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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
4
The Golden Rule store offers two first class round trip tickets to Niagara Falls as prizes for the two most popular ladies of Sheridan or vicinity. Votes are earned by customer purchases with five cents giving five votes and a one dollar purchase yielding one hundred votes. Candidate standings are posted every Thursday in store.
Grace Davis from Eagletown Roxie Rees of Kempton Elizabeth Moore of Horton Stella Cast from Boxley Della Moore and Maud Boxley of Horton Mrs Will Harris or Gertrude Harris Gertrude Foust Vada Barnhill Elsie Carter Sylvia Rayl appear in a compact names roster.
The Sunday School Association plans the 45th convention in Lafayette with about a thousand outsiders expected from Tippecanoe County and 500 from the county itself. Notable speakers include Rev. W H Geistweit D D of Peoria and Mrs Mary Foster Bryner of Chicago, with other leaders from Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee. The event will honor 1000 graduates of the first standard course and feature special five hour Bible study sessions and departmental conferences. The next Worlds Convention is set for May 19 to 24 1910 in Washington D C Indiana will have sixty delegates.
Laura daughter of Silas and Katie Sherril was born August 25 1891 in Brown County Indiana. She died June 16 1900 at Bakers Corner age 17 years 9 months 11 days after a three week illness of typhoid fever. She was mourned as a loving daughter and sister with many friends and relatives left to remember her. Myrtle Wray announces plain sewing on Georgia Street weekdays from 7 to 5 for 75 cents an hour.
Miss Laura Sherrill aged 18 died Sunday afternoon at the home of D. C. Leonard east of Sheridan from typhoid fever. She had lived in Urbana prior to death. Her mother, a housekeeper for Mr. Leonard, brought her home. Funeral services were conducted at Spicewood church Tuesday by Rev. Brightmire and burial followed at Crown View cemetery.
The Hamilton County report lists high school graduates by town and common school graduates by township. Sheridan ranks with 31 high school and Noblesville leads with 34 high school graduates, overall totals show 136 high school and 251 common school graduates.
Mrs. Sherril thanks neighbors and the Knights of Pythias lodge for sympathy and assistance during the illness and death of her daughter Laura.
The Children's day services at the Methodist Episcopal church are rescheduled for June 20. The morning program includes a pupil concert at 10 oclock, baptism of children by the pastor, and a sermon to Sunday school workers in the evening. Grace Vickery and B D Rogers set a marriage for next Tuesday at the Vickery home.
The church choir assisted by Celia Davenport and Bertha McMath will perform The Holy One of Israel next Sunday evening under Herbert Tapp. The production features solos choruses duets and male and female quartets with free will offering collected at the door. Everyone is invited.
W R C to celebrate the 133rd birthday of the flag next Monday June 14 with a social at 7 30 PM in the G A R hall. They invite Grand Army members and families and request all Sheridan homes and businesses to display flags for the occasion.
Arrangements are made to start the sprinkler next Monday after earlier delays in securing a wagon and water. Officials expect all obstacles to be overcome by Monday.
The Sheridan Concert Band held its first summer concert on Saturday night to a large, appreciative crowd. The band’s performance drew strong applause and the series will repeat each Saturday night through the hot months.
The Methodist church offers two services Sunday morning and evening with special music. Pastor W. H. Brightmire will preach on Living the Praise Life in the morning and The Crime of Cowardice at 8 p.m. The Beauchamp orchestra aids the evening service. Sheridan men and women who support law and order are urged to attend.
Rev. Assiter will speak Sunday morning at the Christian Church on The Disciples of Christ their origin history and theology. The talk will challenge current mistaken views of this rapidly growing body in religious history.
Monon offers a Chicago round trip excursion for 1.50 with a special 6 09 a m departure from Sheridan and a return at 11 30 p m Cedar Lake stopovers included The trip coincides with a Cubs versus Boston baseball game in Chicago and features Mr and Mrs Chas Sumner Noblesville Amanda Sumner Horton and Dora Cutts visiting Robert Carr and family.
Four members of a widely scattered family gathered at Ridge church for an all day picnic last Monday. The group included J. M. Ferguson and wife, his aunt, three sisters and two nieces: Mary Wallace of Tennessee Nanny Hulick of Colorado S E Young of Texas Winnie Dillon of Colorado Fanny White Ella McClelland of Tipton. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs W T Wilson on Wednesday.
We have sold our entire stock of hardware and implements to the Sheridan Hardware Company. Parties owing us will find their accounts at that store. Kindly call and settle your obligations at an early date. We thank our customers for their liberal patronage.
We pay top market price for wool poultry butter eggs and junk. Bring waos or other goods to the Independent Poultry House at the corner of Main and 2nd before selling.
The Coughlin Wilson Dental Co of Indianapolis will open a Sheridan office over W. L. Hare's store every Wednesday starting June 16. The staff advertises painless extractions and other dental work at reasonable prices with free examination and Dr. Riddle in residence each Wednesday.
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