Indiana to lead with complete rural free delivery
Indiana will become the first state to achieve complete rural free delivery within two years as rural routes expand and roads are upgraded under a new law. The program will receive a larger share of a $12 million congressional appropriation, with experiments in rural telephone delivery and interurban mail contracts planned to modernize service.
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Indiana
A. W. Machen
Tnndiana
Congress
Central Indiana Railway to operate as separate line
Joseph Robinson, president of the Central Indiana Railway Company, arrives at the general offices and plans to centralize operations in this city. The line, jointly owned by the Big Four and Pennsylvania, will be operated separately with the wallasting completed by midsummer and first class passenger service to be established. W S Moore named superintendent.
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Anderson
Joseph Robinson
Central Indiana Railway Company
Chicago & Southeastern
Indiana Midland
Big Four
Pennsylvania
Central Indiana
W.S. Moore
Smallpox rumors alarm Advance residents
A false report claims two smallpox cases in Advance, but officials say no cases are closer than four miles and a quarantine is in place. Updates note patient Bana Davis and John Bowman with a Ross address as affected, while Wm Whiteman's condition improves. The piece also mentions social events, shop improvements, terrors of snakes, and a store building purchase by Noman McClaine with plans to separate use for Mrs McClaine's millinery and a residence.
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Bana Davis
John Bowman
Ross
Whiteman
Wm. Wall
Lora McClaine
Martha Miller
Indian Territory
Wm. Whiteman
Chas. Miller
Noman McClaine
Consolidation Plans for Jackson Township Schools
Trustees led by John M. Sandy seek to combine school districts 2 3 4 12 and 13 into a single graded school on three acres near Old Union church across from Frank Kernodle's shop. The new modern building would serve 117 pupils, replacing two teachers with three staff, and a meeting is set for March 2 at Kernodle's shop to discuss the move.
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John M. Sandy
Jackson Township
Frank Kernodle
Old Union Church
Sandy
Oak Easel Exhibit by Strauss Bros at Sterling Store
Chicago based Strauss Bros. sends a large Oak Easel containing 000 samples for men's fine tailoring to Sterling Clothing Store where the display is now open for customers.
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Strauss Bros
Chicago
Sterling Clothing
Horses Shipped From Lebanon. Funeral Car Return
Caldwell and Miller shipped horses from Lebanon on Monday morning. R. D. Thomas and Walter Hunt traveled to Danville Sunday afternoon and returned Monday with Mr. Thomas’s funeral car. Eighth year pupils are thanked for their exam review efforts by J. E. Roark.
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Caldwell & Miller
Lebanon
R. D. Thomas
Walter Hunt
Danville
Mr. Thomas
J. E. Roark
The New Central Indiana Depot Ode
A poem laments Lebanon’s Midland depot in decay and dirt. The speaker cheers a new Central Indiana depot to bring brighter days and pride back to the city. The verse ends with a pledge of welcome and gratitude, then a Sunday school note on attendance and offerings.
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Central Indiana
Lesaxon
Why Do You Laugh At The Drunken Man
Reader laments laughter at a drunken man in the street and urges sympathy for those at home who suffer. It condemns ridicule of misfortune and calls for reflection on the agony of families awaiting a ruined loved one.
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Word
Rook
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W. H. Hostetter S. 1
Gillam
South Side Square
B.C. Hodges Harness Shop
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Advance
Ind
Warty Kessier
Tamestom
L.&. Wall
Abstract Office
W. C. Darnell
H. P. New
Castle Wall
Wien
Boone Co
Geo
Spain Jeweler & Optician
Central
Mid-land
Midland Road
Man In the Moon
Shiloh
R. D. Tromas
Wall’s Furniture Store
Lwa
Cae
Kindianege
Stevenson
W.s.&l.m.lasley Graduate Opticians
Saint Louis
Oklahoma
Frisco System
St. Lewis
Hunt’s Livery Barn
Sallie Beaver
Geo. Joseph’s
North Main St
Red Cross
Noblesville
Deering
Ailes & Caldwell
Ansy
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