Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, February 2, 1872, p. 3. Snodgrass & Dodds have a number of desirable Building Lots for sale on favorable terms. Persons who expect to build would do well to call and learn locations and terms. A number of nice dwelling houses to sell and to rent. We also have a few nice farms for sale on favorable terms. We can suit you in any kind of property. Office on College Avenue and 6th street, in Hunter's Block, Bloomington, Ind. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Progress, January 31, 1872, p. 3. Notice to Non-Resident. The State of Indiana, Monroe county, in the Monroe Circuit Court, March Term, 1872. Andrew Helton et. al, vs. Jacob Boaz. Motion to set aside judgment. Now comes the Plaintiff, by John H. Louden, Attorney, and files his complaint herein, together with an affidavit that said Defendant Jacob Boaz, is not a resident of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendant, that unless he be and appear on the first day of the new Term of the Monroe Circuit Court, to be holden on the 2nd Monday of March, A. D. 1872, at the Court House in Bloomington, in said county and State, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in his absence. Witness my name and the seal of said Court, affixed at Bloomington, this 30th day of January, A. D. 1872. JOHN R. EAST, Clerk. P. C. Dunning, J. H. Loudin, Plt'ff Att'ys. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Morning World, February 11, 1900, p. 4. Miss Rose Ward has returned from Worthington where she has been making a week's visit with her cousin, Miss May Ward.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Morning World, February 11, 1900, p. 4. Charles Cates has moved his family to Greencastle. He has accepted a position as clerk in the Bellnap Hotel.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Morning World, February 11, 1900, p. 4. Miss Della Smith died yesterday at her home in Stanford. She was 20 years old.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Morning World, February 11, 1900, p. 4. Born to Hugh Hinkle and wife, University Park, a son.
"Happy Birthday to Loren," Bloomington Herald-Times, Bloomington, Indiana, January 25, 2014, p A7. NOTE: The item below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from an article that is copyright protected. Loren Page was born in Greene County, Indiana, on January 25, 1924. He graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor's and master's degree in education. In 1959, he was appointed to be the first principal of the newly built Dyer Junior High School, now Tri-North Middle School, where he served for 14 years. He has been a member of the Fairview United Methodist Church for 68 years. He has two children: David of Michigan and Patty Maclean of Bloomington.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World Star, March 7, 1930, p. 8. OBTAIN LONG TIME LEASE ON PROPERTY Plans for the erection of a modern mercantile building in the campus business section of the city were made public Thursday when Peter S. Costas, senior member of the Book Nook confectionary firm, announced that his firm had acquired a 90-year-lease on the Florence Bradfute property at the corner of Kirkwood Avenue and Indiana. The lease was for $2,500 to $3,000 a year. It is the second 90-year-lease in Bloomington's business history. Mr. Costas hinted Thursday that he and his brothers, who are members of the firm, plan to erect a building to house several mercantile businesses on the corner. Details of the project have not yet been announced. The corner property is considered one of the best business locations outside of the downtown section in the city. The Costas brothers have been tenants of Mrs. Bradfute for more than seven years and have built two shops on property leased from her.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World Star, March 7, 1930, p. 8. INFANT SON DIES The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude W. Chambers, 1009 ½ West Eleventh Street, died Tuesday. Burial will take place this morning in the Clear Creek Cemetery.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World Star, March 7, 1930, p. 8. HOLDUP FRUSTRATED BY VICTIM'S VALOR An attempted holdup was frustrated Thursday night when Robert Massengill, Ellettsville Road, knocked one of two bandits down. Massengill was driving on West Fifth Street when he was forced to stop by two men who were driving an old truck. The men drew guns and jumped on the running board of his car. Massengill struck at one of them knocking him off the car and then sped away. One of the men wore a checkered sweater and the other a dark coat. Police Thursday night were conducting a search for the two men, both of whom it is thought were identified.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World Star, March 7, 1930, p. 8. BOARD MAY SELECT SITE OF NEW CITY SCHOOL The definite site for the new city grade school building, which will be erected in the southwest part of the city soon, may be selected by the city school board at its meeting Monday, Supt. Ralph N. Tirey said Thursday. The city school board is making an attempt to secure a certain location in this district, and definite plans for the building cannot be formulated until this is done. The building will house the first six grades, he said.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World Star, March 7, 1930, p. 3. Funeral services for Miss Clara Bell Martin, who died Wednesday, will be held today. Death resulted from bronchial pneumonia. She was a member of the Lincoln Street Church of Christ.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World Star, March 7, 1930, p. 3. Funeral services for Frank K. Freeman, who died Wednesday, will be held today at 3:30 o'clock. The body will be taken to Worthington and a short service will be held in the first Methodist Episcopal Church there before burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Freeman died after lingering three days following a stroke of apoplexy.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World Star, March 7, 1930, p. 3. Funeral services for Mrs. Alta Pearl Hendrix, who died Saturday, were held Monday at the Allen Funeral Home. Burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Death was the result of a long illness caused by tuberculosis.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World Star, March 7, 1930, p. 3. Funeral services for John Siscoe, who died Friday, were held Sunday at the Mt. Ebal Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Siscoe died as a result of double pneumonia after a week's illness at the home of his son, Howard, Jordan Avenue. He was 86 years old.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World Star, March 7, 1930, p. 3. Burial of Dorothy Leona Douglas, two-week-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Douglas, who died Monday, took place at Cloverdale Tuesday.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World Star, March 7, 1930, p. 3. Funeral services for Mrs. John F. Manners, 78, who died Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Manley Daniels, here, were held Wednesday at the Salem Church in Owen County.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Star, March 7, 1930, p. 3. Mrs. Frank Bastin, Rural Route 7, was choked into unconsciousness and robbed of $5 by an unidentified man last week.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Star, March 7, 1930, p. 3. Charles Myers, local taxicab driver, was sentenced to 30 days on the state penal farm and fined $1 and costs by Judge Herbert Rundell in the circuit court Monday. Myers pleaded guilty to a charge of issuing a fraudulent check.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Star, March 7, 1930, p. 3. Bert D. Whaley, son of Mr. an Mrs. Earl Whaley of this city, is chief soloist with the University Men's Glee Club that Monday night gave a concert at DePauw University in Greencastle.