Marriage of Ina Sal yards to Don Hill celebrated in Orleans
Mrs J H McPheeters attended a high noon wedding at the bride Ina Sal yards residence on North Alexander street. Rev Jeffrey of the M E church performed the ceremony. The couple plans to reside in Bruceville after a trip via Vincennes to Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. McPheeters
Orleans
Ina Salyards
Don , Hill
Bruceville
Bedford
Alexander Street
Don Hill
Ind
Rev
Jeffrey
M. E. Church
Mitchell
Vincennes
C. R. Salyards
Knox County
Flooding damages gravel roads in Tunnelton area
Late rains caused widespread damage to gravel roads in the Tunnelton neighborhood. A pond on Alfred Guthrie’s farm burst and carved a deep ditch, destroying a long stretch of road. Overflow troubles farmers, and repair costs for the county are expected to be substantial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunnelton
Alfred Guthrie
Pleasant Bridge Party Honors Two Guest Couples
A charm filled bridge party hosted by Mrs. Richard Boone Leonard at her West 13th street cottage honored Miss Anna Green and Mrs. Green of Kansas City and Mrs. Borst of Milwaukee. Seven tables competed with Mrs. Louise Tracy winning a sterling spoon as prize. A luncheon followed with creamed oysters, nut salad, hot rolls and coffee. Out of town guests included Miss Williams of Terre Haute and Miss Edwina Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Boone Leonard
West 13Th Street
Anna Green
Green
Kansas City
Borst
Milwaukee
Louise Tracy
Miss Williams
Terre Haute
Edwina Day
Indiana savings banks show stable assets and rising cash holdings
A state report by R. B. Oglesbee notes total assets of Indiana savings banks at 1 January 1908 reached about 1.397 million dollars, up from 1907 levels, with no withdrawal notices needed during the downturn. Cash declined from 406 thousand to 210 thousand, while stock and bond holdings rose from about 1.968 to 2.261 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
R. B. Oglesbee
Bank Department
State Auditor’s Office
Oglesbee
Poison attempt by seventeen year old Inman girl
Ethel Inman of 18th and 6 streets tried suicide Friday night by morphine and chloroform. Dr. Paynter treated her at the Inman home around 11. Her condition was serious but improved today. Report says a love affair sparked the act. Also notes a correction in Mrs. Susan Y. Kern’s first name from Sarah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel
DeLois Inman
Paynter
Inman
Italians in Monroe county head to Oolitic for clash risk
The Bloomington Telephone reports Italian workers from Oolitic and surrounding quarries prepared for a confrontation with American workers on February 20. Tensions rose over cheap Italian labor, union ties, and years of settlement growth, with threats of extermination and ongoing ammo purchases fueling fears of a bloody feud in Lawrence and Monroe counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
Oolitic
Lawrence County
Bloomington
Italy
Dark Hollow
Lawrence
Indiana
Seven Years Married Secrets Revealed in Charleston Land Transfer
Samuel Buckman and Mollie Meloy of Charleston were secretly married for seven years. A deed filed with Recorder G. W. Stoner shows Buckman and wife as grantees of 109 acres in Charleston township for 4500 dollars. Buckman, once a bachelor, reportedly married in Kentucky and kept the union private. Mrs Buckman owns a home in Charlestown and relatives Clyde Eagan and wife live with them in a large house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Buckman
Mollie Meloy
Charleston
G. W. Stoner
Henry Stricker
Charleston Township
Buckman
Kentucky
Charlestown
Clyde Eagan
Suit over quarry injury and family support actions
James Roll of Heltonville sues Perry Matthews Buskirk Stone Company of Lawrence county claiming a 1900 quarry accident left him injured and seeks 20000. The company says the matter was compromised. In a separate case Louis Sears sues his brothers for 5000 alleging contract treachery to support him after their mother’s death and a promise of family property. The case proceeds next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
James Roll
Heltonville
Perry-Matthews-Buskirk Stone Company
Roll
Louis K. Sears
Charles
Clay County
Wm. F
Bloomington
Milletat Wife Poison Attempt Follows Doll’s House Viewing
Evansville dispatch reports Mrs F S Milletat attempted suicide with carbolic acid after a dispute over a mismatched marriage following a viewing of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House at the Harris Grand. Milletat, an older German newspaper man, and his wife had moved from Cincinnati two months ago. Born to Mr and Mrs Will McDaniel a daughter. The Loyalls bought the Frank Hunter property at 6th and L streets and will take possession April 1.
