Church Services at J. M. E. Church
Sunday School at 9 45 a m and preaching service Sunday evening at 7 30. Junior League meets Thursdays at 4 00 p m. All invited to attend. Pastor J Francis Lutey.
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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
1
Sunday School at 9 45 a m and preaching service Sunday evening at 7 30. Junior League meets Thursdays at 4 00 p m. All invited to attend. Pastor J Francis Lutey.
Christian Church posts schedule with preaching on the second and fourth Sundays each month and Sunday School every Sunday at 3 PM. Prayer Meeting Thursday evenings and Teacher Training Class Tuesday evenings led by A. A. Honeywell, pastor.
The church announces preaching on the first and third Lord's Day each month. Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Young people's meeting at 6:00 p.m. Prayer meeting every Thursday. Rev. T. T. Minnis, Pastor.
The piece catalogs diverse smiles from cruel to charming, noting how expressions reveal character. It contrasts professional and pious smiles with malicious, feminine, gourmand, minatory, and complacent types, concluding that beauty often hides affectation while homely charm comes from a strong heart.
Kokomo and several nearby towns will celebrate Flag Day June 14 with special exercises in Kokomo and rides on new traction cars to Russiaville. An aviation meet June 14–15 sponsored by K M and W Traction will feature two Curtiss bi planes with expert aviators, aimed at altitude and speed records, landing at Athletic Park.
Rural mail carriers celebrate a new law increasing pay. The standard 24 mile route gains 74 dollars annually, bringing the total to 1074 dollars. Each mile over or under 24 adds or subtracts 340.75 dollars from the yearly salary.
Joseph E Morrison and Sylvia Fern Stewart married at a country home of Mr and Mrs Joan Stewart on a Saturday evening. Lev Butler officiated. The couple receive a noon reception at Casswell Morrison’s home with an old fashioned dinner and many relatives and friends in attendance.
In Kokomo Indiana May 15 a bitter quiet title and partition suit centers on an eighty acre tract in Honey Creek township valued at about twelve thousand dollars. Landis Hughes a boy of ten claims title by a deed from Adam Ridenour who died recently. Grant Ridenour, son of the late Adam, contests, alleging non delivery of the deed. The Hughes family insists delivery occurred and supports title. Judge Kent of Frankfort oversees the case with attorneys Bell Kirkpatrick Voorhis and Sheridan. The jury recently returned a verdict in favor of Grant Ridenour.
Isaac W. Ridenour, 36, resident of Bluffton for a short time, was found dead in bed at his home from apoplexy. Born February 13, 1876 near Russiaville Indiana, he married Ida Shelley Simons on March 30 1906. Funeral services were held at his Bluffton residence with interment at Fairview cemetery.
A hexagonal green cup said to be the Last Supper vessel at Genoa Italy held in St Lawrence Church. Its tale spans from Solomon and the Queen of Sheba to Napoleon and beyond with Genoa keeping it for centuries to preserve pilgrim visits.
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