Shelby  County  Indiana
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Porter


The  Shelbyville  Republican
 Monday, April 13, 1942
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Couple  Honored  With  Shower
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         Mr. and Mrs. William Porter, Jr., whose home one-half mile west of Flat Rock was destroyed by fire last week, were honored Friday night at the Flat Rock school building with a miscellaneous shower given by other members of their family and a large group of friends and neighbors.  Approximately 120 attended the affair, and the couple received many handsome gifts.
          Refreshments were served and a social time was enjoyed.  The honored couple extended their thanks and appreciation to all those who have been so kind to them following the loss of their home.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelbyville  Republican
 Friday, April 3, 1942
Page 1
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$300  Loss  Caused  by  Fire  at  Porter  Home
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         Damage of approximately $300 was sustained when the residence of  William Porter, Flat Rock, was destroyed by fire yesterday.  The fire was caused by sparks from the chimney which ignited a shingle roof, and occurred at about 4:20 o'clock.  The county fire truck answered the call.  The building was insured but contents were not covered.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelbyville  Democrat
Thursday, December 23, 1918
Page 1
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GENE  STRATTON  PORTER
VISITOR  AT  WALDRON
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Called  to  Bebside  of  Brother,
L. M. Stratton,  Who  Is
Critically  Ill.
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ACCOMPANIED  BY  HUSBAND
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And  Is  Expecting  to  Return  to  Her
Home  of  Geneva,  Adams  County,
This  Evening -- Leading  Hosier
Writer  of  Today.
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             Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter,  one of the most prominent of the Hoosier writers of the day, was a visitor at Waldron last night and today, but the occasion of her visit was a very sad one.  She was called from her home at Geneva, Ind., because of the very serious illness of her brother,  L. M. Stratton,  who has been proprietor of a harness store at Waldron for the past few years.
          Mrs. Porter and her husband arrived at Waldron last evening and spent the night and today at the Stratton home.  They will leave there this evening unless the condition of her brother should become women.
          Mr. Stratton has been suffering form heart trouble for the past ten days and the family physician has announced that there is no hope for his recovery.  Mr. Stratton came to Shelby county ten years ago from Rush county and was a farmer in Noble township for six years.  He has been in business at Waldron four years.
          Mrs. Stratton was expected at the bedside of her brother a week ago, but she could not come at that time, being unable to leave her home because of illness.  The visit is the first one she had paid her brother since he became a resident of this section.  Mr. Stratton has a daughter, Leah, whose mother was his second wife, and who was  Miss Lillie Haehl,  a daughter of  Frederick J. Haehl, near Manilla.  Their marriage took place while Mr. Stratton was engaged in telephone work in Rush and Shelby counties.  Her death occurred four years ago and Mr. Stratton then married again.  He is a Spanish-American war veteran and is 56 years old.  Mrs. Porter had never seen her brother's daughter until she arrive Waldron that evening.
          Mrs. Gene Stratton-Porter has made known to the English-speaking people, "Lumberlost," -- a section of Indiana comprising several counties in the northeast part of the state formerly a heavily timbered swam teeming with insect and animal life.  Lumbermen have cut down the grand old trees, and drainage has about done away with the swamp,  She is the chronicler of the life that was there.  Her books stand as a monument to the memory of the early pioneer, animal kingdom, and especially  [a section of this article is missing] ... pean war -- Mrs. Stratton Porter's studies of bird life.
          The "swamp" forms the  setting for both the love stories and nature studies and indeed has become  known around.
          Other nature study books may be mentioned:  "The Song of the Cardinal";  "What I Have Done with Birds":  "Moths";  "Birds of the Bible."  Mrs. Stratton-Porter, because she loves mankind, and the "little folds" of the air, writes with sympathy and the knowledge of their nature and habits.  Her writing redound to the glory of Indiana.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Indianapolis  Star
May 9, 1915
Page 11
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SHELBYVILLE.
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          Miss Hester Porter  and  Miss Margaret Birley  have gone to Ogontz, Pa., to spend a month with friends.  They are graduates of the school for girls at that place.
Contributed by Virginia Latta Curulla andPhyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelby  Democrat
 Shelbyville, Ind., December 24, 1903
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          Ed. Porter was here from Indianapolis Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Copied by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelby  Democrat
June 6, 1895
Page 3
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          Word comes from Fairland that  Calvin Porter,  who is wanted in the Circuit Court, on the alleged charge of having been too intimate with the wife of a resident of that place, has shook the dust of old Brandywine from his brogans and is now domiciled among the hills of Tennessee.  May he remain is said to be the wish of the average resident of "Saints' Rest."
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelby  Democrat
 Thursday, February 25, 1892
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            Auditor Harry C. Ray  has appointed  Mr. Charles A. Porter  as trustee of Washington township vice  Newton Higgins  resigned.  Mr. Porter is a man of integrity, property, honestly [sic] and has all of the qualifications necessary to make a good trustee.  The appointment is highly spoken of by the citizens of Washington township.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
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