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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1920
Page
5
Community items from Plainfield include for sale notices such as grapes folding bed and a two year old horse mule, and requests for clover hay and oats straw. Several families travel or visit Indianapolis South Bend and Rensselaer while others plan reunions and church activities. Old and new residents move, telegraph home reports arrive from Los Angeles, and local events invite church choir rehearsal and a Christmas bazaar.
An offer of six percent interest on deposits boosted local business activity as deposits grew by $30,000 recently, signaling stronger financial engagement and potential expansion.
The piece notes a gate to the M B Northwest Indiana conference at Lebanon next week with Rev W L Hargrave and others attending on Sunday. It mentions Hubert Garriott leaving Logansport for Harvard University to study architecture, and that Mrs Garriott and children will stay with relatives during his absence. Ira M Holsclaw is ill with smallpox in Charleston West Virginia. Rev Edwin S Sweeney left for Hartford Theological Seminary in Connecticut. Various social updates include Mrs Louise Hadley visiting, Lydia Bales moving to a new home, and the Harvey family purchasing Bales’ former home. Sunday school ladies hosted a class supper hosted by Mrs H A Ressler. Mr and Mrs Joe B Prewitt and D H Hornaday attended services in Crawfordsville Trinity M E Church. Harry Havens from Los Angeles is visiting his parents for two weeks, with additional guests Mr and Mrs Walter Havens of Lebanon. Taylor Johnson of Highland Park Illinois visited his mother Addie Johnson for the weekend.
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