Letter from Rev Lycurgus McCoy recalls Civil War service
In a June 5 1913 letter from Battle Creek Michigan Rev Lycurgus McCoy writes to cousin Dr C C McCoy. He recalls leaving Iowa as a lad, serving as captain in the Thirty third Iowa regiment, and notes his eyesight failing. He discusses family ties in Decatur Chicago Greensburg and Oklahoma, plans to visit Iowa Buffalo and a regimental reunion, and asks for relatives to visit Michigan. Mrs McCoy joins in greetings.
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Lycurgus McCoy
Battle Creek
Mich
C. C. McCoy
Old Decatur
Lamberts
Hamiltons
McCoys
Miss Gussie
Ella
Decatur
Buffalo
N. Y
Iowa
Veterans to Attend Gettysburg 50th Anniversary Trip
About 700 veterans from the state will travel to Gettysburg for the fiftieth anniversary. Transportation costs will be covered by the state. Special trains will depart Indianapolis around 1 pm on June 28 using routes via Cincinnati, Cumberland, and the Western Maryland lines.
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Gettysburg
Cincinnati
Baltimore & Ohio
Cumberland
Maryland
Indianapolis
How County Agent Works in Missouri
Sam W. Jordan, the first county agent in Missouri, spoke to farmers and bankers in Indianapolis about diagnosing field problems by visiting small areas. He described rapid on-site decisions using soil and crop conditions, illustrating with cases of pear orchard trouble and a dying wheat crop due to leaf hopper rather than Hessian fly.
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Indianapolis
Sam W. Jordan
Potts County
Missouri
Farmers’ Institute
United States
Inheritance Tax Rules By Relation And Exemptions
County officials study the new inheritance tax law effective now. Class one covers immediate family with exemptions up to 2000 for parents and a 310,000 wife exemption, plus tiered rates from 1 percent to 3 percent. Further relatives are placed in additional classes with smaller exemptions and stepped rates up to 15 percent.
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Rhodes
Doles
Louis Hollis Dead at 43 Near Clarksburg
Louis Hollis aged forty three died at his home near Clarksburg on Sunday morning after a short pneumonia illness. He was born in Clay township son of Thomas Hollis and M rs Gentry. He married Bertha Eider in 1897 and leaves six children. Funeral Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. with Rev. Homer Campbell officiating. Burial in South Park cemetery.
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Louis Hollis
Clarksburg
Clay Township
Thomas Hollis
Ewington
Bertha Eider
Fee
Hollis
Homer Campbell
South Park Cemetery
Masons Bound for Milford To Witness Degree Work
Greensburg Masons plan to travel to Milford tomorrow to assist in conferring the Master’s degree on ten candidates. Col. E. Wolf Grand Instruct will be present to confer some degrees. Work starts at 1 p m and runs late, making a big day for Milford Lodge No 94. The office offers quick job work.
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Greensburg
Milford
Col. E. &. Wolf
Milford Lodge
Notable Local Notes and Church and School News
Mrs Kate Cassell Adkinson writes from Ogden Utah about her husband a young Methodist preacher who led a mission school with two Greensburg girls as assistants and 100 pupils. Newpoint Sunday school elected officers led by Superintendent J W Marlio and Librarians John Snedeker Mollie Marlin.
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Kate Cassell Adkinson
Standard
Ogden
Utah
Greensburg
Rebecca Daily
Lizzie Stevens
Newpoint
J. W. Marlio
John Stivers
F. M. Sherwood
Izora Starks
Randolph Starks
John Snedeker
Mollie Marlin
Decatur College Graduates Spur Notable Alumni
Decatur county reports a strong cohort of graduates entering life after college. Notable names include Oscar Hard Ewing from Harvard Law School Cambridge Mass Miss Mary Robison and Clyde Wildman from DePauw University Arthur Woodward from DePauw Robin Smiley from Purdue Emory Cochran from Wooster Raymond Magee from Indiana University Robert Porter from Michigan University Miss Florine Siling from Belmont College.
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Decatur County
Oscar Hard Ewing
Harvard —Law School
Cambridge
Mass
Mary Robison
DePauw University
Clyde Wildman
Arthur Woodward
Robin Smiley
Purdue University
Emory Cochran
Wooster University
Raymond Magee
Indiana University
Robert Porter
Michigan University
Florine’ Siling
Belmont College
Veteran Soldier John Freeland Dies at 67
John Freeland of Saltcreek township died May 30 at his brother-in-law John L. Gilliard’s Newpoint home at age sixty seven. A 134th Indiana regimental veteran, he was married to Melissa E. O’Near in 1875. she preceded him in death. Surviving are two sons Myron of this city and Leland H. of Newpoint, plus two stepchildren. Funeral at Rossburg Baptist church on Sunday June 1 at 2 p.m. with Rev. J. V. Fradenburg officiating.
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John Freeland
John L. Gilliard
Newpoint
134Th
Indiana Regiment
Freland
Saltcreek Township
Melissa E. O
Myron
Leland H
Rossburg Baptist Church
J. V. Fradenburg
Missed Big Contract in Shelbyville Bridge Bids
J. W. Craig of this city and Frank Gageby of Linteno won the sub-structure contract for a Brandywine bridge at Shelbyville Friday for 4274 dollars and also secured a Flatrock bridge contract for 3500 dollars. They missed another contract for 8090 dollars by 6250 dollars. Tough luck.
