Death of Mrs Rebecca T Dyer after long heart illness
Mrs Rebecca T Dyer died Thursday morning at her East North street home after months of heart trouble. Born March 13 1836 in New Garden Ohio, she married Evander F Dyer May 18 1858 and had one son Harry who died in 1889. Funeral was held Saturday at four o'clock with ministers Rev W H Reynolds and Rev J B Lathrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca T. Dyer
East North Street
G. M. Ewing
Benjamin and
Mary B. Davis
New Garden
Ohio
John S. Scobey
Evander F. Dyer
New Methodist Church
M. E
John T. Wilder
Martha J. Stewart
Daniel Stewart
Martha Ann Tarkington
Joseph Cotton
Presbyterian Church
W. H. Reynields
J. B. Lathrop
Will Try Oil on Main Street Test
The Brookville American reports Main Street from Metamora road to third street oiled by Mr. Davis of Connersville. Town pays for street tax confections and property owners pay for frontage. Some objections arose but a test was approved to reduce dust and preserve the road bed as a cheaper solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Metamora
Third Street
Davis
Connersville
Brookville
Memorial Service for C. F. Memorial Address by Hon. C. F. Orthern
Members of Decatur Lodge No. 103 I. O. O. F. and Philo Lodge No. 75 D. of R. will meet at the lodge hall next Sunday at two o clock and march to South Park cemetery where the memorial address will be delivered by Hon. C. F. Orthern of this city. Members and friends are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Lodge
Philo Lodge
D. of R
South Park Cemetery
C. F. Orthern
Fair board vows clean county fair against gambling
Louis J. Scheidt, chairman of the Bartholomew County Fair Association privileges committee, rejects a request to operate a roulette wheel at the August fair. He notes this is the nineteenth request from the same group and says permits for many gambling devices have been refused, keeping the fair clean to the best of their ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Scheidt
Committee On
Bartholomew County Fair Association
Mr. Scheidt
Local Clay township meeting and Civil War notes in 1862
The Clay township Democrats nominate John G. King for chairman with W. T. Jackson as secretary and W. S. Mandlove for trustee. Campaign items include recruits for Rigby’s battery, local elections results, school positions, and routine notices. Reports from Camp Anderson, Ohio birth of new abbots, church organ debate, and multiple letters from soldiers describe military movements and morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Township
James Mandlove
John G. King
W. T. Jackson
W.S. Mandlove
William Craig
Samuel Craig
W. K. Wilson
Rigby’s Battery
Wendell Phillips
Cincinnati
Phillips
W. A. McBride
Co. I
Seventeenth Indiana
Camp and
Civic Union movement founder speaks in Greer and city meetings
Rev D B Johnson of Greer Castle spoke at the Baptist church Sunday morning and later at a union men's meeting at the Christian church. He addressed a union of Christian and Centenary congregations at night and spoke from the courthouse steps Monday. The piece questions wholesale reform and argues for tackling issues like slavery and liquor separately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Johnson
Greercastle
Civic Union Movement
Baptist Church
Christian Church
Our City
Court House
Johnson
Difference Between Jew Hebrew and Israelite
A Jewish rabbi explains that Jew Hebrew and Israelite are today interchangeable for a devotee of Moses faith. Hebrew first described Abraham’s descendants from Eber region. Israelite derives from Israel’s twelve tribes. After the split and loss, the land became Judea and inhabitants Judeans, later corrupted to Jew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham
Israel
Judah
Judea
Young Man Died After Live Wire Burns
