Local contracts and notices mix in 1898 columns
The article lists committee notices on contracts for entertaining events and changes to promises, plus political indication Rev Das Ryan as a potential grand army commander. It reports the Sandcreek pike contract let to Shields & DeGolyer for 29337 and notes local bidders were excluded for minor formalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Das Ryan
Utica
Sandcreek Township
Shields & DeGolyer
Seymour
Greensburg News
Forty five applicants examined for teachers license in Columbus
County superintendent James H. Clark oversaw forty five applicants on Saturday. Roads on west Fifth street proceed with asphalt and sand binder. hoped to finish Washington to Third and Fifth street by encampment time. Burglary at Wrangdon's grocery disrupted by Buck Bradford after vandals removed back door glass. Pictured: local notices, community events, and town movements across Nashville and Bartholomew County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Clark
Columbus
Ors
Washington
Fifth Street
Buck Bradford
Wrangdon
Bradford
Torpedo Boat Farragut Named for Admiral Farragut
The Farragut class torpedo boat displaces 278 tons and is built at Union Ironworks. It carries an indicated horsepower of 5600 and is equipped with two torpedo tubes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farragut
David G. Farragut
Union Ironworks
Bees Adeiral
Andrew Hull Foote
Dee
Prices of farm commodities and vessel speeds noted
The snippet lists prices for Bran Wheat Corn Hay Flour Oats and various animal goods and staples, with a discussion of knot speed versus statute mile and example speeds of torpedo boat destroyers, noting a vessel at 20 knots equals about 23 miles per hour and some destroyers reach 245 knots about 29 mph.
Yarrow Torpedo Chaser Manly Aboard From England
The Manly, a 60 foot Yarrow torpedo chaser recently brought from England, is named for a Revolutionary War hero. It measures 9.8 feet in beam, 3.8 feet draft at speed, displacement 17 tons, and is built for speed with a thin steel hull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Fragmentary Local Ad Teases Tent Decor and Cigar Offer
The clipped text hints at quarters for flag bunting and festooning for an encampment plus Fine Cigar offers at Febring's. A middle aged woman as housekeeper is mentioned with scattered names and a date 1714 7 Curis LoEscu.
Local Residents Travel Note Indiana City People
Albert Schwartzkoff was an Indiana polis passenger this morning. Miss Nannie Culley returned to her home at Franklin this morning. Miss Nettie Crump went to Indianapolis this morning to visit friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Schwartzkoff
Indiana
Nannie ‘Culley
Franklin
Nettie Crump
Rock Creek township figures visit city. residents seen
Prominent Rockcreek figures Jeff Huffman and James Petree attended events in the city on Monday. Elizabeth Shephard of Newbern spent the day in town with friends. Local notes mention various perfume names and a casual return of Romiager to Indianapolis last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. RB. Entertainment
Burnsville
Jeff Huffman
James Petree
Alex Dean
Cme
Finance Com
Rockcreek Township
Elizabeth Shephard
Newbern
Miss Prosser's School Closes After Enjoyable Term
The district No. 1 German township Bartholomew county school taught by Miss Mabel Prosser closed with an entertainment Friday. The day included amusements and games, followed by a dinner for patrons. Mrs. Wm. Beck and Mrs. Matt Keller traveled to Indianapolis this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartholomew County
Mabel Prosser
Wm. Beck
Matt Keller
Indianapolis
Headache Quickly Cured Doctor Davis Claim
A brief society note reports James Billingsley and his wife of Indianapolis visiting W. Swengel and family on Sunday. The item mentions a Dr Davis offering anti headache cures with a claim of quick relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
James Billingsley
Indianapolis
W. &. Swengel
Carrier Pigeons Released From Express Office
One hundred carrier pigeons were released today around ten o'clock on Fifth street in front of the express office with a course toward Indianapolis. They circled briefly to gain bearings before heading north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Street
Express Office
Indianapolis
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Speiler’s
Committee On Hotels and
G.L. Reevves
Comrade Ryan
George Moore
Hancock Township
J. A. Laurie
North Vernon
Rancis Little
J. W. Norton
Clifford
Coun
Minnie Stoward and Son
Terre Haute
Prof
Mobley
Daisy Linson
Danville
Columbus Township
Tain Church East
Washburn Orchestra
Tabernacle Quartette
Song
America
Rev
Cross
Goodrich
Hon
Geo. W. Cooper
Tabernacle Quartette Music—Orchestra
Raymond Rudolph Nellie Guffy
Sarah Ruby
Edgar Monroe
Weasie Cavantugh
Lillie Joslin
Alpha Heagy
Mary Wells
Harry T. Quick Lottie King
C. N. Bruce
Mary Schumacher
W. S. Higgs
G. M. Wheeler
A. B. Phillips
Della Henry
Grace Meyers
Frank Winchester
Henry Mensendick
Lynnie Thompson
Marin V. Jeweel
West Fifth Street
John Tinsley
Hoffman
Henry
Nashville
Daugherty
Bert Dennison
Louisville
Harry Scholler
Charley Marey
Edinburg
Eugene Wineingar
Lulu Rubottom
Gertie Meyera
Fehring
S. Tf
Tee
Hope Camp
Mary Girton
Hartford City
John Nugent
Miss May Greaves
Mrs. Applegate
Edin
Wilfred Spencer
Ed Stephenson
Byron Lodge No. 108
Knights of Pythias
Fifth and
Washington Street
Kinney & Kinney Insurance Office
John Newbanks
Mittee
Tholomew County
Torpedo Boat
Ennbeatt
Henry Harmon
Manly
Geo. E. Ellis’ Store
Curis LoEscu
Polis
Apolis
FOOTE
Geo H Cummins
May Broom
Holmes
Wiley Romiager
L. B
H. L. Rost
Frank Clark
George Ellis
Rost
Franklin St
Saupers & Payloor
David Dy. Bort’ Ter
Bes
Yorktown
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