27 Mar 1903
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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1903
Page
1
Train times listed for Southern Railway at English with No. 1 5 300 m and No 3 4 01 p.m and No 9 10 19 a.m indicating daily departures and sequence of service.
Les Moreland of Sulphur visited English on business and reported getting hung up in mud after starting three months ago. James M. Weathers Jr and Mrs. Fred Stewart of Marengo visited Mrs. J R Stewart during her illness. Jas D Morgan suffers severe rheumatism for three weeks and needs assistance to move. Mrs Fred Stewart passed through English to visit her ill sister Mrs J R Stewart. P H Pope near Temple at English with Rose Hill Nursery ship ment for spring trade. Prof Albert Mock of Taswell was in English and will go to Terre Haute to study this spring. he orders The News as a weekly letter.
In Memoriam notice states Della Foreman died at home four miles north of English on March 11, 1903 at age 28, wife of Ellis Foreman and mother of Georgia and Percy. She joined the Christian church in youth and was a devoted wife and mother with a kind temper. The tribute describes her as a bright star in Heaven and notes the family’s sorrow and hope of reunion.
A bustling English town column notes a marriage near Eckerty, a fire scare at Dr. Sloan’s barn, and a mortgage deduction deadline. It covers road petitions, a moving sale by W. B. Gregory, oil gushers near Birdseye, and a near miss with a freight train as section workers escaped injury. The News reports on local politics, business, and schooling inquiries at Crawford County Normal.
Opening of Spring Millinery announces a complete exposition of latest styles and ornaments. Belle Hubbard invites ladies and children to view the stock and attend the opening on Saturday March 28 1903. The notice adds a poem and local notices about seed potatoes and a wedding of George W. Mann and Bertha Busching officiated by Rev. Dr. Hawk.
The Mt. Carmel Republican reports farmers in overflowed districts fear wheat crops were ruined by unusually warm weather and flooding. If widespread, bottom farmers will face serious losses as receded floodplains show rotten grain.
Mrs Jane Gobbel announces an Easter opening with the largest line of millinery in Escu sy I isa. Shoppers registering for a lucky number may win a $2 streetcar prize. The Mattoon grand jury urges banning social prize contests like progressive euchre as gambling.
The Indiana Shiloh National Park Commission announces dedication of regimental and battery monuments at Shiloh Battlefield Pittsburg Landing on April 6 and 7 1908. A special train departs Indianapolis April 4 with steamboat hotel aboard and $10 cost covers meals and travel. Mike Richie 13 is missing from Pilot Knob, suspected to have gone to Illinois.
Chas E Scott to Roma Jones John M Babcock to Ida F Batman B F Wiseman to Clem H Coleman Geo M D Key to Rosa B Johnson 100 Cross Tie Makers and steady work Addie J W 88 Boland Burnside Ky
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