Local Residences Share Weekend Visits and Parties
Louis Booher of Boswell spent Sunday with relatives here. Miss Leona Burkle hosted 32 friends for a birthday party with music and refreshments. Walter Eller and family visited Elwood Booker, while Earl Williamson of Purdue spent Sunday with his family. West Kerr and wife of Winthrop visited relatives last week. Jolly sold his blacksmith shop to Alfred Haggard of Oxford. George Timmons and Wm. Airhart of Walcott visited Jacob Reiners and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Booher
Boswell
Flossie Lake
Ella Reiners
Soldiers Home
Helen Taylor
Leona Burkle
Leona
Kneale Vaulk
Walter Eller
Elwood Booker
Earl Williamson
Purdue
Wm. Airhart
Walcott
Jacob Reiners
West Kerr
Winthrop
Oscar Colson
Otterbein
Mr. Jolly
Alfred Haggard
Oxford
George Timmons
Armstrong Paragrafs Visit and Local Measles Outbreak
Sunday gatherings include John Lemming family with Will Davis, Chas lawyer with Jay Blind, and Joe and George Johnston with Jared Thompson and Alfred Read. Measles affect many in the area as Theos Moore and family attend a birthday dinner at Joe Meliiney’s. Gephart school closes with a Friday basket dinner. Raymond Barrow from Indianapolis works for John Head. George Moore from Converse visits relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Paragrafs
John Lemming
Will Davis
Sunday
Joe and
George Johnston
Jared Thompson
Alfred Read
Frank Mann
A. W. Gephart
Theos. Moore
Mary Moore
Eula McWkinney
Joe Meliiney
Raymond Barrow
Indianapolis
John Head
George Moore
Converse
Gephart School
West Lebanon visit by Wilson for county Sunday school group
Wilson spent the last of the week in West Lebanon meeting with the county Sunday school association to discuss local church schooling and community programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
West Lebanon
County Sunday School Association
Local News Roundup From the Village
Miss Nelle Biggs from Dayton visited relatives Friday. Vernon Straughn finished barber school in Indianapolis and seeks work. Ab Ford visited with George Straughn and wives while Maxine dined with the scribe. Peter Brown and wife dined with Edwin Buck and family. Contagious diseases cause concern. Uncle Ephraim Lemming is sick. Several young men are unemployed. A man has mushroom fever in the village. Sunday school and preaching at 9:30 and 10:30 next Sunday. all welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelle Biggs
Dayton
Vernon Straughn
Indianapolis
Ab Ford
George Straughn
Kyle Thompson
Maxine
Ye Scribe
Peter Brown
Edwin Buck
Ephraim Lemming
West Side Occurrences: Manns Visit Sunday
Paul Mann of Independence visited his cousin Leonard Mann on Sunday, sharing family time and local talk about the West Side community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
Paul Mann
Independence
Leonard Mann
Three Stallions Enter 1914 Season at Otterbein
The Burgess a 4 year old Grey Percheron about 2100 pounds will stand at I Burn s barn Otterbein for 20 fee Keeper Wib Dawson. The Sorrel Hackney Horse about 1500 pounds will stand at the same place Wee 20 Keeper Wib Dawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otterbein
Wib Dawson
Wee
Toh Hie
Local families share Sunday visits and seasonal work plans
Enroy Cheass and wife of Owen Co will work this season for Elmer Griffin. John Eberly, Miss Emma Killinger and George Kerner visited Sunday with George Keller and wife. Mrs. Mary Killin and sons moved to Pine Village. John Keiler and family spent Sunday with George Schwamberger and family at Willow Grove. John M. Mann and wife spent Sunday at Pleasant Grove with Wm. Mann. An epidemic of measles has caused the Mann school to become almost deserted. Luther Mann is the teacher. John B. Mann and family visited in Green Hill with relatives Sunday. Will Beisel visited with Geo. Eberley Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enroy Cheass
Owen Co
Elmer Griffin
John Eberly
Emma Killinger
George Kerner
George Keller
Mary Killin
Pine Village
John Keiler
George Schwamberger
Willow Grove
John M. Mann
Pleasant Grove
Wm. Mann
Mann
Luther Mann
John
Exit leads Pat and Mike from the menagerie
Pat and Mike reach an opening labeled Exit during a trek around a menagerie tent. They decide to investigate and suddenly find themselves outside under the night sky, the stars bright above.
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Pat
Mike
Lawyer's Witty Note Commands Payment From Refractory Client
A Washington lawyer famed for laconic style sent a terse message to a client who refused to settle his bill. The note warned that payment would oblige the lawyer, and nonpayment would obligate the client. The blunt missive reflects sharp humor in a debt dispute.
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Washington
Trustee Notice of weekly township business at home and store
Public notice from trustee Joan Wildenbeand of Medina Township announces recurring office hours. She will handle township business at her home office on Mondays and at W. Franklin's store in Green Hill on Fridays each week until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otterbein
Bolivar Township
W. Franklin
Green Hill
Joan Wildenbeand
Medina Township
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O. A. Chenoweth
Dr. L. Learning
Main Street
F. E. Follett
Otterbein, Indiana
C. R. Mather,d.v.m
Lumber Yard
Ind
A, Mi
Smith & Bro
Heath and Accident Insurance
Benton County
Security Csualty Co. of
Indianapolis, Ind
Fred F. Killin
Templeton,az
Olave M. Potter
Neighborhood News
Chas
Jay Blind
Jen Gephart
Sherman Cain
Robertavidson
Indiana
James R. Mather
C. R. Mather
Charles W. Hickman
C.M. McConnell
O. Thompson
LaFayette
Tam
Dr. Mather
Knowles
OtterLein
Jas. R. Mathee
John J. Boers
Allen & Hall
Ford Block
Keystone
Faves and
Glack Hawk
Famed Oak
China
Axminster
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