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    1. [INMONROE] South Union School Destroyed by Fire
    2. Randi Richardson via
    3. Bloomington (IN) Telephone, October 27, 1893, p. 1. NOTE: According to information noted in Echoes of One-Room Schools: Monroe County, Indiana, the South Union school as set on fire "by kids" in May 1892 after which it was rebuilt in 1893 "and still stands as a residence." The grand jury is in session this week and violators of the law have already discovered that it is a body of men intent on business. The burning of the South Union school house is among the matters being investigated, and a dozen or more leading citizens of that vicinity are being questioned. It will be recalled that there was a controversy over the removal of the school house, and one fine May night it was burned to the ground. It is stated that some young men of the neighborhood, and one in particular, are strongly suspicioned by reason of the evidence introduced. The parents of the young men stand high in that community and there is much interest in the probably result.

    07/20/2014 06:54:08