Eckels Attacks Bryan as 1896 Stand Remains
James H. Eckels, former comptroller and current Commercial National Bank president, states he will oppose Bryan in 1900 with vigor. He condemns the Chicago and Kansas City platforms, warns of alliance with Croker, and argues for sound money and preservation of the gold standard. He criticizes Bryan's calls for discord, Populist ties, and alleged anti‑business rhetoric, urging voters to back McKinley.
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James H. Eckels
Ottawa
Cleveland
Commercial National Bank Ofc
J. Bryan
Eckels
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Chicago
Kansas City
Croker
Ritch Croker
Mr. Tilden
C Ammany
Supreme Court
Treasury Department
McKinley
Spain
Washington
Porton Rico
Philippines
United States
Ripley Township Expenditures and Levies Proposed 1909
The Trustee Cyrus B. Cox proposes yearly taxes and levies at the township office for 1909. Items include township tax 10 cents per dollar, local tuition tax 14 cents per dollar and 25 cents per poll, special school tax 14 cents per dollar and 25 cents per poll, road tax 20 cents per hundred, additional road tax 5 cents per hundred, library tax 1 cent per dollar, and other items totaling $8400.67 per hundred dollars.
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Ripley Township
Cyrus B. Cox
Citizens Club Encourages Youth In Arts Discussion
The Tourist Club and Womans Literary Society promote young people’s engagement with art, literature, history, and social topics through home movies and interaction with past masters. They view progress as society uses art to elevate and inform rather than indulge gossip.
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Mre
Womans Literary Society Tourist Club
Anti Saloon League event at Friends church last Sus evening
An Anti-Saloon League gathering at Friends church drew good church representation and renewed interest in moral work. Elder Hall delivered the address to attentive listeners while a union choir and quartet performed. Next event will be at the ME church on August 26.
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Friends Church
Hall
Bandy
Carthage
Mowers and Lawn Mowers Chas Butler's Repair Shop
Repair shop notices mower services and a terse warning about prompt stopping to reduce danger from a lingering cough remedy touted as harmless. The fragment hints at a brief health remedy claim and shop communication.
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Chas Butler’s Repair Shop
The Tourists Review German Art and Life Night
The fifth Tourists meeting from the Christian church featured lectures on German organization and thinkers, Munich art, and the German common people. Mrs Green highlighted somber galleries drawing global visitors, with musical interludes and a refreshments break. Admission was 10 cents, next meeting set for Monday at 8 o clock at the Prise church.
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Earl Hen
Thomas Clark
Green
Munich
Germany
Pak Lovett
Sipe
Prise Church
Mies Florence Henley
William Hill
Dresden
Partnership Ends as Carey Hand and Omar Barnard Separate
Carey Hand and Omar Barnard dissolved their partnership after the trade had been hanging fire for some time. Hand will continue the furniture business at the old stand while Barnard retires. Both are noted as reputable in local business circles.
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Carey Hand
Omar Barnard
Mr Hand
Barnard
Open Meeting of Friends Missionary Society at local church
The Friends Missionary Society held an open meeting last Tuesday evening at the Friends church. A pleasing program featured an organ voluntary by Miss Florence Henley, a reading by Miss Bertha Hill, and a talk on Chinese customs by Miss Anna Steere, a returned missionary. Special singing included Mesdames Belle Ball and Mary Hubbard, and Messrs Harry Pitts, Harry Stager, Edgar Bundy, and J. D. Dennis. Mite boxes yielded a little over 383 dollars.
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Friends Foreign ‘Missionary Society
Friends Church
Florence Henley
Bertha Hill
Anna Steere
China
Mesdames Belle Ball
Mary Hubbard
Leona Luse
Harry Pitts
Harry Stager
Edgar Bundy
J. D. Dennis
Band Stockholder Notice Demands Immediate Attention
Band stockholders are notified that subscriptions are due and must be paid promptly. Chas H Gear serves as secretary and urges immediate action to resolve the delinquency and move the band's affairs forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. H. Gear
Bec’y
Evening Cake Walk and Concert by Jubilee Singers
There will be a grand Cake Walk and Concert at Newsom's Hall Saturday night by the colored Jubilee Singers of Rush-Swillg. Admission 10 cents. The advertisement touts a remedy called Pord's pticide for better digestion and claims night with poor sleep from stomach discomfort.
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Newsom’s Hall
Colored Jubilee Singers
Aximispion
Wedding Bells in Knightstown for William Wallace and Bertha Wall
William Wallace and Bertha Wall were married last Tuesday at the bride’s home in Knightstown. Dr. T. R. Woodard conducted an informal ceremony with a small circle of friends. The couple will reside in the Gah Duke property and host friends soon. Bertha Wall is noted as a popular Knightstown young woman with many friends. Indiana University’s annual catalogue shows over a thousand in attendance, with representation from every county. List of attendees from this county includes Fran Rushville, Mary Ettie Coleman, Earl Ellison, Robert Elem Martin, Theodore Richargon Reed, Jessie Emalyn Spann. from Carthage Cyrus Wilson Coffie. from Manilla Homer Clyde Gaddy.
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William Wallace
Muss Bertha Wall
Knightstown
T. R. Woodard
Friends Church
Mr Wallace
Gah Duke
Mise Wall
Indiana University
Indiana
Fran Rushville
Mary Ettie Coleman
Earl Ellison
Robert Elem Martin
Theodore Richar Gon Reed
Jessie Emalyn Spann
Carthage
Cyrus Wilson Coffie
Manilla
Homer Clyde Gaddy
Cure A Cold In One Day Ad With Laxative Remedy
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. It promises money back from all druggists if it fails and bears E W Groves signature on each box.
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E. W. Grove
Bose
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Kinley
Ruth
Sharer
Shocket’s
Henley's
Henleys
Henley’s Grocery
Thomas Taylor
Murray Rawls
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Taylor & Rawls
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