Supreme Court Affirms Bloomington Ruling in Moore Case
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the Lawrence circuit court ruling awarding Josephine Moore $8,000 against Bloomington for injuries from a rocket during Labor Day 1906. The city had granted street use for fireworks, and the court held the display was legally authorized on the streets even if plans shifted from courthouse square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Lawrence Circuit Court
Josephine Moore
Boomington
Richard Brown
Edward Owen
William Yoder
Bloomington
Labor Committee
Courthouse Square
Italian Lover Fights War While Wife Serves Prison Time
In Indianapolis a woman named Tressa Pelloni wears a convict’s uniform as she serves a blind tiger sentence for bootlegging. Her ex husband Sylvestro Pelloni is an Italian lieutenant fighting on the Austrian border. A letter from Naples says he expects to join the field as war breaks out. Meanwhile the Standish family visits Salem to see an ailing grandmother with a fractured hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tressa Palone
Pelloni
Indianapolis
Italy
Sylvestro Pelloni
Sanders
Free
America
Sylvestro
Naples
Trent
Bloomington
Anti-Butler Democrat Elected City School Board Member
J. D. Martin, North Side furniture dealer, was elected City School Trustee to replace Charles H. Strupe. He is described as an Anti-Butler Democrat. The council also thanked retiring Trustee Shupe and approved minor city expenditures and street work orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Martin
North Side
Zahn
Charles H. Strupe
Martin
Gyger
Long
Matthews
Campbell
Shupe
Berries By Train Load Speeds To Markets
Strawberries shipments expected to peak with six carloads headed for northern markets. American Express sent four cars to Chicago with pickups at Borden and Pekin, each car 600 to 650 crates. An Adams Express car delivered over 800 crates to Indianapolis. Wet weather slowed growers. pickers worked all day Tuesday. Floyd county fruit sells in Chicago and Indianapolis at 2.50 to 3.50 per crate. Raspberry crop prospects follow the strawberry season.
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American Express Company
Monon
Chicago
Borden
Pekin
Indianapolis
Adams Express
Pennsylvania
Interurban
Floyd County
New Albany Tribune
Local Groceryman Struck Down by Malaria
William Long, a groceryman, is out of work after suffering a severe malaria attack. His daughter Esther, age unknown, is confined to their West 22nd street home with the same illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Long
Esther
West 22Nd Street
Miss May Brooks Visits Harvard Senior Cousin in Cambridge
Miss May Brooks leaves Tuesday for an extended East trip to visit her cousin Arthur C Chap in Lincoln Massachusetts where he is a Harvard senior. She will attend Harvard class day exercises and several fraternity social functions while there.
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May Brooks
East
Arthur C. Chapin
Lincoln
Mass
Camhbridge
Harvard
Harvard University
Explosion at Lehigh quarry kills Turpin worker
At the Lehigh Port land Cement Co. quarry near Mitchell, Ernest H Turpin was killed when a dynamite charge in a well hole discharged prematurely. Harry Nugent was only lightly injured. The blast followed a similar incident two weeks earlier that injured several workers. Turpin leaves a wife and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Turpin
Harry ‘Nugent
Lehigh Portland Cement Co
Mitchell
Turpin
Ud E Otorn
Married in City Hall Curtis Craig and Myrtle Richards Wed
Curtis Craig of Williams and Myrtle Richards of Silverville wed at City Hall with Mayor Fields officiating on Wednesday, uniting the couple in a city ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Craig
Williams
Myrtle Richards
Silverville
Mayor Fields
Justice R. B. Malott Is Taken To City Hospital
Justice R. B. Malott, suffering a paralytic stroke, was taken to City Hospital on Wednesday. His condition is reported as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Malott
O. R. Wolfe
Highland Park
Married by duel Fred Start and Emily Anderson wed
Fred Start and Emily Anderson were united in marriage Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 in Justice Malott's fire by Justice John W Owens. John Cornwell has moved to Paoli to take a new position. A son was born Tuesday evening to Mr and Mrs Jeff Cahill south of the river. Mr and Mrs Jack Smith moved Monday to a new bungalow on L street. Mrs Joseph Connelly of Anadarko Oklahoma visits East 18th street. Mrs Otto White of Heltonville was in town Wednesday. R H McCurdy named general agent of Oregon for California Fire Insurance Co with Portland offices and state supervision, while keeping his Medford business under brother Clinton MeCuray.
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Fred Start
Emily Anderson
Justice Malott
John W. Owens
Jeff Cahill
R. H. McCurdy
Oregon
California Fire Insurance Company
Benton A. Sifford
Mr. McCurdy
Portland
State
Medford
Clinton
Me‘Curay
John Fleetwood
Heltonville
City
Oolitic
John Fleetwood ,Jr
Garriot
Dixie Highway Boosters Pledge Roads at Paoli Convention
Paoli hosts a heated Dixie Highway meeting as officials from Indiana counties gather to form the Indianapolis to New Albany Association. Perry McCart is president with Thomas Sayre secretary treasurer and a five member county board to oversee signs and roadwork.
