Local items and notes from the county court and town
Commissioners court actions noted with stalled progress on a new school cornice project. Updates include rail line activity, marriage licenses, street work, stockholder meeting for Mt. Vernon Princeton Eastern Railway, dairy cows for sale, a potato vine pest warning, sewing machine ads, counterfeit ten dollar bill alert, and Indiana State University graduation record. A brief report on a Saturday altercation ends with minor injuries and a small loss to the corporation.
State Sunday School Convention in Terre Haute
The Indiana State Sunday School Union will meet at the First Congregationalist church in Terre Haute June 13 14 and 15 starting Tuesday evening at 730. Arrangements are made for attendees. Bible collections will occur in local churches tomorrow morning and a Bible meeting at Dr Mc Masters Church in the evening with Revs Montgomery Grim Jenkins and Clark speaking. A Gibson County Bible Society business meeting is set for Monday at 1 o'clock.
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First Congregationalist Church
Terre Haute
Union
Demostration of gratitude and local crime notes in 19th century paper
A church group expresses heartfelt thanks for Friday gifts to their pastor and family. The column reports a July court bail case involving three boys from St. Louis, named Morford and Jones, with items seized by a local marshal. A Fort Branch snippet mentions a Sunday school festival netting about $54 and a bouquet contest winner, plus a quip about humor in votes and a boy asking about stealing sugar.
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Shannon & Co
Wright
Thomas
Lewis Moflard
James Jones
St. Louis
Jonor
Pompey
Fort Branch
Evansville
Crawfordsville
Boquet
Bvaneville Courier
Alex. Bailey
Mr. Wright
Higginbotham
Donation Supper Honored Pastor McMaster at Princeton
A large crowd of about two hundred gathered in Princeton to honor Dr John McMaster D D pastor of the Second U P Church with a donation supper after he returned from the countryside. The event featured gifts including a gold headed cane a silk umbrella and a family Bible valued at twenty five dollars and twenty three dollars and fifteen dollars respectively. The presenting ladies represented the 24 U P Church of Princeton and Marsh Creek with additional gifts from private donors.
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U. P
Blair
Princeton
John McMaster
D. D
U. P. Church
Prioreton
John M. Stormont
James C. McGlurkin
Marsh Creek
Princeton Clarion
East and West Road fund tops Albion drive
Mt Carmel Register items report residents have raised over 10000 for the East and West Road project in Albion, with 15000 more needed, urging quick action. Also notes a Princeton picnic mix up with 330 Sunday School scholars and leaders Will Habberton and Commodore Copeland, described as a mixed success. Shreds mention John Bryfogle’s suicide in St. Louis at age 25.
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Albion
John Bryfogle
St. Louis
Princeton
Fair Grounds
Will Habberton
Commodore Copeland
Odd Fellowship Introduced in Germany
American Odd Fellowship has been introduced in Germany with Wartemburg Lodge No 1 in Stuttgart and Germania Lodge No 1 in Berlin both designated as No 1. Germania Lodge was organized by Grand Representative Ostheim on April 3 1871 while Wartemburg Lodge has operated since December 1 1870.
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Stuttgart
Germania
Berlin
Empire
Ostheim
Attempted rape at Frank Wright’s establishment in Douglass Alley
An unknown Black assailant attempted to assault a female inmate at Frank Wright's house on Douglass Alley between Ohio and New York streets after others were asleep. The woman screamed, others raised the alarm, and the intruder fled through the back alley as the crowd reacted.
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Frank Wright
Douglass Alley
Ohio
New York Street
Indianapolis Sentinel
Beecher Reflects On Motherly Influence In Early Life
Henry Ward Beecher remarks that gentler home training might have improved his family, suggesting his mother’s influence shaped his outlook. He notes a lighter touch on catechism and dancing could have altered outcomes for all.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Bacon Shoulder Ad Claims Kolb’s Best At Nine Cents
An ad touts L. Kolb selling bacon shoulders at 9 cents per pound and promotes No. 7 as the place to buy the best and cheapest bacon and hams in the city.
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L. Kolb
Kolb
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