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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
4
Indianapolis grains and livestock quotes list Wheat No 2 red at 1 50 to 1 52 Corn No 2 0 74 Oats No 3 mixed hay prices 14 00 to 17 00 cattle 4 50 to 6 85 hogs 4 50 to 5 10 sheep 4 00 to 4 75 lambs 5 00 to 7 50 receipts 7 000 hogs 1 250 cattle 650 sheep.
Mrs. J E Tewksbury hosts the Tuesday bridge whist club while residents praise Foley remedies for throat kidney and coughs. Invitations announce a June 22 bridge and Kensington party at Mrs Zeigler's home with Mrs Galvin as an honored guest.
Emma Twibell returns from Keystone after visit. Families visit in Hartford City area including the Russels plan move to Illinois. Mrs Rinard and Mrs Bales with Mrs Pierce south of Hartford City. Beeks, Spaulding, and Spaulding groups convene. David Taylor in town for funeral. Burnsworth and family in Keystone. Hasson and Rinker visit Garretts. Olive Wright visiting friends. Crystle Burnsworth seriously ill. MecGreath attends grandma Taylor funeral in Hartford City. Kinard visits Burnsworth home.
Advertises Electric Bitters as a cure for nervous irritability from constipation and kidney issues. Claims regulate stomach liver and kidneys, purify blood and improve complexion, nerves and eyes. Promoted by Pioneer drug store with testimonials of attractive women gaining health through the product.
Panama City Mrs Lewis stoldier left for Union City and Greenville Ohio to visit relatives. Mrs Marys Berrier spent Monday with daughter Mrs Minnie Ban ter. C W Underwood and family visited Austin Shadle and family. A W Sula and wife dined with H H Hurt and family. Charlie Ford lost a horse Sunday evening to a spasmodic colic. A sizable attendance attended Memorial at Dil man. Ned Huff made a trip to Van Buren Sunday evening. Mrs Etta Cronin of Roll visiting her mother Mrs Huff of Landis ville.
An advertisement touts Macklen's Arnica Salve as unmatched for cuts corns burns bruises sores scalds boils ulcers eczema salt rheum sore eyes cold sores chapped hands and piles. Available at Pioneer drug store for 25 cents.
Readable fragment notes a last quarterly conference meeting at Oak Chapel next Saturday and Sunday. Several local residents including Lew Lanning visiting Ohio, John Pownell and family attend, and farm transfers and visits are reported among Hartford City residents. An ice cream festival is planned on the Ed Ford farm Saturday evening June 26 with Rev Kinnaman preaching at Pleasantdale the following Sunday.
Isaac Rogers and wife visited Antrim Beeks and wife on Tuesday. Jasper Creek and family attended a children's meeting at Trenton Sunday evening. Alma Murphy, now in Penville, once lived nearby and lies dying of cancer. Don Irwin visited Roy Creek Sunday. Harry Lain of Hartford City and Nena Braden of Montpelier spent Sunday with Grace Chandler. Lucile Rogers stayed with aunt Anna Rogers of Rail last week. Ora Irwin and wife visited Montpelier Sunday. Andrew Miller and wife from Keystone visited Jasper Creek and family. Robert Lain and family called on his sister S Chandler Sunday. Fred Kinard and wife visited his parents Ben Blount Sunday. Jeff Gaskill heads to Wapakoneta Tuesday for hospital treatment.
Simon Kuttler and wife spent last Thursday at the William Stoll home near Hartford City. Christ Hiser and wife attended a fair last Thursday. Fred Schiwartzkopf and Carl Hiser spent last Saturday night and Sunday with Albert Russel family near Murry Ind. The Russels formerly lived here. Mrs. W. H. Sills spent last Friday afternoon with Mrs. Glenn Pownell. Mrs. C Hiser visited her parents near Hartford City last Friday. Jake Kuttler purchased a cow at the Stemmilber sale last Thursday. Mrs. Marie Sills called Mrs. Maury Hiser and family Wednesday. Several of this vicinity attended children meeting last Sunday evening at Montpelier. W. H. Sills and wife spent last Sunday with his father Daniel Sills and family of Weiln county. Miss Barbara Miller visited Mrs. Henry Martin last Sunday.
