Women Trap Burglar After Entry at 15th and Oost Ovicgh
Thursday night 7:30 women in a house at 15th and Oost Ovicgh startled by a burglar who entered through a window and fled as they confronted him. He rifled rooms, left doors propped open, and took only a plug of tobacco with no other items missing. The incident involved Mrs Laurence Tackett and Mrs Torphy with their husbands later informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Torphy
Laurence Tackett
15Th
Oost Ovicgh
Torphy
Wen
Vorphyy
Airs
David Torphy
Burelor
Owens Broodhounds
Nurse School Graduation Exercises Set for Ravenwood Hospital
Friends of Miss Juby Day invited to graduation events at Ravenwood Hospital Nurse School in Chicago. The ceremony will be held April 28 at the Presbyterian Copper of Vulloin and North Siernitage, Arcnday evening.
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Reanwood Hospital
Vulloin
North Siernitage
Arcnday
Time changes in Southeastern trains effective April 20
The Southeastern changes to train timetables take effect Sunday April 20. No 1 arrives Bedford 6:27 a.m. No 3 arrives Bedford 4:30 p.m. No 2 arrives Bedford 7:53 a.m. No 5 arrives Bedford 4:23 p.m. and departs 4:50 p.m.
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Bedford
S:d. A. mi
Trestle Completed Over White River for Rail Link
Washington Ind April 17 the trestle across White River at the wrecked BR and O S W bridge site was completed this afternoon and passenger service will open from here to Lawrenceburg tomorrow. Trains likely operated from Lawrenceburg to St Louis Saturday.
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Washington
Ind
White River
Lawrenceburg
Lawrenecture
St. Louis
Burton Plea in Circuit Court for Nuisance Fined Five
Charles Burton pleaded guilty in circuit court to maintaining a nuisance. He was fined five dollars and costs. a liquor license charge against Burton was continued.
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Charles Burton
Burton
Amputation Patient Lizzie Modi Improves at City Hospital
Miss Lizzie Modi, who recently endured the amputation of her right leg at City hospital due to bone infection, continues to improve. The procedure was necessary because of the infection.
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Lizzie Modi
City Hospital
Danville Danville Danville Election Update
Sen C A Allen of Hoopston HL visited the city last week to discuss city election results in Danville Wisconsin. Republicans swept the ticket winning the mayoralty and a larger vote than the combined Democrat and Bull Moose candidates amid strong competition.
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C. A. Allen
Hoopston, HL
Danville
Monon Road Traffic at Lafayette Yards Highlights Switching
At Lafayette yards in the north end of Lafayette on Monday the Monon road handled 1 125 cars. Yardmaster Clark still has five day and four night engines performing switching duty at the yards.
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Lafayette
Clark
Samuel Mason Found To Be Of Unsound Mind In Needmore
Samuel Mason aged about 65, of Needmore, was Thursday declared by a sanity commission before Justice John Anderson to be of unsound mind. The board, including Drs. Collins Perkins and Short, heard Mason who came to Needmore last December from Arkansas and has lived with his nephew. An application was filed for admission to the Insane Hospital at Madison.
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Samuel Mason
Collins, Perkins and Short
Justice of the Peace
John Anderson
Mason
Needmore
Arkansas
Insane Hospital
Madison
Remains of Coal Miner Taken to Owensburg
The remains of William Mitchell aged about thirty were sent from this city to Gowenshire for burial after he was killed Tuesday in a Jasonville coal mine when he fell and broke his neck. Cousin Mrs. Cirité Fitzgerald and Mrs. Fitzgerald with Mrs. Della Baker traveled to Owensburg for the funeral at the family home.
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Will Mitchell
Jasonville
Jane Mitchell
Gowenshire
Mitchell
Cirité
James Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Della Baker
Owensburg
Lawsuit Seeks 40000 For Titanic Death Of Indiana Man
Mrs. John B. Crafton of Monroe County sues for 56000 after her husband, the sole Indiana victim of the Titanic disaster, drowned. Indianapolis attorney Wm L Taylor, once aiding Crafton’s widow, argues that Titanic insurance funds should be treated as salvage to cover damages. Lawyers contend Ismay's presence aboard makes the line liable in full. The case may hinge on salvage versus insurance in sea liability.
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John Bb. Crafton
Monroe County
Wm. L. Taylor
Indianapolis
New York
United States Circuit Court
Taylor
John B. Crafton
Roachdale
Indiana
Mr. Taylor
Steamship Company
United States Supreme Court
la Bourgogne
J. Bruce Ismay
Steamship Insurance
Birthday Surprise for Mrs Culhan by Pocahontas Friends
Mrs. James Culhan Sr. celebrated a surprise birthday party at home Thursday evening hosted by Pocahontas members and friends. A musical program featured Perry Fiscus at piano and Re Embree on violin with Grace Quackenbush soprano, plus a guitar quartet. Guests included Frank Quackenbush Bart Short Cleve Bowden Ned Mitchel W S Cannedy and many more. gifts were exchanged and lemon sherbet and cake served.
