04 Sep 1896
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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1896
Page
1
Lincoln Creek returns from Missouri and a stream of residents and visitors fill the town. Political speeches, local improvements, horse and wagon accidents, burglaries, and community events reflect a busy period with Democratic and Republican activity in Rush and surrounding counties.
A saloon building erected by E. A. Gasho in Rose Hill was burned to the ground at 1 am Tuesday. Philip Justus of Morristown had rented it for a quart shop, moved in Monday, and found the loss on Tuesday morning with liquors ruined. The incident sparks debate over temperance methods, with calls for lawful action. The Central Union Telephone Co opened a new toll line through Indiana's gas field, linking Muncie Fort Wayne Marion and Hartford City to the Wabash-Indianapolis line from last year. A McKinley Club will organize here Wednesday with a Band Wagon ride invitation.
In Westland and surrounding areas the community notes a new season with the Blue River township schools scheduled to open Monday Sept 28. Local church events include Rev Evans preaching at Brown's Chapel and a Demorest contest at Western Grove church next Friday evening. Residents report travel, visits, and social gatherings among families in Greenfield Muncie and Alexandria, with local politics and a fatal accident at Moody & Sons sawmill in Muncie.
Hon Henry A Johnson Republican candidate for Congress in the Sixth District spoke for three hours at Mrs Eunice Clark's grove on South Main street Arlington. The rally drew about 2000 people from Knightstown Charlottesville Lewisville Arlington Rushville and surrounding areas. He critiqued Bryan silver policy with facts and defended sound money and other GOP principles. Johnson planned further stops in Arlington Milroy and New Salem.
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