Niagara Falls?

Democrat, June 1, 1922

Hustlers Meeting

On Thursday afternoon, May 25, the Hustlers Class of the Fairfield Sunday School met at the home of Miss Bertha Younts, about one mile west of Fairfield.

We were first favored with music on the player piano, after which we had our prayer led by Miss Helen Younts. We then had our program, which everybody greatly enjoyed.

After our program, we cut quilt blocks to make a quilt for the orphans home in Greencastle. After we had pieced a few blocks, the hostess served us with delightful refreshments of lemonade and cake.

We then were taken over Niagara in a barrel. We parted hoping to meet at the home of Misses Dorothy and Mary Personett on June 21. The guests were misses Vivian Osborn and Dorothea Younts.

-- Secretary

Note: Niagara Falls?

Two Richmond Clubs

Buy Cory Camp Site

The joint committee of the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs of Richmond one day last week closed the deal whereby they became the owner of the camp site just north of Fairfield owned by Miss Lenora Cory, Denver C. Harlan, chairman of the committee, and five other members of the club making their third visit on the day the deal was closed. 

They secure 23.27 acres, fronting on the East Fork of the Whitewater River. The place is an ideal one and will be used as a summer camp for boys. Some improvements and alterations are planned to be made at once to the bungalow on the place.

The two clubs are making extensive plans for the entertainment of the boys during the summer, and they will be well taken care of during their stay at the camp.

Note: Amen.

To be, or something else

Brookville Democrat, 1907

Fairfield thespians

The grand temperance drama, "The Turn of the Tide" will be produced by the D. of R. of Fairfield at Everton next Wednesday evening, March 27th, and at Fairfield on Saturday, March 30th.

The dramatic club of Ireland Church will present "Hazel Kirke," at Red Men's Hall, Fairfield, Saturday evening March 16th with special scenery and a strong cast.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the M.E. Church will give a Carnival of Nations in the church Saturday evening, March 23rd. Admission 10 and 15 cts.

The play "Better Than Gold" will be produced at Red Men's Hall, Fairfield, next Saturday evening, Feb. 2. See cast of characters and synopsis of play elsewhere in this paper. <------------

The Daughters of Pocahontas of Fairfield will give an oyster and ice cream social in the Red Men's Hall, Dec. 21st.

The country cousins who did not attend the Farmers' Institute at Fairfield missed a bush of fun, by not hearing the unique and laughable German recitation "Hans Sockery Setting a Hen," delivered by Mrs. E. L. Preston, who took the house by storm and elicited great applause. In a word the Farmers' Institute at Fairfield was a grand success from start to finish; gets better every year.

Commercial word

A Testimonial

Cedar Grove, Ind.

To Whom it may concern:

For years I was bothered with dandruff, the result of a diseased scalp. After trying several remedies to no avail, I began treatment with Mr. Darlie Hanna of Fairfield and can say his Dandruff Remedy gave me immediate relief after using it but two months. I find great pleasure in recommending his Dandruff Remedy, hair Vigor and Shampoo to all those afflicted with such scalp diseases.

--Unsigned

1909 -- fun-fun-fun

 

June 17, 1909 Richmond Palladium-Item

3 events – your choice:

Railroad convention in Kokomo

Sunday school convention in Lafayette

Wright Brothers parade in Dayton

Guess which one drew the biggest crowd?

Old-time smoking ads

 

Gym rats in Liberty

Liberty Herald, May 1917

Much Interest Manifested in the

Public Gymnasium for Liberty

Residents of Liberty are awakening to the needs of the proposed public gymnasium, the movement for which has been quietly agitated for some weeks past.

One thousand dollars had already been definitely subscribed toward a fund for constructing the building, and a building site has been offered. Another of our public-spirited citizens, it is said, has offered one thousand dollars toward this institution, if certain provisions be complied with.

A gymnasium would undoubtedly be a great help in improving the physical and moral tone of this community. One of the best ways of making good boys out of bad boys is by giving them something to do, and it has never been found difficult to induce boys to take an interest in gymnastic sports.

1923 

If America is to be numbered among the red-blooded nations of the earth, the prevalent physical degeneracy must be done away with. Every community has need for strong, self-reliant young men and women and physical culture will be a great help toward making them become so.

By all means, let us have this proposed gymnasium. It will only take a small number of substantial subscriptions to make it possible, and Liberty can well afford the cost. In fact it cannot afford to be without it.

Note: Turns out, the world war got in the way and, by 1923, Liberty was still haggling over a school and a gymnasium. They eventually got one built but there's no telling how many boys were lost to sloth, bad breath and deviant behavior for want of a vaulting horse.

