Ambia Farmer Robert Leak Fages Serious Death Charge
Robert Leak, prominent Ambia farmer, is held on $5,000 bail in Tippecanoe county for involuntary manslaughter in the Nichols car crash. Nichols died when his car overturned after a black car, allegedly Leak’s, passed at high speed. Leak denies touching Nichols car. defense argues Nichols driver caused the ditching. Family ties connect Leak to Lafayette and Attica residents. case hinges on accident reports and probing statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Leak
Ambia
Tippecanoe County
B. Owen Nichols
Leak
Nichols
Wilbur
Lafayette
Schafer
Capt
Kluth
Hannegar
Ed Heath
Oxford
Boswell
Mr. Leak
Leah
Kluta
Williamsport
Heath
Hamilton
Benton County
Kumler & Gaylord
A. L. Kulmer
E. F. McCabe
Jas. F. Yeoman
James McCormick
Milton
Ray
Frank Summers
Attica
McCabe
Mr. Nichols
Milton Leak
Robert
Leask
Charles Pate
Bertha McConnell
Warren County
County Sunday School Convention in Covington Sunday
The county Sunday school convention will be held at the Covington Methodist church on Sept 10 with afternoon and evening sessions. Mrs. D I Conkle will read The Sunday School Curriculum. Rev H L Bailey will discuss The Bible as a Text Book. W B LaBaw will offer Helpful Suggestions for the Superintendent. Mr Albertson will make an address. Music by the men's chorus and Virginia Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
D. I. Conkle
Newtown
H. L. Bailey
Mellott
W. B. LaBaw
Veedereburg
Albertson
Indianapolis
Alma Rogers
Virginia
Albertron
Ford trades and sales sweep through local agencies
Dr Powera traded his Richmond roadster to Judy and Keys for a Ford runabout citing lower operating costs. Herman Briggs made a similar trade from Cutting roadster to a small Ford. Judy and Keys have now sold 170 Fords this season as agencies vie for a $1500 prize for top site sales, with Attica and Earl Park agencies among leaders in Benton county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Powera
Richmond
Judy & Keys
Herman Briggs
Benton County
Earl Park
Williamsport to Form Band Under Maccabees Lodge
The Williamsport lodge of Maccabees organizes a band with at least 25 members led by Marshall Coffing, a seasoned bandman. The move boosts the lodge’s prestige as one of the strongest in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Lodge of
Knights of the Maccabees
Marshall Coffing
Bank Clerk to Wed in Ravine Park Cottage Purchase
Raymond Hunning a Cen tral National bank clerk has bought John W. Fewry’s cottage near Ravine park and is finishing repairs for occupancy. His engagement to Miss Kate Henson of Newtown is public, with a wedding likely soon after his return to work on Monday. The $1600 cash price for the cottage is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Hunning
Central National Bank
John W. Fewry
Ravine Park
Kate Henson
Newtown
Miss Henson
Mr. Hunning
Fewry
Aged Lawyer Sues for Divorce Pro Se
William A. Tipton, 81, files in circuit court for divorce from Margery E. Tipton, 60. He claims she deserted him in August after marriage last November, citing extreme cruelty and lack of care during illness. Tipton, once a renowned local attorney, resides in the county seat and is father-in-law of Mont Boord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Tipton
Circuit Court
Margery E. Tipton
Mr. Tipton
Mont Boord
Toode, Noted Local Figure, Recovers At Home
Dr. M Fenton, once a longtime figure in Hillsboro and Attica circles known as Toodle, has been ill at his parents home for a month. He is now convalescing and traveling from Attica to Pine Village to visit relatives. After a bout of stomach trouble and near nervous breakdown from a Chicago hotel spell, he expects to return to work within a week or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Fenton
W. Fenton
Hillsboro
Attica
Pine Village
Toodle
Chicago
Peaches Ripen With Local Orchard Output Rising
Local fru it dealer John Pearson reports 22 fruit trees yielding well and offers peaches at 2.00 per bushel with some fruit priced as low as 1.00 due to dry weather. Pearsons samples compare favorably with Texas shipments from Ernest Curtis, while Sam McConahay displays a limb of his own peach crop in a bank window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pearson
Ledger Press
Ernest Curtis
