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'Twas the Night Before Christmas - or - A Mechanic St. Christmas Memory

1917 Clell Debaun “has been eating matches and drinking headache medicine for the past few days,” the Republican reported. Although Dr....

Although billed as a “legend of Shelbyville” for next week’s program at the Shelby County Public Library, James H. Pierce’s influences go...

1917 Thirty-five Shelbyville boys of Battery E. of the First Regiment of Indiana Artillery met at the Boy Scout’s Hall on W. Hendricks...

1917 The eastbound freight, No. 80, which passed through the city at 5:30 p.m., ran into a “junk wagon” at the crossing on E. Jackson...

1917 “Girl clerks” from the Five Cent Store decorated the courthouse lawn in patriotic colors and sold strawberries, ice cream, cake,...

1917 The Castelman show, with eight wagons and 25 actors, set up shop in Flat Rock for a series of shows. 1942 Three offices of the...

1917 Local man Cal Lightfoot was perplexed when one egg bought as part of a dozen at the grocery store wouldn’t fry, boil, scramble,...

1917 Citizens and two city bands were on hand to cheer Larue Taylor and Frank Wolfe as they passed through Shelbyville on the...

1917 After M.O. Sullivan and Earl Hayes neglected their gardens on Van Avenue, neighbors Elisha Sexton and George Tolen asked local...

1917 The Spiegel Furniture Factory raised a water tank high in the air for fire protection services and painted it red, white, and blue...