Destructive Fire Near Mill Street Raises Suspicions
A Sunday morning blaze alarmed Citizens as flames roared from a building near the lumber yard and mills on Mill Street. Firefighters faced water shortages and delayed engine use, saving nearby properties while the insured house owned by J Hadley Hill burned. Kennedy and family were away. theories blame matches from rats or fresh tracks, with incendiary suspicion lingering.
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Mill Street
J. Hadley Hill
Charles Kennedy
Shelbyville
Kennedy
Fresh From the County Seat Real Estate Transfers
Heirs of William Dearinger transfer 160 acres in Walker township to Wm. W. Dearinger. Ann M. Bowles sells 93 acres in Anderson township to James P. Archey. James L. Sipakick to Babecce 8 new 20 acres in Noble fest cabin. George Beaver to George T. Churchill 203 acres in Noble township. Wm. L. Price Sheriff to George T. Churchill 223 acres in Noble township. New cases filed include Maul et al. vs Toolen et al. for $275, Warfield vs Kennedy for $1000, Zinglep et al. vs Supreme Tribe Ben Hur for $1250. Marriage licenses issued: Gordon to Kemp, Smith to Kalstin, Perkins to Warner. Estates in court: Mahan-Hill administrator bond $4000. Carpenter-Bass bond $1400.
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Gosemi
William Dearinger
Wm. W. Dearinger
Walker Township
Ann M. Bowles
James P. Archey
Anderson Township
Jame L. Sipakick
Babecce
Noble Fest Cabin
George Beaver
George T. Churchill
Noble Township
Wm. L. Price
Frederick Maul
John Toolen
Uriah J. Warfield
Donald Kennedy
Mand Zinglep
Supreme Tribe
Ben Hur
Revival closes with conversions and renewals at Friends' church
Report of a revival at the Friends' church ending Sunday evening yielding conversions and renewals. Names of attendees include Anna Moore and husband from Little Blue, Daniel Presnall from near Arlington, Rev. Phillips of Centre, Fanny Elliott of Maxwell, and others. Also notes ongoing Nameless Creek Christian church meetings led by Dr. E. W. Hammond and a M. E. Quarterly meeting held recently.
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Friends’ Church
Anna Moore
Husband
Little Blue
Daniel Presnall
Arlington
Phillips
Centre
Fanny Elliott
Maxwell
E. W. Hammond
Nameless Creek
Wm. Willoughby
Christian Church
Wm. Porter
Bert Cohee
Fortuville
Delia Bennett
Otto
Anna
Marion
Joseph Shultz
Effie Brown
Frank Stinger
Wm. Alexander
Your City
Sabvath
Harry Stinger
Robert Mason
Greenfield
Jerry Porter
Fountainton
Augusta Dennis
Millie James
Susan Perigo
Vigo
Sullivan
Local families occupy vacant rooms and a house in town
Seven weeks remain in the school term as Albert Ritchey and family move into Belinda Scott's vacant rooms while Mr Welcher and family take John Fry's new house. No vacant dwellings are currently known in town.
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Albert Ritchey
Belinda Scott
Mr Welcher
John Fry
Campaign talk and local news from a 1898 town
The local note set discusses 1898 political candidates for county offices, curiosity about Carthage youths stopping visits, and young men from the town attempting to enlist in Indianapolis but finding the ranks full. It also covers barber Claud Kirkpatrick seeking work in Indianapolis, Rev Smith at the M E church preaching hard on convictions, hog shipments last week, Gospel Temperance meetings, and new I O O F recruits.
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Indianapolis
U.S. Army
Claud Kirkpatrick
Confidence in God as Christian Foundation
Rev S H Doyle outlines a weekly Christian Endeavor topic on Feb 61, stressing the believer’s confidence in God for both present life and the life to come. He explains David’s psalm expresses gratitude for earthly blessings and the Lord as refuge, and cites Peter’s epistle to affirm eternal hope and inheritance kept in heaven.
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S. H. Doyle
David
Israel
God
Peter
Jesus Christ
John ii
Love Is Stronger Than Death Say Presbyterian
A Presbyterian reflection states that fear of death stems from faithlessness and conscience. It argues genuine fear derives from conformity to God’s word and heaven. It claims Christ’s testimony affirms love’s power beyond death, with sunlit graves and varnished coffins.
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Christ
Presbyterian
Provoked to Good Works and Virtues Quote Echoes
An item compiling aphorisms and excerpts from Reformed Church Messenger Dryden Kingsley Dickens and Charles Dickens. It juxtaposes calls to provoke good works with reflections on virtue courage affability and motherhood followed by a poem line about ice and thunder across shores.
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Reformed Church Messenger
Dryden
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Carthage
Indiana
F. M. Sparks
Frank Wilson
Rushville
Ind
J. A. Sipe
Johnson Bros
Mill Streets
Carthage Building Loan
J. M. Stevens
J. A. Titsworth
Stevens & Titsworth
Sipe
J. H. Binford
Bill
Binford Block
Greenfield, Ind
Herkless & Bretz
Liaser and Loans
Rushville, Mnd
Lot D. Guffix
Jas. E. Watson
Guffin & Watson
Attorneys- At- Law
Ruth and
Main Streets
Gates Sexton
Will M. Sparks
Sexton & Sparks
Butler, Holden & Churchill's
George W. Osborne
Stevens and Tittsworth
North Main Street
F.G. Hackleman
Postoffice
W. S. Joanson & Son
Charles S. Hill
Weingart
Illinois
Reeding
W. M. Edwards
Optician
Knightstown, Ind
United States Benevolent Society
Bdgar J. Bundy
Carthage, Ind
East Street
Deering
Earth
Hill Bros. Hardware, Tinware
Michael Gordon
Elizabeth Kemp
James Smith
Margaret Ann Kalstin
Charles Perkins
Clara Warner
Frances Mahan
John O. Hill
Julia A. Carpenter
Laura J. Bass
Charlottesville
M. E
Owen
Hill
Hill’s Drug Store
DR. E. Bupkin
Just
England
Meakin
Gallin
Mercer Henley & CO
Henry C. Phelps
Goar’s Meat Market
West Mill Street
Ram
Lard
Joseph N. Goar
Isaac N. Harris
Newsom
Carthage, Mnd
Christian Endeavor
Charles Kingsley
Charles Dickens
Lord de Tabley
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