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J. W. Craig
Frank Gageby
Linteno
Shelbyville
Brandywine
Flatrock
Good Woman Called Mrs Philip McGee Dies at 63 near Liberty
Mrs Philip McGee age 63 dies at home six miles west of the city after years of illness. She was a Liberty Baptist Church member active in local causes and widow of John Philip McGee. Survived by daughter Mrs Frank Pulse and sons Ernest and Wilbur, with brothers George Henry and Willis Jeffries. Funeral at Liberty Baptist Church Sunday at 1 pm with Rev I B Morgan, burial in South Park cemetery.
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Philip McGee
Liberty Church
Liberty Baptist Church
McGee
W.O Jeffries
Shelby County
Liberty
John Philip McGee
Frank Pulse
Ernest
Wilbur
Indianapolis
George
Lawrence
Kan
Henry Jeffries
Greenville
Ohio
Willis O. Jeffries
I. B. Morgan
South Park Cemetery
Memorial bust honors Col. Richard D Owen at state house
A bust of Col. Richard Dale Owen, commander of the Sixteenth Indiana and Camp Morton prison overseer, was unveiled at the state house Monday by ex-Confederate veterans. S. A. Cunningham of the Confederate Veteran proposed the memorial and raised funds. Governor Ralston and Bloomington figures spoke.
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Richard Dale Owen
Indiana
Camp Morton
State House
Owen
S. A. Cunningham
Alabama
Ralston
Marshal
Bryan
Bloomington
I O O F Memorial Day Observance Planned
I O O F members at 103 to observe Memorial Day Sunday June 15 meet at ball at 9 00 am to prepare for march Rebekahs to meet at ball and prepare bouquets Flowers should be sent early Saturday afternoon COMMITTEE
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Rebekahs
Memorial service for Greensburg Lodge Knights of Pythias
Greensburg Lodge No. 148 K of P held its annual memorial service Sunday at 2 30 in the K of P theater with a large turnout. Five members were lost this year D C Elder C S Jones M W Gillis H W Jenkins and J E Smith. The program included invocation by Rev H H Sheldon a talk by Hon John J Brown and musical solos. The procession proceeded to the cemetery where J E Smith’s grave was blessed and flowers laid on about fifty graves.
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Greensburg Lodge No
K. of P
D. C. Elder
C.S Jones
M. W. Gillis
H. W. Jenkins
J. E. Smith
Mr. Bryan
Geo
John A. Logan
Isis
W. E. Kirby
Greensburg Health Board orders weed destruction
The citizens of Greensburg Indiana must cut and burn all noxious weeds on their premises within ten days. If not complied with the board of health will destroy the weeds and charge the cost to the property. By order of the Greensburg board of health. 2303 B. S. Wuitz, Secretary.
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Greensburg
Ind
Board of Health
City of
B. S. Wuitz
County Commencement Honors 133 Graduates at Decatur County
The K P theatre hosted the second annual common school commencement for Decatur County with 133 graduates on stage. Roland Boicourt of Westport died after passing his exam. Rev M B Hyde gave the invocation and Rev J W Turner offered the benediction. Prof Howard C Tilton of Franklin College delivered the class address urging self inquiry and renewal of creeds. Diplomas were presented by County Superintendent F C Fields as families gathered from across the county.
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K. of P
Decatur County
Roland Boicourt
Westport
M. B. Hyde
J. W. Turner
Howard C. Tilton
Franklin College
F. C. Fields
Ccone
Ben Donnell Back In Town To Revisit Friends
Ben Donnell of Wichita Falls Texas returns to town meeting old pals near newspaper offices. He is part owner of a daily paper with a distant competitor and notes Hayden Magee, formerly local, now a traveling representative for Butler Paper Co of Chicago.
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Ben Donnell
Wichita Falls
Texas
Ben
Hayden Magee
Butler Parer Co
Chicago
Family visits and local business moves noted in city item
Col T M Greene and family stayed a week with relatives after a Cincinnati visit. Robert Eubank underwent adenoid surgery at Methodist hospital. Birney Robison covered duties at Citizens Bank during Woodward’s DePauw commencement. Arthur Woodward to join bank after diploma. Ed Bailey now part owner of a drug store in Alexandria after leaving Magee Pharmacy. known locally as Bill Bailey.
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Birney Robison
Citizens’ Bank
Woodward
DePauw
Arthur Woodward
Ed Bailey
Magee Pharmacy
Alexandria
Bill
Bailey
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Cedar Lake
Rensslaer
Margaret Pullen
Mrs. Fate
Lawson
Michigan Road
Joel Bennett
Dana Coy
Dan Coy
Walnut Street
Rachael Bennett
Michigan
Mrs. McCoy
L. McCoy
Masons
Congress
Plats Wicks
Harlan
B. F. Clayton
Macedonia
M. E. Church
Madison
L. G. Adkinson
Joe T. Rush
McAllister
Indian Territory
Court House Yard
Frank and
Hill Meade
Cort Ewing
George Rhiver
Riley Swope
Gus
al and Polk Armington
Sam Bigger
Taylor Bryao
O' Dillier
Davies Batterton
Ladies of the Christian Church
John L. Dobyns
George W. Armington
Talbott & Moss
M. H. Spades
Stone
Presbyterian Church
Samuel D. Robison
Mound City
Robison
Asa ‘Beaver
George E. King
Ewing Brothers
St. Joseph (Mo
Ewing
S. A. Bonner
Rush and
Fayette
Rushville
M. D. Tackett
G. W. Campbell
Emma Hobbs
W. M. Pirtle
Mississippi
A. F. Hobbs
Jacob Mills
Judge Mouse
Des Moines, Iowa
H. C. Stockman
Ida Maguire
New Orleans
News
Orlando B. Scobey
Colorado
Decatur College
Presbyterian Sees
K. of P. Memorial
Col
T. M. Greene
May Louise
Robert Eubank
Thomas Eubank
Methodist Hospital
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