Town News Notes and Arrivals in Greensburg Area
Kingston and Little Mildred Robison listed. R A Hamilton seriously sick with pneumonia. Homer Meek of Chicago at home with typhoid threat. Warren Bruner improving from grip. Fugit township teachers held Saturday institute. Curtis McConnell visiting his uncle Dr Oldham at Waynesburg. Rev W F Scoular recovering from la grippe. Beulah Rider visited Greensburg and Mrs Lewis Brook. Mrs Martin Bruner and son Hal visiting Greensburg. Shaw Davis aiding Lewis Brook in Gainesville. Lon Kerrick and wife at funeral of Mrs R A Hamilton. Oliver Bruner and family visited by Clifford Bruner of the U S S Maine in port. Mrs R A Hamilton died Friday aged about eighty. Scoular conducted funeral. services at Christian church held Sunday. Mrs Forrest Ketchum shopping in Batesville. Cora Starks visited Batesville. J C Coates leaving for Chicago for a job. Mrs Emerine Higdon ill at West Main. Amos Snedeker and wife visiting relatives from Cincinnati. Mary and Naomi Price sick. Dr L W D Jerman visited daughter in Indianapolis. M C Jenkins and Greensburg family visited Jenkins's in laws. Small show here for a week with large crowds. Mrs Randolph Starks recovering from fractured ankle and confinement to chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Hamilton
Homer Meek
Chicago
Warren Bruner
Fugit Township
Curtis McConnell
Oldham
Waynesburg
W. F. Scoular
la Grippe
Beulah Rider
Lewis Brook
Greensburg
Martin Bruner
Hal
George Alexander
Shaw Davis
Gainesville
Lon Kerrick
Rush County
Re*a. Hamilton
J. C. Robison
Oliver Bruner
Arthur
Frank Fage
St. Paul
L. W. D. Jerman
John Kuert
Indianapolis
M. C. Jenkins
Greensbay
Local Notes From Mechanicsburg And Neighboring Towns
Mrs. Matt Hunter is on the sick list. Charles Moulton called on M. D. Hunter Friday. Matt Hunter transacted business in Greensburg Tuesday. Frank Johnston of Indianapolis spent Sunday with home folks. Clint Bales and wife visited her father Matthew Johnston Friday. George Aice of Smyrna spent Sunday and Monday with Matt Hunter. Rolander Scudder and wife spend the week at Downeyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Moulton
M. D. Hunter
Matt Hunter
Greensburg
Frank Johnston
Indianapolis
Clint Bales
Matthew Johnston
George Aice
Smyrna
Rolander Scudder
Downeyville
Clarksburg Notes on Local People and Church Affairs
Harry Moore of Indianapolis was Ancre Sunday. Revival meetings at the M E church continue. Howard Fee and Miss Mabel Emmert are on the sick list. Ralph Kincaid is improving after illness. Republicans elected J W Linville central committeeman. Rev J W Jones resigns epistolatory duties and plans to move to Brookville. Mrs L M Walters and Mrs Ed Tarplee learn of Allen Davis’s death in Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Fee
Mabel Emmert
Ralph Kincaid
J. W
L. M. Walters
Ed Tarplee
Allen Davis
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Local Social News and Store Update
Miss Emma Kuert visits home with her mother while Dr. McKee hosts his father from St. Paul Saturday. Our new drug store is nearing completion and will be much appreciated by residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Kuert
Dr. McKee
St. Paul
Westport Social Notes Highlight Visits and Events
Miss Carrie Parker visits Miss Anna Cornutt while Greensburg visitors call on local friends. Local business in Greensburg and Indianapolis trips noted. W R C installs officers with G A R presence and a court ruling on prior entertainment, followed by music and a candy basket distribution. crowd enjoys an active community gathering.
