Mrs Helen Akin Returns to Ferry Hall to Resume Studies
Miss Helen Akin resumed her studies at Ferry Hall school for girls in Lake Forest Illinois on Thursday night after a spring vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs C T Akin. R D Henderson made a business trip to Sullivan Friday.
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Helen Akin
Lake Forest
Ilinois
Ferry Hall School
C. T. Akin
R. D. Henderson
Sullivan
Chas. H. Ridgway
Akin’s
New Ticket Law Sets Higher Train Fares and Ends Penny Change
A new law effective Saturday abolishes penny change on railroad tickets. It limits passenger travel within the state to at least five cents and not more than two cents per mile, with fractions counted up to a full mile. If a passenger misses a 30 minute predeparture ticket option, carriers may add ten cents. Carlisle lines show fare changes versus old rates.
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Carlisle
Squire Tompkins Show Company Presents Play in Oaktown
The Squire Tompkins Show Co. performed Squire Tompkins Daughter in Oaktown last Thursday before a small audience. The Carlisle troupe had previously staged the piece in Merci Dugger and Oaktown and then decided to disband due to lack of financial viability.
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Squire Tompkins
In Memoriam George W. Smith
George W. Smith born March 4 1851 in Pendleton County West Virginia died April 7 1909 in Gill Township Sullivan County Indiana at 58 years 1 month 3 days due to epileptic convulsions. He married Mary Catherine Roebuck who died January 1888 leaving Lydia and Jared. He married Elizabeth Johnson September 1902 and they lived near Jeffersonville Ohio where Layina born November 1893 and Frank born March 1896. Funeral by Rev William F Russell burial in I O O F cemetery.
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George W. Smith
Pendleton Co
West Va
Gill Township
Mr. Smith
Fayette County
Ohio
Mary Catherine Roebuck
Lydia
Jared
Elizabeth Johnson
Jeffersonville
Layina
Frank
William F. Russell
Outrage Over Government Envelope Printing Preference
Exchange argues government envelope printing harms private printers and urges newspapers to organize for relief. It suggests Congress pass a bill to end government printing of envelopes, noting the potential benefit to printers and press.
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Exchange
Store Break-In At Carlisle Mercantile Co
Thieves entered the Carlisle Mercantile Co. store owned by Hooper & Hooper last Saturday night. Chas. Hooper found the back window glass broken Sunday around three o'clock. No tampering with the safe or money drawers suggests no major theft. a few small articles may be missing.
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Carlisle Mercantile Co
Eighth Grade Examination Set for Carlisle Public School
The second examination for eighth grade pupils in Haddon township schools to graduate from common branches will be held at the Carlisle public school building on Saturday April 17 1909. Those taking the exam should bring ink pen and manuscript. The examination starts at 8 00 a m.
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Haddon Township
Carlisle
Local visits Easter weekend across Indiana towns
Elliott Roberts spent Easter in Evansville with his aunt Mrs. Peter Goelz and relatives. Fred Hill traveled to Chicago to resume work as a decorator. Miss Edna Johnson visited Sullivan on Saturday. Mrs. James A. Wilson visited Terre Haute to see her daughter Mrs. M. K. Curry and family. Dr. Wm. A. Lisman was in Terre Haute Friday and Saturday. Miss Hazel Brown visited Terre Haute to see relatives.
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Elliott Roberts
Evansville
Peter Goelz
Fred Hill
Chicago
Edna Johnson
Sullivan
James A. Wilson
Terre Haute
M. K. Curry
Wm. A. Lisman
Hazel Brown
Farm Home Burns Near Here Damages Samuel Weever Farm
Fire destroyed Samuel Weever’s two story home twelve miles southeast of here in the early hours Friday. The blaze, likely caused by a defective furnace, left the building valued at about $1 000.
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Samuel Weever
Here
Terre Haute Visits Noted By Local Residents
Mrs. William B. Shepherd and her daughter Helen spent Friday in Terre Haute. Mrs. Elizabeth Tinkham returned home in Terre Haute Saturday after attending to business matters here.
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William B. Shepherd
Helen
Terre Haute
Elizabeth Tinkham
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Cais
Plymouth Rock
Indian Prairie Parsonage
Gale
Jackson Hill Coal
Oliver Steele
GEM Cafe
U. E. Johnson
Prop
Bulletin
Carlisle Shelburn. Farmersb’g
James G. Morrison
Osteopath
Terre Haute Trust Co
IND
Old, New
Paxton
Shelburn
Farmersburg
Pimento
Oaktown
Emison
Vincennes
Princeton
Risinger & Ellis
Faye Lisman
Wwe
D. Kivett
W&e
Ladies’ Notion Store
Phenix
Brooklyn
New York
J. Wesley Smith
First National Bank
Cutler
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