Christmas Chimes and County News From Greene County
Our Country Cousins are alert as Greene County paper reports the largest amount of county news from many points. A New Year festival at the church invites all to attend. Sympathy to the family of John D. Gover. Singing Thursday night well attended. James Ryan's health improving. Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup marketed at 25 cents a bottle for colds.
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Greene County
New Year Acre
John D. Gover
James Ryan
Dr. Bull
Salvation Gilcesta
Syrup of Figs Promoted Amid Household News
A local column notes OSA SHIELDS visiting her father last Tuesday and returning Thursday while John Hamilton and wife tended their sick daughter. Santa Caus visited Frank Workman Saturday night, leaving a grandson. Henry Livingston starts a water mill and workers report first grists of meat and flour. The note ends with an ad disclaimer about Syrup of Figs and its gentle cleansing claims.
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Osa Shields
John Hamilton
Parthecia Workman
Pauline Osborn
Sarver
Santa Caus
Frank Workman
Henry Livingston
Billy Shields
Joe Shielia
Joe
Community Notes and Local Visits Hit-or-Miss
Ramona visitors Ade Wesley Gaston and wife call on friends while Elmer Gibbons returns from Illinois. Highland resident Viola Nosler visits, several youths attend a Solsberry singing, George Wilson opens a new barber shop. Jo Goodwin secures Goose Creek to Worthington mail contract. Buens Vista’s Henry Teague visits Thomas Carter. D O Lyons trades his dog for a watch and likely leaves the country business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Gaston
Ramona
Elmer Gibbons
Illinois
Mies Viola Nosler
Highland
Solsberry
George Wilson
Jo Goodwin
Goose Creek
Worthington
Henry Teague
Buens Vista
Thomas Carter
D. O Lyons
Promising Salve Claims Cure All Skin Ailments
Advertises a salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions. Guarantees satisfaction or money back with no pay if not cured and lists price of 25 cents per box sold by 8 Stalcup.
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Stalcup
Arriet Allen Dies After Brief Illness at Sister’s Home
Arriet Allen sister of John Allen died Sunday morning at her sister Mrs May Padgett home after a brief illness. Funeral from Concord church with Rev Love preaching. Services held again Sunday. Christmas wishes to readers.
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Arriet Allen
John Allen
May Padgett
Concord Church
Love
Nellie Giles
Worthington
Clara Faucett
John Disney
Wick
Sunay
The
Democrat
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Relief for Coughs
The notice advertises Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with a guarantee of relief or a refund. It claims La Grippe sufferers found it effective and offers free trial bottles at S Sinkcup’s Drug Store with large sizes priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Beaver Balls and Newberry Mail Sale Highlight Local Notes
Beaver Balls Penn sister of Mrs James Fergusson visiting. John Crovoke Newberry buys mail run from L N Cornell and takes January first. Christmas festivities balked by ME church trustees. Greene County Scoutland in India reports a large catamount nearby. R W Mortland returns from Newberry carpenter work. Post office improvements noted. E L Ingles doing property improvements. Mrs Clara Keith and son visited Odon. I W Laken and family at Odon. Rev Clark preaches missionary sermon at Baptist church. Scotland seeks better roads to railroad, proposes gravel road seven miles from Newberry. Teo Elrod absent Sunday due to protracted meeting at Leap. Use Dead Shot for bog and chicken cholera.
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Lay
Beaver Balls
Penn
James Fergusson
John Crovoke
Newberry
L. N. Cornell
Scoutland
Greene County
R W. Mortland
Saaturday
P. M
Clara Keith and Son
Odon
I. W. Laken
Rev. Clark
Baptist Church
George Lester
North Taylor
Scotland
Elrod
Deaths and notices brighten small town column
The community mourns Henry Bullermann, a man without enemies, as stock law debate stirs locals and Win Alkire dies December 16 from dropsy. Also reports births, a pew boy arrival, a Colorado visitor, and remarks on political sentiment and local remedies.
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Nathan Hunt
John Cross
Weeley Hale
Colorado
Henry Bullermman
Win Alkire
Dick Easton
Revival by Methodists and local notices in Newberry
The report notes a protracted Methodist revival led by R v Johnson and Lady Witenmeier. Local items include Mr Spizer visiting his father the landlord, Mrs Henshaw visiting Crawfordaville, and Wm Benjamin told his grandmother is not expected to live. The Newberry bank plans holidays shutdown. J D Edwards’s money drawer was robbed of eight dollars, with forty five dollars remaining.
