G HILL PROPRIETOR AND PUBLISHER INDIANA POSTMASTER ROTATION
Newton R. Spencer, postmaster of Greenfield, announces he will not seek reappointment due to rotation in office. He thanks Representative Watson for the one term and plans to step aside, likely being succeeded by the current deputy postmaster. The note praises the merit rule and the local party interest in Hancock county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton R. Spencer
Greenfield
Watson
Hancock County
Indiana
Spencer
Congress
Hoosier State
Indianapolis Wrath Over Railroad Station Plan
The city opposes the Chicago Indianapolis and Evansville plan to place a station across Senate Avenue from the state house. Backers led by Governor Hanly faced strong public opposition, prompting adjustments. The eventual site shift keeps the station away from the state house, though the dispute continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Chicago
Governor declines pardon for ex Auditor Sherrick
Governor Hanly states no pardon or parole will be issued to David E. Sherrick former Auditor now serving a 2 to 21 year term in an Indiana prison for embezzlement. He notes a jury conviction legal sentence and claims losses of 25 000 to 80 000 of state funds amid questionable investments and rejects petition claims of long standing official practice.
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Hanly
David E. Sherrick
State
Indiana
Sherrick
Committee visit leaves facts in dispute in Sherrick case
In a conclusion, the committee members who visited him on Sherrick's behalf confessed they did not know the facts in the case.
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Sherrick
Signs of Spring Amid Frolics and Marshalled Boys
A nostalgic column extols spring’s arrival despite winter’s late creep, noting robins nesting and frogs singing while children shed shoes, play marbles, and chase in the creek shade. It muses that today’s small boys may become great men, imagining Julius Caesar and George Washington as freckled youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Green
Julius Caesar
George Washington
Easter Services at the Methodist Church
Easter events announce a sunrise prayer at 5 30 under Epworth League auspices and a 9 30 Sunday school. At 10 30 the pastor delivers a sermon titled The Risen Christ's Command with afternoon and evening League services and a 7 30 special Easter service by the Sunday school.
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Epworth League
League
Edgar Stinger Writes from Phil lipines
Edgar Stinger writes from Tacloban in the Philippines dated February 6 1906 to his mother and brother. He says his regiment is ordered for another move after leaving Fort Leavenworth last year and that the Twenty fourth Infantry colored will arrive to relieve the Twentieth Infantry on Mindanao. He describes transport plans and that they will be stationed at Jolo on Jolo Island a small walled city with Mindanao noted as the large island nearby.
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Tacloban Lyte
Ft. Leavenworth
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Mindano
Thomas
Australia
Jolo
Jolo Island
A Popular Carthage Girl Wedded
Mabelle Clare Johnson married Clarence R. Weaver on the fifth in Carthage. She is a DePauw University graduate and a music teacher. he is a DePauw liberal arts graduate working for Indiana Trust Company in Indianapolis. Rev J T Scull officiated at the Johnson home with Methodist Episcopal rites. The couple received many fine gifts.
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Mabelle Clare Johnson
Clarence R. Weaver
Albert Johnson
DePauw University
Our City
Fletcher Methodist Episcopal Choir
College of Liberal Arts
Indiana Trust Company of
Indianapolis
J. T. Scull
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lucinda Johnson
William Johnson
John Johnson
Paul
Mary J. Henley
Otto McCarty
Carthage
Will Wade
Nelle Weaver
Tuscola
Ill
Mabelle Gear
Marion
J. B. Aydelot
Converse
Blood Evidence Recounts Cure by King’s Discovery
A Front page note from Backy merchant J W Williams recalls severe lung hemorrhages twenty years ago and credits Dr King’s New Discovery with a complete cure. He claims it remedies hemorrhages chronic coughs settled colds and bronchitis and calls it the only known cure for weak lungs. Each bottle priced 50 cents to one dollar with a free trial bottle offered through Reeves drug store Knightstown and McClain’s Carthage.
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J.W. Williams
Backy
Dr. King
Reeves
Knightstown
McClain
Carthage
Couple Leaves For Future Home In Indianapolis
A couple departs for their new residence at 2103 Park Avenue in Indianapolis as many friends extend warm wishes and good luck for the move and future.
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Park Avenue
Indianapolis
Busy Times for the Milliners Hat Exhibition
Local millinery stores announce large spring hat exhibitions and expect strong business with improved weather. Although sales have lagged earlier, many hats have already sold this week and Easter demand should boost further. Hats come in a wide array of shapes with green and red trimming predominating.
Citizens' State Bank Expands With Fireproof Vault
The Citizens' State Bank of New Castle will occupy a leased rear room, install a fireproof vault and a fire and burglar proof safe costing $6,000. The project signals a modernization of the bank's existing quarters and security features.
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The
Citizens’ State Bank, of
New Castle
May Wear Sweaters In Jeffersonville School Policy
Jeffersonville school trustees decide Indiana girls may wear sweaters to class if tucked inside the skirt, framing a long debate on educational impact and fashion. The item stirs humor as authorities wrestle with whether sweaters hinder or aid intellectual progress and how to wear them.
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Indiana
Jeffersonville
Sasio
Grip Quickly Knocked Out Grippe
Mr J B Egleston of Maple Landing Iowa says severe winter colds turned into la grippe with aches chills and fever. After using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and double doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets the illness was rapidly knocked out. Sold by McClain Carthage and by all druggists.
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Mr. J
Egleston
Maple Landing
Iowa
Chamberlain
McClain
Carthage
Farmers' Telephone Stock Sold at Auction
Forty shares of Farmers' Telephone Company stock from Shirley were sold at auction to Noble Van Meter for ten cents on the dollar. The stock has never paid dividends.
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Farmers’ Telephone Company
Shirley
Noble van Meter
Morris closes Summers property deal in Middletown
George G. Morris of New Castle completed a purchase last week of the Summers property two doors west of the M. E. church in Middletown. His mother in law Mrs Elizabeth Wilson of Kokomo will occupy it soon.
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George G. Morris
New Castle
M. E. Church
Middletown
Elizabeth Wilson
Kokomo
Big Money for Big Farm Rushville 100 Acre Sale
The Albert L. Allen farm of 100 acres, located about a half mile north of Rushville, was sold last week to Albert Morris of Union Township for 14000 dollars. This price per acre is likely the highest ever paid for that acreage in Rush County records.
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Albert L. Allen
Rushville
Albert Morris
Union Township
Rush County
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Methodist Church
Edgar Stinger
Phillipines
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Rushville, Ind
Love Bros
Weg
West Side Public Square
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McClain‘s
VIA
Louisville & Nashville
R. R
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Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
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Good
C. L. Stone
Louisville, Ky
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