30 Sep 1898
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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1898
Page
1
The piece compares Caribbean living costs to Carthage with discounts on fabrics and household goods. It lists aprons, ginghams, cushions, calicoes, oxfords, suspenders, curtains, caps, school shoes, and Smyrna rugs with notably low per unit prices to attract prospective buyers.
A fragment lists varied goods including gloves hats neckwear rubber footwear wool cassimeres and general merchandise such as trunks telescopes and furnishings. It mentions shipments arriving from Philadelphia and Richmond knitting yarns shoes cotton flannels jeans and fleece lined hosiery.
Classified listing shows men and women garments including ribbed underwear 50c each vests 50c gloves coats and muslin by the yard 4-4 brown, shoes 1.50 union suits and crash toweling with limited iron nails left per keg 50c soft bosom shirts.
A long list of local residents and visitors visits Rushville Indianapolis Knightstown Greenfield and Carthage. The piece mentions outfits hats and summer wear at Eva Johnsons Hills Gear Nixon Gottliebs and Hill & Gear. It notes church services political visits students and a bicycle tour beauty and fashion notes and a theft in Knightstown.
Property owners along Main and First streets must call at the clerk’s office to comply with sidewalk payment requirements by next Monday October. Re v. Roy Peters, Town Clerk.
Rushville Graphic details the 1898 tax levy by Auditor Qwen L Carr. State levy 29 cents per $100, unchanged. county levy 45 cents, up 11 cents. poll tax $1. Interest on new courthouse bonds 11 cents. sinking fund 1 cent. Ripley township totals: tuition 19, special school 18, road 25, poor fund 6, plus 25 cents per poll in tuition and special school funds. Gravel road repair tax 64 cents per $100 across townships.
Rebecca Watkins born October 14 1812 in Hamp ton County North Carolina died September 24 1898 aged 85 years 11 months 10 days. She married Sterling Watkins December 25 and he died February 4 1885. Survived by four daughters two sons and many relatives. She united with the Christian church and rested in Christian hope.
Jane W. Pusey daughter of Celeb and Mary White was born in Pergumins county North Carolina on 11 month 11 day. She moved with her parents to near Knightstown around age 12. Four years later she studied at the boarding school in West town Pa for three years.
The text urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand, noting it is best not to delay purchase for busy seasons or night needs. It claims wide recognition as the world’s most successful bowel remedy and notes it costs little, sold by Q. E Coffin & Co.
The administrator will publically sell the deceased William B Hen estate on October 18 1898 at 100 oclock A M at the late Kipley township Rush county Indiana home four miles southwest of Carthage. Items include 8 horses 5 two year old heifers 6 yearling steers 3 milk cows 2 calves a shorthorn bull 35 acres corn 12 tons timothy 20 tons clover hay 7 bushels oats 5 sets harness 1 buggy 1 road wagon 1 farm wagon plows harrows other farm implements and household goods plus a library. Terms: cash under 5 dollars credit to Sept 1 1899 with note and 6 percent interest. David W Kirkwood administrator. Nac in is hereby given that the undersigned ...
Final Report of the administrator of the estate of Jesse Meléanicl rensed filed in Rush Circuit Court. Hearing set for October 20 1898 the tenth judicial day of the October term. Creditors heirs and legatees must appear and show cause why the Final Report should not be approved. Witness the Clerk and seal Rushville Indiana September 16 1898 Thomas M Green Clerk. Notice given that John C Hill Ad d
The Cream Ridge Gas company plant and well will be sold at public auction at Cyrus Cox's farm crossroads at 2 o'clock on Saturday October 9.
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