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New Albany (IN) Republican, April 27, 1883, p. 4.
Mrs. John Fink departed this life last Friday after a very long illness. She
had reached the venerable age of three score. She leaves a loving husband
and several children to mourn her death.
New Albany (IN) Republican, April 27, 1883, p. 4.
Amanda Hoke died Wednesday after a very brief illness. Deceased was 48
years of age and was very much respected.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, July 27, 1888, p. 4.
George Hudson, a car works employee, had four of his fingers on his right
hand mashed nearly off yesterday by a heavy plank falling on them.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, July 27, 1888, p. 4.
Mrs. Mattie Rose and Mrs. James Long of Cementville met and indulged in a
bloody fight yesterday, Mrs. Long was knocked down and badly injured.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, July 27, 1888, p. 4.
Mrs. F. J. Bourquin left last night for Marietta, Ohio, called by the sudden
death of her brother, Rev. D. E. Beach. Deceased was for many years
professor of moral and intellectual philosophy in Marietta College.
Bloomington (IN) Evening World, September 14, 1903, clipping file, Monroe
County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana.
Jacob Bollenbacher was up from Washington to attend the funeral of his
brother, Samuel. He is in the dry goods business in that city.
Crawford County (IN) Democrat, May 14, 1908, p. 1.
The school board of English has selected the following teachers for next
year: Prof. H. W. Mock (difficult to read), principle; Monroe Melton,
assistant principal; Tilden Gobbel, grammar department; Jesse S. Melton,
intermediate; Miss Georgia Cole, 2nd primary; Miss Belvia Cuzzort, 1st
primary. The early action of the board is commendable and is of great
advantage to the teachers.
Crawford County (IN) Democrat, May 14, 1908, p. 1.
Roscoe and Herbert Eastridge of Garfield, Utah, are visiting their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Eastridge near Wickliffe.
Crawford County (IN) Democrat, May 14, 1908, p. 1.
Lightning struck the residence of William McCraney last Thursday knocking
off some weather boarding, broke six or eight panes of window glass and
shocking Mrs. McCraney severely.
Crawford County (IN) Democrat, May 14, 1908, p. 1.
S. M. Walts and family and Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Walts attended the funeral of
their brother, Douglas Walts, near Louisville, Sunday. Mr. Walts died in
Old Mexico some weeks ago.
Crawford County (IN) Democrat, May 14, 1908, p. 1.
The eighteen-year-old daughter of Henry Arnold of near Fredericksburg died
last Friday. She was a sister to Mrs. William Brock and Mrs. Milton Black
of Milltown. The remains were interred Sunday in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
near Fredericksburg.
Indianapolis (IN) News, February 19, 1880, p. 2.
The name of the plate glass works in Jeffersonville has been changed by the
new company from the "Ford Plate Glass Works" to the "Jeffersonville Plate
Glass Works." The new company, it is stated, proposes to pay off all the
debts of the old company and start the works with a clean record as to
credit under the new management.
Scottsburg (IN) Chronicle, November 3, 1915, p. 1.
The flouring mill of Ebert Bros. at Charlestown was destroyed by fire of
unknown origin Friday night. It is estimated that the loss is $20,000,
covered by insurance. The mill had been closed for about four days which
lends an air of mystery to the fire which will be investigated by the
owners. Charlestown is without firefighting apparatus, and the blaze had
gained such headway when discovered that it was impossible to save the
property from destruction. A bucket brigade prevented the fire from
spreading to houses nearby.
Scottsburg (IN) Chronicle, November 3, 1915, p. 1.
There may be a revival of the motion picture industry in the vicinity of
Sellers burg that was stopped some time ago after a short life. It is said
a Louisville company has under consideration a plan to establish a temporary
studio at Buffalo Lick in Charlestown Township. This place was famed in
early days.
Scottsburg (IN) Chronicle, November 10, 1915, p. 1.
Damages estimated at $6,000 were caused one night last week by fire that
broke out in Thomas F. O'Neil's livery stable at Jeffersonville and spread
to the adjoining stable of Oscar Johnson. Five hacks, fifteen rigs, one
horse, hay and other feed were destroyed in the O'Neil stable. Fifteen
horses and thirty rigs were taken out of the Johnson barn. Feed valued at
$500 was destroyed. Ernest Snyder of Columbus owned the building occupied
by the Johnson stable. The building was damaged $500. The estate of Frank
R. M. Gilbert owned the other building, the loss on which was $1,000.
Scottsburg (IN) Chronicle, November 10, 1915, p. 1.
A fire on the knobs in the vicinity of St. Joseph's Hill, Clark County, was
subdued after it had burned over an area of 400 acres. Much timber was
destroyed, and the damage is estimated at $10,000.
Fire near St. Joseph's Hill Burned over 400 Acres
Scottsburg (IN) Chronicle, November 10, 1915, p. 1.
A fire on the knobs in the vicinity of St. Joseph's Hill, Clark County, was
subdued after it had burned over an area of 400 acres. Much timber was
destroyed, and the damage is estimated at $10,000.
Logan Esarey, A HISTORY OF INDIANA FROM ITS EXPLORATION TO 1850
(Indianapolis: W. K. Stewart Co., 1915), p. 284. NOTE: John Orchard was an
early pioneer of Monroe County.
In 1835, Seth M. Leavenworth, founder of the town by that name in Crawford
County, in partnership with John Orchard and Jonathan Williams, started a
stage line from Leavenworth via Fredonia, Milltown, Proctersville, Paoli,
Orleans, Bedford, Springville, Bloomington, Martinsville and Port Royal to
Indianapolis. This line was intended especially for students going to the
State College and for boatmen returning from down river.
Logan Esarey, A HISTORY OF INDIANA FROM ITS EXPLORATION TO 1850
(Indianapolis: W. K. Stewart Co., 1915), p. 284.
During the winter of 1812 and 1813, John McElroy Dickey visited the state
(of Indiana) preaching in Clark and Daviess counties, a church near the
present city of Washington having been organized a few years previously by
Mr. Scott of Vincennes. In May 1815, Dickey moved to Washington and soon
became the most active worker in the Presbyterian Church of Indiana. For a
third of a century "Father" Dickey traveled over southern Indiana preaching
and teaching and helping his wife incidentally to rear their eleven
children.
Free Press, Hays, Kansas, September 24, 1904, p. 2.
KIDNAPPED HIS SON-Edgar Sipes of Nashville, Indiana, kidnapped his own
2-year-old boy from its mother. Mrs. Sipes left her husband about five
months ago and came to Topeka to live with her parents, bringing the boy
along. Sipes followed her and while the mother was chatting with a neighbor
across the back fence, he made away with the child. The authorities have
been unable to locate him.
Plymouth (IN) Tribune, March 3, 1905, p. 1.
KEEPS PET SNAKES IN A DEN
Nashville, Indiana, March 17-Joshua Fleener, age 80 years, keeps a den of
rattlesnakes at his home near Richards post office, this county. He has
eleven rattlesnakes in his den, and he experienced some difficulty in caring
for the serpents during the cold weather. Fleener lives in an old-fashioned
house with the back wall of the fireplace on the outside of the building.
The den, built of stones, was made with the chimney place as one of the
walls. The reptiles were placed in this den during the cold weather and
only one died this winter as a result of the cold. Sometimes, when the
chimney made the den too warm, the serpents would become angry and fight one
another. The snakes were all captured by Fleener in the woods near his
home, and they are all timber rattlers, a species that is becoming rare in
this state.