The Shelbyville Democrat
Monday, December 15, 1913
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Claude Lowe, of Boone county, is here
for a visit with relatives. He is now the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Lowe and later in the week will go to Noble township to visit
Smith Lowe and other relatives in that part of the county.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Democrat
Shelbyville, Ind.
November 3, 1911
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Miss Jennie Lowe, and Miss
Irma Russell, of
Waldron, are attending a missionary meeting at Milroy today.
The Shelbyville Democrat
Monday, September 2, 1907
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BIG INFAIR WAS HELD SUNDAY IN NOBLE
TP.
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In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Major Lowe,
Who Were Married Thursday.
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Sunday afternoon at the
home of the Hon. and Mrs. William J. Lowe, of Noble township, a big
infair was held in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Major Lowe, who were
married last Thursday at Corydon, Indiana. After the marriage ceremony the
young people had gone to Louisville and Cincinnati, arriving in Shelby county at
noon yesterday. About fifty people were present yesterday to bid welcome
to Mr. Lowe and his accomplished bride. Among those from a distance were Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Woodfill and family, W. S. Johnson and
wife, Mrs. L. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. English and
daughter, Miss Lillie, and Charles Stephenson,
all of Greensburg; Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Lowe, of Lebanon, and Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Lowe, of Needham.
An elaborate three-course
dinner was served. Many handsome presents were received by the groom and
bride as tokens of the esteem in which they are held. They will spend this
week with the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lowe, after which they will
begin housekeeping on the Elkanah Lewis farm.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Republican
Tuesday, October 11, 1898
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Aunt Harriett
[Goodrich] Lowe,
of Johnson county, is visiting her sister, Mrs. James H. Sykes, of East
Broadway, and will remain an indefinite time. The story of the life
of Mrs. Lowe in connection with the history of Shelbyville is
almost like a romance. She is now eighty-seven years old but travels from
her home to this city and other places just the same as if this great weight of
years was not upon her. She was married seventy-one years ago in
Shelbyville and every man and woman in the town attended her wedding and all
were in one room. She with her husband went horse back to their home on
the bluffs of White river and there she was since resided. There are
perhaps only tow other persons living who were in Shelbyville when Mrs. Lowe was
married.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelby Democrat
December 15, 1892
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Public Sale.
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Notice is hereby given,
that the undersigned will sell at public sale at his residence in Brandywine
township, one-fourth of a mile west of Carrollton, on Tuesday, December 20,
1892, commencing at 10 o'clock a.m., the following personal property, to
wit: Ten head of horses, including four good brood mares, three geldings
and three fillies, standard bred, one thoroughbred Clydesdale stallion, weighing
1,700 pounds, one eighteen month old Jersey bull, eligible to be registered,
fifty head of cattle, thirty of them two and three-year-old heifers, to become
fresh in February and March, and the remainder of them number one mulch cows,
some fresh now and others to be fresh by day of the sale, one hundred and ten
head of sheep, mostly good ewes, five hundred bushels of corn in the crib,
farming implements generally, three barrels of cider vinegar, eight stands of
bees, one two horse carriage and harness, one road cart and harness, and one
feed mill, nearly new.
Terms of sale -- All sums
of $5 and under cash in hand; over that amount a credit until Sept. 1, 1893,
will be given, the purchaser to execute note with approved freehold security,
waving recourse to valuation and appraisement laws. No property to be
removed until terms of sale are complied with.
VAN R. LOWE.
W. H. PAULEY, Auctioneer.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Logansport Daily Pharos
August 12, 1890
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REMARKABLE
AND
STARTLING
PHENOMENON.
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THE SOLID EARTH IN CONVULSIONS
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Ten Acres of Land Torn Up and
the
Skeletons in a Graveyard Exposed --
Natural Gas Flames Burning Over the
Scene of Disturbance
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SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Aug. 12. -- Yesterday
morning at 9 o'clock a terrific explosion occurred near Ogden's graveyard, three
miles south of Waldron, this (Shelby) county, causing great excitement
throughout the county. Ten acres of land were blown to pieces. Once
acre was demolished to the depth of ten feet. The river flat rock was
blown up and large stones were thrown fully half a mile from the scene.
The gas is burning fifteen feet high from the center of the river and from fifty
or more points of the land torn up. The whole country is in excitement,
and no means are known by which the flow of burning gas may be stopped.
What an Eye - Witness Saw.
J. H. Lowe,
who lives on the farm where the explosion occurred, says that he heard a
terrific report and felt the earth quivering beneath his feet. He went
toward the graveyard and was soon confronted by a sheet of flame 200 feet
high. then fifty or more fountains of fire burst from the earth.
These were interspersed with six or eight active geysers. The river bed
was torn to pieces and the huge fissures were receiving the river's water.
Sheets of flame swept over the water and a crater covering an area of about one
acre was quickly converted into a huge hole, from which a continuous roaring and
rumbling noise proceeds.
Bodies of the Dead Exposed.
Within the bend of
the river and for one-eighth of a mile along the stream great rents are in the
earth and the river bed. At the bend of the river in the bank, which is a
limestone, is a fracture a quarter of a mile long. Stones the size of a
house have been buried from their places. The graveyard, was shaken up,
the skeletons of the dead being distinctly seen in the fractures of the
earth. Gas flows freely from the entire surface of the ten acres.
Was the Upheaval Volcanic?
Many theories have
been advanced as to the cause of the upheaval. Many people contend that it
was a spontaneous combustion of natural gas. Others think that the
upheaval was volcanic. Mr. Lowe, who got to the scene before the gas
ignited, is sure that the upheaval was volcanic. The inhabitants in the
locality became wild with excitement, and many left their homes. Within
the last eighteen months there have been thirteen gas wells sunk in the locality
of the graveyard, and while each has had some gas none have been gushers.
Contributed by John Ballard
The Shelbyville Daily Democrat
Tuesday, January 26, 1886
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LOCAL NEWS.
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The infant son of Smith
Lowe, of Noble township, is dangerously ill with pneumonia.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Daily Democrat
Thursday, January 21, 1886
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LOCAL NEWS.
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Mr. W. W. Lowe, of Indianapolis,
was here to-day.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
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