Lafayette Judge Rules Limit On City Depository Payments
In Lafayette Indiana Judge Henry H. Vinton declares the depository law allows city funds to be received from the county treasurer only at semi annual settlements. The ruling voids monthly tax settlements, noting penalties for embezzlement and prompting potential appeal or legislative amendment. The city has a general fund balance to avoid immediate embarrassment.
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Lafayette
Ind
Henry H. Vinton
Superior Court
Arthur D. Cunningham
Vinton
Bank Robber Warning Stirs Scottsburg Residents
Postmaster John Mc Cartney received a letter from Claud Alovy of Cincinnati promising a bank raid near Christmas. The note recounts a prior theft, names a 44 Colt, and hints at plans to strike the local Scottsburg bank, with police and residents alert and investigating the suspect.
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Scottsburg
Ind
John McCartney
Claud Alovy
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Ohio
Claud
May Williams
Miss Winifred Muhr to Join Mission in China
Bloomington Ind December 12 Miss Winifred E Muhr Rushville graduate of Indiana University has been chosen as one of seventeen young women commissioned by the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church for five years of mission work in China She prepared at Hull House Chicago and will sail in January to a city of 140000 near the Yangtze river She previously headed a girls boarding school and will be assigned a language and customs study period before leaving unless prevented by illness
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Bloomington
Ind
Winifred E. Muhr
Rushville
Indiana University
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
China
Electric breakfast makes morning chores faster
The article describes how electricity simplifies breakfast by pressing a button to boil water and start coffee, cook cereal and eggs, and toasting with a new vertical electric toaster. It highlights safety, cleanliness, and convenience of modern appliances at the table.
Burns v Guthrie Test Case Draws Attention In Court
Judge Wilson overruled a demurrer and allowed the complaint in the case of John G Burns versus Alfred Guthrie. The suit seeks damages from washouts on a new pike road near Tunnelton caused by Guthrie’s pond. Burns rebuilt after the first washout and a second flood followed, prompting the contractor to sue for losses. The matter now proceeds to trial on its merits.
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Wilson
John G. Burns
Alfred Guthrie
Pike
Tunnelton
Burns
Guthrie
Wilton
Kilpatrick Pioneer Lincoln Friend Dies in Illinois
James D. Kilpatrick longtime printer publisher of Illinois died at the National Soldiers Home in Danville aged. He helped found the Citizen in 1854 and sent Lincoln the first printed copy. Kilpatrick formed part of Lincoln's circuit legal circle and led a regiment as a private at Chickamauga earning the nickname Chickamauga Jim. He fathered Charles Kilpatrick the famous trick bicyclist and another son James served in the consular service at Sydney.
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Danville
Ill
James D. Kilpatrick
Illinois
National Soldiers’ Home Hospital
Abraham Lincoln
Citizen
Washington
Lincoln
Kilpatrick
Chickamauga
Charles Kilpatrick
Capitol Steps
James
Sydney
Four Eclipses Headline Sky Events Next Year
Astronomers forecast four eclipses in the coming year with two total solar eclipses and two total lunar or partial solar events. A June 8 total lunar eclipse will be visible in Americas and Africa, while a June 17 total solar eclipse covers North America and parts of Asia. A November 26 27 lunar eclipse will be seen across the Americas Atlantic Pacific Europe Africa and parts of Asia and Australia. A December 12 13 partial solar eclipse will be seen from Australia New Zealand and polar regions.
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United States
South America
Africa
North America
Europe
Asia
San Francisco
Rio Grande River
Travel to Oasis Jasonville Loses Big Trade
Report notes 180 Jasonville tickets sold to Linton after a Bedford Southern Indiana wreck delayed returning train. Readers describe Linton liquor trade booming as Jasonville patrons, though temperance minded, flocked to Linton for drinks and entertainment, with 130 Jasonville passengers in one night.
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Jasonville
Linton
Bedford
Indiana
Clover Farm Dispute Ends With Assault Charge
Coulter of Mose Dunn farm was arrested and pled guilty to assault and battery against Ed Evans after a hog division dispute. Evans and Constable Newt Howard sought replevin for hogs, but a confrontation near Coulter's farm led to Evans being knocked from a wagon and injuries observed. The writ was not served and hogs remained.
