Death of farmer John Garrigan in wagon accident near St Paul
John Garrigan a 60 year old farmer near St Paul died this afternoon from internal injuries after his team of horses, frightened by a passing locomotive, bolted a wagon into a wood pile. He leaves a widow and two daughters Mabel Garrigan and Iva Templeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Garrigan
St. Paul
Garrigan
W. R. Turner
Mabel Garrigan
Iva Templeton
Indianapolis
In Memoriam for Mrs Violette Christie
In memory of my dear mother Mrs Violette Christie who passed away four years ago today. The verse speaks of earthly ties decaying and reunion in a blessed land where sorrow ends and the river of life flows. Sadly missed by her daughter Mrs Lum Schafer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violette Christie
Lum Schafer
Bible School Rally and Appealing Sermon by Pastor Welsh
A Sunday at the Christian church began with Bible school for 235 attendees. Pastor James H. Welsh preached an appealing sermon on Rekindling the Fires, urging renewed enthusiasm among members and preachers. A pilgrimage to Newpoint followed, with music by John Turner and John Greene, and a sermon by Rev. Welsh. Next Sunday the meeting moves to Milford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
J. C. Barbe
Peter
James M. Clemons
Sandcreek
John L. Turner
Newpoint
John F. Turner
John Greene
Welsh
Milford
Westport Family Hosts Daughters and Kin Visit
James Jessup and his son entertained Sunday with his three daughters and their families. Named relatives include Mrs. Anna Patrick and family Glenwood, Mrs. Nellie Gardner and family Greensburg, Mrs. Jessie Voiles and daughter Iolus, Allen Jessup and wife Westport, Virgil Bowers and family Greensburg, Paris Fultz Greensburg, Ed Fultz Westport, and William J. Yager Lebanon. Miss Cleo Harker, recent operation patient, returned home from Robert Long hospital yesterday afternoon after a week of treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jessup
Westport
Anna Patrick
Glenwood
Nellie Gardner
Greensburg
Jessie Voiles
Iolus
Allen Jessup
Virgil Bowers
Paris Fultz
Ed Fultz
William J. Yager
Lebanon
Cleo Harker
Robert Long Hospital
Modern Moses Praises Governor as Fountain Unveiled
In State House Park a National Road fountain was unveiled on the capitol lawn by Mrs. Caleb S. Denny. She credited Governor Jackson with completing the fountain, and Mrs. James L. Gavin called him a modern Moses for his administration ensuring water for travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House Park
Mrs
James L. Gavin
Governor Jackson
Moses
State Capitol
D.A. R
Caleb S. Denny
Old Trails Committee
Denny
Caroline Scott Harrison
Julia Landers
Jackson
Washington Street
Large Sunday School and Special Song Service Feature Day
Sunday rally day at the Presbyterian church drew a full house with 259 in Sunday school and a $20.14 offering. The service featured readings by the Garver girls, solos, duets, and choruses, with Rev. J. R. Bardelméier delivering the sermon and the C. E. meeting presenting a program of preludes, biographical notes, and songs led by Mrs. Estella Hamilton, Mrs. Milton Evans, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Garver
J. R. Bardelméier
Charles Gabriel
Estella Hamilton
Milton Evans
Ross Reed
Gates
Mrs. Reed
Miss Ehrhardt
Stanton Guthrie
Brent Patton
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society District Meeting Held
The district meeting of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist churches takes place Thursday October 1 at Grand Avenue Methodist Church with sessions from 10 am through evening. Cora Rahe of China speaks at night. Ada Nelson Hazel Davis and Rebecca Daily from Greensburg speak. Decatur county plans a large delegation. Attendees are asked to bring a box lunch. coffee will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Churches
Grand Avenue Methodist Church
Cora Rahe
China
Ada Nelson
Hazel Davis
Rebecca Daily
Greensburg
Warren-Evans Tie Knot in Letts Home Ceremony
Hattie Evans of Letts wed J. H. Warren of Indianapolis in a 2:30 pm ceremony at Mrs. P. M. Johnston house Letts. Rev. Albritton officiated in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Gail Johnston Ruth Johnston Loyd Grimes. The couple plans to live in Indianapolis where Warren works. The marriage ends a romance that began at a Kansas school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Evans
Letts
J. H. Warren
Indianapolis
P. M. Johnston
Rev. Albritton
Mrs Veiles Returns Home After Rushville Visit
Mrs Emma Veiles returned to her Westport home yesterday following a two weeks visit with her daughter and family in Rushville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Veiles
