Rockport Fair Dates and Local Social Notes
Rockport hosts its annual fair August 23 to 26. Butscher's orchestra played a public dance at the Royal Neighbor Hall on Tuesday evening. Mrs Mollie Payne hosted her one table card club at her Walnut Street home on Wednesday. A son named John Barnhart was born to Mr and Mrs Audrey Haines last Thursday June 29. The 4th of July dance was held Tuesday evening at Legion Hall under American Legion auspices.
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Butscher
Royal Neighbor Hall
Mollie Payne
Wal
Audrey Haines
John Barnhart
Legion Hall
The
American Legion
Evansville Hospital Patient Improves After Tonsillectomy
Miss Katherine Vogel recovering after tonsil operation at Walker hospital Evansville performed last Thursday. Rev W W Moore escaped injury when his car skidded and overturned on Washington Street Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Vogel
Walker Hospital
Evansville
Rev. W. W. Moore
Washington Street
Rev. Moore
Woman Undergoes Home Eye Removal Near Rockport
Mrs. Louisa Stowers had her left eye removed Tuesday at her home northwest of Rockport. She is recovering nicely from the operation.
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Louisa Stowers
Rockport
Greater July Sale Starts July 8 at 9 A.M
The C. W. Halbruge Company announces its Greater July Sale will begin Saturday July 8 at 9 o clock in the morning, correcting earlier bills that listed 9 o clock p.m. The change applies to all mailed notices.
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C. W. Halbruge Company
Halbruge
Ashcraft Family motor trip to Portland Indiana
Mr and Mrs C Ashcraft and their children left Sunday on a motor trip to Portland Indiana where they will visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Ashcraft
Portland
Ind
Local notes highlight families and visits across towns
Victor Schaeffer of Troy, A L Robinson and family, Miss Lois Bauman in Evansville, Rev Russell Parsley and family near Pattonville, Joseph Speckner guests from Louisville, and other kinfolk spending the Fourth in Owensboro and with grandparents. Also a stray verse about the Hindoo caste ends the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph. Speckner
Theodore Tobbe
Katherine. Speckner
Louisville, Ky
Mrs Gwaltney Improves After Serious Illness
Mrs John M Gwaltney of Midway has shown improvement after a period of serious illness.
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John M. Gwaltney
Midway
Man upset if hometown paper arrives late
A reader from Wellsville Missouri notes frustration when his home paper is delayed by thirty minutes, a complaint common among subscribers who expect timely delivery from The Wellsville Optic News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
Optic News
Columbia July records and local summer events in Huff Township
The column lists new Columbia records for July and notes upcoming events in the area. Highlights include the third annual picnic at Evanston Grove by the Huff Township Farmers' Association, a public dance by the Royal Neighbors of America at their hall with Butscher's orchestra, and other community notices such as a Rockport painter returning to work, grain and hay insurance offers, Silverdale Home Economics Club ice cream social, auto service, a new poultry house opening by Walter Hesson, and contact details for local services.
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Huff Township
Jevanston “Grove
The
Royal
America
Butscher
Silverdale
Auto Service
Adgm Martin & Friedel’s
Local residents travel for events and visits
A H Kennedy and Mrs Alberta Huffman returned from Oberlin Ohio where they attended the Oberlin college commencement exercises. Miss Lillian Bennett left for Cleveland after visiting her parents. Mr and Mrs Paul Serrin came back from Indianapolis where Serrin attended an Efficiency Club meeting of Hancock Life. A party including Mayor Ehrman and others motored to Owensboro for auto races. Mr and Mrs L A Clearman of Magnolia Springs Alabama visited J C Pfeifer's family and depart for Montana and the West for summer. Addie Myler of St Louis visited Eureka and was joined by niece Lucille Polk for a month. Mrs William Schwab and Bobby returned to St Louis after visiting John Wagoner and family. Evensville trip included Mrs Robert Tennyson and Opal.