Red Cross ads from 1918

 

Not much going on but the corn

 American, June 1870

Blooming Grove

Mr. Editor--I wish to say that in this locality there is nothing of interest transpiring, which is the cause of the silence of your correspondent.

Farmers are complaining of the dry weather, and from appearances the crops of wheat, oats and grass will be short in consequence.

Occasionally we can see a field of wheat looking fair in this and Fayette County, but a large amount of the ground sown will not yield half a crop.

Corn was put in the ground in good order, but the cool dry weather is giving the cut-worm advantages, and they are using it to the destruction of corn fields, causing some to plant their fields over, and others to re-plant largely. We have a good prospect for fruit.

Small fruits and berries abundant. 

Temperance Mass Meeting 

Remember the Temperance mass meeting near Quakertown on Saturday next. A number of distinguished orators are posted for the occasion.

T.W. Cowey, Photographer, Brookville

Will visit the people of this county during the present summer for the purpose of soliciting orders to copy old pictures.

He has improved his copying facilities, so that he cannot be beat in copying old pictures by any photographer in the state.

Hunt up your old pictures of deceased friends and have them ready when he or his assistant, F.B. Holeman, calls, or send them to his gallery. Look out for him at Cedar Grove sometime during the next week.

 

Excitement, indeed!

American, April 1858

Sweet Potato Sprouts 

The undersigned residing one mile north of Brookville on the Fairfield Turnpike is at present engaged in Sprouting Sweet Potatoes from the choicest selection of seed to be obtained in the country, and will be ready to offer them for sale by the 5th of May, when he would invited persons in want of Sprouts to give him a call, as he promised satisfaction both in price and quality.

-- William B. Larue

Mr. James Powers, of this place, has sold out his store to Alexander Adams, formerly of the firm of Dubois & Adams of Fairfield. Mr. Adams is a gentleman and a correct businessman, and we welcome him among us.

Richard Clements Jr. has sold his interest in the property known as Null's Mills, and having located his family, temporarily, in Blooming Grove, started a few days since to Kansas on a prospecting tour.

The Society of Universalists held a very interesting two days meeting at Fairfield on Saturday and Sunday last.

Wartime friction -- 1864

 Franklin Defender, April 1864 (Brookville)

(during the Civil War)

A FURTHER WRONG

It being feared by some that a further attack upon the Democrat office might be made on Monday night, as several soldiers were to be in town to start for their Regiment on Tuesday morning, the Democrats gathered up a force and watched during the night.

No disturbance was contemplated, as some of the soldiers informed up on Monday. Together with other citizens we spoke of the matter to the boys and told them that the citizens would all disapprove of any act of the kind.

In the morning, however, the boys after they had started off on the hack for Sunman, passed Mr. Robeson, who was on his way home with his gun on his shoulder, when one of them accosted him and demanded to know what he was doing with his gun. 

He informed them that he had been guarding the Democrat office. The one accosting him, probably, got out of the hack for the purpose of taking the gun away from him. There was, however, but little difficulty, one of the boys taking him by the collar, but doing little further.

The boys soon went on, and Mr. Robeson came back to town and got a warrant for the arrest of the offender. The officer and posse started in pursuit, but the soldiers had crossed the line into the State of Ripley County before being overtaken, and the officer concluded that he could not intrude on foreign soil. So the matter ended there.

The citizens all regret this occurrence and condemn the soldier for the act and would have approved of the proper punishment being inflicted had he been caught.

Mr. R. was civil and so were all who guarded the office on Monday night, as far as we know.

More traction action --1906

Rushville Republican, Feb. 26, 1906

WORKING EAST

OF CONNERSVILLE

Route of I & C Out of That City is Being Laid Out

Saturday's Connersville News says Chief Engineer J.W. Moore, resident engineer Karl Harrison and Division engineer Claude Ott have spent three days past southeast of the city.

They are taking barometrical measurements of the elevations and depressions of the ground, over which it is proposed to build the I & C line from this city (Connersville) southeast. The News has been advised of their presence at or near the villages of Fairfield, Dunlapsville and Everton and there is much pleasurable excitement in those vicinities in consequence.

While this work is thought to be preliminary to determine exactly the most direct and desirable route, it is said to be practically settled that the line will cross the east fork of the Whitewater. about a mile north of Fairfield.

From that point there is little elevation to reach the broad,  level plateau that extends throughout Franklin County and beyond.

