Covington Bank Remodel Planned Honors Late Sampson Reed
Dan C Reed and Herman W Briggs of this city with Worth Reed plan remodeling Citizens Bank at the county seat to honor Sampson Reed who built the bank into a prominent local institution. The interior and exterior will be updated to rival any county bank and reflect their goal of top quality.
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Dan C. Reed
Herman W. Briggs
Worth Reed
Covington
Citizens Bank
Sampson Reed
Dan
Herman
Commissioners Advertise Bids for Grade and Bridge Repairs
Warren county commissioners issue bids for Perrysville grade Covington bridge and pier repairs block floors on several small bridges and new concrete bridges. Contracts set for June and July terms plans to be finalized after a conference with county officials. Also: sale ad for shafting pulleys and cone pulleys at Ledger Press office by Ross Bros.
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Perrysville
Covington
Shawnee
Riverside
Warren County
Ledger Press
Ross Bros
Extraordinary Lightning Escape in Willung Timber
A Melbourne Age report describes a remarkable incident as a young rider in Willung during a storm escaped death when lightning split a tree in halves blocking the path. His horse panicked and plunged through the split trunk, the two halves snapping shut like a trap and severing part of the horse's tail, leaving it visible. The rider endured only a severe shaking and survived the ordeal.
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Melbourne Age
Willung
Wabash Plans First Excursion of the Season
The Wabash railway opens its excursion season next Sunday with a special Lafayette to Danville train carrying a Lafayette Lutheran delegation for Danville church anniversary events. A band concert at the National Soldier's Home is listed as an afternoon attraction. Return departs Danville at 9:30 p.m. with a $1 round trip fare between Lafayette and Williamsport. Mrs. Minerva Dunklebarger returns from Boswell after her aunt Mrs. Robert Kelley’s death.
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The
Wabash Railway
Lafayette
Ind
Danville
Ill
National Soldier’s Home
Attica
Williamsport
Minerva Dunklebarger
Boswell
Robert Kelley
Modern Indiana as Seen by an Ancient Dame
Elisabeth D. Case reflects on Indiana’s pride through a Hoosier dialect tale. She recounts a Mon day club guest night lecture praising Indiana’s geography, resources, and educational progress from coal and caves to New Harmony’s scientific legacy and modern schools.
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Indiana
Elisabeth D. Case
Monday Club
Es’m ‘Ll
Kentucky
Times
Literary
Mary
Ohio
Wabash
Mississinewa
Tropics
Clifty Falls
Hanging Rock Falls
Madison
Derbyshire Falls
Brookville
Rattlesnake Falls
Carroll County
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Frank McDermond
Baby
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Mindiana
Poultry Department
Indianapolla Star
A. E. Yount
Haller
Missouri
D. Mahoney
5Th Street
Covington Bank
Regal
Buick
Hupp
Veedersburg
Switzerland
Scotland
French Lick
Harrimans
Havn
Porter
Mammoth
Ohio River
Old Country
Vevay
Hanover College
Dubois County
Portland Arch
Brown
Montgomery
Owen
Union
Illinois
Georgia
New Jersey
Posey County
Europe
New Harmony
Thomas Say
Rafinesque
Maxamillian
Prince of
John Chapplesmith
U. S
Robert Dale Owen
Gerard Troost
University of Tennesee
Robert Fauntelroy
William McClure
Hoosterdam
Gary
Arnold Beckett
Indianapolis
United States
Roswell Smith
Century Magazine
Pearlman
Thomas P. Huffman
American School of Osteopathy
A. T. Still
Science
Noah ‘Weaver
Ferry
North Perry Streets
4Th
Ferry St. Weinhardt
Secret Service Bureau
W. W. Weinhardt
Mer
Lafayette, Ind
T. W. Kelsey
Central National Bank
Brier Brothers
C. G. Beckett
M. D
Central Nat’l Bank Bld’g
J. W. Rhodes
Central Bank
Attica,Ind
Fred S. Purnell
J. E. Schoonover
A. M. Sullivan
McMahon &Crigler
Logan Township
Weber's Tailor Shop
North Perry Street
L. G. Riggin
Tote
Covington Branch
Cc. W. Greenman
Genco Feuanlios Eng Eo
NORTH
O.R. Gray
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