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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
1
The Rockport Journal notes the winter 1907 1805 was the mildest on record with consistent temperatures and no day below zero. The coldest day was February 2 at seven degrees above zero. The Milltown National Bank has entered for collection notes of W S Ross Alma E Rosas Willie S Ross.
Gus Hughes aged eighty died at his home near White Cloud Tuesday morning of last week. He lived many years in Harrison county and leaves a wife and several grown children including Mia. Lydia Temple formerly of English now in Marengo is his child. Funeral held last Thursday at the family burying ground near Wyandotte. The notice also includes various local ads and philosophical quotes.
A quirky ad describes fashioning a Merry Widow hat from a bicycle wheel hub pan velvet binding and taffeta silk with box ruching. It also touts a large line of childrens suits and doubles as a sales pitch for W L Gregory & Sons Inc.
A Ligonier Leader column mocks readers who quit papers to avoid arrears and urges frankness. It lampoons subscriptions, seeds at Gregory's, dances, wheat outlook, mortgage exemptions, stationery ads, and local figures including Mrs. Martha Clemens, tying in regional items from 1908.
This piece extols the industrious woman who works behind counters desks or in factories, praising her bravery pride and honesty. It lauds mothers and families protected by her labor and introduces W L Gregory Sons Inc spring line of men’s and youth clothing promising style and value.
Friends and relatives gathered Sunday morning April 5 at Mrs. W. R. Okes home for a surprise fiftieth birthday celebration. Guests included Enos Okes Haden Sloan Harrison Sloan Scott Sloan P V Sloan George Miller Chas Gibbs Sylvester Miller Mrs J E Crecelius Mrs Jemima Rawlings Wm Vance Clare Rosesie Sloan Emil Miller Wayne Sloan Faye Ross Mary Ella Rawlings Roma Lora Zora Crecelius Lala Sloan Fredia Edwards Nellie Key and others enjoyed a hearty gathering and a festive time.
Classified items include K G Nance offering cash for poultry eggs and butter and J T Ripkins as manager. Panama marriage epidemic note prompts nurses and teachers to go. Crawford county men with Admiral Evans in the Pacific are listed. A reception prompts a humorous exchange about a tall blonde gentleman.
A ledger style list details wages and expenditures including SE McFall salary 500 60, Gregory salary 400, James M Brown 1530, road repair payments to multiple workers, medical aid for Dr Geo W Baylor and others, mdse purchases from Watts Co and Marengo Mfg Co, postage costs, and various payments to overseers, coroners, and board members.
Hankins Studio announces John A. Wright as a candidate for trustee of Ohio township and Daniel B. Field as a candidate for trustee of Johnson township subject to the Republican primary in 1908.
Sixty acres cleared with timber and 150 fruit trees plus grapes and crops. Land lies one mile east of West Fork, near Sulphur, with limestone soil and proximity to a school. Real estate firm English Indiana lists property and notarial services available. Also mentions Liberty dry chemical extinguishers, sales agent openings, and an 80 acre farm for trade.
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