The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-24
Did Not Feature Local, Foreign
News in Early Papers in County
In the Old Issues of Richmond and Centerville Paper
Local Happenings Were Carried Mostly in the
Form of Advertisements

A hundred years ago, when the
weekly paper came, Mrs. Smith could
not call out to her dear spouse, do
see if the paper says where Mrs. Jones
went last week." Mr. Smith might
have been able to report that Jonathan
Townsend and Daniel Clark, as ex-
ecutors, were to sell the estate of
Robert Bratton, as did the Public
Ledger of Richmond, Oct. 16, 1924, but
he could not have given his wife any
gossip.
In the old issues of the Richmond
and Centerville papers of that day
local news was carried mostly in the
form of advertisements. When Sam
uel Fleming, commander of the 8th
Regiment of Indiana Militia, wanted
to report a drill he had to pay adver-
Using rates for his notice, which the
Western Emporium at Centerville pub
1ished June IL, 1926 as follows:
"Regimental Order. The enrolled
| inhabitants residing within the bounds
/ of the Eighth Regiment, Indiana Mill
| tia, are hereby notified to attend the
/ Regimental Muster, at Salisbury on
| the third Wednesday in October next,
| equipped according to law. SAM L..
! FLEMING, Com. 8th Reg. l. NJ"
! But some news however appeared
i free. The Emporium for July 10, 1924
stated: I'VE are requested to state
| that the Rev E. Wichers will preach
at the Court House in this place on
Thursday next, at IL o'clock" And
the issue for June IL, 1925 carried the
announcement that THE annual con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church will be holden in Charlestown
in this state on the 25th of August
next
Political News
Another very typical item Of news
Interest was the following from the
Emporium of the same date.
eve are requested to state that
SAMUEL HANNAH
/ ABEL LOMOX
HENRY HOOVER
JOHN McLAIN and
JOHN WHITEHEAD
are willing to represent the citizens
of this county in the next Genera
Assembly, if elected.
1--WE are also requested to say tha
DANIEL REED
will serve them as sheriff, il elected
Then, as now, murder news coult
get free publicity John MAfee wa
hung at Dayton for the murder Of hi
wife on the 25th of March, 1925, ant
the Western Emporium of June II
1925, gave over the first whole pag'
: and part of the second to a reprint 0
the confession of M'Afee, recountin,
all of the lurid details of the crime. o
his subsequent actions in attempting
to escape the country, and Of his tria
and conviction The confession ende'
with a moral for the growing you'll
to stay away from such things.
Trouble With indians
An advertisement in the Emporium
for July 10, 1924, of 5000 reward 70
the capture of Andrew Sawyer an
, John t. Bridge, accused of killing II
! dams, carried with it the news stor
3 that the men had broken Jail in Mac
t ! ison county and fed. The news tier
{ continued:
: 1--WE are informed by a gentlema
from Henry county that Sawyer wa
I apprehended on Tuesday evening las
t short distance from Newcastle an
S lodged in Jail at that place. He ha
t given, so we are informed, some II
formation which will probably lead
r the apprehension of Bridge
Y 1--WE are informed by gentlema
!. from Madison county, that the citizen