Local notes from Shelbyville area and Labor Day events
A flurry of local sightings includes Henry Hahn traveling to Greensburg, Miss Lydia Klein at the Shelbyville fair, and Marie Green visiting from Newpoint for Labor Day. Attendees at labor day events include Miss Carrie Lamping and Miss Steinfort, with visits by Jason Humphrey from Benham and Sylva McMullen and John McMullen from Greensburg. The Morris Enterprise Fire Company plans a picnic and ball on Sept 11, and Republican delegates discuss band hire and travel for Versailles.
Pigeons Find Home After 50 Mile Flight
John Talken burg releases five homing pigeons from Cincinnati. The birds circle Batesville for about twenty minutes then head toward Cincinnati. They reach Burley Winter & Co. at 206 and 208 East Pearl Street, Cincinnati, by 9 30 a. m., covering fifty miles in roughly seventy minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Talkenburg
Cincinnati
Queen City
Burley, Winter & Co
Pearl Street
Ohio
Batesville
Stars, Morris club split weekend baseball at fairgrounds
Sunday at the fairgrounds Morris defeated Stars 12 to 6 as Stars lacked punch at bat and on the bases though their fielding was uneven. Monday the Stars beat Osgood 11 to 0 at home as J. Schroeder started pitching before Terry finished. Next Sunday the Stars face Metamora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stars and Morris
Fairgrounds
Morris
Stars
Osgood
J. Schroeder
Terry
Metamora
Local notices and personals from recent town events
Clipper fan mills at Walsman's. Geo. J. Mehlon the tailor did the scouring. Benny Wachsman visited Newpoint on business. Christ Nleman of Sunman travelled here on business. Emma Gander of Shelbyville came Sunday to meet her parents. Huber family and children went to Shelbyville for the fair Wednesday. Lena Hackman Dora Haase and Emma Kramer attended Shelbyville fair Thursday. Clarence Smith returned home from vacation and went back to Aurora. Nick Blank offers new lawn fabrics embroidery ribbons and belts. Revs Reichenmeyer and Beyer attended Indianapolis conference this week. George Heidt leaves for Cincinnati to enter Betts St hospital for heart trouble. Frank Worland of Shelbyville visited his girl over Labor Day and left Tuesday. Andrew Morrow of Lincolnville visited D. McCallum’s family Saturday to Tuesday. Della Link of Greensburg was a guest Monday and Tuesday. WANTED reliable German girl for cooking washing ironing in small family. Alvin Sick cut his middle right finger on a spin die sander at Gremann Bros. Mrs. Valley and children of Danville Ill Jake Cook of Linton and Miss Katie Herold of Indianapolis were guests this week. Lou Leuchtenburg of Cincinnati visited Cross Roads then returned home. Mrs. Fred Meyerose returned from Indianapolis after staying with her daughter Carrie. Rev. C Freudenreich to be installed as pastor Sept 9 at 2 30 p m. Diep Sept 1 1900 Mrs Gertrude Blank died of apoplexy aged 46 years 10 months 4 days. She leaves 12 children and a husband. Interment at St Ludwig’s cemetery Sept 30 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diep
Gertrude Blank
John Blank
St. Ludwig's Cemetery
Versailles Man Ends Life at Wife’s Grave
William Loesnitz, a German immigrant living in Versailles, shot himself by his wife's grave after a Friday arrest for a provoke charge. A pistol and poison were found on him. he died at the cemetery, with a funeral held there on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Loesnitz
Loesnitz
Germany
Versailles
Paris
Republican convention at Versailles wins praise and votes
The Versailles Republican convention drew large delegations from Ripley County townships on a bright day. Officials elected include Charles Bovard for Representative and S. M. Smith as Clerk. After adjournment Nathan Powell and Landis spoke in the courthouse yard, touting McKinley and ridiculing Bryan. Mrs. A E Rose and Mrs Dietz visited Ed Cruse. Rose returned home after her son Roger fell ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Bovard
S. M. Smith
Joseph Scoopmeyer
John Minger
Ed Ebel
Sherif
John B. Curran
Frank Starks
W. L. Pryor
D.H. Wright
Johnson Township
Theodore Schultz
Laughery
J. L. Hodges
Washington Township
Geo. W. Foreman
Elmore
John Albright
Wesley Shaw
Peter Laswell
M. J. Coombes
Court House Yard
Nathan Powell
Landis
Logansport
Powell
Democratic Party
Bryan
Ripley County
Smoke Square Diehl 5c cigar and other local notices
A digest of short items reports purchases, visits, and events. Mentions Smoke Square Diehl cigars, Short's Havana Blossoms, seed wheat and rye from A G Bischoff, shirt waists at Nick Blank, and Theodore Schene's tinware float distributing tin cups. Includes local visits, parade floats, Republican organizing in Laughery Township, an administrator sale notice by August Franke, Labor Day celebrations, and a company profit estimate of $200 to $350.