May 18, 1906

Track is Laid on I & C to the Flatrock Bridge

Eleven miles of grade will be done June 1st -- Work on Connersville Extension.

The work of laying the track for the I & C traction line, east out of Rushville, has been finished as far as Flatrock Creek. The big steel girders on the bridge across Flatrock wee all put in place and completed this week. 

Poles for the wires have been put up and already for quite a distance out of this city and much other work in the way of getting ready for the track has been done.

A great deal of material which has been distributed along the grades is now being shaped into condition, and a large force of men is at work at various points to push the construction to completion as rapidly as possible.

It is thought by traction men that cars will be running into Connersville sure the latter part of October. At the moment there are enough ties, rails, poles and other materials at the fairgrounds for the construction of the lien between this city and Glenwood.

Note: Traction lines were being proposed and imagined for decades, but nobody ever got around to building a line to Brookville. 

  

1926 clothing ads

 

Ol' Dad -- what does he want?

Theo Dickerson, 1917 Rant

Daddy's Day?

The writer heard considerable "hot air" at our Protestant churches last Sunday which observed "Mothers' Day" with beautiful flowers, public exercises, songs and orations by male and female speakers, including the kids who declaim, which is all right and appropriate, for we should honor our dear mothers, both living and dead.

But somehow it occurred to the writer that not one word of praise or a good word was said about "Poor Old Dad," who gets up early in the morning and starts the fire in a kitchen stove, furnishes the grub at war prices that goes onto the table, keeps the flour sack filled, buys the coal and wood, settles the grocery bill and commissary accounts, pays the exorbitant prices for school books need by the "kids," not to mention shoes, clothing, and head gear needed by the family.

"Poor Old Dad"! He was not remembered with bouquets, songs or words of heartfelt praise; he gets no credit for paying the annual installments of taxes and is not even appreciated when his purse does not contain a dollar.

-- Theo L. Dickerson

Note: The first Father's Day was in 1910 in Spokane, Wash., but did not get national traction. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers, designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day, although it was widely being observed on that day anyhow -- and had been since around 1912.

Patriotism

Democrat, May 1917 (a month after U.S.  entered WWI)

Hang out flags

Every person knows that when a flag is hung out of a window, the field should be at the outer side. The same rule applies to flags suspended over sidewalks.

When a flag is hung flat against a wall, the field should be to the north if the wall stands north and south. The field should be to the east if the wall stands east and west. In other words (or you could have just said this in the first place), the field of a flat hung flag should either be north or east, no matter on which side of the street the wall stands.

These suggestions regarding hung flat flag come from the war and navy departments neither of which, however, has any written law upon the matter.

Amplifying these suggestions, it would seem that when a fag is suspended across a street, the field should be either to the north or to the east, according to the direction of the street.

Flag Raising

The Library Board has erected a flagstaff in front of the library building and a flag raising will take place there Friday afternoon, May 18, at 4 o'clock. There will be patriotic speaking and music. All citizens are invited to participate in thee exercises.

Patriotic Dance

Give in Bunz's Hall, June 12. Several patriotic specialties. Music by the Colored Dixie Orchestra. Don't miss this feature dance. Ladies free. Gents 50 cents.

The Army Y.M.C.A.

$3,000,000 is to be raised for the purpose of establishing the Y.M.C.A. in all Army camps and to carry on the work during the war. This amount has been apportioned to different states to raise; Indiana is to raise $150,000 and has been apportioned this amount to the different counties.  The amount apportioned to Franklin County is $500. Let us raise this at once. 

Those who have not been solicited by the committee are urged to go to either of the banks in Brookville and make their subscription.

The call is very urgent, and you would contribute to no more worthy cause.

1908 was a very good year

 Democrat, April 1908

Springfield -- A team of horses hitched to a loaded wagon belonging to Pete Wilhelm, who lives on John Frye's place, south of here, ran off one day last week. Mr. Wilhelm was thrown out near the Center school house and when picked up and taken home was thought to be seriously hurt, but on examination by Dr. Seal proved that only a few cuts and scratches resulted.

Fairfield -- The Bazaar at Bentley last Saturday evening was well attended. Amount of money in socks, $17.42, in booth, $17.40, tables and stands, $25.60. Net proceeds were $46.83.

Salt Creek Township -- A stray hog has been at my place since April 7. Owner can have same by calling and settling charges. John W. Stirn.

Brookville -- The Brookville Centennial and Homecoming Week will be held from Monday, Aug. 31 to Saturday, Sept. 5, 1908.

