Court Opens Amid Flood News and Local Notices
The circuit court opened Monday at the county capital. Weather forecasts predict 18 8 inch ice late March. Farmers mend fences and salvage slough bridge damage from floods. BenJ. Bailey named administrator of Thompson Randolph estate. Local ads for Sweet Rose Cigars sold at Wiley's Drug Store and baking powders praised. Local merchants tout Ready-made suits and goods.
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W. W. Wiley’s
Thompson Randolph
Posey County
Indiana
Benjamin Bailey
Center Township
Posey County Farmers Institute Convenes at Opera House
The Posey County Farmers Institute met at the opera house with morning sessions on crop rotation land use and farm life led by Purdue’s Latta and Mrs Meredith. Afternoon discussions covered beef horse hog labor and farm work with a closing session expected tonight and next week’s official proceedings promised.
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Posey County Farmers’ Institute
Opera House
W. C. Latta
Purdue University
Lafayette
T. J. Truscott
New Harmony
H. C. Meredith
Cambridge City
Ind
Jett Williams
Wadesville
Robert Mitchell
Princeton
J. Q. A. Seig
Corydon
Elwood Smith
Mt. Vernon
J.A. Mount
Shannondale
Farmers’ Institute
Town Council Holds Regular Session Near Cooper Building
The Town Council met in regular session with Col. Duclos Samuel Rawlings Henry Wilmoth William Trethewey present. Adjourned after approving minutes and authorizing street lamp purchases. Wm Richards offered 2 to help fund the scales pit bill. A street lamp at Church and West streets was granted.
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Col. Duclos
Samuel O. Rawlings
Henry L. Wilmoth
William C. Trethewey
Rawlings
L. Felch
Wm. Richards
Cooper Building
Trethewey
Dr. Neal
F. D. Bolton
T. J. Forcum
Church and
West Streets
Wilmot
Fish flood nets draw crowded, storied haul near Mann's mill
A large party of experienced piscatorial men gathered Tuesday east of Mann's saw mill to salvage flood stranded fish. Joe Hofreiter and aides used a 30 60 yard seine to pull a mass of catch ashore amid a cheering crowd. Four medium skipjacks were recovered, while onlookers debated the fisherman’s tale of a still alive backwater. A Parker attorney touts Chamberlain’s remedy for travel kit ailments, and a German Ward troupe impressed at the opera house. Wheat in bottom lands shows little flood damage.
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Mann
John Smith
Joe Hofreiter
Joe
Josh Hurd
Hofreiter
Holland
Manfally
Local Notables Attend Evansville Opera and Town News
Social circle notes list Mrs Hiatt Mrs Owen and others at Evansville opera last week. Visitors include C A Parke Mt Vernon in town then to Cincinnati. Illnesses include Wm Read and daughter Stella with pneumonia and Wm Bailey confined at home. Numerous residents travel and visit Mt Carmel Terre Haute Mt Vernon Evanville Olney and Uniontown over the week.
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Hiatt
H. P. Owen
E. F. Owen
J.D. Owen
Corbin
Joe Hofreiter
Helen Ford
E. Lichtenberger
Ann Ford
Kate Fitton
May Cooper
Geo. Ford
W.D. Wilmoth
E. V. Johnson
Richard Ford
Chas. Ford
Wm. B. Owen
Phil Ford
Ted Beal
Luther Sebnee
Rafe Boren
Andy Hofreiter
Frank Lyon
Evansville
C. A. Parke
Mt. Vernon
Cincinnati
S. Myers
Miss Maud
Mt. Carmel
Wm. Read
Misa Stella
Wm. Bailey
Will Bennett
Harry Schnee
A. H. Fretageot
Terre Haute
Arthur Adler
Dollie Heckmann
O. L. Sewell
R. BR. Rawlings
Martin Golden
Florida
Eva Ward
Posey County Saves Nearly Two Thousand on School Books
County superintendent reports that the cheap school book law has saved Posey county parents about 1900 dollars, preventing that amount from flowing to the Cincinnati book ring under the old system.
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Cincinnati Pirates
Posey County
Cincinnati
Prominent Rappite death noted amid economic saga
Special to St Louis Globe Democrat reports the death of Jonathan Lenz, 83, junior trustee of the Economy Society in Pirrepura Pa. He helped run the Great House and economy ventures with Gertrude Rapp and Romelius Baker’s successors. Lenz, born in Germany, was tall with fringe whiskers and wore the Society’s distinctive garb. The piece recalls the Society’s rise to $13 million and a dwindling membership.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Pirrepura
Jonathan Lenz
Economitc Society
Hollonomy
Romelius Baker
Jacob Henrici
Lenz
Gertrude Rapp
Henrici
Leoz
Mr. Lenz
Germany
Brother's Love Causes Distress and Recovery in Society
The article describes a man’s intense attachment to a woman, prompting his brother to intervene with Mr. Henrici urging a pause. After stern appeals, the erring brother returns to Economy but experiences severe infatuation that leads to insanity signs. Mr. Lenz is committed to Dixmont asylum for months, then recovers and resumes a calm, friendly disposition.
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Henrici
Lenz
Dixmont
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