Big year end sale on building lots and property offers
Local ads list a variety of opportunities including building lots in Worthington and Pt. Commerce, a house and lot for $500, and one hundred fifty dollars buys a Worthington home. Services include loans, cures, and farm sales, with ambling notices from Bloomfield Sullivan Greene and Linton counties.
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Whitley County
Worthington
Oliver P. Miller
Greene
Vigo
Pt. Commerce
Wm. M. Moss
Mike Smith
Sullivan
Rockville
Sullivan County
Greene County
Washington Township
Bloomfield sale and local notices fill town paper
Bloomfield items report a weekend sale, price cuts, and discounts on three tons of goods. Subscriptions to the Bloomfield fair are due by January 1 with potential suit for nonpayment. Community notes include meetings, resignations, political subscribes, and a fatal shooting in Brownsville.
Christmas Hand Amputation Story and Eclipse Notes
The article describes Mrs. Crockett losing the forefinger and palm bone in a Christmas surgery by Dr Cravens, who declined naming. the patient paid twenty five dollars. It also reports an observatory shipment to Washington University for January 1 solar eclipse views and notes the eclipse path. It ends with Hert and Graham moving clothing stock to the second floor and expanding Greene County’s first class shop.
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Moses Crockett
Cravens
Washington University
St. Louis
San Francisco
Bloomfield
Hert & Graham
Greene County
Christmas Powder Fire Injures Boy in Oyster Can
Fourteen year old son of Alex Baker tried to ignite a dime's worth of powder in an oyster can. A failed attempt led him to lean over and blow, causing an explosion that burned his face and mouth and may prove fatal. In Spencer, Moore's Hotel burned early today, loss about $8,000 covered by insurance, with the fire blamed on a defective flue.
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Christian Church of
Bloomfield
Peter Martin
J. W. Gray
Cavins & Cavins
Alex Baker
Indianapolis News
Spencer
Moore’s
Marriage Licenses Ledger Admits Local Couples
Forest A. Swango wed Cora Graham and Linn weds Laura F. Burris. Oliver 2 Mister marries Petura A. Ingersoll. Benjamin Cornett steps with Pheobe Greene, William P. Klinger to Nora Quillen, Lovell Calvert to Leona Long. Muss editor Bloomfield Demockar touts cough remedy Dead Shot for relief.
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Forest A. Swango
Cora Graham
Payid
Linn
Laura F. Burris
Oliver 2
Mister
Petura A. Ingersoll
Benjamin Cornett
Pheobe Greene
Wm. P. Klinger
Nora Quillen
Lovell Calvert
Leona Long
Muss
Bloomfield Demockar
Circuit Court Callings Report for February 1889 Sessions
The court notes no sessions until February 1889. Judgments include 95 on note for Kenry Morrison against James Dixon and John C. Adkins, 482.65 on note for Jas. Carpenter against James M. Hicks and Benjamin C. Simpson, and 4117 on mechanics lien for Abraham Spainhower against Charlotte and Amos Goodrich. Busby versus Simons awards plaintiff 500 in damages. Real estate conveyance declared fraudulent. Guardians and administrators ordered to file overdue reports by February term. citations issued in some cases. Costs of citations to be paid from personal funds by administrators and guardians, not estate.
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Kenry Morrison
James Dixon
John C. Adkins
Jas. Carpenter
James M. Hicks
Benjamin C. Simpson
Abraham Spainhower
Charlotte
Amos Goodrich
Busby
Briggs
Three Templeton children recover after diphtheria scare
Wallace Templeton reports three children Mary Fade and Nellie survived diphtheria after treatment. Neighbors avoided the house during the illness while families prayed and medical aid arrived. Additionally a Bloomfield Indiana land sale offers 80 acres near Worthington for 600 dollars cash before January 1, via W M Moss real estate agent.
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Wallace Templeton
Mary
Nellie
Worthington
W. M. Moss
Real Esstate
Bloomfield
Ind
I Like a Live Man Sam Jones Quote
A quotation from Sam Jones praising living professionals and moral conduct. He prefers a live preacher a live doctor and a live lawyer who serves as a moral force rather than corrupt legal pedantry. He extols Christianity as life’s essence and cites human character over empty cleverness. He argues true faith informs how to live and warns against cynical self serving attorneys.
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Sam Jones
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