Shelby Township*, Shelby County, Indiana
~ ~ ~ The Shelby Republican Friday, March 1, 1901
Page 6
---------- News from All Over
the County.
From Our Special Correspondents.
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POSSUMTOWN.
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Shelby Township.
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Vess Hall
and Maurie Zell went to Elwood Monday. Marion Jones
was transacting business near Wilson Saturday. Riele Amos
and family, of Washington township, were in this place Saturday. Frank Anderson
and family were the guests of Charles Clapp Thursday of last
week. John Means,
superintendent of the county poor farm, has purchased a new supply of coal. Frank Jones
has removed the top from his buggy which improves the appearance very much. Mr. Edward Whipple,
of Wilson, was transacting business in this place on Thursday of last week. Claude Amos and
Elsia Amos, of this place, tried the teachers' examination at
Shelbyville Saturday. Mr. Edward Schoenfield,
of Jennings county, is visiting Frank Jones this week.
He begins working for Ben McCarty the first of March.
A party was given in the
honor of Elsia Amos Saturday evening, it being her
seventeenth birthday. Quite a number of her relatives and friends were
present and on departing wished her many more birthday anniversaries. Mr. Charles Street,
who works for the superintendent of the county poor farm, and Miss
Eunice Fately, of Washington township, were married Sunday
evening. John Means, his brother-in-law, gave an oyster
supper Monday evening in their respect. There were a large number present,
all wishing them a long and happy life.
GOLDEN ARROW.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
* Please note the location of Shelby Township listed above is speculation, based
on the names in the article and the reference to Wilson. See the note from
our county historian, Ron Hamilton, below:
From: Ron Hamilton <ronhamilton@mach1pc.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2006
Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] 'POSSUMTOWN, Shelby Township, 1901
I had heard of Possumtown. It was located in Union
Township near the Little Blue River Baptist Church. But I didn't recognize any
of those names.
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