Westport
Rushville
Local Social Notes From Greensburg Area
Platt's Corner Sherman Robbins and wife shopped in Greensburg Thursday. A lawn ice cream social at James Neff's Saturday honored Mrs. Neff's 49th birthday. Ben Carnest cut corn for Elmer Smith this week. Mr. and Mrs. Brinkert on the sick list. Omer Maddux and family of Westport visited John Maddux and wife Sunday. Darrel Christian and family of Milford spent Sunday with home folks. Howard Armstrong and wife from Indianapolis visited Jean Becker and wife Saturday night and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Robbins
Greensburg
James Neff
Indianapolis
Jean Becker
Lois chapter Eastern Star holds record meeting in city
Nettie Ransford and guests celebrate a grand gathering of Lois chapter No 147 with Indiana grand matron Jeanette Bunnell in attendance at Pinehurst and Masonic hall. Four new members were added Catherine Huntington Mabel Henningsen Mae English and Sarah English. Speeches, gifts, and desserts marked the memorable event as officers praised Masonry and womanhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois
Order of the Eastern Star
Edith MelIntyre
Indiana
Jeanette Bunnell
Plymouth
Pinehurst
North Broadway
Masonic Hall
Catherine Hundlington
Mabel Henningsen
Mae
Sarah English
Bunnell
Star
Nettie Ransford
General Grand Chapter
John R. Hessong
Indianapolis
E. W. Barrows
Blanche Reggett
Clarks Hill
Martha Zoercher
Anna Banes
Metamora
W. B. Masters
Mae Jacobs
Zena Brown
Gertrude Anglin
Walter Masters
Ethel B. Foxworthy
Queen Esther
Mabel L. Dobbins
Roy C. Kanouse
McIntyre
Annals of Lois
John L. Turner
Lawrenceburg Visitor Floyd Dils Returns to Town
Floyd Dils of Lawrenceburg visited relatives here yesterday, stopping briefly in the area to catch up with family members and tour familiar spots.
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Floyd Dils
Lawrenceburg
Recalled editor linked to Greensburg and Brookville paper history
Archibald Shaw recalls C. F. Clarkson a Lawrenceburg editor who moved to Brookville Indiana and Iowa. Herbert Quick cites Clarkson as a model pioneer editor and wealthier newspaperman whose sons, Richard and James Clarkson, later ran the Des Moines Register affiliate and the family farm near Grundy county, Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
C. F. Clarkson
John Thomson
Greensburg
The
Standard
Orville Thomson
Jacob Mills
Archibald Shaw
Herbert Quick
Iowa
Western Watchman
Brookville
Ind
Republican Party
Saturday Evening Post
Post
Coker Fifield Clarkson
Clarkson
Indiana
Grundy County
Eldora
Hardin
Clarkson Gothic
Richard P. Clarkson
James C. Clarkson
State Register
Des Moines
Register
Richard
James
A. Shaw
Birthday Luncheon Honors Mrs Lizzie Stevenson
Mrs Emmett Stevenson entertained seven guests at a daytime luncheon bridge party at her home to honor her mother in law Lizzie Stevenson. The two course religious style meal featured yellow and white décor and a white cake centerpiece. A surprise mock shower followed the luncheon and bridge games. Guests included Mesdames Lizzie Stevenson Joe Kitchin Carrie Mowrey Walter Bonner Estelle Hamilton I M Sanders and Bert Donnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Stevenson
West of Town
Lizzie Stevenson
Mesdames Lizzie Stevenson
Joe Kitchin
Carrie F. Mowrey
Walter Bonner
Estelle Hamilton
I. M. Sanders
Bert Donnell
Shelby Physician Tindall Returns to Shelby Village
Dr. Paul R. Tindall a Shelby physician and Greensburg alumnus was guest at the Woodfills for a Sunday visit. He spoke Friday to the State Medical Association on Acute Instantinal Disturbances in Infants and is noted as well known in Shelby County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Tindall
Shelbyville
J. W. Woodfill
Tindall
State Medical Association
Greensburg
Westport Group Attends Wyandotte Cave Odd Fellows Meeting
Wesley Idlewine Neal Jessup and H C Campbell of Westport attended the Odd Fellows meeting held Saturday at Wyandotte Cave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Idlewine
Neal Jessup
H. C.’Campbell
Westport
Odd Fellows
Wyandotte Cave
Battertons Visit Ellis Ryan Family in Connersville
Mr and Mrs Ed Batterton and Mae Louise visited Ellis Ryan and family in Connersville yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Batterton
Mae Louise
Ellis Ryan
Connersville
Indiana high schools vote to create legislative body for I H S A A
Principals approve by 326 to 145 a proposal to form a fifteen member elected legislative body along with five board of control members. The body will draft rules for the I H S A A and the board will execute them. Elections set for Sept 28 to Oct 3, 1925 with representatives from five districts chosen by mail.
