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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
1
W H Henderson has bought the right to sell the Perfection Churn from the Perfection Churn Co of Abingdon TI in Morgan County. The churn won top prizes at the State Fair for speed yield and simplicity. David Stephens will demonstrate weekly on Saturdays on the lot west of the post office.
A simple elegant wedding unites Miss Constance Wilkinson and Mr. John Sheets at the Wilkinson home. Ceremony featured Lohengrin processional, Asparagus canopy decor, and gifts. couple leaves for Indianapolis then plans a September 1 home in the city.
The Mooresville Concert Band announces that Home Coming Day will not be organized this year due to low citizen attendance at a meeting. The band offers to manage if residents contribute thirty dollars or more to cover expenses, promising a simple event with one refreshment stand and no amusements. A separate note covers a hoax funeral letter sent to Undertaker A. H. Richardson from Indianapolis.
A Wednesday ceremony joined Eva Farmer and Mgrid Albertson of Salem. Rev. ties led the service with Miss Ethel Wiley singing Low Coronation. The couple will reside in Plainfield where Albertson is academy principal after a New York trip.
Ed Soots and a young boy died after a lightning strike hit a barn owned by Soots mother in law Mrs. Hammons near Wakeland last Friday afternoon. The boy crawled out but died soon after from severe burns along with the barn and its contents. Funeral for Soots was held Saturday morning with burial in the local cemetery.
Neighborhood news reports J A Carter letter from Redfield Iowa about paralysis of a leg. James Evans of Blue Mound Illinois hurt by a runaway team able to sit up briefly. Fire at Smiths Valley seen widely. Mrs J A Carter slowly improving. Prohibition sentiments rise in southern states. Debate on automobiles replacing horses among farmers. Solon MacNab ships sheep to stockyards. Hi H Leathers and wife visit. Wes Brown recalls harvest day whiskey jug episode fifty five years ago.
This year a laborer carried two jugs of water to workers with no whiskey taken. Fifty-five years ago men drank whiskey as water in the harvest field, and the hero was the man who drank most without losing balance. Mrs. W. P. Park moved to her sister Mrs. John Kitchen's home Sunday. Miss Louisa Rains still improving Elder Brown of Greencastle filled his Mt Gilead appointment last Sunday.
J. C. Wilson and Dora Greeson hunted Tuesday on Wilson’s Madison township farm. They saw nothing to shoot and returned empty handed. Wilson is making improvements on the farm.
The Lyric has been renamed the Aerodome and shows this week in its new building next door east of the old location. The new room is cool and comfortable and the pictures have been good, delighting large audiences. Enjoy a pleasant evening.
The notice solicits business from firms corporations manufacturers and individuals and promises conservative banking with all accommodations. It claims American Parkers Money Orders cost less than Post Office money orders and are absolutely safe.
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