Noah Dearduff is on the sick list while Mrs. Lews Blount shows slow improvement. Blanch Morrical spent Wednesday with cousin Inez Morrical. Grace Garrett visited Manda Bedwell. Seth Markins and wife called on Lewis Blount. Sandy Simington and Esther Dearduff spent time with family near Hartford City.
Joe Emory and sister visited in Petroleum over Sunday. B Roberts entertained relatives from Van Wert and Muncie Saturday and Sunday. Minniear spent Sunday with son John Muminear and family. Weis Garrett and children called on Antrim Beeks Sunday. Bert Hawkins and wife spent Sunday with Harrison Bryan. Mrs Spears visited Eaton Monday to see a recovering daughter. Antrim Beeks and Alma called on Carry Hawkins Monday. Fern Dunlap and Jay Gilbert spent Sunday with Gladys Spears.
Crops across the region improve with wheat fields once abandoned now recovering and expected yields around fifteen bushels per acre. Corn and oats also advance rapidly, with farmers predicting a large overall grain harvest based on recent progress.
The body of Mrs. Albert Whetstone died yesterday morning at the family home near Mollie was moved to St Marys Ohio on the 12 20 train for funeral services. The funeral will be from her parents home in St Marys tomorrow and burial is at Buckland Ohio. Death stemmed from complications of diseases after a prolonged illness. Accompanied by her husband and relatives.
In under ten minutes after the trial began Harry Buckkind of Montpelier obtained a divorce from Hallie Buckland on desertion grounds. Hallie Buckland did not appear and is said to be living in adultery at Marion. Attorney F. E. Jomp of Montpelier represented the plaintiff.
Mrs. S K Wisner hosts a card party for friends tomorrow evening. Mrs Harry Hayes entertains at cards at Mrs KF J Frizeil's in Bluffton this afternoon. Misses May and Bess Malone host bridge whist tonight honoring Miss Katherine Spease upcoming marriage. Miss Eva Shideler resigns from New York State and heads to Oklahoma City. Presbyterian Ladies Aid meets Thursday at 2 PM at Mrs Frank Corn's West High Street home with guests invited. Friday, top-scoring Tuesday bridge group members, Mesdames Shields Michael Tewksbury and Misses Speare Tewksbury, entertain at the Shields home Jefferson Street.
A janitor notes stark waste differences between French and American households. He observed minimal waste in a Parisian-era dwelling where even scraps were eaten. In contrast, in an American home, he sees daily discard of provisions enough to feed French families weekly.
Sir John Charles Day known as the “booligan's terror” and famed for solemn humor and harsh sentences died at age eighty two. During nineteen years on the high court he issued 137 sentences totaling 3 766 strokes of the cat and even tried hard labor on a treadmill during a prison visit.
A well dressed man buys a ticket at an opera house in a Long Island town. A basket hidden eggs causes confusion but after a laugh the eggs are returned by the manager who worried he might stamp his foot on them while applauding.
A Washington Post report quotes a physician explaining hydrophobia risk after dog bites. He notes that clothing between the bite and skin greatly reduces infection chances, and that rabid animals transmit virus only when introduced directly into the bloodstream.
The article describes bees carrying pollen in a basket on their hind legs. A fringe of stiff hairs forms a cage that collects pollen during foraging, allowing the bee to store enough food for two or three days after a successful journey.
Thomas Gras kept the elegy nine years before releasing it. He worked at it as a lapidary polishes a gem, turning scant output into lasting art. When asked why he wrote little, he cited the labor of composition.
An exchange quotes Mr. Cumrox debating the value of a family member with English mother and a girl who can criticize the others. The Washington Star notes the witty tension as a man prefers relatives who invite critique within the home.
A fragment quotes John Ruskin advising to act everywhere as if lifelong, seizing chances for kindness, truth, and friendship.
A man imagines a suitable hat for his wife priced at 1.90 dollars in Machville. The note reflects a domestic gift intention and local shopping context from the era.
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