Mitchell Items and Rail News in Seymour Era
Kansas City visitor Bolan Crawford calls on relatives in town while Mrs Mary Fields and Mrs Bert Fields head to Robinson and Lyons. Train traffic on the Southern Indiana moves 1,823 passengers round trip with two conductors to handle heavy Fourth of July crowd from Kurtz Cortland Surprise and Freetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Bratton
Needmore
Mary Fields
Bert Fields
H Street
Robinson and
Lyons
Indiana
Terre Haute
Francis
Johnson
Harry McBride
S. I
Seymour
Kurtz
Cortland
Surprise
Freetown
Seymour Republican
Wanted house to house canvassers in Indiana towns
Help wanted for canvassing in Lawrence Green and Monroe counties Indiana no upfront money required good pay Swap to experienced hustlers contact H Weyer Bedford Indiana through local address found in the advertisement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Green
Monroe County
H. Weyer
Bedford
Ind
Man in Alley Recalls Murder Suspect in Local News
A tall man in a stiff hat accosted Rose Daggy in an alley off O Street between 16th and 17th around 10 30 Monday night shouting Hello Alice The stranger fled through a nearby yard after Daggy screamed a party of girls alerted her and she escaped unhurt The incident echoes rumors of a similar mysterious man linked to a fatal alley crime nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Daggy
O Street
16Th
Lawrence Cosner
Alice
Sarah Schafer
Mitchell Votes On Incorporation To City Status
Mitchell Town Board announces July 29 election to decide if the town becomes a city. Polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Town Board
Mayor Fillion in Critical Condition After Restless Night
Mayor Fillion remained in critical condition after a restless night. Relatives, including his son Edward Fillion, arrived from Mitchell to await the outcome as he was conscious briefly at 2 PM and suffering great pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Black
Singer Machine Co
Mitchell
Raleigh
N. C
Charles G. Strange
Mayor Fillion
Edward Fillion
Train carries largest cement shipment to New Orleans
Mitchell dispatched a train of thirty one cars carrying eight and one half thousand barrels of cement to New Orleans to aid the levee project. Cement mills have been shipping four to five cars daily since February, but this marks the first full train load released at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
New Orleans
Cheek Resigns as Mitchell Marshal for Cement Plant Work
Enoch Cheek, long time marshal of Mitchell, resigns to take a job in a local cement mill. J E Weddle appointed to succeed him. Cheek’s tenure closed after 43 arrests and notable clashes with criminals, including a fatal shooting bond pending trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheek
Mitchell
Enoch Cheek
J. E. Weddle
Washington
Calaboose
Indiana University Professor Charged with Rape Case
The case involves Bohannon a 24 year old Indiana University professor accused of rape involving a high school pupil Miss Northcott. He claimed love and a possible divorce from his wife and would marry her after release. Bond posted by his father. Preliminary hearing slated next Tuesday with circuit court to follow if held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana University-Bloomington
Miss Northcott
Bohannon
Circuit Court
Bohannon Case Linked to Seduction Charge
The report covers a charge of seduction under Section 458 tied to a girl of good repute under twenty one. Prof Bohannon plans to fight the case, with a preliminary hearing next Tuesday and a Circuit Court appeal likely after next October. The piece laments the impact on innocent parties and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohannon
Evansville
George Dolan Killed as Scaffold Collapses at Prison
A scaffold collapse at the Indiana Michigan City prison killed George Dolan 33 and Peter Ryan 41 while two others escaped. Dolan had been sentenced for grand larceny in Lawrence County last May and Ryan was serving a life term from St Joseph County. Dolan’s wife Hester Dolan resides in Indianapolis and Ryan’s sister Kate Vogel lives in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dolan
Mitchell
Lawrence
Harry Nathan
Michigan City
Indiana
Peter Ryan
St. Joseph County
Lawrence County
Ryan
Old North
Dolan
Hester Dolan
Walnut Street
Indianapolis
Kate Vogel
West Fiftieth Street
Chicago
Assault at Linton Involves Bloomfield Officials
