Salem News Roundup of Local Happenings and Notices
Local reports note attorney Geo W Friedley in town, hats and millinery ads, church events, and school visits. Residents Mrs Benjamin and Mrs Collins promote fashion while Eliza Streaker visits Orleans and Mrs Truesse travels from Atchison. Funeral of Eli Strain, improvements on streets, and railroad incidents also appear along with a license for liquor sale in Fredericksburg. Locusts arrive, Winscott case concludes, and a freight wreck disrupts No. 24 near Saltillo.
Bargains and notices from Salem column
Mrs Walker offers millinery bargains while McClintock's boasts finest cigar line in town. Jane R Wilson elected school trustee. Constable Medlock reports three drunkenness arrests last Saturday. Down goes homemade calf boots to five dollars at Wm Shamo's. The town printing contract awarded to this office. The Press offers cheaper job work than others. The Wood family departs for Kansas. Various Salem residents and visitors noted including Mrs Huston and Mrs Stevens. Nixon offers boot and shoe repairs. John Whalen and family visiting Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Hanlon
New Albany
McClintock
Jane R. J. Wilson
the Democrat
Woman Whips Man After Court Square Confrontation
Last Thursday in Court Square Mrs. C McKinney struck Chap Menaugh with a rawhide whip after a heated exchange over remarks about her and a county official. The crowd formed a circle as she punished him, with mixed opinions on whether a wife’s vengeance was proper. Local court records show several cases disposed of, including assaults and perjury, as Decoration Day events faced heavy rain and public address in Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New, Albany Ledger
William Winscott
Richard Winscott
Worthington Times
Corydon
Democrat
Major Funk
Geo. W. Self
Republican
Opera House
G.A.R. Post Hall
Gibson Township
T. W. McCoy
Mattie Hobbs
Grand Army of the Republic
Ira’ Chase
Salem
Local Notes From Canton and Vicinity
Local items report Mrs Handy visiting Campbellsburg saturday and Rome Stanley family traveling sunday. Several residents attend a Salem decoration and a road change petition circulates for the creek bottoms between Canton and Salem. Locusts threaten young fruit trees while road repairs continue and court terms approach for Mrs Wood vs the R R Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
Handy
Campbellsburg
Grand Jury
Dock Dennis
Celia
Maud Stratton
John Donnlass
Salem
Price
Tom Gibson
Saltillo
Jim Gibson
Alex Cauble
Mat. Fultz
Rome Stanley
Ehobbs
Vincennes
Prowsville
C.R. Barrett
Daddy Johnson
Mrs. Wood
The
R. R. Co
James Dalton
Jefferson Township
Pleasant Hill Neighborhood Meeting Report
Pleasant Hill residents gathered at Prowsville last Sunday for a community meeting. Rev Denny of Campbellsburg traveled home after his wagon broke down with 5S S Bush helping him. Newton Rippey and family visited A J Collier, Lydia Wingler is visiting, William McNeeley bought a spring wagon from Mrs Bogle, Elisha Brewer works the brush in his forest and plans to convert to grass, William Batt hauls heading to Campbellsburg, Miss Alice Wesner staying awhile, dated June 2, Lincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uaison
Christian Church
Josephus Lockhart
Tuscaola
John McNeely
Ed Evans
Mitchell
Joshua Brown
Campbellsburg
Salem
Lila Brown
Minner Robinson
Molle Martin
Frank Martin
Mitchell Normal
Levi
Abe Colglazier
Prowsville
Rev
Denny
R. Bush
Newton Rippey
Millcreek
A. J. Collier’s
Lydia Wingler
Wm. McNeeley
Bogle
Elisha Brewer
Alice Wesner
Lincy
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. C. Hobbs, M. D
T. M. Tucker, M. D
Whitt Lead
COE
Salem, Ind
Geo. W. Friedley
Mrs. Walker’s
A. 13. Collins
Ellen Lockwood
Ladies of the Christian Church
Mrs. Benjamin’s
Eld. Chase
P. Smith
Bedford Public Schools
Lizzie Streaker
Orleans
Henderson
L. W. Sinclair
Terre Haute
Benjamin
Eli Strain
Salm
Harvey Voyles
Fayetteville, Ind
Charey McClintock
England
B. P. Trueblood
Fredericksburg
Launis
Berkey Bros
Scott County Journal
H. A. Truedley
Wm. Shamo’s
Thomas Morris
Ladies of the Methodist Church
Albert Childers
Deering Worvester
Nathan A. Newby
Dawson Lyon
Des Moines
Iowa
Jonathan Lyon
Bob Paynter
McKinney & Chapman
Washington County Board of Equalization
Jamison
Joe McClanahan
Shoals
Holapple-Evans
B. W. Tucker
Therby
A. Lanning
A. C. Truesse
Atchison
R. W
W. F. Milby
Greenpurg
Greene County
John Hauger
South Main Street
Ile
Harvey Henderson
Harry Routh
Mee
Emery & ‘Barth
West
Elden
Ohio and
Mississippi Ray
Cincinnati
Locomotive Engineers
Whizzie Wood Agiinst
Louisville
Chicago B.y
Bob Cauble
State of
Indiana
Jackson County
Winscott
Eikosi
Nixon
Dr. Deweese
Medlock
Down
Prof. Wood
Kansas
Henderson’s
Town Board
Margaret Huston
New
Philadelphia
John Whalen
Morgan Smedley
Thomas Smedley
Virgil Wolf
Mack Wolf
State
Edward McCallen
James Evans
Charles Tipps
Simeon Grider
Cam
Dora Ti
Minnie Paynte
Simpson Chastall
Illinois
William Martin
M. E. Church
G.A.R. Post
Samug
Reid Post
G.A.R
Canton
Barrott
Varn Danials
Champaign
M. J. Mead, Sr
Rodman
Cowell
Dennany
Chase
Dr. Harrod
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