Suspicious Circumstances Surround Fredericksburg Soldier's Death
Robert Mayes an old soldier near Fredericksburg Washington county died under mysterious circumstances. He married Sarah Roberts a former resident of this city less than two weeks before his death. Captain Adams of the Metropolitan police received a call from a Fredericksburg physician about her antecedents. Roberts a one armed fortune teller came to this city about two years ago. She benefited Mrs. Andrew Routh who died soon after Roberts joined her household. Roberts then befriended Mrs. Hollis on West Spring street and after Hollis died she took the small estate and about eighty dollars. Roberts left town soon after and married Mayes shortly after. Mayes reportedly had life insurance for Roberts for one thousand dollars a few days before death.
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Robert Mayes
Fredericksburg
Washington County
Sarah Roberts
Capt. Adams
Metropolitan Police Force
Roberts
Adams
Andrew Routh
Miss Roberts
Hollis
West Spring Street
Second
Washington
New Albany Department Courier-Journal
Mayes
Pleasant gathering honors Miss Cora Daley in Sugar Tree Grove
A pleasant party of local youth was hosted by Samuel Windell at his Sugar Tree Grove home to honor Miss Cora Daley of New Albany who is visiting relatives nearby. Guests enjoyed games and music, both vocal and instrumental.
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Sugar Tree Grove
Samuel Windell
Cora Daley
New Albany
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Special Notice for Readers on Address Changes
Publisher requests readers to include both current and proposed addresses when contacting the paper to speed processing. A testimonial from Mrs. Mary Haller of Mt. Crawford, Va praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, saying it revived her son within 24 hours. sold at Crosier's Corner Drug Store.
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Mary Haller
Mt. Crawford
Crosier’s Corner
Mauckport Notes Military Visits and Local Happenings
Mauckport items report Dr J C Baxter visiting relatives Auburn. J Singietot hired as mate on E T Slider. Epworth League organized. Lill Winkler back with millinery stock. Charles Housefield ill with mumps. Lee Byerly near completion of photography studio. Prof John Reising runs large school. Alva Bodenstadt reports rare sandpiper. Mr B owns many animals and birds. youths visit Brandenburg to watch Mauckport seniors game. Carrie Hays returns from Louisville with teaching methods. Keller's advertises neckwear. In Memoriam for May Brown dated 1901. Vulcan Superior and Climax plows repaired at Bender & Wiseman's.
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John Reising
Alva Bodenstadt
Local visits and social notes from Ramsey to Corydon area
Abe Steves and Joseph Vaughn visited near Ramsey and Hurst last Sunday. Miss Mary Churchill returned home from Marengo last Sunday. August Grat of New Albany visited Seth Seacat over the weekend. Mrs. Hannah Nolot returned from Portersville Indiana. Mrs. Wm Briscoe Charles Barnett and Thos Jones were at Corydon Junction last Thursday. Buglemouth notes Studebaker and Corydon wagon sales with orders to 823-2w Bender and Wiseman.
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Ramsey
Joseph Vaughn
Hursttown
Mary Churchill
Marengo
August Grat
New Albany
Seth Seacat
Hannah Nolot
Portersville
Ind
Wm. Briscoe
Charles Barnett
Thos. Jones
Corydon Junction
Buglemouth
Sixth arrival at Alpert & Day’s a boy
M Grantz and Mrs Peter Loew on the sick list. Miss Bessie Bennett of Corydon visited at Pp L Hirt's Sunday. A M Eisert Sr visiting at New Albany and Louisville this week. Louis Walter, staying with his son Louis at Leavenworth Kans, returns home. Dry weather and strong winds last week set woods west north and east of town alight with some buildings in danger.
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Peter Loew
Bessie Bennett
Corydon
Pp. L. Hirt’s
A. M. Eisert, Sr
New Albany
Louisville
Louis Walter
Louis
Leavenworth
Kans
Closing Day at No 8 Spencer Township
Closing day activities mark the last day for No 8 in Spencer Township on April 284 after a five week delay from a burned schoolhouse. Patrons brought baskets for a communal meal and heard speeches praising teacher Miss Selah Popham. They wish for her return next winter. Vv $15. New Model sewing machine advertised for 10 years guaranteed.
