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Newspaper
New Ross Mail
Location
New Ross, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1899
Page
4
Jamestown reports a busy spell with medicine show entertainment at the Acme Remedy Co venue and nightly school hall performances. locals visit Indianapolis, Danville, and North Salem. church remodeling and sidewalk projects proceed as townsfolk attend gatherings and plan public events.
Mrs Net Richmond is ill Uncle Joe Pace reroofs his house and Mr Simmons suffered a bad fall last week Eugenia Douden owns a new piano The oyster supper Saturday evening drew a large crowd
The town of Jamestown adopts a gravel sidewalk on the north side of Main Street. It will be five feet wide and nine inches deep, running from the southwest corner of Lot 7, Block 8, to a point near the town limits, passing numerous properties including those owned by W. S. Heady John McDaniel Frank Hiller Harvey Woodard Margarite Cunningham Minnie Austin and others. The grade will align with existing lot levels and be completed by December 1, 1890. A hearing on objections is set for November 2 at 7 p.m.
Weekly prize to the correspondent sending the greatest number of acceptable items. Twenty five cents awarded to the best reporter from each place. Stationery and postage provided. Rules require weekly letters, eligibility rules for new and returning correspondents, and counting items so similar reports are merged. Mail items to reach by Wednesday morning.
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