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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
1
The High School Class of 07 will be entertained by Miss Hazel Martin at her home on South Michigan Arcour this evening. A fine time is anticipated.
Dr. C Edwards of Moores Hill conducted the Quarterly Conference at the First Church Saturday evening and preached Sunday morning at 10 30. He administered the Lord's Supper at the close of the sermon.
David Seright of Sandusky started to town on his old family horse known locally as Old Spow Dick. The horse turned to the roadside four miles from the city and died, ending a 27 year service to Seright’s family.
Trustee W. W. Robertson of Adams Township received a handsome rocking chair as a Christmas gift from the teachers. Most teachers attended, and Robertson expressed sincere gratitude for their goodwill and kind remembrance.
Matthew R. Porter, a longtime patron of The Standard and Civil War veteran, renewed his subscription for 1907. A Horace resident, he served as postmaster and railroad and express agent for about 25 years and was wounded at Winchester in the Civil War.
On next Tuesday Frank Hamilton will be sworn in as deputy prosecutor of Columbus, appointed by Prosecutor Phillips. He is the junior member of the law firm Ewing & Hamilton and is highly regarded for his diligence and potential as a prosecutor.
James Mozier, a Springhill neighborhood resident, was suddenly seized with a severe back pain while gathering corn Friday. He collapsed alone, was rescued by his wife, and taken home. Dr Beall of Clarksburg treated him. his condition improved and he should be up in a few days.
Mrs. Wright of Nineveh fed a tramp who later sent fifty dollars and a note of thanks. A Franklin tale tied to a wager in Barron Wisconsin recounts a trek of twenty miles daily for thirty days ending in Franklin with one kind woman remembered for her cheerful giving.
Charles R. Howell of Indianapolis a Philadelphia cigar house salesman spent the first of the week in Decatur County visiting relatives and friends. He is the son of the late James Howell who once owned the Robert McCoy farm on the Columbus road west of town. Howell counts the Jackson Butler and Miers families among relatives and is an own cousin of Congressman Bob Miers. Many friends are glad to hear of his prosperity.
In Indianapolis a husband misread his wife’s toothache remedy incident. He smelled carbolic acid, believed she tried suicide, and alerted two police officers. They poured milk down her throat before the ambulance and stomach pump arrived, while the wife tried to explain the real cause. She had used carbolic acid on cotton to ease tooth pain.
Friday afternoon featured a grand Christmas program at the West End building for grades one and two taught by Mrs. Ida F. Wray, Miss Stella Porter, and Miss Etta Montgomery. One hundred seventeen pupils gathered for songs recitations and gymnastic drills with two illuminated Christmas trees and gifts for all. A joint union meeting included a surprise for East End pupils and a second decorated room where gifts and a festive program continued to delight teachers and students. Attorney B. F. Bennett and family visited Mitchell for the week with Mrs. Bennett’s parents.
Grand Army men favor shifting the next annual encampment from Saratoga to Indianapolis if the city offers easier access and more facilities. At last summer’s Minneapolis convention Indianapolis was a close competitor, its supporters arguing Hoosier aid and free barracks would draw veterans to the gathering.
A commission with a G A R member from every Indiana district has worked with Governor Hanly to obtain a $10,000 legislative appropriation for a monument at Andersonville graves. Ten or more states have erected such markers, Rhode Island already did for 55 soldiers, while Indiana with about 700 dead has none.
The State Board of Education last week urged bills for a longer rural school term to match town opportunities, extended centralization, higher teacher salaries and qualifications, broader manual training and agriculture in common schools, school building supervision, and simplification of the school book law.
President Fisher of Hanover College and Miss Mary Sawyer of Western College Oxford invite Rev. R H Dunaway to speak to their students. Dunaway accepted Hanover's January 24 Day of Prayer invitation. Oxford date pending. Also noted a music class recital by Miss Stella Murphy at West Sheridan Street.
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