Sunday School Class Holds Annual Banquet
The Leader class of the M. E. Sunday school led by H. H. Crooke held its annual banquet at Cummings Hall on West Main St. An orchestra of six played and a program of songs duets and talks followed a menu including baked chicken oyster dressing celery pickles fruits cake coffee and salads. The event marked the class's first regular banquet in three years and was attended by most members plus invited guests.
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M. E. Sunday School
H. H. Crooke
Cummings
West Main St
Hoover
Happenings and classifieds in local town life
Local items report sales of dry stove wood and fence posts, visits by residents, a basketball game between Ep som and Odon, and births and deaths. Notable notes include Edith Filen born to Homer and wife, Mrs. Nelson Brandon’s passing, library board activities, and Robert Owens’s death in Bedford after influenzal pneumonia connected to his fame with tracking dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Owens
Bedford
Owens
Shafer Prurder
Ledgerwood’s S
Defeat Elnora Again by Boy Scouts in City Clash
The Boy Scouts beat Elnora 38 to 12 in the opening game at the Scouts new hall. Standouts included Dearmin Webster and Smith with strong scoring as Elnora players Swartz Brock and others struggled against the canal town team. The crowd enjoyed the clean play and Scouts invite suitable teams to arrange future games.
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Elnora
Canal Town
Odon Edmondson
Smith
Swartz
Dearmin
Webster
Mearer
McCoy
Hovey
Inman
Seal
Brock
Odon
Ice
Scouts New
Revival progress and local residents in EPSOM
EPSOM community notes show revival moving along and multiple residents returning home from extended visits in Loogootee and Illinois. Local transactions include Emmet Colglazier buying Elizabeth Borden property and James Vanstran purchasing Chas Young’s property while Luther Bright and the Williamses assist with a meeting. Willie Bugher buys a new piano.
Local Social Notes and Business Update
Sunday visits fill the week as families host relatives and neighbors. The Colon Drug Co reports a 43 percent gain in six months of the 12th year. The Wesley Sunday School association plans a Valentine Dairy Pinch event at the Boy Scouts hall with a luncheon and supper served by committee.
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Colon Dru. Co
Wesley Acc
Boy - Scouts - Hall
HE H Crooke
L. W
Freemar
Letters From The Boys From France 1919
Jim writes from France to a friend in Indiana about a bad cold and homesickness. He recalls a newspaper article on cures for debility, laments war fatigue, and longs for fishing memories and returning home after armistice. He notes the hunting season is over and hopes to visit the old fishing hole with friends.
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W. M. Clark
Odon
Ind
The
Chicago Herald
Uncle Sam
Community notes from Raglesville area update local visitors
A crowded list of visits and health updates from Raglesville and nearby towns records motions of residents and kin. Mrs Juda Stuffle celebrates her 70th birthday with family while Mrs Julius Smith and Mrs Anna Mers visit relatives. Several townsfolk attend relatives in Evansville Plainville Terre Haute and Loogootee.
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Dick Stuffle
Trainor
Juda Stuffle
W B M Program At Webster Home February Meeting
Following is the program for the W B M to be held at the home of William Webster on Wednesday February 12 at 2 15 p m. Long devotional Bible study on Haggai by Mrs Winkelpleck talk on women wage earners in India China and Japan by Mrs W B Morris “Facts for the Busy Woman” by Mrs John A Miami hidden and by Mrs Pickett business song and benediction led by Elizabeth Callahan.