D of P Notice -- Great Pocahontas, Mrs. Lida Roser of Richmond will visit Owosso Council at Whitcomb Thursday evening, May 6. All members of this degree are cordially invited to attend. (Degree of Pocahontas)

India Elwell, K. of R. 

Bath -- Rev. C.M. Croft preached an exceedingly good sermon on "Our Heavenly Home" Sunday evening. Those who could have come and did not, missed what might have been profitable unto them.

Franklin County -- The people of Franklin County will have an opportunity on Wednesday and Thursday, May 6-7, of visiting Ringling Brothers' World's Greatest Shows, the point of exhibition being at Cincinnati. 

This season marks the 25th anniversary of this great circus and the Ringling Brothers are celebrating the year by presenting the greatest European program ever offered, a parade that surpasses all those of the past. (There was more here but, superlatives overload....)

News you wouldn't see anywhere else

 Connersville Examiner

Fairfield, 1887

The drouth, previous to the 4th, was seriously felt by the farming community.

The general health in and about our village was never better.

Val. Campbell and Perry McWhorter have a new Advance thresher.

Allison Loper and John Snyder have been quite busy doing repair work on their shops.

The irrepressible James R.  Johnston is making a success as a Granger,. He has the finest potatoes in the market.

The latter end of a man who has been visible from a certain window in town quite often of late. Why not invite all of him?

The Children's Home, under the management of the Misses Hanna, has proven a grand success. The little folks are taught morals and manners, and a good foundation is laid to make useful men and women of these homeless waifs.

The Herald's puppy reporter from Jersey neighborhood, Black Jack, Jr., generally has some dirty little fling about politics or polecats to say about Fairfield. His last is about the "bloody shirt." Examine your own linen, young man, before it goes into the wash.

Grapes, blackberries, and babies are the only prospective crops this year at Fairfield.

Bentley, 1885

Clem Grist's babe has been very sick with summer complaint but is now considered out of danger under the skillful treatment of Dr. J. L. Hendricks of Fairfield.

Connersville, 1885

Hon. C.R. Cory of Fairfield was up last Wednesday mingling with his old friends, and honored our sanctum with a pleasant visit. He is well pleased with the political outlook ad thinks that in due course of time "the rascals" will all be made to walk the plank.

Liberty, 1885

A children's cake and ice cream party at the residence of Frank Crist at Liberty was broken up by a crowd of white and colored hoodlums, who threw rotten eggs and Limburger cheese into the midst of the party, ruining dresses besides injuring the children. Several arrests have been made.

Moo juice

Marion News-Tribune, 1910

Machine Not Complete Success

A successful milking machine, satisfactory in all points, should mean much to the dairy industry. At present the small quantity and poor quality of farm labor available in many sections make dairying there impracticable on a large scale, for with uncertain help, the farmer can keep only so many cows as he can handle alone when need arises. 

If a machine be perfected that will take the place of any considerable part of the necessary hand labor in caring for dairy stables, it will mark a long step in advance for dairying. The production of milk on many farms could then be raised from an incident to a business, and it is only as a business, carefully studied and properly managed, that dairying can be an economic success.

Machines are on the market that are at least mechanically successful -- that is, they do milk cows, but before the can be recommended without many qualifications, much more than this must be known.

The work must not only be done but to be considered successful, it must be done as well or better than it can be done by hand or more cheaply without decrease in quantity or lowering the quality of the milk and without immediate or remote ill effect upon the animals. 

The advent of these machines has placed on dairy investigators the duty of determining their good and bad points.

Indianapolis Star, 1910

Grind Your Grain

By  all means, grind grain for the dairy cow. She s a high-grade machine, and grain can be ground by gasoline engine or horsepower much cheaper than she can grind it for herself. She needs all her energy to produce the maximum of milk flow.

It is true for any animal at hard work that the grain should be fed in the most easily assimilated form, whether that animal be a dairy cow giving a large flow of milk or a horse at hard work.

Actual experiments indicated that grinding the grain results in an actual increase in the milk flow of something like 10 percent. It is a safe rule which Prof. Henry makes for dairy cows that wheat, rye, barley, kaffir corn and milo should always be ground, and that corn and oats should generally be ground. 

Democrat 4-27-1911

Dairies Graded Bad

Dairy conditions throughout the state have shown no improvement, according to the current report of the food and drug department of the State Board of Health. For March, the department reported inspections of 14 dairies, all of which were graded bad.

The department made a total of 1,075 inspections during the month and aside from the dairies, one establishment was graded bad. This was a restaurant. The entire list of hotels and restaurants show a high percentage of low grading, although considerable improvement was noted.