Charles Richards died at noon Saturday after severe burns from a live wire on West Main Street. Born May 19, 1892 in Switzerland County, he lived in Letts before moving to the city. Survived by parents Enoch and. He worked for Storms Dairy and helped take down wires for Mr. Seitz. Funeral held Monday at 10 a.m. in Letts Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Richards
West Main Street
Switzerland County
Letts
Enoch Richards
Storms
Seitz
Miss Claire O Hair Transfers to La Porte for School Year
Miss Claire O Hair of Laurel who taught German at Greenfield high school is reluctantly transferred to LaPorte for the upcoming school year by the former city school board. Her sister Miss Edna O Hair, head of the German department in Anderson, is retained for the year. Both are well known in Connersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire O’ Hair
Laurel
Greenfield
la Porte
O’hair
LaPorte
Edna O’hair
Anderson Schools
Connersville
Miss Frances McCune Dead After Long Illness
Miss Frances McCune died at 6 30 Friday morning at 132 South Michigan avenue home of J C Crews after two years of heart trouble and dropsy. Born in Kentucky September 14 1849, she was daughter of Elijah McCune and sister of Robert McCune Marion Soldiers Home. A longtime housekeeper at the Crews home and active Christian church worker, funeral 16 oclock Monday with Rev W J Locke officiating. Burial in South Park cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances McCune
J. C. Crews
South
Michigan Avenue
Elijah McCune
Kentucky
Robert McCune
Marion
Crews
Miss McCune
Newpoint downs Shelbyville Ramblers 4 to 2 in Sunday tilt
The Newpoint ball team defeated the Shelbyville Ramblers 4 to 2 Sunday afternoon. Batteries were Wolfe and Woods for Newpoint and Orme and Wilder for Shelbyville. Attendance reported at 600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newpoint
Shelbyville Ramblers
Wolfe
Woods
Orme and
Wilder
Batteries
Owens and Weaver are Married in Quiet East Washington Home
Edward E. Owens and Miss Edith Weaver wed Sunday morning at the bride’s East Washington street home with Rev. H H Sheldon officiating. They left for Cincinnati on the 8:50 train for a short wedding trip. The groom is junior member of John W Owens & Son jewelry and music firm and a respected young businessman. The bride is described as a worthy, prominent Centenary M E church member and gifted musician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Owens
Edith Weaver
East Washington Street
H. H. Sheldon
Cincinnati
John W. Owens & Son
Centenary M. E. Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rebecca Dyer
C. F. Memorial
Edmonds
B. F. Clayton
Pris Martin
Congress
Washington Township
David Montague
J. J. Hazelrigg
F. M. Weadon
S. H. Riley
W. I. Matherly
H. H. Talbott, Jr
James S. McPheeters
Hamilton H. Jones
Q. T
Winchester
Strasburg
Polo” Gue
Clarksburg
Falkner and Pearson
Hendricks County
Middletown
A. C. Withrow
Henry Thomson
Matthew Porter
Henry Redington
Major Shaw
John M. Watson
J.B. Mallett
Shelbyville Union School
Prof. Mallet
County Teachers’ Association
John Raymond
S. A. Carver
Moss House
Benjamin Nyce
R. C. Talbott
Decatur
Marshal Eudaily
G. B. Roszell
W. H. Goddard
Washington, D. C
Gen. McClelland
Schuyler Colfax
Indiana
Gen. Fremont
J. W. Deem
Adams Township
Samuel McKee
T. Magness
Union
Democracy
W.A Moore
G. H. McKee
John OD. Miller
Chris Shane
J. C. Robison
Morton
Sexton
Bonner
O. B. Scobey
Allopathic
Homeopathic Schools of Medicine
Johnny Smoker
John W. Cain
Normal College
Lebanon
Lud Flinn
California
George M. Ewing
Ewing & Foley
George
Hamilton & Scobey
Westport Lodge
James Armstrong
Philander Ricketts
Daniel Patterson
William House Committee
Henry S. Burk
Harlan
Iowa
Godlove S. Orth
Lafayette
R.S. Robertson
Ft. Wayne
I. P. Watts
W. M. Hess
Danville
John Moody
Hick James
Gageby
J. F. Bonner
Vatter
W. S. Heck
S. W. Wright
Louis Heck
Caleb Stark
Buck Run
Adams
A. C. Brewer
W. A. Pavy
Pavy
Owens-Weaver
Greensburg
Baptist
First M. E
Presbyterian
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