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Newspaper
Carlisle News
Location
Carlisle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
1
A notice states that K W Akin's son stores in Indiana will be addressed on a specified Tuesday and Saturday. It notes that Mrs Akin and family, who have been visiting relatives in Sterling, Illinois, have returned home on Sunday morning after several weeks away.
Friday decision affirms verdict for Anna Brown et al against Western Indiana Coal Co. The court holds mineral owners must prop and support mine roofs to avoid surface damage. It rejects deed reservations as shielding liability and cites surface loss as prima facie evidence of mining-caused sinking.
A summer farmers institute and picnic will be held Saturday July 15 in the grove near Providence church half a mile south of Paxton. Purdue University professor W C Latta will preside and M M Mather of Normal Illinois will speak on domestic science along with other speakers and music. It will be an all day event with attendees invited to bring baskets for the literary and social program.
Deeble & Son of Pennsylvania will ship coal from a Carlisle mine in August as the E T H railway builds a spur. After operation begins, the company will sink a shaft about a mile east of Oaktown, with several mines planned and substantial real estate activity expected in the coming year.
The Sullivan Union reprints a 1904 note about Dr. E. D. Denison resigning from the Carlisle school board on June 2, 1904. The item is said to have circulated earlier and reappeared in last week’s issue, provoking commentary despite being long past.
Mrs J N Roberts and Mrs Ellis Greenfield hosted a Saturday night reception at the former’s home for Lyman D Heavenridge and his Spencer-born wife who wed in June. Nearly 150 locals attended to offer best wishes for the couple.
Jim McConnell's planing mill receives four new machines a sander shaper moulding and mortise with accessories costing about 1000 dollars. The upgrade positions the mill to produce high quality inside and outside finish work with any desired pattern.
Representative John C. Chaney challenged the civil service system while in Washington hoping to place about a half dozen constituents. He found all government positions absorbed by civil service and left discouraged by the restricted liberties of a congressman in this era.
Justice J. W. Nickerson dismissed a desecration charge against Mr. and Mrs. Henry Browning of School and Thirty first streets after evidence showed they observe Saturday worship. The neighbor had charged them for working in their garden on Sunday.
A new directory card for the Carlisle Co operative Telephone Co was printed at The News office this week. It lists 366 names and covers this township extending into Gill and Jefferson townships. It has been eight months since the last directory and changes necessitated a new edition.
The Haddon township school held graduation exercises Thursday night at Providence Church near Paxton with a record crowd. Principal J W Riggins, county superintendent Richard Park and township trustee O J Steffy attended. Graduates were Ralph Arthur Eaton Edna McCammon Maude Nash Curtis Cleaveland Estella Settles and Cressie Wilson. The program included speeches songs and presentations concluding with diplomas and benediction by Rev W D Woods.
W A Trigg of this town and James Wellington of Pleasantville form a partnership to run real estate insurance and loan services. Trigg handles local business while Wellington operates headquarters in Pleasantville. They have completed numerous real estate deals recently.
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