Resignation prompts new Inter-State Exchange chief
Mise Lillie Schumers, longtime assistant postmaster, resigns. Nellie Burrell, former chief operator at the Inter-State telephone exchange, will assume the position and is expected to arrive from Jeffersonville soon. Fourteen initiated. The Ben Harodge boom continues with eight to fourteen candidates initiating last Tuesday and a Greencastle deputy helping. Post-initiation refreshments followed a well attended meeting with over eighty participants.
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Mise Lillie Schumers
Nellie Burrell
Inter-State Telephone Exchange
Jeffersonville
Advertising Boosts Sales At Local Hardware and Food Markets
The piece notes a Majestic range exhibit at A. Joillts & Co hardware store where fine ranges were sold and a Hayes & Pickett sale on taxon soup. It cites a city sale of eight boxes containing WO cakes and praises newspaper ads for driving business, urging others to advertise effectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Joillts & Co
Fire damages room during Shiloh church service
Sunday night a fire from a defective flue damaged a residence near Shiloh and sparked a stampede at a church service. Mrs. Garten, alone at home, called neighbors who assisted and helped control the blaze, but one room was badly burned and church services were halted.
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Harve Garten Jr
Shiloh
Mrs. Garten
Tomato Money and Tomato Factories in Scott County Indiana
Scott County claims to be the largest tomato growing county in Indiana with eight factories that last year employed nearly 1,200 women and girls paid thousands of dollars in wages. During the 1904 season the factories contracted 3,500 acres of tomatoes yielding 15,200 tons. A local farm editor notes a boy named Poa Posher of Odon had an experiment with worms and a river mishap near Riverside, described in a vivid local scene.
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Noal
Bedford Meeting Notices From Local Knights
Fragmentary OCR shows a public meeting notice regarding the Knights of Here Bre genta at Geen ta er EELS. The text references a convocation date and local civic context in Bedford with unclear names and dates.
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Ian
Tistr Co
Dooree Gu Date Ag Sivty
Keignts
Brisndagsiou Brick Laying School Opens at Vincennes
The Brisndagsiou bricklaying school, the first of its kind in this region, is reorganized at Vincennes by ALED. An expert tradesman is on hand as a supervisor. Many students have already applied to learn the trade.
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Stote
Brisndagsiou School
Wiieh
Tess Rorganiaed
Vincennes
Aled
Iee Alio
Unclear OCR fragment about a wartime or combat event
Fragmentary readable text describes soldiers or a battle scene with artillery and walls standing up. Mentions a city and sounds of discharges, confusion, and retreat stories from an unspecified conflict.
Oldest township resident Solomon C York dies at 84
Solomon C York 84 died Sunday at his son Johns east end home after years of ill health. Born in Kentucky December 18 1820 he settled in Hawkins Prairie near Washington then Mt Olive area where he lived most of his life. He married Nancy Smelser in 1841 and had ten children, three surviving John Curtis and Mrs Ned Plummer. He joined the M E church in 1853 remained faithful and was a democrat. Funeral Monday at Mt Olive conducted by O Dorsey with burial in the Asorbini cemetery.
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Solomon C. York
Mr. York
John
East End
Kentucky
Hawkins Prairie
Washington
Ezekiel
Mt. Olive
Nancy Smelser
John and
Curtis
This Place
Ned Plummer
York
M. EB
Old Wesley Chapel
O. Dorsey
Asorbini
Death of Adolphus Moa n l Adolphus son obituary notes
The obituary reports the death of Adolphus, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Sits, in East Emere township after a bout with scarlet fever and other complications. He was born January 24, 1885, aged 12 years 2 months 1 day, bright and industrious. Survived by father, mother, two brothers and four sisters. Funeral held at the Brambiv church with a large gathering.
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Mroanl Adolphus
Alfred Sits
Poopat Doicchuck
Feepoin Eimere
Adolphus
Omoadher
Surprise Birthday Dinner for Mrs Laughlin
Mrs 300 Laughlin wes re gee in here4 very Hiiday Gast Sandex. She was surprised by a dinner given for her 64th birthday. All her children and many relatives joined, and everyone enjoyed a pleasant time.
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Laughlin
Fight Outcome Noted Amid Turmoil In Uneven Clash
Fragmentary report describes chaotic melee with factions named vaguely. Observed players and leaders appear scattered. no clear victors, dates, or locations are identifiable from the text.
Tubular Well Drilling and Pump Repair Services
Harve Ferguson of Odon Indiana advertises tubular well drilling and pump repair services offering with experience in well construction and maintenance for residential and small commercial customers.
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Harve Ferguson
Odon
Ind
Knights of Pythisas Convention in Bedford District Meet
Kot P. P arcadian convention hosted by Palestine lodge No. 157 Bedford entertains Knights grand officers and uniformed groups from Martino Daviess Knox Schivan Greene and Lawrence counties with district lodge representation today.
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Knights of Pythisas
Gigetesath
Martino
Daviess
Knox, Schivan
Greene
Lawrences Counties
Palestine Lodge
Bedford
U B Church Dedication Planned for April 30
The New U B church dedication is set for Sunday April 30 with Dr Brooks of Union Biblical Seminary Dayton Ohio as officiating minister. Services begin at 10 30 a m and that evening the high school graduating class baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Rev Tinsley of Terre Haute.
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Brooks
Union Biblcal Seminary
Dayton Ohio
Tinsley
Terre Haute
Gets Appointment to Purdue for Herman Shirley
The county commissioners have appointed Herman Shirley of Washington as a student to Purdue University.
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Herman Shirley
Washington
Purdue University
Anti-Covette Law Takes Effect Next Week
The last legislature enacted laws to take effect next week, including an anti-cigarette law that prohibits selling or possessing for sale cigarettes or cigarette papers.
Long Journey Of A Lone Boy To Sullivan
An eleven year old boy traveled alone from Leadville Colorado to Sullivan last Saturday. A tag with his name and destination was attached to his clothing. He was helped by several railroad conductors and reached Sullivan safely.
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Sullivan
Leadville
Colorado
Property owners ordered to clear debris from premises
Notice directs owners to gather up all refuse including curpry vans rubber shoes and trash from their premises and place them in a convenient location by a specified date. The details are obscured but enforcement action is implied.
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Hinds
Local visitors stop by in Oton and nearby towns
Farles JK McCarter and family of Oton visited Friday. Art Prueblood of VanBuren came Wednesday on business. William Madden and Jim Patterson of Longcotes were here Friday. Mr and Mrs Ed Stotts of Odap and Mr and Mrs Earl Kelsey of Vanburen visited M Stotts Sunday.
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JK. McCarter
Oton
Art ‘Prueblood of
VanBuren
William Madden
Jim Patterson
Longcotes
Mro
Ed Stotts
Odap
Earl Kelsey
Unclear Fragments Report Weekend Visitors And Dead End Clues
The text contains garbled names and scattered phrases about visitors on Saturday and Sunday, with references to individuals, a place and an unclear plan. It presents no coherent event or dates and lacks verifiable details.
Card Of Thanks For Adolphus’s Illness Support
We express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kind assistance during our beloved son Adolphus’s illness and heat. Mr and Mrs Alfred S.
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Adolphus
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Martin County
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