11 May 1867
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Newspaper
Aurora Commercial
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1867
Page
1
East and West schedules show arrivals and departures with times such as 10 39 p m and 8 37 a m for passenger trains. Freight and mail train notes appear with numbers and station agent signatures indicating parcel and routing details.
Daily passenger trains to and from Lawrenceburg with west and eastbound services. Eastbound trains include the St Louis Express at 9 42 a m and the Chicago and St Louis Express at 11 06 p m. Westbound options include the Springfield Express at 8 37 a m and the Chicago and St Louis Express at 6 53 p m.
Tax levy results name elected officers Robert Criswell as Mayor J Weaver as Treasurer Washington pron di Wew F A York as Judge A H Merkel as Clerk B F Porter as Marshal and ward councilmen Wm Watts M Kempf G W Bailey. Reports note Mrs Mary Plummer’s serious injuries from a stair fall and Jackson Brooks's arsenic ingestion attempt with recovery. Thomas Landers loses both legs in a freight train accident. Picnic plans near Wilmington and notices about the Farmers Hotel in Lawrenceburg plus spring building activity and local home improvements.
Rev. Chas. Ayer will speak to the young at the Baptist Church Sabbath evening on Indolence and Dilligence. The column also notes public interest items on Abortion cases, seduction by a Lutheran pastor, and a Third Ward tax dispute over annexation and city status with council talks and voter implications.
Messrs Kyle and Small loaded a 375 ton coat barge for New Orleans and await tow. Local items report dry goods store openings, a new sign for the Aurora Board of Trade, plans for Cochran lots sale, a new O M R timetable, and Dr Ulrey with Mr Harryman in a shared dental office. Frost harmed fruit. Wymond visits while coopers strike.
A night time holdup near Kilner farm three miles west of town. Four men with a pistol and bowie knife forced Martin Claws to surrender $35 a stored overcoat and satchel. He could not identify the assailants. Also reported: a villager bitten by a horse, a church picnic committee named, and various town notices including burglar attempts and local business moves.
The piece covers slow spring planting due to cold rains and fear of frost harming fruit harvests. It mentions S. Dorsey selling patent garden cultivators, W. H. Baker entering the swine business, and George Bennett recovering from illness with new treatments noted as alcohol-based. It reports the marriage of Henry Engleking and H. Lange, and personnel changes at Maletown’s tavern. Merchants Crocker and McMullen upgrade their stock as farmers and wives return to shop.
Mr James Evans sells his property and plans to move to Missouri. Mr Montgomery and family arrived Tuesday the 7th. Doctor Moore and Mrs Burns guest with relatives in town. Marrieges: Capt H D Moore to Jennie S Davis at Mrs Angevine’s residence on May 8. B F Moore to Florence V Wilbin at Madison in the evening. Moore's Hill note corrects a boarding house fall rumor.
The May meeting records approval of minutes and reports from the Audit and Finance Committees. A city tax measure of 10 cents per $100 for schools is approved, new city officers are sworn in, and routine bills are referred or allowed. A physician-furnished note attributes Miss Mary F. Bauer's death to brain inflammation.
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