Local Notes and Visits In Greensburg and Nearby
A roundup of visits and events includes Miss Nora Bell in Chicago and many relatives in the area. Local guests include Mrs. Frank Dillis from Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. William Rockwood from Indianapolis, and Rev James McMichael from Piqua Ohio. Community notices cover sales ads, household changes, harvest news, and social gatherings across Greensburg and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dillis
Indianapolis
Will Davis
William Rockwood
Anderson
Batterton’s Drug Store
James McMichael
Piqua, Ohio
Henry Bonner
Spencer County
Thomas Seitz
W. J. Hill
Charles Littell
Philadelphia
Gus Logan
Willa Shannon
Social Event of the Season at Elder Home on East Washington
A garden party hosted by Mrs. D. C. Elder and cohosts drew 175 guests to the Elder residence on East Washington Street on Wednesday afternoon. The event featured an orchestra, a staffed punch table, and dainty refreshments, with out-of-town guests including Miss Berenice Silberberg of New Rochelle and Mrs. Nora West of Everett among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
West Main Street
G. M. Crocker
Oberlin
Ohio
Oscar Ewing
Bloomington
University
George M. Ewing
Mike Dermity
Squire T. G. Power
Robert Martino
D. C. Elder
East Washington Street
H. L. Gaines
Clyde Willard
Pearl Elder
Florine Hunter
Hazel McCoy
Mary Littell
Berenice Silberberg
New Rochelle
New York
Helen McCoy
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Song Recital by Mr L Ward Mailley Planned
The ladies of the Christian church announce a song recital at the Greensburg church on Tuesday evening June 25th. The event offers a rare chance to hear a high grade performance by a gifted singer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Christian Church
L. Ward Mailley
Greensburg
Do Not Neglect the Children
Do not neglect the children this season and treat the first unusual looseness of a child’s bowels with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by castor oil as directed. For sale at Batterton's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Batterton’s
Lawn patterns slashed to clear stock at Gail H. Miers
Owing to the backward season we have reduced our lawns 5c to 4c 6c to 5c and 10cc to 8c to move quickly. All new patterns available at 2413 Gail H. Miers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail H. Miers
Tragic Air Rifle Accident Claims Waldron Toddler
In Waldron two year old Forrest Johnson died after an air rifle fired by his older brother Eldo struck him behind the left ear as the boys played in the yard. The brothers were accompanied by two older siblings when the gun discharged. Forrest died at four o'clock Sunday morning after extensive convulsions. The rifle was left cocked, and running likely triggered the discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Johnson
Howard Johnson
Waldron
Forrest
Eido
Eldo
McCain
Shelbyville New
Petition for Free Macadamized Road in Decatur County
Public notice filed by George Lehman and others in Marion township to improve a roughly 1.75 mile road by grading draining and macadam paving. Board of Commissioners to hear on July 1 1907 with engineers and viewers appointed to prepare plans and cost estimates. Signed by fifty freeholders and sworn before Justice of the Peace. Greensburg Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lehman
Office of the Auditor
Decatur County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Marion Township
State OF Indiana
Marion
Tuckertown
Noaa