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Thomas Taggart
W. S. Gilbreath
Chattanooga
Tenn
Homer Cook
Indianapolis
Perry McCart
Paoli
John C. MciNutt
Martinsville
Thomas Sayre
Bloomington
Johnson County
Wm. Weitknecht
Frank Chastain
Ben Sherwood
Walter Sherrill
Charles W. Lanz
Weitknecht
Mitchell
Ellis
New Albany
Nat Hill
Taggart
Charles W. Lang
Colglazier
Henry Clark
Steven Isom
Kelsey Bottors
Burns Holland
Deluge near Bloomington Submerges Farms Four Feet Deep
A cloudburst two miles west of Bloomington, Indiana, dumped over four inches of rain in thirty minutes, flooding farms belonging to John McCracken, William Farmer, Frank Johnson, T. W. Metford, and George McClintock. Hogs and chickens drowned. two weeks of work halted. Nearby residents and visitors include Ellis Spoonmore, Charles Sanders, Dr. Yandell, and others. reports compare the rainfall to the 1913 flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
John McCracken
William Farmer
Frank Johnson
T. W. Metford
George McClintock
Miss Grace Overton Wins Exposition Trip Prize
Miss Grace Overton of Indianapolis wins the Star Panama Pacific Exposition contest becoming the twenty second Indiana winner. She plans to leave July 1 by rail for the Exposition and will tour the Canadian Rockies. Miss Nellie Martin of Mitchell also wins the trip and will depart soon. Miss Mary Crawford returns to Mitchell after a pleasant visit with Miss Mary Alice Minery.
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Grace Overton
Star
Canadian Rockies
Nellie Martin
Mitchell
Mary Crawford
Mary Alice Minery
Indiana CGA RR appoints Pesler assistant adjutant general
Ur al Art Lewis King of Franklin announces re appointments in the Grand Army staff. Pesler is named Assistant Adjutant General in charge of Grand Army headquarters at the State House. Other selections include Oliver Gard inspector, A Vanosdol judge advocate, James Miller chief mustering officer, Milton Garrigus patriotic instructor, V V Williams chief of staff, Chas Wheat color bearer, Henry Starks banner bearer, and A A Jones chief bugler.
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Lewis King
Franklin
Indiana CG. A. RR
J. R. Pesler
Grand Army
State House
Mr. Pesler
Oliver Gard
Frankfort
A. ¥. Vanosdol
Madison
James J
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Labor Committee Within Rights
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Fred Standish
Jeanette Standish
Salem
William Standish
8. H. Standish
Ed Morrison
East 15Th Street
William Bridwell
J Street
Joe Heiger
19Th Street
G Street
L. T. Boyd
West Bedford
Jack Matterson
Denson
Laplogion
Harry
Nugent
Los
TEN Toot Hospital
John Cornwell
Jack Smith
L Street
Joseph Connelly
Anadarko, Oklahoma
N. S. Whitted
East 18Th Street
Otto White
Dixie Highway
Boosters
James A. Flinn
Fairview
Clyde Hodges
12Th
O Streets
Clarence Dorman
U Street
Thelma Stafford
Yeltonville
Mrs. Mack Lane
Lincoln Avenue
Tk. Flynn
Georgetown
Dugger, Ind
Chas. Conners
Waverly, Ind
Charles McCarrel
A. J. Hays
West 15Th Street
Norman Station
Ella Burke
Lafayette Soldiers Home
N. 8
Whitted
18Th Street
W. G. Batt
City Hospital
J. M. Conrad
Stilesville
Hendricks County
W. L. Black
Ollie Mumaw
Mr. Conrad
Lawrence County
Ellis Spoonmore
Charles Sanders
Springville
Yandell
North H Street
J. B. Bridwell
Bedford
Mr. Bridwell
Bloomington World
Stephen Fountain
Rivervale
Jason Fountain
Sherman Holmes
Cecil Smiley
Bloomfield
Lee Heironamus
J. H. Faubion
Ruth Meglemre
Will Meglemre
Felden Fields
Tom Meglemre
Meglevnre
Rochester
Minnesota
Alvin Roberts
North T Street
Walter Huff
JL. D.owen
A. J. Lee
West 25Th Street
S. T. Surface
Montgomery
A. B. Tresslar
Curtis W. Adams
John Adams
Bonham
Texas
J. B. Stipp
M Street
Citizens Trust Company
John Goldsbyi
Rina
William Clark
Neltonville
Edward J. Green
Muncie
Mahlon Hill
Mount Pleasant
Ohio
John B. Malott
South
H_ street
Oscar Bivins
Lloyd
Bivins
Mattie Bivins
Amarilla
Netlie Woolbright
Quanah
Lone Star State
Citizens’ Band
Linton
Southern Indiana Band
Washington
Washington Herald
Walter Hays
Lafayette
Hugh Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Agriculture Dept
Purdue
D. B. Rush
Owensburg
Abe Skerd
Mrs. L. Fish and Sons of
T. D. Bartlett
Regular Baptist
24Th Street
Bedford Ind
Curt Whitted
Butler
Prwitt
George ‘Stiles
Jus
Doyle Radcliff
Susan W. Gowen
O St
Bedford, Ind
J. A. Blankenship
C. A. Camp
Osteopath
State Board
Fifteenth Street
Ilylga Wah TY
Ak Yhasn
J. W. Trainor
Hamer & Smith
C. H. Emery
Pbysician
Surquon
15Th
K Streets
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