Local Market and Social Notes From Connersville Indiana
Miss Delia Tucker visits Laurel and many residents travel for visits to Indianapolis Liberty and Germantown. Revival at First M E Church with Rev James Rowe draws crowds. Jonathan Gise dies aged 73. funeral at Lyon Station. White and Sacre expand groceries and discounted suits at M Homera the Big Clothier advertises clearance sale continuing this week.
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M. Homera
Fifth and
Central Ave
Connersville
Ind
Presbyterian Church Notes Attendance and Sermon Update
Attendance at Sunday School 259 with a $480 collection. Morning and afternoon services drew large crowds. Rev. H N Mount will read the last chapter of Now the Littlemonroe Found a Church Home in the Sunday afternoon service, a notable part of his continued series.
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H. N. Mount
Littlemoorea
Prolific Union County Breeder Sells Duchess Ind for 1000
Joseph Witter of Union County, a noted eastern Indiana breeder, sold the fine short horn cow Duchess Ind to Mr. Aaron Barber of Avon New York for one thousand dollars. The win came at the Indiana State Fair where Duchess Ind earned the prize.
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Joseph Witter
Union County
Indiana
Maplewood School Notes Parents Meeting and Gifts
Next Friday January 19 Parents Meeting at Maplewood School with large attendance urged. Mrs E W Ansted donated a picture to Miss Crago's room praised by teacher and pupils. J M Carter's room hosts a Loan Library of about forty volumes with pupil contributions. A book table in Misa Pitts' room features reading material and periodicals. Visitors welcome and patrons invited to view the schools.
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E. W. Ansted
Miss Crago
J. M. Carter
Misa Pitts
Patrona
Funeral Notices and Local Sympathy in Garrison Creek
A funeral for Mrs. William Bunzendahl drew many locals, with community sympathy extended to the grieving family. George Jones of Highland recovers from illness, while a four month old infant of Clarence Garrison died at Stipps Hill Franklin Co and was buried at Webb Cemetery after services by Rev. Jesse Miller. Jamesa Custer and wife visited Sherman Limpue and wife in Alpine on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bunzendahl
Ed Winchel
Will Henry
Fayetteville
Wm. Payne
Geo. Jones
Highland
Clarence Garrison
Stipps Hill
Franklin Co
Jesse Miller
Laurel
Garrison
Webb
Homer Stone Leaves for San Antonio After Visit
After a two weeks visit at his father's Homer Stone left Sunday morning for San Antonio Texas. It has been four years since his former visit to his parents. Homer is well pleased with the southwest and the bright future looks him in the face. He has charge of a cattle ranch and is infatuated with the great industry and will probably cast his lot with the citizens of Lone Star State.
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Homer Stone
San Antonio
Texas
Homer
Southwest
Idustry
Lone Star State
Hog cargo and local notices from Hawkins Courier
Samuel Gerber hauled thirty two hogs to market last Monday averaging two hundred ten pounds. Miss Vesta Ellis attended her aunt’s funeral in Franklin Co. Arthur Nelson and a friend visited Gossipville church. Rev Wines preached at Wiley Chapel. Mrs David Risk of Yankeetown transferred church membership by letter.
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Courier
Samuel Gerber
Vesta Ellis
Franklin Co
Arthur Nelson
Gossipville
Earnest Maurer
Wines
Wiley Chapel
David Risk
Yankeetown
Harrisburg News Briefs From Harrisburg Area
Miss Ella Keb cut her thumb last Monday morning severing a small artery and bleeding until the artery was taken up. Samuel Shortridge is very sick at his home west of here. Five candidates and probably more will ride the Gadd Fellows goat at Harrison Lodge Friday evening the 19th met. Ed Stone has been sick several days but is better. Marshal Myers of Kentucky, visiting his sister Mrs Pierce, and brother J C Myers have returned to their homes.
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the Courier
Ella Keb
Samuel Shortridge
Here
Harrison Lodge
Ed Stone
Marshal Myers
Kentucky
Mra
Dr. Pierce
J. C. Myers
Longwood
Across the Continent by Train and Trail
A travelogue describes a Sunday departure from camp to St Paul then by rail to St James and on toward Wyoming Utah and California. The journey notes guard limits on a snow protected cave. irrigated Nebraska and Wyoming fields. a boy’s letters to girls. a broken leg near North Platte. encounters with Mormons Chinese laborers and Indians. Oregon and Sacramento Valley scenes. a wreck near Hot Springs with fifteen killed.
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St. Paul
St. James
N. W
Sioux
N. EF
Nebraska
Columbia
Grand Island
North Platte
Wyoming
Rawlins
Maceo
Filippino
Ogden
Great Salt Lake
Frisco
Hot Springs
Sacramento Valley
Sacramento
Camp near the ocean seen from San Francisco voyage
Around 1 pm Friday we left the train and ferried to San Francisco. We marched four miles through streets and found eight or ten regiments encamped on the hills. Our camp lies a mile from the ocean with numerous transports and battleships visible. Guy Nexperson, Co. F. 45th U.S. Vol.
Earths Magnetism Explained by Simple Revolving Wheel
Johns Hopkins Professor Dr Henry A Rowland reports progress on a simple metal wheel experiment to explain earth magnetism. A wound wheel and brass sheath atop a shaft powered by an electric motor show magnetism increases with speed, with further tests planned to refine the relation between rotation and magnetism.
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Henry A. Rowland
Johns Hopkins University
Rowland
Earth
Early Morning Service at Central Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Wilton Merle Smith inaugurates an early Sunday morning service at Central Presbyterian Church New York aiming to attract all denominations. The 30 minute service includes prayers responsive readings and a short sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Merle Smith
New York
Central Presbyterian Church
Smith
Mrs Julia Ward Howe criticizes high society morals in New York
Mrs Julia Ward Howe denounces public manners, urging a moral discourse at the New York League of Unitarian Women meeting in All Souls Church. She compares American manners unfavorably to the youth and foreign tastes, using fables and social satire to warn against pretensions amid a Boston church’s anniversary news.