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Tor. W. B. M
Wm. Webster
Barkley Hyman
Winkelpleck
India
China
Japan
John A
Miami
Pickett
Elizabeth
Callahan
Mary E Shively Des Mary E Shively Des
Mrs Mary E Shively a Bogard township resident died at her son Thos W Wades home last Thursday January 30 due to senility She was born September 15 1845 aged over 74 She was twice married first to Dunk Wade with one child Thos W Wade surviving and later to Wm Shively She also leaves sister Mrs Geo Osman of Washington An aunt of Paris and M S Hastings and Elmer Hastings now in Indianapolis Mass was held at St Michael's at nine o'clock Saturday February 1 burial St Michael cemetery
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Mary E. Shively
William Shively
Bogard Township
Thos W. Wade
Shively
Hiram Allen
van Buren Township
Thos. W
Wm Shively
Geo. Osman
Washington
Paris
M. S. Hasting
Elmer Hasting
Indiananapolis
St. .Michael’s
St. Michael Cemetery
Sure Cure for General Debility by John D Wells
A fragmented ad style excerpt promotes a cure for general debility. The piece references physical weariness and resilience with rural dialect imagery and suggests self reliance through rustic remedies and activities. The text contains scattered phrases about stoves, axes, youth, fishing, and appetite.
Birthday Anniversary for Mrs. Jane Baile Celebrated
Last Thursday marked the 74th birthday of Mrs. Jane Baile who lives east of the city. Relatives gathered at her home with a feast prepared by all present while distant children sent gifts, and attendees included Andrew Baile, Mr and Mrs Secil Aishe and Bernice, Mr and Mrs Henry Wallick, and Mr and Mrs Arthur Phipps.
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Jane Baile
Also Mentioned on This Page
Call R. v. Arford
Elizabeth Crooke
Linton
E.T. Laughlin
Indianapolis
Deams
Odon Drug Co
P. C
Ord Correll
West Main Street
Minerva Ketchem
Grace Ketchem
O. M. Wallick
Henry Marmon
Ovid Smiley
Epsom and
Independents
Homer Cunningham
Edith Filen
Rexall
N. F. Barkley
Otis Williams
Muncie
Nelson Brandon
St. Michael Church
Shelbyville
Madison Township
P.O
Loyal Ladies Sunday School
Christian Church
A. A. Lane
Earl Feller
Eugene
Pickett & Co
Epsom
Lucia O’brian
Loogootee
Cordia Grove
Chas. Standley
Qodon
Arlie O’brian
Roy O’brian
Verna Weidhner
Elizabeth Hurt
Arlie McGuire
Lawrence Thompson
J.C O’brian
Emmet Colglazier
Elizabeth Borden
James Vanstran
Chas. Young
Lewis Williams
Luther Bright
Terre Haute
Willie Bugher
Shiloh
Sam Raney
Elkanah Hutchins
Chris Long
A. N. Long
Family
Mrs. Fish
Akam Lamb
Virg Long
Marcella
Gerald
James Overton
Scotland
Tom Besler
Amy Hills
Janie Bechtel
A. N. Longs
Herschel Monts
Ray Chestnut
Rosa Gardiner
Tom Resler
Lois Groves
Cornelius Resler
Fern
Tom Reslers
Pearl
Pleasie Chestnut
Bessie Ridder
Pearl Chestnut
Herschel Harper and
Wm. Harpers
Ira Byer
Elsie Chestnut
Julian Byrer
Ruby Faith
Delmer Byrer
Mattie Faith
Marnie Byrer
Pleasant Hill
France
Jim
P.S
Oie
Raglesville
Julius Smith
Walter Evans
Anna Mers
Evansville
Dyal Wadsworth
Plainville
Gladys Dyal
Clarence Sims
Curt Riggins
D. B. Wadsworth
Son Dyal
E. E. Stuffle
C. M. Riggins
T. G. Wadsworth
Newberry
Alex Walls
Walls
A. W. Dyal
Dymple
Mrs. Dyal
G. W. Pruett
van Burens
Theodore Strange
Doran Strange
Bramble
RW. Jones
Mr. Jones
Dr. Strange
Loégootee
Ezra Williams
Sam
U.S. Navy
J. E. Williams
St. Joseph’s
Chas. E. Pate
Postal Express Service
A. P
Mary E. Shively Des
Son
Bogard
Twp
John D. Wells
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