Obituary of Julia Ann Fletcher of Indiana
Julia Ann Fletcher, born March 28 1859 in Danville Indiana, died August 13 1923 near Montezuma at age 64. She was the widow of E B Fletcher and mother of Carl Fletcher. Funeral services were held at the grave conducted by Rev Lewis Davis, with burial at Oakland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Ann Strichlann
Jacob and
Jennie Strichlann
Danville
Ind
E. B. Fletcher
Carl Fletcher
Indianapolis
Montezuma
Lewis Davis
Oakland Cemetery
Sixth annual picnic dinner at Varas Mathas home
The sixth annual picnic dinner was held at Varas Mathas east of town on Sunday August 12. A large number of friends and relatives attended and enjoyed the event.
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Varas Mathas
Parke County Soldiers Picnic Date Change Announced
The Illinois-Indiana reunion announces the annual picnic moved to Sunday September 9 at Beechwood Park. Howard L. Hancock president invites all former Illinois people now living in Indiana to bring families and baskets for the fourth annual event in Rockville Indiana.
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Parke County
Beechwood Park
Illinois
Indiana
Howard L. Hancock
Rockville
Ind
The Answer Joy Not Kept In a Strong-Box
A reflective poem fragment urges that joy comes from inner peace and open gardens of love rather than wealth. It contrasts riches with happiness and counsels searching one’s heart for gladness, ending with a self-directed concluding line.
Park Circuit Court Opens September Term
The September term of the Park Circuit court will open on the 10th.
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Park Circuit
Glaze Family Reunion Near Montezuma
A Glaze reunion and picnic were held August 18 in Pete Houghton woods north of Montezuma with about sixty attendees. Plans were made to resume the gathering on the third Sunday in August 1924 at the same site. Notables included 64-year-old H. E. Applegate and 2-month-old baby Serena Mendenhall.
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Pete Houghton
Montezuma
Glaze
Albert Glaze
H. E. Applegate
Frankfort
Harry Applegate
Waynetown
Clarence Coon
Wingate
C. W. Graves
New Richmond
Wm. Glaze
Vance Glaze
Bloomingdale
Clinton
Mode Cooner
Community Notes From Smoky Row Weekend Visits
Mr and Mrs Cliff Farner and Mrs Carrie Hans and son Conrad spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs C C Farner. Melvin Hesler visited grandmother Mrs Kro Hesler. James Jackson stayed in Clinton with friends. Kath Ern Hesler visited Fontaleza and Helen Shittips. Grover Lawson went to Terre Haute. Joe Reeder and family from Clinton visited Homer Van Hook. Grover Lawson celebrated her 31st birthday with a noon dinner and music. guests included many neighbors and friends. rain prevented some attendance.
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Cliff Farner
Carrie Hann
Conrad
Joseph Cheesewright
C. C. Farner
Joe Reeder
Clinton
Homer van Hook
Grover Lawson
Prior Warner
Will Wright
J. Woodard
Donald
George Pursell
Wood Lawson
C. Pursell
McNamee Family Vacation Through Central Ohio Reunion Notes
P F McNamee and family return from a ten day trip in central Ohio visiting Richmond New Hope Pataskala Grove Buckeye Lake and Newark. Seventy relatives attended the McNamee reunion near Licking river with a program songs games and ice cream after officers were elected for next year.
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Richmond
New Hope
Ohio
Pataskala
Dayton
Springfield
Columbus
McNamee
Licking River
Schiller Park
Burial of Infant Ronald Alli in Oakland Cemetery
Ronald Alli aged fifteen months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Alli, was buried in Oakland Cemetery after a two week illness of stomach trouble. He was a grandchild of Mrs. Oscar Boos and Mr. Ed Wolfe.
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Ronald
Elbert Alli
Danville
Oakland Cemetery
Manaid
Mary
Duane
Oscar Boos
Ed. Wolfe
Roof Parties and Bees in a Country Town
A newspaper note recalls a roof party at a Miss home with twelve young ladies spending the night in honor of a friend. It contrasts with the author’s fond memories of old fashioned bees and stray cats creating an open air concert at a coal shed during a recent informal gathering.
Mathas Warner Reunion Set for Sept at Peter Mathas Grove
The Mathas Warner reunion will be held jointly at the Peter Mathas grove on Sunday September 2. All are invited and Clotine Underwood serves as secretary.
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Mathas-Warner
Peter Mathas Grove
Clotine Underwood
Holstein pussies inspire child’s farm visit remark
A Farm Journal writer recalls visiting a neighbor’s purebred stock farm with his small daughter. She admires Holstein cattle and exclaims that they even have Holstein pussies to match when a black and white cat walks into the barn.
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Farm Journal
Ode to the Rose from The Farm Journal 1923
A lyrical verse from The Farm Journal August 1923 extols a garden rose as the dearest flower among hollyhocks, four o clocks, pansies, and lilies with the speaker addressing a sweetheart alluding to the rose.
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the Farm Journal
Miss Mildred Murdock Weds Earl Hardesty at Rockville
Miss Mildred Murdock daughter of Mr and Mrs L J Murdock and Earl Hardesty of Rockville married at the M E Parsonage in Rockville on Saturday evening August 11 Rev S A Bender officiated. She has worked at Earham College and served as a secretary in Indianapolis. Hardesty is chief engineer and electrician at the State Sanatorium. The couple will reside in Rockville in a home he recently bought and furnished.
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A. E. Higbee
Mary Elizabeth
Frank McCord
Beulah Southard
Walter McCord
Helen Asbury
William Hamilton
N. W. Clark
Presbyterian Church
McCord
W. Li. McCord
Beardstown
Illinois
Higbee
J. E. Meeks
J. E. Johnson
Indianapolis
Anna Higbee
Charles Higbee
Margaret Guilian
Lebanon
Mary Ferguson
Daniel Carter
Rockville
Eugene Higbee
Crawfordsville
A. S. McCord
Duane
Gertrude Behne
Attica
W. L. McCord
J. A. Pickel
E. E. Asbury
Helen
A. S
Russell
J. W
Agnes McGinty
Mildred Murdock
Earl Hardesty
S. A. Bender
M. E. Parsonage
Earham College
Newman
Hardesty
Fires Destroy Saw Mills at Bainbridge and Mansfield
A pair of fires destroyed the saw mills at Bainbridge and Mansfield. The Mansfield mill was owned by Rohm Bros. & Co. No injuries are reported and the extent of losses is being assessed.
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Bainbridge
Mansfield
Rohm Bros. & Co
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M. E
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Purdue Station
Vermillion County
United States Army
Harry Anderson
Melvin Hesler
Kro. Hesler
James Jackson
Cloissa Hines
Te, Haute
Gia Hospital
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Fontezuma
Helen Shittips
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Wm. Craft
Wm. Blacketer
P. F. McNamee
Lucile
Graville
Newark
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REX Theatre
Harold Lloyd
Mathas
Warner
Ode
Wardesty
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Lyons
Bertha Swaim
Home Theatre
Lon Chaney
Peggy
Alfred Lumt
Edith
Roberts
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Harry Carey
Fool
Gladys Walton
Don Coyote
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