Madison and region news brief from Indiana township
Several farmers in the county begin harvest early next week while Jefferson County Farmer's Institute sits in session at Wirt. Licenses to wed were issued to Breeck and Baxter, Handlon and Poe, and Spencer and Tucker. A monster rumored sighting near Vincennes prompts local interest and a new horse run away near Springdale cemetery causes minor damage.
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Madison
Idianapolis
Jefferson County Farmer’s Institute
Wirt
Aaron Hunger
Madison Township
North Walnut Street
Jerry WT. Handlon
Rebecca Poe
Triable County
Squire Cravens
Washington
George
Shug) Griffin
Henao
Harry Stanley
Springdale Cemetery
Bennie McCue
Nancy Woodfill
Louisville
Ephriam Brown
West Madison
Columbus
Ohio
Congressman Holman
Matt Baglay
Reuben Spencer
Nettie F.tucker
Loday
Nick Riehl
Louisa McFadden
One-Legged Kicker Wins Prize at Drennen Springs Picnic
At a Drennen Springs Kentucky picnic last Monday Dug Mathers aged 62 with two canes standing on them kicked to win the highest kicker prize. A second event saw Laura Annesly sixteen take a purse for climbing a greased pole and also win second prize in sack racing.
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Drennen Springs
Dug Mathers
Laura Annesly
Poet’s Tiger and Wife Night Shirt Scene
A verse fragment recalls a man who faced danger in jungles and waves yet trembles when his wife presents him with a night shirt she made. The imagery blends fear, masculinity, and domestic life in a surreal meditation.
Election inspectors named by county commissioners
The county commissioners appointed election inspectors to serve until the June term. The list includes wards and townships with designated precincts and names such as Chas. Gibbs, Jesse Wagner, W. Snyder, Wm. Winters, F. W. Schelke, Vincent Cravens, James White, W. N. Brown, Harry C. Kyle, Edward Trigg, A. Daniels, Lemuel Allen, G. W. Clark, John W. Allen, John W. Stevens, Robert Dunlap, Wm. A. Wilkins, James Ek. Reed, David Stevenson, D. C. Lockard, Andrew French, Wm. A. Landon, Henry Hensler, James W. Reed, R. D. Oliver, W. B. Smith, Thomas McNutt, John Wooley, Thomas M. Hanna, Frank Sehneider, Isaac W. Wood, Frank Lorey, and others. The notice also contains unrelated literary excerpts and a long sports ad for a Sullivan-Corbett event in New Orleans.
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Commissioners
Crry
Manson
Chas. Gibbs
Jesse Wagner
Vlrecinct
W W. Snyder
Wm. Winters
F.W. Schelke
Vincent Cravens
James White
Mirron Townsair
Wn. A. Wilkins
James Ek
Reed
Shelby Township
David Stevenson
D. C. Lockard
Lancaster
Andrew French
Wm. A. Landon
Henry Hensler
Graham Towssip
James W. Reed
R.D. Oliver
Saluda Townshir
W. B. Smith
Thomas McNutt
Hanover College Commencement Feature Address and Diplomas
Shackleford Miller of Louisville opens the Hanover Commencement with a lecture on civilization and character inspired by Greece and Rome. Diplomas for the Chrestomathean Zetalathean U S Philal Societies are awarded by Mrs. D B Wells S C Baldridge and Rev T J Bridges. Alumni and graduates listed include J B Garritt W B Chamberlain J H Holiday A H Young Nannie Wilson Edith Fisher and Nellie Morse.
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Hanover
Shackleford Miller
Louisville
Miller
Greece
Cromwell
Napoleon
Washington,Lee
Allen
Green
D.B. Wells
Ft. Wayne
U. S
C. Baldridge
Manover
Ind
Baldridge
Philal Society
T. 2. Bridges
New Albany
Bridges
Byron
Voltaire
Goethe
J. B. Garritt
W. B. Chamberlain
J. H. Holiday
A. H. Young
Dev. S. N. Wilson
W. A. Tranter
J.P. L. Weems
C. Shorey
G. J. Taylor
J. R.voris
T. K. Bridges
Thomas Moffett
J.C. Nelson
G. Simonsen
Eva Turner
A. B. Graham
W. E. Kampe
Tlugh Gilchrist
L. R. Melcher
Margaret Hill
Jessie Archer
Nannie Wilson
Edith Fisher
Nellie Morse
May Brown Stone
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers Reward
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure failure with Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Testimonials from West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin. Cure taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Ohio
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Junidr&wlm
Half Fare Excursion By Ohio and Mississippi Ry
The Ohio and Mississippi Railway offers single fare round trips within Indiana for two events. Encampment of the Indiana Sons of Veterans in Indianapolis July 5 to 9 1892 and Baptists Young People's Union of America in Detroit July 13 to 19 1892. Tickets and details from local agents or Dist Pass’r Agt C G Jones.
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Ohio & Mississippi Ry
Indiana
Indiana Sons of Veterans
Indianapolis
Ind
Baptists Young People’s Union of America
Detroit
Mich
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Joseph Breeck
Eliza A. Baxter
Hood
Brooksburg Road
Jeffersonville
HrEkaLp
Ladies of the East Baptist Church
Locks
Columbia
Richmond
Chicago
Prestonville
Boston
Tightman Graham
Moral Township
Graham
Switzerland County
Shelbyville
Simmons Liver Regulator
Thomas Carr
Medora
John F
G. W
John
G. W. Carr
Crawfordsville
Swan Pond
Vincennes
Isaac Davies
Harrison & Reid
Sterling Ailfrey
Brooksburg
Sherman Day
Ezekiel Miller
William Hall
Cambridge City
Columbus Times
Harvey Parham
Kentucky
Abe Neal
Abe
East Baptist Church
Oscar Garlinghouse
Episcopal Sunday School
Darktown
Dora Brown
Will
Walter
Abe Griffin
Samuel Stienberger
Memphis
Tenn
North Madison
Margaret Tring
Theresa Elbley
Hietz
China
Joseph Meyer
North East Street
Windy City
Sappington
Harry Crandall
Bell’s Bottom
Eudora Bright
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Will Suckleberry
Clarence Wehrle
Walter Lepper
Ed Gebest
Harry McLain
Fritz Ernst
Will Leland
Will Ernst
Dave Lepper
Rea Gardiner
J.B. Gardiner
Upper Main Street
W.D. Rea
Mayme Gardiner
Happy Twain
Vincennes Sun
County
Trimble
Frank Prenatt
Francis Joseph Prenatt, Jr
T. W. Forshee
Forshee
Clel
He Was
A Kicker
John Wooley
Thomas M. Hanna
Monroe Townsair
Frank Sehneider
Henry Kohl
Isaac W. Wood
Smyrna
Frank Lorey
Jack
Jim
New Orleans
Louisville Southern Railway
Queen & Crescent
Lexington
Burgin
H. Woodwell, D. P. A
Hanover College
Tur
ETIES
Oxford
Arno
Schmidt
Horuff
Brandenburg
Columbian Beive
Chevron Jacquard
India Linen
N. Horuff
Paris
Rogers & Cow
N. T. Drake & CO
West Main Street
Madison, Ind
Ng&ld
Geo
Diederich’s
Main St
C. G. Jones
Dist
Pass
Bryant & S
Edeia Louis Yelle
Kys
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