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Newspaper
New Ross Mail
Location
New Ross, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1898
Page
3
The Brkail is a weekly post office publication in James Town Indiana issued on Fridays. Subscriptions run one year for 50e, six months for 25e, and less than six months at 1 cent per week with a minimum 10c payment option. Cash in advance only, no credit. readers may pay any amount from 10c upward and lapsing time ends the paper.
Business Locals promotes low prices and new stock from Gibson's Hook Bros. Kessler & Kessler D. C. Smith Camplin's Henkel Bros. Ladoga and more. Ads tout glassware rugs linen and clothing with 25c to $15.00 price points and a motto promising good honest value.
Local ads promote footwear from Houk Bros and Camplins Farmers with 15¢ lunches at Frank Doale’s Lebanon eatery. Sellers tout dresses, rain gear, eye care from Greene, and groceries. Mentions include Keseler & Kessler, Hook Bros, Drew Selby shoes, rag carpets demand, and several town visits listed by residents and officials.
A compact update lists numerous town happenings including visits by Rebecca Micheltree and Uncle Johnie Stipe, the Turner land division, a Boone county divorce case, school and church events, a Big Store grand opening in Crawfordsville, a Four freight wreck near town, and a possible elopement scheme in Brunswick.
A catalog-style listing highlights a Mantle folding bed hardwood and gloss finish, a fancy rocker with an enshrined cobbler seat, a bedroom suit with a large swinging mirror and gilded pulls, and a desk and book case with a Hasse plate mirror. Each piece praised for quality and style at attractive prices.
Our Grand Exhibit of FURNITURE will present top factory ideas correct fashions and unequaled assortment at moderate prices. The store promises no misrepresentation of any merchandise and targets ladies seeking proper and exerusire furnishings.
A special from Brazil reports the Lebanon Sheriff went to arrest Dr. John K. Shepherd of New Brunswick on charges tied to a falsified medical license certificate altered by acid. The item notes leaf burning as a diphtheria irritant, per the state health secretary.
Advances note James Sanford sick baby and Lina Whitecotton busy with house painting. H A Kernodle and wife visited Lebanon while Milford Hedge found a pitchfork near No 11 school. Band boys held an open-air concert. Teachers attended institute in Jamestown. Mrs Sefton of Greenwood visiting. Charles Miller moved to Grant Smith property. Warner Peterson of New Ross visited friends. Mrs Kate Jackson installing new fence north of her lot. Geo Smith visiting relatives from the south. Josh Ross moved to new west side residence.
Sam Ailes and wife honored two Hurts Lanrce Galladay visitors from the Phillipines. Rev. Witham preached at the Baptist church. Otto Jones of Whitecotton Mill Co. visited town. Shiloh church work progresses. Tom Smith sold his restaurant to Grant Smith. John Caldwell and Miss Graces Bowman quietly married. Mattie Hamilton and Hazel visited Dale school where Carrie Ross teaches. Clyde and Ernest Hurt returned home from Oxford. John Bowman and Ed Wright hauled hay to Indianapolis. Members attended Max church for Rev. Thomas Hamilton. Thomas Melson and wives with others visited Fayette. Supervisors Hall, Brown, and Titus failed to find gravel near Cason and now haul from Cox pit five miles away.
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