Death of Mrs. Finch in Elk Garden
Mrs. Mary Fullar Finch died suddenly at 5:00 AM at No. 1134 Pike Street First Ward while visiting her daughter-in-law. Born August 12 1832 in Waterford Ireland she was 77 years 8 months and 15 days old. She leaves six children and was a Catholic church member. Funeral plans call for Elk Garden and Catholic cemetery with Rev Father John Mc Elligott likely to officiate.
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Grafton
W. Va
Mary Fullar Finch
Elk Garden
A. J.finch
Pike Street
First Ward
Ruth Finch
R. H. Powell
Mrs. Finch
Waterford
Ireland
John Finch
Bunners
George Finch
Joseph Finch
English
Ind
Henry Martin
Monongah
Thos. Martin
Clarksburg
Robert Longridge
Barton
Daily Republican
Marrid
John McElligott
Jnc. A. McCabe
Joseph H. Finch
Year 1816 Frosts Haunt New England and Midwest
The Hartford Times notes a year without a true summer with frequent frosts from January through December. Frost, ice and snow ruined crops, iced over markets, and forced high corn prices for 1817 planting. An excursion to French Lick and West Baden on June 19 offers a $1.25 round trip to visit a famed hotel.
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New York
Massachusetts
Maine
New England
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Middle States
French Lick
West Baden
United States
Warning on soft drinks from Department of Agriculture
The Agriculture Department issued a bulletin warning against certain warm weather beverages and their names such as Kola Nola Kola Ade and Kos Kola. It notes these drinks may contain cocaine caffeine and other deleterious agents and cites prosecutions of manufacturers.
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Department of Agriculture
Obituary for Ivan Hershel Bradley 1890 1910
Ivan Hershel Bradley died on a Sunday evening at 1:30 while serving as a brakeman on the Pennsylviana Line near Logansport Indiana. He was 19 years old and died after being struck by a fast passenger train on his first trip. Funeral services were held at the home near Riddle burying ground conducted by Rev. E M Gurtz. He leaves a mother sister and an uncle who cared for him since infancy and many relatives and friends. His sister Myrtle writes a sorrowful tribute.
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Ivan Hershel Bradley
Rev
E. M. Gurtz
New Albany
Riddle Burying Ground
Loganeport
Ind
Ivan
MyrTle
Secretary selects Lugence Grubb to study potato culture abroad
The Secretary of Agriculture appointed Lugence Grubb to investigate potato farming in Europe. He will visit Ireland France Spain Germany and the Netherlands to learn why American yields average 80 to 90 bushels per acre while Europe exceeds 200. He plans to boost domestic production and reduce imports of 20 million bushels annually.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Lugence Grubb
Mr. Grubb
Ireland
France
Spain
Germany
Netherlands
Europe
Grubb
America
Temple Telephone Co Elects Officers Amid Dissolution
A stockholders meeting at Centerville schoolhouse on June 4 approved dissolving the corporation. Officers elected to serve during dissolution are Samuel H. Miller as President, Lou G. Jones as Vice President, and William Everdon as Second Treasurer, with directors Samuel H. Miller Lou G. Jones William Everdon Kelly Froman James Temple George Austin and Edward Parkhill.
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Temple Telephone Co
Centerville School House
Lou G. Jones
Samuel H. Miller
V-Pres
William Everdon
Sec
Ond Treas
Kelly Froman
James Temple
George Austin
Edward Parkhill
Republicans to Nominate Ticket at Crawford County Meet
Republicans of Crawford county convene a mass meeting at English on Thursday June 30 1910 to nominate a ticket for the November election. Hon Chas W Miller and Hon Jonce Monahan will address attendees and party affiliates are urged to attend and participate.
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Crawford County
English
Chas. W. Miller
Jonce Monahan
Local Social Notes Record Community Visits
Weather remains mild as residents share visits and travel notes. New Albany’s Sarah Key visits daughter Mrs Willard Dooley while Miss Nellie Gott visits Birdseye relatives. others travel to Louisville English and Huntingburg for business and family events. A birth is recorded as the Stork brings a baby girl to Mr and Mrs Jas Mathers.
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Sarah Key
New Albany
Mrs. Willard Dooley
Stork
Jas. Mathers
Make the most of today and its simple joys
A meditation on cherishing today’s small blessings. The text urges delight in sunlit earth, flowers, quiet moments, and companionship, noting tomorrow may not bring similar calm and urging readers to savor today’s happiness.
Card of Thanks for Ivan H Bradley
The family thanks neighbors and friends for kindness after the death of Ivan H Bradley. They also recognize a railroad clerk who delivered the body and the road superintendent who located his sister in New Albany to inform her of the accident. This ending note accompanies a newspaper subscription offer for The English News and The Globe Democrat.