H.H. Barnard, state Food and Drug commissioner, will instruct the field men to give special attention to the dairies next month, under the amended Food and Drug Act, which gives the department added powers. The dairy situation is the most serious now confronting the department, says the Indianapolis News.

Olive Beldon Lewis

 Ad is from the Liberty Herald, 1920.

This woman was a significant voice for political, social and human rights. She was 84 when she died in 1973. Born in Plymouth, Indiana, studied at Indiana University. I can't speak for the Okeana brass band.

Not exceedingly hyperbolic, but close

 Democrat 4-27-1911

MOTHER'S DAY

The second Sunday of May has been set aside for the international observance of Mother's Day. The schools are requested to observe the Day on the Friday preceding this date. The purpose of this Day is to honor and uplift motherhood. The badge is a white carnation, "mother's" own favorite flower, or the national colors.

Every tender sentiment that leads to noble action should be nurtured carefully in a nation accused of commercialism. Each boy and girl should be admonished to make this Day so full of love and joy for mother, that she can never forget it, and to make it so overflowing with unselfish deeds and practical helpfulness, that other mothers, bereft, ill or unfortunate, may have a share of the abundant joy. 

Instill in the minds of the boys and girls of the land that on this Day, at least, motherhood sits enthroned, and the wise and the brave and the good of all lands bow before her throne to do her reverence and to acknowledge their obligations.

On no day should the Nation's flag float out more triumphantly than on Mother's Day when Mother comes into her own.

Let teachers strive faithfully to direct the beautiful sentiment and ideals of the Day into wholesome and practical channels. 

Lead boys and girls to realize that 'mother's' honor and happiness will be in proportion to their own worth and achievements beginning with the record for the day and ending in chivalrous respect and gentle consideration for all womankind. Extend the ideals of Mother's Day to include all the ideals of the world.

Charles A. Greathouse, Supt.

Department of Public Instruction

April 18th, 1911

Spel this

Connersville News-Examiner, March, 1922

Man and Woman Tie for First

Honors at Everton Spelling Bee

After more than an hour of exciting spelling the match at Everton Friday night ended with Jackson and Jennings townships tied for first honors.

Quincy Elliott of the Mt. Zion neighborhood, and Mrs. Edgar Scholl of Jennings township, spelled for some time after all other contestants had been eliminated, and finally decided to divide the honors of the occasion. 

Mrs. Scholl was the winner of the recent contest in Nulltown. Mr. Elliott is one of the old-time spellers of McGuffey fame.

Theodore Moore of Blooming Grove, the oldest speller participating in the contest, made an excellent showing until his turn came to spell "liquor," when he failed ignominiously. Fred Lake and Will Moore, captains of the opposing sides, plunged to defeat when the "pronouncer" sprung "aeroplane" on them at an unguarded moment. "Cantaloupe" and "roguish" proved to be insurmountable difficulties for many of the contestants.

Mrs. Alice Cummins, second prize winner at Nulltown, made a fairly good race Friday but was unable to equal her previous record. Mrs. Ben Davis, Mrs. Joseph Moore, Mrs. Vernon Retherford, Miss Katherine Rowe, Mrs. Emmett Oldham and several others stayed in the contest for quite a while. In addition to contestants from Connersville, Jennings and Columbia townships, Franklin County was well represented. More than 200 persons were in attendance.

Many of the Nulltown spellers were unable to attend the match and the Everton folks have arranged to hold another one next Thursday, April 6. The spellers of the county have also been challenged to spell at Bunker Hill school house. It is probable that a final contest will be staged in Connersville soon so that all parts of the county may profit by the central location.

Harry Davis, Principal of the Everton high school, presided at the match. Charles Masters was the official pronouncer.

It is understood that Alquina is planning for a bee soon and that the Jennings Township spellers are holding special training sessions several nights each week.

Wild and Wacky Woman

Liberty Express, July 1920

Miss Viola Bitters, Court

Clerk, Enjoys Air Voyage

"I wasn't the least bit afraid," said Miss Viola Bitters, Circuit Court reporter, upon her return to Liberty Wednesday from Vincennes, where on last Sunday afternoon, she sailed into the clouds in an aeroplane.

Miss Bitters attended the state convention of the American Legion with Judge Raymond S. Springer, the first State Commander of the war veterans' organization.

Miss Bitters was in the air for fifteen minutes, and soared to an altitude of 2,500 feet. It was her first experience in an aeroplane, but she was eager to make the voyage in Cleveland. Looking down, she said, the houses of Vincennes looked like mere toy houses. The 'plane rode very smoothly and easily except once in a while when it would hit a small air pocket, when Miss Bitters had an indescribable creeping sensation. 

