Bargain lot ad touts goods from Orear and Camplin stores
Local ads promote washing machines silk shirts and sewing machines at Orear's Hook Bros Camplin's Bargain Store advertises flood of items including shoes carpets and purses at discounted prices Smith's Furniture and New York Store offer carpet warps and shine services P M Lewis sells gasoline stoves and screen doors D claims express wagons 10 percent cheaper than last year
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Jamestown
Orcar’s
Orear
Smith’s
Hook Bros
Welton
Smith’n Ladies
Camplin’s
Camplin
Geo
New York
P. M. Lewis
U Chim
D. C
A. C. Gibson
J. H. Camplin & Son
Camplin & Son
Bargain market notes and local notices from Crawfordsville
Local ads and items detail bargain store offers at Camplin & Son Hook Bros. Shoe Store and Houk Bros The Bargain Store. Names include A C Gibson J H Camplin & Son Dr Greene and Harve Steele. Community updates mention visits to Crawfordsville Elders at M E church services and several residents traveling to nearby towns. Obituary for Martha Ann VanCannon notes birth in 1842 and death in 1899 with funeral by Rev H C Riley.
Local and General News Notes
Local items report Tim Lane visiting Monday Bell Emmert sick Marion Loop visiting friends Oscar Immel in Jamestown Monday Allen Johnson at home over Sunday George Powell in Indianapolis Friday Gilbert Gray at county seat Saturday Nathan Thompson buying house repainted Emery Graves' son Willie very ill Wm Joseph of Advance in town Wednesday Maude Norman in Crawfordsville yesterday Wm Emmonds of Thorntown in town Wednesday Thomas and Ed Brown in Crawfordsville yesterday Midland tied down at Ladoga Tuesday Fred Galladay at uncle's near Advance Wednesday Clyde Jones of Ladoga visited George Sanford over Sunday Guy Coffin family returned home Monday Don Lowell and Joe Rountree in Crawfordsville Saturday Gilbert Gray and Isaac Sperry in Crawfordsville yesterday Polk McCary and Kyle Roger in Crawfordsville Wednesday Grant Smith and family of Advance visited relatives here Sunday Matt Retlinger transacted business.
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James Dayton
Enos Norman
K. of P. Lodge
Jamestown
Walter Petticord
Harrison
Sperry
M. EB
Satz
J. C. Eddingfield
Bexert
Arcada
J.C. Eddingfield
Addie Hedges
Henry Rettinger
James H. McIntire
Frank Walkup
Vail
Arthur Swisher
Ed Bartholomew
EB. Ry
Ladoga
Oscar Immel
Allen Johnson
George Powell
Indianapolis
Gilbert Gray
Nathan Thompson
Emery Graves
Willie
Joseph of
Advance
Maude Norman
Crawfordsville
Emmonds
Thorntown
Thomas
Ed Brown
Midland
Fred Galladay
Clyde Jones
Death of Jamestown native Gossett a soldier and public man
Thomas Ashbury Gossett died April 15 1891 at his home in Eel River township Hendricks county Indiana aged 57 years 3 months and 24 days Born near Avon Indiana December 21 1841 to Nathanial W and Mary G Gossett His life of public service and soldierly bearing is noted His last illness stemmed from a service connected scurvy contracted in the Civil War and culminated in the amputation of his right foot last May while his health declined
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Marton Ann VanCannon
Martha Ann Rains
Shelby County
William VanCannon
M. E. Church
New Loss
H. C. Riley
Jamestown Press
Thomas Ashbury Gossett
Nathanial W
Mary G. Gosset
Avon
Hendricks County
Ind
Eel River Township
Soldiered Through Hard Times to Faith and Family
The obituary recalls a Hendricks County educator and Civil War veteran who joined the church in 1857, taught since 1860, and served four years as county superintendent. He endured fifteen months in five prisons including Andersonville, suffered severe injuries, and died leaving a wife Nettie M. Coombs and seven children. Funeral at M E church conducted by Rev H H Dunlavy with large attendance. Burial in IOOF cemetery north of town.
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H. H. Dunlavy
Church
Hendricks County
Co. I
Lynchburg
Belle Isle
Richmond
Andersonville
Nettie M. Coombs
M. E
Local Notes From Midway Scene Visit and Weddings
Miss Lillie McLean went to Lebanon Friday Mrs. Lloyd Nelson is very poorly with asthma John Sandy of Advance visited the area Tuesday Miss Gertie Evans of Covington stayed in the vicinity last week Guy Coffin and wife of Covington visited William Hedge Saturday Miss Myrtle Henry attended the Yelton Morrison wedding at Ladoga on Wednesday evening
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Lillie McLean
Lebanon
Lloyd Nelson
John Sandy
Gertie Evans
Covington
Guy Coffin
William Hedge
Myrtle Henry
Yelton-Morrison
Ladoga
Also Mentioned on This Page
Agant
Als
J. H. Gamplin & Son
Jamestown, Ind
Geo. W. Snow
Russia
Book Bros
the Mail
Greene
Harve Steele
Houk Bros
Houkros
Tim Lane
Bell Emmert
Marion Loop
the Cash Grocery
Fx. G. Gibson
Orear's Hardware Store
Jamestown, Indiana
S&mith’s Furniture Room
Midway
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