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Vevay List of Letters – 11 Jan 1886

The following article about Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 14 Jan 1886 – Page 4, Column 2

List of Letters
Remaining uncalled for at Post Office, Vevay, Switzerland County, Ind., Jan. 11, 1886:

  • Rudolph Amberg
  • Anderson Avens
  • Flornoy Baxter
  • John Ceyer
  • Bruner Cole
  • W. M. Evans
  • Mari Myers
  • Peter Wycoff

Vevay List of Letters – 21 Sep 1885

The following article about Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 24 Sep 1885 – Page 4, Column 3

List of letters remaining uncalled for at the Post Office, Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, Sept. 21, 1885:

LADIES. LIST.
Mrs. Hellna J. Brown, Miss Belle Cain, Mrs. Will C. Covert, Mrs. Sarah E. Dodd, Miss Zellie Edwars, Mrs. Julia Franchese, Mrs. Belle Morris, Miss Mary Belle Morris, Miss Lizzie Read, Miss Anna Smith.

GENTS’ LIST.
John Baker, Perry Burk, Mr. Will Lewis, Henry McKinney, J. F. Whitcomb.

ALFRED SHAW, P. M.

Vevay Teachers’ Institute – Sep 1885

Vevay [Switzerland County, Indiana] Teachers’ Institute for 1885 appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 3 Sep 1885 – Page 1, Column 4

Enrollment at Institute.

The names of the following persons were enrolled at the recent session of the Teachers’ Institute:

Cincinnati—W. H. Venable.

Indianapolis—J. M. Olcott, W. A. Bell.

Pleasant—Mary Rodgers, J. B. Lewis, H. E. Carnine.

Moorefield—Edgar Culbertson, Mrs. Jennie C. VanPelt, Carroll Cotton, L. E. Smith, Ella V. Sharp, Emma Stewart, Anna Stewart, J. W. Crandell, S. M. Rutherford, Eugene Mercer, Carrie Culbertson, Bella Culbertson, Hannah B. Crandell, Della Culbertson, Emogene E. Shadday, W. S. Danner.

Bennington—M. Emory Smith, M. O. Orem, Lizzie A. Horton, Della Orem.

Vineyard—Helen Gordon, N. Miller.

Brooksburg—Ella Miller.

Patriot—M. H. Jones, C. P. Gurley, H. A. Burman, Alma Lucas, Anna Legg, Minnie Searcy.

Allensville—Hattie M. Gary, Anna Eders, May Jayne, Mary E. Myers, Alice Ford, Fannie Harris, Laura Livings.

Mt. Sterling—W. M. Walden, I. W. Richards, E. L. Danner, C. E. Walden, Letta L. Dyer, Lillian Craig, India Hizer.

Florence—J. H. Daubenheyer, Geo. W. Parker, Emma Goddard, J. F. Cousins, O. M. Given.

Center Square—Emma McCulloch, E. R. Clevenger, R. B. Smelley, Fanny Hageman, Eva E. Hall, Anna D. Hall, Edith Dodd, C. L. Dodd, C. R. Protsman, Anna Protsman.

Lamb—Stella McKay, Mary Steward, A. S. Orem.

Joy—John C. Lanham, H. B. Voris, J. H. Voris, Josie C. Horton, O. L. Voris.

Sugar Branch—Ollie I. Oxley, Tenne E. Likely, Mary A. Smith, Nettie Newton.

Aaron—Rosa Carnine, Jennie Carnine, L. L. Adkinson, Lorin E. Carnine.

Vevay—Lucy Cole, Hannie Waldenmire, Julia Tardy, A. Hildebrand, E. E. Griffith, Sada W. Hall, L. R. Melcher, Lizzie Diermiller, Josie Cole, Alice Smith, Frankie Anderson, B. F. Thiebaud, Carry Nash, Nannie Bell, Mollie Detraz, Mary Dement, Ollie Northcott, Abbie Coleman, Lawrence Welch, W. C. Dow, Nettie T. Northcott, Clara Stepleton, Mary A. Rous, Grace Stepleton, Sallie F. Burrows, Mary Tardy, Anna Jain, L. W. Smith, Josie Leap, Mattie McKay, M. C. Walden.

Bascom—R. W. Fish, Mollie Tyler, Mollie Littlefield.

Rising Sun—F. A. Wethers, C. M. Marble, Edith Lindsay.

Greenburg—F. M. Walters

Marble Corner—A. C. Willoughby.

Mt. Vernon—P. P. Stutz.

