Rare photograph links to Senator Hannegan by local heirs
County Clerk Leroy Sanders holds the sole existing original photo of Senator Hannegan, a Covington lawyer and 19th century politician. The image ties to a chain of custody from John McManomy to H. C. Yount and finally to Sanders, amid tales of his marked career and tragic end.
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Leroy Sanders
Hannibal C. Yount
Hannegan
Briliant Covington
Voorhees
Wabash Valley
United States
Court of Prussia
Lew Wallace
Hnnegan
Saint Louis
John McManomy
McManomy
H. C. Yount
Mr. Sanders
Sparrows on Toast Reported as Prohibited Kitchen Fare
Uncle Sam favors sparrow control amid high living costs and issues a pamphlet condemning English sparrows as pests while offering recipes for their preparation. It promotes nest destruction, shooting, trapping, and poisoning with trapping labeled best and notes sparrows can be eaten for nutrition and to reduce numbers.
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Sam
Department of Agriculture
This New Day Reflects On A Fresh Start And Resolve
The piece urges readers to seize today as a new chance after yesterday’s struggles. It frames the world as transformed, notes many die and many are born daily, and urges action before opportunity closes. It emphasizes perseverance, learning from yesterday, and enduring the furnace-like tests of life.
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Studebaker
Flanders
Veedersburg High School Graduates Twelve
Veedersburg high school conferred diplomas on a class of twelve last Thursday night. The ceremony included a fountain dedication funded by the 1911 and 1912 classes with speeches from faculty and the school board.
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Veedersburg High School
Margarette Burke
Barney C. Mallett
Ida Magdalene Shelley
Laura Mae Smith
Gladys Ruth Boggs
Omer Elliott Furr
Ruth Catherine Furr
Amy Belva Camden
Gleela Loraine Ratcliffe
Hallie Caleb Anderson
Dott Ann Rusing
Kenneth Rivers Cade
R. B. von Kleinsmid
Department of Education
Depauw University
Attica Veterinarian Establishes Practice at Reece Livery Barn
A new veterinary practice opens in Attica with DEAN REECE D V M practicing medicine surgery and dentistry from the Reece livery barn. The office operates from this location serving local animal patients.
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Attica
Reece Livery Barn
Dean Reece
Pasture For Rent North of Wilamaper
Three hundred acres of fine pasture with good running water on the same place. Location five two and one half miles north of Wilameper. Immediate possession. Metahe
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Wilameper
Mortgage Stirs Merger Talk In Indiana Rail Route Plans
The Indianapolis Crawfordsville and Danville Electric Railway files a 2.5 million dollar mortgage signaling renewed merger rumors. A westward extension via Wesley Waynetown Hillsboro Veedersburg Covington to Danville Ill. is planned. A Columbus business figure says Morgan and McKinley interests have a working agreement to connect via the I C D and control Illinois Indiana and Ohio operations.
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Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis
Crawfordsville
Farmer Fred Drollinger Wins Divorce Decree With Alimony
Veedersburg farmer Fred Drollinger prevailed in circuit court last week over Mrs. Arthur Lightie in a cross filed divorce case. Judge Schoonover awarded Lightie $500 alimony while granting Drollinger the divorce noting his unhappy marriage and prior compromise payment.
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Fred Drollinger
Veedersburg
Arthur Lightie
Drollinger
Ocean to Ocean Dream Returns for Wabash Line
The Wabash receivers report renewed activity along the railroad with funds backing new rails cars and motive power. Double tracking station upgrades and ballast work are underway, signaling a potential coast to coast system, though self operation may not yet justify the costs.
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Wabash Railroad
Seed Corn For Sale At One Fifty A Bushel
Good white seed corn offered at 1.50 dollars per bushel. Contact Stone Riuff by telephone 226.
Petition For Stone Road Paving In Hillsboro
At the May meeting the Cain township petition for improving the old state road through Hillsboro was received. Viewers were appointed to study the advisability of ordering the improvement. The plan includes paving Main street in Hillsboro with brick at township expense. The route begins at Hillsboro east boundary, heads west through the town, then along the Covington Crawfordsville pike to a gravel road two and a half miles west. If paved with brick the township would pay part and the town part. macadamizing shifts all costs to the township. Some residents urge permanent brick paving. Miss Edith Moore of Williamsport visited Attica Tuesday.
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Board of Commissioners
Cain Township
Hillsboro
Boundry
Covington-Crawfordsville
Benton county high schools hold second annual track meet
The second annual Benton county high schools track and field meet was held at Templeton on Saturday. Rainy weather slowed events but all schools showed improvement. Otterbein won the relay cup for the second year and took the championship pennant. Roudebush and Waddell led Otterbein. Boswell’s Fournier and Cook. Raub, Ball and Kief contributed key performances. Mrs James Sheridan visited relatives in West Lebanon.
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Benton County
Templeton
Otterbein
Roudebush
Waddell
Boswell
Fournier
Cook
Raub
Ball
Kief
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Whyjou
Leonard Cleanable
J. A. Coffing
Rohlfing & Colvert
Attica, Ind
360
Yocom’s Bakery
New Emsing Bldg
Lafayette
Ind
Leiber and Myers
Challenge Company
River Street
Batavis
Illinois
C.m.meeker
Sanders
the Studebaker Corporation
Detroit, Michigan
Shae
GAY Auto Company
Agts
Stone Road
Edith Moore
Williamsport
James Sheridan
West
Lebanon
Revonuc
Fowler
Rusk
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