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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
5
Local listing promotes large Fourth of July flags at 10 cents and small ones at 5 cents. Patriotic music Victrolas offered for farm machinery at 30 cents. Also advertised are wind shield and window flags for autos and homes, with mention of a galion.
J W Dunham of Lima will fill the M K church pulpit this Sunday. Laura Wright hosted friends with ecards for Dr and Mrs Grass of Denver. Beach at the Kentucky river shore reappears as ferryman Miller plans a barge for bathers. A F McArthur towboat delivered broken rock for Henderson dam and docked at the lower landing. Grandview topped Evansville Sewer Pipe Slackers 6 to 3. Gentryville beat Selvin club 7 to 1. Red Cross subscriptions from neighboring counties exceeded goals as national generosity rises. A young group toured Beeler Island for a basket dinner. attendees included Haines, Luckads, Williamson, Cain, Crooks, Wm Doerter, Grass, Richardson and others.
The column records the Barney family birth in Louisville Ky a boy to Chester and Mrs. Barney, notes infant John William McCullough of Hatfield died and was buried at Mt Zion with Rev J L Battram officiating, and lists local society events. Community events include a PTA meeting at Washington school, missionary study at Miss Alice B Yates home, and a German Evangelistic church funeral for Margaret McNutt in North Rockport. Mentioned also are strawboard plant shipments, partial Grass township tax refunds, and a motion for a new trial in the Baumgaertner case set for September 17.
Mrs. and Mrs W W Spain spent Sunday at French Lick Springs. Miss Enda May Eigenman is at Syes. Miss Eutha Kopp travels to Cleveland for summer school. Numerous locals visit relatives, attend funerals, or travel to Evansville Akron Chicago Bloomington and French Lick for visits work or school.
John Ray a 38 year old bridge carpenter from Spencer county wed Lena Bagly 25 in a ceremony led by Rev Charles Rouseh on June 20. Ed Wingfield 33 from Fargo Ky married Edith Brown 8 in Daviess county. Wayne Richardson 25 farmer tied the knot with Marl Chinn 20 of Ohio county Ky. Miss Chinn swore she was of legal age to marry without parental consent due to her youth.
Examination of applicants for the Gentryville post office will be held in Boonville on July 14. Eligible list applicants must reside within the office territory and be at least 21 years old. The salary is about $400 a year.
Local business page advertises paid classified notices with one cent per word and a 25 cent minimum. It invites readers to buy or sell items and to use the column for announcements, asserting that advertising pays.
Local notice offers insurance for rowing crops and other kinds of coverage. Contact Hamilton & Co in Rockport Indiana by telephone at No. 27 for options and rates.
Richards and Kinéaid employ two expert mechanics and are ready to do any kind of automobile work. They guarantee all their work and invite customers to call telephone No. 130.
A clipped notice urges customers to call at the Farmer's Bank and leave their order for Liberty Bond purchases. It emphasizes prompt action and reflects wartime bond drives.
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