It was impossible to tell without looking downward just when the machine left the ground, and when the machine began to descend after the flight was over, that too was known only by observing that the Earth appeared to be drawing closer. There was no feeling of going downward.

Miss Bitters was the only passenger in the machine at the time, the only other occupant being the pilot. Judge Springer had intended making a voyage also, but another woman so desired to go up that the judge chivalrously gave his ticket to her.

She took the ride in another aeroplane at the same time that Miss Bitters went up.

Oil, twine and bees

Brookville Democrat, May 1920

Oil Boom Hits St. Charles

Down around the village of St. Charles, southwest of Oxford, there is a lot of excitement these days. Someone has conceived the idea that there is oil on the land, and he's going to find out whether his hunch is right.

Within the last week, leases have been secured on about 1,500 acres of land in the neighborhood of St. Charles, and the parties at the bottom of this scheme say if they can secure leases on 3,000 acres, they will drill four wells within a year.

Several Oxford people who own land in this section have been approached and it is understood that at least one man has leased his land. -- Liberty Herald (NOTE: South of Reilly.)

Fairfield Farmers Meeting

The meeting of the Fairfield Township Farmers' Association, which was to have been held April 27, was postponed on account of high water, and will be held on Tuesday evening, May 22, at the Red Men's Hall at Fairfield.

The cooperative buying of twine and the county wool pool will be considered. Mr. Beal, our wide-awake County Agent, will be with us with an ample supply of interesting facts which should be carried home to every farm in the township. -- Grover Anthony, Secretary

Lost

K.K.K. pin. Small gold skull above crossed keys. Finder please leave at this office. --19t1

An Unusual Occurrence

J.T. Buckley of Fairfield became the owner and possessor of a fine swarm of bees last Wednesday in a very unusual manner.

Last summer a fine swarm settled on a fence post near his home, and he placed them in a hive of the old type. They were a strong colony and bid fair to go through the winter, but with the return of spring no life was manifest. It was a dead colony.

On Wednesday, a fine swarm settled on a maple tree in L.B. Doyle's lawn and remained there several hours. Basil Naylor was going to devote the noon hour in taking care of them, when at 11:30 they took their departure and made a bee-line for Mr. Buckley's residence, and of their own "free will and accord" took possession of the aforementioned hive.

Silver screen snapshots

 Selected movie ads from around 1921

Got any snacks?

  

Brookville Democrat October 16, 1947

Lost Aviatrix Descends Near Blooming Grove

Makes 3-Point Landing in Clover Field on Sunday

At 2 p.m. last Sunday, October 12, everything was quiet and peaceful in Blooming Grove as it usually is on a bright Sunday afternoon when out of the blue came the buzz of an airplane.

The sound of an airplane over this little community is quite commonplace these days but still is enough of a novelty to cause those persons who hear same to glance skyward.

Those who heard the sound gradually descending for a landing. When the aviator leveled off the plane make a perfect three-point landing and brought the plane to a stop in a bumpy clover field on the Charles Whiteman farm, just 300 feet from the house occupied by the William Sterwerf family, it was naturally supposed some experienced aviator had found it necessary to make an emergency landing.

Imagine the surprise of the few spectators when Mrs. Gretchen Ward of Indianapolis climbed out of the plane and explained she was on her first cross country solo flight when she lost her bearings and decided to land and find out just where she was.

She had flown from Indianapolis to Richmond and had intended to return to Indianapolis by way of Muncie but evidently became confused in directions for she never located the latter city.

A long distance call to Sky Harbor Air Base at Indianapolis brought the aviatrix' husband and an instructor to her rescue.

 

Flowers, corn and pigs

Brookville Democrat May 14-28, 1925

Flowers Donated by Bath State Bank

Mother's Day was observed in the Bath M.E. Church Sunday evening. The S.S. Class "Volunteer," taught by Mrs. Harry Miller promoted the program, which consisted of music, devotions, recitations, pageants and presentation of flowers to mothers present.

Flowers were presented to the class by the Bath State Bank. The class gave a rising vote of thanks to the donors.

Those present certainly enjoyed the flowers as they made a mass bouquet throughout the exercises.

Mothers present numbered more than 60.

It was regretted very much tat a few mothers did not receive a rose or carnation.  However, it was no fault of the donors as no more flowers were available.

