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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
7
Danville and Shelbyville visitors filled the week as residents returned from teaching posts and extended trips. The state Christian church convention drew a large out-of-town crowd while the National Guard began training. court notices list replevin, divorce, and various judgments with several bar admissions and estate actions.
Citizens meet at the bank to organize Memorial Day events. A speaker is expected from the city and the program will honor soldiers. Services likely in the school assembly hall with participation from lodges and Sunday schools. Committees named for speaker finance music floral and decoration and program roles.
The article urges Countesville residents to support a cooperative group focused on urban and rural betterment. It lists aims such as public health child welfare education beautification roads trade and community services. Mahlon Warren traveled to Indiana polish Tuesday evening.
Detroit Vapor Stoves advertisement touts safe easy cooking with no wicks or asbestos rings. It claims quick heat, easy lighting, and lower costs than wood or coal with several pen styles and sizes at reasonable prices.
A resident recalls laborious pioneer farming with a single shovel plow to plant corn. Birds and ground squirrels ravaged sprouts, prompting replanting and varied pest control like poisoned grain and grain soaked in copper. Coons hunted at night and damaged crops. hardships included long days and rough terrain as farmers labored in rugged times.
James W Perry a former county house superintendent and East County resident died at his home in Deersom Township on Thursday morning from heart trouble. He leaves a widow four sons Walter Pred Hobert Barksomd Olde and a daughter. The funeral was held at the Orton Valley church Friday morning then burial at New Providence cemetery. Greencastle Herald Ben I Wiliber notes trade away from home reflects economic faults.
Rev. CV Staiishby of Indianapolis preached on Behold the Man from Pilate’s verdict. He argued Pilate erred by consulting the crowd rather than his own conscience, praising Christ’s moral courage and steadfast life against temptation and persecution.
Struck by lightning on the west town outskirts an old barn caught fire last Sunday morning. Quick action by locals prevented spread to a new barn nearby. Mr Shields fell from a ladder while fighting the blaze but escaped serious injury and recovered within hours. Mrs Masten detected the fire and warned the Shields family in time. Mrs Hodson visited Greencastle on Tuesday.
A historical film by Interstate Historical Pictures Corporation will feature Abraham Lincoln’s Indiana life as part of Indiana’s centennial celebration. The project includes scenes of Lincoln studying by firelight, mourning his mother, and early acts of service, with depictions of his boyhood roles as Mintboatmat and Railsplitter and his Indiana visit to Indianapolis where he spoke near the Claypool hotel site.
Professor Karl L King explains circus bands differ from others due to the slide trombone nicknamed sliphorn by the circus world. The 10:30 AM parade in Indianapolis on May 29 will feature Willard and Gotch appearances and Buffalo Bill cowboys leading the show with a ring performance.
The Hendricks County Council mourns the death of member Win I Etrod on April 2. He was known for integrity and upright dealings and his counsel aided county finance decisions. The council offers sympathy to his family and notes the loss to the community. Signed by Justina Tharp, John Vestal, W.E. Christie, W. H. Stephenson, John Ader, Arthur M. Davis.
The Indiana Boys' school at Plainfield presented a five part pageant titled Indiana by William Oakley Conway. An outdoor 400 foot stage hosted 650 pupils and staff before delegates of the National Conference of Charities and Correction. The single actor HT. B. Hickman portrayed Indiana through scenes from French period to Benjamin Harrison.
The author urges members to resist temptations to skip Sunday school prayer meetings and church services as warmer days approach. He cautions that neglecting religious duties dishonors God and misuses time and resources, echoing the principle render unto Caesar and unto God. PD E Noland pastor.
Herman Rosenfield of Sears Rosebuck & Co told the American Ad Club that his bureau reads weekly country newspapers nationwide. If a town shows no local merchants advertising, the bureau targets that territory with literature, delivering far better results than in areas where local papers are utilized.
The article notes conductor andy of the T W L AOR remains unperturbed by a string of incidents. A black cat crossed the track near Brazil and was killed, a count of thirteen passengers was recorded, a trolley pole detached delaying the car for thirty minutes, and soon after a horse was killed near Brazil. A Dutchinson woman receives a 34 year late letter from a Montana son calling it his first chance to write.
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