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Newspaper
New Ross Mail
Location
New Ross, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1899
Page
1
The Mail items describe second class matter at James town Indiana, weekly Friday publication with annual and six month subscription terms. Rates listed include 25 cents for six months, under ten cents per week for shorter periods, and two cents for a single copy.
A jumble of storefront ads lists bargains across town. Orcar's sells watches and cook stoves. Camplin's and Smith's advertise fabrics carpets and silks. Hook Bros and Houk Bros push shirts workwear and gents furnishings. New York Store and Orear's feature dresses, hats, and laundry goods. P. M. Lewis promotes pagoline stores and screen doors.
Local advertisements tout 10 percent cheaper wagons and season opening discounts. Shoppers are urged to buy screen doors, groceries, laces and embroideries, roasted coffees, and glassed eyewear from Crawfordsville and Camplin stores. Clothing, overcoats, furniture polish, and oxfords are pitched at low, sale prices with incentives for children and mentions of 25 percent cheaper prices.
Local notices list movements and visits across Crawfordsville and nearby towns. Individuals named include Jack Dean, Max Philip Hocker, Joe Vale of Orth, Allen Johnson, Joe Booker, Bobb Bratton, Wm. Peterson, John Brown, George Powell, Ollie Hedge, Mrs. James Eddingfield, Walter Bratton, Emery Graves and Willie, Maude Norman, C. H. Rivet, Mrs. Sophronia Rank, John Evans, Miss Katie Heaney, Miss Gertrude Evans, Sam Lasley and family, Taylor Emmert and son, Ollie Hedge, Mrs. Moss, K. of P. hall, Matt Rettinger, Arthur Swisher, two men from Noblesville, Uncle John Thompson, Aly Harris, and Bill Coddington. Activities include travel, visits, house painting, stock cattle buying, school work, and a prayer meeting notice. The piece reads as a stream of local social notes with multiple trips and engagements.
A roundup of neighborhood activities in Crawfordsville includes visits by Nellie and Mabel Miller and a trip by Joe Rountree with a horse to Ladoga for James. Local talk of building a three story K of P hall, school teaching updates, travel to Hamilton County and Michigan, a book agent for teachers, and wedding news at Ladoga. Echoes of ditch trial satisfaction, visits by Mary Harris and Mrs. Golliday, and social events with the Rathbone Sisters and Jamestown sisters. The Willis Gallery touts medals. Sunday school music to begin. laundry tips from Hedge's restaurant.
Lieutenant Lanice Golladay of Battery L Third U S Art writes from Manila Philippines describing two February battles and a recent night attack that amounted to little. He notes ninety days in hospital and plans to return around July. He mentions beef steak for dinner and sends regards to friends while stating he feels bullet proof.
A large gathering marked the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Smith A. Corbin and his wife on Wednesday April 26 1899 at their home in Jamestown. Relatives and friends joined in a social day with baskets filled with provisions for a hearty celebration.
Joyous reminiscences fill the gathering as grandchildren shout with delight. Attendees travel from Waynetown Crawfordsville Indianapolis Ladoga Lebanon Advance to celebrate the couple's golden anniversary with cake and warm wishes from Emma Hackley and family. The children offer heartfelt blessings for many more years together.
Saturday evening May 6 work in the third degree at Pittsboro lodge F and A M Oriental lodge of Indianapolis will confer degree Brethren of the fraternity cordially invited refreshments served G D Junken Sec
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