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Miss Popham
Keller’s
Local notices and business briefs cross the river
Mrs Lena Matthews visits Louisville and Rev Davis to preach at M E church next Sunday. Miss Gertrude Hottle returns from Jeffersonville. Carrie Mowrer trips to Falls Cities. Miss Beulah Cunningham returns from Paradise Bottom. Mr and Mrs J R McCullum visit Leavenworth relatives. Miss Hattie Binkley hosts in Cedar Wood. Mrs Jane Fowler and son Harry visit Lillie Blake near Mauckport. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve touted for wounds and skin cures with testimonial. L A Arety & Son Joyce & Co to buy horses May 2 3 at Shucks livery. Resolutions of Respect for Edward W Direk dated April 19 1902 with mourning decorum.
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Beulah Cunningham
Paradise Bottom
J. R. McCullum
Leavenworth
Hattie Binkley
Cedar Wood
Nannie Brandenburg
Jane Fowler
Harry
Lillie Blake
Mauckport
Edward W. Direk
John Pressler
Philip Walther
Samuel C. Walker
Second Hand Playing Cards Monopoly in New York
An elderly man on First Avenue New York earns a living by buying second hand playing cards paying one to four cents a pack. His wife cleans and dries them then he sells to saloons on the East Side for four to nine cents a pack earning about one and a half to three dollars daily. He holds a monopoly and sometimes obtains better conditioned cards discarded by poker players.
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First Avenue
New York
the Sun
A Liberal Offer for Stomach and Liver Tablets
An offer advertises free samples of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach disorders biliousness or constipation. A second item reports Jamaica's rat crusade failing as rats now climb trees by day and feed at night, avoiding the mongoose.
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Chamberlain
Aor Crosier’s Corner Drug Store
Jamaica
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
Coughs colds and throat troubles may flare in spring so a cure is urged. One Minute Cough Cure is touted as safe and quick acting with testimonials from Postmaster C O Dawson and others. Mrs Fisher’s erysipelas and Rev E W Fisher’s return to health are noted alongside a newborn four pound boy.
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Sam Fisher
David Fisher
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Endorsement Ad
A health ad urges against neglecting biliousness and constipation. It promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a safe cure, citing user praise from M. B. Smith of Butternut Michigan who calls them the most satisfactory pills and notes they never cause gripe or nausea.
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M. B. Smith
Butternut, Mich
de Witt
L. A. Arely & Son
Eggs and poultry offers from Corydon Indiana with cures anecdote
Henry W. Denbo of Corydon Indiana promotes White Wyandotte hatching eggs priced 50 cents per 15 eggs with February to May bookings. The ad includes customer testimonial praising Chamberlain's Pain Balm and lists Crosier's Corner Drug Store as a sale point for farm poultry and setting eggs at one dollar per setting from select hens and 30 cents for farm run.
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Corydon, Ind
Chamberlain
Sallie Harris
Salem
Crosier's Corner Drug Store
Aor
For Rent 40 Acres Pasture Near Laconia
Good pasture with ample water. Will feed stock through summer. Prices reasonable. Inquiries: B. F. Forbis farm, one mile west of Laconia, or address Brewer, Laconia ap2-sw Epw.
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B. F. Forbis
Laconia
Brewer
Coroner's inquest into Edward Dirck death in Harrison County
Harrison County Indiana coroner Ss. I. W. S Nye documents the inquest into Edward Dirck who died April 19 1902 of organic heart trouble on a Franklin township farm. Dirck aged about 36 was found in ordinary clothes with two purses containing 150 and a pocket knife razor and measuring rule.
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Harrison County
Ss. I. W. S. Nye
Wm. K. Shuck
State of
Franklin Township
Ind
Mery Arnold
Stace
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