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Newspaper
New Ross Mail
Location
New Ross, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1899
Page
1
The notice states The Mail is entered at James town Indiana as second class matter published weekly on Friday with subscription rates including one year and six months options, single copies two cents, and cash in advance terms. It explains credit policy and that the paper stops when paid time expires.
The ad page lists merchants promoting cheap goods and new arrivals. Gibson's glassware, D C Smith rockers and ray carpet, Smith dresser at 35.00, White bedroom suites at 15.00, Kessler & Kessler suits, Camplin's hose 25 cents, Hook Broa shoes 1.75, Jamestown Roller Mills milling wheat, Frank Dale's Lebanon restaurant. Emphasizes cash buys, low prices, and broad inventory from local shops.
A collage of ads and notices mentions Dale's restaurant in Lebanon offering clean meals, Little Sampson shoes at Hook Bros, Keester & Kessner updates, Frank Dale's dining, Dr. Greene eye ear nose and throat services, Harve Steele grocery, New York store shipments of neckwear shoes and shirts, rag carpet demand, and various townsfolk including Walter Bratten, Walter Bank, D. C. Sarre Ho, Danville contracts, and local visitors from Anderson and Pawnee.
The community promotes the Montgomery county fair with rallies, tickets, and schedules. Notables like HK M Graves and Charles Hurt feature in ticket giveaways and telegraph operator moves. A long program, races, floral displays, and horticulture prizes are advertised, with dates September 12 to 15.
A west bound local freight and a travel train collided head on on Suraprereck bridge just beyond Crawfordsville on Tuesday afternoon. The wreck delayed local traffic for several hours as passenger trains were rerouted around the site.
Two locomotives on a local line collided near Crawfordsville causing smashed engines and a dam aged bridge. No one was hurt as only two empty cars were crushed. Blame falls on both crews and the signalman blamed for the curve where the accident occurred.
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