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Newspaper
New Ross Mail
Location
New Ross, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1899
Page
1
Notice for newspaper subscriptions at James Town Indiana shows terms for one year six months and less than six months with cash in advance. Rates include weekly one cent per week and a two cent single copy fee with numbers and garbled characters.
Local ads promote Camplin's, New York Store, Hook Bros and Gilson's for bargains on shirts dresses shoes and glassware. Listings mention 10c glasses 25c corsets and 5 dollar suits with department stores advertising lunchrooms and gasoline pumps.
A jumble of shop ads and brief notices from Lebanon area lists bargains on binder twine machine oil and groceries at local stores. It also mentions diners in Lebanon and various residents making trips, shipments, and everyday activities with little cohesive narrative.
Special services at M E church with De Pauw education talk and a memorial sermon by Rev H Riley at Mace under Abraham Lincoln G A R post. Jamestown street grade debate roils town trustees amid protests threats and injunctions, prompting legal file and heated public discussion. Darlington horse show ends due to lack of donations.
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