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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
1
Long May 6 1859 and May 13 1859 issues recount Billy Turner’s Greensburg stay from 1850 to his death about fifteen years earlier. The piece covers temperance editorials, county fair premiums, church assemblies, school reports, local business changes, bank figures, and civic salary actions around town.
SouTH PARK CEMETERY ASSN extends the half price period for purchasing cemetery lots because of bad weather. The price will double once funds cover current indebtedness, so act now to secure lots before the increase.
John B. Noble seeks to void a Pure Oil Co. right of way agreement contracted in southern Indiana while he was ill. He alleges he was misled into signing for boring rights on his farm for oil royalties. Noble, a wealthy farmer, faces a court challenge as Judge Perry E. Bear and others file the suit in the Ripley circuit court.
The Cecilians met Friday afternoon with Miss Stella Murphy hosting. The event featured a flower-decorated hall and a varied program including Valse Brillante in A flat Moszkowski pieces by Mrs. Morgan and Miss Eich If I Were a Bee Elfin Dance and Sixteen with performances by Jessie Wayne Miss Ewing Miss Williams Miss Hass and other artists. Notable selections included Woman Composers of Europe Rubenstein None But the Lonely Heart Tchaikovsky In My Heart's Land Scherzo Chopin Temple Bells Indian Love Lyrics and Hostess Miss Murphy led with Mrs. Davidson as leader.
The Sunday service at the Christian church drew a record roll call at 11 o'clock with many answering, 149 in Sunday school at 9:15 and offerings totaling 18.37 for missions plus 86.69 from Bro Northern's class. Four deceased members were honored John J Hazelrigg, Mrs Robert Naegel, Mrs John H Bobbitt and J H Humphrey, with plans to make the memorial services a regular annual event.
The Saltcreek township commencement exercises took place Friday evening at the Christian church in Newpoint. Prof. Elmer C. Jerman, superintendent of city schools, gave the class address. Graduates were Rona Lee Hickman Edna M. McDermott Christine E. Meyer Bessie L. Meyer Maurice Wolfe and Horace M. Growe.
State Agents Locke Bracken and A. R. Elkins of Greensburg refunded members of the Business Men's Association who had paid on contracts. They said organization here was not feasible now but would likely return in the fall. Bracken suggested reimbursements were proper and indicated possible future reorganization.
Greensburg Lodge No 148 held its annual memorial at the K of P opera house with 450 members, listing 40 deaths since last memorial day. Grand Chancellor Arthur J. Lowe led the service with Rev. W. G. Johnston and Rev. O. L. Kiplinger giving the address on Brotherhood and Service.
Omer Tichenor and Miss Della Rimstidt were married at the Lutheran parsonage in Napoleon on May 19 with Rev. L Omer officiating. The couple will reside near New Point in Decatur county.
The Batesville Tribune editor Donald McCallum faced a dry won loss as Ripley County backed keeping saloons by 574 to 233. The Tribune editor’s stance was praised for conscience and courage, while the paper vows to uphold the law and condemn violations by saloonkeepers or others opposing the law.
The Grand Army of the Republic reports shrinking veteran numbers with memorial roll calls showing growing gaps. Posts total about 6,057 affecting 200,000 members, down from double that two decades ago, and Civil War rolls list 601,699 veterans. Illinois and Indiana highlighted for early posts and strong councils.
Mose Ferris received a letter from his son Emmett Ferris in Anderson stating he married Miss Louise Walrath on Saturday May 29 and is now in his own home on Jefferson Street. Emmett works at a large carriage factory there and Ferris guests send hearty congratulations.
Trustee Ehrhardt details May expenditures from the office for poor relief. Sixty-five individuals received aid across sixteen persons, covering twenty adults and nine children, with ages from fifty-two to eighty-nine and an average of seventy-one. No public burial funds used. Anthony Ulrich of Grand Rapids had funeral costs covered.
Mrs. Luetta J. Dunn died at 1 40 am Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs George Dunn 69 North Tompkins Street following a year of lung trouble and five months in bed. She was wife of Will B Dunn and leaves two children and two brothers. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at the Dunn home with Rev J P Myers and Rev J A Roberts officiating. Interment Forest Hill cemetery. She was a Greensburg native and member of the Christian church.
Greensburg Lodge No 148 granted the Bank of Knight to ten candidates on Thursday night including two ministers Rev J F Fraser and Rev W G Johnston. Grand Chancellor Lowe attended as the ritual work impressed a large audience with the ceremony and the candidates praised the results.
Frank G. Harding of Westport a member of the Harding Brothers store was brought to this city Friday. An inquest by Dr. B S White Squire Powers and Dr Curtis Hill declared him insane and he will be sent to Richmond for treatment. He is forty and father of two children. Community sympathy is extended.
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