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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1896
Page
8
Carthage timetable for the Big Four Mine shows corrected date February 9 1896 with passenger train numbers listed for north and southbound runs. Agent J E Campbell of Carthage Indiana available for further information. Evening and morning departure times noted at 6 80 p m and 7 01 a m with 2 40 p m listed for a southbound or additional run.
Notices for three dollars per year list Cartuage Lodge No 255 I O O F meets Tuesdays at 730 pm at Odd Fellows Hall Visiting members invited Friends Church holds services Sabbath 11 am weekly midweek Thursday 10 am prayer meeting Thursday 730 pm Sabbath school 945 am Christian Endeavor 6 pm Junior Endeavor 3 pm singing practice Friday 730 pm teachers meeting Wednesday 700 pm monthly meeting first Thursday after first Saturday 10 am
A dense list of local items notes E T Leiter a dentist, the LaPorte militia disbanding, Easter millinery openings, and business spots like Hill Gear's for drapery. Deaths include Dublin resident Charles Hood aged 74 and Valparaiso normal graduate Daniel Kern aged 44, with other obituaries and public notices across towns such as Jeffersonville Greensburg and Richmond. Also mentioned are a $3,000 fire in South Bend, a Montpelier charter,Madeline Bentley, and several shop promotions, livestock and meat markets, and a GOP county committee meeting agenda with township signups and officer nominations.
Local report notes orders to shut drinking establishments on Saturday night. Patrols busy. two saloon keepers arrested. Several small items mention drugstore cough syrups and a star restaurant grand opening. Lively community notices include lodge matters and local visits.
Greenfield report notes the sudden vanishing of city attorney Elmer J. Binford five days prior. Last night he was located in the far West, causing distress to his wife. Friends attribute the act to temporary insanity from financial embarrassment.
Public notice warns all property owners adjoining alleys in unsanitary condition to clean and remove nuisances such as pigpens privy vaults garbage or any danger to health. Citizens urged to report nuisances to the Board of Health office. F W CREGOR secretary.
A fragment from a New York display notes a phrase on ordinary postal cards and a crest in the design. The readable text suggests a decorative ornament linked to official mail materials.
Sunday visitors include Ray Maston from Maple Valley and families of Binford, White, and Cook. Nathan Bundy now lives on W P Binford farm southeast of the village. assessor Lamb busy listing township property. Easter program at Westland Christian Endeavor Society. Miss Jennie Pope leads room one class closing day with a dinner and literary program afterward.
Ella Phelps recovers from illness while Gertrude Gardner teaches a summer term. Various residents attend meetings, visit friends in Greenfield and Indianapolis, and others move or travel. Notable items include Rev. A. Cone arriving Tuesday, pastors changing duties, and property sales like E. Coffin selling restaurant fixtures.
Notice announces an election at the Hall of Carthage Lodge I. C. C. F. on Tuesday evening April 21 to fill the unexpired term of Alongo C. Anderson who has resigned. Voters will choose one trustee for the remaining term.
We express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance and sympathy during the sickness and death of our dear father Harris N Thornburg. The CullpRen. Call on us for Bale Bills.
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