Convention Dates Set for Covington County Gatherings
The county braces for party conventions in Covington with the progressive and republican camps shaping dates. The progressive mass gathering tallies June 24 at the courthouse with keynote by A H Lindsey and a possible Landis or Beveridge speech. the republicans schedule June 16 for a delegate convention. An active slate of candidates and township tickets circulates amid hope of energizing the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Covington
Republican Central
Veedersburg
Mark Smith
Shawnee Township
A. P. Green
Omar Drake
O. W. McGaughey
A. H. Lindsey
Kingman
Lon
Fred Landis
Beveridge
Martin
Cain
Davis
Richland
Shawnee
Millcreek
van Buren
Logan
Altho
Progressive
Robt. St. Clair
A. M
Deprive Kramer of Trial in Tax Appeal Ruling
Attorneys for the so called tax experts moved to dismiss Kramer's appeal from the auditor to the circuit court arguing the 1911 statute is void for lacking issues to be tried and that it violates the state constitution by separating government powers. Judge Berry heard briefs from Henry M. Dowling and Edwin F. Mc Cabe and will decide this term. if sustained the case goes to the supreme court, else it returns for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kramer
Circuit Court
Henry M. Dowling
Indianapolis
Edwin F. McCabe
Berry
Supreme Court
Warren
Lad Drowns in Pine Creek Blue Hole Near Mudlavia
Ten year old Lad Lad Flannagan of Kramer drowns after wading into ten feet of water at Blue Hole in Pine Creek Sunday. Herbert Hetrick, eight, accompanied him but could not help. Rescue efforts fail. body recovered by Jack Haas. Funeral at Kramer schoolhouse with Rev. William Wilmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larkin Flannagan
Kramer
Blue Hole
Pine Creek
Mudlavia Hotel
Herbert Hetrick
Flannagan
Jack Haas
David Flannagan
Lafayette
E. Graham
William Wilmer
Mexican Refugee Visits Covington
Paul Burress an American refugee from Tampico Mexico has been visiting Covington for several days with his brother L L Burress and wife. Burress home is in Elwood Indiana and he worked at Tuxpan for Standard Oil Co in that region. He says he and companions were forced to stay in a hotel with little food and no water before securing passage on a freight steamer, leaving Tampico late in April and arriving in Galveston Texas days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Burress
Tampico
Mexico
Covington
L. L. Burress
Elwood
Ind
Tuxpan
Standard Oil Co
Burress
Galveston
Tex
Kingman Building Saving and Loan Association Organized
A new company named Kingman Building Saving and Loan Association is organized and ready for business at Kingman. Officers are R. A. Booe president G L Corey treasurer Raymond Alexander secretary. Directors include R A Booe Ira Duncan J W Bonebrake S D Alexander and C L Steinbaugh, all prominent Kingman businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingman Building, Saving and Loan Association
Kingman
R. A. Booe
G. L. Corey
Raymond Alexander
Ira Duncan
J. W. Bonebrake
S. D. Alexander
C. L. Steinbaugh
Mrs Haney Seeks Divorce From John Haney
Mrs Jennie Haney through Milford attorney files for divorce from husband John Haney in circuit court alleging cruelty and failure to provide. Married April 1909 separated April 1914 with one child aged about one year seeking custody. Couple reside in the city. Also note: Tuesday outing with Dan Reed and Fred Purnell at Crawfordsville Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Haney
Milford
Circuit Court
John Haney
Dan C. Reed
Fred Purnell
Crawfordsville
Helen Smith
Byron Hughes
Country Club
Sherman Dwiggins Stricken With Appendicitis In Waynetown
Sherman Dwiggins, manager of Dwiggins & Sons meat market, is laid up with appendicitis at his father's home in Waynetown after a Sunday morning attack. He traveled there in the family auto truck despite feeling ill. A physician diagnosed appendicitis and noted that operation may not be necessary as his condition improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Dwiggins
Dwiggins & Sons
Waynetown
Dwiggins
Fred Springman
Altho
Sherman
Hillsboro Fire Destroys Home After Morning Blaze
Jack Walker of Hillsboro woke to a kitchen fire at 430 AM and found the roof in flames. He woke his wife and children and tried to save furniture, but the blaze consumed the house, leaving only a few belongings. Mrs Elvira Pithoud of Danville owned the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Walker
Hillsboro
Elvira Pithoud
Danville
Tab Farmer George Fewell Dies at 66
