Smithville News, Volume 2, Number 5, Smithville, Monroe County, 1 October 1909 — Page 2

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LOCAL NEWS

The infant daughter of Jonah Craft on is ill.

Walker Burkhart and sons, Noble and Alger, are getting ready to start to Montana on a prospect-

ing tour.

To Open New Quarry

The Adams Bros, will commence work Monday to open a new quarry west of the switch where the two-

State of Indiana, Monroe County, ss: n the Monroe Circuit Court o r Monroe County, in the State of Indiana. No 7919, October term 1909. PORTER BROWNING vs RHODA BROWNING Be it known, That on the 15th day of September 1909, the above named plaintiff, by his attorneys, filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, in the State of Indiana, a complaint against the above named defendant; and on the T5th day of September, 1909, the said plaintiff filed in the Clerk’s Office the affidav t of a competent person, showing that said defendant, Rhoda Browning, is not resident of the State of Indiana, and said plaintiff having by endorsement on said complaint required the defendant to appear in said Court and answer rr demur thereto, on the 8th day of November, 1909. Now Therefore, by order of said Court, said defendant last above named is hereby notified of the filing and pendency of said complaint against her, and that unless she appear and answer or demur thereto, at the calling of said cause on the 8th day of November 1909, the same being the 25th judicial day of a term of said Court, to be begun and held at the Court House in the City of Bloomington, on the 2nd Monday in October, 1909, said complaint, and the matters and things therein contained and alleged, will be heard and determin-

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story house is now standing

Pawpaw and persimmon hunting is tl*£ order of the day.

Mrs. Doc Parnell and daughter Mary are on the sick list.

Mrs Wm Taylor and daughter Mary are slowly recovering from injuries received in the accident sometime ago.

ed in her absent e. J. H. Campbell, ClerV

FOR l^SNT —The business room in the Stone Building. Call at this office. \

Keil & Dixon shipped three cars of mules and two cars of cattle from this piece last week.

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.

UNDERTAKER Best Equipment and Best Service. S. L. HARREL). Licensed Lmbalmer and Funeral Director North Side Square, BLOOMINGTON, IND. phone 582. Residence 775

Mrs.Ida Kaiser and sister, Mrs. Mayme Roate, of Illinois, are the guests of Mrs. Bank Adams to-day.

Young has a position as night clerk at the Monon yards.

J. G. Fogle and Marshall Cham-

bers, who went west several weeks ago, are on their way home again and will likely arrive to-morrow or Sunday. Mr. Fogle will remain at vSmithville during the winter, anyway.

Bessie T ngrara and Helen Dixon, who are attending high school at Bloomington, spent Saturday and Sunday with home folks.

Austin Ketcham and Wm. Parne1l spent Sunday at Mooresville.

Miss Leafy Deckark our primary teacher, will spend the winter with her uncle Wm Deckard, east of town.

The recent tremblimg of the earth is said to be due to President Taft blowing his nose, while in the bowels of on Anaconda copper mine.

Mr. Campbell of the H. T. Kitson music store, was a business caller Wednesday.

Carl Hodges of Bedford, called on Miss Daisy Dixon Sunday.

Hattie Mr.yo has returned to her

—Lots No. i and 2 in Smithville For Sale. $1.00 down and $1.00 per week. Also 60x80 ft. north of Carter’s barn for sale. $1.00 down and $1 00 per week. Call at News office.

A photograph gallery is headed this way from Oolitic.

home in Oolitic, after a weeks visit Mary Taylor.

It is stated upon pretty good authority that a man in Wilkes county owns a milch cow which gives pure corn whiskey from one of her left hind teats. Parties who have tasted this remarkable fluid pronounce it genuine. Jifsthowthe prohibitionists will proceed with this case is not known. We’d like to hear from some-of our readers as to a proper disposition of the beast.

Mrs C ora Hon of Indianapolis is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Newt Me Fadden.

Up at Bloomington, babies are so scarce and hard to get, that the Wonderland theater is offering to give away a real live baby to-mor-row night as a prize, to the one holding the lucky number, and a great rush is being made for tickets. Down'here in SmithVille, the baby question is just the other way, “most everybody” has two or three.

Miss Ruth Hazel is visiting friends at Bicknell.

LOW ONE WAY COLONISTS RATES. TO

Irvin Graves and wife of Oolitic spent Sunday with friends here.

CALIFORNIA, OREGON, and WASHINGTON, ARIZONA, IDAHO, MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, WYOMING, MEXICO: ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN and and a few points in TEXAS. For Tickets on Sale September 15 to October 15, 1909 by the

Golda and Bessie Johnston are attending high school at Bloomington. I Miss Nellie Helfrich entertained Mr. Cecil Bartlett, Sunday evening.

Verily we are a funny people. We want a man to be straight in

Columbus Koontz has moved from Stinesville to the house vacated by Henry Cornwell.

our public offices, and kick him ii

he isn’t,, then kick him if he is too straight. That is the expert-

Thsee pretty young girls from Sanders \ went down to Bedford the just for a little outing, and see a town just a little larger than Smithville, and for some reason attracted the attention of the police who thought they had better ‘ ‘hike’ ’ back tc Sanders again, where there are no naughty boys ready to mislead young girls.

John Trisler of Smithville called on Harrodsburg friends Sunday evening.

ence of county treasurer Regester, everybody says he is a ‘ ‘clean ’ ’ man but the majority of the people in the city convention thought he was too straight to be mayor of Bloomington. So a man must not

SOUTHERN RAILWAY Inqure of any Southern Railway agent or write me for complete information. J. C. Bkam Jr., A. G. P. A. St. Louis, Mo.

Since the death of Geo. Davenport, anew justice of the peace will have to be selected. The selection will likely be made by the trustee.

be too “straight” or too “crooked” if he suits the people.

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