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Newspaper
New Ross Mail
Location
New Ross, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1900
Page
2
The text proclaims satisfaction from buying apparel and home goods at low prices with stylish, dependable merchandise. It emphasizes extensive county coverage, high quality, large assortments, and repeat customer value, positioning the store as a popular trading place for men women and children.
A string of advertisements from Ladoga and nearby towns highlights local businesses. Camplin's, D. C. Smith, P. M. Lewis, Henkel Bros., Jamestown Roller Mills, Gould Oliver Martin, Voris & Cox, Camplin's, Dale's restaurant, and Greene specialist are urging shoppers with bargains on hardware, groceries, clothing, vision care, and meals. Levyed offers include cabinet sets, eggs, corn planters, and wheat milling premium.
Town residents attend a May 12 horse show while visiting nearby cities inclinations toward Indianapolis Crawfordsville Lebanon and Ladoga. Reports cover personal visits city developments telephones and local business changes with notes on politics and upcoming temperance lectures.
Community notes from Stringtown and surroundings list social calls and visits. Levi Groover buys a horse. Eva Leak quits whistling to sing. Grace Elder hosts and travels. Miss Georgia Leak reports twenty five music scholars. Frank Groover and family visit a bedside. dozens of neighbors share dinners, repairs, and outings. Local names include Elder, Groover, Leak, Dale, Trammel, Gossett, and Brown.
The ladies of the M. E. church in Jamestown plan a bargain sale of useful, ornamental, and edible items this Friday and Saturday May 4 and 5. Crawfordsville bans spitting on sidewalks. Athens imposes anti-spitting rules. Veedersburg votes to become a city and will elect a mayor amid a 2000 population estimate.
Mrs T J Leak is quite sick Irma Gillaspie is on the sick list Donna Trammel is studying medicine Worrie Butler has purchased a new wheel Mrs Prank Coshow is better Louie Crosby staying at Frank Coshow's Tom Hall and wife spent Sunday at the county farm Dud Northerns Wassea in Stringtown Saturday night Jack Helton of Lizton has rented the widow Kress farm George Henry and family visited Calvin Gibson's Sunday Ed Bailey and wife visited at her father's Calvin Gibson Sunday Stevie Dale didn’t go to Coon haunting Sunday night Thomas Young superintendent of the county farm is dangerously ill Mora Austin of Jamestown spent Saturday night with the Misses Ashley Does anyone know whether Alva Foughtner got home with his Excelsior or noy Ona Gibson of Jamestown visited last Tuesday at her mother's Mrs B Pollard Carl Trammell repainting his bureau likely going to Zionville soon Mrs Jim May of Smokey Row spent Saturday with her daughter Mrs J O Gillaspie A large crowd from this place attended the M E at Litton Sunday night Mrs Robert Broshar went to see her sister near Lebanon Tuesday who is dangerously ill Mrs Steve Dale visited her father Ben Shelburn near Zion s ville Saturday and Sunday
New Brunswick snippets report births and visits including a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Woods. Families visit kin in town and nearby Georgetown. Local farm work begins as spring arrives and residents share social updates. A death closes the week with Maggie S. Dinsmore passing from consumption, funeral held, survivors listed.
Advance reports a failed weekly letter from Jennie Erskine and urges readers to phone news items to The Press office in Advance. A creek-side incident describes a crow and five foot black snake battle witnessed by Uncle Johny Heath and John, ending with the snake killed. The paper notes it has added a telephone line to collect news and asks subscribers to use it.
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