Newton, Illinois—Belle Hageman.

Madison—Kate C. Kochran.

Thorntown—James R. Hart.

Cross Plains—Jos. W. Whitham.

Vevay List of Letters – 17 Aug 1885

The following article about Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 20 Aug 1885 – Page 4, Column 2

Letters uncalled for at the Post Office, Vevay, Ind., August 17, 1885:

LADIES’ LIST—Mrs. Lennie Andrew, Misses Mary Bebe, Josie A. Epperson, Emma Lewis, Carrie Manford, Mollie Sutton, Lucy Sanders, Harriet Shultz.

GENTS’ LIST—Flora Baxter, John Dillon, F. J. Herron, Harry Harthanol, Joseph Martin, John H. Tomas (colored).

Persons calling for above will please call for advertised letters.

ALFRED SHAW, P. M.

Vevay Public Schools Promotions – 1885

Vevay [Switzerland County, Indiana] Public Schools promotions for 1885 appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 4 Jun 1885 – Page 1, Column 4

The following is a list of pupils promoted in the Vevay Public Schools for the year 1884-85:

GRADUATING CLASS—Lida A. Eaglin, Emma F. Miller, Ernest Danglade, Nannie B. Shaw, Eva McCallum, Anna Pleasants, Stella G. Miller, Annie Ostrander, A. W. Freeman, Jessie Leap.

TO THIRD YEAR—HIGH SCHOOL—Lula Ward, Grace Greenleaf, Edwin Waldo, Samuel Stucy.

TO SECOND YEAR—HIGH SCHOOL—Ella Griffith, Julia Knox, Bertie Woollen, Frank Craig, Willie Holland, Claude Siebenthal, Fannie Shadday.

TO FIRST YEAR—HIGH SCHOOL—Georgia Burrows, Clarence Detraz, Hannah Fallis, Hershel Holland, Frank Holland, Lucy Livings, Eva Long, Corinne Schenck, Eugene Tardy, Birda Ward.

TO EIGHTH YEAR—Lucinda Boyd, Jennie Eaglin, Edith Goldenburg, Clara Jayne, Lena Knox, Carrie B. McCrellis, Ida Rochat, Lullie Dupraz, Bertie Freeman, Joe Sullivan, Clarence Stevens, Eddie Waldenmeier.

TO SEVENTH YEAR—Willie Bakes, Maggie Chatline, Willie Cossairt, Lida Gilbert, Paul Grisard, Affra Haskell, Fred Livings, Eugene Peelman, Affra Tilley, Anna Trafelet, Josie Trafelet, Harry Tardy, Ella Waldo, Harry Simpson.

TO SIXTH YEAR—Winnie Adkinson, Percy Bushman, Clarence Belden, Sidney Dupraz, Willie Fallis, Ernest Holland, Lucien Harwood, Willie Hildebrand, Pemberton Pleasants, Clifford VanPelt, Lee Wright, Jennie Armstrong, Hannie Brown, Eva Craig, Katie Davison, Addie Eblin, Opha Fugett, Ella Hildebrand, Ella Janyes, Nettie Knox, Francis Lindenschmidt, Ada McCallum, Juetta Mead, Perle Schenck, Lizzie Schewe.

TO FIFTH YEAR—Milton Boerner, Willie Bledsoe, Roy Golay, Morton McCracken, Bryant McMakin, Clarence Shaw, Bennie Waldenmeirer, Carrol Walton, Minnie Brown, Josey Brockschlager, Lillie Cole, Della Cole, Maria Costa, Annettie Danglad, Josie Findley, Grace Findley, Annie Fish, Emma Grisard, Grace Harwood, Dora Kincaid, Daisy McCallum, Mittie McCallum, Anna Patton, Florence Pleasants, Louella Rayl, Vadah Rayl, Lottie Simpson, Sadie Simpson, Ettie Simpson, Maud Siebenthal, Mattie Stratford, Lenore Tardy.

TO FOURTH YEAR—Harry Adkinson, John Boyd, Arthur Burns, Eddie Bowen, Frank Banta, Josie Costa, Jennette Cayton, Frankie Cole, Dale Danner, Eddie Fallis, George Golay, Myrna Griffith, Lena Heady, Annie Holler, John Johnston, George Johnston, Charles Jones, Bernard Jones, Nellie Jones, Lulie Joyce, Grace Jaynes, Charles Kincaid, Ada Long, Neva Lock, Mamie Littrell, Garnet Oakley, Bessie Peelman, Emma Reinecke, Frank Schewe, Laura Simmons, Etta Simmons, Minnie Simpson, Ada Simpson, Downey VanPelt, Clifford Weales, John White, Fannie Walton, Julette Graham, Nannie Girard, Grace Griffith.

