electricity avoided her, with prior strikes nearby noted in the area. Insurance covered the Alexander damage.
Thieves broke in Friday night at R. C. Knight & Co. near the post office and J. G. Sharp drug store on West Main. They pried out plate glass to enter and took cash from tills leaving pennies behind. Total steals were 3.00 at Knight and 82.00 at Sharp. Uncertain if same pair who robbed Plainfield stores Clayton and Amo.
Two hundred fifty fire insurance inspectors with authority from the vice governor, state fire marshal, state council of defense, director of food production and state food commissioner will inspect every grain elevator, flour mill and storage place for foodstuffs and other necessities to remove fire hazards. Building owners will be asked to make necessary changes. Inspectors act as a patriotic service and expect citizen cooperation on corrections.
The Post Office department will cut many rural routes in the coming months to save money. Inspectors will review all roads used by rural carriers and discontinue routes in poor condition. Neglect leads to condemnation, while well maintained roads keep routes.
A farmer in the south part of the county tried to cross Sand Branch during high waters. He killed the engine mid stream and waited for help as water rose. He was forced to the top of his car by floodwaters and barely escaped with his Ford badly damaged.
Gov Goodrich urges no fireworks on the Fourth. Forty eight Indiana cities have adopted model ordinances to ban display, despite dealer losses from unsold stock. Authorities emphasize life and property safety over profits. Mr and Mrs Schuyler Arnold of Colfax visited relatives here last Sunday.
The article notes that half of the Red Cross war fund raised locally stays at home to aid disasters like the New Castle tornado and New Albany twisters. It emphasizes helping the Commonwealth and supporting soldiers at the front and in camps domestically and abroad.
Large audience fills the assembly hall for Rev Dr Bulgin's Sunday sermon on The Bible. The speaker presents a strong defense of inspiration and is described as a great preacher advancing the Master's cause.
In Hendricks and surrounding counties a variety of items appear. Proffit opens a bakery at North Salem while Mrs. Blessing registers in Hendricks. Greencastle plans a July 4 picnic on the old De Pauw farm. John Higgins sells elevators to a New Market buyer.
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