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James Culhan
The
Pocahontas
Grace Quackenbush
Viella
W. S. Cannedy
Omie Whit James Cushan, Jr
George McMillan
W. P. Hopkins
Dan Moore
Qchie White
Perry Fiscus
George MacMillian
Charles Brown
Henry Jones
Harve Fox
HE. S. Embree
Camp Bair
Charles Taylor
Ruth
Sam Cardin
Matt Owens
Frank Graves
Charles Acton
Austin Crawford
Dessie Callahan
W. P. Fopkins
Bertha Embree
James Culhan, Jr
Clyde Quackenbush
Katherine
Canal Wonders Aboard Roosevelt Dike Visit
Col Charles T. Jewett recounts observations from the Panama Canal project. He notes the planned 50 mile route with Gatun Lake and three sets of locks, tolls around $1.20 per ton, and the canal’s potential to become a major money maker. He praises the workers and sanitation in the canal zone, especially Colon, where flies are reportedly absent due to organized corral sanitation.
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Charles T. Jewett
Fuoverl
Gatun
Floyd County
Jamaica
Barbadoes
Canal
Colon
Ingar
Destitute Widow Family Seeks Aid From City Benefactors
A flood crippled Geens family in Seif Creek bottoms leaving a widow, an injured son, and a 12 year old daughter homeless. Local generosity is urged with clothing, provisions, and a tent. Also notes water use into the canal in September and travel hints via New Orleans to Panama with Uni ted Fruit Co. ships as a possible route.
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Seif Creek
Tom Friday
Geens
Imother
New Orleans
United Fruit Company
Panama
New Albany Tribune
Damages Awarded in Saloon Case at Mt Vernon
In Mt Vernon Indiana on April 17 a circuit court verdict favored Mrs Hepzibah Hietor in a case involving James White a New Harmony saloon keeper. The suit claimed alcohol contributed to the intoxication of Hugh Hiuli who later died after his team ran away near New Harmony.
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Mt. Vernon
Ind
James White
New Harmony
Dpate” Hietor
White
Hiuli
Power Company files condemnation suit in Lawrence County
The Southern Indiana Power Company, through Brooks & Brooks, filed a condemnation suit in Lawrence Circuit Court against Richard S. Thompson. The petition seeks to condemn land to be used for overflow purposes.
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Southern Indiana Power Company
Brooks & Brooks Friday
Lawrence
Richard S. Thomp
Beer shipments and jury consider consumption of 3096 quarts
In Bloomington two men Shively and Whisenand shipped 43 barrels of beer totaling 3096 quarts, with 76 bottles per barrel. The Good Citizens League argues whether the pair personally used the entire quantity, or 6182 pints, or a wedged amount, as the jury weighs the case.
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George Shively
Walter Whisen
Bloomington
Good Citizens League
Shively
Whisenand
Four Year Old Violet Baker Dies in Dark Hollow
Violet, the four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Calloway Baker, died at her Dark Hollow home Thursday night at 11. Funeral services were held at New Union Saturday at 10 and burial followed there.
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Violet
Police raid at North Street soft drink shop seizes whiskey
Police raided a North Street soft drink place on Thursday afternoon and confiscated about one fourth of a pint of whiskey in a bottle. Bhner Reath was charged with selling liquor and jailed on a $160 bond for a future appearance, but a date mixup delayed the hearing.
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North Street
Judge Introduces Relay Sentences in Blind Tiger Case
Sullivan Ind April 17 Judge W H Bridwell of the circuit court introduces serving blind tiger sentences in relays. Frank McCrecklin and Joe Atkinson, drug business partners, pleaded guilty to running a blind tiger. McCrecklin gets thirty days in jail while Atkinson may stay home to run the business until McCrecklin completes his term, then Atkinson will surrender.
Chastain Seeks Bedford Site to Move Auto Business
Frank Chastain plans to relocate his automobile business to Bedford if a suitable room is found. His sole motive is to access Mitchell’s all day electric current and water works, continuing the town rivalry and urging residents to decide Mitchell’s fate by supporting or opposing water works.
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Frank Chastain
Bedford
Mitchell
U.ig
Mitchell Tribune
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Builty
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JO Gannon
William Mitchell
Jasonville, Tak
Owensbureg
Chicago American
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Wnirs
James Culhan, Sr
Eeplas
Three Falls
Power EF
Ark Hollow
Thurso
Geor Tat
Puig
Bhner Reath
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