Texas
Wabash
Pearson
Sam McConahay
Farmere and Merchants State Bank
Increasing Capacity at C and Poston Brick Plant
Health limited founder C. Poston unable to visit the Attica plant this year. Superintendent Joe Nussell and his brother Ed have managed operations. To expand capacity two new kilns will be added to the existing nine. Contractors Cutshall and Cutshall of Brazil undertake the work. Poston plans to visit Attica soon from Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altho C
Poston
Joe Nussell
Cutshall & Cutshall
Brazil
Crawfordsville
Attica
Doctor suffers wrist fracture cranking car at Ravine Park
Dr C P Shewey broke the bones of his right wrist when the car crank back fired at his Ravine Park boulevard home. Radius damaged near the joint with possible additional fractures noted by Dr Finney. E E Orr Carrier on rural route 7 endured gallstone attack during vacation. Pinnace Doty continues substituting for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Shewey
Ravine Park Boulevard
Finney
E. E. Orr
Fountain County Votes to Install Voting Machines
Fountain County will switch to voting machines in the next election after the county council approved a $12,000 appropriation to buy sixteen machines at $750 each. The plan cuts precincts from 31 to 16 and reduces board staffing, promising deferral of payment equal to election savings as counts are eliminated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain County
Logan
Troy
van Buren
Richland
Cain
Urges Relocation of Smith School at Butler Corner
A Liberty township taxpayer J. L. H. argues in the Warren Review against the Smith Memorial school site at Butler corner chosen by the executor. He notes Pine creek divides the township and neither Judyville nor Kramer will permit closure of their schools. He calls the proposed site a white elephant and recommends building in Judyville or Kramer to serve eastern and western areas, favoring Judyville for greater regional draw from nearby townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Township
Warren Review
Smith Memorial School
Butler Corner
Pine Creek
Kramer
Judyville
Smith
Williamsport
Attica
Nelson Family Reunion Draws Sixty Two Attendees
Wm Nelson and wife from Fountain and Homer B E Kemper and family from Stone Bluff joined the Nelson family reunion at Garfield Park Indianapolis Sunday. Sixty two relatives attended with three older-generation siblings present and the oldest, Aunt Vianna aged 85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Nelson
Fountain
Homer BE. Kemper
Stone Bluff
Nelson
Garfield Park
Indianapolis
Silas
Missouri
Janina
Washington
Mr. Nelson
George
Alice
Vianna
Will Bailey Leaves Delphi Brother Visits Lafayette
Mrs. Bert Baughman and sister Miss May Bailey visited Lafayette on Wednesday to see Will Bailey of Delphi before his departure on a trip to Portland Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Baughman
May Bailey
Lafayette
Will Bailey
Delphi
Portland
Ore
Miss Zula Zeigler sails to study music in Berlin
Labor Day delays Miss Zula Zeigler and her mother depart New York for Hamburg America Line liner Lincoln bound for Berlin where she will study music for nine months before pursuing a teaching career. Uncle Chas W Zeigler sees her aboard. mother reaches Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zula Zeigler
Chicago
New York
W. L. Harmon
Wilson Coghill
Roger
Ark
Harris Foster
Thomas
W. R. Foster
Luther Ozhorn
Pine Village
Glad Workers Society of the Christian Church
Independence
Baptist Church
Gladys Glendening
Portland
Ind
Mayme
Cecil Brown
Louisia Prescilla Brown
Lafayette
Nixon
Davis Township
Walter Williams
Lafayette Fair
James T. McClaflin
Clarence Anderson
Jones
Whittaker
Latta
U. S. Ferguson
Pike Street
George Thompson
Wingate
Wallace
Armstrong, Il
Will Light
John Lippold
Winthrop
James Delaney
Ed Peterson
Fowler
Julia Caruthers
Max
Silverwood
Martha Whitsman
William Haines
Roberts
Pierre Haines
Danville
Ill
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
T. Reid Zeigler
Georgia Cavitt
Woodland
J. W. Kerr
Charles Jacobson
Corwin Calvert
Mary Rohlfing
John Coen
Newtown
Walter Kuntz
Chatterton
John Crumbo
P. B. Orr
Joliet
E. E. Orr
Gilberte Springman
Indianapolis
Fred Springman
E. H. Marlatt
Out-Door Wedding Near Newtown Unites Ruth Kerr and Merl Marlatt
