Newtown Items and Local Happenings
Local residents report visits and departures including Mr. and Mrs. James Nuss of Long Beach California leaving Fountain county. A boy, Charles Quiggle, 8, broke his arm playing at home two miles east. William Keeney’s cremated ashes were buried in Newtown after dying in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Nuss
Long Beach
Calif
Fountain County
Charles Quiggle
Carl Quiggle
Here
William Keeney
Buffalo
N. Y
Newtown
Frank Diehl
Charles Diehl
Stanfield
R. B. McCullough
Woman’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Peoria
New Richmond
Lester Wood
Robert Martin
Mabel McCullough
Leah Royal
Avis Wood
Ruth Aydelotte
Dorothy Hansford
H. D. Himman
John Martin
Walter Shultz
Public sale by Tom Rodgers of stock in Warren county
Tom Rodgers of Lower Mound township in Warren county will hold a public sale Wednesday October 1st. He offers a lot of good stock for sale alongside an ad for Chamberlain medicines offering trial packages for five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Rodgers
Lower Mound Township
Warren County
Tom
Grandsons and visits populate Old Kentuck news
Old Kentucky notices report births in Covington area with Courtney Jr Dale Fredrick Leo Paul and Meat named. relatives in Kingman Catlin Westville Danville Ill visitances. social events include Ladies Aid sewing at Mahlon Bodine home with sixty attendees and meals.
Sale of Estate of Jacob Presley Howard Set for Oct 27
Notice of sale by the administrator under Fountain Circuit Court order for the estate of Jacob Presley Howard deceased. Auction at the late residence north of Mellett Indiana on Saturday October 27 1923 at 11 00 A M. Personal property includes a Hudson automobile soy beans hogs hog houses and other items. Terms require cash for ten dollars or less and credit nine months for larger sums with note and security. Lunch served by Ladies of South Christian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Presley Howard
Mellett
Indiana
Fountain Circuit Court
Hudson
Fenton Howard
Adm
Homer G
Reister
Audt
Mellett Bank
Wallace & McGaughey
Attys
Ladies of South Christian Church
Town Gossip and Local Visitors Highlight Stringtown Notes
Mrs. M. J. Zarnes and her son Oscar returned to Kansas City after a two week visit with her relatives the Chatts and their daughters Anna and Edna. Anna Chatt and Neal Chatt accompanied them to Danville NL. Also noted are local visits and entertainments involving the Crowder, Sparks, Sowers, Moffett, Jenks, Berto and Dotson households. Tony Vitalia, a former resident, died in Terre Haute after stomach trouble. survivors include his wife Mary and nine children. The coal drillers are active and the Republican subscription continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Zarnes
Oscar
Kansas
Oroxenii Sowers
Wm. Moffett
Perrysville
Johnson Crowder
Thos. Crowder
Laura Sparks
Covington
Joe Chatt
Edna
Dan Berto
Lenora
Sprosen Berto
Veedersburg
Oral Dotson
Attica
Neal Chatt
Hymera
Tony Vitalia
Terre Haute
Clinton
Mary
John
Indianapolis
Clifford
Homer Abernathy
Joe Schraefrade
Kankakee
Ill
William
Mellott News Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Trades
Reverend Day of Indianapolis conducted a regular service at the South church in Mellott. Jay Rice and family and Frank McAlister and wife visited Hillsboro. Lois Day of Indianapolis visited Mellott guests Bernice Lawson. Uncle Mark Edwards slowly recovers after a fall from fodder earlier. Bert Oyler recently sold cream separators to buyers near Green Hill Pine Village and Hillsboro. Ray Riley family spent the weekend near Milford Illinois. George Haxton rebuilds a barn struck by lightning. Charles Ray, formerly on the Clem Neal farm, bought a Williamsport restaurant and will move soon. Charles Lewis and Jim Akin visited Crawfordsville. Everet Ogle and family from Otterbein visited Hiram Shade. Glee Haas and others at Terre Haute school spent weekend at home. Lenora Wiggins, now at Indianapolis, spent Sunday with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Oyler
William Morgan
Philip Mann
Albert McGahan
Green Hill
Jake St. John
Pine Village
Hamilton Myers
Hillsboro
Bert
Mellott
Ray Riley
Milford
Illinois
George Haxton
Charles Ray
Clem Neal
Williamsport
Charles Lewis
Jim Akin
Crawfordsville
Everet Ogle
Otterbein
Hiram Shade
Coal Creek Sunday Notices and Local Socials Report
Rev Philips attended Sunday school in Coal Creek. The Ladies Aid held a Friday afternoon session. Fred Stanton family visited Kingman guests of Thad Towel and family. E V Keller and wife attended Tony Vitali funeral in Clinton. Vitali was Keller's brother in law. Wilson Richardsons celebrated 80th birthday with grandchildren visiting. Homecoming at Mt Carmel drew a fine crowd. Various neighbors reported sickness and visits including Miss Lucile Wann resuming school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Philips
Ladies Aid
Fred Stanton
Kingman
Thad Towel
E. V. Keller
Tony Vitali
Clinton
Vitali
Keller
Lynn
Ois Richards
Helen
Pauline Stanton
Grace
Fred
Madge
Merle Richardson
Emma Reed
Ben Merryman
Lide Snoddy
James +Martin
Emma Kellers
Wilson Richardson
Manford Richardson
Lois
Iola Davis
Cleo
Thelma Berto
Edna Chatt
Eva Riley
Mt. Carmel
Allen Board Family Leaves Stone Bluff for Local Business
Allen Board wife and daughter of Stone Bluff transacted business here Thursday. Herbert Rawlinson appears in The Cleanup and The High Kickers at Lyric Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Board
Stone Bluff
Herbert Rawlinson
How Better Than Pills Chamberlains Tablets
The writing asks how Chamberlains Tablets are superior to ordinary cathartic and liver pills. The answer notes they are easier and more pleasant to take, with a gentle effect hardly realized as medicine. They move the bowels while improving appetite and strengthening digestion.