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Mart Coulter
John Owens
Ed Evans
Coulter
Mose Dunn
Evans
Newt Howard
Howard
Nelson
Itis
Tax Dogs Growl as County Law Tightens
The county prosecutes dog tax delinquency with about forty failure-to-pay cases filed by the Prosecutor. Seven men arrested today pled guilty and paid fines of five dollars plus costs. Delinquent owners’ names are filed by township trustees as required by law.
Death of Mrs. James M Potter in Fayetteville
Mrs James M Potter wife of Indian Creek township trustee died at home in Fayetteville after a week long illness of peritonitis She was 40 and survived by husband two children John seven and Mary four She was a Fayetteville Baptist and sister to H E B F and Walter Pitman Funeral was held Sunday at Fayetteville church with interment at Shiloh Fraternally the Ladies of the church expressed mourning and reflected on her faith and loss Also notes on Harrodsburg show plans and Bloomington Southern Railroad extension to Bedford within emerging local items.
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James’ M. Potter
Indian Creek Township
Fayetteville
Baptist Church
John
Mary
H. E
B. F
Walter Pitman
Fayetteville Church
Shiloh
James Prather Bell
Sister Prather
Henry S. Williams
Henry McBride
M. H. Draper
Brownstown Telephone dispute reaches circuit court
In Brownstown a suit filed by C. E. Brown, manager of Brownstown Telephone Company, seeks an injunction against Central Union Telephone Company to stop telephone installations in the courthouse. A temporary restraining order lasts until next Wednesday as the case proceeds. The Bell Company has already erected polls and strung wires under a 1902 town council franchise.
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Brownstown
Central Union Telephone Company
The
Bell Company
Brownstown Telephone Company
Shea
C. E. Brown
Brownstown Company
Central Union
Court House
Domestic Trouble Settled in Etchison Divorce Case
In circuit court Judge Wilson granted Tillie Etchison a divorce from John Etchison after evidence showed the home on I street, held jointly, was paid for by Mrs. Etchison who operates a boarding house. The property dispute was resolved with her retaining possession.
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Circuit Court
Wilson
Tillie Etchison
John Etchison
I Street
Plant 10 Defy Drought at Bloomington Furniture Factory
Showers Bros Furniture Factory in Bloomington announces startup of plants next Monday due to holiday rush orders. They seek water from two nearby wells and, if unavailable, will run a water train from Bloomington to Gosport to obtain White River water.
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Showers Bros. Furniture
Bloomington
Gosport
White River
Virginia Bailey Dies Aged 78 In County
Mrs Virginia J Bailey died Friday at her East 6th street home from paralysis after two weeks of illness with dropsical complications. Funeral from her residence Monday at 10 am, interment Bailey cemetery. Survived by five children Hugh Dana Ariel Nannie and B W Bailey. B W in Ferndale Washington. Revs Melvin Putnam and J W Newland to conduct services.
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Virginia J. Bailey
East 6Th Street
Bailey Cemetery
Bailey
Christian Church
Hugh
Dana
Ariel
Nannie
B. W. Bailey
Ferndale, Washington
Melvin Putnam
J. W. Newland
Indiana Scientists Return From Deep Interior of British Guiana
Dr. M. B. Eigenmann and S. E. Shideler of Indiana University completed an exploration of the Potaro river above Kaieteur falls. They collected numerous rare aquatic specimens and sent consignments ahead. Eigenmann plans to reach Bloomington this week as his family stays behind. J. F. Hamer and wife returned from Indianapolis after his appendectomy and show improvement.
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British Guiana
South America
M. B. Eigenmann
S. E. Shideler
Indiana University
New York
University
Kaieteur Falls
Potaro River
Eigenmann
Shideler
Bloomington
Farmer Killed Crossing Monon Tracks North of Bloomington
Stephen Coan 55, a well known Monroe County farmer, was killed instantly Friday crossing the Monon railroad two miles north of Bloomington. His spring wagon was struck by the Lafayette accommodation, splintered, and his horses were killed. Coan was thrown about 200 yards and died at the scene. The train crew notified the coroner. He was married with several children.