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R v. Johnson
Witenmeier
Spizer
Henshaw
Crawfordaville
Benjamin
Eost Bank
Newberry
R. L Craft
Chas
Markle
Chicago
Washington
J.D. Edward
Democrat
Werry
Electric Bitters and Bucken's Arnica Salve Cure Suffering
SBH Clifford of New Cass Wis suffered neuralgia rheumatism stomach and liver distress with loss of appetite and great weakness. Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg had an eight year leg sore. seven boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and three bottles eased it. John Speaker of Catawbas Ohio had five fever sores. one bottle Electric Bitters and one box Arnica Salve cured him. Sold by Stalcup's Drug Store.
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Clifford
New Cass 1
Wis
Edward Shepherd
Harrisburg
John Speaker
Catawbas
Stalcup
Local Notes and Snatches from the Town
Whispers of missing items and requests for returns abound as town gossip touches Mc Browns Uncle Tom Cabin seeking its owner. Buckner returns from Bloomfield while Rev Sraith visits Howard Fields. Hats and candy hunts, parties, and travel plans fill rumors with names and places like Vincennes Bedford Bloomfield and Missouri, with a stray note about a teacher and a storekeeper.
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Mc Brown
Tom
Browa
Asme
Ffnse
Cholara
W.E. Buckner
Bloomfield
Rev. Sraith
Howard Fields
Law
Williams & Co
Vincennea Thureds
Ale Hatfield
Boone Leotard
Charlies Whitted
Woody
Edgar S
Missouri
Hia
Aleandra Campbell
Frank Keeper
Bedford
Waa
Price
Bloomtid
Everet Lehman
Winter solstice brings mud, goods, and busy traders
The report notes a lively winter market with merchants in Louisville goods trade and wide stock including robes and trimmings. Local residents Mrs Deckard Miss Blessie Deckard and others are mentioned amid daily life, health notes, Sabbath observance, and farm activity as the season progresses.
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Louisville
Teker
Albury Police
Mr. Phillips
Bogard & Cole
Addison Cox
Cus Dase
Town Busy with Farmers and Miners in Trade
ATURDY saw a bustle as many farmers visited the town while miners receive farmer aid with corn wheat meat and other foods. Sin el Janes at Gulden Roble considers buying property and Aiken is building a neat house in the northern section.
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Aturdy
Sin el Janes
Town News Snapshot and Local Notices
In town Thursday J B Poe and his daughter Ida were seen. Houses to rent in town since the strike. Children search for Santa Claus as weather eases. Plank removed from sidewalks improves mud days. Rev Baker listed as sick. Singing dominates church activities. Rev Joel Ellis spoke on the sub treasury bill at Plumb Branch School house Friday night. A man hurt by a horn recently died at his Wright township home. he leaves many friends.
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J. B. Poe
Ida
Santa Claus
Baker
Joel Ellis
Treasury
Plumb Branch
Wright Township
Shaker to Hold Basket Meeting and Local Prospect Notes
A town report recalls Uther Jat Koon selling drugs at Kleen and Rey Day the Shaker planning a basket meeting at Chitty next Sunday. It notes Alva Rehcraf’s serious injury crossing a railroad, a boiler scare with Corbin and Smiley, Mrs. Jesse Corbin’s death, and local prospects of rich lead and pottery clay. Real estate prices rise as stock farming expands, with praise for soil and water.
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Uther Jat
Kleen
Chitty
George Ashcroft
Alva Rehcraf Wa
Dr. Corbn
Millard Smiley
Millard
Th Blac Smith Shop
Dao
Alex McRan
Jesse Corbin
Ridge Cemetery
Protracted New Hope Meeting and Local Notices
Night services at New Hope disrupted by youths from another area. Locals note Miss Eliza Pruett visited town to see her uncle. Protracted meeting continues amid reports of a sick child and widespread cold. Community members include J S D Neill and E W Melo to whom Newark visits are attributed.
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New Hope
McIntosh
Thomas Rawe
Snyder
LE Seyder
Foley
A McIntosh
Bloomfield
JS. D Neill
James Duoton and Son
Eliza Pruett
W. Melo
Newark
Richard Gray
Sallie White
Near Freedom
Christmas Night Visits and Local Town News In Indiana
Aunt Cara Fur gzur on goes to Indianapolis to be with sick sister Aunt Sallie Stropes. Mose Kaufman and E Stine attend funeral in Indianapolis for Roy Gundfinger. Mrs L D Ennes sick. Lewia Keith visits Sanborn. J F Mees lends buggy to John Fitzpatrick. Barn fire at Mose Kaufman’s, two horses burned alive but escaped. W A Aikman plans visit to Hunter Springs, Kansas. Local notes from Grant and surrounding townships.