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Evansville
F. S. Milletat
Milletat
Ibsen
Joseph Loyall
Frank Hunter
6Th and
L Streets
Underwood and Davis Sweep the Platters in Democratic Convention
The Democratic gathering defeated Weyerbacher and Butler two to one, giving Cyrus E. Davis the congressional delegation and John H. Underwood control of the state delegates. The convention snubbed Padgett and Catholic delegates while endorsing Sam J. Ralston for governor and reorganizing the central committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Underwood
Emerson Fultz
Underwood
Sam J. Ralston
J. A. Gunn
Cyrus E. Davis
Congress
Padgett
McHenry Owen
Horatio Harryman
W. A. Brown
G. M. Norman
W. R. Ellison
W. D. Ewing
Walter M. Shanks
James Mct‘adden
W. L. Kern
J. B. Ewing
Thomas W. Holland
Oval Evans
C. P. Butler
John R. Henderson
George B. Jackson
Albert J. Fields
William Trowbridge
M. A. Burton
N. R. Clark
W. H. Rosenbaum
John Hays
A. J. McDonald
H. T. Zollman
Charles P. Butler
Tom Brinkworth
Thomas Brinkworth
G M. Norman
William D Ewing
Central Committee
Brinkworth
Ewing
Norman
Cy’’ Davis
Lawrence County
Butler
Democrat
Gus Weyerbacher
Jesse B. Burton
Davis
Mitchell
Bedford
Weyerbacher-Butler
Puddle Street
Combine
Dramatic Democratic Convention Draws Lawrence County Crowds
A large Lawrence county Democratic convention filled the court room as Cy Davis, Alvin Padgett, W. A. Cullop and Charles W. Wellman watched the proceedings. Key figures included Editor Boyd backing Padgett, Detective Bob Owens, County Auditor Owens, and Chairman Underwood. Delegates were chosen amid a clash of factions, with Davis securing backing and Padgett facing resignation rumors.
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Court House
Cy Davis
Greene
Alvin Padgett
Davis
W. A. Cullop
Knox
Charles W. Wellman
Sullivan Counties
Boyd
Washington Democrat
Padgett
Bob Owens
Owens
Horatio Harrymen
McHenry Owen
Gus Weyerbachers
Butler
Tom Brinkworth
Underwood
J. A. Gunn
John H. Underwood
Bob
Joe Skerd
John D. Woody
Bob’’ Owens
Lawrence County
Horses saved life by obeying command near Rockport
Sam Wilkinson driver of a log wagon escaped a fatal crush when his horses halted on command near Rockport. He crawled away to safety though in a critical condition with a concussion after the brush with death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Wilkinson
Rockport
Wilkinson
Wagon wheel crushes driver in icy incident
Wilkinson shouted for the horses to stop as a wheel passed over his head. The wagon rolled backward with the team lifting the load off him. He escaped serious injury but suffered severe head bruises and remains in danger after returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkinson
Boy Bitten by Family Dog Near Englewood
A two year old boy, son of Elza Bunch, near Englewood, was severely bitten on the right hand this morning by the family dog. The dog was fighting with another dog when the boy tried to separate them, tearing the back of his hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elza Bunch
Englewood
Mail changes slow down Southern Indiana trains
Postmaster Keach is notified that mail trains two and five on the Southern Indiana will be discontinued east of Bedford. Mail for these trains will be placed on six and three between Seymour and Terre Haute daily except Sunday. The change becomes effective Sunday with no timetable changes. trains 2 and 5 will run as express trains only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keach
Indiana
Bedford
Seymour
Terre Haute
Meeting Fizzles in Oolitic Over Labor Troubles
A planned labor meeting in Oolitic attracted Deacon Yost and J. Marley Hall as speakers but fizzled as attendees failed to appear and tensions surfaced. Yost defended natives over Italian workers and Sheriff Box mobilized deputies to guard streets after threats of trouble involving Italians, with Italian Consul A Pagliaria present.
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Oolitic
Deacon Yost
J. Marley Hall
John R. Walsh
Mr. Walsh
Mr. Hall
Box
Life of Washington found in Mrs Harbaugh’s collection
Mrs Charles Harbaugh owns a rare 1814 edition of The Life of George Washington by David Ramsay. Published in Baltimore, this 266 page leather bound volume includes 6 woodcuts and is described as in fair preservation and a valuable relic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Harbaugh
George Washington
United States of America
United States
David Ramsay
M. D
Joseph Cushing
Baltimore
J. Robinson
Youthful Trapper Catches Large Hawks on Wayne Farm
Ralph Howell, a crippled boy from August Bolte's White Creek farm in Bartholo mew county, traps hawks by luring them with a featherless chicken baited on a high pole. He has recently trapped two large hawks, one 43 inches and the other 44.5 inches from tip to tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Howell
August Bolte
White Creek
Wayne Township
Bartholomew County
Girl Who Cant Cook Sermon Warns Against Early Marriage
Rev S F Jordan told Evaston Christian church that a man unable to support two should not marry. He urged learning kitchen chemistry and household economics before marriage and warned how overidealized talents and hotel living foster divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. PF. Jordan
Evaston Christian Church
Oldest Indiana slate questioned by Avoca writer
Lloyd Hickman of Avoca reports possessing a slate he calls possibly the state's oldest. He traces it from Maryland to Clarksburg West Virginia in 1784 via his great grandfather Sotha Hickman, noting it was used in schooling by his grandfather Thomas and father Marshall Hickman. He requests any older findings.
