Local notes from Mooresville Martinsville area events
Readable items report visits by Mrs. Fountain and Dr. Manker in Indianapolis. Easter services, church activities, tax notices, social events, and family visits populate this slice of Mooresville Martinsville life with mentions of Cooper’s wallpaper and Lyon’s goods.
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M. J. Fountain
Indianapolis
Frank Manker
John Downings
Llisha Kidwell
Banta
Dora Dressier
My Mammas Death and a Drunkards Grave
A lyrical lament speaks of a girl recounting her mother’s death and her father’s ruin by drink. She recalls happier days at home and the sorrow of a drunkard’s fate. The piece ends with the child awaiting Heaven, describing a broken family and a child left alone.
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Tor Dean
My Papa Does Not Drink Rum
A child extols a loving father who never drinks rum and keeps a happy home. The narrator contrasts other papas who drink with the father who provides and cares, expressing strong family bonds and gratitude. The poem emphasizes a wholesome, supportive household.
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Friends Church
O. E. Rooker
Mary O. Perce
C. E
The
Dresden Ribbon
Lyon’s
Chester Harvey
Ill Harvey
Miss Clark
Alrs
Willian Evans
B. V. Hubbard
First National Bank
Mary Elliott
William Stevenson
Martinsville
Mionday
Charlies Rariden
Plainfield
Lewis Robbins
the Insurance
C. Schurmanne, Farmers Bank Bldg
J.E. Robinson
Austen Hiyhes
Paragon
Bond
Wood
Brooklyn
Otto Duke
William Smith
Luetta Brooks
Newell
O. L. Winks
South Street
Louise Jessup
Friendswood
Our Town
Cooper’s
J. T. Ayres
John Hall
Danville
Joshua Davis
Charlie Shearers
Baby
Miss Nerva Admire
Charles Bennett
William Evans
Martha Evans
Elwood
John Fields
Bryce
A. W. Rusie’s
Dr. Latta
R.D. Sellars
Crown Hill Cemetery
L. K. Murphy
Newcastle
Belle Robertson
G. A. Smith
Greenwood
Lon Dickerson
TF. Scott
Bicknell
Cooper Room
Indiana Street
Mrrs
W. A. Stevenson
Elizabeth Snoddy
Mrs. Swearnegin
I. W. Morrison
Ethel. Harris
Charles Young
Charles Phillips
Chris Jordan
Hall
William Salmon
Wayne
Mesdames Owen Prescott and
Fred McCreary
India
Mrs. W. O. Shufflebarger
Daviess County
Christian Church After Market
North Indiana Street
Mission Church
Telephone
Seagraves & Pennington
Minnie Johnson
Lafe Shepherd
Fred Keller
George Harris
Carl
John Bryan
Allen Simmons
Bir
Marine
East Washington Street
John Short
W. D. Morgan
Karl Morgan
Harry Horton
Waverly
Frank Allen
California
Lewis Hammel
Arr. McCaslin
Brownsburg
Ar. McCaslin
O. G. Warren
Il. A
A. W. Rusie
A. J. Hylton
New Castle
Indiana
FEF
W. Matthews
Robertson
Dobson
Wharton
Exchange
Jessie Thornburga
Chicago
C. Schurmann
Farmers Bank Bidgeooresville
Henderson
Dick Tressler
Brown County
Mr. Venderson
N.F. Vanderbilt
Williamsport
Harry Williams
Vinson Williams
Cooper
Dora Dressler
Doris Leitzman
Doris Wilson
Emma Thompson
Mabel Warren
F. E. Carlisle
Worthington
Mamie Johnson
Carrie Andrew
John Joyner
Arthur Smitherman
Schurmann
Farmers Bank Bldg
Mooresville
Mrs. Patterson of
Columbus
Etta Wilson
M. E. Church
Willis Bond
Silas Bond
Iowa Falls
Iowa
John Smith
Mrs. Snoddy
East Main Street
W. L. ‘Thompson
A. R. Maxwell
P. Thompson
Smith
Louis Hammel
E. P. Jewett
Likely Clubd
W. L .Thompson
Cassie Lindley
Dora Hadley
Ida Thompson
Iva Carlisle
Alpha Edwards
Mirs
Nellie Barnett
Mary Moon
Lindley
Nettie Macy
Sadie Day
Maro Hallam
King Henry
Viola Harris
Ethel Harris
John Sheets
Carter
Elizabeth Cosand
Globart Cosand
Bay View Club
Comer & Scearce Co
Ind
Blanche Conzhlin
W. C. Woods
Everett Woods
Times Office
Amos Mills
A.J. Oylton
Wm. Dorman
Aly
Airs
John Shuflebarger
H. Earnest
Ernest
George Smith
Lou Dickerson
Joris Wilson
Margaret Tutt
Margaret
Doris
L. M. Osborne
Gates & Osborne
Tam
Papa
Mamma
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