Foster Correspondence Highlights Local Visits and Upcoming Sale
Local notes from Foster Indiana dated August 14 detail visits by Misses Bodine Phillips Yount and Makemson, Drs Trent White and Gouty, plus church events, ice cream socials, and a high class Jersey cattle sale at Kingman Fair Grounds on August 21. The sale features 30 head from Adam Utz of Milltown and offers 11 month terms with bankable notes.
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Kingman Fair Grounds
Adam Utz
Milltown
Ind
Local Social Notes From Danville Area Visits
State Line social column lists visits including Mr and Mrs Albert Williams Danville guests Saturday. Cora Williams returned from West Lebanon. Clemmer Ambaugh stayed with Ruth Lakin. Elmer Barr of Danville visited Johnsons. Lester Haskins visited Ezriah Haskins family. Ray Cunningham of Walnut Corner visited Cora Williams. Bert Martin and William Haskins noted as Danville visitors. Boswell fair set for week of August 30. Sam Brown of Washington DC arrived Saturday to spend time with family.
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Lester Haskins
Danville
Ezriah Haskins and
Good Jobs for Men in Civil Service Exams
Eight thousand government positions open with high pay and paid vacations. Men over 18 with basic education can take exams on November 17 in this area. Civil service instructors offer exam prep guidance and free information by writing Government Civil Service Instructors Opt. 213 Rochester NY.
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Uncle Sam
Republican
Government
Rochester
N. Y
Judge Schoonover’s brief tenure as editor revealed
A local correspondent recalls Judge Schoonover's year as founder and editor of Fountain Warren Democrat and Attica Enterprise. He partnered with Isaac, endured financial woes after a drunken incident, and left the publishing venture to focus on law. He says he broke even and still respects newspapermen.
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Judge Schoonover
Fountain Warren Democrat
Attica
Isaac
Tke
Ed Lee Sells Elevator in Mellott
Ed Lee sold his elevator to James Page of New Richmond. Page takes possession September 1. Lee, a long time Mellott business figure, helped upbuild the town. his future plans remain unclear but he will likely stay in Mellott.
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Mellott
Ed le
James Page
New Richmond
Old Settlers at Yeddo Hold Twenty Ninth Meeting
The Twenty-Ninth Annual Old Settlers meeting at Yeddo drew a large crowd despite heat. Fred S. Purnell directed a varied program with Rev. Kessler Walter Summers and the Bard of Ali ne. Wm. R. Jewel spoke to strong favor in Eastern Illinois and western Indiana. Prizes awarded in a baby show went to Zelma Bryant Master Oliver Drollinger and Webster Drollinger twins.
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Old Settlers
Yeddo
Fred S. Purnell
Wm. R. Jewell
Danville
Illinois
Indiana
W. R. Jewel
Joshua Cotes
Fulton
Mary Newman
Yedda
Elijah Myers
Jackson Township
Dan Carpenter
Mellott
Robert Campbell
Newtown
Grant Gosit
Veedersburg
Herman Briggs
Attica
Zelma Bryant
Tangier
Oliver Drollinger
Webster Drollinger
Man Hangs Self in Barn Near Lafayette
Albert Alverson a farm hand working near Lafayette hanged himself Sunday night in Michael Brenner's barn four miles east of Lafayette after a drinking spree. He had a brother near Oderbein and had worked at several farms around Attica. The Ledger notes he was a hard worker but drank heavily. Miss Anneta Taylor of Lafayette visited Covington Sunday and sang at M E church. Charles Ferguson and sister Eliza Marquis of Fountain plan to move to Ceta Texas to own land and winter with Glen Marquess who moved nearby in 1907.
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Albert Alverson
Michael Brenner
Lafayette
Alverson
Oderbein
Attica
Ledger
Anneta Taylor
la Fayette
Mary Lay
M. E
Charles Ferguson
Eliza Marquis
Fountain
Covington
Ceta
Texas Panhandle
Glen Marquess
Cete
Gulf Coast Country
Estimates Filed for Fountain County 1910 Budget
Fountain County Indiana files 1910 estimates with the county auditor W B Gray noting totals and line items for officers, roads, juries, poor relief, asylum, and various township assessments. Public notice requests approval by the Fountain County Council at its September 1909 meeting.
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Fountain County
General Assembly
State of
Indiana
Fountain County Council
the Board of Commissioners
W. B. Gray
Ind
Estimate of County Expenditures and Local Notices
The document lists numerous county expense estimates including Commissioners Court salaries insurance jail lighting water fuel bedding clothing and various departmental items. It also records church notices and a medical case of Dowie Pursley who underwent surgery to remove a steel fragment embedded near the brain after a shotgun accident years earlier.
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Board of Review
Dowie Pursley
Bounwell
Green
Crawfordsville
Dowie
George
Culver’ Union Hospital
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Foster
Jessie Bodine
Robineon, Ill
J. H. Trent
Dresser
Elsie Paillipa
Oaklawn
James Harding
Mabel Harding
Mary Yount
Joseph Smith
Roselawn
Nellie Phillips
Walnut Corner
Charles White
St. Louis
Foster and Vicinity
J. W. Phillips
Jacob Lape
R. B. Moody
William E. Torr
Perrysville
Benson
Wabash River
Grace Trueman
Buba Mitchell
Mildred Beckett
Bill Smith
North Dakota
Misael Della
Nellie Makemson
Campbell Station
Margaret Ballah
Gertie
Lena Murry
Vernie Beckett
Etta Gouty
Jennie Gouty
Jersey
Bart W. Hall
Claude Madden
Allie McCord
Mrs
Albert Williams
Cora Williams
Lebanon
Elmer Barr
John Johnson
Ray Cunningham
Bert Martin
William Haskins
West Newell
B. Bonebrake
H.P. Worden
Scott Crawford
Abbie
Minnie Siddens
Mrs. Earl Bonebrake
Charley Meyers
Marshfield
A.H. Andrus
Tueday
Zanesville, C
Sam Brown
Washington D. C
Chriid
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Cher’s Ff
Ed Lee
Qld
Leader
Board of Finance
Circuit Court
County Jary County
Mill Creek Township
Fulton Township
Wabash Township
Cain Township
van Buren Township
Troy Township
Richland Township
Shawnee Township
Logan Township
Davis Township
County Board of Health
Troy
Logan
Cain
Shawnee
Commissioners Court
Court House
Crete
Shawnee Bridge
Rysville
Omaha
Eeee
Boye
Finh
Farmera’ Institute
County Corn Club and Corn School inNndera
Insane
Reform School
Gener
Methodist Church
Epworth League
Bend M.E. Church
Frank K. Dougherty
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