Typhoid death and arrest in Crawfordsville case
Gertie Caroline, twelve, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Barlow of Williams, died at home Friday morning after a typhoid illness. Funeral services were held Sunday morning with burial near Huron. Thomas Brock of Crawfordsville caused a disturbance while trying to take his daughter, aided by Policeman McBride who arrested him. Brock, intoxicated, brandished a revolver and threatened others this incident preceded the death tragedy.
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Thomas Brock
Crawfordsville
Policeman McBride
McBride
Gertie Caroline
James Barlow
Williams
Perkins Returns to State Soldiers Home on Probation
Governor Talston approved a two month probation for Jacob W. Perkins after hearings with Perkins and his wife at the State Charities and Trustees meeting. Perkins, a former Nebraska judge and Union Army veteran, led the Jasper Peckard G A R Post in Indiana and had faced charges over management and dining room conditions at the home. Col Kehler deemed discharge needed to maintain discipline, but offered probation with full reappointment possible if rules are followed.
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Talston
Board of State Charities and Trustees
State Soldiers’ Home
Jacob W. Perkins
Perkins
Ahso
Lafayette
D. B. Kehler
Nebraska
Oklahon
Mississinni
Third Wisconsin Cavalry
Jasper Peckard
Indiana
G. A
Col. Kehler
Tie
Tle
Ten Year Old Williams Boy Breaks Arm Falling From Swing
The ten year old son of James Williams of Williams fractured his right arm between the wrist and elbow after falling from a swing at home Thursday night. He was brought to the city by automobile where Dr. A J McDonald reduced the fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Williams
Williams
A. J. McDonald
Pleads Guilty In Monon Freight Robberies Case
Lafayette youths Fred Ticide and Leslie Drake faced Federal charges after Monon Railroad agents tied them to car break ins. Heide pleaded guilty and could not post $1,000 bond, while Drake pleaded not guilty and was released on recognition to report to U S Commissioner Prass.
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Lafayette
Ind
Fred Ticide
Leslie Drake
United States
Fred Prass
Heres
Monon Railroad
Heide
Drake
Indianapolis
Ranklin
Prass
Whitecapped man killed by train while crossing tracks
Chad Renser, 54, known as Pete Resner, was struck by an engine while driving a milk wagon across FE I railroad tracks at Worthington last Friday. His son, injured with both arms broken, rode with him. Resner had two prior trials in this county and Bloomfield. juries failed to agree and the case was dropped. Bloomington World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chad Renser
Bloomfield
Joseph Britton
Newark
Worthington
Resner
Monroe
John R. East
Bloomington World
Finger Injures Worker at Hoosier Mill
Warl Patton an employee of the Hoosier Mill at Oolitic sustained a painful finger injury Thursday afternoon when a heavy stone and the planer bed pinched it. The fingertip was burst and the nail torn off. Dr. Collins treated the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warl Patton
Oolitic
Beef cattle and farm feeding urged for soil fertility and profit
Purdue expert F G King argues Indiana needs more beef cattle to utilize rough feed and protect soil fertility. He cites $1 profit per steer from feeding, notes beef shortages bolster prices, and promotes corn silage with high-protein rations as the most economical path to profitable beef production.
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F. G. King
Animal Husbandry Department
Purdue Experiment Station
Indiana
America
Pardoned man Dan Neal dies of tuberculosis in Indiana
Verre Haute Ind July 24 Dan Neal once given life for murder of George Hutchinson died of tuberculosis in Jasonville. He had been pardoned Monday by Governor Ralston after serving about two years and released from prison last Thursday. Hutchinson was killed in a free-for-all fight at Neal's hotel on Jackson Hill.
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Verre Haute
Ind
Dan Neal
Ralston
George Hutchinson
Jasonville
Neal
Hutchinson
Jackson Hill
Fogarty
Children of Josie Wilson Put In Custody in Salem
Freddie aged 14 and Lonie aged 4 were placed in the custody of the Board of Children's Guardians on Friday. Two other Wilson children have already been sent to the school for the feeble minded at Fort Wayne. The two newly placed are presently out of jurisdiction but expected to be returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie
Lonie
Josie Wilson
Board of Children’s Guardians
Wilson
Ft. Wayne
Mitchell Woman Dies After Hospital Operation
Mrs. Deputy nee Richardson of Mitchell died from shock during a bowel operation at Louisville Hospital. Dr Burns of Mitchell accompanied her. Her body was returned to Mitchell for burial Friday.
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Deputy
Nee Richardson
Mitchell
Louisville Hospital
Attempted Jail Break Shocks Mitchell Community
Sunday night unidentified men attempted to breaking into the Mitchell jail. Mrs Shanyfelt heard the disturbance and alerted her husband who restrained himself from firing. Police were called. the burglars fled leaving a crowbar at the door as evidence.
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Mitchell
Shanyfelt
Boy Arrested After Offering White Perch Sale
Grover Beyl an eighteen year old from Columbus entered the county clerk office and tried to sell two perch to deputy fish and game warden Fred Ehlers. He offered eight two pounds of perch for fifteen cents a pound and was arrested on the spot. Beyl later released.
