29 Sep 1905
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Newspaper
Carlisle News
Location
Carlisle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1905
Page
1
Beginning October first the KE and T H will operate under Frisco system rules. Changes include receiving train orders while in motion, using a hoop device to hold orders as the engineer passes stations, and the agent’s presence for signing orders in earlier practice. The old line may disappear, with regret along the route as Evansville loses its historic road name.
Tom Grizzle D B Johnson Elmer Hoover and Dan Helms attended a conference meeting in Linton on Sunday with local officials and participants.
An insurance agent urges quick action to protect farm property, claiming a specialty company offers liberal policies. The message emphasizes avoiding losses by fire and positions the provider as broad and favorable toward farmers.
The Newark New Jersey based American Insurance Company offers farm policy coverage for farming implements and buggies with no 60 day wait or 2 percent discount, providing cash in full at once after a loss.
George Campbell of Vermillion county recalls a 1815 Indiana frontier episode involving his uncle John Campbell and Vinson Edwards. Indians pursued, the boys were captured near Carlisle, a fight led to two deaths and a scalp taken, while Dudley Mack and Collins survived, and families searched the area for years.
Editor notes Uncle Hi a long-time resident now retired from farming writes about country life and memories. He recalls old-neighborhood gatherings, barn raisings, cider tapping, and neighborly lore including tales of Joe Welman and Widder Tabitha, framed in a rustic Lingdon township voice.
A Boston woman, famed for hauteur, saw a man spit on a streetcar. She asked the conductor if spitting was allowed, and he replied with dry humor that spitting anywhere was fine. The exchange highlights etiquette on public transit.
Farmers forecast a bountiful turkey crop for Thanksgiving after a scarce last year. Abundant grasshoppers and crickets supported fattening flocks, with many farmers increasing production to meet demand.
A maid recalls a comic misunderstanding with a suitor as she lashes out after an unwanted kiss. The ensuing slap leaves a notable mark and vivid crowd reaction in a short, humorous domestic scene.
Burrell Wiley, recently from Carlisle, has taken a good electrician job at Jackson Hill for a coal company. He earns $95 monthly plus house rent and coal. Billy Jenkins traveled to Vincennes on Monday to stay a week or two with his sister, Mrs. P. K. Shepard.
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