West Lebanon auto man Muse vanishes leaving creditors terms
J C Muse a West Lebanon automobile dealer has vanished after facing $8 000 to $10 000 in notes. Creditors claim forgery by a signer and seek Muse to answer for the debts amid a countywide uproar. Several security holders from Johnstown Sloan Lafayette Mulberry and Indianapolis firms are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Muse
West Lebanon
A. C. Holley
Crawfordsville
Mrs. Muse
West
Lebanon
Muse
A. J. Juknson
Johnsworh
W. W. Crane
Sloan
Fletcher Woods
Henry Neisher
I'l. Lunaway
Juni Crawford
Freeman
Lynch & Freeman
Indianapolis
Earhart
Lafayette
Standard Oil Co
McComb
Mulberry
Warren County
Rhodes Will Share Aunt's Fortune
James N. and W. C. Rhode travel from Chatterton after attending the funeral of Mrs. Jane Benge in Kentucky. The estate, valued between 10,000 and 40,000, will pass to their mother’s sister’s children, each receiving one ninth. A hatchet said to belong to Daniel Boone is shown as a local relic but remains locked away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James N
W. C. Rhode
Chatterton
Kentucky
Jane Benge
Lucy Rhode
Pine Village
Benge
Nerces
Jim
Rhodes
Daniel Boone
D. B
Daniel
Attica Leads Seal Drive in State Rivalry
Reports from Indianapolis indicate Red Cross Christmas seal sales reach about one per resident in many towns. Attica plans 10 000 seals with rapid daily sales and the Monday club agency in the post office lobby. Cayuga leads per capita, Attica trails, prizes include six vacuum cleaners for top cities. Rev Geo F Keniston, former Attica schools head, joins Crawfordsville Second Presbyterian. Mrs James Bacret of Independence visited Attica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Red Cross
Attica
Cayuga
Wabash Receivers Appointed After Reorganization Efforts
The Wabash railroad is placed in receivership by U S Circuit Court in St Louis with J E B Anderson presiding. F J Delano Edward B Prior and W K Bixby named as receivers bond set at 300000 each. The action follows New York board discussions to stabilize finances after a prior deficit and sagging earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash Railroad
Westinghouse Air Brake Co
United States Circuit Court
St. Louis
E. B. Anderson
Indianapolis
F. J. Delano
The
Wabash
Edward B
Wall Street
Attica Bridge Co Chooses East St. Louis For Move
George and Ed Curtis decide to relocate the Attica Bridge Co. plant to East St. Louis after a week of searching, purchasing a six acre site while staying independent of city obligations. The move aims to expand capacity with steel buildings and on site fabrication before shipment, with plans to operate here until fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Attica Bridge Co
George
Ed Curtis
East St. Louis
Attica
Mast St. Pours
Mississippi River
Forest City
Tilprois
Beim
Chicago
Peoria
Ledger
Farm For Sale Adjoins Stone Bluff Indiana 184 Acres
An 184 acre farm for sale adjoins Stone Bluff Indiana with good soils, improved wells, a tenant house, and access to market railroad elevator school and church nearby. Also notes social visits and local events including a wedding trip and a Christmas store closing sale with toys china and bric a brac. Local residents and visitors are mentioned with brief health updates and holiday travel plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone Bluff
Indiana
G. L. McConnell
West Lebanon
P. T. Courtney
Little Son
Chicago
Fred Sauer
Courtney
Sellars
Eldon
Lawrence McDonald
Guy Wheeler
Terre Haute
Roy Zentmyre
Wheeler
Zentmyre
Dan Abolt
Boswell
England
Ark
Hot Springs
Carlton McFayden
St. John's Military School
Delafield
Wisc
Mary McFayden
McDermond
Drunken Fraud Duo Arrested After Cashing Checks
Charles VY Coffeen and Joseph J Penrod admitted hobos with no fixed home stitched together two fraudulent checks for 10 and 10.50 dollars written by Penrod and cashed in Attica and Danville. They were arrested in Danville, tried by Mayor Reed, bound over to circuit court, and sent to Covington jail awaiting trial. Coffeen claimed drunken confusion while Penrod denied writing the checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles VY. Coffeen
Joseph J. Penrod
Attica
Danville
Reed
Covington
Coffeen
Jesse Miller
Anton Schmid
Blanka
Penrod
Seth Coffeen
Pine Village
Kramer
Oxford
St. Louis
Altho
Charles
