Christmas Hodgepodge from Beech Grove and nearby towns
Country correspondence from Beech Grove notes visits by Bill Thatcher and family to Kokomo for Rebekah lodge, and Nancy A. St John of Superior Wisconsin visiting Russiaville relatives. Families gather for a Christmas dinner, and a Civil War veteran story traces Nancy St John’s lineage back to her late father Joe Brockus. The column also records hog prices at 4.40 per head, school holiday dismissals, and local moves.
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Nancy A. St. John
Superior
Wis
Indiana
Joe Brockus
Wm. Brockus
Russiaville
Libby
Northwest
Davis
James St. John
Carroll County
Marriages Bring Several Local Couples to the Altar
In Russiaville and surrounding area a wave of holiday nuptials continues. Minnie E Hodson and William DeFord wed in Frankfort. Harry H Gifford and Neva Floyd married at the Friend's church with a home to follow on Union Street. Roy Waters and Georgia Seward tied the knot at the Seward home southeast of town and will move to Kokomo. Observer staff wishes all couples a happy New Year.
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Russiaville
Minnie E. Hodson
Middlefork
Benton Hodson
William DeFord
Frankfort
K. S. Doyle
Frank Stafford
Friend’s Church
Harry H. Gifford
Neva Floyd
Union Street
Roy Waters
Georgia Seward
Ulysses G. Seward
J. E
Ob server phone number reminder for 1908 social news
A notice urges readers to call the Observer at phone number 32 to report friends visiting, personal visits, a sick friend, weddings, and other social events, promising more news and year long reminders.
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Observer
Howard County Fair Association Stockholders Meeting
Stockholders of the Howard County Fair Association are called to meet Saturday January 11 1908 at Russellville in Orrs Hall at 2 PM for the annual election of directors. Attendance urged by President A S Thompson and A C Shilling Lee. Also notes Christmas visit of Mr and Mrs Elmer Hathaway with Mrs Hathaways parents Mr and Mrs Canwla at Camden.
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Howard County Fair Association
Russiaville
Orr’s Hall
A.S. Thompson
A. C. Shilling
Lee’s
Mrs. Elmer Hathaway
Mrs. Hathaway
Mrs. Can
Camden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beech Grove
Bill Thatcher
Kokomo
Rebekah Lodge
John Renfro
John Newby
Smith
Alexander
Renfro
St John
Otto Brockus
Santa
Albert Kenworthy
Arch Thompson
Judson
Bill Davenport
C. R. Zell
John Thatcher
Bill
Bonanza
Thatcher
Wm. Thatcher
Carter
Christian Sunday School
F. M. Jackson
J. W. Renfro
Georgia Smith
Cloe Coombs Treas
Sylvia Gage
Riley Hamilton
Florence Etherington
M. J. Gifford & Cmpany
C. H. Allison
LAW and Insurance
Life Insurance
Gordon Block
Ind
Charles H. Allison
Russiaville Lumber & Coal Co
Pagewire
Imbler “ Lyon
Russiaville Lumber and
H. Winnie Mgr
Mrs. Seward
Howard County Fair Association Stock-holder’s Meeting
Indianapolis News
Ladies Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
Arzent
F. W. Sherwin
Red Front
Forest
A. H. Miller
H. G. White
Balleryulver Wadman
the Gaylor's Grocery
Swayzee Drug Store
Swayzee Bros., Prop’s
Russiaville — — Forest
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