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Cara Furgzuron
Indianapolis
Sallie Stropes
L D. Lones
Vincennes
J. E. Bull
Bloomfield
Lyons
Shively
Bushrod
Missouri
Mose Kaufman
E. Stine
Roy Gundl
Reno
Nora Gundlefinger
Gundlefinger
Kaufman
L D Ennes
Grant Township
Marco
Lewia Keith
Scotland
Quillen House
Sanborn
Fred Mees
Thos Wilson
Charlotte Ross
J. F. Mees
Max Stine
E Stine
Wm Lester
Simon Pickard
Bloomfild
J F Mees
John Fitzpatrick
Moore
Stien
Alkire
J. W. Aseery
Island City
Haxter Springe
Kas
Visi
Clifty Church and Valleys of Greene County Indiana
Description of Clifty church located two miles northeast of Robinson in Jackson township Greene county Indiana. Neighbors described as law abiding and God fearing with a large church house overlooking a valley and a nearby school house. Mention of coal and iron ore in the hills and tiny iron ore specimens found locally.
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Clifty Church
Robinson
Jackson Township
Greene County
Indiana
The Miner's Strike and Uproar in Indiana Mines
A Pensacola letter comments on Indiana miner unrest as the Island Coal Company tries to restart operations. The writer condemns scabs, praises miners’ resolve, and urges unified action across states to sustain wage scales amid winter disruption. He cites rumors of coercive credit and warns of broader costs if unity falters.
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Liston, Inc
Indiana
Island Coal Company
Flobart
Dugg R
Ogle
Cio
Ilinois
Ohio
Flubart
Wellston
Fluhart
Chicago
Indiana crimes and incidents across Terre Haute to Greencastle
A string of Indiana reports includes Mack Donnelly jailed after a drunken attempted murder of his brother in Terre Haute, a pardon petition to Governor Chase, a possible identity mis identity case in Avon involving Rawley Smith, and 4000 miners idle at Brazil with 500 at work.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Mack Donnelly
Chase
Indiana
Rawley Smith
Avon
Brazil
Ashland
Cattletsburg
Levi Bouewitz
Monroe City
Muncia
Ind.) Natural Gas Land Improvement Company
Levi Mills
Liberty Center
Freedom
Wesley Waterford
Waterford
Greencastle
Dora Tilly
Theresa Martin
Evansville
Louisville
H Isband
For Sale Real Estate Listings Across Bloomfield and Nearby Areas
A long list of properties offered for sale or trade including farms near Bloomfield with 120 to 200 acres in cultivation, houses, barns, orchards, wells, and outbuildings. Also parcels near Cavira, Worthington, Lyons, and Greens County with prices from 150 to 1 500 dollars and notes on nearby towns, schools, and rail stations. Florida and Alabama tracts advertised as well with building lists and fruit trees.
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Bloomfield
Highland Township
Cavira
Ealy
Plummer
Broomfield
E. &I RR
Greene County
Hert & Graham’s
Lota
Public Square
Moss & Axtell
Worthington
Lyons
Center Township
Solsberry
Law Farm
Hood
Jackson Township
Dry Branch
Goose Pond
Holly Wood
Ala
Florida
Orange Bill
Orange Hill
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Linton
Commonwealth
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Abinson
Clifty
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United States
Chemical Division
Agricultural Department
Royal Baking
Bulletin
Walter S. Stamnes
Rush Medical College
Chicago Board of Health
J. W. Mallet
FL R.S
University of Virginia
F. X. Vallade, M. D
Dominion of Canada
WM. McMurtrir
E. M
Henry A. Mott
U. S
Caving
Court House
Rebecca A. Cransey
Greene Circuit Court
William L. Slinkard
P.H. Penna
Strompg
the Inland Company
Iowa
Richer
S. Bruce
United States Navy
North American Review
Indiana News
Hashem Se
Circuit Court
Imtisna
Edward Roberta
Jacob Bucher
Rockbottom
Poindexter Mfg. Company
W. South &J
Corner of Tennessee
Selt
Rankin & Shields
Chas. F. Heim
Sullivan Farm
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