Watch and Pray at German ME New Year's Meeting
Rev H A Severinghaus opened the New Year gathering with a talk urging a beautiful useful life. Members praised past pastors, including Derrer Licht Leppert Huber Stull Baugh and Bockstahler, noting conversions and the thriving church as New Year’s greetings closed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Severinghaus
M.E
John Haase
Derrer
Josephine Stinehagen
Joseph Stinehagen
Will Krenke
Carolina Krenke
Mike Spittgerber
Mike Splitgerber
John Benzel
Mike Benzel
William Benzel
Louis Gerber
Licht
New Albany
Henrietta Haase
Leppert
White Creek
Herman Graff
John Huber
Fred Luedtke
Kunschried
August Lambrecht
Eva Honke
Schuff
J. Allinger
Chas. Ebert
Stull
January Storm Forecast With Strong Arctic Air
The report forecasts a Vulcan storm period starting January with rain and snow across the country from the 2nd to 5th and again from the 12th to 14th. High barometer follows from the northwest with a cold wave, then warmer conditions and further storms. The moon’s declination and apogee influence winds and temperature, with a major cold spell late January into February and sleet and thunder in southern regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equator
Mercury
Attractive women rely on health and nerves to keep friends
An ad touts Electric Bitters as the best medicine to regulate stomach liver and kidneys and to purify the blood offering a beauty claim of clear skin and bright eyes. A local vignette recalls a rude tramp at Emily Johnsons home and notes Dr Ziba Foote's visit and family connections in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sven
Iorce
Pierce
Messick & Dodd’s
Robbers Blow Safe In North Town Shop
Monday night into Tuesday thieves broke into Strout's machine shop and C. A. Knight's store, blasted the Hall fire proof safe with explosive, damaged the door and panels, but left with no money and only two pairs of shoes. No clue to suspects. hoboes suspected. The books inside Knight's safe were unharmed.
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Roobers
Strout
C. A. Knight’s
Knight
Andersonville
Teood
Haboes
Lawrence County Population Through the Decennial Census
The Census Department bulletin for Indiana lists Lawrence county population figures by decade. Values include 1820 at 4116, 1830 9234, 1840 11782, 1850 12097, 1860 18692, 1870 14628, 1880 18543, 1890 19792, and 1900 25729.
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Census Department
Bulletin For
Indiana
Lawrence County
Life Saved by Dr King’s New Discovery
Hannibal Missouri resident J B Lilly recounts a near fatal battle with typhoid and pneumonia alleviated by Dr King’s New Discovery. He credits one bottle for relief and praises it as a quick cure for lung troubles with 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes and free trial bottles at Messick Dodd’s Drug Store. The piece also recalls a brutal cold New Year with 70 degree drop in a day and lingering tramp activity robbing cellars and smoke houses.
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James Kell
You Ninth Street
N. Z7
Washington, D. C
Washington
Swift
S. S.S
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
J. BE. Lilly
Hannibal, Mo
Dr. King
Messick & Dodd’s
Excursion to Havana Cuba Offered by Rail Line
The Louisville and Nashville railroad plans a guided excursion from Indianapolis to Havana starting January 16 1901. The full trip costs 100 dollars with a 15 day return to Indianapolis and checks due by January 1 to R K Williams. Refunds provided if the trip is not taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Tndianapolis
Havana
Cuba
R. K. William
Sec
Port Tampa
Miama
Fia
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Sores and Burns
Volcanic eruptions are grand but skin eruptions rob life of joy. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cures sores, boils, cuts, burns, and more. It relieves pains and aches, 25 cents a box, sold by Mesick & Dodd, Druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Messick & Dodd
Dunlavy Visitor Tours Ancestral Sites In Indiana Era
John F Dunlavy who left 386 years ago in his sixth year arrived December 22 and stayed with his uncle Lane Dunlavy east of town until Friday. He traveled to Ellottsville to visit an aunt and had photos made of the old Dunlavy homestead and other family interest sites. He resides in Harlham Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziba Foote
Winthrop A. Foote
Lewis
Vigo County
Foote
Bedford
Oscar Foote
United States
Juneau
Alaska
Wint Foote
Farmersburg
Ind
Bee
Flora Brown
John F. Dunlavy
Daniel
Dunlavy
Lane Dunlavy
Ellettsville
Harlham
Iowa
Bedford man arrested on false pretenses by Louisville detectives
Last Friday's Courier Journal reports H. H. Harrell of Bedford Indiana was arrested on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses by Detectives Daly and Walker yesterday afternoon. Harrell, a traveling man for the National Computing Scales Company of Indianapolis, boarded in Louisville at 305 West Chestnut Street.
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Courier Journal
H. H. Harrell
Bedford
Ind
Daly
Walker
Harrell
National Computing Scales _Company
Indianapolis
Louisville
West Chestnut Street
Wiley King and Sarah Young Charged With Adultery
Wiley King and Sarah J. Young appeared before Judge Stephenson on Monday forenoon charged with adultery. Each was assessed a $5 fine with costs, the total for both cases amounting to $27, which was paid.
