Trustee's Notice for Wright Township Greene County Indiana
Notice states WM Powell trustee will be at Jasonville Tuesdays and at his home Saturdays for township business. no other business will be transacted as provided by law. Attorneys McIntosh Crockett and D W Crockett and physician Burke M D of Scatland listed in correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Indiana
Reene
Owen Counties
Wright Ownship
Greene County
Jasonville
WM. Powell
Local notices and society hints from a small town
Philip Strauaer hauls ties for Thos Price Armste. Flynn is on the sick list. A new molasses factory near town. Tasies Hardesty visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. William Collins. Lowie Hickpatrick of Robinson visits son in law Fenck Byers. Martha Lane and Jessie Byers attended a sermon in Clifty Sunday night. J. M. Strauser reports a basket meeting at Srlevania with a good time and plenty to eat. Augustus Burch and Sandy Cer michesl pass Finzard en route to Mr. Veal's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardesty
William Collins
Lowie Hickpatrick
Robinson
Fenck Byers
Sandy
Martha Lane
Jessie Byers
Clifty
J. M. Strauser
Srlvania
Augustus Burch
Sandy Cermichesl
Finzard
Mr. Veal
Universal salve promises cures for skin ailments and piles
An ell known advertise ment proclaims a universal salve cures cuts bruises sores and all skin eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. It sells for 25 cents per box and is offered by S. Stalcup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalcup
Unsettled Village Notes Amid Short Visits and Rumors
Mrs. Frank Philpot on the sick list. David Scharb seen on streets Friday. James Crawford and wife travel to Ohio to visit relatives. Dr J B Young and family head to Ohio to see Mrs Young's parents. Rumors of a wedding north. Five sermons daily foreseen at meetings. Miss Lolo and May Thompson of Stanford visit friends. Fighting described as daily order. one skirmish each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Philpot
David Scharb
James Crawford
Ohio
J. B. Young
Missee
Lolo
May Thompson
Stanford
Local Notes and Social Rounds from Bloomington District
Miss Clara Munich visited Indianapolis last Friday. A new May is planned for the schoolhouse. Ethie Keene visits Mrs. Dean in town. Mate Sheridan and Prof. Danielson tour to meet friends here. Miss Emma Rector Stella Clark traveled home with Miss O Harrah. Local youths devote time to awatennia recently. Linton fair drew many citizens praising the event. Mrs Heckman hosted a party for her guest Miss Isabelle who has stayed several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Munich
Indianapolis
Ethie Keene
Dean
Mate Sheridan
Prof. Danielson
Bloomfield
Emma Rector
Stella Clark
O’ Harrah
Awatennia
Linton Fair
Hood's Sarsaparilla Social Proof Ad
The best advertising for Hood's Sarsaparilla comes from cures it provides. Satisfied users tell friends who then urge others to try the medicine, widening its popularity as it proves its merit. The appeal is for a fair trial as a blood purifier and builder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enriel
Hood
C. L Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Molasses Making Returns to Hand with Local Meetings
Sunday gatherings drew many locals to Sylvania for a large basket meeting. Notables include Tom Martindale and H. K. Collins sharing supper, J. J. Martindale planning a move west, and visits by J. N. Hardesty Jr. and others from Beech Creek and Cincinnati attending the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Martindale
H. K. Collins
Sandy Baker
Sylvania
Ammon Collins
Newberry
Howard Meane
Trustee Notice From Greene County Townships Transacted at Offices
Notice to residents of Stafford and Washington townships in Greene County Indiana that trustees Samuel Nyce man and George Bogard will conduct township business at specific offices on non Sunday days and Saturdays respectively, as provided by law.
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Stafford Township
Greene County
Indiana
Marco
Samuel Nyceman
Washington Township
Gnrine
George Bogard
Notice of township trustees schedules in Indiana
Notice to residents of Grant township Greene county Indiana that trustee William H. Deckard will transact township business at Switz City on Saturday forenoon and at his residence two miles south and one west of the precinct on Saturday afternoon. Also notice to Highland township residents that J. O. Calvert will conduct township business at his residence each Saturday afternoon.
