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Newspaper
Smithville News
Location
Smithville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
2
The Smithville News reports local updates including Geo Gaither’s expected return, Edgar Butcher’s extended western trip, and a carpentry group visit. It notes subscription rates and post office details with a brief social note about visitors and a basket meeting.
Lawrence Deckard, four, fell from seats during a Sells Floto circus show and broke his arm above the wrist. Dr. Gardiner set the fracture. Lightning struck the White Hall telephone exchange last Saturday night, burning Wm Hacker's house and exposing wiring protection lapses. When properly installed, telephone exchanges protect against lightning.
Epworth League hosts an Ice Cream Social on the church lawn tomorrow night August 22 to raise money for a new coat of paint for the church building. All are invited to attend and support the worthy cause.
Vito Solomita sold his store in Tittle Italy at Oolitic quarry to Ciavardini Mario Mrs Dr Kentling Pearl and Carl Trisler. They visited Hugh Baker's family at Bloomington yesterday. Mrs L M Grimes and daughters Marian and Catherine of Des Moines Iowa are visiting Silas Grimes and family. Wm Parker and family host Elizabeth Bradstreet and her children Jesse and Daisy from Oregon Illinois and John Crisason of Beechwood Indiana. Walker Burkhart and Wm Stultz re appraise state school fund lands, listing 130 properties many mortgaged or sold repeatedly. several have little mortgage value.
The Indiana Supreme Court held in a Western Union case that a telegraph maintainer may perform reasonable trimming of trees along public highways to maintain lines. If trimming is necessary to prevent service disruption, the company is entitled to do so. without it public services would suffer.
A call to join the Epworth League in Smithville emphasizes youth involvement and mission. The writer notes eighteen members, invites all ages, and urges earnest Christian work through programs, socials, and soul winning while leaving disputes behind.
Harrodburg reports Dick Strain and wife in Georia Falls. Burk Tredway closes blacksmith shop and seeks Alabama relocation. Ed Boucher moves. hotel closed till new landlord found. Trustee pledges care for school property and road repairs. A cautionary tale warns against unsanctioned cheap cigarette smoke. Farmers face $10 fines for placing sale bills in rural mailboxes without stamps as federal arrests rise. violators warned the plea of ignorance will not help.
Time table shows north bound trains No2 No4 No6 from Seymour to Terre Haute with morning and afternoon departures and south bound trains No1 No3 No5 from Terre Haute to Seymour with 6:30 am 12:30 pm and 5:45 pm departures. Full schedules available from Bedford Indiana local agent Cary G P Ay Washington DC or the railway office.
A notice invites cancer patients seeking recovery to send inquiries to Lock Box 282 in Edinburg Indiana for assistance and information.
A group celebrated Miss Mary Taylor’s 19th birthday at her Harrodsburg area home last Monday evening. Guests included Nettie Johnston and others, with a long list of friends and local men attending the gathering.
Mrs. R. E. Roudebush has returned from a visit with friends at Heltonsville.
Pearl Shields named the new telephone girl as Alva Finley joins the regular army. Caution advised: buyers should obtain a land abstract before purchasing to avoid mistakes.
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