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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
6
Local residents attend gatherings visit relatives and report minor events. Names include Rev BoM Ryan Mrs. Steele Til Merle Wright Mrs. Newman Fern Jones Gladys Summers Lesta Burgess B FE Hecxett Mary Osbourne and many others. Also listed are guardianships estates wills and court actions with several names and bonds noted.
Readable passages detail a farmer finding nearly $1000 in a bag near Pigeon Hill, a Decatur man’s amputated foot buried with family consent, and a haunting roundup of kidnap cases including the abduction of Charles Firewater. The text blends local mishaps with tales of Caruso and a California mayor.
A compilation of real estate transfers including Clarence E. Wallace to John T. Slume for $1 750 at Stilesville Cemetery and multiple other deeds. Transactions cover buyers and sellers such as John B. Justice to David A. Thomas, Victor Littell to Gertrude Mills, Roscoe Edwards to Dora J. Gentry, Mary F. Waters to Archie L. Monnett, Elizabeth A. Swope to William Cobl, Bert O Brien to Ida Wilkins, and several more across Stilesville Plainfield and nearby towns with varying amounts and parcel descriptions.
F L Ohair announces program for Group 5 of the Indiana Bankers association meeting in Greencastle on May 18. Speakers include A G Lupton Startford City Harry G Hill Indianapolis N W Barnes Greencastle and Andrew Smith of Indianapolis. Afternoon to include a trip to the penal farm inspection of De Pauw gym and a pool swim. Business sessions in the Serks home with W W Layton Covington as Group chairman.
A cryptic OCR fragment hints at events and names but lacks clear context or dates. Readable items mention May and locations but facts are too fragmentary to confirm a coherent news item or outcome.
WASHTOINGTON May. The Department of Agriculture’s May crop report projects a winter wheat harvest near 1.0 billion bushels, about 150 million fewer than last year’s record crop. Severe winter and acreage abandonment reduced planted area, with 4.25 million acres abandoned and harvestable acreage at 35.03 million, down 7.435 million from last year.
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