Old Stage Coach Days As Recounted By the Late Walker Winslow
The Fairmount resident and former Carthage traveler Walker Winslow recounts decades of stage coach service between Marion and Anderson. He describes contracts, earnings, routes, and hardships including swampy roads, horse shortages, and delivering war news, noting he never lost a horse or a cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Walker Winslow
Fairmount
Carthage
Grant County
Winslow
Marion
Anderson
Henry Winslow
Wabash
Walker Winslow
Fairmount News
Government Postal Department
Jason Wilson Bank
Pike
Corduyay
Mississinewa
Lincoln
Alexandria
Copperhead
B. F. Stinger
Orchester
Comstockerty Mills
Henry B. Hill
Comstock
Nicholas Reiter
Kelitah Clark
John M. Clark
Manchester
Eli Stafford
Greensboro
Monument advertising and Civil War era travel anecdotes
An Indiana monument dealer advertises Montella and Millstone granites with legible lettering and reasonable prices. The narrative recalls Civil War era travel, stagecoach routes, a southern soldier intervening to defend a president’s death announcement, and a Long Ago anecdote about Walk er Winslow and companions including Kelilah Clark and a patent beehive agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
Indiana
Address at Shadeland on Christianity and Women's World
Twenty guests hear Dr. B F Daily discuss the influence of Christianity on women's world and the push for suffrage. The talk framed women's rights as arising after Christ and urged duty in voting, with a luncheon at Shadeland west of Carthage hosted by Mrs William Dill and Mrs Mary Hinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dill
Mary Hinton
Shadeland
Carthage
B. F. Daily
Christian Church of
Greenfield
Plato
Aristotle
Solomon
Christ
Dr. Daily
Dr. Gause
H. H. Henley
Loth
Notice Prohibits Seining and Trespassing on Farms
Notice states all seining and trespassing on the farms of T Benton Henley J A Sipe Wm J Henley J R Publow Emma Overman Julian Overman and Alonzo Sohn are strictly forbidden under penalty of law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Benton Henley
Dr. J. A. Sipe
Wm. J. Henley
J. R. Publow
Emma Overman
Julian Overman
Alonzo Sohn
Citizen Gift Offer to Friend in January 1913
An offer invites sending the Citizen to a friend for January 1, 1913, at the price of $1. The promotion promises enjoyment and value for the recipient, with emphasis on a thoughtful gift idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizen Office
C. G. Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas W. Smith
J. S. Shaw
Cc. J. Horton
Henley Block
I A. Sipe
Johnson Block
Main Street
Carthage Hotel
D. M. McCorkle
Lewis & Son
Carthage, Indiana
Independent
Ind
J. J. Anderson
Hartford
North American
Phoenix
Brooklyn
Howard E. Henley
Owen S. Hill
Sattler
Standard Companies
EG Hackleman
McCall’s Magazine
And
McCall Patterns
McCall's
McCall
Beni Sete
W. 37Th St
New York City
Semple
Travelers Railway
Dearborn
Chicago
W. H. McCullough
J. B. Schrichte Sons
Kelilah Clark
North Carolina
South
Cardus
Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis News
Floyd Miller
Prop
F. F. Brenan
Owner
Carthage Electric Light Plant
Circuit Court
Rush County
Wright Jeffries
Uriah H. Jeffries
Cook & Cook
Nelson White
Wilbert C. Pierce
Watson, Titsworth & Green
Atty’s
State of
Luzena Thornburg
William P. Henley
Benjamin F. Miller
Byron W
Retherford
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