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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
2
Monon Route Chicago to Indianapolis and the South lines list trains with daily service. No. 17 passenger at 1:44 p m reach 4:33 p m. No. 37 baggage and express. No. 33 fast mail and express. No. 31 Hoosier at 10:03 p m. No. 15 departs Indianapolis at 5:30 p m. A E Good, agent.
The executor of the last will of Sarah E. McKinzie, deceased, by order of the Hamilton Circuit Court, will offer for sale at private sale the decedent’s interest in real estate in Sheridan, Hamilton County Indiana. Sale terms require one third cash, two equal installments, secured by a first mortgage, with bids to be left at C W and R Griffin or with Vint McKinzie.
Sheridan hosted Hamilton County Odd Fellows district gathering with about 225 members present. Arcadia lodge presided at both sessions as Grand Secretary Leedy Grand Master Naur and Grand Chief Patriarch Sharp were delayed by auto trouble.
Huron Loft No. 117 holds a memorial service Sunday at 2 PM to honor its dead. Rev L H Graham will deliver the principal address with Rev Newcombe opening and closing. A musical program is included.
Thirty one members of the Economic club and Mrs. J. L. Vickery visited Purdue University last Wednesday. The day was described as pleasant and profitable for the group.
Fred Hines and Goldie Prater, both of Sheridan, were married Wednesday afternoon in Noblesville, starting their life together.
Members of the E. Q. E. club and husbands held their annual picnic Tuesday evening in Spencer woods. The article notes various local social visits including Rev. Edward Woodard of Montezuma and I. G. Lee, and several families visiting relatives over the weekend.
Transfer notices show Mary M Cox to Herman P Willsworth and multiple land trades with amounts from $1 to $23 618.50. New cases filed include Oris Johnson by N L Johnson against Central Indiana Railway Co and several individual plaintiffs for damages.
NM L Fear born January 5 1835 in Jackson county Indiana. He lived in Johnson county near Edinburgh before moving to Sheridan in 1883 where he died May 28 1914 at age 79 4 23. He married Elizabeth Elrod Barnett January 27 1859 and had six sons with four surviving. Henry C J K George A and Will in Sheridan and the widow. He endured thirty years of blindness from cataracts yet remained a devoted husband father and neighbor.
Robert W son of John and Mary Stephenson born May 25 1854 died May 31 1914 age 60 years 6 days He married Sarah Leonard on November 25 1875 and had seven children four sons and three daughters One son and one daughter predeceased him Three sons and two daughters survive with wife and mother He was a kind father a longtime Friends church member and steadfast believer He bore three years of illness without complaint and died peacefully with family at his bedside
A brief note from Mrs. R. W. Stephenson and children thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of their husband and father.
TheQuarterly Tea of the C W E M will be held with Mrs Chas Thistlethwaite Friday afternoon. Ed Abner and wife of Indianapolis visited with her uncle Jacob Oberleas and family Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs James Dye and Mr and Mrs Joe Witt of Joliet and Mrs Thompson and son of Lebanon visited Mrs Ann Worley Sunday. Norris Spidle and family entertained R B Gifford of Ohio and Miss Fva Gifford of Indianapolis Saturday. Norris Spidle and family dined with Mr and Mrs Geo Spidle Sunday. John Teter and family and R R Williamson and family spent Sunday at the Eber Teter home. A Kodak from 2 to 5 dollars, folding cameras from 4 50 up at Heape Jewelry store. Timothy Wilson of Richmond came Wednesday for a visit with his grandson W T Wilson. Kenneth Eliott of the Navy was unable to attend.
The message from Mrs. M. L. Fear and Sons thanks neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy shown during illness and death of their husband and father.
A sequence of ten to twelve farm listings describe parcels for sale or trade within miles of towns. Includes various acreages from 10 to 165 with improvements such as houses barns wells fences and fruit, with prices noted for some parcels. Several entries offer trade equivalences for other acreage and proximity to streets and towns like Little Chicago Noblesville Sheridan and towns within a region.
A fragment lists parcels No 15 to No 21 detailing sizes from 60 to 168 acres, house counts from 4 to 8 rooms, improvements including wells, barns, a silo, tiling, fencing, fruit orchards, and proximity to town, elevator, and Sheridan. Broker A A Butcher signs the notice.
Sheridan readers are told Adler i ka a remedy made from buckthorn bark and glycerine drains the system and quickly relieves sour stomach gas and constipation. A Sheridan agent, C. E Elliott, endorses the product and claims it cures appendicitis.
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