Local News Briefs and Family Notes
Community updates show Ames Miller back at work after illness and Mrs Amanda Northam on a sick diet. Annie Moore is very poorly. Ed Miller returned from Ohio. John Swain hauls cornerstones for a new barn. Bert Partish welcomes a new son. A life insurance agent visited Manilla. several policies were started. J W Northam attended Wesleyan Methodist meeting in Henry county. A Goodwill church revival is underway near Gwynneville led by Rev Boyer and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Miller
Amanda Northam
Annie Moore
Ed. Miller
Ohio
John Swain
Bert Partish
Manilla
Goodwill Church
Gwynneville
Boyer
Samuel Earnest
la Grippe
D. Pollitt
Ulysis Earnest
Frank Ramsey
Chas. Poston
W. W. Wilcoxon
Fred Lambert
Ben
Isaac Earnest
Carthage
Lula McBane
Indianapolis
Goodwill
Sam Ball
Wabash
J.M. Poston
Local notes on illness deaths and community events
Reuben Henley is sick with the grip. Several residents recover from illness including A O Hill and A C Anderson. Obituaries for William E Kirkwood and Sarah J Brown noted with funeral details. Education board grants Carthage High School college entry commission. Marriage announced for Monro Coffin and Atilla Luka. Community updates include burglaries, bank swindle arrest, and local society happenings at Newsom's Hall.
Most Successful Meeting of Rush County Farmers Institute
The Rush County Farmers Institute met at Newsom's Hall with ten sessions over two days. Notables from Indiana and nearby states attended, and topics ranged from wheat experiments to farm life and world fairs. The closing session featured discussions on farm drainage and taxation, with resolutions urging continued state support for farm education and better funding for Purdue University programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush County Farmers’ Institute
Newsom’s Hall
W. C. Latta
Virginia C. Meredith
Cambridge City
Olive E. McGrew
Milroy
J. T. McMillen
Ging’s
Cicero Pitts
Manilla
J. N. Latta
Rome City
D. L. Thomas
Sarah Edgerton
Spiceland
Harvey Caldwell
G. W. Thomas
J. G. Wolf
B. Hill
R. EB. Henley
Rushville
Farmers’ Institute
Purdue University
Cranean Romine
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CASA
the Empire Grocery
M. F. Lovett
East Side Mill
the Grown Grocery
R. E. Henley
Henley’s
East Mill Street
Stinger & Stone
South Posey
J. W. Northam
Wesleyan Methodist Quarterly Meeting
Henry County
Willis Storms
Arlington
Brother Storms
Reuben Henley
Lon Kizer
William Toms
Westland
A. O. Hill
A.C. Anderson
Asenath Reece
Alonzo Sobo
J. W. Johnson
A. H. Johnson
Elwood Scott’ Hays
Joseph M. Thomas
W. Williams
National Bank of
Knightstown
C. A. Anderson
Walnut Ridge
Monro B. Coffin
Atilla K. Luka
New Vienna
Coffin
Our Town
Cincinnati
M. Luka
Sarah J. Brown
Niles
Mich
R. D. Lemon
Market Street
M. E. Church
C. E. Lewis
J. F. McCarty
E. J. Dunn
J. F. Tweed
Friends’ Church
Elwood Scott
J. H. Douglas
Des Moines
Iowa
N. Hill
W. Righter
O. P. Overman
Mark Phelps
E. T. Coffin
A. W. Newsom
State Board of Education
Carthage High School
A. H. Sherer
State Board
Erclong
William Edward Kirkwood
Jacob Blount
Ardington
Albert Henley
Earl Hollingsworth
Ed. Ruby
Charles Just
Noah Redick
Andrew Bryant
Barrett
William B. Kirkwood
Effie Rhodes
Willie
Hus
Ginter Nora
Liesie
William Willcutts
Sarah Venard
William Heatts
A. R. Young
George W. Holbrook
Thomas R. Poston
Jesse Poston
Emma Earnest
Thomas Bundy
Elwood
Bundy
Elma Kennedy
Kokomo
W. W. Wilcoxen
Bennett Webb
O. K
Rush County
J. Troop
Lafayette
T.T. Newby
J.B. Hearkiegs
Clark Phillips
George W. Thomas
Homer
R. H. Phillips
McGrew
Mathif
Kate Wu
Latta
Haw Patch
Meredith
Wolf
Messrs
Thomas, Edgerton
Indiana
Parmerton
J. F. Price
Albert Earnest
A. N. Earnest
Dr. Surfus
Ed. ‘Gary
Henderson
W. W. Peters
Noah Souder
Jeff Dilham
Will Leisure
Sam Souder
Shelby County
Owen Souder
Louie Henshaw
James Souder
G. L. Dillman
Riley Wilkinson
Sallie Price
Puck
Terre Haute
Jane Hersey
Hazelwood
Anderson
Horace Branham Strapp
Madison
Chili
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