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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1915
Page
4
In Rockport the state appraisers concluded the county has too much property to move to Chrisney, easing public concern. Tell City Journal notes the town will not claim fair grounds as indemnification as genuine peace is reached.
An advertisement for James G Hill Fire Insurance alongside Mammoth Grocery promises groceries and table supplies for harvest times at the Mammoth Grocery with best goods at lowest prices and provides a phone contact. J. H. Walker is listed.
The county column notes the silver jubilee of Rev. Bernard Heidelbech in Jasper with attendance by ehelbech and Jacob Heller. It also reports visits by Frank Hartz and son from Tell City, and Louise Ender Sr and Jr of Louisville to family in the area. Mary Jochum and John Jochum were in Ferdinand on business, while Rudolph Meier of Ferdinand joined Mrs. Hid and Mrs. Otto Spayd for a Sunday visit nearby.
Louisville reports H G Isaac of Taylor Isaacs Drug Co praising Tanlac as unusually popular in Louisville. He notes strong repeat sales, satisfaction from users, and sales totaling several thousand dollars in a short time. Tanlac is described as the city’s biggest such sale to date and now on sale in Rockport at T C Basve s.
Mr. and Mrs. John Seidel of St. Henry were in town last Tuesday. Nine children—four girls and five boys—made their first communion last Sunday.
Mrs Stella McCoy and Minnie Gerlach are on the sick list. Mr and Mrs John Ellis Sr of Chrisney are visiting Claude Ellis and family this week. Mrs Fanny Bryant and daughter Mary of Rockport visited relatives here Sunday.
Farmers in Patr onville area busy cutting wheats this week. Miss Carrie Gillette and Mrs Snyder with friends visited here this week. A quarterly meeting was held at Alexander last Sunday with a preaching service led by Dr. G M Smith district superintendent of Evansville and a basket dinner followed.
In Evansville on Sunday Eureka defeated Red Brush in a bats contest. Robert Glenn was honored at a birthday dinner with relatives and friends attending. E Richardson injured a hand while working on a disc cultivator but is healing. Mrs R R Rhoades and relatives visited, with plans to Cincinnati for her cousin George Hemer’s ordination. St Boniface alumni listed. music by Fulda Star Band. graduates and flower carriers to march to the hall. Admission ten cents.
Mrs. Elizabeth Balbach of Tell City visits relatives this week. Joe Rupprecht and John Haller conducted business at Ferdinand Tuesday. The Fulda star band led a large local crowd to a St Meinrad picnic last Sunday and reports a good time. An entertainment by the ladies of this school will be held at Hollander's Hall after Vespers at 2 30 this Sunday.
Dr. Parvin Jolly will receive a medicine diploma at Bloomington commencement on June 23, traveling with his parents from Richland City. Miss Dixie Schumacher returns from Champaign. Mrs. Ernest Meyers visits Vincennes after a stay near Midway. her husband is city clerk there. Wheat crops suffer from adverse weather including hail. Oma Fallowfield and George Riley Samples wed at the bride’s home with Elder A L Axton officiating. Gladys Jones and Marie Roberts return to Oakland City for school.
The group entertained about sixty five guests with music and a talk by Rev Clarence Shake of Grandview at the home of Dr and Mrs J C Jolly last Tuesday evening. Ice cream and cake were served. Quarterly services are set for next Sunday at the M E church with Dr G M Smith district superintendent of Evansville to preach.
George Barnett reported a horse injury last Tuesday. Children day will be observed at Shiloh next Sunday. W B Kincaid traveled to Owensboro Kentucky last Wednesday. Wheat cutting is active and harvest may finish soon if weather cooperates. Misses Allene and Arline Reed of Bradley Station visited Mrs Everett Adams last week. Peter Riegel fell from a hay load last Thursday injuring himself. he remained unconscious for days and is still not improving.
Mrs Fannie Bryant and her daughter from Rockport visited relatives in Gentryville over the weekend. Mrs Laura Layman and her family were in Boonville Saturday. Robert Hale of Richard City visited Sunday. Miss Nina Romine, who taught in Montana the past two years, has returned home. Miss Blanche Young of Tennyson sits with her father John Young.
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