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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
6
Local notes report social visits and travel from Greensburg to Letts and Westport. Mary J. Fultz dies near Westport aged sixty nine. funeral by Rev. Suttie. Vivid farm updates include wheat cutting, new potatoes and hay baling as the community anticipates a large crop.
Residents and visitors are reported in casual notices from St. Paul Greensburg and nearby towns. Names include Edward Kessing Mrs Ed Batterton George Kanouse Jack Magee Charity Alley Baker Raymond Pieak and others with events such as visits to Indianapolis Terre Haute Shelbyville and a cave outing. Protracted Methodist meeting ongoing Wises and wife conduct. The Nature Study Club met with Mrs Lawless for an ocean gifts program.
Mrs. W. M. Carr visits her son W. E. Carr this week. E. Allen and son attended the sale of his brother at Greensburg last week. A number from this vicinity attended.
Roy Byard is on the sick list and George Young remains unwell. Mrs Ed York and wife visited friends in Newpoint Sunday. Isaac Doles has a gas well being drilled on his place. Miss Mae Boyce is employed at Minnie Skinner’s home. Newman Byard of Milford visited over Sunday. Miss Mary Duncan has been sick but is better. Dorothy Smith trip to Greensburg. Frank Duncan visited Miss Cora Hermish. Young folks attended church at Sandcreek Sunday. Pleasant Doles and family visited neighbors. Frances and Marie Dun can spent Sunday with Leona Redington. Miss Elizabeth Hart improving her place by mowing the lawn. If you see a discouraged man, ask about his corn or potatoes. A number of young people gathered at Bennie Hart’s Saturday night for his nineteenth birthday. Nettie Adams and Livie Milroy with Roy Byard, Scott and Sylva York visited George and Clara Duncan Sunday.
Kingston residents report wheat and hay harvest underway while many visitors stop by. Local families host and visit relatives, with ministers Rev Nyce and Rev Rankin preaching and attending gatherings.
A large crowd attended the Westport pony show on Monday night. Numerous residents were noted visiting relatives and returning from trips, including Paul Hester, Ed Moore, Mrs. E. C. McMahan, Frank McCullough, Mrs. Ned Burney and many others from nearby towns. Died: George W. Glasscock, a former resident of the area, buried here after funeral services in Louisville. Community activities include Sunday school, epworth league and prayer meetings across Westport and Letts, with several residents making trips to Greensburg, Rushville and Indianapolis.
Residents report home improvements and social visits across Sandusky Greensburg and nearby areas. John Spillman adds an addition to his house while W A Williams renovates an elevator roof. Several ladies host visits and plan the Fourth of July event.
Leits J Watt Craig transacted business here Monday. Everybody went to the Ketrow show Saturday evening. We are all for Peaceful Bill.
Hartsville reports scattered social notes with Minor Withroit returning to Oxford Ohio. Sidney Swain from Columbus visited friends here over the weekend. Margin Heath of Colorado visits Mrs. Mattie Powell and others. Fannie Miers of Ewington visits uncle Thomas Brett and wife. Dr Anne Clouse of Erie Pennsylvania visits father-in-law W M Carr and family. Mrs Sarah Sharp returns from a visit with her daughter.
Mrs James I Brady and family visit Richmond. Miss Agnes Thompson of Columbus guests Miss Gertrude S Beck. Prof Charles Phillips, former public school teacher, graduates State Normal. Mrs Louie Hundlman and Edna visit Craig Griffiey relatives. Stone Brett children visit grandparents in Waldron and Indianapolis Mobley relatives visit. Miss Lenore Rawlings travels with her sister. Moores Hill resident Charles Atkison preaches at Hartsville College adjacent church. Seven thousand pounds of flour shipped Monday by local millers along traction line to road points.
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