Local News From New Ross and Nearby Towns
Mrs Stonebraker of Jamestown visited New Ross Monday. A freight train killed a large ox for Dr Bronough Friday evening. Several from here attended the Crawfordsville horse show. Walter Welch of Crawfordsville was at the Sunday entertainment. Matt Adkins of Indianapolis visited T A Adkins and family. Lizzie Wren staying in Crawfordsville visited Isaac Inlee’s. Walls Gallery in Crawfordsville offers cheaper line pictures. Debbie Schutt and Gilbert Gray were in town. Gray recently returned from Hamilton County. Thomas Webb joined the Christian church and was immersed Monday. Funeral for Mrs Jacob Harshbarger at Whitesville on Monday. Children’s day exercises were well attended with a long march of girls, a Maidens flag drill, and a female quartet. Powell’s school house picnic attracted attendees despite the Crawfordsville horse show. Fred Gott, once a teacher, is now in a new home beyond. Lebanon telephone company faces Bell Telephone franchise battles. Bell uses rate cuts to oust locals. Lebanon horse show drew a good crowd. Ed Heady won general purpose stallions, J A Feckleheimer won general purpose colts.
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Walter Welch
Crawfordsville
Matt Adkins
Indianapolis
T. A. Adkin
Lizzie Wren
Isaac Inlee
Walls
Debbie Schutt
New Ross
Gilbert Gray
Hamilton County
Tres
Thomas Webb
Christian Church
L. E. Murray
Jacob Harshbarger
Whitesville
Powell
Bank of
Fred Gott
Antibulldog Trousers and Sweden Best Men Tale
A suburban poet arrives wearing long trousers marketed as dog deterrents after a bulldog incident. He tests the trick by donning the owner’s trousers and a dog's response proves the plan works. The piece shifts to a historical note on Sweden's best men defending brides from rivals in old wedding processions.
First Quarrels After Marriage Discussed at Club
Atchison club meeting of married women discussed the first quarrels after marriage. One percent of the women present blamed husbands for the first quarrel, while the nineteenth woman admitted fault. The nineteenth woman was a widow, reported the Atchison Globe.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Appropriately Named Why Do You Persist in Calling Mixer
The Detroit Free Press notes the nickname Old Necessity 77 for Mixer the hawyer who is described as knowing no law. The brief item comments on persistent naming practices and legal implications within the community.
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Mixer
Hawyer
Detroit Fice Press
Jamestown Town Board May Approve Street Work and Sidewalk
Jamestown trustees met in regular session with Gibson Piersol and Bonnell present. Bills for coal hauling dirt pumping and labor were approved aside from finance committee items. F ir Austin urged a sidewalk on east Main Street from George Duncan to W. Heady Walnut street, with a ground profile to be surveyed, and with possible donations along Main Street to Lebanon Street toward cemetery access.
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Jamestown
Gibson
Piersol
Bonnell
Jamestown Lumber Co
Ed Woodard
John Adair
Fred Penry
A. T. Gardner
Wm. Mitchell Jr
Rank Cosand
David Wyatt
F. Ir. Austin
East Main Street
George Duncan
A Sensible Boy Helps Shape a Young Editor
The North Salem Herald editor Bert Pace, a youth of about eighteen, displays practical wisdom in his coverage of public matters. An excerpt shows his cautious stance on saloon questions, preferring reason over popularity and predicting a rising journalistic career despite early self restraint. Also shown are Indiana Alysic Teachers' Association excursion tickets with travel terms.
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Bert Pace
North Salem Herald
Bro
Pace
Bro. Pacs
Spanish American War Panorama sold by Big Four route
A wartime panorama titled Spanish American War Panorama depicts nursing Red Cross scenes and military life from recruiting to hospital care. It promises vivid street scenes from Havana and other locales, with a compact 8x12 inch volume weighing 12 ounces and mailed for 12 cents in stamps, limited edition through Warren J. Lyxed and associated offices.
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Ipent Cmeers
Tross
Guuard Mount
Skirmisa Tae
Nur
Red Cross
Havana
Santisvo
Uncle Saint
Mister
United States
Canada
Mexico
LO Gover
Big Four
Warren J
Warren J. Lyxed. General Puscero and Vicker Avent
Cincinnati
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Kessler, Kessler & Davidson
Jamestown, Ind
J. A. Bonnell
HOMEY
the Sea Leth al
New York
Ennes Bus
Owto
Cleveland
Chicago & St. Louis
P.m. West Bound
C. McCoxseut
Agt
East Bond
C.cccessscareee
Zinua McVe
Lebanon
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Company
Bell
Ed Heady
General Purpose Stallions
J. A. Feckleheimer
Bowery
Mr. Blank
Blank
New York Sun
Sweden
Maidei
Jamestown Roller Mills
Justus Berbalgh
South Bend
I .d
Indiana Alysic Teachers’ Association
Prem
Ast
Stauffer Bro’s. Mfg CO
SIA Bers
Goodville
Roemer’s
Zeuschold
Price
Cisaeniate
Constans
Roemer Drug CO
Wis
Ald -Yeper
T. Ook
Vriah Sal
Troy Oe
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