Local notices and society items from a small town column
The column lists visits and greetings from Mrs. Gregory and daughter Melvie of Brooklyn to W. H. Gregory, multiple house and land listings, salesmen wanted, garden season notes, and various family and local business updates. It mentions typhoid cases, garden timing, commencement events, rent offers, and a brick contract for a school building. The text includes many names such as T. W. Carter, Mrs. Burrel Spoon, Miss Edith Hadley, Miss Calla Matthews, Prof. A. C. Payne, and Dr. Pratt.
State v Poe jury trial in Beeler case ends with fine
The State opposed Charles Poe for assault and battery on Marshal Henry Beeler. A twelve member jury in Squire Hl B. Mendenhall's court failed to reach a verdict by dawn. Poe was fined one dollar plus costs.
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Charles Poe
Marshal Henry Beeler
Squire Hl. B. Mendenhall
Poe
Professional Men's Banquet Planned at Taggert Cafe
Invitations issued for a banquet by the professional men of Mooresville to be held at the Taggert cafe parlors next Tuesday the fifth with Rev. Thos Brown of the Friends church presiding. Twenty guests will be seated as the event aims to discuss the advancement and welfare of Mooresville in toasts and responses.
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Taggert Cafe
The
Friends Church
Mooresville
Indiana plant switches back to steam power after motor breakdown
The Indiana Brass and Iron Bed plant halted day current after a large electric motor failed. The firm will not install a new motor and will resume steam power. day current was discontinued this Wednesday, limiting motor driven machinery to night use, per a directive to cut expenses.
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Indiana Brass and Iron Bed
Electric Light Company
The Baccalaureate Sermon At Friends Church
The baccalaureate service filled the Friends church last Sunday as Rev. J. W. McFall of the Methodist church preached on And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man. He urged growth in body mind and spirit with music led by Walter Thompson and the large choir of the Friends church.
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Friends Church
J. W. McFall
Methodist Church
Jesus
God
McFall
Walter Thompson
Frieinds Church
Seniors Entertain At School House Event
The Senior Class hosted members of the high school and teachers with a music program by the boys sextette and senior girls. Pearl Cosand read the prophesy and Russel Brackney the will. Families enjoyed a dairy lunch with chicken sandwiches beans and coffee paid for with paper money.
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Pearl Cosand
Russel Brackney
Miss Mary Beard and Others Visit Franklin Friends
Franklin resident Miss Mary Beard visits friends this week. John T Yeager and daughter are hosted by Mrs C B Wilson as part of a Florida winter return. Virgil Beasley, 12, injured when struck by a dray near the railroad, with a broken forearm but expected to recover. Community discussions urge moving Sunday ball games away from town for rest. A Domestic Science program at the schoolhouse raised funds. For sale: C H Woodward property on East High Street. inquiries at the Times office.
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John T. Yeager
Mars
Mr. Yeaver
C. BR. Wilson
Florida
Virgil Beasley
Jacob Beasley
Alex Utterback
Virgil
Utterback
C. H. Woodward
East High Street
Times Office
Miss Lauvia Honored for Music Teaching in Detroit
The Miss Lauvia, the teacher in music, received recognition in Detroit at the start of the week. The high school chorus illustrated faithful work during the Sunday evening baccalaureate service.
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Detroit
Commencement Exercises Praises for Class of 1912
The 1912 class, numbering twenty three, held a full graduation program with speakers Raymond Gregory Estelle Phillips Elsworth Aldrich Pearl Sellars and Walter Richardson. Pearl Sellars was absent due to illness but the ceremony showcased musical numbers by Ralph Ballard Clyda Thompson and others and celebrated the Bedford stone arch gift to the school.
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Raymond Gregory Estelle Phillips
Elsworth Aldrich
Pearl Sellars
Walter Richardson
Ralph Ballard
Clyda Thompson
Woodman
Salter
J. J. Hoffman
Commencement Day in Monrovia Acknowledges Class and Local Guests
A full house heard Prof. Jessup deliver the address to nine graduates. Two plan to attend Danville Normal. others stay local. Numerous social visits and dinners marked the week as town families hosted relatives and attended baccalaureate services. Fifteen more notes record visitors, birthdays, and church events with Prof. Raglan praised for guiding eighth graders who all passed their final exams.
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Black
Jessup
Maud Henshaw
Faye Mershon
Danville
Raglan
Fuel From The Nile Suddite May Replace Coal
The Sudd in the Nile basin yields waste grasses papyrus and umsoof now used to make a new fuel suddite. It is aimed as a coal substitute and could cost about one fourth as much as coal to produce.
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Nile
Lake No
Alumni Banquet Opens With Initiation For Class Of 1912
The high school assembly hall hosted the annual alumni banquet last Wednesday. The class of 1912 faced initiation before admission, with a dignified court presiding and officers elected for the year. Frank Rariden became president, von Wagaman secretary, Ralph Wresslar treasurer, as plans were laid for next year's big event.