Court House News Civil Docket Updates Involving Willson Waddle
Civil case notices list numerous actions across estates titles mortgages and replevin. Parties include Willson Waddle Thompson Sandheger Berner Beall Jarvis Beck Carrington Hughes Jarvis Kennedy Early Barnaman Meyers Hiners Bundy Robinson Lipps Harris Martindale and Willson with courts setting hearings for quiet title set asides sales and foreclosures across multiple estates and real property actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willson
Standard Cement Co
John Waddle
Thompson
Christopher Sandheger
Henry Berner
Stockinger
William Beall
Joshua Beall
Will
Anna Beck
Philip Beck
Craves & Cravens
Robert Jarvis
James Jarvis
Connelley
John Rupp
Clark Babcock
Jones
William Colson
Jacob DeGarino
Creigmile
Lucinda Carrington
Henry Carrington
Absolom Hughes
Sophronia Miller
William Kennedy
William Early
Benham & Willson
William Wheeler
R. W. Cox
Gelvin
Harriet C. Lipps
Peter Lipps
Elizabeth Assenschmidt
Sarah A. Harris
Alfred Harris
Sarah Harris
Pate
Charles
D. F. Heitmeyer
J. H. Linkmeyer
New Case On Petition Of Insanity For Lewis N. B. Hamilton
Benham and Willson file a petition seeking a judicial declaration of insanity for Lewis N. B. Hamilton, asserting he is of unsound mind and needs guardianship or related measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benham & Willson
Lewis N. B. Hamilton
Divorce actions list for Pate and Moore families
Pate Mary Moore divorces Arnold T Moore. Pate George Dowers divorces Ivy Dow ers. The last will of Frank Stubbeman was probated last week leaving all property to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pate
Mary Moore
Arnold T. Moore
George Dowers
Ivy Dowers
Frank Stubbeman
Leonard McCarty to Hester Kuhns in Zenas wedding
Notices show Leonard McCarty 21 of Zenas to wed Hester Kuhns 20 of Zenas. Also listed are local business names and residents visiting relatives and townsfolk in the area with typical notices and postal dead letter warnings for Ellen Hotchkiss Walter G Willson D McCauLuum and P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard McCarty
Zenas
Hester Kuhns
Washington, D.C
Ellen Hotchkiss
Walter G. Willson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Engel’s
Walsman’s
Schorr
Henry Hahn
Greensburg
Wood Ketcham
E. F. Starks
Newpoint
Lydia Klein
Shelbyville Fair
Fred Doll
Shelbyville
C. J. Doll
Marie Green
Ethel Worthman
Miss Ruby Sunman
Spades
Will McConnell
William Vaughn
Ed Ethel
Sunman
Indianapolis
Carrie Lamping
Adams Township
Steinfort
Chas. Selig and Family
Bryantsburg
James Lemon and Family
Benham
Geo. Gelvin
Charles Brandy
W. M. Grass and Wife
John Sager
Sylva
Vine McMullen
John
Jason Humphrey
D. McCallum
Grace Hendrixon
Marion
Ind
Morris Enterpise Fire Company
Town Hall
Eureka
Geo. J. Mehlon
Benny Wachsman
Christ Nleman
Emma Gander
Louis Huber
Lena Hackman
Dora Haase
Emma Kramer
Clarence Smith
Aurora
India
Nick Blank’s
Reichenmeyer
Beyer
George Heidt
Betts St. Hospital
Frank Worland
Andrew Morrow
Lincolnville
Della Link
Brookline Ave
Clifton
Alvin
Spindie Sander
Gremann Bros
Lou Leuchtenburg
Kate Vangundy
Cross Roads
Fred Meyerose
Carrie
C. Freudenreich
St. Mark’s
Lincoln
Garfield
Harrison
McKinley
Laughery Township
Jackson
Center Township
Brown
Franklin Township
Versaillles
Albert Shaw
Chas. B. Johnson
Louis Ward
Romney Willson
Geo
Committee On
William McKinley
Indiana
Perry N. Brown
A. E. Rose
Bellevue
Mrs. Dietz
Ed Cruse
Mrs. Rose
Roger
Diehl
Smoke Short
Havana
Mrs. Clausheide
John O.cravens
Boy Wanr
The
Union Furniture Company
A. G. Bischoff
Morris, Ind
Theodore Schene
Digo
Peppertown
Nick Gloshen
Mike Gartenman
Emma
Sarah
Anna Hoyer
Mary Straus
Shelby County
Lillie Tappweyer
W. Moore
Mrs. Ellinghausen
Manchester
Henry Gathman
Carl Brandt
John Wilker
Mr. Wilker
Squire Stowe
Otis Stowe
Ida Bossee
Rushville
John Bosse
Louis C. Ward
Lincoln League
August Franke
Mary C. Becker
Adm
R. A. Stockinger
Atty
ROYAL
Royal Baxing Powder CO
New York
Court House News
Mionie Kelley
Fred Barnaman
Mary Stegner
Catherine Connelley
Gilly A. Hiner
James F. Willson
Bielby
August Philps
Maud Anderson
Will. Connelley
Edward Meyers
Chris M. Hiners
John Worthington
James Spencer
Sarah McClure
Creath & Parker
Flora A. Sparks
Robert Narcott
Olin Bundy
Admr., &Sc
John H. Johnson
Ullman & Robinson
Lorenia M. Robinson
William H. Thomas
Allen Dilk
Elizabeth Dilk
N. Cornet
Richard Behlmer
Ticie Phillips
August Phillips
Rebuck
Florence Ebel
John Lemon
Mary A. Willson
Julius J. Banklin
Fred G. Wolter
Smoke Shorts Pride of
Cuba
Vulcan
Waisman’s
Tom Cravens
Wife
HH. H. Kramer
Rowe
Dora
Millie Gauck
Frank
Frances Drescher
Freeman Holman
Rebecca Risk
Correct
Beckett
Dillsboro
D. McCauLuum, P. M
Wilker & Co
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