Local Notes Rally as Rushville County News Flows
County Clerk T M Green and Rich man of Rushville appear in town. Town residents attend prayers, entertainments, and political campaigning. Executorships named for John Parker's estate. A fatal scalding事故 reported. revival meetings thrive. various visits, travel, and farm concerns noted throughout the county. June-term court delay due to tonsillitis.
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Elizabeth Moncrief
Leonard Paper Box Board-ompany
Rushville
Walnut Ridge Gossip and Local Notices
Walnut Ridge reports B H Dennis and wife ill with grippe. C H Parker visited Rushville Monday. Rachel P Hill, sick weeks, now out again. Miss Mary Nichols to preach at Walnut Ridge church next Sunday morning and evening. Miss Hunnicutt from Earlham college vacationing nearby. Lindley M Binford and family from Soca Me visiting relatives. J E Jay Carthage, T H Holding Westland, Eli J Parker Iowa attended Sabbath services and spoke well. Miss Wood and Miss White of Earlham gave an elocutionary entertainment at the church with a small fee collected to aid their studies.
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Nellie Wood
Gail White
Earlham
Friends’ Church
Knightstown
Watson- Johnson
Watson
Carthage
Thomas T. Hill
J. C. Wilson
Frank Redman
Union Township
Wilson
William T. Powell
Rushville Township
Powell
Rush County
Wilson Moore
Otto
Posey Township
Arlington
B. H. Dennis
C. H. Parker
Rushville
Rachel P. Hill
Mary Nichols
Walnut Ridge Church
Hunnicutt
Earlham College
Lindley M. Binford
Soca
J. E. Jay
T. H. Holding
Westland
Eli J. Parker
Iowa
Flowers or plants for sale from Winona Newsom
Notices that any one wishing choice cut flowers or potted plants can secure them by ordering from Winona Newsom, suggesting a local sale or delivery option through the supplier.
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Winona Newsom
Hill and Gear to Expand Store in County
A New Pirm reports Mr A O Hill partners with Charles H Gear in Hill & Gear dry goods and shoes. They plan to lower the building to add an 18 foot rear extension and other improvements, aiming to create a large, commodious store. The firm is expanding stock across dry goods, boots, shoes, and gents furnishings, with Gear described as honest and energetic and ready to serve customers.
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A. O. Hill
Charles H. Gear
Hill & Gear
Hill
Messrs Hill & Gear
Gear
Johnson Victorious In Henry County Congressional Race
Henry A. Johnson leads Henry county by about 100 votes and will secure the county's 36 votes at the New Castle convention on the 16th to win the Sixth district nomination. Watson carried surprises in some townships while losing others as Johnson’s supporters express mixed reactions. Watson sent congratulations to Johnson and thanks to supporters in a Journal letter.
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Henry County
Henry A. Johnson
New Castle
Watson
Johnson
Indianapolis Journal
Free Easter Social at Newsom's Hall
The ladies of the M. E. Church announce a free Easter Social at Newsom's Hall on Saturday afternoon and evening April 4. Autograph Quilts and other items will be for sale with auctions at night. Bids by mail or on site accepted. Refreshments served both afternoon and evening. Everybody invited.
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M. E. Church
Newsom’s Hall
Fined for Betting by Squire Alsman in Arlington
Rushville report says George W Offutt and Joseph Moore, prosperous Posey township farmers, were each fined 17 dollars for betting. Moore offered 20 to 1 against his tenant Andy Moore plowing a furrow this spring, wagering 100 dollars to Offutt’s 5. Both men left checks in a local bank. The tenant Moore plans to plow when fields are ready. Offutt appeals.
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Rushville
Indianapolis Journal
George W. Offutt
Joseph Moore
Posey Township
Squire Alsman
Arlington
Moor
Andy Moore
Moore
Offutt
Cavern Struck in West Liberty Gas Well Drill
In a West Liberty area gas well, drilling at 800 feet faced hard rock for a time as a 2000 pound bit pressed, then suddenly yielded and dropped into a cavern. The event produced a flat impact sound and locals compare the strike to hitting the Chinese wall's foundation.
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West Liberty
Explorer Captain Pierce and Canal Suits Across Counties
Capt. Elias H. Pierce, 76, Camden resident, recalls Mexican War exploits and Idaho gold finds as farmers along the Wabash and Erie canal face damages suits. Fred Olcott of New York and E. W. Shirk of Chicago claim 70 miles of canal, suing 17 local farmers. more suits expected. School-age children rise from 311 in 1883 to 2,650 this year.
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Northwest
Elias H. Pierce
Camden
Jay County
Idaho
Ice City
Pierce
Lewis
Clarx
Wabash and Erie Canal
Fred Olcott
New York
E. W. Shirk
Chicago
Wabash
Flwood
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DePauw University
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