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Newspaper
Carlisle News
Location
Carlisle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
2
An OCR fragment outlines advertisement rates and business notices. It mentions pricing terms such as dollars per year in advance and various ad placements. The text references business people and commercial advertisements, indicating typical late 19th or early 20th century classifieds.
A series of campaign notices names several candidates including for County Commissioner from the Third District and others in a Democratic primary. Voters are urged to note dates and affiliations as filings and nominations proceed.
The Carlisi high school purchased a piano to enhance the school room and music offerings. Students support the project and will fund it through a series of entertainments. The first event, Thursday night January 28, features Major Hendershot and son from Oak Park, famed as drummer boys of the Rappahannock, performing with high school talent.
Carlisle merchants and business men organized a local branch of the Indiana Retail Dealers Association at Pilmer and Ridgway hall to promote town interests and protect against bad debts. Thomas Paltry of Vincennes led the meeting, with nearly all firms joining. Temporary officers were chosen, Geo. A. Ridgway named delegate to Terre Haute, and Robert Anderson as alternate. The group aims to unify the community and share information on bad accounts across nearby cities.
I B Stanley leases the Carlisle Opera House from Dr. W A Lisman and plans to reopen after safety upgrades ordered by the State Board of Public Safety. An asbestos curtain and fire escape will be added, water kept on site, and interior remodeled. Shows will be booked through W S Donaldson Show Agency in St Louis and Red remains manager.
Meier Robbins and Miss Grace Orpha Robbing were wed Monday evening January six at six o'clock at the bride's parents home six miles east of Carlisle in Jefferson township. Rev. J. B. Bass officiated. The groom, from Harrison county now living in Sullivan county, is a steady worker and brother of Louis Meier of Carlisle. The bride is a well known local girl. They will live near Sullivan where he works in a coal mine.
Desia Faye Mason, 14, daughter of James S. and Rhoda Mason of the Carlisle area near Rose Chapel, died Friday January 3 after an appendectomy failed. Funeral services were Sunday at Rose Chapel, Rev. Wm. Hogan officiating. interment followed at Webb Cemetery.
Receipts and expenditures itemized for Carlisle Indiana covering 1907 to 1908. Includes money borrowed from Peoples Bank, taxes, street work contracts, gravel and cemetery costs, licenses, and numerous payments to contractors, clerks, and service providers. Notable entries list various names, amounts, and dates related to street improvements and public works.
A buyer announces purchase of the Ward coal mine in Pleasantville and offers to supply first class coal continually, inviting public patronage. The notice is signed by BE. BK. Dunbar.
Card of thanks records appreciation for kindness shown after the death of a husband and father. Signed by Mrs. Wm Dunbar and Family.
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