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A. H. Kennedy
Alberta Huffman
Oberlin
Ohio
Oberlin College
Paul Serrin
Indianapolis
Ind
Serrin
Efficiency Club
The
Hancock Life Insurance Company
L. A. Clearman
Magnolia Springs
Ala
J. C. Pfeifer
Montana
Addie Myler
St. Louis
Lester Polk
Eureka
Lucille Polk
William Schwab
Bobby
John Wagoner
Evansville
Robert Tennyson
Opal
Bottenfield Family Visiting Ill. Relatives
Prof. E O Bottenfield and his wife with two daughters are visiting his brother W R Bottenfield, superintendent of Sparta township high schools, Illinois. W R Bottenfield plans a late week trip with his brother to Oblong for a short family visit.
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E. O. Bottenfield
W. R. Bottenfield
Bottenfield
Sparta
Ill
Oblong
Market and store notices mix in late July ad page
The page lists price drops on nets at T. C. Easye Drug and Book Stores and offers Watkins products through agents with samples and bonuses. It also advertises hosiery sales by Eagle Knitting Mills with pay details and job info. LIME AND FERTILIZER plans note reduced freight and provided supplies through federated marketing service. The Ladies Aid meeting of Trinity Lutheran church is recorded with host Mrs. Charles Lieb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing
Federated Marketing Service
Ladies’ Aid of
Trinity Lutheran Church
Charles ‘Lieb
Second Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. C. Basye Drug & Book Stores
Rockport Fair
Rose Boehm
Cannelton
Jessie Harrison
Kokomo
William Coyl
Indianapolis, Ind
Bertha Cain
Eansville
Connor Salm
Carl ‘Linderman
Troy
City
Shirley Lang
J. R. Lang
Myrtle Posey
Eugene Basham
Cincinnati
Huntingburg
Karl Vogel
Mrs
Conrad Vogel
Lizzie Wright
Mary Seipel
Hartwell, Ind
William Link
Chrisney
Commissioners’ Court
Helen Martin
Paul Trent
Indiana University
J. Lawrence Cadick
Grandview
Clint Butler
Carl
Tobin- Leef
Edward Rise
Owensboro
Ollie May Hays
Owensboro, Ky
Mary Schontagg
Maceo
Sophia Hardy
John Brown
Hetty White
St. Louis, Mo
Jesse Taylor
Gladys Letts
Inez McDonald
Joe Mattingley
John Mulzer
Ed Puertzer
John H. Waninger
Clyde Wade
William Jacobs
August Jacobs
Bernie McDaniels
Katherine Hibbs
Dubuque
Iowa
Ed Collignon
Frank Schaeffer
Rock Hill
Ethel Burkhart
Pauline Zimmerman
Joan Robert Feigel
John W. Harris
Jackson Township
Board of Education
Louis G. Tableman
John H. Ravens
J. C. Bell
D. F. Kennedy
Clay Township
Commissioners
C. A. Butler
Carl Butler
Cincinnati, Ohio
Hilbert Bennett
Williamson Street
Frank Stowers
Shelbyville, Tenn
John Stowers
Camp Davis
Charles G. Davis
Elizabeth Davis
Pansy Greene
SI LO
Indiana
Gir
Victor ‘Schaeffer
A. Ll.” Robinson
el Ae
Lois Bauman
Isin
George Schreiner
Russell Parsley
W.M .Parsley
Pattonville
Ig Ny
Basye’s Drug
Louis
Schoenfeld
P. F.kanzler
Main
Lee M. John. Co
Columbia
AL. M. John Co
John. D. Garrett
Rio F
Garrett
Charles ‘C. Hale
4Th
Henry Hoch
Per Mollie
Fuerster
Yates Building
Main Streets
Walter Hesson
Lillian Bennett
Cleveland
E. D. Ehrman
R. W. Richards
Claude Kincaid
John Stevenson
J. Clayton Vargis
J. Gbaum
Swift
Kraft
Krueger & Wallace Meat Market
Silver Queen
L. M. John CO
T. C. Easye
Watkins
J. R. Watkins Co
N. Third St
Columbus
Dept
Eagle Knitting Mills
Darby
J. H. Kirkland
Township Farmers’ Federation
D. C
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