04 Aug 1905
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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1905
Page
1
The English News Band backed by a large audience reopened its popular weekly concerts with a park box supper. The next Friday features Goodbob's ice cream and more music as part of a reunion program set for August 7 18 and 19 and ongoing evenings.
Local items note the Corydon fair opening August 28 and Bear the Jubilee Singers at the Opera House August 10. Other notices include the Orleans Progress Examiner celebrating 25 years, a teachers institute September 4 5, and a Thirty eighth Indiana Regiment reunion September 1.
A partial solar eclipse will be visible at dawn on August 30 with best viewing in Northern Spain and Canada. Next total eclipse in the U S occurs in 1925. Slayton's Jubilee Singers perform for one night at the Opera House on August 10, 1905, with manager Luckett presenting them alongside Chautauqua attractions.
The district conference of the M. E. Church for the New Albany district met Tuesday and Wednesday at this place with about eighty five ordained and licensed preachers present plus many visitors. Rev John D Poucher presided as elder. Prof C A Prosser of New Albany spoke. Licenses to preach were granted to Chas Mode of Leavenworth and Chas Anderson of Marenge. The supreme court ruled towns pay for smallpox quarantine costs. a mother nursing her own child at home is not entitled to pay for it. Wanted two 40 or 60 acre farms near English. Crawford County Real Estate and Loan Company.
A reunion visit highlights a desire for top quality options. Attendees seek standout selections and memorable experiences, underscoring lasting preferences formed during shared past events.
The article reflects on central office work showing operators managing rapid calls and the need for politeness. It notes nosy callers and emphasizes using please. It also reports Jerry L. Suddarth and companions leaving for Camp Jerry for a week with comments on his camping place and suitability.
A reader who submits the three largest Irish potatoes to The News office will win a one year subscription free to the Excese News and New York Tribune Farmer. The offer is open to all readers regardless of current subscription status.
A brief humorous notice complains about interruptions in the newsroom and urges visitors to speak with the editor rather than disturbing compositors. It recounts two men arguing over church salvation, then a neighbor recalling a long wheat hauling history and asking about the quality of the wheat rather than routes to the mill.
Wanted young men and women at the Central Indiana Hospital for Insane in Indianapolis for various roles including ax attendants seamstresses housemaids dining room girls carpenters bakers firemen electricians. Applicants may obtain blanks by calling on or writing Samuel A Lambdin at the Clerk's office.
F O Van Galder and other Woodmen officials visited Indianapolis to seal a contract with the Indiana Newspaper Union. The paper will boost local post office receipts by 312,000 and require fifty tons of paper monthly and twelve mail cars to ship papers to major post offices worldwide. Van Galder will stay in Rock Island but visit monthly. W D Pratt bids for Royal Neighbors printing.
The directors and stockholders of the Sunlight Telephone Company will meet at Taswell on Saturday August 5 1905 to transact all business before the meeting. Henry Denbo president.
Sloan Post holds meetings on the first and third Saturdays each month at Boyd's Hall at 2 p.m. Commander A. J. Goodman presides with Adjutant Jacob Sappenfield.
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