George Fewell died about six oclock Monday evening at his daughter s home near Tab from paralysis. He was sixty six, long a resident of Benton county. Survived by three children. Funeral from Locust Grove church near Tab with burial in Locust Grove cemetery. Rev William Wilmer of Williamsport Presbyterian church officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fewell
Orphie Bryant
Tab
Benton County
Locust Grove
William Wilmer
Presbyterian Church of
Williamsport
Stone Bluff Telephone Declares Ten Percent Dividend
The Stone Bluff Telephone company declared a semi annual dividend of ten percent this week and still has a good working balance on hand. Chauncy Galloway is superintendent under his manage ment the company has been a rare moneymaker. The stock is held by farmers of the vicinity of Stone Bluff and residents of Attica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone Bluff
Chauncy Galloway
Attica
Mothers neglect in town fuel social dangers
The Kansas State Journal notes many mothers discuss dangers but tolerate risky behavior by their daughters and spouses. It cites women socializing, driving with young men, and late returns as common in the town, illustrating broader moral concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie
Percy
Kansas State Journal
Breaks Leg During Practice Game At School Ground
During a Monday practice on the school grounds Will Scheidler fractured the small bone in his right leg above the ankle. Doctor Sullivan reduced the fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Scheidler
Sullivan
Lafayette District Woman's Home Missionary Society Meets in Attica
About sixty delegates attended the Lafayette District convention of the Methodist Church's Woman's Home Missionary Society in Attica. The event featured national secretary Miss Carrie Barge, district reports, committee appointments, and inspiring addresses on efficiency and immigrant citizenry. The gathering closed with high praise and plans for a May meeting in Mulberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Attica
The
C. G. Miller
Grant Teeters
Carrie Barge
Young People’s Work
W. Bent Wilson
Hysong
Herr
Miss Barge
Jessie Wilson
Shawnee Mound
Peck Memorial School
New Orleans
Thomas
Alex Meharry
Nellie Hawthorne
Teeters
Osterday
A. Meharry
E. D. Purviance
Chas. Meharry
Clapham
J. Q. Hock
Lizzie Rossiter
John Gregory
Welsh
W. B. Reed
A. Wallace
Emory Hoover
Presbyterian Church
David Beasley
Caroline Finney
Grant Teetera
T. Reid Zeigler
College Corner
Boswell
Fowler
Frankfort
Burlington
Mulberry
West Lafayette
Congress Street
Trinity
Ross
Luella Rossiter
W. E. Wellman
Williamsport Men Settle with Wabash Railroad
Walter Mathis and Tom Farrell of Williamsport reached $1 600 settlements each with the Wabash Railroad Co for injuries from the April 5 wreck in this city. Both were in the smoking compartment. Mathis suffered a back sprain and knee damage, while Farrell hurt an arm and back. Mathis plans to work in Chicago next week as a commission salesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Mathis
Tom Farrell
Williamsport
Wabash Railroad Co
Gemmers
Messrs
Mathis
Farrell
Walter
Altho
Chicago
Union Stock Yards
Republicans Excluded From Indiana Election Boards
For the first time in fifty years voters in Indiana will serve without Republicans on local election boards. The GOP, having finished third in 1912, will be barred from participation in board formation, though in fall registration they regain their county seat based on county votes while state results govern election composition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Death of Anna M Williamson of Parson Kansas
Mrs. T M Browning learns of the death of her niece Anna M Williamson of Parson Kansas May 16 at Rose sanitarium St Louis in TB treatment Born March 31 1865 she was child of Larkin and Nancy Waldrip Married January 17 1886 to Frank Williamson They lived in Parson Kansas Survived by husband three daughters Gessie Virgil Nellie one son Donald Funeral May 19 at Parson home Also reported death of John Waldrip brother in Kansas City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Browning
Anna M. Williamson
Parson
Kans
Rose Sanitarium
St. Louis
Williamson
Larkin
Nancy Waldrip
South Mound
Kansas
Frank Williamson
Pink Leghorn Chickens Hinted By Purdue Color Study
Ed Hart of Richland township follows a Purdue poultry project that fed White Leghorn hens red dye to color eggs and hatch pink feathered chicks. Herman of Purdue sent the eggs home, hoping for a pink variety through selection and breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hart
Richland Township
Herman
Purdue University
Wade Perigo Breaks Leg While Mule Runaway
