Community Notes on Local Visits and Illnesses
Postage free anywhere in the United States. F. R. Keys remains quite ill. I J Horney and family from Hortonville visited Sunday. Elvin and Roy Harv ey hosted relatives. Melvin Werrel from Fountaintown visited his sister Rev Adda M Kearns. Mrs E F White’s condition is the same. Rev Adda M Kearns and Olive White were in Indianapolis Tuesday. Clarence Hubbard has been ill for weeks with no improvement. Wm Bowman remains on the sick list. GCG E Hubbard is constructing a cement block silo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Werrel
Fountaintown
Nere
Adda M. Kearns
E. F. White
Olive White
Indianapolis
Tesday
Clarence Hubbard
Wm. Bowman
Revival Meeting Continues At School House
Eva Williams visited Mrs. Stewart and family on Sunday. Mabel Foster of White Lick visited Pearl and Iva Sawyers. Lee Sawyers visited George Dyke’s family in Plainfield. Jo Williays and Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Chowning were guests of the Wallaces. Rev. Joseph Gillaspy and wife of MooresvilleSupper with Clint Akers. Lonnie Sawyers visited Mearle Sawyers on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Williams
Stewart
Mabel Foster
White Lick
Pearl
Iva Sawyers
Lee Sawyers
George Dyke
Plainfield
Williays
Ellis Chowning
Jas. Wallace
Joseph Gillaspy
Mooresville
Clint Akers
Lonnie Sawyers
Mearle Sawyers
Illness and social visits among local residents
Fletcher R Keys fell critically ill on Wednesday evening and is in a very critical condition. Mrs Bertha Harvey spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Roy Harvey. Mr and Mrs Geo Kellar of Mooresville visited Paul M Wagaman and family. Dr Wm H McKahan of Santa Rita NM is visiting his sister Mrs A O Griffith and family. Roy Harvey and Bertha Harvey took a business trip to Indianapolis. Chester Mitchell of Danville was Sunday guest of Mrs Alice Mitchell. Alfred L Briles of Sheridan spent Sunday with his sister Mrs Sarah A Keys. Mr and Mrs A B Stanton attended church at Highland. Edward Merriman and Myron Stanton attended Commencement at Martinsville Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher R. Keys
Bertha Harvey
Roy Harvey
Geo. Kellar
Mooresville
Paul M. Wagaman
Wm. H. McKahan
Santa Rita
N. Mexico
A. O. Griffith
Indianapolis
Chester Mitchell
Danville
Alice Mitchell
Alfred L. Briles
Sheridan
Sarah A. Keys
S A. B. Stanton
Highland
Edward Merriman
Myron Stanton
Martinsville
Death Angel Claims Lula Ann York in 1917
Lula Ann York born November 18 1870 in Forsyth County North Carolina died May 30 1917 at age 46 leaving husband son parents three sisters and one brother survived by husband and son. Her Ohio bound move to Toledo is noted with others preceding and surviving family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Y and
Anna York
North Carolina
Forsyth County
Mooresville Indiana Passes Fireworks Prohibition Ordinance
Mooresville adopts an ordinance banning discharge and sale of fireworks and pyrotechnic displays within town limits and two miles beyond. Violations carry misdemeanor fines from 10 to 25 dollars per day, with enforcement power given to the fire chief to remove stock at owner expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooresville
Indiana
Horesville
W. O. Shufflebarger
Lt. V. Johnson
Longevity Among U S Presidents Examined In Anonymou
An anonymous Lancet letter notes the long lives of 24 U S presidents, giving ages from 49 to 90 and listing Lincoln Garfield McKinley among those assassinated. It totals 1,663 years and averages 69. Causes of death are listed for each president, including pneumonia, debility, and assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancet
United States
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Washington
J. Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
J. Q. Adams
Jackson
van Buren
Tyler
Polk
Taylor
Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Johnson
Grant
Hayes
Arthur Bright
B. Harrison
Morgan County Woman Dies After Long Illness
The obituary recalls Lula Plummer of Morgan County who married William B. Plummer in 1898 and raised a son Thomas after a devout life at home. Converted young, she renewed faith later, lived quietly with her family, and passed after surgery with hospital care. Funeral held at home conducted by Rev. Cridar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Plummer
Thomas
Lula
Sister Plummer
West Union
Hamilton County
Antioch
Inisminger
Antioch Church
Morgan County
F. E. Cridar
Change in Table Manners Through War and Peace
An abstract note from Berlin Lokalanzeiger traces shifts in dining etiquette from strict plate politeness to more relaxed practices during wartime shortages. It contrasts old norms that required leaving food behind and avoiding gravy sops with modern acceptance of wiping plates and even bread in public meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Engineer rides motorcycle through Pasadena sewer
Popular Science Monthly recounts a Pasadena engineer traversing six and a half miles of new sewer by motorcycle from the start cleanout. The trip took two hours with a tandem seat and an experienced driver, aided by a gas headlight to inspect walls and manholes along the tunnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Valjean
Pasadena
Cal
Popular Science Monthly
The Great White Plague Tuberculosis Toll in England
The piece notes that about 10 percent of all deaths in England and Wales are due to tuberculosis. It cites 40,000 annual deaths from consumption and 20,000 from tubercular disease of non-lung sites, with an estimated quarter of a million consumptives and 159,000 with other forms. It labels tuberculosis the Great White Plague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Wales
London
Tough Luck Then Van Cush Finds Oil
Van Cush is an extremely unlucky man who thought he had all he needed. He retired after buying a farm but drilled an artesian well for water and struck oil. Now he must return to work to gain money he does not need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Cush
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W. H. Sage
Envig. I. J. Horney
Core Horney
Alva Osborn
Hortonville
F. R. Keys
Elvin Allen
E. Hubbard
America
U.S. Army
Navy
Landersdale
Bethel
Lula Ann York
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Monrovia
A. Ft
A. W. Gleason
FR. J. Cheney & CO
Hall
Minnesota
Benton County Real Estate Co
Sauk Rapids
J. H. Canaday
Centerton
Ind
Farmers State Bank
Ji. Maulthews
W. EF. Hadley
J.J. Reeve
K.P. Hadley
C. L. Wilite
Assist. Cashier
BE. W. Day
Emma G. Lewis
Plainfield, Ind
Great Eastern Scrap Iron
West Main Streets
Philip Bernstein
Cc. R. Wilson Embalmers License
Cc. L. White Embalmmers
Wilson & White
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