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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
4
Army engineers transformed Southwest pass by deepening channels dredging sand-bars and building jetties and spur dikes to allow massive steamer traffic to reach New Orleans. The project removed millions of cubic yards of material and created a 1000 foot wide 35 foot deep channel to accommodate the river's largest ships.
See ls for Sale Bills Miss Olive Charles of Earlham College was at home for the weekend. The I. B. S. property, formerly the Glenn cottage, is being repaired and will be occupied by S&S. J. Arnold and family. Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Tansey were at Muncie from Saturday until Tuesday evening attending the state charities conference. They visited Anderson and New Castle. D. W. Gossett and sisters hosted visitors in Indianapolis. Little Ethel Milan is ill. Mae Hunter taught at Matthews and spent the weekend at home. E. S. Weddle returned from North Salem. Clarice Barker of Indiana University stayed home over the weekend. Harry Hatton visited from Burnettsville. Attendees urged to Plainfield farm implement sale Saturday at 1:30 P. M. H. L. Hanna, receiver. Dr. B. C. Ornham of Petersburg and Capt. Isaac Gaddish spent the weekend with Ed Hiatt and family. Adah Pollard, typhoid fever patient, improving. Mrs. Lucian Shaw of Hermosa Beach, Cal., visited Indiana friends. Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Stanley, school chums, reunited after 52 years apart. Mr. Shaw serves as California supreme court judge and visited Indiana. Recent guests included Anson Backus and Jessie Price families. Helen Powers of Columbus attended Teachers Association weekend with Mrs. Bert Smith. The Friends’ Sunday School young married class will hold a masquerade at the home.
Local notes list residents visiting Indianapolis for funerals and visits, including Ed Simpson's surgery at Long hospital and several gatherings at homes of Calberts, Andersons, and Harveys. The column notes illnesses such as Harry Wood's pneumonia and typhoid fever, plus community events, club meetings, and attendees at teachers' association and charity events.
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