TO THIRD YEAR—Eddie Anderson, Guy Beldon, Lem Bledsoe, Willie Baird, Ruth Boyd, Minnie Brockschlager, Rufert Cole, Mettie Cole, Bessie Courtney, Loring Dufour, Frank Dupraz, John Golay, Robert Hildebrand, Mattie Hollandsworth, Freddie Haskell, Blanch Knox, Emma Knox, Rosa Larch, Rhoda Roberts, Paul Robinson, Minnie Searcy, Sallie Shaw, Julia Stephens, Pearl Turner, Freddie Tardy, James Wright, Edith Worstell.

TO SECOND YEAR—Woodford Brown, Clarence Banta, Freddie Brown, Louie Cole, Charles Davison, Jessie Dodd, Josie Danner, Arthur Freeman, Norma Fisk, Edith Holland, Mollie Johnston, Edith Jaynes, Edwin Lanham, Hubert Lindenschmidt, Minnie Lock, Ida Lock, Edwin Mead, Mary Means, Harry Reinecke, John Schwe, Grace Smith, Clyde Simpson, Edith Shaw, Walter Trafelet.

COLORED DEPARTMENT.

  • To Third Year, High School—Minnie H. Simpson.
  • To Seventh Year—Emma Tolliver.
  • To Fifth Year—Pearlie Bell.
  • To Third Year—Annie Robinson.

Vevay List of Letters – 5 Mar 1885

The following article about Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 5 Mar 1885 – Page 4, Column 2

List of Letters
Remaining uncalled for in Post Office at Vevay, Switzerland County, Ind., March 2d, 1885:

LADIES’ LIST—Miss Clara Denny, Mrs. Pearl Gentry, Miss Mary D. LeClerc, Mrs. Ann Morgan, Mrs. Minnie Owens, Miss Mollie Sheifer, Miss Bertha Taylor.

GENTS’ LIST—J. E. Davis, Charley Jones, Felix Jones, L. M. Phillips, Mr. Hannibal Rice, John Walker, August Wholinger, Wm. Sleet.

To insure delivery of above, applicants will please call for “advertised letters.”

ALFRED SHAW, P. M.

1868 Shippers’ Guide – Switzerland County

Switzerland County entries from:
H. C. Chandler & Co.’s Businesss Directory and Shipper’s Guide for the State of Indiana. Indianapolis : H. C. Chandler & Co., Publishers, 1868. Online at Hathitrust.

FLORENCE.
A village on the Ohio river, in Switzerland county, eight miles from Vevay. It contains a population of about 600.

Attorney.

  • Orem J

Blacksmiths.

  • Cooper & Stetson
  • Platt Neal

Boots and Shoes.

  • Daubenherper G

Coopers.

  • Busher Henry
  • Wright D

Distillers.

  • Krutz, Land & Co.

General Stores.

  • Bledsoe & Beymer
  • KRUTZ W G & SON
  • Paul George

Gristmill.

  • Krutz, Land & Co.

Grocery.

  • Land Geo

Justice of the Peace.

  • Edrington L

Notary Public.

  • Orem John

Physicians.

  • McKribben C P
  • Graves B F

Postmaster.

  • Bledsoe L

Saloons.

  • Luck F
  • Perkin J D
  • Uri Adolph

Sawmill.

  • Krutz, Land & Co

Tinner

  • Boyd John
  • Wagonmaker.
  • Branson Moses

Wharf-boat.

  • Bledsoe & Beymer

PATRIOT.
A town of 600 inhabitants, in Switzerland county, on the Ohio river, seventeen miles above Vevay. It is beautifully and healthfully situated, and enjoys considerable trade.

Blacksmith.

  • Tate James

Boarding House.

  • Stevenson Mrs Jane, cor Main and Second

Boots and Shoes.

  • Baxter P, Front
  • Brann John, Front

Coopers.

  • SCHAFER A, w of town
  • Watts M C, cor Main and Second

Distillery.

  • PATE W T & Co, Front

Drugs and Medicines.

  • Beckwith E W, Front

Flour Mill.

  • PATE W T & CO, Front

General Stores.

  • North L, Front
  • Stevenson J & J H, cor Main and Third
  • Wells J C & Co, cor Third and Front

Groceries.

