Grand Jury Still in Session and Few True Bills Reported
The Spencer Circuit Court continues with a busy grand jury, about 275 witnesses subpoenaed and heard, with only two true bills returned so far. Several civil matters are addressed, including real estate sales, guardianship reports, and multiple marriages recorded in Spencer County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Southern Motors Company
James G. Wright
William M. ‘Smith
Ola A. Waiters
Wilma Long
Ian
Wallace
3Rd Street
Rockport
Tillie Kress
Martin Leistner
Claude Abshier
Fishback
Admr
Frank Baker
Hattie Baker
Fred Neidnagel
Emil Neidnagel
Thomas Quay Miller
Aquilla D. Lloyd
Charles F. Niles
Chyde Mackey
Spain
Herbert Heinrich
Albert Grippensiron
Forest Bell
Samuel Clark
Chas. P. Kokomohr
Jacce
J. Lautner
Nelson& Protuma
A. Dustin Hi
Banks
August J. Kruse
Gito Hoch
Saadig Wands i
Faul PF
Kangler
Paul F. Brenner
Galeth M. Partridge
John Henry DeKinder
Ephraim Rowe
Dora Rowe
Frank Green
Larinda Rust
A. C. Huff
C. C. Stone
Carter Township
Evansville ties and deaths in New Boston highlight local life
New Boston notes show Tillie Schatz returning to Evansville from visits in Fulda and Evansville. Christina Zogleman en route to Evansville for weeks. Local figures Friedel, Durvinger, Boehm, Pfeiffer, Mulzer, Waninger, Kyvans, Deeg resigns. Englebrecht dies aged 70 with service at St Johns Evangelical. Residents discuss roads and county supervisors and road funding. John Friedel visits Evanston Tuesday.
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Tillie Schatz
Fulda
Evansville
Christina Zogleman
fFulda
Victor Friedel
Troy F Meonday
Joseph Durvinger
Pobarnad
St. Wendel
Indiana
George Boehm
Joseph ,Pfeiffer
Henry Mulzer
Weigand & Waldhier
John H. Waninger
Martin Kyvans
Troy
Claryce Deeg
Myr. Lasher
Lamar
Christ Englebrecht
St. Johns Evangelical Church
Christ Wittman
John Friedel
Evanston
Story of Spencer Go a Century Ago in Indiana
A retrospective look at Spencer County Indiana reveals a century ago a sparsely developed region lacking autos, roads, rails, telegraphs, and many modern conveniences. Homes were log-built with crude floors and clay chinking, fire was kept alive in central or improvised chimneys, and daily life required hard, inventive efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Spencer County
Fire making and early home building in pioneer life
The account describes making fire with powder and flint, roofing without nails, cane and clapboard roofs, and kitchen gear of a farmer's wife. It explains tools like the hoe and axe, land clearing, and the slow process of settlement in Spencer County with notes on timber value and early crops such as corn beans and pumpkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Will
Spencer County
Letter from Bill Dye Reflects Farm Life and Politics
The piece features Bill Dye’s letter about taters, taxes, and rural politics, noting tax complaints, labor views, and mock portrayals of Democratic and Republican shifts. It includes Lincoln's Birthday observance details and local notices, with county agent notes on hog marketing shifts to farmer cooperatives.
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New Court House
Luce Township
Noan
Weil
Spencer County Couple Wed In St. Louis Dispatch
The Spencer County couple Mr and Mrs Chantal Haines wed near Lake Indiana. The groom son of Isaac Goldman Rockport Indiana is a former locomotive engineer now successful in real estate. They will reside at 2231 Hickory St St. Louis Missouri.
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St. Louis
Pest Dispatch
Hickory St
Death notices and social notes from Reinnville area
Deaths and family notices from nearby towns include the death of John Harris prompting calls from Rosier and Reed families. a birth to Rev and Mrs Rosier named James Woodward. Roger Hagan and Grace Vaughn wed in Grandview and plan to reside in Fowler. Various visits to Buffaloville, Richland, Evansville, Chrisney, and Illinois residents are recorded along with a return from Evansville by Hilda Powell.
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Tegerses eShck BR. Jones
Ida Lillian Cannon
Spencer County
Edmond P. Smith
Farmer
Daviess County
Mazella Shaw
Rockport
Edgar M. Adams
Effie Mae Logsdon
Gweitshord
Esq. Inco
Christian Mickel
Dale
Emma C. Arnold
Mariah Hill
Roger S. Hagan
Grace Vaughn
Rev. McNaughton
John H. Simmons
Minnie Ann’ Henderson
Hatfield
Esq. Inco. Millard
F. Oskins
Chrisney
Lena Sohn Miller
Peter Miller
Hanover
Germany
America
Grandview
Ind
Tillie Hastedt
Huntingburg
Emma Malke
Henry
Robert Casey
Newtonville
Helena
Eliza Sohn
William Erne
Lewisport
Sam Rosier
Indiana
Orville Reed
Evansville
John Harris
Florence Vetter
Rosier
James Woodward
Roger Hagan
Fowler
McNaughtors
Lem Farrow
Buffaloville
James Sherill
Illinois
Wilford Sarver
Richland
Otto
Piney Jeninee
James
Woodward
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ida D. Armstrong
Frank
New Boston
Spencer GO
Bill Dye
Lincoln
American Legion
Mt. BH. Churva
Legion
Louis F. Roberts
Roberts
Funkhouser Post, American, Legion
Osie E. Burkhart
George W. Burkhart
Walnut Street
Baptist ‘Church
Little Pigeon
John Risse
Ruby
Doris
Risse
Paréjits
John Karney
Louis Schoenfeld
Sixth Street
Chicago
Rewtonville
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