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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
7
A stream of local visits and travels reports from Greensburg, Indianapolis, Shelby county, and nearby towns. Residents including Miss Alice Conk, Miss Agnes Caldwell, and families of Barnes, Grant, and Messenheimer are mentioned along with church events and outings.
Westport items report Mrs. Oliver Ketchum ill with typhoid fever. Carl Shafer of New Castle visited friends here Sunday. Eva Harrell of Letts visited Dr. Hause and wife. Mrs. Ed McKelvey and children spent Friday in Greensburg. Prof. Knowles of Moores Hill visited Roy Valentine and wife last week. David Johnson and wife of Seymour visit John Johnson and family. Mrs. M. A. Fulkerson went to Indianapolis to buy fall millinery. Born to Earl Shera and wife a son, and to Edgar Potters and wife a daughter. G. C. Borden moved grocery stock into the former Star Store building. Edith Martin returned to Greensburg after visiting Mrs. Anna Evans. Gertrude Sherman and children of Des Moines arrive notes continue.
A lengthy Rush County column lists numerous visits, moves, and social calls by residents from Greensburg Milroy and nearby towns. It notes church attendance, farm purchases, family visits, a naval enlistment, and community events including the Rush County fair and an old settlers meeting.
Several residents were noted traveling or visiting across cities this week. Names include Miss Rose Puttmann in Greensburg, Mrs. Henry Greene in Batesville, Clara Wolfe with Harve Hoff in Cincinnati, and John Gilbert with Willis Wolfe moving to California. The Batesville Gas and Oil well was shot at the Walters switch, and Ruth Crawford was baptized, joining the Christian church.
A speaker in Korea described fifteen years of Christian expansion. She asserted the gospel is advancing as missionaries and converts carry faith beyond borders to foreign nations.
Mrs. John Pavy grows ill while Mrs. Watson Dean visits Batesville. J. S. Minor plans basement work as Mrs. L. T. Howell improves. Neighborly gatherings include dinners for Mrs. Tillie Rockwell Hurt and friends. funeral services led by Rev. Robison with Ross cemetery interment. Visitors include Prof. Fred Jackson and Miss Mayme McDermott. Clyde Barnard relocates to South Bend. Jay Smith returns from Seymour.
Mrs Sam Logan is on the sick list. James Cox and wife visited her parents at Queensville. Dr H L Essex of Hope on professional business. Misses Laura Steining Grace Wasson attend institute. Will Jackson and family Milford attended old settlers meeting. Ina White Greensburg guest of Frank Evans. Ora Ketchum family Ander son visiting Sam Ketchum family. Lena Rhiver Indianapolis visiting Jeff Armstrong family. Henry Cobb son of J J Cobb returned to Seymour after visiting Grandma Steining. Ed Simmonds and wife Jeffersonville visiting daughter Mrs Harry Black and family to attend Zack's fair. Forrest Moor West Pallman Illinois visiting father George W Moor. Grover Williams Hartsville and Ethel Evans married at bride's parents home. Congratulations extended.
Sheriff and Marshal nabbed Albert Woerner and W A Roedel at the Big Four station minutes after a tip from Captain Bray. They confessed to thefts from Ari Douglas and Jack D Shafer, with cash and valuables found on Roedel. They were returned to Indianapolis authorities for further handling.
Taft argues courts favor capital but protect labor rights. judges must show impartiality in industrial cases. He notes unions avoid court action as often as he wishes and stresses the importance of fair judicial treatment in labor matters.
Congressman Rodenberg states Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan are direct opposites in practicality, patriotism, and action. He contrasts Roosevelt as a practical, constructive statesman with Bryan as an impractical ideologue and agitator.
Mrs Catharine Crist of Adams fell Tuesday while picking grapes. She stepped into a hole and injured her hip, with the thigh bone broken at the socket. She was taken to her daughter Mrs Lee Davis's home as medical aid was summoned. prognosis uncertain due to the severe fracture.
Martin Boyd of Henrietta Kentucky suffered granulated sore eyes for twenty years. In February 1903 a gentleman recommended Chamberlain's Salve. He bought one box, used two thirds, and has had no trouble since. Batterton's drug store sells the salve.
A health blurb claims men over sixty face kidney and bladder disorders linked to enlarged prostate. It cites Rodney Burnett of Rockport Missouri, age ninety one, reporting dramatic improvement after two bottles. Endorsing testimony from J H Batterton is also noted.
A parent recalls a son’s boast about being a class weight lifter while urging him to contribute to paying off the mortgage on the family farm to fund his college years. The conversation underscores obligation and family finance.
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