26 Jul 1918
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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1918
Page
1
Do not isolate your self at the church tonight at 7 o clock. A service with light off will feature singing and remarks by Mr Bert Jones about To Christ late in my life. Sunday visitation and a starter program involved as the Sun day School choir sang with good spirit.
Public sale of household goods at the L. M. Hatley residence on West Main Street at 2 p.m. Saturday August 3. Hadley and Harvey, auctioneers.
A. G. Richardson of Mt Aetna farm announces a free spelling contest at Winona Assembly next Wednesday July 31. He offers to represent Mooresville if funded and promises to win or pay expenses and donate five dollars to the Red Cross on return.
Funeral services were held at Hi ce RR’s home with 28. Biddle officiating and many relatives attending. The obituary was read by Edna Frazier Elwood and Miss Mary Butler. pallbearers included J W Boyd Walter Boyd and Harrison Hubbard. Also noted are local sales and announcements including wagon repair in Paoli and travel notes about academic officials from Washington and Chicago visits.
Mrs D B led jelly and tomato canning efforts producing 70 glasses of jelly and several quarts of tomatoes and piccalilli. An executive committee appointed Henry Thornberry Mrs George Reeves Mr and Mrs Joseph Taggart to market the goods and raise funds for the local Red Cross. Call for surplus fruit and vegetables to be sent or picked up by Mrs Taggart or Mrs Henderson and support the war effort.
All Madiscay township Sunday Schools will hold an all day picnic in Mooresville town park on Sunday July 28. Sunday School starts at 9 50 a m with preaching at 10 30 by Rev Jason Tudor. An afternoon address is to be given by Judge Charis E Orbison of Indianapolis. Invitations extend to all wishing to attend.
Madison Township Thane Red Cross plans an ice cream social on Walnut Grove Lawn next Saturday evening. Four weeks earlier the event cleared 365.00, and members thank supporters for helping raise funds and plan future efforts.
A fragment lists residents or travelers from Brown township including Frank Manker James Holmes Biddie Bean Walter Keller Ralph Gregory O Donnell Larkin Hadley Charles Wilson Leonard Hadley Glenn Trester EHis Spoon Willard Reynolds with unclear phrasing and timing, suggesting a partial roster or passenger note.
A July 13 1918 letter from Camp Fremont California details soldiers helping farmers pick apricots prunes and fruit while earning 250 per day. The writer Myron Olleman notes dances with city girls villagers meals and a rough life in a schoolhouse camp near Mountain View. Additional items include local sales notices and short community updates from Indianapolis Plainfield and Brown County.
Notice announces Bargain Store closes promptly at a set nightly time starting August 1. Local notices mention visits, relatives, outings at Lake Manitou, sales items, minor injuries, obituaries, and community happenings in Brooklyn area, including residents and visitors from Indianapolis Cincinnati Nashville and Irvington.
Relatives from Boone Hendricks Putnam and Morgan counties attend a New Year family gathering at a town park Sunday. A long table holds a plentiful dinner and samples of foods sent to relatives including Mr and Mrs Arthur Yager of Advance Mr and Mrs Will Stake of Eminence and Mr and Mrs Wm Wooden in service. J T Yager and Mrs J S Wilhite of Martinsville along with Mrs Laura Bain, soon returning to California, are the only immediate family members living.
Local notes report new fall hats at Lyon and Lyon’s. Mrs W F Smith of Rising Sun hosted a guest Mrs C W Weidner over Sunday. Hadley appointed to library board by Judge Whitaker to replace Almira Hadley. E F Hadley attended Northwestern Insurance Co meeting in Milwaukee with Mrs Hadley, Mrs Carl White and Mrs Carl Patton. Ida and Lessie Harvey of Versailles Ky visited Mrs Mary Thurman and daughters for supper and overnight. Two girls sought for store work at Taggart restaurant. Leona and Larkin Hadley honored by R C Moore and A W Farmer as they left for service. First Lieutenant Elvin V Kinca id, aviation trainee awaiting overseas orders, visited sister Mrs Rees Coster. Mrs Boyd and Mrs Walker of late H B Mendenhall family stayed through Wednesday.
Card of thanks from the father and grandparents of Charles E. Spoon expresses sorrow and gratitude for Mooresville friends sympathy and floral tributes after his untimely accidental death.
Advertises a desirable large residence on Harrison Street in Mooresville with emphasis on value and suitability. Mentions a two thirds interest and a Lt. Brackney associated with SMSF.
The notice promotes five upcoming Sunday vesper services from 7 to 8 pm featuring organ voluntary, hymns, and sermons. Bert Jones leads a topic Is Christ First in My Life with Epworth League chorus, organ solo, and a Sermonette. Dr. ee Smith and Somie of His Organ will also perform with Prof J W Casto as visiting organist.
John Kasman of Hendricks county marries Mary Clark of Morgan county. Roy B Allen and Opal Marie Pratt, both of Monrovia, wed. he is a farmer. Frank Dressler Musgrava to Mary Blanche Wampler, Morgan county residents, he a farmer. Charles Everett McDaniel and Emm Kathrena Voorheis, Martinsville residents, he a laborer.
The Holaday Hadley Wilson Jones and Elvin Wheeler couples camped near Edinburg last week and returned Monday with many in teresit experiences to tell their friends. Miss Ida Harvey and Miss Lessie Harvey of Versatiles Ky visit their aunts Mrs Scott and Mrs Chambers They will go to Chicago Monday for the fall millinery opening. Mrs Ray Thompson went to the Great Lakes training station Wednesday to join her husband in training there.
Subscription payments recorded for residents including W F Hadley and Cleo Phoamer with notices for T W Randal and O Rooker. Local period update lists paid accounts and names involved.
The Post Office prohibits free copies for newspapers to conserve paper. Free exchanges with other papers are forbidden. Only free copies near public libraries, for foreign advertisers, for checking purposes, or for legal ads may be kept. The Times suspends complimentary copies to friends and to soldiers.
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