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Ivan H. Bradley
New Albany
English News
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Globe Democrat
Globe-Democrat
Corn Is King in Indiana Crops for 1908 Revealed
The Indiana bureau of statistics notes corn as the main revenue source for farmers in 1908 with wheat second and oats eggs and milk also prominent. Delays in reporting by assessors slowed totals. Peetz pursues delinquent data as 1909 figures near. A. M. Froman adds a town notice about free wagons and buggies on display.
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Indiana
J. L.peetz
Bureau of Statistics
Peetz
Local notes from Tower and nearby communities
Social visits mark a quiet period as Rufus Temple and family meet friends from Princeton in Marengo on Sunday. Several families attend baptisms, church services, and ill health prompts activity while farming teams plant corn. Local business and travel to Leavenworth or Marengo appear, with announcements of a church appointment and Studebaker wagons on display.
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Rufus Temple
Marengo
Princeton
Luther Temple
Elvan Tower
Zenor Dean
James Dean
Clarence Landrus
Wm. Marse
Mr. Marse
Camp Meeting At Taswell Draws Big Attendance
The Taswell camp meeting has attracted large crowds, filling a 6x40 foot pavilion. Elders J. M. Ellis and C. E. Allen of near Lafayette lead the services. Elder Morris Lukens, president of the Indiana Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, will speak at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. next Sunday, with daily services at 7:15 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. All are invited.
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Taswell
J. M. Ellis
C. E. Allen
Lafayette
Morris Lukens
Indiana Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Lukens
Sulphur Local Notes and Upcoming Games
Local brief notes show families visiting English last Thursday including Ambrose Eaton and Nancy Eaton, and Peter Gunterman with wife and son. Sulphur beat Oriole 28 to 18 in a ball game. Plans arise for a third Sulphur vs Oriole game. A couple wed at the English courthouse then left for Princeton. Community Children’s Day at Sulphur church announced for June 12.
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Ambrose Eaton
Nancy Eaton
English
Peter Gunterman
Louisville
Talking Baseball Lessons from a Weathered Afternoon
A dialogue sketches baseball terms and fan banter as a couple discusses balls strikes spikes and squeeze plays. The tale notes a postponed grave decoration due to bad weather and an off year for commemorations by the Modern Woodman of Oak Camp No. 6407.
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Harry
Marengo Happenings Show Local Fire and Visits
Local updates report multiple residents traveling to nearby towns for errands and business including Alonzo Weathers to Mentor and James Stroud to English. A lantern explosion at C. C. F. Hall caused a small alarm but limited damage. Community notes mention visits, renovations, and a new K P Lodge room setup.
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Alonzo Weathers
Mentor
D. R. Stewart
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Fort Wayne
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Clara Smith and
Son Temple
Trowbridge
M. S. Real
Anna Tyre
Ella Standiford
Roy Real
Chas. Reed
Tell City
M.S. Real
G. L. Smith
M. G. Real
Ethel Mathers
Della
Mary Brown
Dora Sloan
Geo. Hughes
Geo. Jones
Sam Landrus
Huntingburg
John Fancheer
Georgetown
A. M. Froman
A. B. Henry
Ferne
Sam Huff
Leavenworth
George Tague
Blue River
F. C. Landrus
Orvel
A. H. Tower
D. Archibald
Herman
J B. Huff
M. E. Stewart
Othea Scott
Lilie Huff
Epworth
Tower
Jesse Dean
H. A. Dean
James M. Dean
Marenge
Vicini
Sarah Tague
George Hickman
Rev. Alexander
Studebaker
Camp Meeting
Elder Lukens
W. L. Goad
Kansas
Ben Lutz
J.R. Parr
J. W. Goldman
Mifflin
Oriole
Henry Wilbur
Grace
J. R. Parr
Kate Brandenburg
Sulphur
Arthur Campbell
West Fork
William Pitman
Victoria Brandenburg
Court House
Methodist Church At
Speedy
Willis Lampford
Alton
Clarence Eaton
Thad Meguire
Jasper
Fats
Stroud
James Stroud
John Sloan
Mitch Snider
English Monday
Cecil Taylor
Arthur Stewart
Alpheus Austin
J. C. Blessing
Harry Scott
Edward Weathers
Depauw
Charles Cook
L. L. Jenner
H.T. Waynick
Fromholtz
G. W. Kerry
Walter Austin
J.R. Stewart
Lena Crecelius
Marengo Cave Band
Minnie Weathers
Vincennes
Clyde Crecelius
Cincinnati
William Mays
Harve Hershman
John Benz
Dr Setser
Sam Benz
Claud Jones
Charley Jones
J. W. Jenner
William Jenner
K. of P. Lodge
Manning & Sloan
Order
E. R. Luckett
Dan Fields
Edgar Miller
Eckerly
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