Ruth Kerr and Merl Marlatt were married at the Kerr home one mile north of Newtown with Rev. D I Conkle officiating. The ceremony under an porch arch drew about 160 guests amid yellow and white decorations and a two‑course lawn reception followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Kerr
Newtown
Ruth
Merl Marlatt
D. I. Conkle
Presbyterian Church of
Kerr Home
Lucile Robbins
Leland Parnell
Isabelle Kerr
Ansil Marlatt
Mendelssohn
Demna Alfrey
Beatrice North
Newman Marlatt
Lemma Thompson
Glenn Harrison
Roberts Snyder Wedding in Lafayette at Switzer Home
Walter A. Snyder and Anna J. Roberts of Davis township wed at Rev. G. W. Switzer's Lafayette residence on Wednesday at 6 30 p m. They left for Indianapolis for part of their honeymoon before returning to start housekeeping at the bride's father J N Roberts home east of Attica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Snyder
Anna J. Roberts
Davis Township
Lafayette
G. W. Switzer
Indianapolis
Attica
J. N. Roberts
Fountain Girls Stage Mock Trial For Society Evening
The Larkin club members and families in Fountain enjoyed a mock trial by fifteen young ladies at Miss Etna Foreman's home. A playful suit over alienation of affection featured a surprised crowd male plaintiff, a six-member female jury, and comic testimony. Pearl Hickman led for the plaintiff with Lennie Burnison for the defense as ice cream and cake ended the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larkin Club
Fountain
Etna Foreman
Pearl Hickman
Lennie Burnison
Metz Roadster Demonstration Impresses Pine Village Pair
Clair Rhode of Pine Village demonstrated a Metz roadster to Clint Foster on a 26 mile rural route run in 1 hour 25 minutes. Rhode cites 41 miles per gallon and plans a Chicago reliability run around Lake Michigan with 100 cars in the Metz’s tonneau class seeking a $150 silver loving cup. Mrs Axtel Peterson of Cleveland visited relatives here and returned with her two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Rhode
Pine Village
City
Clint Foster
Metz
Clair
Mr. Rhode
Chicago
Chicago Auto Club
Lake Michigan
Claire
Attica Office to Close as Indiana Springs Concentrates
Indiana Springs plans to move headquarters from Attica to Kramer at Mudlavia within ten days. The Attica office will shed excess space and operate from Kramer using existing staff and bus service. Postmaster says mail volume will not affect Attica post office classification or service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Springs Company
Attica
Mudlavia
Kramer
Hunter Springs
Sterling Remedy Co
Thornton
Madlavia
Springs Company
Death Claims Gustave Blout at 43 in Attica Area
Gustave Blout died at 4:00 a.m. Wednesday at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Meyer Blout on Columbia Street after returning from Chicago with a nervous breakdown complicated by pneumonia. The private funeral was held at the parental home conducted by Bernard Soble of Lafayette. Burial was in the local Jewish cemetery. He was born May 21 1870 and was 43. He leaves his parents a brother Morris and four sisters Miss Etta Blaut Mrs Rachel Lever Mrs Jennie Plaut of this city and Mrs Stella Reynolds of Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Blout
Meyer Blout
Columbia Street
Chicago
Bernard Soble
Lafayette
Gustave
Attica
Morris
Etta Blaut
Rachael Lever
Jennie Plaut
Stella Reynolds
Terre Haute
Will Kramers Home Robbed and Miners Pause Work
Will Kramer and family will stay in town through winter as Joplin Co miners near spring closure. A stranger calling himself Bob Kramer passed a large check and later Will’s home was robbed of silver and valuables. The culprit was reportedly captured in Kansas City. Miss Ethel Harper visited Fountain with her parents. Mrs H W Newlin hosted the Kettle Drum club. Henry and Mrs Borat welcomed a baby son Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kramer
Joplin Co
Will Kramer
Joplin
Attica
Bob Kramer
Will
Kansas City
Ethel Harper
Fountain
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B. C. Nichols
County Sunday School Convention
County Council
Smith School
Roberts-Snyder
Fountain Girls
Axtel Peterson
Cleveland
Ohio
Fritz Peterson
Gus Blout
H. W. Newlin
Kettle Drum Club
Henry Borat
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