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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
6
County correspondence lists numerous visits and trips across towns including Greensburg Hartsville St Paul and Indianapolis. People like John Fletcher Carrie Bostic Mary Worland and families visit relatives attend social events and shop in nearby towns while high school hay rides and pie suppers are reported.
Mrs. Will Bradley and little Charles Thorpe are quite poorly. Vernie Mohler of Alexandria called on relatives here Tuesday. Miss Lena Darnell visited Miss Vaughn Nation Saturday night. A large delegation from here attended the ox roast at Clarksburg Wednesday. Mrs. Maggie Brokelmier returned Monday from Boone county. Mrs. E. C. Nation visits her daughter Mrs Ross Coy at Adams this week. Frank Martin and wife hosted Sunday guests including Will Martin and Charles Linville of Milroy.
Local brief notes a Saturday start for the first teachers institute. Several residents named Miss Jessie Marin Miss Ona Engle Miss Bertha Kuert and Miss Emma traveled relatives visited in Cincinnati Rushville Clarksburg and Pennington hosted events a pie supper and old-fashioned spelling school drew attendees.
Burney local residents report Sunday visits by Ben Allen. Mr and Mrs George Schmeller visit relatives in Mason. Minnie Sharp visited home folks. Bob Bach finished a concrete walk for Meadow Luther. James Bach husked corn for Wallace Champ and sprained his wrist. Town folks enjoy buggy rides from the hitch post. Several attended Forest Hill pie supper Friday night and praised pies shared with pretty girls.
Dr. Welch visited Madison on Thursday while Will Hogg of Newburg and Anderson Moor conducted business in Greensburg and Wednesday. Lem Smalley rebuilds after a recent house fire on his farm. James Morris family from Dark Corner and Mrs. Minerva Morris of Columbus visited James Cox. The next U.S. president pays respects to Indiana prosperity. Rain expected as signs point to relief. Sand Creek rose eight inches in thirty six hours. Edna Hogg injured after falling from a hay ride wheel ran over her knee. W. A. Evans met socialist candidate E. V. Debs in North Vernon. Evans runs for Decatur county treasurer. Dr. Welsh called to Newbury for Mrs. Ann Parker ill from poisoned candy mailed to her.
A married man is condemned for neglect for letting family members use any remedy other than Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles. The letter notes Foley's product is unique in containing no opiates and being sold in a yellow package. J. H. Batterton.
Clarksburg notices mention Prosser Clark recovering from typhoid fever. Connersville visitor Pearl Swift stays with W. W. Grose. Beta Nu Tau hosted by Mrs Elizabeth King. Florine Hunter, Katie Eich, and Marie Russell visit Miss Mary Fee and attend an ox roast. Robert Styers and wife of Georgetown, Ohio visit Lillie Moore. George Dobyns summoned to Mall on Wednesday over a family matter. A large woods east of town burned, about forty cords of wood lost. Miss Eva Cartmell and Edgar Ear Hite wed quietly at Joseph Cartmell’s home with Rev. Stairs officiating. they’ll reside in Greensburg. The Republic party backs James E. Watson for governor. platform calls for Senator Hemenday’s return to the Senate. The piece lauds Hemenday’s experience and influence, urging Republicans to rally behind him.
A batch of real estate transfers includes Gregg Alyea to Martha Alyea for city lots at $200 and multiple township deeds such as Bannister to Bannister in Jackson township for 32,900 and Minor to Smiley in Burney for 4,500. Transfers span Burney Jackson Greensburg Milford Alert Fugit Clay and other locales with sums ranging from 0 to 7,000 and several interfamily exchanges.
In a Terre Haute speech the Indiana senator lauds James E. Watson, Hem enway, and state hopefuls. He extols officers Fred Sims and James Bingham, John C. Bittheimer, Oscar Hadley, and others, then endorses the governor candidate as experienced and capable compared with Marshall. He highlights the governor hopeful’s congressional twelve years and the whip role among the house Republicans.
State Chairman Goldrich praises the new option law as a moral victory for the people against saloon forces. He warns the temperance issue will persist through the campaign and predicts Taft electoral votes and large wins for Watson governor and Hemenway senator, with Republicans keeping faith with voters.
On sale dates issued for national and local conventions. Annual Woman’s Christian Temperance Union session in Denver and return trip. tickets available Oct 18 to Nov 2. American Federation of Labor convention tickets on sale Nov 4 to 10. Colonist tickets to California New Mexico British Columbia and western regions. West Northwest Southwest Michigan Mexico and British possessions rate plans via Big Four Route. For details contact H J Rheis G P A Cincinnati Ohio G P O 73 S.
A fragment notes that an ensuing election would yield a large majority of holdover senators who would vote to return Albert J. Beveridge to the United States Senate. The text implies strategic timing to secure Beveridge’s re election.
Topeka Capital notes that Mr. Taft asserts he stands on his record, but the editorial adds that anyone would be glad to claim such a record, implying credit is not unique to Taft.
A Wisconsin man asserts Foley's Orino Laxative saved his three year old son from a severe illness. He describes a high fever and constipation improving after two doses, with the fever vanishing the next morning and the child recovering fully.
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