Wade Perigo of the old Rodburrus place near Kickapoo broke a leg at the ankle when his mules frightened by Moe Hirsch's car bolted on the highway about a mile west of his home. He jumped from the wagon to avoid the harrow and suffered additional bruising. The injury blocks corn planting and threshing duties as he heals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Perigo
Rodburrus
Kickapoo
Moe Hirsch
Perigo
West Point to Oil Streets for Dust Control
M. C. Bennett C. A. Miller and D. G. Cheeseman met in Lafayette on Tuesday to arrange awarding the oiling contract for West Point streets. Growing automobile use has made street dust a nuisance to residents and business men, prompting the town to raise funds for the oiling project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Bennett
C. A. Miller
D. G. Cheeseman
Lafayette
West Point
Turmans Visit Catlin With Daughter Elmo Kidd
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Turman traveled to Catlin Illinois on Saturday and stayed through Monday visiting their daughter Mrs Elmo Kidd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Turman
Catlin
Elmo Kidd
Attica High School Class of 1914 48 Graduates Listed
The article details the Attica High School class of 1914 48 with five dropouts this year. It names graduates and nongraduates, describes the class photo arrangement, notes Ella Hullihan joined later, and reports the commencement at the high school auditorium with Dr Thomas F Moran of Purdue delivering an inspiring address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoo
Webster Clawson
West Lebanon High School
Connie Myers
Cyril Nave
Jennie Leath
Lafayette
Paul Daly
Nora Truehart
Gladys Greenman
B. A. Thomas Lemma Thompson
Tom Hatton
Lewis Darlin
Katherine Green
Marion Daly
Eleanor McDonald
Ivan Todd
Bernice Hartz
Inez Davis
Ralph Foster
Pauline Riggs
Inez Lemming
Lucenl Keefer
Bernice Lauman
Elizabeth Oakley
Ella Hullihan
Thomas F. Moran
Purdue University
Memorial Day Observance in McDonald Park and Riverside Cemetery
Memorial day events in this city will close most stores from 1 to 4 PM. Elder A W Jackman will speak at McDonald Park after a city parade led by the National band. The procession ends at Riverside Cemetery for a memorial service by the Spanish American War Veterans and a gravesite decoration with distribution of flowers by the Ladies of the G A R, Boy Scouts, and veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackman
McDonald Park
Riverside Cemetery
Boy Scouts
Veterans
Ladies of the
National Band
W. B. Reed
W. E. McKinzie
A. W. Jackman
The
Christian Church
A. S. Ferguson
Four-year-old Charles Frederick Curtis Dies at Hast Street Home
Charles Frederick Curtis died Wednesday morning at the home of Mr and Mrs George B Curtis in East St Louis after a three month illness starting with rheumatism and ending with curvature of the spine and a measles attack. He would have been four in August. His grandmother Mrs L C Curtis and aunt Mrs Jesse Miller were present. Funeral planned at the home with burial possibly in Bremen Indiana where the family previously resided. Attica friends express deep sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Curtis
Hast St. Louis
Charles Frederick
L. C. Curtis
Jesse Miller
East St. Louis
Attica
Bremen
Ind
Mrs. Sarah Shaffer Dead at 63 in Fountain
Mrs. Sarah Shaffer wife of W. P. Shaffer and mother of Hugh Shaffer died at her Fountain home May 21 after long illness due to diabetes and kidney trouble. She is survived by her husband four children two sisters and two brothers. Funeral service at Fountain Christian church with Rev. Mrs. Lake delivering the sermon. Interment in Fountain cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Shaffer
Hugh Shaffer
W. P. Shaffer
Fountain
Hugh
Attica
Charles Watts
George Shaffer
Will Shaffer
Dan Reed
Thomas Cox
Phoebe Irvin
Remington
Ransom Miller
Winona Lake
Ed. Miller
Christian Church
Lake
Business Firms Should Close For Decoration Day
Attica citizens are urged by Mayor Will B. Reed to close all business houses Saturday afternoon from one to four to permit participation in park and cemetery ceremonies honoring fallen soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attica
Will B. Reed
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fairbanks
Landis
Henry von Berg
Ethel D
Montclair Faust
Miss von Berg
Dr. Faust
Covington High School
Indiana Dental College
Louisville Medical College
Louisville
Bessie Schoonover
Liberty Township
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lad
New Association
Tab Farmer
W. H. M. Society Annual Meeting
Methodist Women
Barge
Attica High School
Charles Frederick Curtis
Carl Mentzer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!