27 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Carlisle News
Location
Carlisle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
1
Local craftsman opens a new blacksmith shop at his home one mile west of Carliste on the Merom road near Busseron Creek Bridge. Prepared to do all kinds of blacksmithing in first class style.
Mrs Lillie E Risinger of Carlisle obtained a judgment for 1092 09 from The Federal Life Insurance Co Chicago on a life policy her husband Charles L Risinger held. The case tried November 4 1907 before Judge McMasters in Marion Superior Court Providence Room 1. Attorneys Arthur D Cutler and Holtzman Coleman represented the plaintiff while Judge Atkinson Larz Whitcomb and Hawkins Smith Hawkins defended the company.
The Linton Record argues profanity is a minor flaw compared to persistent malice and avoiding debts. It urges pulpits to target those who refuse honest payments and disrespect spouses, rather than those who swear, as a path toward real reform.
Arthur D. Cutler chosen by heirs to settle Minnie Willis estate and qualify as administrator in Sullivan. Willis died September 20, 1907 leaving personal estate about $2,000 and land worth $8,000. Bond filed for $4,000 with R. T. Willis David Willis and George B. Willis as sureties.
Earl Robbins and Ed Walters, both Indiana University students in Bloomington, came Sunday to visit relatives near Freelandville. They were joined by Orville Shake, also an IU student from Bloomington, who will spend time with family in the area.
The Washington Herald highlights rapid industrial growth in the Second District over ten years. Vincennes Washington Bloomington Bedford and Linton exceed ten thousand population while Monroe Lawrence and other counties expand through limestone quarries coal mines and cement mills. Miners in Linton area total about four thousand with payrolls around a quarter million dollars monthly. Local residents in Sullivan Sullivan county and nearby towns see rising wealth from farming and mining amid a boom in cities like Bedford Bloomington and Vincennes.
Will Beck of Oaktown visited Monday with Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Hooper. Mrs. T. E. Johnson left Monday for Greensburg to visit her father Captain W. R. Elder and other relatives. T. C. Woodward left Friday on a business trip to Terrenante Brazil Montezuma Clinton and other points north.
The State Horticultural Society offers 240 in cash premiums for the Fruit Show at Purdue University during the Farmers Short Course week January 13 to 15 1908. Indiana fruit prospects are highlighted to encourage growers to exhibit and attend for practical guidance on varieties orchard care spraying and related topics. For details write C G Wooppnrey Purdue Experiment Station LaFayette Indiana.
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