Local notes and social items from a Lafayette area page
Miscellaneous household notices and social tidbits from a Lafayette region paper. Mentions include visitors from Medaryville and Hammond, Christmas programs at local churches, relatives visiting during the holidays, a birthday celebration for Uncle Abner Byers, and local exchanges like buying sewing machines and butcher supplies. Includes small items about gifts, found pocket book, and subscription signups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higgins
Mary Hershman
Wedaryville
Fanny Fitzpatrick
John R. Hayworth
Crawfordsville
Abner Byers
U. C
Local Holiday Notices and Residents Gather in Francesville
Long reading lists holidays and visitors in Francesville. Many individuals from nearby towns visit relatives, attend box social at Mohler school, and attend Christmas gatherings. The piece notes deaths, travels to Lafayette and Kokomo, and a gun incident witnessed by a Winamac railroad worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higgins
Ratliff
Harry Foater
Ladoga
B. H. Thompson
Goodland
Taeeday
RB. Nolan
Jacob Myere
Lafayette
Taeaday
Elmer Wilcox
Gillan
Araiar
Ait ‘Company
Chicago
Laura Nichols
Kokomo
James Linton
Medaryville
Rebecca Hollett
Wilson Timmons
Mary Kenrick
Frankfort
Mohler School
Verea
Belle Richmond
Pleasant Grove
Ray McMurray
Bensenville
Ill
Chas. Swisher
Winamac
Disa Longwell
Monon
Grace Maxwell
Indiana Facts and Dairy Lecture Highlight 1907 Notes
Indiana statistics show two counties Switzerland and Ohio lack railroads. A dairy special train visit drew 3,760 attendees, with lectures praised by Wood and others. Epworth League hosts a December 31 Watch Night at M E church with a full program. A rural mailbox device reduces carrier time delivering mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ent
Sta
Ter
Menon
Wood
Dairyke
Epworth League
M. E
Francesville
Mies
Ona Lehman
H. L. McKenna
Julia Severns
Messrs. Parker
Severna Restling
Bessie Burson
Winnie Hubbell
Martha Haymond
Martha O. Haymond
Indiana
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Switzerland
Ohio
Mary Stubbs
Indiana Territory
Decatur
Post Office Department
Monticello Jury Finds Webb and Smith Guilty in Store Robbery
A jury at Monticello convict ed Frank Webb and John Smith of rob bing the Marsh Brothers general store in Burnetteville the night before Charles Oglesby was killed. The verdict followed a forty five minute deliberation with no defense offered. The report notes unrelated local notices and ads interwoven with the trial account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Frank Webb
John Smith
Charles Oglesby
Marsh Brothers
Burnetteville
Twain
Farmers Lead Nation In College Based Agriculture
Attica Ledger notes a shift in rural life where farmers now seek practical knowledge from agricultural colleges. Professors visit farms to share pig and horse feeding methods, with universities publishing experimental results to aid farm progress and tax support to equip facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University
Attica Ledger
Republicans Call Delegate Convention in South Bend 1908
The 13th District Republicans convene in South Bend at 1 30 PM on Tuesday January 14 1908 to pick a State Committee member. Delegates and alternates to be chosen January 10 or 11 1908 by county chairmen. total votes 119 with 60 needed for selection. Newcastle merchants vow to meet mail order competition with similar terms and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Elkhart
Fulton
Koeciuska
Marshall
Pulaski
St. Joseph
Starke
Jno
Newcastle
Indiana
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Mons
Debbina
Wabash Col
Jones
Higgine
Good of
Pulaski School
Henry
Greck
William Fitzpatrick
Hammond
Cora Everett
Wm. Fitzpatrick
Johnson
Gillam Pleasant
Taéeday
Walter Maxwell
Angola Col
Sidney Belmont Maxwell
Rensselaer
John Bellamy
I of Sftiends
Mr. Bellamy
Conbeen
The
Will Tiede
LaCrosse
Fred
Wade Hubbell
Valparaiso University
Willian White
Elzie Coffell
Matamorie
Wm. Hoch
Mias Donna Aery
Kankakee
Iil
John Borget
Mica Delia Neleca
Ony
O. T. Higgins
Rolland Strong and Son
Clinton
Hugh Wyllie
Huntington
Wm. Wyllie
R. E. Nolan
Michigan City
Winifred Young
R. C. Memarray
Bensonville, Ill
James Mcmarray
Mulberry
Florida
E R.momurray
Wilmer Appleby of
Souie
John O’mai
Michigan
Chas
Davia
Mies Esta
Rose
Kopke
Ford Scott
Kite
J D. Hollett
Valparaiso
Atty
F. A Hollett
Ruth Hayworth
Crawfordaville
Bertha Hayworth
Emily Diseke
Indianapolis
Robert Kersey
Lebanon
Winamac Republican
S. I. Brown
Committee On
Starke County
LaVerna Moore Stock Company
Opera House
Ruth Burton
Will Zallera
Elgie
Zellere
Railroad Company
Oglesby
Shea, Smith and Webb
A.estore
Lburnetteville
Nolan Brothers
Clark’s
L. M. Ratliff
Optician
F. E
Nelson & Reish
Rodney Scott
Grand Junction
Mich
Mary Hubbard
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