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Grant Township
Greene County
Indiana
Switz City
Wm. H. Deckard
Otive
Highland Township
Greeny Counnty
Trustees Notice for Greene County Townships
Notice to Stock Cass Taylor and Center townships residents of Greene County Indiana of weekly business hours at trustees homes or offices. Officials JOEPH MOS JOHN D MOURNE HENRY BARTER and BO FL STRINGFELLOW announce meetings on specified days each week for township affairs.
County Superintendent Moss Announces Weekly Office Hours
William M. Moss, County Superintendent, says he will be at the court house office at 4 pm every Saturday until further notice to transact official business in Broomfield Indiana. June 5th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Moss
Broomfield
Ind
Teacher Examination Notice in Indiana School
Notice that a monthly teacher examination will be held on the last Saturday of each month at 9:00 a.m. in the high school room of the school house at Ploom Seld, Ind. Signed by William M. Moss, County Superintendent, Bloemfield, June 5, 1889.
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Ploom Seld
Ind
William M. Moss
Bloemfield
Harvest Excursions by the Pennsylvania Lines
Harvest excursion tickets to land and business centers in the West Northwest South and Southwest sold at one fare for round trip via the Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburg on September 9 and October 14. For complete information apply to nearest ticket or passenger agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
Greene County Notes Ajoinders and Local Happenings
John Todd and wife visit relatives in Ohio. Miss Josie George spent Sunday at home with her parents. Riz Bloomfield Fair will be well represented from Greene. George William attended the old settlers meeting at Olon. D Holt sold his farm to George Webster and will move to Owensboro soon. Messia, Joseph Porter Jr., and John Nostetler have become fathers. Mack Osborn and Misses Elsie Inman and Emma Porter were at Koleen Sunday. Miss Belle Jackson slowly recovers from a coal dump accident. Miss Elsia Inman will teach shooting in Martin county this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Todd
Ohio
Josie George
Greene
George Willlam
Olon
D. Holt
George Webster
Owensburgh
Messia
Joseph Porter, Jr
John Nostetler
Mack Osborn
Elsie Inman
Emma Porter
Folka
Koleen
Misa Belle Jackson
Elsia Inman
Martin County
Village Gossip Chronicales from Local Visitors
Sidewalk chatter notes several visits and movements in the area. A. J. ODondald traveled to Bloomfield on Monday. Mrs Haig of LeRoy and Mrs Ingle host visitors while J C Shirtz family hosted relatives last week. multiple locals including Denney Phillips Eaton and Hornbaker joined Bloomfield trips and settlers meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. O'Donald
Bloomfield
Jennie
Mollie Rose
Steve Webster
Newberry
Dr. Haig
LeRoy, File
E. I. Ingle
J.C. Shirtz
D.S Miller
Jennie Woods
J. J. Denney
Alvin Phillips
Odon
James
Eaton
E. M. West
N. Connell
Cleveland Hornbaker
Suale Barker
Louise Rose
Taylor Township
Lizzie Dyer
Cloverdale
Milwaukee
Dr. Burke
Electric Bitters Promised To Cure Dyspepsia
Claiming to be the ultimate life enhancer thousands seek, this advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for good digestion and liver stomach and kidney issues. It offers 50c and 1 bottle, sold by S Stalcup, druggist, urging persistence for results.
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S. Stalcup
Sunday notes and small town life in Stafford
Will Ranchen spent Sunday in Stafford with his best girl. Nelson, an epicure, prefers a Fry. Rev Barrow preached at Hopewell last Sunday and S N Richardson appeared among old friends. J L Mattox plans to move to Marco for the Marco schools principalship. Ossie Miller won first premium for a Jersey cow at the Linton fair. Perry Wilson of West Stafford paid $7 in premiums for sheep with the Greene County Agricultural Society. A local GOP pillar publically criticized for pensions amid Civil War era tensions.
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Will
Stafford
Nelson
Hopewell
Barrow
S. N. Richardson
J. L. Mattox
Marco
Ossie Miller
Linton
Perry Wilson
Greene County Agricultural Society
Lincoln
Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad Claims Thorough Preparation
An advertisement asserts medical science backing for Hood's Sarsaparilla. It states ingredients are carefully selected and personally examined, prepared under competent supervision, and manufacturing steps are watched to ensure the best possible result.
