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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
1
Committees organize an all day and evening event in Mooresville with a homegrown street carnival as the main attraction. Invitations go to former residents to foster a reunion atmosphere. Proceeds from various posts benefit the Red Cross while marking Independence Day and a community homecoming.
Rev Williard O Trumblood pastor of the First Friends Church Indianapolis will lecture at the local Friends Church July 8 at 8 pm on How to Prevent the Next War A study on Orient relations to America with special music and reminders of the date
Pennsylvania Lines Vinccennes Division will discontinue trains 53 and 44. Train 426, due at Mooresville Indiana at 5 40 P M, will make all stops east of Spencer Indiana.
F A Shanklin and Rex Romine visited Tuesday and Wednesday to inspect the pigs raised by the local pig club. He said the group was the best in the state and larger than any other location.
Short items list rooms for rent people visiting and selling goods. Furnas ice cream at White Star Co. For sale engines plants and eight acres of meadow. Lost glasses reward. Various residents and visitors including Indianapolis Noblesville Purdue trips and family news. Local events include W C T U meeting and farm activities.
Mooresville and surrounding towns feature guest visits from Indianapolis and Wisconsin, local sales and rentals, car and harness ads, street oiling, and ongoing France Relief efforts. June sewing totals show strong female community support with new circles forming and joint Red Cross and French Relief work encouraged.
Miss Carrie Scott attended a library association event in Louisville then returned to teach at the Irvington library school starting this week. Will Wilson, Carl Fulton, Carl White and Corrie Harvey took an overland trip to Clay County for a Secret Order of the Know Nothings gathering by Eel River under a elm tree. The speaker's name was not confirmed, but the group enjoyed the outing.
Ernest E. Satterfield son of Mr and Mrs Wilson Satterfield of New Albany weds Hazel Alene Thompson youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Mont Thompson. Rev G T Delting officiated at a home ceremony in Indianapolis with both parties employed at Longcliff hospital Logansport. Congratulations poured in from Mooresville and surrounding community.
Mooresville and Brown township youths of registration age are invited to Patriotic Services at the M E church Sunday July 1 at 7 30 p m by the Epworth League Fellowship Hour and League Services accompany from 6 to 7 30 p m Everyone welcome. James Richardson Hobart Cosand Herbert Fields and Harland Osment traveled to Flint Michigan last Thursday and returned with three Chevrolet touring cars after a 430 mile trip.
The W F M S of the Friends Christian and Methodist churches will hold a joint meeting Friday afternoon July 6 at 2 30 at Mrs Joseph Taggarts home Representatives from the three societies are preparing a program and urge all members to attend.
The French Orphan Fund reports 3.55 dollars remaining to reach 36.00 for Edmond Druesne, son of Hubert Druesne, a digger killed in 1914. Donations listed include 5c from Erna Lyon, 25c from Orda Burris, 10c from Walls Wiris, and 5c from Sampson, with a request for late subscriptions at the library.
Samerill Benson Hutton of Bloomington wed Ruth Ketcham Dill of this county. John Burkhart and Lena Parker, both Martinsville residents, Elmer Cain and Addie Sanders, Morgan county pair, Dunn Sleeth McLane and Ethel Hlien Green from Schenectady and Martinsville, and Margaret Nysewander, student in Indianapolis, visited sister Mrs. E H Anderson. Vere Heath and Mary Hancock married at Vincennes. they will live with groom’s parents in A EK. Both couples were Purdue students.
The County Fair under the Woman's Club last Saturday night drew crowds, boosted the club treasury, and provided social fun. Highlights included a wild west show, parade cameos, a rogue's gallery, and a chariot race won by Ben Him with Ben Her in second.
Mooresville Franchise League reports Judge W W Thornton of the Marion superior court upholds the 1917 act but declares the enfranchisement of women to vote for delegates to the constitutional convention invalid. Decision to be filed with the Supreme Court. if upheld we’ll support prohibition and suffrage delegates. Registration days may be observed if voting by women is allowed.
Rent notice lists a dwelling available through J. A. Newman. Includes electric lights and city water service. Address not specified. Contact J. A. Newman for details and terms.
In Davidson Saskatchewan district land priced at 20 to 30 per acre with small cash payments and 6 percent terms. Wheat yields range 25 to 40 bushels per acre with current price about 2.50 per bushel. Investment appeal cites wartime prices, quick payoff on a farm home in one or two years and strong market access via local infrastructure.
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