Stray Hog

At my place since May 6. Owner can have same by paying for this ad and feed. -- John Reuter, R.R. 7, Brookville

Corn Testing Work Shows  Increase Over Last year

The corn testing work has been completed with a total of 24,873 ears tested. This shows an increase of 2,976 ears over last year. Of the 24,873 ears tested, 5,570 ears or 22.4 percent were discarded as unfit for seed. This shows an increase of 6 percent over last year's testing.

A complete analysis of this year's work shows 77.6 percent good seed; 8.95 percent dead or partly dead; 11.48 percent weak and 1.95 percent showing disease.

Frost and Freeze Greatly Damage Crops

The heavy frost and freeze Sunday night, the mercury making 32 degrees, did an immense amount of damage to gardens, fruit and the early planted corn.

G.L. Christie, director of the Purdue university Agricultural Experiment Station, estimates the loss to Indiana farmers at $10,000.

Pig Feeding Contest Enlistments End Saturday

The regular monthly business meeting of the Kiwanis Club was held at the Valley House on Wednesday, and the pig feeding contest was the first item of business.

The members voted to either sponsor the boy or girl they had selected and interviewed or place their names in a box to be drawn out and assigned to different club members. There has already been 20 boys enlisted in the contest; the time limit was extended until Saturday, May 30 with the hope of enlisting 250 or 300 contestants by that time.

All boys and girls in this county should be interested in this contest and all that have not sent their name in to enter should o so at once. 

 

1911

Brookville Democrat, May 25, 1911

New Cemetery at Fairfield

Certificate of incorporation has been granted making the old Sims Cemetery north of Fairfield an incorporation under the name of "Sims Cemetery Association." 

The newly elected directors have purchased one acre additional and have had same platted in regular cemetery form and are now ready to execute deeds for burial lots. The management henceforth will be under the supervision of directors and sexton, and all parties desiring to use the old cemetery must first consult the aforesaid officials.

It is the purpose to repair and beautify the grounds as soon as possible. The association is in position to receive donations and bequests which will be used to further the interests of this City of the Dead.

Plat of same with sections and burial lots duly numbered can be seen at the residence of O.H. Logan, Fairfield.

JT Buckley

Elisha E. Myer

O.H. Logan ... Directors

The Gasoline Law

The following is the law relating to gasoline cans being painted red, passed by the legislature last winter:

"Be it enacted by the General Assembly that it shall be unlawful for any person, firm  or corporation to keep for sale or for use or to sell any gasoline, benzine or naphtha in any barrel, cask, package or can unless the same is painted red, or to keep for sale or use or to sell any kerosene in any barrel, cask or package or can if same is painted red.

Provided however, that in case of gasoline, benzine or naphtha being sold in bottles for cleaning and similar purpose it shall be deemed sufficient if the contents are so designated by a red label completely attached or posted thereon, bearing the word gasoline, benzine or naphtha. 

All barrels, casks etc. containing gasoline shall have plainly printed thereon in black letters not less than one inch in height the word gasoline.

For violation of this law, there is a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $50 or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 99 days or both.

Fire Signals

For the benefit of the new men employed, the paper mill at noon tomorrow will give the complete list of fire signals, so when you hear the whistle, bear this in mind and do not ask "Where is the fire"?

LeGrand swindler?

Richmond Palladium, March 16, 1855

Exhibition of Paintings and Concert

Mr. LeGrand Cushman deigns giving an exhibition of the paintings gotten up by Mr. G.W. Beard during the past winter, and also a concert of vocal music at the Starr Hall on Saturday evening, for the benefit of Mr. Beard. We are informed that two of Mr. Beard's children, the little girl 4 years old and a son of 6 years of age will also sing several pieces. The musical abilities of the children is said to be rare indeed and to have been seldom equaled. 

We have never heard Mr. Cushman, but in a late number of the Kentuckian, we find the following notice of him.

"Of Mr. Cushman, we need only say that as a vocalist, he is probably without a superior and no one can fail to be pleased who may go to hear him. Some of his songs are inimitably fine and his imitations most exquisite."

Excellent instrumental music will also add to the interest of the occasion. We hope our citizens will patronize with a liberal hand this concert, which has been gotten up expressly for one of our own citizens, and who as an artist is worthy of and entitled to the patronage of our citizens. 

March 30, 1855

Cushman's Soiree

We attended the concert given at Starr Hall on Saturday evening, March 17th and we can heartily join in the opinion of many of our citizens in saying that it was the STAR CONCEERT that was ever given in Richmond --  Mr. Cushman as a vocalist is most excellent, and his patriotic song of The Red, White and Blue was beautiful and it's always sure to arouse the patriotic feelings of an American audience.

