Parties to Welcome New Century Preserve Old Traditions
Families staged gatherings to celebrate the turn of the century in a lively social scene. Hosts included Benton Henley and J A Sipe, with many friends and neighbors at Gurney Nixon’s home and the New Hill Hotel. The night featured turkey dinners, a taffy party, and a midnight oyster chafing dish supper as youths shared music games and stories of travel along the C O canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Henley
J. A. Sipe
P. H. Chadwick
M. F. Lovett
Porter
John Wallace
Gurney Nixon
J. E. Campbell
Ed N. Hill
Walt B. Hill
Ed Adkins
Winona Newsom
Samuel McCarty
Raymond Johnson
John Weingart
Omer
Otto McCarty
Lew Stanley
James Coleman
Leonard Clark
Charlies Dillman
Young Ladies Club
Thel. F. A. F
New Hill Hotel
Walter Hughes
Russel Publow
Floyd Newsom
Joe Clark
Charles Moore
Fred Clark
Ethel Publow
Rema Stone
Lois Charles
Rhea Barber
Lizzie Clark
Cecil Redding
Helen Gause
Mies Lillian Sharer
Mies
Bertha Hill
W H Sharer's and local holiday happenings
A flood of brief notices from W H Sharer's detailing goods like salt and oil cloth, plus chitchat about visitors, travels to Indianapolis and Marion, a Morristown gas well reading 250 pounds, and social events including meetings and funerals. Rich with names such as Augustus Weaver, Lizzie Hill, Edna Overman, Joe Overman, Nellie Gates, and Mrs Hattie Harris Gilbert, all tied to the holiday period.
Ripley Farmer’s Cooperative Telephone Co gains wide connections
A local note clarifies that the Ripley Farmer's Cooperative Telephone Company is a state incorporated venture, with equal shares for all shareholders and ownership of lines by the company. The firm already links Rushville and Knights Town with Greenfield Richmond Indianapolis and other markets via New Long Distance. plans to install a metallic system aim to improve service across Carthage and nearby areas. A StocksOLDER.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley Farmer’s Co-operative Telephone Co
W. F. Pitts
Oren Henley
Carthage
Ripley Farmer’s Cooperative Telephone Company
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Hill & Gear
W. H. Sharer
WH. Sharer
Peat
Hill & Buttericks
W. H
Henley’s
John Woods
Shirley
Eula White
George Kizer
Frank Tweely
R. M. Whitton
J.koleum
John Wall
Piqua Ohio
Gas City
King
W. H. Sharer’s
Minnie McDuffy
Cincinnati
Mary Marlatt
Coluubins
Mary A. Elliott
Carrie Witcutt
Greentown
Will Manley
Edwin Bundy
Indianapolis
James Woods
Favorie
S. J. H. School
A. N. Marlatt
Kate Watkins
Terre Haute
Augustus Weaver
Fairmount
Ildred
Mra Leie
Will Carltons
W. Newsom
Shiville
Connersville
W.H Shar
Ladies Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
Youth’s Companion
Lizzie P. Hill
O. 5. Hill
Pearl C. Somerville
Gheencastle
Patten
Morristown
W. H Sharer
Edna Overman
Joe Overman
Effa Bundy
M. D. Michael
Zachariah Michael
Southport
W. H. Sharere
Nellie Gates
Salem
Ind
Frank W. Pussevy
William Perry
Pleasant View
R.F. Stanley
J. B. Jones
Harry Wall
Marion
Hattie Harris Gilbert
Sarah Johnson
Doc Sampson
Arlington
Lurena Small
Sanday
Miss Winona
Katharine Newsom
Wabash
Francis Stewart
Mary Pettiford
Anderson
Anna Steere
Grace Nixon
R. B. Henley
Jesse Winslow
Gertrude Keen
Logansport
Ross White
Arcada
Henry McCullough
Susie Clark
John Clark
Katharine Glage
M. E. Choir
Carrie Charles
Orphans Home
Senate Ave
21St Streets
T. C. Dick
Arcadia
Julia Comelius
Parsons Kansas
Henry Lacy
Mary Rakestraw
Lima
Ohio
Thimble Club
Katharine Kennedy
Elwood Hill
Granddson Werley Hill
Otto’ Hill
South Bend
Thomas Hendrix
Warsaw
J. H. Scholl
J. F. Evans
Nina Ford
State Teachers’ Association
Dr. Drake
Knightstown
Delcevne Drake
Sam L. Newsom
Mary Hebider
Oliver T. Thornbury
Dublin
Fred Gottlieb
Miss Gottlieb
Greenfield
Z. T. Small and Family
Riverside
Chester Hill
Prest Coffin
Geerge Ri Bert
Anti Saloon League
Alpheus Trueblood
A. N Marlatt
J.C. Hall
Gillispre
Cash Store
Big Monly
Lady Fair
O. S. Coffin & Co
E. J. Dunn
J.C. Sill
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