Local notes from Elmore township and surrounding towns
Jolliff & Co. receive a car of New Harrison Wagons. Various residents travel to Indianapolis and Washington County for business and visits. Oysters advertised from Baltimore and sold locally. The Terre Haute street fair profits, real estate moves by Crooke & Forsythe, and church services noted amid a flood of family visits and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolliff & Co
Harrison
Crooke & Forsythe
Robert Chandler
Elmore Township
Resler Widow with Four Sons Noted for Charity
Mrs. Resler, daughter of Mrs. Rosanna Hayes, aged thirty five, longtime Van Buren County resident, survived by husband and four sons. She joined the United Brethren church in youth and was praised for her Christian deeds. She leaves a mother, four brothers, and four sisters from Iowa, Van Buren, and Indianapolis. Funeral led by Revs. Hobson and Breden at Raglesville U B church with burial in Raglesville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Resler
Rosanna Hayes
van. Buren Township
Ressler
Runaway Carriage Injures Mrs Farris in Elmore
Last Friday Mrs. Milton Farris of Elmore township broke her right leg in two places below the knee when a telephone wire fell on their carriage. The collision occurred after the horses were frightened and the carriage overturned during the break. Mr. Farris and companions were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Farris
Elmore
Elsora
Saturday plea and raid tie Flynn to gambling house
Saturday George Plynn pleaded guilty to keeping a gambling house and was fined $10 by Judge Houghton. Elizabeth Hardy led the raid claiming Flynn C H Brown and Walter Palmer were gambling. her son J C Tee was present. Brown and Palmer pleaded not guilty and posted a $200 bond for appearance for Iris
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Plynn
Houghton
Elizabeth Hardy
Flynn
C. H. Brown
Walter Palmer
J. C. Tee
Brown
Palmer
Iris
Nugent Named County Auditor to Fill Vacancy
Thomas Nugent was selected Monday to fill the county Auditor vacancy from November 1 to January 1. He appointed W. C. Camp of Alfordsville as deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Nugent
Mr. Nugent
W. C. Camp
Alfordsville
Photos for Xmas at Journal Office
Christmas rush prompts Crooke and Bair to urge early photo orders. Local notes mention births, visits, and travels including Oden, Cincinnati, Bedford, Van Buren, and Oklahoma as residents and visitors move about town.
Attendance Figures by Rooms and Teachers
Enrollment and attendance data for rooms E M, D G, U, B, and A are listed with teachers Grant Callahan Maud Laughlin Courtney Famie O Dell. Figures include enrollment counts average daily attendance percent attendance and days with full attendance or no tardies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Famie O'Dell
Wedding of Howard Hiram Lackey and Zona Louise Barsh
Last Sunday at the Gwartney home on Grove street, Howard Hiram Lackey and Zona Louise Barsh married with Rev. C H Buchanan officiating. About sixty guests attended as chrysanthemums and palms decorated the room. The bride wore white silk mull, the groom black. After the ceremony a wedding dinner followed. The groom, son of Hiram Lackey a Lawrence County farmer, owns a river-bottom farm and built a residence in Bedford where they will reside. The bride is a well known Odon resident who has run a millinery business and has many friends. They left Monday afternoon for Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Gwartney
Grove Street
Howard Hiram Lackey
Ona Louise Barsh
C. H. Buchanan
Hiram’ Lackey
Lawrence County
Stoy's Land Appraisers Value Eight Acres for Power House
J B Loyd Absalom Williams and George Hoffman appointed by Judge Houghton valued eight acres of W L Stoy at Hin dostan for a power house site at 300. The contest suit between Indiana Hydraulic Power Co and Stoy, decided for the company, may go to the supreme court for final adjudication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. ‘Loyd
Absalom Williams
George Hoffman
Houghton
W. L. Stoy
Hindostan
Indiana Hydraulic Power Company
Mwet
Power Company
Stoy
Supreme Court
Shirley Shoe Factory In Enid Receivership Report
The Robert Shirley shoe manufacturing company of Enid Oklahoma is in the hands of a receiver at the request of the First National Bank of Enid which holds over 87000 of the company notes. The plant has operated since the machinery was installed a year ago and several thousand dollars worth of shoes have been manufactured, most of which are on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Robert Shirley
Free Watch Giveaways Boost Trade In Local Shop
D. O. Williams, watch maker and jeweler, offers free twenty year gold filled case watches with Elgin or Waltham movements. One ticket with each repair or purchase, tickets redeemable for draws as customers visit for repairs and new merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Walthan
D. O. Williams
Jewler
Farmers Hold Key To Nation’s Prosperity And Soil Yields
In an excerpt from Affairs at Washington in the November National Magazine, the author argues that a nation’s future hinges on farmers learning to maximize soil potential. Farmers’ success underpins everyone’s prosperity, while Wall Street can generate panics, but it is the farmer who sustains good times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Washington
National Magazine
Town Trustees approve road work and new franchise plan
Town Trustees met Tuesday night in regular session. They allowed claims for election rights and the sheriff salary. Lew Cunningham won a contract to build part of the new ditch. C E O'Dell received a permit to add to his property on East Spring Street. Farmers Cooperative Telephone Co requested a franchise to string poles. a call session Friday will grant it after town safeguards are set.
Indiana Divorce Case Notice in Daviess Court
Notice to non resident Ruba R Jollift in Daviess Circuit Court January Term 1904. Charley Foet files complaint for divorce. defendant must appear January 1904 or risk hearing in absence. Clerk Thomas Harris seals the notice. attorney E T Laughlin for plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Indiana
County of
Daviess
Charley Foet
Washington
Thomas Harris
Notice of Appointment of Administrator for Enoch Hunter
BE. T. Laughlin attorney announces the appointment as administrator of Enoch Hunter's estate in Daviess County Indiana. The estate is believed solvent and the notice is filed for public record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Indiana
Daviess
Enoch Hunter
Daviess County
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