We understand that it is Mr. Cushman's intention to visit the different towns adjoining us, and we would call attention of the press and also to the citizens, by saying that he is a gentleman who is truly worthy of their patronage. His songs and recitations have good morals attached of them, and are really worth witnessing. 

Indiana American, May 4, 1855

A Somewhat Musical Entertainment

Mr. Editor -- On hearing that the people of your town were to be entertained by a distinguished musician on a certain evening a few weeks since, and being a lover of music, I determined to attend.

At the entrance of the Hall we found a Mr. Somebody; yes we supposed him to be a man from the fact that between the golden hair of the head and the face, there were two apertures that had a slight appearance of human eyes, and a little below the nose right amidst the thick wool, you might (by watching closely) observe the opening to the teeth.

But as music was the object of our pursuit, we hastened in, having an eye to a seat where we might hear to the best advantage. Soon the curtains were drawn aside and there appeared before us a personage with a modest young mustache about eight inches long, saying that he was just from the Northern part of the State, and had resumed giving somewhat musical entertainments. When he had concluded, we were satisfied indeed that it was only somewhat of a musical entertainment. 

He (Mr. Cushman) has a very good voice and is a good passable singer, but we are sorry that he does not apply it to a better purpose. We would not complain of his singing but, Oh! what selections. We wonder that a man has the courage to come to an intelligent and Christian community as you have in Brookville and gull the people with such songs as "Uncle Ned", "Dandy Jim", "Susanna Don't You Cry", "The Nice Young Man", and the "Medley Song" which is composed of all the low trash that has been sung by every wag that has strolled the streets and echoed by every coach-driver throughout the county and also to attempt to exhibit it with paintings (which were said to be a failure.)

We are ready to say of him, as did the Irishman of the animal that turned to battle the locomotive, "I admire yer courage, but darn yer judgment."

However he gave us a pretty good imitation of the drunkard, but we hope that after the 12th of next June, we shall have no occasion for such exhibitions.

Although the audience was very small, they announced a performance for the next evening and I learned that a very few came, and immediately retired, so the curtains were taken down without any performance.

May 18, 1855

Stop the thief

We owe an apology to our readers for not sooner apprising them that one grand humbug calling himself LeGrand Cushman has been imposing upon credulous people as a singer. We did not hear him, but those who did were so badly bored that the second night was a failure entirely.

We owe it also to the printers in Indiana to say that this same Cushman got work done at this office to the amount of $13 and vamoosed without paying for it. This is not the first time he has done such a trick, and the craft owe it to themselves to pass him round. It is due also to say to landlords, that they may be watchful or he will leave without paying his bills. 

At Connersville last week, he had to be taken with a capias to make him pay his tavern bill. For the sake of all parties, puff him in advance.

Richmond Palladium, May 24, 1855

Bro. Goodwin -- Mr. Cushman -- We notice in the Brookville American a severe attack upon Mr. Cushman. The substance of the article has been published in other papers. We believe great injustice has been done Mr. Cushman by this publication. He authorizes us, through a friend, to say that the charges are false from the beginning to the end. From a brief acquaintance with Mr. Cushman, we believe him to be an honest man and that Bro. Goodwin has unthoughtfully or in a hot zeal to reform the world, slandered a very respectable gentleman.

Richmond Palladium, May 24, 1855

Beard's Concert -- Mr. G.W. Beard gave a concert at the Starr Hall on Saturday evening last. It was attended by a large and well pleased audience. 

Mr. Cushman, a professional vocalist of superior qualifications, gave the principal part of the performances, but the lady of Mr.  Beard and her sister assisted by singing several very beautiful pieces. It was their first appearance before an audience, and an audience of their neighbors and friends, and those alone who have tried to face such a crowd can alone appreciate the embarrassment that attend everyone who makes the effort. 

Their first effort was altogether creditable and we doubt not, increased confidence will enable them to do much better. The children sang quite well, exhibiting the care and cultivation they had received from their mother.

Aug 10, 1855

LeGrand B. Cushman

We see from our exchanges that this man is again out, giving concerts, etc. The press will confer a favor on those whom he might otherwise victimize by informing them that if he is not met in the habit of leaving without paying his printer's bills, he did so at least here. 

He yet owes us for job work done, early last spring, notwithstanding the Richmond Palladium undertook to bolster him up, after our first expose of him. When he pays what he owes us, our opinion of his honesty may be changed. We shall not soon forget him, as we have his note for $13.