23 Jul 1909
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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1909
Page
1
A long column discusses public fascination with marriages to famous women such as Typhoid Mary. Notes community events including English soldiers’ reunions, fairs, and a piano contest being judged by James Sonner and Samuel Lamb. English football scores and local notices appear, with reminders about notarial work and a tribute to kindness.
A humorous Q A about marriage covers why some never wed, whether engagements equal marriage, and how couples view courtship money and authority. It jokes that marriage can be an illusion for the blind and notes the different takes of bride and groom families on vows.
After a Louisville trip on the 21st P G Cannovan faced a welcoming home gathering with over fifty friends. The birthday supper, gifts, and cheerful notices framed a heartfelt tribute to a man who has lived in Washington D C Butler County Ohio Perry County Indiana and Crawford. A local shop ad follows.
The family of W J Harris thanks friends, neighbors, Grantsburg Lodge members and other brothers for attendance and respect shown at his funeral held Friday July 23 at 2 p m in Grantsburg cemetery. He leaves a wife six children two grandchildren and many relatives and friends to mourn his loss. W H Scott.
The News promises 10 000 extra votes free with every 10 turned in by girls in the piano contest from Aug 1 to Aug 7. The offer aims to boost effort and final standings, with multiple 10 000 vote batches expected to appear in the final tally.
Remains of Rev. John Melton died at his home in Mitchell were taken to his brother Joel Melton’s home before interment at Providence after a funeral at the Mitchell residence. The piece also reflects on childrearing and the burdens of business life on merchants.
The lodge records the death of William J Harris born 1852 who died July 22, 1969 aged 57. The resolution notes his loyal service, counsel, and fraternal virtues, mourns his loss to the community, and directs funeral badges, mourning drapery for 30 days, and copies to the family minutes and county papers. Committee members Thos Cunningham J A Blevins M M Pavey. Visitors to Patton Hammond's drug store remark on their new goods.
The last legislature approved a transfer option for youths in towns without a certified high school. Students may transfer to Oakland City College to complete the high school course in the Preparatory Department with fully paid tuition by their home trustee. The college is state certified and offers laboratories, a large library, societies, gymnasium, and a ten-member faculty.
In Marengo Indiana Mrs. D. M. Stewart offers a good spring wagon for sale at ten dollars. The note repeats the same listing with the buyer’s name and town.
For sale a livery barn owned by William L. Gregory located in English. Bargain price offered. Interested buyers should contact John L. Schreiber, real estate agent, for details. Date noted 7 30 3w.
Local items report residents returning from visits to Mt. Carmel Boonville English Mifflin French Lick and the West. Atty Charley Brown visits for legal business. Mentions of a college journal from New Albany Business College and a petrol butter plant planned at Whiting by Standard Oil.
The Southern Railway offers very low round trip excursion rates from English to Ashe ville, N C and return eighteen dollars five cents sold daily Atlantic City, N J and return eighteen dollars twenty cents sold August 5, 12 and 19 Old Point Comfort, Va and return fourteen dollars sixty cents sold July 27 and August 21 Liberal return limits Contact O D Longest, Agent English J C Beam Jr AGP A St Louis Mo It may be that your horse has worms Patton Hammond have a sure wut killer.
All parties with five year or longer school fund loans must renew or pay them at once under the State’s attorney ruling. The new accounting system requires immediate action for loans five years standing or more, effective January first. J. Evan Jones, Auditor Crawford County.
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