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The Daily Palladium
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
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Correspondent reports on Greensfork, Indiana town's progress: population 500, various thriving businesses, new bank, lodges, schools closing, illnesses, and hopes for incorporation and interurban rail. Highlights muddy streets and community activities.
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OUR CORRESPONDENT WRITES OF THE GOOD THINGS WITHIN HER GATES.
TALK OF INCORPORATING
A Splendid Bank One of Her Substantial Features—Business Houses.
Only one muddy place to be seen and that is everywhere.
Many people say they are not well and some of the youngsters have fat jaws, also some older ones.
Ransome Chessman has been confined to the house for quite a while with grippe and lung fever.
Our school will close next Friday. Some are changing homes. C. Roller will soon move to Richmond. Albert Albertson has purchased the Roller property.
The Odd Fellows are increasing in numbers. Three candidates will take second and third degrees Tuesday evening.
We suppose that many do not know what a place of business Greensfork is, so the writer will try to enlighten the people. We have a census of 500 people. A Mr. Murdock has a drug store that is a credit to any town—Lute Hatfield has a nice line of first-class furniture. Martin Nicholson a nice lunch room.
The Gaylord Bros. have put up a business house that would be a credit to any city, and are carrying a good stock of dry goods and groceries. A. Kinzle also carries the next thing to a department store.
Mr. George Masey has set up a nice line of dry goods.
Mr. Morton has a good assortment of hardware, stoves, etc.
Will Hunt and Jim Ridge will sell all the meat a man may want, besides flour and many groceries.
Now comes our stock buyers. Geo. Nicholson, H. Dean, Milo Gentry, Elvin Oler and D. Harris.
E. Martindale and Dan Harris will buy anything from an old rooster to a steer, or one egg or a thousand dozen, and, further, D. Harris wants all the grain that men will sell.
Hatch Squires is a splendid 'smith, and so is Harry Hart.
Yes, sir; we have a nice, new bank building, plenty of money and good men to run it. D. Harris is president, and Mr. Taylor is cashier.
We have a good lodge of Maccabees and over sixty members belonging to the I. O. O. F.
A good telephone system of over 200 subscribers, two rural routes and four churches. There is some talk of incorporating.
The next thing we want is the interurban, and we must have it.
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A correspondent describes Greensfork's growth, including businesses like drug store, furniture, lunch room, dry goods, groceries, hardware, meat market, stock buyers, blacksmiths, and a new bank with D. Harris as president and Mr. Taylor as cashier. Notes population of 500, muddy conditions, illnesses, school closing, home changes, Odd Fellows growth, Maccabees lodge, telephone system, rural routes, churches, talk of incorporation, and desire for interurban.