Flood Devastates River Bottoms and Bridges
Torrential rains Friday left Blue River flooded over the bottoms washing out 200 feet of Small's cut rail line and destroying Main street and township bridges. County damage runs to thousands as trustees estimate repairs at about $5,000 plus river township costs. Mrs Henry Ward Beecher dies at 85, marking the 10th anniversary of her husband’s death.
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Rawls
Evan Johnson
Bass
Small
Main Street
Cox
Henry Ward Beecher
Pruning and Planting Apple Trees from Old Horticultural Notes
A historic guide explains proper planting of young apple trees with deep, well drained holes, a mound of rich soil, and careful alignment of the central leader with side branches set at about forty five degrees. It stresses pruning of horizontal limbs, removing crowded or crossing branches, and protecting large wounds with a shellac or tar coating, while urging thorough soil preparation and careful towing of the tree into place.
News from Knightstown and nearby towns
Miss Grace Steere and Miss Bertha Hill visited Knightstown with social calls. A gas well was drilled at Gowdy and several locals faced illnesses or visits with friends in Richmond and Indianapolis. Obits note Mrs. Martin Birt’s death aged 61 near Manilla.
Arlington Notes Show Local Moves and Foretastes of Spring
Arlington news reports Ed Beher of Indianapolis to open a barber shop here, Isaac Addison recovering, and Hutchinson & Son converting a grain room into a telephone office with the Rushville cooperative line. Bart Lowe dies in Henderson and is buried in Arlington. Mazur sells his property to Kennedy who plans April 1 stock of general merchandise. Tribbys move to town and Ed Beher to Tribbys house. Farmers hopeful as wheat outlook improves with reduced snow.
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Ed. Beher
Indianapolis
Isaac Addison
Hutchinson & Son
Rushville
Tribby
Local Notes From Westland Township Summary
May Frank Edwards was ill last week. Jesse Reece visited his children near Mohawk. Bailey Binford moves to the Binford farm near Ingalls. Noble Miner leaves the Duke farm for a North Knightstown farm. James Kiger will work for C. F. Ratliff near Pendleton this season. Illinoisan Frank Chandler visits his brother John C. Chandler east of the village. E D Newby studies teleg raphy at Greenfield Western Union. Mrs Amie Coffin slowly improving after two months illness. Thomas Whittaker moves into the John New house formerly Wes Anderson. Graduation exams for township schools set at Westland school house on Saturday March 20. High water Friday washed out foot logs along Nameless creek and caused fencing and property damage. Miss Ola Cameron set for an elocutionary entertainment at Westland school next Saturday evening, closing the Blue River Township Lecture Course. Marion Ellsbury married Mary Deck at the bride’s parents’ home near Charlottesville with Rev Gard officiating. they plan to reside in the township.
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Grace Steere
Knightstown
Bertha Hill
Gowdy
Amos Gates
Richmond
Messrs
Owen
J. Clark Hill
Lucious Nixon
Indianapolis
Will S. King
Shirley and
Wilkinson
Martin Birt
Manilla
Will Maguire
North Vernon
Catherine Stuart
W. T. Hill
E. Hill
Charles Nixon
Gurney Nixon
Noble Township
Conners Grove
Frank Sparks
Donald
Rushville
Jacob Cross
Jackson Township
Alvin Moore
Gwynneville
Flora Beckner
Pusey Township
Mina Cox
F. M. Coffin
Eva Johnson
Will S
A. O. Hill
Florence Hunt
Cincinnati
Wm. P. Henley
Mattie Bentley
Will R. Zion
Binford-Pickering
Noble Miner
Duke Farm
Cleveland
Hancock County
Nancy. Hinchman
Owen $i
Ruth
Mabel Phelps
Amos’ Phelps
Arnold Mal
Walker Township
John C. Henley
Henley
Michigan Division
Big Four Railroad
Monon
Chicago
Big Four
Carthage
Indiana
New York State
New York Central Railroad
Wilson Basye
Windsor
Anderson
Alfred Cox
W. W. Parsons
Terre Haute
School Hall
Keturah Miles
Julia Pickering
Benjamin O. Binford
Dublin
Ind
Miss Henley
al. McDaniels
Daisy Rhodes
Allie Henley
Miss Pickering
Enos Henley
Frank Edwards
Jesse Reece
Mohawk
Bailey Binford
Orlando Binford
Ingalls
Duke
James Kiger
C. F. Ratliff
Pendleton
Frank Chandler
Illinois
John C. Chandler
E. D. Newby
Western Union
Greenfield
Amie] Coffin
Thomas Whittaker
Charlottesville
John New
Wes. Anderson
Westland School
Ola Cameron
Blue River
Marion Ellsbury
Mary Deck
Gard
The
Christian Church
Train plunges into washout near Hazelton. multiple fatalities
A Chicago and Nashville limited passenger train plunged into a washout near Hazelton at about 8 a m Wednesday. The engine express baggage car and smoker fell into the river. Three passengers and the fireman were killed and several others injured.
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Hazelton
Farm to Rent on Eighty Acre Property
A small eighty acre farm offers a good house and barn for lease. Contact E. N. Huu for details.
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E. N. Huu
Reedy Card Held on Forgery and Theft Charges
Reedy Card is jailed in Greenfield awaiting court action. He is charged with forging the signatures of Samuel Gordon and Jerome Black on a $350 note and with stealing clothing from J. Ward Walker & Co. Card is scarcely out of his teen years.
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Reedy Card
Greenfield
Samuel Gordon
Jerome Black
J. Ward Walker & Co
Card
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Oppete
Sises
Bering
Buffalo
Wuoten, Agt
Parker & Parker
Oo. S. Aill & CO
B. W. Steere
Martha Elizabeth
John Kizer
M. E
W. N. Fletcher
Wm. Allenthorp
James Collins
John F. Moore
George Bogue
Joe
Fountaintown
Meredith
Powell
Tom Kennedy
Grand Jury
Rev. Smith
M. E. Church
Franklin Church
John D. Green
Louisville Medical College
Rosa Gilson
Bob Meredith
Arlington
Elisha Munden
Westland
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