Wicker Memoir of Rough Road Trip to Colorado Springs
Bert C. Wicker recounts a cross country journey with Mrs. Wicker plagued by broken machinery and muddy roads from Esbon to Colorado Springs. They faced magneto failures, stuck tires, and a two speed busi nessized teardown before deciding to abandon the overland trek and return to Bedford by rail.
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Mankato
Esbon
Wicker
Esbow
Lethe
Elmira
N. Y
Bedford
San Francisco
Colorado Spring
Here
Colorado Springs
Bert C. Wicker
Askea By Etta Rose Webster From George BR Webster
Etta Rose Webster files for divorce from George Webster through attorney W E Clark. They married February 17 1892 and separated December 7 1914 with alleged unfaithfulness by the defendant. The complaint says Webster visits her at her home and taunts her to harm, asking for an injunction pending the divorce action.
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Etta Rose Webster
W. E. Clark
George Webster
Morgl VCs Requested by Walker Wright of Loanna and Wright
Walker Wright of Loanna and Wright requests Morgl VCs in a matter before the court. The filing indicates a dispute seeking guidance or resolution on the ownership stake and related rights. Further case details are not provided in the fragment.
Divorce filing cites cruel treatment and abuse claims
Walker Wright, by attorneys Goruff and Boruff, files for divorce from Loanna Wright. They wed January 2, 1915, separated June 14, 1915, and allege uncontrollable temper and cruel treatment with abuse of his children by a former marriage. No children are from the union.
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Walker Wright
Goruff & Boruff
Loanna Wright
Marriage License for Dallas Graves and Ethel Fisher
Dallas Tyler Graves of Orleans wed Ethel Fisher of Mitchell after obtaining a marriage license.
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Dallas Tyler Graves
Orleans
Ethel Fisher
Mitchell
New Epworth League Officers Elected At Bloomington Convention
Epworth League district delegates elected officers Tuesday with 150 in attendance. Hoy Baker as President and Hazel Wampler as First Vice President lead a slate including Edith Price Edith Price Lin ton Chloe Chambers Patricksburg Mary K Grigsby Bedford Jennie Collins Corey and Carl Mitchell Martinsville. The event featured talks by the Terre Haute Junior League leader Dr Alford H Pitkin and a humorous lecture Fun on the Farm by Rev William R Halstead.
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Epworth League
Hoy Baker
Bloomington
Hazel Wampler
Gosport
Edith Price
Lin
Jennie Collins
Corey
Carl Mitchell
Martinsville
Terre Haute Junior League
Jackson
Alford H. Pitkin
Gosport League
William R. Halstead
Terre Haute
Mills
Paul White
Carlton Thoroman
Bedford League
First Methodist Church
Burton Divorce Complaint Filed by James W Burton
James W Burton through Boruff and Boruff files for divorce from Anna Burton alleging cruel treatment jealousy and neglect of duties after a marriage starting May 11 1891 and separation November 22 1914 with no children listed.
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James W. Burton
Boruff & Boruff
Anna Burton
Mrs Katherine Litzler Dies in Louisville Household
Funeral services for Mrs. Katherine Litzler who died after a third stroke will be at St Anthony's German Catholic church Jeffersonville tomorrow at 9 o'clock. Burial in Jeffersonville Catholic cemetery. She was born Catherine Willich of Germany and married Antoine Litzler in 1854. Survived by two sons Andrew Litzer and Charles Litzler and two daughters Mrs Emma Young and Mrs Mary Braum.
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Katherine Litzler
Emma Young
South Seventh Street
Louisville
St. Anthony's
Jeffersonville
Litzler
Lit
Motorcycle riders avert tragedy at 8th and Lincoln
Chester Keys of the Pennsylvania School of Correspondence and Sheldon Malone of the Standard Oil plant on a motorcycle saved a child from a near fatal street collision near Parham Grocery Store. A passing auto driver swerved into the path of the bike. Keys steered into a wall, injuring themselves slightly but shielding the child from harm.
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8Th and
Lincoln Avenue
Chester Keys
Pennsylvania School of Correspondence
Sheldon Malone
Standard Oil
Parham
8Th Street
Hoboes Found On Freight Train After Shoals Robbery
Vincennes Indiana June 13 authorities traced a theft report from Shoals to a Baltimore and Ohio fast freight bound west. Twenty seven hoboes lined up on the Union Depot platform were examined, none matched the Shoals robbers description. They were ordered to board the train or leave the city, and chose the train to depart swiftly.
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Vincennes
Ind
Shoals
Baltimore & Ohio
Union Depot
Winds Pitcher Ben Taylor Leaves for Decatur
Ben Taylor, after days of salary disagreement with Winds managers in the Three I League, departed Wednesday for Decatur to resume his pitching duties, having received a teleate last night confirming the agreed pay.
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Ben Taylor
Winds
Decatur
Williams pleads guilty in nuisance case file
Sig Williams pleaded guilty before Special City Judge Underwood to maintaining a nuisance in the South End. He was fined five dollars with costs, which were stayed. The case stemmed from a June 4 South End dance that ended in a fight.
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Sig Wiliams
Special
Underwood
South End
Mrs Louella Bauhard Leaves Erie for Bristol Trip
Mrs. Louella Bauhard guests of her father Fred Stipp in Erie for weeks then travels to Indianapolis and Washington as she continues home to Bristol Tennessee.
