Twenty First Annual Reunion at English Indiana 1907
Readable details describe the Twenty First Annual Reunion in English Indiana from August 14 to 17, 1907. The program lists morning marches, addresses by Chas T Brown Hon John W Ewing Hon Samuel A Lambdin, various dinners and suppers, music, and multiple speakers including Hon William K Cox and Judge C W Cook. Comrade I S Pittman and other officials participate in ceremonies and business sessions as the event closes with singing and handshaking and breaking up camp.
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Indiana
Bumble Bees Strike Threatens Clover Seed Crop
Vegeeries Commercial Farmers fear a short clover seed crop due to absence of bumble bees which pollinate clover blooms. Past efforts to exterminate bees caused crop losses, and farmers now urge leniency to aid better future Clover remains a high value crop in the region.
Birdseye reunion and Bank of Milltown opening noted
Local round up reports the Birdseye reunion set for this week and notes the Bank of Milltown opened last Saturday with a steady stream of deposits. The county commissioners ordered readvertisement for bids on Sterling township pikes and Nos 23 and 24 fast trains now stop at English. The New Albany District ME conference reported four churches built at a cost of 10 000 with 1650 conversions and 1300 additions.
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Milltown
Sterling Township
New Albany
M.E. Church
Bank of
Aged Citizen William A Ellis Dies After Illness
William A Ellis aged 0 years a Civil War soldier of Co F 18 Ind Cav passed away Saturday night after illness caused by asthma and heart trouble. He leaves a wife three sons two daughters and a grandson, with funeral at the Presbyterian church in English Monday. He had moved from Kentucky five or six years ago and was active in community life.
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William A. Ellis
Co. F
Ind
South English
Bill
Thos
J. S. and
Robi
Kentucky
Maggie Shrewsberry
Jessie Duggins
Evansville
Robert Ellis
Ellis
Alborne
Presbyterian Church
Farmer Shoots Wife. Wounds Fatal Or Near Fatal
Chas Hooten, a north town farmer, shot his wife with a revolver last Saturday afternoon. Two shots struck her head and ear but did not pierce the skull. she is improving and out of danger. Hooten remains at large as investigators seek motive.
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Chas. Hooten
Thread price up six cents a spool in Huntingburg
The Huntingburg Argus notes thread now costs six cents per spool marking a rise not seen in years. It compares past prices, cites increases in cotton, labor, and spools, and predicts further gains possibly to ten cents.
Views of a Horse and Historic Railway Notices
A crude fable on cruel treatment contrasts with historical railway notices. The second item lists special train service for the New Albany Corydon fair on August 29 and 30, 1907, with stops at Corydon Junction Milltown Marengo and Birdseye. It notes Southern Railway ticket sales to Atlantic City at $35.20 starting August 15, 1907. Also advertised are a two cent passenger rate within Illinois and Indiana, round trip ticket sales on the St. Louis division, and a used cane mill for sale in West Fork Indiana.
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New Albany
Corydon Fair
Corydon Juction
Milltown Marengo
Birdseye
Southern
Atlantic City
Southern Railway
St. Louis
Illinois
Indiana
Beer in Tablet Form Shocks Town Reporter
A Danish civil engineer, cited by a consular report, has created beer in tablet form that dissolves in hot water and yields a beverage of excellent quality and flavor. A county seat war looms as Chrisney aims to move the seat from Rockport in Spencer County.
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Lospos
Spencer County
Chrisney
Rockport
Mail rule forces letters through post office on trains
English Indiana report notes clerks on trains may not carry letters any longer. A July 1 ruling requires all mail to pass via post offices to enable accurate mail weighing. The active policy continues for six months as part of mail handling reforms.
Paoli English Stage To Start Regular Carriage Run
E C Braxton to operate a daily Paoli to English stage leaving Paoli at 6 00 a m and from English at 12 30 p m except Sundays beginning July 1 1907 6 21 3 mo
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E.C. Braxton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ead Adress Chas, T. Brown
Cad
John Hammond
George Jenkins
Tecco
John W. Ewing
Samuel A. Lambdin Pris
Hostetter
D. M. Hammond
William K. Cox
Nti
Lene Ceee
James F. Stewart
John H. Weathers
John H. Luckett
William T. Zenor
N.R Peckinpaugh Oy
Rage
C. W. Cook
I. S. Pittman
John Benz
Peo
Bank
Danit Jorge
Chas Longhumter
Board of Pension Examiners
Wen Pote
Board of County Commssioners
Eid
Ira O'Neal
Huntingburg
the Christians Church
Wm. A. Ellis
J.S. Ellis
Thos. Ellis
Chamtsburg
H. B. McWilliams
C. E. Moore
Pike
Liberty Township
A. W. Braner
Geo. W. Self
Supreme Court
Coryden
de. Mattingly
Columbus
Crawford County State Bank
Tom B. Sonner
Sam Benz
Jas. M. Tucker
Mrs. Hooten
Huntingburg Argus
Orange County
James Braxton
Union Chapel
Sulphur
Tolbert Yates
Jane Yates
Stallings
O. E. Palmiter
Clase
Crawford County
W.L. Gregory & Sons, Inc
English and Sulphur
Geo. F. Dewitt
West Fork Ind
J.C. Beam, Jr
A.G. P.A
Southere Railway
Hankins’ Studio
English
Paoli
Gobbel’s New
Wathen
F. R. Gobbel
J. W. Patton
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