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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
5
Numerous residents such as Hemer Unsrue George W Lybrook Ross Runkad Eliott Purvis and others were seen in Kokomo Russiaville Forest and surrounding areas. Activities included visits with relatives friends attending funerals and paying taxes along with several residents transacting business in Kokomo and nearby towns.
Ervin Clark and family return from old Tennessee where they spent the winter. Monday, Jim Bob McReynolds and wife and daughter Doris of Kolomo were Sunday guests of Benjamin Weaver and wife. William Stout of Winnamac attended the funeral of John Stout at New London Tuesday and will visit relatives for a few days.
Reverdy Covall and family are described as relatives in the east end of Howard County and southwestern Grant County. Mrs. Ed Farwick, recently operated on at an Indianapolis hospital, has returned home greatly benefited by her treatment.
Mrs Court Whitacre and her daughter Violet May from Russia ville spent a short time in Kokomo on Tuesday afternoon while traveling to Anderson. They will stay a few days with Mrs Whit acre's sister Mrs Tracey Prophe t. Kokomo Dispatch.
Rev F W Wolff will speak at the Christian Church next Sunday morning on The mistakes of Moses and others. In the evening he will discuss The Comparative Value of the Old and New Testaments with services at 7 30. All are welcome.
Mrs A P Woods of Kirklin visited Russiaville Sunday afternoon. P E Lybrock stayed with Henry Hatfield in Forest last Sunday. Theo Hawkins and wife of Kokomo visited relatives there last Sunday.
Harry Gifford and his wife and son visited Carl Gifford and family of Kokomo for a local gathering.
A.S Thompson sat on the jury for the Hatfield case in Kokomo Monday. Earl Marsh and his wife, along with Heber Pollock and wife, were in West Middleton Sunday evening. Miss Clee McCrary of Kokomo spent Sunday with her parents A. McCrary and wife. John T. Gifford and wife and A. C. Merrick and wife were business visitors in Kokomo Monday. E. L. Tobias and wife of the Studio Grand in Kokomo were in Russiaville Sunday afternoon.
Luther Booker and wife of Darlington Indiana visited Friday as guests of Mrs Eliza Ratcliff and family.
S W Kahn of Ligonier, a Democratic ticket candidate for state statistician, was in town Tuesday. Manford Lee has excavated a basement for his new residence just north of Virgo Ratcliff's home on Carter Street.
Reverend McFarlane preached an excellent sermon to the I O O F and Rebekah lodge members at the Methodist Church Sunday evening.
Frank J. Cheney files an oath stating his firm F J Cheney & Co will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason notes the sworn statement on December 6, 1886 in Toledo Ohio. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy affecting the blood and mucous surfaces and invites testimonials. Bold by druggists at 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills for constipation also advertised.
Miss Laura Bainbridge of Philadelphia recalls a London romance with Hon Ralph Scarborough, later driving a taxi in New York. She tips him with a ten dollar gold piece and returns years later in London where a reunion leads to a marriage in Philadelphia. The couple later tours New York during their wedding trip, finding the first ride misery and the second heaven.
The St Louis Post Dispatch reports on women who posed as men to serve in the British Army. Notable figures include Hannah Snell buried at Chelsea Hospital, Christina Davis, Phoebe Hessel who fought at Fontenoy and died at 108, and Dr James Barry who rose to inspector general after serving at Waterloo and in the Crimea.
A report describes experiments by Ugo Tartaglini showing water jets can conduct electricity from live wires. At 525 volts with grounding, voltages of 20 to 210 volts appeared at various nozzle distances, suggesting moderate risk to firemen. Alternating current tests yielded no current in the water stream, though a mild shock occurred when touched.
In Holland and Flanders Ypres is linked to death, a phrase used to describe lugubrious people. The expression dates to the 1349 plague, with Ypres truly one of the dead cities of Flanders, more literal than Bruges la morte.
The manufacture of matches requires a sequence of precise machines and devices. A single dipping machine can produce about 600,000 square matches per hour. A green log is turned into matches and packed for shipment in under two hours.
Mrs Brown questions Johnnie about saying thank you after receiving items. Johnnie replies that his sister, a woman, always has the last word. The exchange ends with a quip on keeping control of conversation.
An Optimist tells a neighbor he plans to purchase a raven to test the tale that ravens live 300 years. The exchange appears in the Westminster Gazette as a light, humorous inquiry into folklore.
Dialogue excerpt shows George and his sister reacting to their father's opposition to a marriage. The father is blamed for trying to block the union, while the couple argues that his obstruction was expected and manipulative.
A Baltimore American quip friends the remark about a prima donna whose voice was unusually high. The punchline notes a $5 seat cost, highlighting a gleeful exchange on theater pricing.
The excerpt traces Davy Jones to a mix of Duffy a ghost among West Indian enslaved people and the name Jones from Jonah. It asserts the world is upheld by the veracity of good men and that they keep the earth wholesome, phrased as a moral adage.
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