Pendleton Reformatory Construction Faces Delays and Costs
The Pendleton reformatory project expands with twenty buildings and a surrounding 30 foot high wall. Prisons workers handle most wall work while bricklayers and plumbers lag. a 10 hour demand strike failed. When finished next year the complex will house 500 prisoners from Jeffersonville and 150 already at work, with salvage operations and workshops to follow.
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Reformatory
Indiana
Jeffersonville
History of Pendleton Universalist Church
A historical account details the 1859 Pendleton Universalist Church formation, committee actions, and adoption of a constitution. It notes the 1861 church building, later reconstruction in 1895, pastor list, wartime service, and efforts to open a resident pastor and departments, with officers named.
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Pendleton Universalist Church
Pendleton
David Bousman
Isaac Busby
T. G. Mitchell
Hel
Huntsville
John Tillson
J. B. Fosher
Rev. Gibson
W. C. Brooks
S. M. Strick
Rev. Adams
R. N. Johns
L. M. Lath
J. B. Stoner
J. E. Haffner
F. W. Evans
F. D. Adams
E. A. Robinson
S. R. Este
Aid Society
Red Cross
D. B. Cole
Lester K. McVaugh
Katharine Brownback
D. J. Williams
J. P. Jones
Universalist Loan Association
Pendleton Shines With Homes Churches And Schools
Pendleton residents take pride in pristine homes and lawns. Tourists stop to admire the well paved streets and seek inquiries about the town. The churches and schools are described as modern and superior, with an hour to Indianapolis. The theatre district is as reachable as the north side.
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Pendleton
Indianapolis
Early Madison County milestones and justice history
Notable dates include 1820 first white child born in Madison County, 1821 first marriage, 1823 first Court House and Jail, 1825 three men executed for killing Indians the only white men hanged in state for such crime. Mills built in 1825, Pendleton incorporation in 1854, Falls Park acquired in 1820, quarry stones used for culverts, lumber saved for Indianapolis Court House, and a 1813 assault on Fred Douglas over abolition views.
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Snot
Madison County
Fred Douglas
Indianapolis
Pendleton
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Linanan
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Eversharp Pencils
Kodaks
Conklin
China
W. P. Cooper
Pendleton, Indiana
Victrola
C. E. Schooley
the Times Nevels
the Town Council
Y. Howors
Walter Cler’s
Eone B. Cols
Board and Coun
Tman
Smree
Kinnard
J. Willams
Walter Clark
State Street
Universalist Church
Mrs
V. P. Wilson
Falls Park
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