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Newspaper
New Ross Mail
Location
New Ross, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1899
Page
1
A period advertisement lists tinware at Crear's Hardware and folding beds from D. C. Smith. Hook Bros promotes affordable shoes while J. H. Steele offers best groceries. A. C. Gibson sells cigars, Oliver plows are top quality at Crear's, Camplin's offers 34 cent calicos, and D. C. Smith advertises an oak rocker at 1.85 dollars next week.
The ad notes The Big Store in Crawfordsville offering cloaks and furs and overcoats from $6.00 to $3.98 and New York Store suits at $9.00 from $12.50. Camplin's dry goods shoes and Orzar's sewing supplies are advertised. Eyewear from Dr. Greene, drugs at McDaniel & Son, rocking chairs from D. C. Smith, and a new line of buggies and surries showcased by Orrear's Hardware Store for 1899.
Local residents report illnesses including Old Daddy Crawford Miss Lulu Dice and Mrs John Coddington while Marion Porter and family are listed sick with the grip A Mt Zion meeting closes with next Sunday’s M E church service and James Everson visits from Crawfordsville A banana social occurs at Joe Ronk’s and Dr King has sold property heading to Thorntown New iron bridge near town nearly finished with grading pending Charles Call injures hand on barbed wire Jesse Routh starts a Christian church singing class Willie Richmond and New Ross perform The 394K of P M of W lodge installs officers led by Sperry Bratton Givens and Norman with trustees and aids named
Sarah E. Tilton of Zionsville files for divorce from David R. Tilton. The report notes Lebanon street improvement activity and brick paving plans around the square. An accident involving Paul Frazee of Fayette sees him shot in the abdomen but not fatally by Zora Shirley. Marriages listed include Otha Hinton Emma Boyd Harry Martin Estella Clark A J Singleton Frances Singleton Albert Evans Henretta Steed and Ida Owens.
Marriages recorded include Frank C. Harris and Maude E. Miller, Otto Gill and Ella Ashby, James P. York and Leonora Lovell.
The article recounts Maximilian's calm conduct before his execution on June 19 after a three day reprieve. He dictated letters, received last rites, urged mercy for Miramon and Mejia, and met death with dignity, offering gold to the firing squad and urging loyalty to Mexico as five shots mortally wounded him.
Henry Frazier spoke Sunday night while Dave Keeney visited Fayette recently. Wm. T. Gardner plans a sale and move to town. D. P. Keeney sold his harness shop to visit Canada. Students report at Mt. Zion as Max Clare Smith Turley White and others worked timber at Russellville then returned. Blanch Finch starts, Ora McDaniel named chief librarian, Fanny Hardesty and Summer Owens quit school.
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