Bedford Post Office Unclaimed Letters Advertised
Unclaimed letters remaining for week ending December 29 1900 listed for ladies Miss May Harbin Mrs Nancy Hays Miss Ida Link and for gentlemen E B Allen J G Ashby Jim Boyd Charley Burch Joseph M Cummings Dr J S Gaylord Walter Lee John M Johnston L B Jones Bascom Jones Garfield Williams Readers asked to say advertised Winston V Williams P M
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Harbin
May
Hays
Nancy
Link
Ida
Chamberlain Cough Remedy praised by Illinois official
Prof Roxa Tyler of Chicago and Vice President of the Illinois Woman's Alliance extol Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after cold symptoms threatened pneumonia. A W C Elliott of Campbellsburg sells the product. The region lists many town populations and church services at the Court House include morning Visions and evening The Great Choice OF the New Year with six church additions and a Male Quartette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxa Tyler
Chicago
Illinois Woman’s Alliance
Chamberlain
Sam
W. C. Elliott
Court House
War veteran praises Cham berlain's remedy in pension note
A Mexican war veteran and editor extols Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He recalls illness in 1847 48 and states the remedy kept him from pension cuts on renewals. He praises its quick cure and safety and notes sale by W C Elliott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Mexico
W. C. Elliott
Funeral of Zelma hotel owner John Lafever
McHenry Owen and wife returned from Brownstown Monday morning after attending the funeral of John W. Lafever on Sunday. Lafever owned the Zelma hotel and the service was conducted by the local Masons, of which he was a prominent member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McHenry Owen
Brownstown
John W. Lafever
Lafever
Zelma
Masons
Indianapolis Brewery Eyes Nashville Property Deal
The Indianapolis Brewing Company pursues acquiring the Chitwood property in Nashville Brown county. The plan includes a three story stone building with a brewery on the first floor an office suite on the second and a town hall or opera house on the third. Nearby notes mention local residents visits and several town happenings including court and school news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Brewing Company
Nashville
Brown County
John and
Richard Chitwood
Miss May Crouch Visits Near Avoca Return Home
Miss May Crouch and her two sisters with their mother had stayed with Isaac Crouch and family near Avoca since last Monday and returned to their home in Orleans on Saturday.
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BE. J. Smith
D. A. Hackler and
Silverville
Indianapolis
Anna Ketchem
Newberry
B. B. Ketchem
F. G. James
Hugh McGuire
East Norwood
Della Leichman
Heltonville
Mooresville
Nettie Moore
Herbert Williams
Williams
May Crouch
Isaac Crouch
Avoca
Orleans
Local Folks Visiting and Traveling East and West
Mrs Addie Arvin and her daughter returned to Loogootee after visiting sister Mrs Geo A Summers. Isaac Crouch and wife with daughter Daisy of near Avoca spent Saturday with friends here. Geo A Tindall left for Nebraska to work on a new bridge. Charles Richards and family from Lafayette visited relatives for several days.
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Addie Arvin
Loogootee
Geo. A Summers
Isaac Crouch
Daisy
Avoca
Geo. A. Tindall
Nebraska
Charles Richards
Lafayette
Dr King’s New Life Pills Claim Safe, Gentle Relief
A vintage drug ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as gentle and effective for headaches and constipation. It warns against drastic mineral pills and dynamite-like tonics, urging readers to buy at Messick and Dodda’s drug store for 25 cents.
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Asestic
Majestic
Tilford Near
Northeast Corner
Public Square
Mathes Edford, Indiana
M. E
John Hartman
Baugh
Will Rhoda
W. J. G. Bockstahler
East 18Th Street
Bockstahler
A. Weigle
Henry Burke
Ernest
Gus F. Rhoda
Hicks
Cogaine
Scow
Emily Johnson
East Side
Melissa Kindred
Teoty
Bono
Flina Township
Guthrie Township
Weeny
Indian Creek
Merion
Mitchell Town
Marshall Township
Perry Town
Hip Baene
Pleasant Ruo
Wick Township
Bedford City
Spice Valley Township
Foote & Parker
Johnson Quarry
Fort Wayne
Hunel
Cal
Bradfield Regulator CO
Allanta, Ga
Barby
Frank Carmichael
Bridget Carmichael
Clear Creek
Consolidated Stone Companies
Epworth League Social
Epworth League
God
James Lake
C. B. Asbury
James Carson
Asbury
Chicago Women Speaks
Campbellsburg
Cloverdale
Crothersville
Elizabethtown
Elnora
Fredericksburg
French Lick
Gosport
Hardinsburg
Ladoga
Linden
Linton
Livonia
Marengo
Monon
Montgomery
Odon
Paoli
Roachdale
Saltilloville
Shoals
Stinesville
Westport
West Shoals
Ilis
Mitchell
Herbert Marley
Ethel
Bloomington
City
Indian Springs
Ella Carothers
Board of Commissioners
Baker & Thornton
Luce E. Johnson
Cincinnati
W. H. Smith
W. OC. Elliott's
Grant Johnson
Miss Lota
Cyrus Blackburn
Springville
C. W. Chadwick
First Baptist Church
A. M.hardy
St. Louis
Washington Democrat
Joseph Lindsey
Lindsey
Daniel Beasley
B P. Alexander
Youngstown
Geo. Woodsmaill
Mr. Harrell
R. P. Mather
Taylor Elrod
Martha Elrod
Miss .Elrod
Quincy Short
Christian Church
Jesse A. Mitchell
Hattie Terry
Glennie
W. B. Chrisler
Ruby Denniston
A. M. Herndon
Arburn
Elsie Hinds
Nellie Holiday
West Baden
May Chapman
Trinity Springs
D.S. Sears
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