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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
3
Mr and Mrs George Magee entertain at Thanksgiving dinner at their East Central avenue home. Seated for thirty five. Clyde Woodward and two Cincinnati friends will also join the gathering representing the Woodward family.
Mr and Mrs C J Erdmann plan a dinner Thursday inviting Rev Walter H Reynolds and family plus S H Stewart and family including Miss Edna Stewart of Indianapolis visiting the city for a visit.
Mr and Mrs Locke Bracken will host relatives including Judge and Mrs David A Myers Mr and Mrs M F McNaught Miss Laura McNaught and Mrs Susan Christy for Thanksgiving family dinner.
Miss Addie Shepherd of Indianapolis to entertain at a Thanksgiving dinner hosted by her parents Mr and Mrs Joe Shepherd on North Broadway. Ten covers. Guests include Rev and Mrs F M Burkette and daughter Marjory at Mr and Mrs George Jones home three miles southeast of town. Ladies Auxiliary to hold a social in the Knights of St John hall Thanksgiving evening. Knights and friends invited.
Ira Adkins traveled to Indianapolis and underwent eye surgery at Deaconess Hospital. Laura Crist and her daughter Mildred returned from Shelbyville. Adams Cemetery Association to host Thanksgiving dinner and supper at I C O F Hall. Rev Burkette will preach biweekly at 2:39 PM. Protracted meeting by Rev John Ellis begins tonight. Frank Kirby and family to spend Thanksgiving in Adams. Ed Waites returns to Lexington with father I D Waites improving.
Burney Mr and Mrs Frank Minor of Indianapolis visit W A Minor’s family. Mrs Mary Tomson stays with relatives at Hartsville. Thomas Grayson of Elkhart and Sanford Graveon and daughter Claudia of Westport visit IL Howell family. J T Alley family from Forest Hill visit Dr FE Porter. Lulu Akers of Shellyville visits relatives here. Mrs F M Blades of Greensburg visits brother Qarence Myers. Miss Grace Jones visits her parents at Westport. Mr Theodore Eliott and wife visit Greensboro relatives. The Co tu tn ae shows workers traveling to New Castle for Monday employment.
Deputy Prosecutor W F Robbins loses a valuable mare at his Westport area farm while husking corn. The horse suffered a broken foreleg while being worked for a farm wagon. officials discount a hole, suggesting a stock or root caused the snap. The mare, part of a valued team, died shortly after.
If you are troubled with sour stomach you should eat slowly and masticate your food thoroughly, then take one of Chamberlain's Tablets immediately after supper. Obtainable everywhere.
The post office urges sending Christmas mail by December 15 for timely delivery to distant U S points. Pack securely in boxes, mark sender, wrap in heavy paper, and attach Red Cross seals. No live animals. certain foods allowed in zones, restrictions apply. packages should not be sealed against inspection. Also obituary notes for Kiam Holscher, age advanced, survived by widow, three sons and two daughters. funeral Thursday at 2 pm.
Undertaker E A Rankin fired at a burglar at his East Central Avenue home as the prowler fled. The man escaped, later seen nearby, pursued by two special policemen, with no hits or identification. No trace was found after the incident.
Harry Ainsworth son of Dr C B Ainsworth and notable Greensburg youth has been chosen as assistant manager at the Polk Sanitary Mill Company plant in Greensburg His farm work and agricultural training at the University of Illinois pave the way for promotion potential and a bright future within the firm
Memorial services for departed Elks Lodge members will be held at 2 30 p m next Sunday in the Presbyterian church. T Ert Slack United States district attorney Indianapolis will deliver the memorial address. The public is invited and the program for the local observance will be announced later.
Frederick Holscher aged 77, a native of Germany, died at 9:30 last night at his son’s home west of town. The obituary notes his death occurring at the residence of his son, with further details likely to follow in later lines.
The obituary notes Edgar Jackson born August 4 1911 died November 18 1916 at age 5 a sweet flower cut down early loved by all who knew him and his friends. Eddie bore his sufferings bravely and his mother father brothers and sisters express endless love with a line about a vacant chair and flowers upon his grave in a family tribute.
Mrs Renigar alone in the house heard two men on the back porch Sunday evening at about 9 50 and feared entry. They knocked, tried a door lock, and a key from inside was in place. She broke a glass door in a panic, frightening the intruders who fled.
The Indiana Republican state committee spent 245,922,668 from March 14 to November 15, 1916 per treasurer Frank J. D. Stathaler, led by Thesiore Stein as clerk of Marion county. The outlay covered pre Chicago convention and Indiana campaign costs with national committee and several large donors listed, including Ras cob and DuPont. About 17,006 went to newspaper ads and several thousand to street car campaigns with 80,006 distributed across counties. printing and postage were substantial, totaling about 5,000 items, audited by the Indiana National Bank auditor.
Russell M. Perry, a senior at Osteonathic college in Kirkville Missouri, publicly declares his admiration for U.S. Senator James E. Watson and notes that both he and his father cast their first vote for the senator, highlighting a political family moment.
A young man named Russell Perry, a close family friend, voted for the first time for Watson for U.S. senator after his father once voted for Watson for Congress twenty two years earlier. Watson replied with a lengthy letter the younger Perry treasures, noting the family history and the significance of the moment.
Centenary M E Sunday school members elected officers for 1917. W M McCune named superintendent. Assistants include Mrs Claude Marsh and Mrs Emma Hamilton. Other posts filled by Imogene Marsh Ethel Beeson Robin Dashiell Iva Wonn George Roszell Ed Gaunt Ruth Batchelor Roy Hillman Vida Gaunt Agnes Moore Ira Aldrich Claude Marsh.
After sixty six hours of deliberation in a 25000 dollar damage case, jurors told federal judge Anderson they could not agree. Plaintiff Thomas Campbell, colored, alleged a conspiracy to bar his registration. Foreman Fred Doherty announced the failure to reach a verdict as jurors were excused by the court.
Hartsville hosts a Farmers Institute on Tuesday December beginning at 10 am. The program includes Farm Management An Appreciation of the Farm Community Organization Twentieth Century Problems Permanent Soil Fertility and Forward Movement in Rural Schools. Night session topics will be Permanent Soil Fertility and Forward Movement illustrated. Preparations anticipate large attendance.
London reports two German zeppelins brought down last night along the northeast coast of England. Both airships perished after being attacked by Royal Flying Corps planes, with bombs believed to cause only slight damage in Yorkshire and Durham.
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