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Indiana
Indiana High School Athletic Asiation
Arthur L. Trester
Indiana High School Athletic Association
Trester
Board of Control
Indianapolis
S. H
Odd Fellows Hold Cave Degree Session at Wyandotte Cave
About 500 Odd Fellows from southern Indiana attended a three degree session at Wyandotte Cave near New Albany. First degree by Borden lodge 866, second by Galena lodge 470, third by Hope lodge 1. The cavern lodge chamber, 300 to 400 feet below, hosted the event with the cave hotel above it. The session was arranged by New Albany lodge and hailed as a great success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Decatur County
Wyandotte Cave
New Albany
Borden Lodge
Galena Lodge
Corydon
Hope Lodge
Odd Fellows
Sefton Family Holds All Day Reunion at Shelbyville Fairgrounds
The Sefton clan gathered for an all day reunion at the Shelbyville fair grounds with forty four members present. A noon pitch-in dinner was served. Attendees traveled from Greenwood Whiteland Franklin Rushville and nearby Decatur county listing numerous Sefton relatives by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sefton
Shelbyville Fair Grounds
Greenwood
Whiteland
Franklin
Rushville
This County
Decatur County
Bird Sefton
James Dashiell
Elmer Sefton
Frank Sefton
One Eagle Spends Afternoon in Batesville
An Eagle football player from Miss. visited Batesville for an afternoon appearance yesterday, drawing local attention from residents and fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesville
Tells Rotarians Story of North's Mining Industry
Daily News reporter Ed J. Hancock spoke at the Greensburg Rotary dinner recounting his northern Michigan trip. He described copper and iron ore industries from Marquette to Iron Mountain and noted mine depths, transportation, and regional growth while praising Rotary hosts and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed J. Hancock
The
Daily News
Rotary
Michigan
Marquette
Hancock
Iron Mountain
Indiana
Peninsula
Upper Peninsula
Washington
Greensburg
Escanaba
Houghton
Calumet
Quincy
Pittsburgh
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Henry
Ford
Detroit
M. E. Richards
Wisconsin
J. H
Baptist Church
James H. Welsh
Christian Church
Es Welsh
Will Lanham
Bracken
Golden Wedding of W. P. and Lydia Carr in Vernon
Mr and Mrs W P Carr celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their Vernon home on September 16 1925. They married September 16 1875 in Newpoint Indiana. Carr worked at a flouring mill and Mrs Carr was a Shelby county teacher. The couple lived in several communities before settling in Vernon and were joined by many neighbors for a dinner and a chivari style celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Carr
Vernon
Lydia L. Hill
Newpoint
Decatur County
Indiana
Carr
Butlerville
Billy Hutton
Cherry Park
Presley
Lydia
North Vernon
Cincinnati Firm Seeks Injunction Over Patented Casket Handle
The Cincinnati Coffin Co. sues Standard Casket Hardware Co. of Greeksburg in federal court at Indianapolis seeking a permanent injunction to stop use of a patented casket handle socket. The suit claims Cincinnati owns the patent rights assigned by the inventor and asks for profits from the use of the device to be surrendered. Local firm did not comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Casket Hardware Co
Greeksburg
Cincinnati Coffin Co
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
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Memoriam
Jesus
Elizabeth, Craig
Mary Loyd
Warren-Evans
Platt’s Corner
Shelby
Power of Drafting Rules
Wyandotte
Sefton Reunion
North
Westport National Bank
Estella Moore
Insurance Company
Greensburg National Bank
Lawrence Archey
Continental Insurance Co
Elza Sneed
Decatur County Farm Bureau
Clara I. Irwin
William E. Beesley
Alert State Bank
Federal Land Bank
Birdie Davis
William Davis
Arthur H. Galbraith
Joseph Ramer
Galbraith
Ramer
Oliver F. Goddard
Admr
de Bonus
Ida Goddard
Thomas Nye
O’neal Bros
Vessie Reed
Walter S. Reed
Bond
Charles C. Weston
Joseph A. Weston
Frank Woodward
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