Local notes and business items from the town
A mix of personal visits, farming social events and town business. Mentions Mrs Fred Williams on sick list, visits by Laura Stines and Mrs Axe, a farmer picnic at Cloverbottom, a church eldership meeting planned for October, and John Lehman and others returning from Illinois. Also includes an advertisement for Halts Catarrh Cure with endorsements from West Traux and Walding Kinonan Mavin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lehman
Andy
Osbon
Illinois
Laura Stines
Worthington
Mra
John Sparks
David Scharb
Rob Corwin
Cloverbottom
David McCullough
Wild
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Traux
Ohio
Walding, Kinonan & Mavin
Hall
Mrs Adam of Groton States She Cured By New Discovery
In a letter the Groton South Dakota resident recalls a severe lung illness that progressed to consumption. After doctors abandoned hope she trusted Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds and used eight bottles to recover. Free trial bottles at Starcup’s Drug Store. regular sizes 50c and 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starcup
Local Notes and Sightings From Town and Surroundings
Town reports more rain hoped as residents note sick improving. Visits span J E Walton of Koleen and Dr. Rowe of Linton. Indianapolis visitor Lizzie Stelling and Tillie Reidy from Spencer seen with relatives. Polk Gardner shuts mill over water issues. new baby for Link Wesel. Nicola and Stone from Cleveland in town for lumber deal. Ely’s Dream Balm touted for catarrh and hay fever with quick relief and claimed cures.
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Dr. Rowe
Linton
Our City
Lizzie Stelling
Indianapolis
Tillie Reidy
Spencer
Joe Grice
Polk Gardner
Link Wesel
Torie Roby
Mrs. Lambert
Sarah Borders
Claude Gardner
Bloomfield
Linton Fair
Tr. Hunt
Nichola
Nicola & Stone
Cleveland, O
Ely
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Ideal Family Laxative
Advertising text extols Syrup of Figs for gentle laxative action and soothing effects, claiming it yields gratifying results for costive or bilious parents and urging every family to keep a bottle.
Typhoid cases and local notes in Worthington area
Worthington reports two typhoid fever cases convalescing. Mrs. Robarts visits relatives, Wallie George stays in the new drug store, and business is good. A rousing Alliance picnic happened at Greenville on the new rail. Local tidbits mention Dos Holtbay selling his farm, Tom Perrie visiting from Scotland, Homer Sears planning a dwelling, Rush buying a horse for 1250 dollars, and Joe Porter visiting Saturdays to repair watches. A replevin suit was decided in favor of the plaintiff. Regular use of Simmons Liver Regulator urged to prevent fevers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Alexander
Dos Holtbay
Dos
Tom Perrie
Scotland
John
Homer Sears
Sir Rush
Zeb
Joe Porter
Joe
Lyons Neighbors and Visitors Noted in Local Items
Melvin Clogaton’s ill child prompts concern. J H Quillen visits Lipton on Monday. L D Ennis travels to Sandborn on business Friday. Lyons sees many houses moved. James Wells and James Mynes attend Sullivan fair. Henry Hasler from Newberry seen on Saturday. J E Bull from Bloomfield in Lyons Saturday. J F Meesia at Linton seeks eye treatment from Dr Haley in St Louis. Luther Hayden and companion visit Sandborn then Lyone on Sunday. Mrs Amanda Maddox buys Belle Steine’s millinery stock. F H Reid buys Stephens’ property for 600 dollars. Mrs Quias Brinnon dies Friday, buried at Dog Island Saturday. J J Quillen and wife visit son Sam at Worthington Saturday. Joe W Verey and D H Fields of Island City pass through Tuesday. Mrs Steine plans visit to Indianapolis. Alvadore Quillen of News office visits brother Friday and Saturday. William Myers and Joseph Custer of ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Clogaton
J. H Quillen
Lipton
L. D. Ennis
Sandborn
Lyons
James Wells
James Mynes
Henry Hasler
Newberry
J. E. Bull
Bloomfield
J. F. Meesia
Linton
Dr. Haley
D. H. Fields
Island City
Belle Steine
Indianapolis
Alvadore Quillen
News Office
William Myers
Joseph Custer
Local notes and visits across towns this week
