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Newspaper

Rockport Democrat

Location

Rockport, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1922

Page

8

Local Obituaries and Social Notes From Lincoln City Area

Perry Rice at bedside as relatives visit from Evansville Mariah Hill and Tennyson while Miss Charlotte Hildreth spends weekend with Orval Enlow Huntingburg visits noted Miss Mayme Willison returns from Kansas to spend summer No details on dates or locations beyond Evansville Lincoln City and St Louis mentioned with several families and social guests listed

Burkhart Bosler Mariah Hill Hiram Rice Evansville Carl Tennyson Perry Rice Charlotte Hildreth Huntingburg Orval Enlow Maude Richardson Bertha Herron Hattie Herron Doc Stewer Lawrenceville Dll Wayne Adams Bernard Wayne Ben Spurlock California Eliza Beth Spurlock Mayme Willison Kansas Claude Arnold Robert E. St. Louis Grace Hasley Joseph Alley Chicago Bvaiisville Mary Alley Lincoln Ity Noah Spurlock Bertha Hevron Ifrmna Krause Marme Willison Ide Richardson Babel Ossums Margaret Hevron Lola Gentry Maurice Tlaug

Local Social Roundup From Clay and Nearby Areas

Sunday afternoon visits noted as Blanche Roos departs from Little to attend summer school in the city. Families including H. H. Schnuck and Mrs Schnuck with son Hanley were among locals gathering for a meal and socializing in the area.

Aly Alee Grling W. H. Bieden Bohn Osee Haseery Bieier Eibert Hines Afeburg Waldora Hiness Wilhelmina Tonnemachdot Blanche Roos Little Left H. H. Schnuck Schnuck Hanley

Newtonville Social Notes and Obituaries Briefly Told

Newtonville patrons visitors and relatives fill week with family travel. J J Haat family returns from Evansville, buys a new Ford. A pastor Earl Taylor visits Pittsburg parents. Aaron Meeks visits Boonville Evansville. Levi Wilkinson 98 enjoys good health. Mrs. Kiener and Mrs Pooly visit Newtonville from Evansville. Arvey Sibrel family and Mrs Toole visit Newtonville. Floyd Richards home from Evansville with measles. ill but improving. Joe Lucas dies at 24 from tuberculosis. burial in Detroit after six weeks here. Tillie Morford of Rockport visits Vernie Morford. Lora Schoolfield Muriel Grippenstroh go to Bloomington for Indiana University summer session. Ralph Webster Lloyd visit grandmother Hester Lloyd. Hib Lloyd joins family in Indianapolis.

John Henderson William Brenner Evansville J. J. Haat Evansvile Earl Taylor Pittsburg Penn Aaron Meeks Boonville Levi Wilkinson Indiana Wilkinson Richard Kiener Newtonville Millie Pooly Crafton Bunner Arvey Sibrel Doll Toole Floyd Richards Joe Lucas Marian Harter Tockport Hester Lloyd William Lloyd Indianapolis Hib Lloyd Hes

Rain shortage prompts prayers as Troy groups gather

Catholic residents from Troy attend services at Ferdinand monastery and St. Meinrad while Catholics plan a large day with several priests. Clinton Palmer drowns after stepping into a coal shaft hole near Troy in the Ohio River. Cecil Palmer nearly drowns, saved by a boy named John Bunny. Two fishermen recovered Clinton's body after about twenty minutes in the water. Funeral services are slated at the Baptist church Wednesday evening.

Troy Ferdinand Tell City St. Meinrad Ohio Clinton Palmer Cecil Palmer John Bunny John The Baptist Church Wm. Sauter St. Marks

Weekend Visits From Local Families

Mr and Mrs Virgil Held spent last Sunday with Mrs Wilhelmina Tomnemacher while a daughter Rosalie visited Miss Anna Brinkman on the same day.

Rosalie Anna Brinkman Virgil Held Wilhelmina Tomnemacher

School Play St Agnes To Benefit Church At Hollander's Hall

Sunday at 2:30 pupils of our school present the two act drama St Agnes at Hollander's hall to benefit the church. Star band provides music and ice cream will be served. Everyone is invited.

Marina Martina Weaver Evansville Joe Nemer Clem Strobel New Boston Gust Sergesketter Karl Lindauer Rockport St. Agnes Hollander’s Hall

Miss Thelma Fletcher Birthday Party Noted

Friends and neighbors surprised Thelma Fletcher with an 18th birthday party last Wednesday evening. Refreshments of candy and popcorn were served as the group enjoyed the celebration.

Ter Lloyd Thelma Fletcher Opal Lamar Evansville C. M. Senester Louisville William Schaerer New Albany Ind Robert Boultinghouse Canelton Dee Holder

Condemn Congress Uphold President Rhetoric and Scandal Report

The article discusses a Farm Bureau push for a free scholarship to Indiana State Fair School of Home Economics for 90 girls from each county, with local chairmen collecting names. It also reviews political controversy around Attorney General Daugherty and the Daugherty Morse Felder affair amid broader criticisms of Congress and the Harding administration.

Farm Bureau Spencer County Farmers Federation of County Indiana State Fair School of Home Economics Bern Atttendance Ars Charles Lindles Ohio James Kirkland Rockport Luce Sidney Cartier Richland Jackson John D. Lasher Chrisney Grass Fritz P. Kramer Huff John Held, Jr Lamar Harrison John Wissel St. Meinrad Clay Arthur Oskin Ira E. Eggleston Co. Sec’y Harding Anaieale Senate Newberry Newbery Nat Goldstein Michigan Republican Congress Supbeet Tech Congress Daugherty-elder-Morse Campbell Washington Denby- Sinclair Naval Nat. Goldstein Daugherty-Felder-Morse Department of Justice Department Caraway Daugherty Morse Watson Indiana Thomas B. Felder New York Tribune New York State Morse Felder

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