Millhousen
General Assembly of Indiana
E. M. Summitt
T. G. Owen
E. Hamilton
H. Buening
D. W. Holcomb
August Preuss, Jr
B. H. Einster
Edward Fultz
J. M. Evans
J. B. Schoetmer
Ed Sutton
J. H. Stewart
Eberj. Oldham
Justice of Peace
Commission
Greensburg
Frank E. Ryan
Appointment of Administratrix for Frank Shelhor n estate
Notice announces Elma Shelhor n appointed by the Decatur County Circuit Court as administratrix of the estate of Frank Shelhor n, deceased, declaring the estate solvent. Dated June 14, 1907, with Bennett and Davidson as attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Decatur County
Indiana
Frank Shelhorn
Elma Shelhorn
Bennett & Davidson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nora Bell
Chicago
Anna Shoetmer
Boston
Claude Ewing
Clinton
Harry Becraft
Kokomo
Mrs
Lee Becraft
Barton McLaughlin
Samuel Shirk
Azalia
Fannie
Edna Shaw
Charles W. Woodward
North Franklin Street
Charles Huntington
Bessie Byrum
Luella Jordan
Jennings County
W. S. Johnon
Jessie Whaley
Elva Gill
William Martin
Corinth
Kentucky
Esther
Emily Boston
Ethel Skillman
Baltimore
Miss Skillman
George W. Dyers
Foley
J. H. Batterton
Walter Dille
Donnie Larrison
Richland
Mr. Dille
John L. Dille
Miss Larrison
Frank Shiedler
Culver Hillis
Athens
Alabama
Herschel Smiley
A. M. White
William Adams
Gilbert McCracken
John McCracken
Edgar Mendenhall
S. P. Minear
Emma Bell
Elwood
Nellie McConnell
Tipton
Grace Duncan
Ralph Moffett
Cincinnati
Ed Kessing
Carrie Mulford
Moores Hill
Ethel Jones
George Erdmann
Morris
Florence Dickey
Cynthiana, Kentucky
John C. Bone
Minneapolis
A. P. Bone
Albert Robison
Downeyville
Roscoe Ehrhardt
Samuel Dowden
Bernice Silberberg
New York City
Frank Deough
Wabash
C. E. Erdmann
J. W. Holcomb
Terre Haute
Mendenhall & Fleming
Maud Mogahey
Albert Smith
John Smith
Cassius and
Walter Garver
Lemuel C. Garver
The
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian Church
J. K. Ewing
Anna Poucher
John Poucher
New Albany
Old Home
Ewood Carter
Coterie Club
Abe Ewing
Maud Zeigler
Otto
Elizabeth Runyon
William Withers
C. W. Conyer
Sarah and
Elizabeth Conyer
Ed Lacey
K. L. Moorland
Miss Feral
Kansas City
Kansas
Lou Hollis
C. C. Minor
Harry Maneaugh
Columbia City
Milford
Ind
Carl Alexander
Seymour
Seymour, Are the Proud Parents of A New Son, Born Friday. Mrs. Alexander
Abbie Jones
Charles St. John
J. P. Thomson
Braden
Marie
Indiana University
Will Orville Thomson
T. B. Gullefer
Willard Hedrick
Marshall
Illinois
Charles Hedrick
Memphis
Tennessee
Miss May Hedrick
W. R. Ward
Dyersburg
Tenn
Big Four Round House
Riverside
Albert Gallagher
New Castle
Roscoe E. Cutsinger
Edinburg
Mrs. Hunt
J. B Kitchin
Mrs. James Reed
Lebanon
S. C. Cline
Ben Morris
Lammerding’s Grove
Webb Woodfill
Laura
Lincoln
Nebraska
Daniel Linegar
Marciel
Henry Snider
Hamilton
Nora West
Forrest West
Everett
Washington
Leonard J. Hackney
Ernest Hood
John Griffey
William Voris
Opal Voris
George Caldwell
Rushville
M. ©. Reeves
O. B. Shank
G. L. Reeves
D. Morris
M. T. Reeves
Mabel Gaines
Columbus
Emma Cobb
Miss Cobb
Aurora
Jacob Deprez
Robert Buxton
Harry Teal
Bright’s
J. If. Batterton
Jose Schneider
Joe Schoettmer
Wee
Bernard Hoeing
Lee Rutherford
George Weesbure
Ben Harpring
George Ortman
A. L. Jessup
Henry Teupe
Eens Gates
Beelmann
Dick Bruns
William Link
Joseph Pfeifer
George Scheidler
Joe Scheidler
Louis Scheidler
Bernard Herbert John H. Herbert
Adam J. Hessler
Valentine Hahn
M. A. Schneider
Barney Resoncorfeman, Jr
Gibson
Geo. W. Magee
Oxford
Lowe & Ardery
John Little Mortis
Linegar Bros
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