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Lloyd Hickman
Avoca
Indiana
Maryland
Clarksburg
West Va
Sotha Hickman
Thomas Hickman
Marshall Hickman
Carpenter James Coffey Injured In Fall At Norton Building
James Coffey a carpenter on the Norton building fell Saturday morning on the first floor striking his face on an exposed joist and fracturing the left jaw. He was taken to Dr Freeland where the fracture was reduced. Coffey recently moved to Bedford from Wallonia where his family lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Coffey
Norton
Dr. Freeland
Coffey
Bedford
Wallonia
Bloomington to Get Grand Central Traction Shops
Civil engineer W. E. Duncan says construction will start in early spring on the Grand Central Traction line and Bloomington will receive the shops, though no contracts have been let yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Duncan
Grand Central Traction Railway
Bloomington
Jail visit ends with escort back to county jail
George Spaulding, after visiting friends in Jeffersonville and Bedford jails where he served sentences for public intoxication, returned home yesterday and was escorted by Chief of Police McCulloch to his old quarters in the county jail for being drunk. Harry Ragsdale of the Hotel Deckard is confined to his home by illness.
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Alvin
Jeffersonville
Bedford
George Spaulding
McCulloch
New Albany Tribune
Harry Ragsdale
Deckard
New Theory Emerges in Mills Murder Case
The Greencastle Herald reports a theory that an assailant killed the old stockman and farmer to seize a note in his pocket. Fred W. Vaughn, familiar with Mills near Eminence, relayed the idea. The family says Mills kept notes in a pocket book, three were found, and no money was taken, suggesting the killer sought a specific note and may be Cassell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills
Cassell
Smallpox Rages at Clear Creek Station Victim Frances Hawkins
The Bloomington Telephone reports sixteen year old Frances Hawkins is the worst smallpox victim in Monroe County with a body covered in sores and difficulty swallowing. About 40 cases in the community follow, with Jade Blackwell the next most dangerous case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Clear Creek
Frances Hawkins
Bloomington
Monroe County
Jade Blackwell
Titaggneresaary
Astonished Native Miss Smith Sends Postals With Toes
Miss Katherine Smith, 25, armless resident of northern Wabash county, astonished a crowd at the interurban station by buying and addressing souvenir post cards. After selecting and paying, she kicked off a shoe, used toes to write neatly, then mailed twelve cards and slipped her shoe back on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Smith
Wabash County
State Fair to Stay Closed on Sunday Says Official
Charles Downing secretary of the State Board of Agriculture notes the Marion County Women's Christian Temperance Union protests against Sunday opening are useless. He states the Sunday closure was decided earlier by the State Board of Agriculture before any objection by the WCTU or other groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Downing
State Board of Agricuture
Marion County Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Downing
State Board of Agriculture
W. Co. T.A
Fish Break Through Calumet Lake Dam
High water broke the dam at Calumet Lake on the north edge of Jasper causing wagon loads of bass and crappies to escape. The government stocked the lake years ago and restricted fishing until the lake was full of fish. Thousands of large bass and crappies fled to Patoka, raising hopes for local sportsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet Lake
Jasper
Indiana
Patoka
Calumet
Frugal Illinois Editor Amasses Wealth From Tiny Start
An Illinois editor started his business career with 15 cents, now valued at $100,000, built through frugality and hard work, aided by a rich uncle's death that left him $99,998.54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Measles Epidemic Hits Seymour Area
Seymour reports a widespread measles outbreak with many neighborhoods affected and numerous child cases. Pneumonia cases are also reported, and Miss Kate Paul has returned home to Oolitic after visiting the Misses Way and Lucille Hardwick on East 18th Street.
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Seymour
Kate Paul
Misses Way
Lucille Hardwick
East 18Th Street
Oolitic
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Editor Butler
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Knights of Columbus
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Peerless
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Pleasant Run
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Flinn
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Spice Valley
Huron
Wm. Trowbridge
Bryantsville
Jesse Fleetwood
Indian Creek
Williams
Chas. Reuter
Fayetteville
W. S. Fortner
C. E. Blackburn
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Chas. O. Walker
L. A. Smallwood
T. V. Cobb
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Democratic Central Committee
Lad
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Life OF Washington
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New Norton
Ollie White
Bloomlington
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