Local Notes and Community Happenings in Rush County
County residents and visitors are listed with trips, visits, and small events. Notables include Jay Cox at the county seat in Jay, Henry Morris’s rheumatism, Susie Clark visiting Indianapolis, and Miss Ida Hutchins planning to enter Terre Haute Normal School. Also noted are hog shipments, a Rush County fair August dates, church meetings, revivals, and local transportation mishaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth Moore
Indianapolis
LeMay, Greenfield
F. H. Holt
Henry Morris
Henry C. Phelps
Rashville
Susie Clark
Bicycle Party Delights Carthage Cycle Club Members
Misses Nina and Winona Newsom hosted a bicycle party at the old homestead southeast of town on Thursday evening July 23 to honor the Carthage Cycle Club. Seventeen members attended despite a threatening storm, some returning home while others pressed on to reach the destination before the rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina
Winona Newsom
Carthage Cycle Club
Old Homestead
Rowland Hill
Florence Henley
Newsom
Dr James W Green Dead in Shelbyville
Dr James Wilkinson Green died at his home in Shelbyville at 9 o clock Monday morning Born February 5 1825 in Rush County Indiana He was English descent and married to Mary Gowdy sister of Hon J K Gowdy of Rushville Survived by widow and seven children and was charter member and longtime president of Rush County Medical Society Funeral held at Rushville M E Church Interment East Hill Cemetery A Rush Medical College graduate 1856
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Worrell
Indianapolis
Worrell
Knightstown
Reuben Henley
Rushville
Rush County
Ada Parry
Asenath Reece
Richmond
State Normal School
Terre Haute
Miss Parry
John Newman
Jasper Williams
Thomas M. Ochiltree
Williams
Newman
Tom
Christian
Campbell
Lexington
Micajah Young
Hancock County
Morristown
Home Music Co
Logansport
Ind
McKinley
Scientific American
Messrs Munn & Co
James W. Green
James Wilkinson Green
Shelbyville
Indiana
Mary Gowdy
J. K. Gowdy
Lot Green
Noble Brann
Belle Wilson
John D. Green
Arlington
Thomas Green
Will Green
Nellie
Rush County Medical Society
Shelby County Medical Society
Indiana State Medical Society
American Medical Association
the Christian Church and
Odd Fellows
M. E. Church
East Hill Cemetery
Rush Medical College
Terrific storm causes widespread damage in Indiana towns
A severe storm with wind rain and hail struck multiple towns across the state. Reports include destroyed crops, blown down trees and fences, unroofed barns, flooded streets, and lightning strikes on Baptist church and power plant. Fatalities tied to lightning near Terre Haute and drownings in Brownstown are noted. damage totals reach tens of thousands in Tippecanoe county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Winslow
Terre Haute
James Leak
Lafayette
Tippecanoe County
Montpelier
Blufton
Crawfordsville
Brownstown
Charlie Swing
Frank Stubb
White River
Elwood
Frankton
Anderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gare
Hill Bros., Hardware, Tinware and
Sound Money
John
Fit
Carthage
Hearlington Gornet Band
Oxfords
Hermesdorf
Hill & Gear
Ee Cox
Jay
Henley & Mercer
Cincinnati
Robert Brown
Eaton
Margaret Catlin
Ida Hutchins
Portland
P. A. Hutchins
Mont. Porter
J Edwin Jay
Pleasant Hill
Jesse Kizer
Abbie Hill
Thomas T. Hill
Blackfoot
Idaho
Josiah C. Binford
Micajah Binford
Walput Ridge
Lizzie Henry
Estella DeWitt
John D. Hill
John B. Herkless
Sylvanus Talbert
Franklin Chapel
Hester
Worth
Newson’s Hall
J. C. Henley
Eldorado
Hamilton County
Henley
Elwood Henley
D. D. Sampson
Sampson
J. J. Conaway
Christian Church
That Place
F. D. Dennis
Atlantic
Moore
Edison
Howe
Wilson
McCormick
Franklin
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