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Stephen Coan
Monroe County
Monon
Bloomington
Coan
Lafayette
Burns Freed After Bond Approval in Desertion Case
In circuit court Saturday John G. Burns, recently convicted of desertion, filed a bond with Judge Wilson approving Ewing Shields of Seymour as surety. Burns must pay $20 monthly into court for his wife and children's support for one year, after which a new bond is due.
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John G. Burns
Wilson
Ewing Shields
Seymour
Burns
Operation on Miss Lydia Armstrong at City Hospital
Miss Lydia Armstrong daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Armstrong North Lincoln street underwent an appendicitis operation at City Hospital at 10 o clock Saturday. Surgeons Dr McDonald and Dr Short led the procedure with Drs Freeland Emery and Mitchell assisting. The family sought this measure after about two weeks of illness.
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Lydia Armstrong
Joseph Armstrong
Lincoln Street
City Hospital
Armstrong
McDonald
Short
Apple harvest tops billions of pies forecast
This year's crop is estimated at 25,000,000,600 barrels yielding about 6,000,000,000 pies. The pastry weighs 9,210,000 pounds with 6,125,000,000 pounds of flour and lard. Transport would need 154,15 cars to move from ovens to consumers.
County audit cites $14000 due from ex-officers in Monroe
Bloomington Indiana December 11 according to a county officer Wallace and Sutton auditing the county books report will show fourteen thousand dollars is due the county from ex officers The experts have nearly completed the report but have had to revise it as several ex sheriffs repay what they owe They expect to turn the finished report over to the commissioners by Saturday noon
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Bloomington
Ind
Wallace & Sutton
Lawman Detains man posing as Moffet for cattle and fibs
Aman claiming the name Moffet and residence on a Wilcox farm in Lawrence County tried to sell fat logs to Link Dalton on Monday and demanded advance payment but Dalton refused. He later sold wheat to Salem Milling Co and obtained a $50 check then offered cattle to Lat Taylor but owned no stock. He was arrested near Livonia by Town Marshal Medlock and jailed in Salem. In Indiana the 1903 law against ghouls has created a cadaver surplus with unclaimed bodies from the Reformatory sent to Indianapolis growing tight for space.
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Aman
Moffet
Wilcox
Lawrence County
Dalton
Salem
Salem Milling Company
Lat Taylor
Livonia
Marshall Medlock
Campbellsburg
Indiana
Jeffersonville
Indiana Reformatory
Indianapolis
State Anatomical Board
Harvey Lake and Martha Miller Wed in Deserted Courtroom
Harvey Lake and Miss Martha Miller were married Friday by Judge James B. Wilson in the circuit court room. The couple, after obtaining a license, opted for a private ceremony avoiding the clerk's office crowd, choosing the deserted courtroom for their vows.
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Harvey Lake
Martha Miller
James B. Wilson
Death of Samuel Carson Reported by Relatives in Bedford
A Sun Set Texas letter to Bedford relatives informs of Samuel Carson's death. He fell from a wagon about ten months ago and had been in failing health since then. He was eighty five, brother of David Carson of this city, formerly lived in Springville, with many friends there who regret his passing.
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Sunset
Texas
Bedford
Samuel Carson
Carson
David Carson
Springville
Needmore resident dies amid pulmonary tuberculosis illness
The report notes the death of Mira Mack Giles, 34, from near Needmore due to pulmonary tuberculosis. It also states George S. Crowe and Mabel B. Goen of Leesville were granted a marriage license.
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George S. Crowe
Mabel B. Goen
Leesville
Notice of Dissolution of Partnership in Bedford Indiana
Notice is hereby given that the partnership between John D. Alexander and John W. Harrig operating as the firm Attorneys dissolved by mutual consent. Dated December 4, 1905 at Bedford Indiana.