Former State Senator Cy Rus Davis and Henry W Moore of Bloomfield were involved in a courthouse altercation after a case hearing in Sullivan District. Moore punched Davis and Davis left with minor injuries. both men have long held Democratic ties. The incident followed sharp exchanges over the Fellows heirs vs Harrah case before Special Master Commissioner Judge Charles D Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Moore
Bloomfield
Cyrus E. Davis
Linton
Charles D. Hunt
Sullivan
Fellows Heirs
W. B. Harrah
Worthington
Fellows
Moore
J. T. Hays
W. T. Douthitt
Davis
H. C. Shaw
Indianapolis
Bays & Bays
Senator Bland
Notary Seal
Congress
John C. Chaney
The Royal Road to Success
Poem fragment describes the House of Success with hard stairs and bare floors, warning that effort and persistence are required before a rewarding view from the roof. It promises help to attain success if accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Success
House of of Success
Immense fortunes for Indiana schools
The July apportionment of school funds by Superintendent F A Cotton totals $1.72 per capita for ages six to twenty one, the largest per capita amount since 1880. He notes higher state tax receipts and $60,000 raised for poorer schools, with about half unused, boosting tuition funds. He explains penalties for two auditors who failed to report statistics, allowing counties to seek recovery. The piece also mentions civil service openings through the Bureau of Trade Relations and Civil Service exams, plus local notices and obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. of Public Instruction
F. A. Cotton
Cotton
Bureau of Trade Relations
Department of State
United States Civil Service Commission
Department of Agriculture
H. K. Milhouse
Civil Service Examining Board
Federal
Indianapolis
Traction Engine Owner Seeks Local Work or Crusher Job
Emmett Patton of Bloomington Indiana offers a 17 horsepower traction engine in good running order suitable for operating a stone crusher. He is a practical engineer seeking employment and use of the engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. McKay
Consolidated Stone Company
Clear Creek
Bloomington
Emmett Patton
Ind
Rural Carriers Examination Date Announced
The examination for Rural Carriers will be held Saturday July 18 on the second floor of City Hall.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stone City Opera House
Beddoe
Chrisler
Stone City
Opera House
Bolan Crawford
Kansas City
Martha Johnson
M. J. Murphy
Fred Edler
South I Street
Jessie Roberts
Cloudy Farmer
Oolitic
Mitchell Skating Rink
Voris R. Norton
Cleland
Ohio
Clifford Spear
Cary Matthews
Jesse Carter
Henry Kindred
Danville, I
Southern
Harry Askew
Martinsville
Jemima Stephenson
E. B. Stephenson
Washington Park
Campbellsburg
George W. Sherwood
Bryanteville
John Albany Rowe
Knights Templar
Blue Lodge of Freemasons
K. of P
Journeymen Stonecutters Association
George W. Riley
The
Daily Mail
Good Citizen’s League
Painesville
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Johnny
Lake County
B. &Co
Whippoorwiils
Marguerite
Wabash
Nellie Gray
Will
Schafer
Frank Judah
Lem Newkirk
Fort Ritner
Tunnelton
Ed Hill
17Th Streets
Fred Prosser
East 17Th Street
James E. Johnson
Dark Hollow
Claude Plew
17Th Street
Ed Colter
R Street
Thos. Reed
Will Bair
Frank Rout
South G Street
William Faulk
Louisville
Fred Dunihue
Mrs. Perkins
Lafayette
James Gorman
North P Street
Chas. G. Brown
East 20Th Street
Sanford Crawford
West 13Th Street
Salem
Geo. Jenkins
South J Street
Lizzie Sellars
Fayetteville
Lottie Boyd
Homer E. Crawford
Peter Zink
Herman Graff
Edward Otting
Cora Wilkins
W. G. Batt
South H Street
Harryman
Williams
H. Harrymen
August Dussard
Ton, Penn
Frank Hatfield
Cora Sallee
Bertha Marshall
Bremer
Jessie Hall
Carrie
Amy Chess
William Chess
Mary Bivins
William McDonald
Sanford
J. L. Holmes
W. B. Mitchell
Owensburg
Joseph Leonard
Boone Leonard
Frank Leonard
Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Plant Industry
Maud Muller
Bartholomew County
May Grace Penitentiary
Prof. Bohannon
Peni
Tentiary
CY Davis
Missioner
McCormick Bros
the Citizens Trust
Cosner
John D. Wakefield
J. R. Voris
K Street
Eld
J. M. Briggs
Pace
Orange County
William V
Weathers
James F. Stucker
Samuel Davis
Thomas Brown
Edmund C. Braxton
S. B. A. Conder
Elisha Braxton
E. J. Pierce
William T. Kimbrel
B. F. Speer
Lindley Jones
E. R. Lashbrooks
Oliver L. Maris
Harrison County
Harrison
Orange
Corydon
B. A. Wadsworth
J. L Smith
Wadsworth & Smith
Franklin
Marley
South Side
Webb
South Side Square
South Side Public Square
John G. Hogan
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