Pleasant Visit Narrates Rural Henry County Life and Farms
A reader recounts a Sunday drive along Duck Creek describing the Burk, Draper, Lowery, Shaffer, Lamb, Rateliff, Newby, Williams, Pierson, Whelps, and other farms. The piece celebrates family homesteads, diverse stock, natural gas use, and tranquil country living amid memorial farmhouses and pioneer Quaker sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Duck Creek
Burk
Tom
Milt
Eaph
Brenneman
Norrow
Joe van Matre
Tate
Citizen's Gas Company
Mr. Rateliff
J.P. Rateliff & Son
Peter Shaffer
Milton
Phineas Lamb
John P. Rateliff
Leroy Hearefords
James J. Newby
Mrs. Pierson
Clark Whelps
John Cook
Clear Spring
Henry County
Joseph Draper
Nathan Shaffer
John Williams
Frank Pierces
Hiram
Amanda Adams
John Roof
Dr. Mendenhall
Moab
Turner Place
John C. Rodgers
Henry Brenneman
Sugar Grove Church
J. O. Mendenhall
Clark Phelps
Ratcliffs
Shaffers
J. of. Newby
Plymouth Rocks
Poland
China
Chester
Duroc Jerseys
Berkshire
Prominent Citizen Reflections On Prosperity
Fragmentary remarks praise long years of service and usefulness to the country. The speaker wishes continued pleasure and an era of prosperity for the people as time advances.
Obituary for George W. Lennard Grand Army post member
George W. Lennard of New Castle Indiana and Post No 128 of the Grand Army of the Republic died on Monday after a long service as a member of the post. The surviving Grand Army members offer a testimonial to his valor and remember his life at the regular meeting Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Lennard
Grand Army
F. the Republic
New Castle
Ind
Real Estate Transfers Listed By Local Agent
Transfers show Wm Hel to Wm Galyean in Stoney Creek and multiple parcels in Liberty Dudley Spiceland Henry Harrison Blue River Shirley Greensboro New Castle Mooreland Knightstown. Prices range from 60 to 9600 dollars with warranty deeds and lots and townships across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Hecell
Wm. Galyean
Stoney Creek Township
Frank Stanley
Clarence Boyd
Liberty Township
M. P. Eliott
A. BE
Elliott
Dudley Township
W. H. Ergin
W. G. Brosius
Spiceland Township
W. M. Millikan
Ed Payne
Henry Township
M. A. Reese
E. M. Yates
Harrison
Sarah Ratliff
Sam’s Ward
Blue River
Gertrude Garland
L. D. Hoover
Blue
Franklin
W. D. Thomas
O. C. Beeson
Shirley
C. EB. Burkett
A. Vandynn
M. E. McCormack
I. N. Edmundson
L. CG
Copeland
M. M. Benbow
Greensboro
J. G. Jackson
Margaret Sells
New Castle
J.C. Livezey
Gertrude Johnson
Nora Noham
M. L. Koons
BE. J. Thornburgh
WH. Elliott
Mooreland
W. H. Beard
Harry Watts
Knightstown
Elizabeth Hoover obituary from Liberty township
The long life of Aunt Betsy Elizabeth Hoover is remembered for faith and charity. She died October 21 1903 after forty years of suffering and lived sixty six years on the farm in Liberty township. Her funeral was held at the Chicago church October 23 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Dilling
Sameul Hoover
Martinsburg
Pennsylvania
Ndiana
Lewis Haberland
Amanda
John P. Straub
Sarah
George Gottfried
Samuel Hoover
Hoover
Betsy
Katie Sommers
Elizabeth Hoover
Chicago
Henry County Historical Society meeting date correction
New Castle correspondent for the Indianapolis News published a Telegram claiming an Oct 24 meeting. In fact no meeting occurred on that date and the program on Oct 31 will be run by the women members of the Henry County Historical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Indianapolis News
Henry County Historical Society
Surrey Collision Injures Two Men Near Devon
W. W. Bland, of Surrey, traveling from Henry Adams' house in a surrey, was struck by a buggy driven by two drunken men near Monroe Hoover's home on the Hagerstown pike. Bland's son and George Misener were thrown out and injured. the surveyor's instrument was broken. The horse returned home unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Bland
Devon
Henry Adams
Surrey
Monroe Hoover
Hagerstown Pike
Mr. Bland
George Misener
Wayne County Awards Bridge Contract to Pan-American Co
Wayne County commissioners awarded the contract for a river bridge near Henry Bertsch’s home in Jackson township to the Pan-American Bridge company. The notice suggests the firm continues to win bids as it moves from project to project. Humans note a Humpty Dumpty reference in the closing line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners of
Wayne County
Henry Bertsch
Jackson Township
Pan-American Bridge Company
Pan-American Company
Notice of Insolvency in Henry Circuit Court
In the estate of Luella Kriner deceased the Henry Circuit Court No. 493 finds the estate insolvent. An administrator petition shows insufficient assets to cover debts and liabilities. Creditors are notified to assert claims and seek allowances with the court clerk in New Castle, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella Kriner
Henry Circuit Court
Wall
Alof
New Caréle
Tadtatin
Josape M. i
Duty of Veterans urged to join local Grand Army Post
In New Castle many veteran Union Soldiers are not members of the local Grand Army Post. It would benefit them and the post if they joined, boosting attendance and interest at meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Grand Army Post
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Geo. G. Morris
Eastern Mills
B. F. Angstad Cutter
MAXIM
H. P, Henshaw Gen
Mgr
Mt. Summit
Ice
Morton & Co
Camden
Ohio
Morton
Wonder
Col. M
F. Ms. Ice & Son
Col
James Moffett
Auct
Summit
Orfice
Broad St
W.G. Hillock
South Fourteenth Street
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