Senior civics mock trial ends with Not Guilty verdict
A high school mock trial over a claim of damage from a supposed run over ends in a Not Guilty verdict though plaintiff Wm Locke proved sobriety and the driver Elmer Gibson turned wrong. The case featured junior jurors and teachers Amon Weller and Walter Cheek for the plaintiff and Eerwin Beese and Maurice Wolf for the defense with Judge Andrew Kops presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Gibson
Wm. Locke
Schultz
Locke
Mr. Gibson
Gibson
Amon Wesler
Walter Cheek
Eerwin Beese
Maurice Wolf
Andrew Kops
Doc
Leonard Thiel
Burns
New Officers Installed By Oldenburg Ladies Auxiliary
About thirty members attended the quarterly district meeting at City Hall Oldenburg Sunday with Greensburg and Shelbyville delegations. Officers elected for the year included Mary A Mitchell president and Anna Freihage first vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Oldenburg
Greensburg
Shelbyville
Mary A. Mitchell
Anna Freihage
Mollie Worland
Anna Young
Catharine Metzger
Flora Gloshen
May Hughes
Anna Barnhorst
Elizabeth Robbee
Elizabeth Pischer
Rose Martin
Neilie Penton
Gibson House
Jidenburg
Midnight Flyer Wreck Near Fairland Destroys Track
The Cincinnati bound Midnight Flyer wrecked near Fairland early Saturday, nine coaches and the tender left the rails but no one was seriously hurt. A broken tender wheel caused the accident, about four hundred feet of track torn up delaying westbound trains. The locomotive stayed on rails and the emergency brake saved lives as the level ground prevented a worse fate. Several residents from Cincinnati and nearby towns are noted as visitors or travelers in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cincinnati
Batesville
Fairland
Wairland
River Floods and Arrests Stir Batesville Readers
A narrative on Ohio River flooding highlights the suffering of displaced families, the Indiana Legislature tax aid, and questions about using a governor's contingent fund. In Batesville, three men and a boy were arrested for selling needles. one man fined for assault on the boy, then sent to Versailles to work off the fine. The case involved names Furgison Hogan Shea and a mistaken kidnapping report from Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Indiana
Batesville
Harry Wernke
M. F. Bohland
L D. Furgiso
Furgison
Versailles
Marshal Wernke
Lime
Shea
Gelena
Tere
Hogan
Indianapoli
Cincinnati
Hogin
Our
Pleasantly Surprised Birthday Gathering in Acton
Mrs. Nora Downey celebrated her birthday with a surprise social at her son Russell Downey's home on Sunday. Friends and neighbors attended and shared a low supper. Several other local names and visits are noted, including Mrs. Anthony Voegele and family, Mss M. Marlin visiting Kila Marin, Rev. ALE Gringle heading to Chicago for lectures, and travels of Mr. Kaiser, Ben Schene, Mrs. Bartlow, and Mrs. Routt among others as they move between towns like Morris, Acton, Greensburg, and Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Downey
Russell
Anthony Vuegele
Morris
Pete Bisher
Voegele
Ignatz Boewer Dies in Cincinnati at 63
Ignatz Boewer father of Mrs. Harry Meyer and well known in Batesville died at his Cincinnati home on Sunday morning January 14, 1913, at age 63. He leaves a son and a daughter Mrs. Meyer of Indianapolis who learned of his death by telegram and came to Batesville before traveling on to Cincinnati. The notice also mentions a D Landreth Seed Co seed catalogue offer to readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ignatz Boewer
Harry Meyer
Batesville
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Meyer
D. Landreth Seed Co
Bristol
Penn
Notice to Woodmen Special Meeting Saturday Evening
Notice to Woodmen asks all Neighbors to attend a special Camp meeting on Saturday evening January 25 at 7d in the Woodman Hall Beblmer building. GALE Moore, Clerk notes the importance of full attendance. Other brief items mention residents and travel near Sunman and Cincinnati without further detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodman Hall