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Raymond Gregory Walter Keller
Russell Brackney
Association
W. L. Thompson
Frank Zass
Vinton Burk
Frank Rariden
von Wagaman
Ralph Wresslar
The Times Stoppage for Debtors to Subscribers
The Times reports the post office will halt delivery to subscribers with more than a year’s debt unless a one cent stamp is affixed. Postage for current non debters runs one ninth of a cent per paper, nine papers per pound. The publisher cannot sustain a dollar annual price with postage costs, so delivery will pause to all in arrears until accounts are settled.
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the Times
Post Office Department
Draining the Zuyder Zee Prompts Dutch Drainage Plan
Holland weighs a bold project to drain the Zuyder Zee a sea area of about 50 000 hectares. After half a century since early talks promoters rally support forming an association and plan to present a bill to the chamber. They argue conquest of the sea would enlarge the country and allow future lakes to be reclaimed.
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Holland
Zuyder Zee
Hollan
Michigan Hatpin Law Debated As Felony
Detroit’s George Lord authored a Michigan amendment banning hatpins over ten inches in public. Described as a joke by its sponsor, the measure passed both houses without dissent and threatens felonies with fines up to 509 dollars and two years’ imprisonment.
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Michigan
George Lord
Detroit
Great Engineering Feat Opens Hudson River Tunnel
Mayor Gaynor pressed the electric key to fire a charge puncturing the Catskill aqueduct tunnel 1,100 feet beneath the Hudson River. The blast marked the completion of an enterprise praised as second only to the Panama Canal.
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Gaynor
New York
Hudson River
Catskill Aqueduct
Panama Canal
Fisherman Rescued After Plunging Overboard on North Sea Gale
A Grimsby fisherman aboard the steam trawler Greenock fell overboard during a North Sea gale. Believed drowned by companions, he was washed back onto the deck by a massive wave and saved when he grabbed a rope before losing consciousness.
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Grimsby
Lincolnshire
Greenock
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T. W. Carter
Marion
Burrel Spoon
Jane Gregory
Melvie
Brooklyn
W. H. Gregory
Hi. V. Johnson
A. B. Calvert
J. P. Calvert
Fielen Clark
Indianapolis
Edith Hadley
Calla Matthews
G. A. Keller
Inez Richardson
Clayton
Reed
Will Cline
John Cline
McCraeceker House
Chioe Piersall
Miass Tuaware Reen
Richmond
Bome
Walter Padrex
Mat
Carmel Ihtnais
Er Miother
Reche
Davis
Mary Trotter
Johnson County
R. D. Sellers
K. R. Tulley
St. Augustine
O. C. Thompson
Edmond Albertson
Plainfield
A. W. Farmer
Edgar Shufflebarger
Martinsville
J. A. Shufflebarger
Amanda Greeson
Miss Way
Terre Haute
High School
A. C. Payne
Kutter
G. A. Weller’s
Jimma Lewis
Glendale Addition
L. C. Hadley
Cincinnati
First National Bank
Bradley Brick Company
Monrovia
the Arch
John Short
Dr. Pratt
Eward Hadley
Alvah M. Hadley
E. W. Day
Brown Township
Louw Clark
Bullieupolis
Anna Dickerson
Ia. W. Day
W.ooal Smitherman
Haviland
Kan
Mary Beard
Franklin
G. A. Wellers
Maud Gray
Helen Hadley
Desdemonda Relman
Milford Carlisle
MC Lauvia
Orval Dillon
Harry Brown
Mrs
Luther Dillon
Chas. Johnson
Rev
A. J. Clark
Mabel Williams
Carl Dillon
Arthur Rushton
Mary
McClelland
Mrs. Elvin Beasley
Hazelwood
John Yeager
Cee. Johnson
Byron, Hadley
Chicago
Elizabeth Hubbard
Laura Cook
Knightstown
Wm. Cook
Bess Brown
Iva Bray
Miss Brown
Boys Club
Everett Hadley
Badgerville
Frank Horton
Alj K. Clark
Mr. and
Abs. Jas, McCracken
C. R. Wilson
Amanda An
Ruth Henderson
Wm. Henderson
Mary Rushton
Stout
McCrary
Preston Page
Lulu Jones
Louisa and
Matilda Page
John Vial
A. H. Richardson
Grace Bayliss
Bertha Williams
Joppa
Katharine Bayliss of
Courtersburg
Mrs. Ballard
Gaynelle Watson
Indiananong
Supt. Curtis
Mrs. W. G. Pray
Miss Watson
Frank Whivett
Otis Bryant
Urban Bowman
Bridgeport
Wm. Bowman
Chas. Marley
Martinsvile
Mrs. Chas
Pruitt
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