Col Welsh Recalls Eggleston Robbery Tale and Clifty History
Col M C Welsh recalls the Eggleston tale The Hoosier Schoolmaster and the Clifty Milford area robbery saga. He details real figures behind fiction including Stark Dronberger Smalley Harrison and Staggs with Old St Louis renamed Lewisburg. He notes his 1830s Clifty life and a Bartholomew Circuit court case over the trunk break in. Mary Jane Eggleston is his cousin and Edward and George Eggleston are remembered as youths in Indiana and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
M. C. Welsh
Indianapoli Star
Caleb Stark
John Dronberger
Mr. Ergieston
Schroeder
Dr. Small
Old St. Louis
Flatrock Township
Henry B
Daniel Ricketts
Green B. Harrison
Smalley
Clifty
Staggs
Harrison
Terre Haute
Lawrenceburg Bank
Rom
H E Stark
Eggleston
Mary Jane Eggleston
Craig
Egglestons
Switzerland County
Edward
Ohio
Mississippi
New Orleans
Eggieston
Vegas
Indiana
Milford
Eggeston
George
Lowry
Virginia
Bartholomew
Martin M. Ray
Shelbyville
Edward Eggleston
Clift
George Orl
Cincinnati
Local Residents Gather for Visits and News
Evansville resident Ira Clark spends Sunday with relatives while Tillie Plessner visits Coatsville. many locals travel, host guests, and return from trips to Indianapolis, Lawrenceburg, and other towns. A divorce suit is filed, obituaries noted, and a fire alarm issues with no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Clark
Evansville
Tillie Plessner
Coatsville
Missouri
C. W. Woodard
New Discovery Cures Longstanding Lung Troubles
Mrs. E R Pierson of Auburn Centre Pa praises Dr Kings New Discovery as a remedy that heals where others fail. She reports it curing threat and long standing lung trouble and expects continued use will restore her to perfect health. Sold at F M Henry Co drug store 50c and 1.00. Trial bottle free.
Indiana Bred Dan Patch Sets Pace Record History
Racing history notes no horse has lowered a word pacing record since 1905 when Dan Patch cut 1:59 to 1:55 held by Prince Alert. The trotting record last changed in 1903 when Low Dillon ran a mile in 1:58, supplanting Major Deimar’s 1:59. Both Dan Patch and Lon Dillon were bred in Old Indiana.
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Dan Patch
Prince Alert
Low Dillion
Major Deimar
Lon Dillon
Indiana
Timpson Mayor Accepts One Dollar Salary
The mayor of Timpson Texas receives a salary of one dollar per year. Even with strict economy no public figure can accumulate much wealth from such pay.
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Timpson
Texas
Batesville man credits Foley’s Honey and Tar for curing summer cold
A. J Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana reports a three month summer cold relief after using Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package. He says multiple medicines worsened symptoms until the cough syrup cured both his and his wife's conditions. J. H Batterton.
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A. J Nusbaum
Batesville
Indiana
Foley
J. H Batterton
Endorsed by Veterans as Peruna Helps Illnesses
Letters from readers highlight Peruna as beneficial for stomach liver and kidney troubles cold and chronic catarrh with improved appetite strength and vigor. Testimonials cite patients including William J. Lees Frank Blatt Post No1 and W C Rollins praising the remedy and noting tablet forms as an alternative to liquid medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Lees
Morgan St. St. Louis
Frank P. Blatt
Grand Army of the Republic
U. S. S. Benton Miss
W. C. Rollins
Prairie View
State Normalustrial College of Texas
Perana
Local residents and officials update on travels and duties
W. W. Reed spent Sunday with relatives at Anderson. James Grinstead acts as city marshal during George Dickey’s absence. Miss Ethel Stout returns to Indianapolis after visiting here. George M. Thompson and wife return from a several days visit with Forest Hill relatives. Nell McConnell visits in Tipton. Mrs Curtis Ekins leaves for a relatives visit in Missouri.
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L. A. Mansfield
Indianapolis
Edgar Hamilt N
Miss Close Chambers
Anderson
Don McCallum
Batesville
C. D. Tillson
James Buckley
Andrew County
Missouri
William Erry
Jennie Shockley
Missabel Cotterman
Illinoi
James Grinstead
George Dickey
Ethel Stout
George M. Thompson
Forest Hill
J. and C. Traction Line Time Table
The J and C Traction Line announces a limited Shelbyville route. Greensburg express stops only at Shelbyville, with service times and connections implied by the timetable.
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Hoosier Story
Hoosier
Col. M. C. Welsh
Col. Welsh
Cam Bigger
Lockland
Sarah Moss
Beloit
Pendennis
Kansas
Willard J. Gemmill
Margaret May Gemmill
Charles Clemons
Addie Wiles
A. P. Bone
East North Street
Mrs. Thiesing
Mary Scott
Alex Stevenson
Ed Petty
Brooxville
George M. Murphy
C. W Woodard
Miss Coy
Charles Dobyns
Brookville
Kate
Dora Dickerson
Ethel
Lillie Dole
Ethe Watson
Moore’s Hil
Dr. Jackson
Lawrenceburg
Jacob Haas
Henrietta Heck
Newpoint
Mrs. J. S Stagg
Charles Woodard
Thomas Eubank
J. J. Moore
Morgan, Kentucky
Mrs
Joe Shepherd
George Bools
Strasburger Barbershop
George Brannon
Manhattan
Illinois
Robert Naegel
Harry Wagner
Pleasant Ridge
Cora Hague
Detroit
Michigan
Rufus Brown
Liberty
Flora Wheatley
Wanamaker
J. B. Wheatley
L. P. Dobyns
This City
Walter Kaler
Ad Riche
St. Paul
Oscar Towler
St. Omer
William Redenbaugh
E. E. Fisher
Rush County
Indiana Lakes
George Guess
East Washington Street
William Miller
Lebanon
Joseph M. Pyke
Tipton
Allen Durcan
Alonzo Murphy
Carthage
Catherine Carter
Lon Craig
Hartsvile
Grant Welsh
Friday
Mary Zoellner
Middletown
C. W. Malliken
Coleman Pleak
Adams
Mary Hazelrigg
North Broadway
Mills Henry
Everett Arbuckle
Hade Gilrist
Latonia
Ed Porter
John Wagner
D. of P. Council
Red Men's Hall
Oscar Ewing
G. A. R. Hall
Scott
Bright’s
J. H. Batterton
Capt. Schwickardt
Peruna
Rudolph
Skardoi
Rudolph B. Schwickardt
G St
Washington, D. C
Lemuel M. Hutchinson
Montpelier, Vt
Seme
W. W. Reed
Elatives
Nell McConnell
T.p
Mrs.Curtis Ekins
St. Louis
Chicago
Knickerbocker
White City
Accomm
St. Louis Mail
Cavago Mail
Columbus
DEPAR
Aueetee Sewanee
Bam
Wamp
Creensburg
Greensburg
Fala
Sflopener
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