Miles
Black
Hughes
Lafayette
Russell
Omar Mitchem
Roy Garner
Newman Russell
Schmid
Miller's
Miller
Will Be Skeleton At Lovefeast In Fountain County Politics
The Fountain County Democratic chairmanship remains unsettled with Kingman Copeland urged as suitable leader by many, while Tom Dotson faces opposition from Van Buren factions. Edges of a Camden Danville flare hint at a heated contest under the new Corrupt Practices law, as Veedersburg hosts a crowded lovefeast with two hundred fifty expected guests. Mrs Zimri Atkinson visited Pine Village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Dotson
Veedersburg
Kingman
James A. Copeland
Jim
Ais
Mayer Dotson
the Star
Dotson
Fountain County
Covington
Danville
Democrats
van Buren
Democratic Party
Oratory
Housewarming Invitation at Mudlavia Plans Big Start
Mr H L Kramer Mrs H L Kramer Mr R B Kramer and Mr Will Kramer invite guests to a Mudlavia housewarming reception and ball on Wednesday evening December 27 to celebrate new hotel additions. Invitations numbered 175 with most local attendees. some from nearby towns and Chicago. Fred S Purnell attorney for Frank Fair sues H G Chandler and Clinton Tyler in Warren circuit court for 5000 damages from a gravel pit cave-in near Marshfield last summer that injured Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Miller Shoe Co
Frank Feuerstein
Ann Arbor
Mick
George Feuerstein
WK. Imgalls
Rob Roy M. 3
A. S. Peacock
Chicago
Bertha D. Hay
W. W. DeWeese
Edna Shields
Tab
Vernie Ervin
Alvin, Ir
Danville
Rosa Polk
Oxford
Francis Steimely
Det Bertrand
H. L. Kramer
Joplin
Will Kramer
J. Wesley Whicker
Shawnee
Rex Sanzeler
Fast
Louis
Jack Welsh
Jesse Muler
R. B. Kramer
Mudlavia
Fred. S. Purnell
Frank Fair
Warren Circuit
H. G. Chandler
Clinton Tyler
Marshfield
Chandler
Tyler
Fair
Poole Receives Life Sentence for Farmhand Killing
Benton county farmer John A Poole was found guilty of murder in the first degree after a six hour deliberation and eleven ballots in Tippecanoe Circuit Court. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and taken to Michigan City, where his attorney and officers fear he may be insane. The article also notes a Christmas program at Presbyterian church and a general housework job ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Poole
Benton County
Tippecanoe
Joe Kemper
Poole
Michigan City
Williams Guilty of Assault in Fountain County Case
A Covington circuit court jury returns a guilty verdict on Joe Williams a wealthy farmer near Yeddo after a 20 hour deliberation. He is fined 50 and sentenced to two months in the county jail for assault and battery amid three counts including incest assault. The trial revealed defense witnesses claiming the girl regarded Williams as a father figure while Williams did not testify. The prosecution urged the severest penalty, and the jury sought further instructions before reaching the verdict late Thursday morning. Additionally local notices advertise Barred Plymouth Rock cockerels for sale and a K P lodge drill night with a Brady’s display sale, reflecting typical community notices in the same issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Williams
Yeddo
Williams
Fountain County
Covington
McCabe
Zola Williams
John Smith
Richard
May
Bessie Childress
Henry Smith
Smith
Zola
Justice's Court
Justice Court
Ross Kellar
J. P
Philpott
Charles Mctabe
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. C. Muse
Geo. F. Keniston
Second Presbyterian Church
Crawfordeville
Keniston
James Bacret
Independence
Beulah Chapel
Solon Brier
Mr. Mankey
Illinois City
Ivan Plaut
American Cutlery Co
Jennie Plaut
George S. Lutz
New Salem
N. SD
Davis Township
Horace Hetfield
Thomas Purdue
Shawnee Township
Chas. Coffeen
J. J. Penrod
Lovefeast
Zimri Atkinson
State Penitentiary
Presbyterian Sunday School
Sala
Esther Winks
Edith Fisher
Martha Zewler
Caryl Burlington
Santa Claus
Rey Stewart
Paul Triece
Charles Milford
Kathryn
J. A. Martin
Gilbert
McDonald Richard Zeigher
Schoo
Hin Daiabes
Walty
Vesper Song Service
Miss Whittier
Mr. Stewart
Martha Zeigler
Angels From the Realms of Glory Choir
Marston Mesdames Martin and
McFayden
Marie” Schubert-Wilhelm
Marie Thompson
Meyer-Helmond
Mabel Thorpe Jones Anthen
Care Ledger-Press
John Jack
P. O. Veedersburg
R. R
K. of P. Lodge
Brady's
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