08 Nov 1902
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Newspaper
The Thorntown Argus
Location
Thorntown, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1902
Page
1
Local items report oyster and flour trades at O Re ars, voting visits by Earl McCorkle and Angon Smiley, livestock sales, and farm notices. Church announcements, business reorganizations, and public safety notes fill a busy rural page with community moves and town happenings.
A severe on field collision in a Darlington football game injures a Thorntown player. Doc Nelson was knocked unconscious after a high speed collision with a Darlington tackler. He remained under care and was not brought home until Wednesday with a cautious recovery.
The item notes prepare for Thanksgiving with the third dray still trading and mentions unpaid taxes from fall 1902 now delinquent. It records visits by A. T. Morgan from Indianapolis, Newton Miller and Ernest Applegate from I U to vote, and offers steel tire buggies for sale if taken soon. It also lists local social visits from Lebanon to Hogshires, revival meetings upcoming, and Mrs. M. A. Rose from Indianapolis arranging burial details at Crown Hill Cemetery for her husband and two children. The husband once published this newspaper and died in town over 18 years ago.
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