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Julia Ward Howe
New York League of Unitarian Women
All Souls’ Church
Twentieth Street
Fourth Avenue
New York
High Priced Hole Fails to Find Coal on Ute Land
Albany man Henry Bede sunk a 130 foot shaft after spending 3000 dollars on drilling and a five by ten foot shaft, but no coal was found. A mysterious self styled geologist sparked the venture claiming coal on Bede’s land and neighbors, yet no ore appeared.
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Henry Bede
Albany
Rede
Cox
Clinton
Mr. Rede
Bede
Endurance urged for navy engineers and apprentices
Naval surgeons urge higher physical standards for enlisted engineer branch personnel. Surgeon M H Simons says recruits should exceed mere muscle and require at least 36 inches chest, withstand four hours in heat and coal bunkers. He notes green men fail under stress and an engineer apprentice system is needed.
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Engineer
Navy
M. H. Simons
Iowa
Navy Department
Italian palace to rise near Boston from Mrs Gardner collection
Mrs J L Gardner plans to erect an Italian palace near Boston once shipped stone by stone from abroad. The first floor will house her art collection and be opened to the public, while the upper level will house her private apartments.
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J. L. Gardner
Brookline Villa
Beacon Street
Boston
Gardner
Art Mueum
Insects on Plants by Tomato Leaves Discovery
A Frevehian found tomato plant leaves repel insects. He covered the target plant with tomato leaves and insects left. He then made a decoction from fresh tomato plant to apply, noting it is inexpensive and effective.
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Frevehian
Coor
Wien
Long Letter Traveled The World Between Old Bank Officials
A missive in transit connects Edward L. McKee of the Indiana National Bank and W. B. Fenton of the National Bank of the Republic in Chicago. The one sentence note about Friedersdorf’s new house traveled through Manila Bombay Cape Town Petersburg and more while the two men never acknowledged it.
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Edward L. McKee
Indiana National Bank of Indianapolis
W. B. Fenton
Shan
National Bank of Gam Republic
Chicago
McKee
Manila
Fenton
Madison
Ind
Indianapolis
Friedersdorf
Kee
Adios
E. L. McKee
Bombay
el Tions
Dianapolis
W. B. Cape Town
Petersburg
Skipper's Wife Mobilizes Crew in Sea Rescue at Philadelphia
Captain John Kesey and nine crewmen of a New Haven ship faced five days of brutal seas with a failing pump, torn rigging, and rising despair. Mrs Kesey urged the crew to persevere, spurring them to pump as a Norwegian vessel arrived and rescued them at Philadelphia.
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John Kesey
Nine Seamam
New Haven
Conn
Schaspeer
W. Wallace Ward
Edi
Wien
Emmy
Mother Ties Wedding Keol Trev and Mary Heussiman
Mrs. Kate Heuseman of San Francisco married her daughter Mary Wier Heussiman to Felix Drapipski. The ceremony, first in California with a mother wedder officiating the bride’s daughter, claimed a state charter group’s missionary role and sparked questions of legality. A separate note quotes a quip about boys and kitchen outings.
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Trev
Kate Heuseman
Fae Francisco
Mary Wierlet Heussiman
Felix Drapipski
Enm
Uie
Califorsim
Hleussman
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Cioss
Delia Tucker
Walker
Tom Davidson
Groves
Joseph Geis
Griffins Station
Vernon Dehay
Germantown
Richard Smith
Lester
Liberty Sunday
F. M. Hill
Chas. Vogel
Brookville
Mrs. Alexander
Frank Schuck
Middletown
Ohio
Hlon
Francis T. Rooth
New York City
Tizzie Schilling
Shelbyville
Nettie Jinks
Wabash Ind
James Hubbard
Philip Hoffman
Alexandria
Alex Baylor
Jessie Hanna
Grace Conley
Hoor
Anna Murphy
Cincinnati
Anna Brock
Glencoe
Gertrude Snape
Ode R Barclay
McConteleville
Harrisburg
Griggs
M. E
James Rowe
Giarfield Park
Rowe
Jonathan Gise
Buckley House
Pennsylvania
Lyon Station
Mra. J. A. Chirismer
Lou Shipley
Falmouth
James Dickey
Will Jemison
Mes. McClearny
Frank Swift
Mrs. Shipley
G. H. Horton
Louis Porter
Logansport
Mass
Maud Porter
Tibble Coble
Delphi
Mrss Maud Porter
Joseph Crown and Wife
Mrs.Crown
Callie Short
Beeson Station
Rushville
White & Sacre
J. Wellington Hull
Proctor & Collier Advertising Agency
Convereville
Hull
Fayette
Cornick
Cambridge City
W. M Cole
N. Elliott
John Payne
Wm. Stoops, Sr
Hf. M. Broaddun
LE. Broaddus
Charley Martin
A. YT. Beckett
Hurst
W. FF. Downs
Charley Bees
M. Sanders
W. W. McFarlan
Park Florea
Geo. Manlove
W. B Overheizer
Geo. Morrison
Miles KK. Moffett
M. Holberg
Jacob Ridge
E. E. Moore
Presbyterian Church Notes
Maplewood
S. Garrison Creek
Jamesa Custer
Sherman Limpue
Alpine
San Francisco
Guy Henderson
Bentonville
Old “Second Church
Thies Country
D. D. McDougall
Histy Central Avenue
Gregg Bulliding
Amnne
Skipper
Cre
Tatil
Keol
Heusamane
Sap Frasciess
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