Railroad Promoter Busy Visits Versailles and Nearby Towns
W R Coon of Louisville arrived in Versailles to discuss promoting a steam railroad from Greensburg to Madison or Vevay. He planned talks in Osgood and Napoleon, meeting business leaders with encouragement and likely future contact on the project.
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W. R. Coon
Louisville
Kentucky
Versailles
Greensburg
Madison
Vevay
Coon
Osgood
Napoleon
Decatur County Poultry Association Elects Officers
The Decatur County Poultry Association met Monday afternoon and organized electing J. E. Caskey as president D. W. Rhodes as vice president Fred Styers as secretary Jacob Eisenman as assistant Joseph Strausburger as treasurer A. F. Eubank as superintendent Wesley Lanius as judge and an executive board of A. F. Eubank Wesley Lanius Frank Alexander C. J. Loyd Marsh Lowe and Gus Goyert for the year.
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Decatur County Poultry Association
J. E. Caskey
D. W. Rhodes
Fred Styers
Jacob Eisenman
Joseph Strausburger
A. F. Eubank
Wesley Lanius
Marsh Lowe
Gus Goyert
Frank Alexander
C. J. Loyd
Card of Thanks from the Gilmour Family
The Gilmour family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during their bereavement and illness of their daughter and sister. They acknowledge songs, Rev Rankin, encouragement, and floral tributes and wish God’s blessing on each reader.
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Nice
Rankin
A. S. Gilmour & Family
Commencement Plans and School Notes at City High
Dr. Herbert L. Willett of Chicago University will deliver the commencement address for the class of ’08 at the K of P opera house on Wednesday evening May 27. The large senior class includes twenty five members with names listed. Activities include rhetorical and debating sections, current events, and a girls’ glee club formation. New pupils arrive from Versailles Letts Columbus and a spring play is planned. Baseball supplies ordered and a College Education talk given by E P Clevinger.
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Herbert L. Willett
Chicago University
Our City High School
K. of P. Opera House
Mary Robison
Estelle Johnston
Mary Wolverton
Mabel Kennedy
Jennie Biddinger
Grace Wasson
Elva Grove
Nellie Styers
Drucilla Moss
Carl Billings
Oliver Kessing
John Crooks
Selby Jones
Robert Thomas
Robin Smiley
Ronald Ruddel
Carl Turner
Raymond Turner
Roy Hunter
Leon Champion
Giles Gray
Arthur Woodward
Emory Cochran
Leslie Bobbitt
William Robbins
Prof
Mitchell
Miss Ragsdale
Miss Darnell
Lelia Beach
Forest Kyle
Jennie Starks
Earl McKin
United States
Raymond Porter
Stella Stagg
Robert Kessing
Robert Porter
Fay Silvers
Rupert Anthony
Robert Hunter
Versailles
Letts
Ethel
Othel Adney
Columbus
E. P. Clevinger
Franklin College
Rules Against St. Paul Bank Debated in Indiana Court
Judge Marshall T. Hacker issued a ruling in Columbus that the St. Paul Bank of Decatur county loses its bid to become a public depository for Adams township funds. The Board of Finance of Adams township rejected the bank’s proposal as not conforming to Attorney General Bisingham’s suggested application, an appeal followed while Decatur county court was out of session.
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Columbus
Ind
Marshall T. Hacker
St. Paul Bank
Decatur County
Board of Finance
Adams Township
Township Board of Finance
Bingham
Hacker
Decatur
Neil Litchfield Trio Presents Down at Brook Farm Playlet
The Neil Litchfield Trio will present the rural comedy Down at Brook Farm at School Hall tonight as an extra lecture course number. It is billed as one of the best of the season with admission set at 35 cents.
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Neil Litchfield
School Hall
Seeds and Grass Seed Supplier Listing
Essex Rape seed, Blue Grass seed, Orchard Grass seed and Bulk Garden seed offered by 812 LINEGAR Bros. Growing supplies for gardens and fields with bulk pricing and delivery options.
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Essex
Linegar Bros
Flooding devastates Decatur county roads and infrastructure
Heavy rainfall last Friday flooded Decatur county turning streams into torrents. The Gas and Electric Light Co plant flooded leaving the city in darkness. S and C Traction suspended service near Henry Logan. repairs by Saturday. Bridges, culverts, and the pike near Wyncoop washed away. Crops and buildings along creeks damaged. road damage runs into thousands of dollars.
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Decatur
Gas and Electric Light Co’s
Henry Logans
Fall Fork
Burney
George Smiley
Charles Wyncoop
Kingston and
Clarksburg
Air Line
Liberty
Horse Carried Twenty-Five Miles After Mishap
Rural Carrier Hall’s horse was carried about twenty five miles down the Muscatatuck after attempting to cross Pleasant Run. The remains were found Sunday on William Stewart’s land near Vernon in Spencer township. The horse belonged to Ed Burke of North Vernon. No trace of the mail sack or wagon was found, though Gus Bowers recovered the whip socket near his home southeast of town.
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Hall
Pleasant Run
Muscatauk
William Stewart
Vernon
Spencer Township
Ed Burke
Gus Bowers
North Vernon
Seed Potatoes Early Ohio and Rose by Linegar Bros
Seed potatoes offered by 813 Linegar Bros include Early Ohio Early Rose and Early Six Weeks For a sure crop and vigorous yield the ad suggests sow wild cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Linegar Bros
Automatic telephone system praised in Rushville
Rushville citizens boast of an improved automatic phone system after initial leaks and repairs. The plant now logs fewer trouble calls, four yesterday, six the day before, and five the day prior despite winds and a storm last week. Overhaul of wiring will follow under Supt. George Davis with new cross arms and other improvements.
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George Davis
Batesville Pastor Assaulted in Street Fray
Rev. Arthur E. Gringle pastor of St Mark's Lutheran church was struck twice at Batesville post office by Jacob G. Cook a former saloon keeper. He suffered a bad head injury with no arrests yet. Local saloon keepers express sympathy while authorities promise strict enforcement of the law amid rising rowdyism.
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Batesville
Ind
Arthur E. Gringle
St Mark’s Lutheran Church
Jacob G. Cook
Gringle
Charles Siefert
Wernke
Jacob Mohland
Andrew Mehr
Ain
Rural mail routes shortened by high water and washed culverts
Five of thirteen rural mail carriers from this city had to curtail routes on Saturday and have since been arriving three to four hours late due to poor road conditions caused by high water and washed culverts.
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LOT NO
Minear Dry Goods CO
First National Bank Building
Greensburg, Ind
Royal Baking Powder
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