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Newspaper
New Ross Mail
Location
New Ross, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1899
Page
4
Local firms install gasoline illuminated plants to brighten stores at night. The New York Store uses an acetylene system by Magere & Son, praised for its bright, city-like effect. Citizens are urged to consider a community owned telephone system to cut costs.
The board met at Citizens Bank and adjourned after reporting failure to draft by laws because no plan existed. They approved a perpetual plan, bonding for secretary and treasurer at 32000 each, and set secretary salary at 1.50 per week. They adjourned to meet stockholders next Monday at 2 p.m.
John P. Davis is badly sick. Ed Miles has a badly cut hand from a butcher knife. N Y Store Warner Kessler visited Green Castle last Saturday. One of J C McConnell's brothers visited him last week. Shields the dentist operates between the post office and Press office.
Busy hometown page records visits and illnesses in Lebanon and Jamestown. Mrs Gale McCormack visits Lebanon. Ed Lewis improves. J B Magers & Son win contract for acetylene gas plant for Presbyterian church in Thorntown. town debates Main street grade and sidewalk needs. Lincoln banquet report. revival ends. George Hinton dies at 32. county reform talk on courthouse funding pending. Frank Dale's restaurant praised. Camplin & Son sawmill fire impacts North Salem.
Local items note a fox drive on Jasper Shirley farm near Lebanon and the new Boone County Auditor David Shockley takes office next Monday with deputy C M Whitehead. Judge Me Masters of Indianapolis hears current injunctions starting today. An Indianapolis electric transit firm seeks a franchise to run a line from Indianapolis to Logansport. Public ditch petitions filed in Jackson township and real estate transfers noted in Jackson and Jennings townships. A lawsuit by tax payers against Commissioners McLean and Dulin seeks recovery of 19 187 49 for alleged improper bridge claims. multiple attorneys are listed for the complainants.
A compact rundown outside the main pages highlights country items and regional notes beyond the two towns. It skims national briefs, trade updates, and cultural events shaping the wider area.
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