The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-16
News From Surrounding Towns

stomach. Rev. Marlatt formerly reSid-
ed in Richmond, and was also quite
well known in this vicinity, having at
one time been a pastor in the Metho-
dist church of Milton. He was, for
several years, a district superintend-
ent in the Connersville district
The residence erected by Jesse
Hoover, in the north part, is receiving
the finishing touches. Mr.. Hoover and
his family will take possession the
first of October.
The Misses Margaret and Martha
Clinton, Of Omaha, Nebraska, and
Mrs. James Armstrong, of New Castle,
were the guests, the past week, of
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Ferguson.
A. B. Cough returned Saturday
after a few days spent in Ohio, On
business trip.
Mrs. Charles Gilmore, of Muncie,
visited her mother, Mrs. Lydia Hud-
dleston, Saturday and attended the
Huddleston reunion at Jackson park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Pierce will
leave two weeks from yesterday for
Davenport, Iowa, in which city they
will spend at least a year, their son
being in school in that city.
Miss Hazel Dennis spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Dennis, of Hagerstown.
Lawrence Harmed has returned to
Hartford City, after visit with his
uncle, Lorenzo Dale and other rela-
tives.
Rev. w. H. Hickman and A. w.
Jackman, candidates on the Prohibit
ton ticket, for Governor and Lieuten-
ant Governor addressed quite a crowd
of people Friday evening at the cor
ner of Main and Foote streets. The
people were attentive and the speech
es were we'll received. Rev. Hickman
was formerly Chancellor of De Paw
university, was president for several
years of the Chautauqua at James
town, N. Y, and also president of
Clark university, Tennessee.
Mrs. r. D. Steele and daughter, Mrs
Bertram Berger, of Kokomo, spent
Sunday with friends in Eaton, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Elliott returned
Saturday to their home in Mobile, Ala.
The letters remaining unclaimed in
Cam bridge City post office, Saturday,
September IA: Clarence Backer, N. C.
Bass and Son, Mr.. Bill Buren,, R. E.
Lacy, C. Muller, Frank McConkey, E.
J. Pope, E. M. Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jackson attend
ed the funeral of the formers niece,
Mrs. Lawrence McConaha, at Center
vile, today.
Mrs. Charles Carter, of indianapolis,
has been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Oh
lie Allison.
Glen H. Shellenbarger, the little
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Shellen-
barger, died Saturday night at the
home, northwest of this city The fun
eral was held this morning at the
Locust Grove church.
1t is estimated that at least twenty
five hundred, people attended the
opening of the Billheimer and Ogle-
shee Hardware store, Saturday after
noon and evening. The music was
good and the display of hardware,
cutlery, kitchenware, etc, was most
attractive.
The eighth annual reunion of the
Huddleston family, of which there are
number of representatives in this
city and vicinity, was held Saturday
at Glen Muller park. Seventy-five
members of this family were in at
tendance with representatives from
West Virginia, Chicago, Muncie, At
lanta, Centerville, Germantown, Cam
bridge City and Dublin. The day was
pleasant one in every respect. In
the afternoon an interesting program
was given. The following officers
The day was a pleasant one in every
respect. In the afternoon an inter-
esting program was given. The fol-
coming year: President, S. B. Hud-
dleston, Dublin; vice president, Miss
Lillian Howren, of Dublin; secretary,
Mrs. Phillip Lafever, Mt. Auburn;
treasurer, Alpheus Huddleston, Mt. Au-
burn. The reunion will be held next
year at Mt. Auburn.
The T. Y. S. entertained Friday
evening with an indoor picnic at the
home of Miss Lucille Petro, in COM
Ter. The guests were the Misses Es-
Their Coffin, Ruth Ferguson, Helen Fill
by, Susie Freeman and Messrs. John
Baily, Don Wright, Eugene Green,
Fred Wright and Harry Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kiser have a
begonia which is attracting attention.
The plant is fourteen years old, was
propagated from a slip which was Civ
en- them by Mrs. Mary Terry, of In
dianapolis. One leaf of this plant has
stem, one pard and six inches in
length, while the leaf itself is twenty
five inches in width. The plant has
had fifteen stalks of bloom this sea-
son. Henry G. Nichols, of New Pal
estine, who spends his winters in the
South. states that in all the seasons
passed there, he has never seen a
plant of this variety, so luxuriant.
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