Family visits and misadventure in Scott's Prairie
Sunday visits linked to Jim Glascock and W. J. Drollinger family include Fred F. Muller Bert Orne and others from Danville. Misses Ratcliff and Drollinger attend Indianapolis Teachers Association meeting and visit Avanele Drollinger. Samuel Glascork in Kingman on business. Harry Thomas and wife in an accident returning from Marshall. Mrs. Thomas unconscious briefly then improving. Hubert Henry Glascock very ill with scarlet fever under nurse care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Glascock
Terre Haute
Jim Glascock
Fred F. Muller
Bert Orne
Danville, IL
W. J. Drollinger
Bell Ratcliff
Magdalene Drollinger
Teachers Association
Indianapolis
Avanele Drollinger
Blaker
Belle Ratcliff
Miss Magdalene Drollinger
Samuel Glascork
Kingman
Harry Thomas
Marshall
Card of Thanks for Elizabeth Martin Family Loss
The Martins thank friends and neighbors for deeds words and floral offerings after the sickness and death of their daughter Elizabeth. They note appreciation for service by the Eastern Star and those who participated. Signed Dr. E J Martin Dr. J P Martin Dr. R B Martin and Mr. and Mrs P D Boggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
E. J. Martin
J. P. Martin
R. B. Martin
P. D. Boggs
Acknowledgment of Sympathy for Loss
We express our sincere thanks for your kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our wife and mother. Gene Sodine and Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene ,Sodine
Reverend Kerr speaks in Valparaiso and Monticello visits
Rev. R. B. Kerr spoke in Valparaiso Tuesday night and in Monticello on Wednesday night. He is now in the southern part of the state. Mrs. Malinda Richey accompanied Mrs. Mary Dunlap to Piqua Ohio and will stay there during her visit with her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Thomas
E Thomas
King- Man
Leo Paul
Beckley
R. B. Kerr
Valparaiso
Monticello
Malinda Richey
Mary Dunlap
Piqua, O
Will
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rexall
Fred Coleman
Eugene Bodine
I. K. Ewart
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Grace Earl
Kate Earl
Claifornia
Hattie Patton
Wingate
Mary Rhodes
Huber Ellis
Monroe Carpenter
Mannen Arter
Hoopeston
Zell Miller
Wessie Arter
Monroe Haas
Annest Toneloe * Association
J. R. Campbell
Leelia Black
Marie Coen
Mary Rohlfing
Ee. QO. Mitchell
Leslie Mitchell
Forest Crumley
Mrs. Crone
Elizabeth Bittle
Weasner
Russel Smatl
Nora McCarty
Ed E. Meharry and
Colfax
Chamberlain Medicine Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
Old Kentuck
T. C. Weber
Court Brackner
Courtney Jr
Fred Layton
Glenn Galloway
Dale Fredrick
Henry Chutes
Catlin
Westville
Danville
Earnest Forest
Ralph Osborn
Florence Barkley
Arizona
Slaughter
Otto Nicklas
Wayne
Edward Nicklas
Ladies Aid Society
Mahlon Bodine
Roy DeHaven
Ed Grubbs
Granville Grubbs
Theodore Grubbs
Charles Moffet
C. E. Thomas
Near Kingman
Herbert Ghantz
Newman, Tl
Lelia May
James C. Claypool, Sr
Shawnee
Stringtown
Almena Crowder
Dewey Jenks
Silverwood
Rev. Day
South Church
Jay Rice
Frank McAlister
Callie Shade
Lois Day
Bernice Lawson
Mark Edwards
Glee Haas
Leah Crumley
Walter Cooper
Wretha Lindley
Lenora Wiggins
Chris Nelson
Martha Ellen Merryman
Snoddy
Roland Wann
Lucile Wann
Keith Coleman
Leona Richardson
Kenneth Richardson
Ruby Trimble
Scott’s Prairie
Johnson Oil Refining Co
Johnson
Packard
Chester
Lloyd
Tire & Battery
WM. Derringer
Covington, Indiana
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