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Columbus
Ind
Grover Beryl
Fred H. Ehlers
Ehlers
Beyl
Bey
Joseph Houk
Bartholomew County
Swhlers
Beys
Political Press Patronage Sparks Regional Debate
A letter exchange from the Mitchell Tribune and Mitchell Commercial criticizes party patronage in Bedford Mail and charges the Tribune balanced coverage to favor Bull Moose and Mooser allies. The dispute centers on advertising allocations and alleged shifts in editorial sincerity around the last election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Mail
Edwards
Mail
Mitchell Tribune
Picnic Party Honors Indianapolis Guests at Wilson Cabin
Mr. and Mrs. W A Wilson hosted a Friday picnic at their Williams area cabin for guests Dr and Mrs Strong and Mrs Whitted of Indianapolis. Also present were Mrs J R Pearson with houseguests Misses Eliza and Virginia Pickens of Indianapolis and Miss Hazel Pickens of Spencer, plus Mr and Mrs J G Emery, Mrs Sanford Standish and son, and Misses Margaret Donley and Jeanette Standish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Wilson
Williams
Strong
Whitted
Indianapolis
J. R. Pearson
Eliza
Virginia Pickens
Hazel Pickens
Spencer
J. G. Emery
Sanford Standish
Margaret Donley
Jeanette Standish
Twinkles From the Bloomington Star
Vincennes hosts 72 saloons as townspeople see the bar scene while Ford owners may have funded a $2,000,000 residence. Some claim sending children to Sunday school fulfills church duties.
Third Indiana Apple Show to be held in Indianapolis
Seymour plans to organize Boy Scouts. The Third Indiana Apple Show will run in Indianapolis from November 5 to 11. County farm land sold at 145 dollars per acre. Orleans moves toward public library opening by September 1. A farmer from Orange County raised enough wheat on 28 acres to buy a touring car. County seat relocation election set for September 22 from Vernon to North Vernon. Warrick County contracts for forty steel bridges awarded to Vincennes Bridge Company for 35000 dollars. Bloomington Fields mitten factory resumes operation in armory building pending new factory construction.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Orange County
Warrick County
Vincennes Bridge Company
Card of Thanks From Conley and Contey Family
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of our beloved brother and husband Amanda Conley B T Contey and Family. We acknowledge A B C and J of A for their floral offerings and other arrangements.
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A. B. of
Thanking the W A C and G A R for kindness after bereavement
The Faucett Baker and Carmichael families express gratitude to the W A C and the G A R and friends for their kindness and sympathy during their recent bereavement.
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J. M. Faucett
N. E. Baker
William Carmichael
Mrs. Cora Bough Leaves to Visit Ill Sister
Mrs. Cora Bough of Avoca travels to Evansville with her nephew Darrell Bough son of Mr. and Mrs. L Bough of this city to attend a sister who is ill.
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Cora Bough
Avoca
Darrell Bough
Vacation Notice From Ravenswood Students
Miss Florence Sproull returning home on a three weeks vacation from Ravenswood Training school in Chicago. Her school mate Miss Marion Eberhardt could not come due to an appendicitis operation. Walter Carmichael and his niece Miss Helen Baugh of Pasadena have gone to Leesville to visit relatives.
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Florence Sproull
Ravenswood Training School
Chicago
Marion Eberhardt
Walter Carmichael
Helen Baugh
Pasadena
California
Leesville
Steeplejack Knocked From Bridge by Train
Lawrenceburg Indiana July 24 A 24 year old steeplejack and structural iron worker from Jeffersonville Indiana was knocked from the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad bridge over the Great Miami River by an eastbound passenger train. The current swept him into the Ohio River but he reached the Kentucky shore about three miles away. He was brought to this city where a physician found three fractured ribs a sprained wrist and a scalp wound.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
McGrady
Jeffersonville
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Great Miami River
McGrody
Ohio River
Kentucky
Pleasant Birthday Party for Mrs Payne at Home
Mr and Mrs Henry Payne welcomed relatives and friends after church for Mrs Paynes birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs George Payne Mr and Mrs Kramer Lettie Payne George Turney Doyle Radcliff Everett Newkirk Frances Rosenbury Nellie Krantz and Mrs Jane Weddle of Huron attended as an out of town guest. Mrs Payne received many presents and well wishes were offered for many happy returns.
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Henry Payne
Frances Rosenbury
Nellie Krantz
Jane Weddle
Huron
Bloomington social notes and travel tales from the region
Mrs C H Emery and family return from Dayton Kentucky after two weeks on the Great Lakes and Ohio visits. Amelia Schleuter of Seymour visited Luella Hartman. Ernest Ovid born to Mr and Mrs Edward Cobb of Oolitic. Mrs Ernest Sharpe heads to Lincoln Nebraska for her husband’s job. Elizabeth Day visits near Heltonville with Sam Miller’s family. Lela Todd visits Bedford. Sutphins of Indianapolis guest of M B Guthrie in Bloomington. Henry Martin visits his sisters in Duluth Michigan. Claude Cook and children of Oolitic visiting Charleston Illinois. J T Freeland and Frances Freeland depart for Colorado for three weeks. Ernest Van Cleave of Albuquerque visits Brennan in Bloomington, then tours French Lick. Glenn Cook, summering in Bloomington, serves at Fort Benjamin Harrison and writes home about the experience.
Mosier Makes Business Trip to Quinton This Morning
Mrs. Joe Conley and daughter Kate arrived from Anadarko Oklahoma on Friday to spend several weeks with relatives and friends. C. C. Mosier conducted a business trip to Quinton earlier today.
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C. C. Mosier
Quinton
Joe Conley
Kate
Anadarko
Oklahoma
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