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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
1
Round-up items report political conventions in Grantsburg and New Albany, local business ads for Houser and the Wide Awake restaurant, upcoming picnics in Milltown and Blue River Rocks, smallpox notes, quarantine delays, and church services. Also mentions subscribers added, licenses issued, and a skunk farm plan near Greelyburg.
The Mt Carmel talks in May 1902 praise Hon. Jerry L. Suddarth of English Indiana as the nation’s decoration day orator. Writings from local papers call his address eloquent patriotic and devoid of political bias. Weather forced the Rose Hill ceremony to the courthouse with a large attentive crowd.
Joe Belcher of Pilot Knob was a caller in Saturday's columns. Dozens of residents from Sulphur, Grantsburg, Beechwood, and surrounding towns were noted visiting English and Louisville on various days. Frequent mentions include visits by Wm J Harris, J R Stewart, and others. local officials, teachers, and ex-senator John Benz attended events in Indianapolis.
A newspaper brief lists multiple divorce petitions with parties including Clara D Hammond and William T Hammond Asa S F Morgan and Martha E Morgan Melina Landus and Geo W Landus Montella Wiseman and Omer Wiseman and Otis P Hanger and Alice Hanger seeking court dissolution of marriage.
Rev. O B Morris speaks on a plainly titled subject Knocked Out at Grantsburg on June 8 at 3 p m. The note advertises masculine audience attendance and promotes June magazines including a Review of Reviews on Martinique, Mont Pelee eruptions, and a medical tonic pitch by Bird Elsby.
The item lists names for a local petit jury including George A Houser and A A Critchfield among others. It promotes a Washington life booklet by The Nutshell Pub Co and notes Ros enbarger Restaurant sale, a lunch and ice cream room by H W Dodds, and various local ads for medicines, binder repairs, twine, and Foley’s Kidney Cure.
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