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Newspaper
Salem Press
Location
Salem, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1886
Page
3
A bustling Salem column notes Lena Belknap’s Louisville visit return, illness of Mrs. Warner, and locals back from out of town for holidays. It mentions a New Year dinner for inmates, liquor license at a Chapman McKinney stand, hospital visits, and various town happenings from brickwork plans to a jail property sale and W. Kremer’s milling move.
The article tours Salem businesses including C. C. Hauger & Co. J. W. Cooper Justin Zorman Anderson & Trapp Wm Shamo Alvis & Routh George Duncan W B Harris C McKinney Charles McClintock L L Sinclair John L Williams B T Pace Moch & May Morris & Reid John B Clark, Santa Claus, and druggists Hobbs & Tucker plus Jamison & Craycraft and Mobley & Miller. It notes holiday sales, renewed trade and plans for a larger hardware, grain and feed business next year. The piece closes with wishes for a prosperous 1886.
Myre Jaba Hamilton is on the sick list Rev B F Giles preached at Rush Creek this morning Win Neely has an attraction on the south fork of Rush creek O G Gibbs had trouble in his school Pupils can’t go to school to him and misbehave Teachers’ institute of Jefferson township will meet next Saturday night Rain postponed the meeting to next Saturday night All are invited Jan 3.
A mix of New Year resolutions and local notes. The column encourages taking care of health, work, and finances, plus enjoying life and seeking balanced judgment. It extols Ayer s Cherry Pectoral for coughs while listing brief local anecdotes from New Philadelphia Mitchell New Albany and Palmyra residents.
Cauble sold his farm to Adam Wright Daw son Purkhiser finds a new girl at his house since our last items Dawson Standish sick with scarlet fever Our school dismissed two days for Christmas Jan 4 Saltillo Cora Richards hosted guests Mell McNeely and brother before leaving for Ellettsville Mrs Nanamaker of Washington visiting kin Mrs W A Elliott called to Bono to aid sister Others attended New Year arch at Sugar Creek or Bremer festival two Jonesboro youths Atchison enjoyed holidays with aunt Mrs Matthew Evergreen Jan 4
The Mt Carmel column notes New Year musings on resolutions and lifespan, Christmas holiday scenes with small amusements, and local residents Lula Luck and 5S H Mitchell visiting Clarke county. It also mentions an upcoming teachers institute, Dr Branannock visiting Scottsburg, Eva Crim returning to a school near Mt Carmel, an oyster supper at Little York, and Gibson seeking inclusion in the local Press items for Jan 2.
Cavetown reports a prayer meeting at Cavetown and a sick child of Frank Russell. Harrison Wingler and family spent New Year at Los Naugles on Blueriver. White Oak timber by David Foutch yields four foot stump measures and eighteen to twenty two cuts. Several townspeople were summoned before the grand jury. The town marshal plans a lockup for unruly youths. Some locals attend church drunk risking Salem court. An oyster supper scene ends with pepper sauce. Benj Diefendorf is ill with pneumonia. Wingler notes a saddie taken at Republic east school house by a Democrat. Minnie Naugle is waiting.
Community brief highlights include visits by A G Tipps and Robt Daniels to Canton relatives, Mrs Flora Hawes and Miss Jennie Buchanan in Crab Orchard Ky, a Methodist meeting with poor attendance due to bad weather, and local reports of travel mishaps, illness improvements, a Christmas tree success at Claysville, a shoulder dislocation from Tom Hays, a birthday reception for Mr Z Burton with 52 guests, and visits by Jane Starr and John Blackwell to their Kansas family.
Fairview and nearby communities report sickness and recoveries in families, farm work updates, and social events. Notable items include Minnie Allen heading to Indianapolis for hospital work, a New Year candy party, a sermon at Union church, L. D. Voyles amid marriage gossip, court attendances, and several illness cases including scarlet fever and erysipelas.
Rt BS a Rhinart Ratts visiting Illinois friends notes liquor spending higher than bread in Washington county and urges voters to elect commissioners with a conscience to curb saloons. Mentions Isaac Sherrill a U S grand juryman visiting Bedford cousin A J Sherrill and missed Mt Pleasant sermon. Local items include Mary E Green returning to Bedford and township institute at Republican school house next Saturday.
Campbellsburg society items list family visits to Or leans Hitchcock Smithville New Albany and Kentucky. Notes include Mrs. Charles G. Robinson’s repeated insanity asylum admission Mrs. Lizzie Green’s death and interment plans at Thompson cemetery and a Mt. Zion revival choir plan.
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