Visits Scenes of Famous Book in Madison Indiana 1914
A visitor in Madison Indiana writes from September 19 1914 about touring the landscapes that inspired the Hoosier School Master. He praises the views compares local sites to famed places and notes encounters with locals and Kentucky migrants while remarking on a Carnegie Library and the Jefferson County Infirmary. He signs off with a departure note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamo
Jim Kuck
Edward Egleston
Bud Means
Matandy
Shockey
Hannah Thompson
Dr Small
Granny Sanders
Hank Banta
Trimble County
Oho
Jefferson County
Egleston
Andrew Jackson
Hoosier School
Carnegie Library
Librain
Notice of dissolution of Booe Cory Hardware Co
I have assumed all outstanding accounts and notes due the firm and ask all indebted persons to call and settle. Mr and Mrs R B Myers visited relatives in Terre Haute over Sunday. Oscar Spencer managed the C and E I station during Mr Myers absence. Harry Glascock and wife and Henry Zackmire and wife attended the Terre Haute fair Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booe-Cory Hardware Co
Fim
R. B. Myers
Terre Haute
Oscar Spencer
Mr. Myers
Harry Glascock
Henry Zackmire
Terre Haute Fair
Prominent Farmer Chas Duke Dies At Home
Chas Duke a well known farmer died unexpectedly at his home southeast of Hillsboro. He retired Sunday evening in good health and was found in a restive position the next morning by his wife. Death is believed due to heart trouble. He is survived by a widow a son Wilbur and two daughters Mrs Henry Myer and Mrs Will Heath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas Duke
Hillsboro
Mr. Duke
Mrs. Duke
Wilbur
Frankfort
Duke
Henry Myer
the Duke Home
Will Heath
Alamo
Juries Drawn for September Term Fountain Circuit Court
Jury commissioners Sanders M Herzog and Russell Allen met and drew Grand Jury members William da Gray Jackson Thomas C Erwin Van Buren Monroe Carpenter Richland Harry M Snoddy Fulton John M Johnson Davis Alya N Fine Cain and Petit Jury members Charles Ramser Wabash Stephen J Foster Van Buren Miles A Ratcliff Jackson Clement N Neal Richland John G Eberle Millcreek Marion H Cooper Cain Joseph L Stangle meir Logan John Shultz Davis Elmer E Lease Van Buren Fred Staunton Fulton Ed Osborn Troy William A Morgan Shawnee for the September term to convene next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
M. Herzog
Russell Allen
Fountain Circuit Court
Grand
William da. Gray
Jackson
Thomas C Erwin
van- Buren
Monroe Carpenter
Richland
Harry M Snoddy
Fulton
John M. Johnson
Davis
Alya N. Fine
Cain
Petit Jury
Charles Ramser
Wabash
Stephen J. Foster
Van
Eli Hammon Leaves for Clayton Home with Son
Eli Hammon left Monday for Clayton New Mexico to make his home with his son Bert The Star will follow Mr Hammon to his southern home He visited in Kansas and Colorado on his way Byron Lindley and wife Wm Harrison and wife Clarence Sowers and wife Miss Violet Smith and Carl Jones were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Irvin Lindley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Hammon
Clayton
New Mexico
Bert the
Star
Mr. Hammon
Kansas
Colorado
Byron Lindley
Wm. Harrison
Clarence Sowers
Violet Smith
Carl Jones
Irvin Lindley
Also Mentioned on This Page
James W. Bonebrake
Ora Philpott
Madison
Ind
H. P. McCrary
Rector’s Grocery
R. M. Gray
Auto and Horse
Rarmers
Marshall, Ind
Grand Street
Mad
Onal Ae Mater
Lyceum Theatre
Ola
the Alexander Opera House
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