Local items note visits, business, and meetings across town
A rush of social calls and travels spans July to early July with visits by Galloway, Henley, Cox, Binford, Overman, and others. The canning factory starts up, and Dr. Patton and Fred Hill visit Morris. The Rushville council taxes cigarette dealers. A Big Four excursion to Louisville is announced. The town debates a chicken ordinance, sidewalk grading, and alley openings while a grain elevator project expands storage capacity. State and county figures appear at various events, including medical professionals eloping and county officials at meetings.
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Henry C. Phelps
Elisha Phelps
Phelps
John D. Hill
Hill
Officers Elected at Carthage Lodge No 255 I O O F
At the regular meeting of Carthage Lodge No 255 I O O F officers were elected N G Albert Earnest V G William Hinshaw Sec O E Hill Treas William Johnson R NG Reuben Henley L N G Oliver Earnest Warden J Frank Tweedy Con D Clinton Amerine I G Ed Roby O G Harvey Jessup R 8 S Irvin Hill L 8S 8 Henry Haywood Host J F Tweedy L 8 V G Irvin Price all names listed as new or continuing lodge officers for the year.
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Carthage Lodge No
N. G
Albert Earnest
V. G
William N. Hinshaw
O. E. Hill
Treas
William
Johnson
Reuben B. Henley
Oliver Earnest
J. Frank Tweedy
D. Clinton Amerine
Local notes and events from Speicherville and area
Mrs Lucinda Downey hosted Mrs Sarah Price on Sunday. Misses Ruby Bitner and Bertha Dillman spent the Fourth with friends in Hancock county. A daughter was born Sunday to Ira Earnest, granddaughter to John Earnest. Fred and Frank Catt John Hill and Frank Whitton witnessed fireworks at the Home Saturday night. James Hackleman traveled to Rushville Monday. Wyatt Braden broke two toes Friday. George Dillman and wife visited R S Whitton Sunday evening. Gov. Matthews reception at Lafayette featured Col. I N Walker and others. Gen Lew Wallace, in an address, blamed southern politicians and praised enemies as well as friends. Speicherville's post office is to be reestablished after being abandoned for years.
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Jesse Galloway
Anderson
Ley & Mercer
Indianapolis
R. E. Henley
Iide
Greenfield
C. B. Cox
T Levi Binford
Richmond
Ever P. Overman
H. M. Sutton
James Outland
Patton
Fred Hill
Morrisa
F. W. Cregor
O. W. Righter
J. E. Campbell
Earl Coverston
Frankton
D. C. Benjamin
Daniel M.° Hill
Ford Stanley
J. Clark Hill
Lewisville
Henry
Ella Binford McIlvaine
Jared P. Binford
Ledore J. W. Sparks
Little Child
Harriet Sparks
Jones
Manilla
J. P. Binford
Hancock County Christian Endeavor
Dye’s Lake
R. R. Mitchell
New Salem
Rush County Medical Society
Etta Miller
T. J. Walker
John Wallace
William Henley
Joseph Overman
James E. Watson
Rushville
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Lincoln League
Chicago
Henry County
Fair Grounds
Knightstown
Fnday
John K. Gowdy
Republican State Committee
W. S. Johnson
Milton Benjamin
Brownsville
D. &. Benjamin
Lucinda Downey
Sarah Price
Ruby Bitner
Bertha Dillman
Hancock County
Ira Earnest
John Earnest
Fred
Frank Catt
John Hill
Frank Whitton
James Hackleman
Wyatt Braden
George Dillman
R.S. Whitton
Lafayette
Gov. Matthews
Col
I. N. Walker
Lew Wallace
Hoke Smith
Notice to Property Owners in Carthage Indiana 1896
Notice to property owners to cut weeds along sidewalks and alleys, rake up and burn or remove debris by July 15. Noncompliant persons will be fined according to law. Hin Marshal Carthage Ind July 7 1896.
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Hin
Marshal
Carthage
Ind
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Hill Bros. Hardware, Tinware and Implement Dealers
Ee Fairmount
N. C. Binford
Knightstown Acay
Nannie Mattox
Lida Leichrest
Walt B. Hill
Donald
Mire N.C. Binford
Jesse L. Phelps
George Wall
Piqua, O
Mr Wall
John and
Harry Wall
W. P. Odell
Hagerstown
W. G. Allan
M. E. Odell
Samah Amerine
Grace
Clint Amerine
Adam Johnson
The
Carthage Natural Gas Company
William Bundy
Ed. Adkins
Granville Miller
Newsom
J. Edwin Jay
Will Wallace
Nina Newsom
Winona Newsom
J. D. Dennis
Fred Long
Arlington
M. E. Church
James Gilespie
Big Four
Alexandria
Louisville
Goneyell
the Town Legislature
Kizer
Michaels
Tweedy
Gause
Weaver
Alonzo Kizer
East Side
Main St
Stinger & Stone’s
Messrs
Wooten & Dennis
Messrs Wooten & Dennis
Johnson Bros
Brown County
Palmerton
Speicherville
Wabash County
Wabash
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