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Louella Bauhard
Fred Stipp
Erie
Indianapolis
Washington, D. C
Bristol
Tenn
Officials Deny Charge of Fraud in German Mission Dispatch
Washington reports no evidence of fraud in the Meyer Gerhard dispatch to Berlin. Officials caution embarrassment if deception is found and note possible abuse if the man identified as Dr Alfred Meyer was another person. The state department will observe developments and hopes the German embassy provides assurances.
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Washington
Berlin
State Department
Germany
Meyer-Gerhard
Ted
Alfred Meyer
Munitions Department
Gerhard
Wnotii
COI
Cial
Praver
United States
Meyer Gerhard
Count von Bernstehl
Dryan
Tievan
Gerard
Bryan
Red Cross
Veiled Graft Allegations Shuffle Judges in Graft Ga
A murky agreement ties officials to a bribery case in Graft Ga as prosecutors and a panel of judges discussed special prosecution. Names including Judge Mis, Judge David Boosraith, and Prosecutor Shauna appear in the disputed arrangement affecting trials of defendants led by Mayor Rolin Th Runeh.
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Bmunein
Actoice
Rolin Th
Denney
Gene Williams
O Arann
Shauna
Ai Med Wapron Mois
Vital
Met
Iso
Pattaerten
David Boosraith
Adams Coulty
Oes
Herbert S
Egheih Brilves Ney
Winch
Aed
Williams
Judee Smite
Gouse
Newcastle
Bac Abtarnoxs
Local hotel proprietor meets president amid wedding trip
Ab McCarthy proprietor of a Boston hotel visits Boston after his wedding trip and is introduced to Secretary Tumuity for an audience with the president. President McCarthy remarks on swapping positions with him as part of the exchange. The piece also notes a missing Yale student and a fatal self-inflicted wound near Mishawaka, plus a bicycle accident in Evansville.
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Wi Poston
Jrmeth
Eleadthy
Chiardes J. AbeCarthy
Standish Villegas
Ab. AbeCarthy
Secretar Tumuity
Mir
McCarthy
Boy Struck by Auto in Elwood. Youth Injured
Vergil Etchi son, fourteen, son of Calvin Mtchi son, was struck by an automobile driven by farmer William Colvert. His arm was broken and internal injuries are feared. Colvert was said to be driving on the wrong side of the street.
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Elwood
Ind
Vergil Etchison
Calvin Mtchison
William Colvert
Colvert
Baby Born to Mr and Mrs Alonzo Butler
A child was born Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Butler of Dark Hollow. The family reported the birth of a son, measuring about one foot in length.
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Alonzo Butler
Dark Hollow
Ray Bridwall
Maul Ridge
Gay
Halk Charged With Bigamy in Indiana Suit
Mrs Nattie Johnson Halk of this city sues for annulment of her marriage to Wilmer I Halk alleging his first wife in Vermont had detectives pursue him and he vanished. In Terre Haute, William Smith reportedly killed Richard Tucker during a dispute over a woman at their boarder home.
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Ixokomo
Ind
Wilmer I. Halk
Nettie Johnson Halk
Vt. Wayne
Terre Haute, Ind
William Smith
Richard Tucker
Notable Local Citizens Visit and Family News
The town records a string of social notes and updates including Frances Norman of Norman Station and David Kinser of Harrodsburg visiting the city. Births and illnesses are reported for several residents, with travel details and employment moves noted for multiple families in Heltonville and nearby areas.
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Frances Norman
Norman Station
David Kinser
Harrodsburg
Letters for the week ending June 12th
Notice to call for the above letters marked advertised. Addresses include Adams Jemina Asbury Mrs Dowell Mrs Chas Fullmer Mrs S Hunt Mrs H B Parnell Mrs Minnie Gentlemen Claxton Fred L Hurbert Will Jackson James Wood J E. A. Durrenberger postmaster of the company delivers at the local office.
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Claxton
Fred L. Hurbert
Will Jackson
James Wood
J. E
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Imcee
J. Brooks
OTIS
RY Askew
Society
JL. Rhoda
Republican Newspaper
Jere
Ean
Meville
Jen
Leoville
Seldon
Goodland
Lawrence County
Vona
Col
Seibert, Col
Is Askea
George
Loanna
Nn Wright
Epworth
Chloe Chambers
Patricksburg
Mary K. Grigsby
Dwvorge
Anna
Burton
CR Agtion
Ben
William Hale Thompson
Moffett
Muncie Gourt
Rales Oy
South Bend
J. J. Lockwood
Mishawaka
Elkhart
Lockwood
Mishwaka
Belkhart
New Haven
Conn
Warner Bishop
Bridgeport
Yane
Jime 5
New York
Evansville
Juue
Robert Stewart
Ragle
William Thomas
West 4Th Street
Eunice McDowal
West 17Th Street
Robert Clark
Heltonville
Joe Mitchell
Kravnt
Thedp
Fellowville
Hhe
Kr. Keithley
George Zonkie
Jerry Lewis
Needmore
Mary [Lelen
Chicago
Alice Brown
This City
Delia Woolery
Brownstown
Mildred Bennett
Coatesville
Heltonvile
Merle Stone
Terre Hite
D¢Dna McVey
State Normal
Terre Lante
Charles Stipp
Mary of Elwood
Thomas S. Stipp
Tielen Duncan
Indiana — University
Robert Duncan
M Street
Pussard
Blue Coat Brigade
Jon Ferguson
Emmett MecCarre
Meade
John Torphy
Mary Stephenson
Teitonville
Mattie Ssmith
HH Oh. Boyd
Hazel Hanners
Caxton
David S. Laforce
Oscar Pings
John McCart
South H_ street
Jesse Kennison
West Virginia
A. Durrenberger
P. M
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