MARCO. G. W. Sharp went to Indianapolis on Thursday. Mrs. Mary Brillhart is visiting her aunt at Bloomfield. Mrs. A. R. Allen and family moved to Vincennes, Monday. Rev. Johnson preached his farewell sermon Sunday morning. John L Morgan returned Saturday from a week's visit at Trinity Springs. Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Yeoman went to Worthington Monday. Edith Denham visiting near Newberry. Simmons Liver Regulator advertised as nursery laxative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter Bros
Louie Maddox
Mary Brillhart
Bloomfield
A. R. Allen
Vincennes
Wm. Haily
Inland City
Rev. Johnson
Robert Craft
Newberry
John L Morgan
Trinity Springs
N. Yeoman
Worthington
Local News Digest from Bloomfield and Quincy Visit
Bloomfield residents push work on the new mill rill. Mrs Susan Anderson of Quincy led a ten day visit returning home to her sister Mrs M H Mayhood. Henry Wuneton of Bloomington arrives to take up fifteen or twenty cars of lumber from F H Reids mill. Simmons Liver Regulator touted as a cure for liver derangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Anderson
Quincy
School-Book Suit Targets Frankfort Trustees
The Todiana school-book company sues Frankfort trustees and the city school corporation to recover the price of school books provided last year. The action cites conversions after officials stored and did not use the books despite a regular order. The case, aided by a recent supreme court decision, seeks damages and value for unused volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Todiana School-Book Company
Bayless & Guenther
School Corporation
Elliott
Supreme Court
Trustees and
German Catholic Congress Excursions to Pittsburgh Penn Lines
Excursion tickets to Pittsburgh offered by the Pennsylvania Lines for the German Catholic Congress annual meeting from Sept 21 to Sept 20 with return by Sept 25 at one fare round trip. Tickets available Sept 20 and 21.
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German Catholic Congress
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Gage Planes Offered on 30 Day Trial in Bloomfield
The Gage Tool Co announces no local dealer in Bloomfield stocks the Self-Setting Plane made in Vineland New Jersey. The company will ship planes on a 30 day trial per circulars. Farmers, mechanics and other householders are urged to request circulars from the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Gage
Vineland N. J
Gage Tool Co
Golden Specific Claim Cure for Drunkenness Promoted
An advertisement touts Dr Haine's Golden Specific as a permanent cure for drunkenness that can be added to tea or coffee with or without the drinker’s knowledge. It claims thousands cured without consent and offers a circular from the Golden Specific Co based in Cincinnati. Also notes the German Catholic Congress meeting in Pittsburgh on Sept 21 with excursion rates via Pennsylvania Lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Haine
Golden Specific Co
Race Street
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Mi Ohip Coward
The Mysterious Bostonian at the Downtown Diner
An elderly Bostonian with white hair sits daily at a downtown restaurant from noon to six. He records orders like pork and Boston and New York style, noting profits for his hometown and muttering to himself. Once wealthy, he lost fortune and mind, his children in New York care for him.
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Habituc
New York
Boston
New York Herald
Sheridan's drill instruction from a tall Irish recruit
A historic anecdote shows General Sheridan correcting a tall Irish recruit who stands awkwardly. He demonstrates erect posture and commands the class to attention, while the recruit comically questions the drill and vows not to see the officer again.
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Sheridan
The Live of a Sponge and its Living Colony
A period lecture describes the sponge as a living colony of proto plasm units forming the sponge of commerce. It details oscula and pores, water circulation, nutrition, oxygen supply, and the role of flagellated units in sustaining life within the sponge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Adriatic
London
Chatter Cartoon Snippet Sparks Morning Banter
A humorous dialogue shows one person saying they were insensible for eight hours and that the other snoozed, prompting surprise and light chatter about health and wakefulness.
