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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
1
A supplier touts a large stock of newly designed fabrics and tailoring services. They pledge perfect fitting and careful measurement, offering reasonable prices and French dry cleaning for ladies and gents.
A collage of items from DeKalb and Noble counties reports new employments, theater merchants, thefts, farm fires, library sizes, and public notices. Individuals named include Elmer Black, Abe Martin, Miss Hazel McNair, and C Fenwick Reed. Local merchants promote Christmas goods, coal, frames, and ads while police and courts note cases and incidents.
One of the earliest Noble Circuit Court trials concerns John Johns of Sparta township charged with hog stealing from a 1836 hog drive led by Jacob Spangle of Kosciusko county. Evidence included a hog meat trough beneath a puncheon floor. Johns sought witnesses from woods hog owners. his defense emphasized poverty and a large dependent family.
D. S. Taylor offers several Rose Comb Rhode Island Red roosters for sale. They are described as good."
Mrs. Grace Kelly Eells wife of Charles B. Eells a bookkeeper died at 9 this morning at 2312 Campbell Street at age 26 She lived in Kansas City since birth and is survived by her husband and a 16 month old daughter Funeral services set for 2 PM Thursday at the home burial in Forest Hill Cemetery Kansas City Star Missouri Dec 15
The trial features Spangle and son John admitting uncertainty about the killing site and hog losses. John Johns is acquitted of hog theft while admitting possible involvement, with defense witnesses arguing his family’s need. Colerick’s speech praises the defendant’s honesty and notes John Johns later becomes a Baptist preacher after moving to Iowa.
A church organ owned by the Albion Presbyterian Church will be sold very cheaply. Suitable for church or school. Interested buyers should call or write J. M. Matthews for details.
Notice states forbidding hunting on all farms within the area. C. N. Parker and W. H. Parker are named, with Sean Hapotey referenced in relation to the policy.
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