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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
5
Mrs Jane Smith of Westport visits Indianapolis with friends. Robert Sylvia and granddaughter Alma travel to Hartsville to visit relatives. Mr Sylvia believes safety is better at Hartsville after a recent robbery.
Deputy county treasurer C A McMillan and his young son traveled to a Indianapolis hospital for adenoids and tonsilitis treatment. Frank Ford sold Joe Kitchin’s 110 acre Greensburg farm for 15490 to Don Webb of Burney, who will take possession soon. W M Stewart visited Richmond to see his daughter Mari Ett a Wilson and meet his grandson James Arthur Wilson.
Luther Taylor and his wife of Greensburg spent yesterday in Connersville visiting Mr and Mrs Charles Myers and their daughter Dorothy at their Eleventh Street home as reported by the Connersville Examiner.
Frank Adams the South Broadway barber has returned from Athens Alabama where he accompanied his mother who makes her home with her daughters Mrs. John and Mrs. Gilbert McCracken.
Mr and Mrs E V Griffiths and their son returned to Augusta Kentucky today after visiting Edwin S Fee and family at Clarksburg.
David Talkington and family from Bellfield ND arrived for a visit with relatives in Westport. Ira Carman of Burney visited with granddaughter Hattie Carman returning home to Fairland. Albert and James New and wife traveled to Corinth KY after being summoned by the death of Mrs. John New at Burney. Mrs. George Benton of Westport went to Wabash for a relatives visit. D A McCoy, secretary of the Republican county committee, has moved into Bert Morgan’s office in the Web Woodfill building and will join Mr. Morgan in the fire insurance business, a move welcomed by many in the county.
A batch of local notes describes Westport visitors including Mr and Mrs Ray Moore Curtis Hamilton Miss Stella Moore and Mrs J C Crawley from Letts in Indianapolis for a trip. Martinsville attorney Edwin McCracken, elected prosecuting attorney, visited his brother Prof A W McCracken.
An undivided interest in the D W Holmes farm near Sardinia was sold today at sheriff's sale by John W DeMoss to John Denisten for 1324.73 dollars.
The Knights of Pythias at Burney held a rally last night to boast of strong district convention attendance in Shelbyville on December 6. District Deputy John W. Rhodes attended and delivered a rousing speech. Burney anticipates solid representation at Shelbyville.
County Clerk Fraley issued four hundred six hunting licenses in November. With these and additional licenses previously issued and help from visiting sportsmen, the rabbit and quail populations are expected to be thinned to near vanishing by month end.
Mr and Mrs Hal Kincaid entertained at their Spring Hill home on Thanksgiving day with a lavish turkey dinner. Covers were laid for forty five.
A report from Indianapolis states Miss Minnie Boyl is improving after surgery yesterday at Robert Long Hospital for an ear abscess. Her sister Miss Florine Boyl, a nurse there, attends her. Dr Edward A Porter plans to locate in Greensburg January 1, after a career in Burney and teaching on a farm near this city.
Charles Wallace of Seymour is appointed chief of police to succeed Harvey L. McCord who becomes county sheriff on January 1 after a decisive election. McCord, praised for his public service, won a strong victory over a Democratic plurality. The item includes local social notes about residents and events in Adams Spring Hill and Monfort streets, a log mill operation, and a community club program with talks on farm life and public health.
The Farmers' Club of Spring Hill held an all day gathering at the Kincaid home with a noon turkey dinner. Officers were elected and members honored Dr. Weaver. The Y M C A Bible Club started a winter lecture series with T E Davidson explaining Biblical canon and manuscript history to about forty attendees.
Mr and Mrs James Shields returned to their home in Versailles today after spending Thanksgiving here with Mrs Abe Gilliland. Harry Cowles who is employed in Chicago spent Thanksgiving with his parents Mr and Mrs Lewis H Cowles West Second street.
Mrs Harry Black traveled to Waldron last evening to spend the weekend with her cousin Miss Marie Armstrong.
Mr and Mrs C D Samuels visit relatives in Muncie leaving mail route No 12 to Glen Renegar during his absence.
Henry Herrick travels to Indianapolis to visit his mother Mrs. Ben Terrick, a former local resident now seriously ill. William Seitz returns to duties with the Big Four in Indianapolis after visiting his parents. John Montange and wife return from Cincinnati after visiting nephew Elmer Kester and family. Mrs. Kester was formerly Miss Ethel Bird. John H. Dennison of Sardinia is named by Governor Ralston as a delegate to the fourth annual congress on market and farm credits in Chicago, December 4 to 9.
Samueel Heffner and wife move into the Miss Mary Thomson property on Franklin Street. Heffner works for Louis Bobrink the north side meat merchant. William Hamilton returns to Indianapolis after visiting relatives here. Rev Alonzo Murphy and Squire A S Creath visit T D Waites of Adams who has been ill. Mire Charles Robertson and daughter Miss Etta of New Prethel visit Miss Carrie Stewart.
Mrs. Linn Shafer of Greensburg testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved her frequent headaches dizzy spells and constant backache caused by kidney trouble. She bought pills at St. John & Guthrie’s Drug Store and used them until cured with quick relief from the first doses. Price 50c at all dealers Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Rev F Burkette told Greensburg Baptists that only about ten percent attended the Thanksgiving service and urged gratitude as a divine duty. He warned against treating the universe as merely mechanical, urged recognizing God in all life, and proposed a yearly “kick-giving day.” The collection benefited Associated Charities.
Milford visitors from Anderson include Mrs Albert Miner and children while a protracted meeting begins at the M E church. Local residents Mack Lane Belle Haldeman and Emmett Bostick are noted visitors and multiple trips to Greensburg St Paul Shelby Adams and Adams are mentioned for family visits and a funeral.
Local residents recall oyster supper in Sardinia on Thursday night and announce the Hartsville farmers institute on December 5. Johnnie Webb, employed in Indianapolis, visited family for three days. Numerous visits and Thanksgiving dinners are recorded among Thurston, Purvis, Webb, Vogel, Eveleth, and Jordan families across Sardinia Hartsville and Letts with school vacation noted December 4.
The local post office will operate 8 am to 5 pm on the Sunday before Christmas for all business except money orders and postal savings. Sunday delivery will handle parcels for city residents and rural routes, with no letter mail delivery that day. Mail distant parcels by December 15, wrap securely and address plainly with return address.
An old advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and cannot be cured by local measures. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure acting through the bloodstream, offering one hundred dollars for any uncured case, with circulars and druggists selling for 76 cents.
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