Rockport Fourth Secrets and Society Notes
Local items report a June 26 birth to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parker and a new assistant bookkeeper role for Carl Vogel at Farmer's Bank. Highlights include Miss Bessie Logan ill in Troy, Mrs. Ella Brown hosting a picnic for Miss Edith Wright, and Rockport baseball in new grey uniforms. The Pickwick club Independence Day hop, a pipe organ dedication at M. E. church, and August- era show boats by W. R. Markle are noted along with Wheat prices and local visits.
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W. R. Markles
Mr. Markle
Basye’s drug store offers vermin killer and farm goods
An assortment of items from Basye’s drug and book stores includes Vermin killer at twenty five cents per package, louse killer, linseed oil, and extra lubricating oil for farm machines. Also advertised are gasoline engines, grain storage, coal, and farm finance offers from local firms.
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Basye’s Drug and Book Stores
Basye
Basye’s
Local residents conduct business trips in city
Numerous individuals from Indiana and Kentucky visited the city for business and social reasons. Names include F J Bergman Chrisney John Herr Dale Ellis Thurman Grandview J C Glackman Hatfield J F Bauman Troy S A Reavis Evansville A M Love Grandview J T Taylor Eureka A P Eigenmann Evansville Trustee Wm V Hesson Jackson Twp Miss Dana Shoptaugh Boonville Frank Lehnen Carter Twp Charles H Phillips Gentryville Mrs James Logan Louisville J H Logan J M McCullough Grass Twp Mrs Charles Limberger Roy Shrode Will Feiger Dimple Slinkard Russel and Dimple Slinkard Mammoth Cave trip Lilian Coppersmith Owensboro Nora Rimstidt Ada Frank Virgie Maas Isaac Babb Hammond Twp Mrs Isaac Born Trese Ferdinand LaFayette Mrs Ben Weil Thermopolis Mrs J H Diehl Harold Diehl Pennsylvania trip ongoing.
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F. J. Bergman
Chrisney
John Herr
Dale
Ellis Thurman
Grandview
J. C. Glackman
Hatifield
J. F. Bauman
Troy
S. A. Reavis
Evansville
A. M. Love
J. T. Taylor
Eureka
A. P. Eigenmann
Wm. V. Hesson
Jackson Township
Dana Shoptaugh
Boonville
Frank Lehnen
Carter Township
Charles H. Phillips
Gentryville
Will Feiger
Huntingburg
Ralph Roberts
R. E. Roberts Russel
Dimple Slinkard
Montgomery
Ind
J. A. Hile
Nora Rimstidt
Ada Frank
Virgie Maas
Mammoth Cave
Residents and visitors noted in city social items
Mrs H W Smith visits daughter in Gentryville while Earl Haines heads to Indianapolis for a new position. Miss Jessie Jolly from Owensboro visits the city. Mr and Mrs Simon Honig return from St Louis. Lizzie Mulhall of Johnson City visits Mrs Harvey Mulhall. Mr and Mrs Jacob Alles of Henderson visit Michael Spayd’s family. Mrs Curt Mathers and Crystal of Pekin IA visit A W Lashbrooks. William P Higenmann returns to Dixon IL to run an ice plant. Mrs J D Spain and son Bernard of Nashville visit A R Gentry. Trustees Ender, Tableman, Mulzer visit for township business. Dr and Mrs C D Ehrman and Maggie Bird return from La Junta CO. Fred Suhrheinrich of Lincoln City reports rebuild plans for the burnt district. Isaac L Kramer sheriff-elect of Spencer County visits. Wheat crop described as only fairly good. Grant Hamilton arrives from Evansville to organize decorations for Halbruge Co sale. Mrs Jean Winn returns from Shawnee OK to visit relatives. Mrs DeBruler accompanies her home for a family visit. Attendees at the marriage of Mary Poor and Crawford Smith in Newburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Smith
Louis Robert
Gentryville
Earl Haines
Indianapolis
Jessie Jolly
Owensboro
Crowder
Simon Honig
St. Louis
Lizzie Mulhall
Johnson City
Harvey Mulhall
Jacob Alles
Henderson
Bernard
Nashville
Tenn
A. R. Gentry
Paul Ender
Carter Township
Wm. G. Tableman
Clay
John Mulzer
Huff
C. D. Ehrman
Maggie Bird
J. Allen Armstrong
la Junta
Colo
Fred Suhrheinrich
Lincoln City
Isaac L. Kramer
Grass Township
Spencer County
Kramer
Grant Hamilton
Evansville
C. W. Halbruge Co
Jean Winn
C. R. DeBruler
Shawnee
Oklo
W. C. Mason
B. F. Huffman
Jessie Markland
Lillie Peckinpauch
Hettie White
Mary Poor
Crawford Smith
Newburg
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Tz Rockport Democrat
T. C. Easye
Jas. G. Taylor’s
Miss Nohse
Rockport
Robert Parker
Carl Vogel
Farmer’s Bank
W. R. Markle
the River
Pickwick Club
Auiditorium
Bessie Logan
Ella Brown
Edith Wright
Denver
J.F. Bauman
Rockport Marble Works Company
First National Bank
Jo Davis
Jo Lancaster
M. E
J. W. Duncan
T. . McKinney
Saranac Lake
N. Y
McKenney
New
Rockport Milling Co
Kate Funk
Princeton
City
Dorris Rue
Donald Walker
Nester Laird
Jessie Fee
New Harmony
Lillian Lemmon Blakey
Ennis Tex
Elmer DeKinder
John
Chickasha
Okla
John DeKinder
F. G. Hass
Mary Walters
M. E. Church
Baptist Church
Rockport Baptist Church
O. A. Carmean
Business
Poiners
Haines, Richards & Pirtle
T. H. Axton
R. R
Basye’s Drug Store
J. A. Sargent
Charles Limberger & Co
Oscar T. Bennett
America
Jones
Lilian Coppersmith
W. FE. Hartley
Charlotte Cromie
Louisville
J. H. Bartrim
E. L. Boyd
Melva
Lucy
Bloomington
Boyd
State University
Isaac Babb
Hammond Township
Babb
Isaac Born
Trese and
Ferdinand
LaFayette
Ben Weil
Thermopolis
Wyo
M. Weil
J. H. Diehl
Harold
Pennsylvania
Diehl
By Seles Sates
Mort Brown
Warner
Fred Walker
Hougland & Hardy
S. Wiener & Sons
Rockport’s
Obidebaker Wagons
R. H. Crowder CO
Indiana
The
Richland
Sandale
Richland City
Sunny -South
the Beggar
Prince
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