  • Beckwith E W, Front
  • Scranton J M, Front

Harness and Saddles.

  • Shirey J W, cor Main and Third

Hotel.

  • Commercial Hotel, S Fish propr, Front

Insurance Agents.

  • Beckwith E W, cor Main and Third
  • Stevenson J H, cor Main and Third

Justice of Peace.

  • Berry R, Front

Physicians.

  • Beckwith E W, Front
  • Olcott W A
  • Ruter R C

Postmaster.

  • North L, Front

Saloons.

  • How G O, Front
  • Scranton J M, cor Fourth and Main
  • Treusdell C F, Front

Tinware.

  • Bonnell T, cor Main and Third
  • Fortune P, Front

U. S. Bonded Warehouse.

  • PATE W T & CO, Front

Wagonmaker.

  • Wade Samuel, Main

Wharf Master.

  • Coons B, wharf boat

VEVAY.
The capital of Switzerland county, on the Ohio river. It is surrounded by a rich and wealthy agricultural country, which affords a good support to the place. Large quantities of grain and hay are shipped from here annually. The town is laid out with much taste, and contains several good buildings and business houses, with several fine churches, several manufacturing establishments, one weekly newspaper, which is ably conducted for the welfare and interests of the place. It now has a population of about 1800.

Agricultural Implements.

  • Grisard R F & Bro, s w cor Main and Ferry
  • Schenck W P & Son, cor Pike and Ferry

Attorneys.

  • Atkinson W, Court House
  • Carter & Johnson, Court House
  • Downey H A, office LeClerc House
  • Livings T, Court House
  • Ormsbay & McCrelles, Main, bet Ferry and Liberty
  • Smith W, Court House
  • Works J & L, Court House

Bakeries.

  • Clarkson & Dufour, Main
  • Jockell Joseph, Main

Bank.

  • First National Bank, U P Schenck, pres, Wm Hall, cash, Main

Barber.

  • Haller John, Ferry

Blacksmiths.

  • Armstrong Fuget, Ferry
  • Bolton J T, Walton
  • Rutherford Joseph, Pike

Boots and Shoes.

  • Thiebaud C & Sons, Main
  • Weff J F, Ferry

Butcher.

  • Cramer C, w Main

Carpenters.

  • Banta John, Ferry
  • Harthorn Geo, w Main

Civil Engineer.

  • LaClerc E M, office LeClerc House

Clothing.

  • Black Julius, Ferry, bet Main and Pike
  • Kauffman J, Main
  • Weil L & E, w Main

Cigar and Tobacco.

  • Mayer Adolf, cor Main and Liberty
  • Schewe H, Main

Confectionery.

  • Jockell Joseph, Main

Dentist.

  • Ruggles W H Ferry, bet Main and Pike

Drugs and Medicines.

  • Stevens I & Son, Ferry, bet Main and Pike
  • Thiebaud J L, Main

Furniture Company.

  • Vevay Furniture Company, C Demann, agt, Ferry

General Merchants.

  • Davies Jas, Ferry, bet Main and Pike
  • Doan J S, Ferry, bet Main and Pike
  • Grisard R F & Bro, s w cor Main & Ferry
  • Hall & Lewis, Ferry, bet Main and Pike
  • Harwood & Son, Ferry, bet Main and Market
  • James & Hutchinson, Ferry, bet Main and Pike
  • Madary M, Ferry, bet Main and Market
  • Pleasants J K & Co, cor Main and Ferry
  • Schenck U P & Sons, cor Pike & Ferry
  • Schroeder H, cor Main and Ferry
  • Shaw & Rous, cor Ferry and Market sqr
  • Tate G W & J J P, cor Main and Ferry

Groceries.

  • Clarkson & Dufour, Main
  • Cole Daniel, e Main
  • Gordon & Tagul, Ferry, bet Main and Pike
  • Miller S B, cor Main and Liberty
  • Todd Henry, w Main
  • Waldo O S, Main

Hardware.

  • Grisard R F & Bro, s w cor Main and Ferry
  • Schenck U P & Sons, cor Pike & Ferry

Harness and Saddles.

  • Faulkner W, Pike
  • Kessler V, Ferry, bet Main and Market

Hay Dealers.

  • Schenck U P & Sons, cor Pike & Ferry

Hotels.

  • Henry House, H Hatch, prop
  • LeClerc House, Mrs. Julia E LeClerc, propr’s, n cor Ferry and Main
  • Vevay Hotel, E Schoonover, prop, cor Main and Ferry

Insurance Agent.

