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Newspaper
Monticello Herald
Location
Monticello, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
5
White County notes list visiting relatives from Walcott Lake Cicott and Chicago, and guests from New York City to Monticello. Indiana University students and DePauw affiliates return home for holidays. A Christmas program at the Christian Church drew praise for its simple, well executed Sunday School presentation.
Rev F L Hovis recovering at home from influenza illness. Mrs Clark Heritage returns to Buffalo after visits with the McBeths. Mr and Mrs Allen Bassett in Rochester for holidays. Ruth Rice visiting from Indianapolis with mother Mrs Christena Rice. Sam Callaway and J D Timmons trio return to Logansport for Christmas. Maude Hackenburg spending holidays with parents J F Hackenburg. Mrs Oscar Stamats to Washington DC to care for ill Charles Tracewell. Geraldine Kindig home from Kankakee for holidays. Faye Van Deman holiday visit with mother Mrs Lucy Vian Deman. Ruth Nichols of Norway and Richard Turner of Goodland wed last Saturday. Ivan Roth improving after pneumonia. Edward Hemphill undergone foot amputation at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette. Christmas dance at Red Men hall enjoyed by local youths with music by Anna Schilt and Harry McKinley.
Lieut. Marion Van Voorst leaves Friday morning for Camp Sevier in Greenville South Carolina after a brief furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Bert Van Voorst on North Illinois street. Howard Johnson returned home Monday after an honorable discharge from military service. John son was stationed in Washington DC at the Chief of the Ordnance Department office.
Front page features messages from Indianapolis leaders including F W Baekemeyer pastor of Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church former pastor of the local Presbyterian church. His message centers on urging readers to Carry on in His.
Name ably handled by Rev Backemeyer. Mrs William N Loughry improves after serious pneumonia. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Harry Schmaezle died last Friday. Mrs A K Sills Jr hosts bridge in honor of Mrs H W Ruge. S O Anderson, influenza patient, home on West Harrison. Navy men John Rothrock and Fred Hasselbring on leave. Robert Lawrie with Motor Supply Corps, Metz, Germany. Kenneth Baker in Luxemburg expects muster out soon. Miss Tracy Parrish visiting Par rish family after ambulance driver training. Richard Foulks moves family to Delphi. Mrs Sam Young returns from Fountain City. Mrs H W Runge guest of Sills. Dr Ruge joins wife there. Manson Byroads to Denver after death of son Lee. S Wavers plan southern trip and possible winter in St Petersburg. George Inskeep family receive birth news of George Esler Inskeep in Wilmington. Mrs Clifton Barnes returns to Camp Taylor. Express office moves to Baker-Uhl west room. Location near Monon and Pennsylvania railroads described.
Hugh Shields of Indianapolis and a Delafield cadet spend holidays with the Shields family. Cadet T M Parsons of Alabama visits. James Van Deman, recently discharged from Indiana University service, visits his mother Mrs Lucy Van Deman. Sergeant Phineas Young returns to Camp Custer after furlough with his parents. Sergeant Walter Rinker arrives home from Paris Island for furlough. Mrs John Q Alter visits Aunt Mary Jane Hopkins in Monticello as Hopkins recovers from a fall. Mr and Mrs George Stout plan a Canadian visit then Monticello. Meeker family reports son Fred, with the 137th Field Artillery, landed in the U S. Arion Griffin’s husband in the 139th Field Artillery sails from Camp Taylor, previously in France aboard the George Washington with President Wilson.
The forty third annual Indiana Swine Breeders Association meeting will be held at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis on Wednesday January 8. All swine growers in the state are invited to attend as practical hog men are among the speakers. The program starts at 9 30 p.m. Indiana will aid starving Armenians with a relief drive January 12 to 19. The state allotment is 629 172 dollars to help 21 000 refugees survive six months each requiring thirty dollars.
Chief Yeoman Howard T. Brock, connected with Washington intelligence, arrives at his mother Mrs. Myrtle Brockway's home in Lafayette to spend the holidays. Brockway was former prosecuting attorney for White and Carroll Counties and lived in this city during his office term. The Brockway family formerly lived in Brookston. his mother moved to Lafayette after Dr. Brockway's death to be with C. J. Brockway in the service overseas. Howard practiced law in Lafayette before enlistment.
Next Monday morning marks five days of Christmas vacation for students and teachers after influenza closures. In past years ten days were given, but five days were approved to recover lost instructional time. Out-of-town teachers are home for the holidays. Marie Cook heads the Latin department and is at Green Castle. Jeanette Gowne, history and French instructor, is in Indianapolis. Marguerite Wolcott of English is visiting her parent in Rushville.
The Fisher family of former Auditor A. G. Fisher suffered through a severe influenza outbreak. Robert L. Fisher died of pneumonia after illness while in military service in Otisville New York and was buried November 15 at his parents’ home in Chalmers. His brother Harry Fisher of Oklahoma learned of the death and returned home with his parents who later wintered in Hollister Oklahoma where influenza struck. Louise Fisher, three year old daughter of Harry Fisher, died last Thursday from the disease. Other family members recovered and the community offers sympathy to the prominent White County clan.
Wilt Lads purchases an Edison Diamond Disc phonograph from The Goodman Co in a local music equipment trade note. The deal highlights a popular playback technology and a well known retailer in the community.
The article notes deadly nightshade cultivated to supply the English market with atropine. It lists the botanical name Atropa belladonna and describes its potent effects on humans versus animals. It also mentions sightings near ruined abbeys and monastic houses as possibly survivors from monkish herb gardens.
The 1853 Koszta affair strained U S Austria ties as Martin Koszta, a Hungarian patriot, sought U S citizenship and was seized aboard an Austrian warship in Smyrna. He claimed protection of the U S ship St Louis but was only freed after Captain Ingraham moved to act.
A Phoebe built a nest in the running gear of an Atte truck in a Ware garage. The owner, delaying use of the vehicle, called a game warden who ruled the nest could be removed without a $100 fine under Massachusetts bird protection laws.
Forty acres of improved land three miles north of Monticello offered as a bargain. Contact Sherman Owens Route 3 Monticello. Adoded. 41-
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