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John D. Alexandr Y
John W. Harrig
Don DL
Ee Hares
Bedford
Ind
Yiarris
Inez Blackwell Dead in Necmore Tubercular Meningitis
Inez Blackwell eleven daughter of Mr and Mrs Grant Blackwell of Necmore died Monday morning of tubercular meningitis. The funeral was held Tuesday at Lo'elock with services by Hitler John Williams. Interment at Hays Cemetery.
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Inez
Grant Blackwell
Necmore
To O’cloca
Lo’elock
Thei Rr Nee
Hitler John Williams
Hays Cemetery
Monroe County Licenses Refused for Bloomington Saloon
Monroe county commissioners refused Joseph Cline a liquor license in Bloomington citing a year old ruling. The decision will be appealed to the circuit court which will hear three similar cases. Attorney Henley argued reconsideration citing changes in remonstrance and city redistricting since prior election.
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Monroe County
Joseph Cline
Bloomington
Henley
Judge refuses to appoint receiver for Liberal Publishing
Judge Marshall Hacker ruled Thursday there will be no receiver for the Liberal Publishing Company of Shelbyville. George M. Ray, editor and chief stock holder, faced a note dispute with S. H. Montgomery and others over a $4,500 loan and mortgage on the printing office. The judge noted the newspaper business requires a uniquely fitted person and that most good businessmen would not suit as receiver.
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Columbus Herald
Liberal Publishing Company
Shelbyville
George M. Ray
Marshall Hacker
Ray
S. H. Montgomery
Hacker
Do You Owe The Mail
A newspaper notice urges subscribers to settle accounts by year’s end for the Dating or WEEKLY MAIL service, warning that delinquent accounts will be handed to collection. It addresses rural route and post office subscribers and emphasizes ending the old year with cleared balances.
Collision Blocks Two Rail Lines at Crossing
A Monon passenger train and a Southern Indiana freight train collided at a crossing Thursday about 5 pm. A damaged flat car crushed the passenger engine’s nose while both trains halted traffic for three hours. no injuries reported among passengers. Conductor Charles Elder and Engineer John Rough led the trains from New Albany.
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Monon
Southern Indiana
U. I
Bloomington & Louisville
Charles Elder
John Rough
New Albany
Southern
Rough
Old Soldier James H. Chambers Dies After Long Illness
James H. Chambers of Fayetteville Road died Sunday afternoon December 18 1908 at 245 o clock from liver cancer after a ten month illness. He was born June 21 1844 in Decatur County Indiana and served in Co H 82d Indiana Vols during the Civil War. He married Martha Jones in September 1585 in Brown County Indiana. she survives with five sons and three daughters. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 pm from his residence with Eld John Williams officiating and burial at Beech Grove.
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James H. Chambers
Fayetteville
Southern Indiana
Mr. Chambers
Decatur County
Indiana
Co. H
Martha Jones
Brown Country
John Williams
Beech Grove
Parole Granted in Indiana Case After Jury Conviction
Judge James Dodge of the LaGrange circuit paroled Douglas Stewart of Goshen after a jury found him guilty of attempted assault. Burris of the Carrollton district argued before the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the parole law. Stewart is about forty five.
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Mary Long
Stewart
Ira Church
Elkhart
Lagrange Circuit Court
Burris
Goshen
Ind
James
Dodge
Larange
Douglas Stewart
L Burris
Chiriy-fearth
Ciary
Downdl Steel
Roosevelt Used Secret Service Against Congress
Washington reports the president plans to publish a detailed report naming congressmen linked to private interests. Secret Service chief Wilkie gathers evidence from land fraud and related cases to back a sharp, personal attack on lawmakers. The move sparks a wave of indignation and fear among legislators.
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Washington
Congress
Secret Service
Evyer
White House
Wilkie
President and Congress clash over Secret Service limits
The President urges retaliation against Congress over restrictions on the Secret Service. Members fret that a heated dispute could hurt Taft and the GOP in next year’s races. Some back expunging objectionable parts, while others fear a political slaughter if the fight escalates. Also, Mrs. John W. Owens repairs a fractured hip after a fall on West Twelfth Street.
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Secret Service
Congress
Rooosevelt
Taft
Senate
House
John W. Owens
Twelfth Street
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