Beblmer Building
Gale Moore
Quiet wedding at Smyrna Lutheran unites Dena Meyer and Elmer Borgstede
Miss Dena Meyer, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Chris Meyer, married Elmer FP Borgstede at Smyrna Lutheran church with Rev Freudenreich officiating. The couple, after a Greensburg and Indianapolis journey, will reside in Voltaire North Carolina. Borgstede is noted as an inventor and respected local businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smyrna Lutheran Church
Freudenreich
Dena
Chris, Meyer
Elmer
Borgstede
Bertha Heimsath
Napoleon
Chaurch
Susie
Dr. J. Lawson
Indianapolis
Minnie Meyer
Roy Jennings
Chris Meyer
Grouom
Greensburg
Voltaire
N. C
Cit
Newpoint
River Viewers Report Passing River Scene In Cincinnati
Local residents including Miss Fiora Schumacher and Anna Behlmer observed the river at Cincinnati on Sunday while visiting friends in Morris and Greensburg. Several others travel or return home, noting health updates and light social visits in Hamburg and Converseville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiora
Eruma Schumacher
Anna Behlmer
Edna Richter
Cincinnati
Land Transfers Record Of Deeds And Partners
Transfers list multiple 40 to 215 acre plots across Shelby Center Adams Laughery Brown and Delaware townships. Names include Titus Titua Strader Stubbeman Schneider Hughes Koechlin Broerman Wahiman Lichner Kiein Paugh Risk Huffmeyer Reed Hyatt Strimple Newhart with prices from 1 to 15090 dollars and parcels from 7 to 215 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Titus
Mary A. Titua
Shelby
Tena Strader
Wm. PF. Stubbeman
Center
Jacob David
Ambrose Schneider
Adams
Louis Scheerer
Gerhard Schumacher
Laughery
Absalom Hughes
Lizzie
Rhosda Hughes
Edward J. Koechlin
A. C. Broerman
Delaware
Mary Wahiman
F. Droppelman
Brown
Fred Wittenberg
Christopher Huffmeyer
Herbert Miller
Frank L. Reed
Cross Plains
Mary Hyatt
Pearl M. Hyatt
Wm. Strimple
Alto
Michael L. Strimple
Frank Newhart
Joto Newhart
Flood Scare Prompts Move from Lawrenceburg to Batesville
John Gebrich and family were awakened by bells and whistles as levee danger appeared but did not fail. He moved furniture to Batesville and will reside in Fred Wessel’s North Walnut Street home for safety. Batesville directory updates due Feb 1 1913. report changes to manager R L Maurer. Night service starts Feb 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gebrich
Lawrenceburg
Johnny
Batesville
Fred Wessel
North
Walnut Street
Batesville Telephone Co
R. L. Maurer
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Hattie
Bertha West
Ethel Minton
Lula Crumes
Charles West
Chester Yoast
Wilson Jones
Lars Buckley
Elias Wamsley
Ethel Yoast
Hazel Keller
Mike Bohland
A.R. Wycoff
Louisa Werth
Elizabeth
Rev
Luz
Lincoln
Ilinois
George H. Beck
Grand. Rapids, Mich
Salhn
Gus Brumpter
Spades
Chas
Johnson
Wm. Krieger
Midnight Flyer
Dave Kahn
Mrs. Kahn
Will Tekulve
Fred Tekulve
Cate
Mrs. Sonderman
Ciford Gray
Madison
Louis Lely
Louis Cook
Sunman
de Joe Oswald
John H.wilker & CO
Mss
M. Marlin
South Dakota
Kila Marin
Veppertown
Acton
Ale, Gringle
State of Illinois
Fred Tekulye
Mat Weigel
August Behler
Mrs. Hoffman
Mrs. Schlicht
Adolph Kaiser
Ben Schene
John Bartlow
George Routt
Futu Taylor
Vieil Toy
James Hummel
Mes
H. Hacking
Harry Sitterding
Fred Brummer
Rose Meyer
Henry Kroenke
Luella Trautman
Mre
Mike Fritsch
A.B
Borgstede-Meyer
George Xnenlein
George
Tesolve, Morris
Ind
Anna Wettering
George Mehlon
Martinsville
Lina McKay
Greensbury
Elmer Crowell
Mr. Haverkos
Clyde Pummer
Walter Harding
John Boehmer
Karl
Henry Steiner
Walter
Edwin Boese
Linsencebury
Lawrence Nickel
Converseville
Leonard Beer
Frank Robinson
New England
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