Local Indiana Education Notes and Musial Events
Tuesday Edition reports on classroom penmanship and spelling focus plus a piano rental for Charity Sparks school. It highlights Supt Lotus Coffman and teachers institutes in Columbia Connersville and Harrison townships, promotions, meetings, and music concerts by W Otto Meissner. Bi monthly exams set for November 15 and 16. trustees discuss salary resolutions and the Educational building plan. schools close the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and reopen that Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Otto Meissner
Shi Wother
Alquina
J. M. Carter
Marshall Benedict
Alva Bilby
Win. Maze
Dr. Pillman
Local notes from Connersville and vicinity across Fayette county
Alonzo Brumfiel shreds fodder for Amos Sherwood while Calvin Stevens calls on friends Saturday morning. Various visits to Connersville and Harrisburg occur as Mrs. Sherwood shops and neighbors move about. A carload of clover seed ships to Toledo, and local workers load straw for a Brookville mill. Married couples and many residents are featured in social rounds, with farm for sale and livestock ads, plus local business notices and a Civil Service exam announcement for Connersville post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Stevens
Amos Sherwood
Connersville
Geo. Cain
Toledo
Ohio
Joe Gray
Harrisbug
Wright
Roll Murray
Brookville
James May
John May
Bertha Campbell
Harrisburg
Lizzie Wright
Gus Welch
Beesons
Willard Dunaway
Joe Moster
Lizzie
Laurel
Sarah
Letha Kellum
John Kellum
Frank Perkins
Jonathan Williams
A. R. Williams
Oliver Handley
Arch
Bessie
Ben Brumfiel
Blanche
Clara
Joe
Tom Gray
Thomas W. Newman
Bunker Hill
Fay Ball
Ione Ochiltree
Dayton
Hall
Anderson
Fayette County
Lucia Hall
Haenssler
Glenwood
la Belle Street
Indiana
United States
J. A. Becker
Board of Examiners
Postoffice
C. W. Moss
Cincinnati
Eye Examinations Warn Against Itinerant Opticians
Board of Education and health officials across several states warn parents and teachers about self-styled opticians who travel from hotels and house to house offering free eye examinations and spectacles. The warning notes these itinerants lack proper training and caution against trusting their pitches. Other local items mention a fire tragedy in La Porte killing fifty immigrants, social events, a marriage at Central Christian church, a patient improving from rheumatism, and a jail escape tale from East Haven asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Education and Health
J.S. Rice
M. D
Connersville
Jemison Building
Central
Sixth Street
Earl Barker
Bernice Marshall
Central Christian Church
J. C. Burkhardt
Z. M. Lake
Everton
Lyons Station
Margaret Connell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charity Sparks
Supt
Lotus D. Coffman
Teachers Institute
Columbia
Harrison Townships
W. UH. Tate
Ernest Jeffrey
Willie Gingrich
Chicago
E. IE. Moore
Lotus
Coffman
E. A. Turner
Indianapolis
Raymond Elliott
Nulltown News
Alonzo Brumfiel
Traction and C
Griffins Station
Rush County
Ind
Joel Kirkwood
R. FF
Shera & McIntosh's
Frank Bossler
Shera & McIntosh’s
Elizabeth Smith
A. J. Heath
Piqua
Rexshield & Mfe. Co
Joan Kellum
Alpine
Walter Montgomery
Fred Griner
Karl Hanson
Mr. Kuhn
Congress
Joseph Philebaum
Grace Bilby
Clarence Turner
Longwood
Willis
M. E. Parsonage
Rushville
Jacksonian
Levi Petherford
John D. Retherford
Ed. Retherford
Carthage
Levi Retherford
Ed Retherford
Albert Scott
Blanche Brown
C. A. Bailey
Standard Sewing Machine Company
W. T. Murray
A. Simpkins
J. M. Sanders
Gus Nevin
North Grand Avenue
Oakland
California
St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church
Father Mesker
John Coddington
Logansport
Shera
McIntosh
Joseph Hamilton
Mink
Isabelle Fox
Sulrel
Wm. E Wood
Waterloo Township
Mary Wreigly
Evertt Prosse
Shera & McIntosh
W. L. Dora
R. BR
Thomas Henry Ane
John Jr
Anna Sutton
John Henry
Lincoln Ave
L. D. Coffman
Turner
David Webb
Beverly
Kentucky
John Reed
J. H. Jewell
Carl Smith
Blum
Central Avenue
Smith
Hicks
Coal Up
Ladies Aid Society of Alquina
Phebe Retherford
O. L. Chance
Mr. Chance
Becca Hafer
Rushville Friends
Quincy Sherry
Alton Trusler
Doyle
Fairfield
Fayette
Jackson Township
Roscoe Stelle
Baby
Wm. Passmore
J. C. Piper
Butler
O. S Piper
Fairview
Falmouth
A. G. Brown
J. S. Lovejoy
Fayette Sanitarium
Adventist
LaFayette
Dr. Rice
Jemison
Ea Nave
Lucy Nave
Nave Ee
Sam
Chester
Locust Lawn Farm
Bentonville
James K. Mason
Milton, Ind
A. M. Hannah
Evansville
Harry McFarlan
Louisville
la Porte
Ned Hawkins
North End
Midnight Prowlers
Wilson Bragg
Henry Bragg
East Haven Asylum
Richmond
Jeffries
Bragg
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