Manilla

Rush  County,  Indiana


          Manilla is located in Walker Township, Rush County, Indiana, just east of the Shelby-Rush county line.  Many Shelby County families located in this area prior to living in Shelby County.  Some of these families are:  Linville,  Pitts,  Rigsbee,  Mull,  Macy,  Gardner,  Coffin,  Swain,  Barnard,  Schliessmann,  Inlow  and  Trees.


The  Shelbyville  Republican
Monday, February 7, 1944
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MANILLA  HONOR     
     ROLL  IS  LISTED
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           An honor roll for the latest grading period at the Manilla high school has been released by  H. E. Ross, principal.
          Honor students for the period were:
          "A" Roll -- Senior,  Verlin English;  junior,  Verlin Newkirk,  Jeanette Swartz,  William Robinson;  sophomore,  Jane Miller;  freshman,  Marilyn Brown.
          "B" Roll -- Senior,  William Inlow,  Max Branam,  Howard Lowers,  Betty Edwards,  William D. Perkins,  Paul Phillips,  Carol Stickford,  Hilda May Gosnell;  junior,  Avis Brown,  Ruby Ray,  Dale Good,  Marilyn Theobald,  Frank Lightner;  sophomore,  Eleanor Cassidy,  Mary Frances Theobald,  Avonelle Brown;  freshman,  Myron English,  Patricia Laughlin,  Lois Stoughton,  Alma Jean Warrick,  Martha Belle Good,  Warren Kendall,  Vifginia Snoddy.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


A 1940 newspaper article entitled "MANILLA  GRAIN  CO." can be found here.

The  Shelby  Democrat
June 9, 1885
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Manilla, [Rush County,] Ind.
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Special Correspondence to the Democrat
         Miss Jennie Emmons  moved to Rushville today.
         J. W. Trees  returned home from Illinois yesterday.
         John Gross  is the leading dry goods merchant of this place.
         W. L. King,  mine host of the King House, reports business dull.
         The remains of  Miss Emma Cochroll  were interred today at the Horst cemetery in Rush County.
         Dr. Barnum  woke up several of his neighbors the other night to help him capture a burglar, which he declared was lurking in the alley back of his house, but whom the closest search failed to reveal.  The boys claim now that the doctor saw a ghost.
         Mr. John T. Robertson, of the firm of Robertson & son, of Homer, Rush county, have one of the best kept general stock of goods ever placed on shelves, and enjoy a large trade, which they have built up by their honesty and fair dealing.  Mr. Robertson is the postmaster at Homer and his son is the telegraph operator, and both are clever gentlemen. 
Contributed by Linda Ellis


The  Daily  Evening  Democrat
Wednesday, January 23, 1884
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H A P P E N I N G S
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    In  Various  Part  of  the  County
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MANILLA  MUSIC.
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Special correspondence of the Democrat.
                    Manilla, Ind., Jan. 22, 1884.
    -- Mrs. Dr. Trees  is in very poor health.
    -- Rumor has it that we will have a wedding in our village Thursday evening.
    -- Born--Sunday morning, to  Mr. and Mrs. Charles Headley [Headlee],  a son; weight eight pounds.
    -- Lon Forsythe,  of Maplewood, Ind., was spending a few days with his Manilla friends last week.  Call again, Lon.
    -- Mrs. Hattie Wagoner  and  Mrs. Lillie Readle,  of Rushville, are visiting their parents,  W. T. Emmons  and wife, of this place.
    -- The Manilla Dramatic Club will have a new play ready for the stage in a few weeks.  James L. Brown  is their leader.
    -- Miss Flora M. Thomas,  who teaches school at the  Cotton  school house, in Union township, spent Sunday with Manilla friends.
    -- Jethro Barnard,  an old and respected Quaker, who lived three miles north of here, died January 19 and was buried January 20, age eighty-eight years.
    -- Dr. Spencer's property on Main street is for sale.  It is the best location in Manilla for a doctor or a hotel.  The Doctor's wife's health is very poor and he wants to move to the Sunny South.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

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