  • LeClerc E M, office LeClerc House
  • Waldo F J, cor Main and Ferry

Justice of the Peace.

  • Anderson J G, near river

Ladies’ Furnishing Goods.

  • Tardy & Detraz, Main

Livery Stables.

  • Peters Wm, Main
  • Schoonover E, Main

Marble Works.

  • Mencher John, cor Liberty and Main
  • Smith Wm, Ferry

Meat Market.

  • Kincaid J W & Bro, Main

Merchant Tailors.

  • Gray J Wm, Main
  • Knox J C, Main

Millinery.

  • Burns Mrs., Ferry
  • Tardy & Datraz, Main

Mills.

  • Switzerland Mills, John Gill, prop, Pike

News Depot.

  • Thiebaud J L, Main

Newspaper.

  • VEVAY REVEILLE, W J Baird, cor Main and Ferry

Painters.

  • Tinker G P, Pike
  • Roberts & Moxley, Pike

Patent Washboard.

  • IMPROVED CONCAVE PATENT WASHBOARD, J Thompson & Son, manfs, cor Ferry & Pike

Photographer.

  • Ruggles W H Ferry, bet Pike and Main

Physicians.

  • Danglad T M, Ferry
  • Gale E S, Main
  • Morse D A, Pike
  • Thompson J W, Pike

Postmaster.

  • Patton G C, Ferry.

Printing Office.

  • BAIRD W J, cor Main and Ferry

Saloons.

  • Cotton J G & Co, cor Ferry and Market
  • Kyle G M, Main
  • Plew Daniel, e Main

Stoves and Tinware.

  • Dumont & Dupraz, Ferry, bet Pike and Main
  • Goldenburg C & Son, Ferry, bet Main and Pike

Tailoresses.

  • Gillespie & McKimnen Mrs., Ferry
  • Shoemaker.
  • Smith B F, e Main

Wagonmakers.

  • Shaw W G, Pike
  • Shuff S, Walnut

Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.

  • Boerner F A & Bro, Main
  • Ruggles W H, Ferry, bet Pike and Main

Wharfmasters.

  • Dupraz F
  • Patton W

Woolen Factory.

  • SCHOEFIELD & COCHRAN, head of Ferry.

Vevay List of Letters – 20 Nov 1884

The following article about Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 20 Nov 1884 – Page 5, Column 1

List of Letters
Remaining uncalled for in Post Office, Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, November 17th, 1884:

LADIES’ LIST—Miss Phebe Adams, Mrs. Mary Bebee, Mrs. C. L. Henry, Miss Ida McMillan, Mrs. Julia Pickett, Miss Belle Thorpe, Miss Jennie Royes.

GENT’S LIST—James Cleng, Wm. Corn, John Hines, George H. Lewis, Henry Lock, W. F. Parker, J. J. Richter, Joseph Still, C. E. Vanbriggle, Thomas Wood.

To insure delivery of above, applicants will please call for advertised letters.

ALFRED SHAW, P. M.

Vevay List of Letters – 6 Oct 1884

The following article about Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 9 Oct 1884 – Page 4, Column 3

List of Letters
Remaining uncalled for in the Post Office at Vevay, Ind., Oct. 6th, 1884:

  • Miss Julia Anderson
  • Robert Bell
  • John W. Brown
  • Joseph Brown
  • Mrs. W. H. Gray
  • William Lientz
  • Miss Nettie Means
  • George R. McKay
  • William E. Peters
  • G. W. Reeds
  • John Sawyer
  • Miss Jennie Younger

Applicants please call for “Advertised Letters.”

ALFRED SHAW, P. M.

Vevay List of Letters – 8 Sep 1884

The following article about Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 11 Sep 1884 – Page 4, Column 4

Letter List
Remaining uncalled for in the Post Office at Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, Sept. 8th 1884:

  • Mrs. Fannie Boright
  • Messrs. Everet & Wagner
  • David W. Golay
  • Edwin Howard
  • Miss Lizzie McKay
  • Miss Estella McKay
  • Charley McDonald
  • Miss Mandy McMann
  • Miss Maria Moods
  • Mrs. Eliza Ridgway
  • Miss Jennie Ross
  • Robert W. Smith
  • Mrs. Alfred Tapp
  • J. J. Thornburn
  • Mrs. Elizabeth Williams

To insure delivery applicants will please call for “Advertised Letters.”

ALFRED SHAW, P. M.