The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-10
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SEASON CAUSES
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MILTON, Ind, Aug. 1O.-Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Lantz and daughter, De-
borah, of Pendleton. spent Sunday
with l.. F. Lantz and family, Sunday
They returned home Monday.
Farmers are getting much dis
couraged over the wheat threshing
A number of them arranged to thresh
Sunday but the hard rain interfered.
Miss Anna Reers, of Richmond,
visited Mrs Christian Kerber and
family, Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Newton have
as guests this week Mrs. Newton's
mother and sister, Mrs. J. w. Peter
son, and daughter, Miss Edith New
ton, of Rossville, and in addition also
entertained on Sunday, Mesdames
Louise Davis, Mrs. Ola Meyer and son
James, of Richmond
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Weaver Of New
Castle, spent over the weekend with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs Jas Baker
Suffers Broken Arm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Lowry and Miss
Elda Lowry visited Mr.. and Mrs Ray.
mond Lowry at Cambridge City, Sun
day. Raymond, who is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Lowry, had a bad &C
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Gerry hauling up bunch of bananas
by the pulley when the block fell,
striking him on the arm above the
wrist and fracturing the bone
J. c. Speers of Columbia. is spend
ing a few days at Milton with rela-
tives. He was at Reid Memorial hos
pital, to visit his brother, John Speers
and found him getting along nicely
but still unable to be brought home.
Mrs. John Murphy Of south of town,
has as her guests, Misses Florence
Burke, Of Cincinnati. and Therese
Burke of penver, Colorado.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pierce. Miss
Florence Spahr, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Kramer, Miss Ethel Doddridge, all of
Doddridge. and Dr. Pierce of Rich
mond, left Friday to visit the Panama
Pacific exposition.
The services at Doddridge chapel,
Sunday, were attended with much in
terest The Rev Mr.. Westhafer ad-
ministered baptism for Donald Pugh
at the morning service
Boosters sale on Thursday, and the
club on Thursday night
Miss Charlotte Newman. of Cam
bridge City. was the guest of her
aunts. Miss Florence Newman and
Mrs. Elizabeth Harden. Sunday
Visit With Parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Crownover
and family, of New Madison, Ohio,
are spending a few days with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Colbert Crown
over
Mrs. Clyde Miller of east of town,
gave her husband a surprise Friday
evening, the occasion being his birth
day. Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Clinton Bertsch and Mr. and
Mrs. Perry Sarber and family. The
evening was delightfully."- spent by all
Mr.. and Mrs. OFT Broadway and
children. of Richmond, visited Mrs.
S. Templin and family, Saturday.
They were en- route to Straughn, to
visit her mother. Mrs. Julia Hayden
Miss Eleanor Newman and Mes
DANES o. Ferguson and Alice Cald-
we'll have returned from their trip to
San Francisco.
Mrs James Paxton, who is here
from Dayton, to visit her mother, Mrs.
Lydia Hess, was at East Germantown
on Sunday to visit friends.
John Ingermann is home and will
not return to the T. J. Connell camp
unless necessity demands.
Miss May Keever of Richmond, was
a recent guest of her sister, Mrs. Rost
east of town.
Mr. and Mrs Orwell Hess and Park
Hess, of Richmond, spent Sunday with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Hess.
A large crowd from the Christian
church, here, we're at Jackson's park
Sunday to attend the county meet Of
Christian churches. All report fine
day were it not for the rain which
drove them indoors at dinner.
Emerson Cause and mother, Mrs.
Joseph Cause, left Monday for Chi
cago. to visit Mrs. May Stiles Hern
and family.
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