Real Estate Transfers in Several Townships Reported
Transfers show numerous parcels across Clay, Washington, Marion and Sandcreek townships. Notable moves include D Davis to A Walker for land in Clay, $5800, and C M Young to A C Call for Marion township real estate at $1500. Other deeds list prices from $1 to $3800 and multiple city lots in Greensburg and the county seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Davis
Abraham Walker
Clay Township
Elizabeth Walker
J. W. Brown Et al
Edgar D. MceLaughlin
Washington Township
E. D. McLaughlin
J. W. Brown
Samuel C. Gildersters
Cyrus M. Young
Marion Township
Arthur C. Call Et al
William Burkman
Mendenhall & Fleming
City Tabbottade
Samuel Covert
James B. Robison
Link Herron
O. G. Miner
Latin City
William R. Casey
George L. Littell
William F. King
Ethel Irene Rutherford
Sandcreek Township
George W. Young
Ethel Rutherford
Sandcreek
Benjamin J. Grover
Orlando Doles
Greensburg
George E. Erdmann Et
Grover Duncan
City
J. K. Ewing
James Foley
Saltcreek Township
James M. Foley
L. M. Cooper
Rebecca J. Sherman
James S. Littell
J. A. Mendenhall
George M Thompson
Theresia Fry
Barnard H. Veerkamp
Protracted meeting services continue in Westport area churches
Sunday schedules list Sunday school at 9 30 a m and preaching at 10 30 a m with Junior and Epworth Leagues in Westport. Evening service at 7 p m announces ongoing protracted meeting. Mt Pleasant and Letts churches also publish Sunday school, class meetings, Epworth Leagues and midweek prayer gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Epworth
Mt. Pleasant
Epworth League
Letts
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Proves Worth in Maine
A. F. Hardy of East Wilton Maine praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve after fifteen years of use saying it cures sores boils ulcers and burns and saves doctor bills. Offered at F. M. Henry & Co. drug store for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
A. F. Hardy
East Wilton
Maine
F. M. Henry &Co
Disturbed the Congregation and Dining Etiquette Through Ages
The piece notes a parish punishment for last Sunday's disturbance and quotes Foley's Honey and Tar. It then surveys medieval dining practices from knives and napkins to the transition from dagger to eating knife and the introduction of forks in Europe, citing Venice and Thomas Coryat in 1608.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley’s
J. H. Batterton
Venice
Thomas Corgate
Britain
London Standard
Parrot and Bear Thrown into Banter on Love and Limericks
A witty exchange between a pretty young lady and a cynical man centers on marriage. He jokes that marriage is a mistake and suggests buying a parrot for 10 shillings. she reacts with a dramatic sigh. The piece closes with a quip about the bear’s price of £30 and a nod to Satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The Time Table as Moral Law for Express Drivers
Keighley Snowden argues in Fortnightly Review that time is the core duty of an express driver. He notes strict checks, time sheets, and penalties for lateness, and likens engines to partners with their own quirks. The driver must harmonize with the locomotive to avoid dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iver
Keighley Snowden
Man Rescues Boy From Stream in York Shire
On a York shire stream a man leapt into the water to save a boy who fell from a boat. A farmer praises the act as worthy of Humane Society medals, but the rescuer declines praise, noting the boy carried the bait. The anecdote ends with a humorous remark on the boy’s pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkshire
Humane Society
Pearson’s Weekly
A Queer Epitaph from Epworth Yard
A note recalls a stone once in Epworth churchyard for Richard Towris. The inscription asks Who lies here Who do you think and humorously claims Towris liked drink. It ends with Drink for why Because Richard Towris was always dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth
Richard Towris
London
How to Avoid Pneumonia Advised With Honey and Tar
An old advertisement urges avoiding pneumonia by using Foley's Honey and Tar to stop coughing and expel the cold. It warns to refuse any other brands and notes J. H. Batterton as the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
J. H. Batterton
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Mildred Robison
Randolph Starks
Mechanicsburg
Clarksburg
Harry Moore
M. E. Church
Newpoint
Carrie Parker
Anna Cornutt
Charles Brooks
Clifford Deweese
J. N. Carder
T. W. Robinson
Frank Bradburn
Alpha Knoll
Myrtle Deweese
Sam Knorr
Harvey Simmons
Rutherford
West Virginia
Homer
North Vernon
Frank Cain
Clifford Talkington
E. E. Richardson
Zerelda Smanley. Jr
Sarah Owens
Eva Low
Laura Whaien
Cora Underwood
Anna Stewart
Anna Wheelwright
Lucretia Mewhinney
Carrie Ketchum
Emma Merri
Man. Press Cor
Emma Shafer
Della McKelvey
Lizzie Cann
Mary E Stewart
Cora McMahan
Mary A. House
Dick Stott
Ketchum
Ethel Owens
Mary
Jordan
Francis D. Jordan
Scott
Stott
Methodist Notes
Osorio
Mageer’s. Pharmacy
Fleishers
Soc
McCall’s Magazine
George W. Magee
St.John & Guthrie
Red
REO
Exra
O. B. Lansing
Lakeside
Los Angeles
Reqos
F. O. B. Lansing
F.O. Hillis
Milroy, Indiana
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