Doctor Tests Whitewash Against Cholera And Other Diseases
A Pisa doctor conducted an experiment using whitewash on surfaces contaminated with cholera typhoid and tuberculosis microbes. After coating and hermetically sealing for twenty four hours the whitewash destroyed the cholera and typhoid bacteria but left other microbes alive after multiple applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
At Docter
Pisa
E Room
New York Telegram
Little Henry Altenberg’s wild cable car chase on Madison
A Chicago boy named Henry Altenberg bound a rope to his waist and fed paper into the Madison street cable tunnel as a test of air currents. He rode the line for blocks, roped to the cable, drawing cheers and a police arrest before the rope was finally cut by a paint-store worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry Altenberg
West Qeestin Street
Western Avenue
Cage
Madison Street
Lake Mariners
West
West End
Leavitt Street
Hoyne Avenue
Seeley Avenue
Hennie
Robey Street
A. E. Alen
Col. St. Louis Republic
Israelite in ancient greatness and race versus religion
A compilation of short items notes the distinction between Israelite and Hebrew as nation and Jew as religion, jokes about a horse eating hay with a fork, a dress iron test, a vacation vs rest misreading, a tall Paris water barometer, a witty sign for a greengrocer, and a saying about trouble and sandals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebrew Journal
St. Jacques’ Tower
Paris
Meteor mass estimates from luminous meteors debated
A 19th century report notes Hutchins proposes meteor mass at fifty miles with Vega-like brightness would be about four and a half grains if two seconds long. An Emmett County iron meteorite lamp produced ten times candlelight, implying lighter meteors lasting two seconds could be under a half grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. C. Hutchins
Emmett County
Arkansaw Traveler
The Pepper's Price and Place in History
The article traces pepper from ancient uses by Hippocrates to its medieval value as a luxury. It notes pepper as a costly gift to dignitaries and explains modern growth as a climbing tropical plant bearing red fruit that dries to black pepper.
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Hippocrates
Luminous Patents Stir Night Roadways and Graves
The excerpt discusses a patented luminous harness making a horse at night appear like chained lightning, luminous match boxes and luminous figures to deter grave robbers, and the arrival of metallic coffins after grave robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eurth
Frank
Carpenter
Brass bands join militia bill proposal sparks wartime march
A playful scene features a villager and Congressman Bank discussing a bill to compel brass bands into militia service and march to war if enacted. Travers reveals he has paid a debt after a suit, while Dashaway and a clothier remark on sympathy and payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Bank
Travers
Dashaway
Dialect Story Quip Sparks Reader Chuckles
A playful exchange notes someone called me a dude today and I resented it. The scene mocks dialect stories in magazines as a way to dodge proofreading duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurley
Dolly—Trow
Epoch
Puck
Modern Success and the Writer Behind It
A dialogue notes public fascination with a best selling novel author. Levelhead praises the book’s reach while Friend questions the author’s genius, reflecting media buzz and skepticism surrounding literary fame.
Safe from Harm and a Dollar to Uncle Ebony
A brief exchange shows a benevolent individual providing a dollar to Uncle Ebony to help ward off hardship. Ebony replies that he fears no wolves, only dogs, maintaining composure amid poverty concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Ebony
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Emcrson
Hort & van Buskirk
Attorneys Atlaw
New Court House
Bloomfield, Ind
Thos, van Bushire
Rtel. & Timmins Attorneys Atlaw
Counties
Court House
Bloomfeld
E.W. McIntosh
Xmccintoosh & Crockety
D. W.crockett
Sal.lemore
Northean Corner Public Square
Erleigh’s
L. Sliskard
Noti
Ck Daria
NOFFETT &@ pa Vis
Shaw @ Bays
Greene Courty
Eny Court
J B. Young
M. D
Newark
J W. Gray
C. Cravens
H.R. Lowder
Eyeleigh
Wy . & Burke M
Scatland
Flugard
Philip Strauaer
Thos Price
Aed
Bucklen
Arnica
Tanner
Wonga Hardesty
Thomas Martindale
J. N. Hardesty, Jr
Beech Creek
J. J. Martindale
Far West
Jesse Is. Wun
Floyd
Richard Hardesty
J. O. Calvert
Stockton Township
Binton
Joeph Mos
Cass
John D Mourne
Stee
Henry Barter
Center Township
Heaton
P.O
BO FL Stringfellow
Trustec
Pleasant Ridge
Eupopsy
Fred Willams
Tas
Jack Workman
Fairplar
Thomas VanDevender
Highland
Mary A. Axe
Raphal Brauntetter
Smith Township
Julie M. Flora
Wimbrennerian Church of
Southern
Halh
J E Walton
Owensburg
J. Ferguson
Simmons Liver Regulator
G. W. Sharp
Thomas Berry
Elnora
E. C. Denham
Edith
A. J. Hattabaugh
Simmons
Ecore
Winstowash
Henry G. Stevens
Bridgeport
American Bible Society
Stevens
New York Sun
Gilmore
Annie Rooney
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Big
Mary Ann
Kevins
Boston Courier
Salem
Levelhead
New York Weekly
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