May Forecast Harsh Weather and Celestial Notes
Weather prognosticator predicts a sunny stretch until May 24 followed by dangerous storms on May 25 26 and 27 with the 27th marking the 12th anniversary of the St Louis cyclone. Venus reaches peak brilliance May 20 and Mars appears faint in the western sky. Local items include a school textbook notice a marriage license for Jesse Beavers and Florence E Edwards and a fatal blood vessel rupture in Mrs Walter Turner of Saunders Kentucky.
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St. Louis
Mitchell man found guilty of burglary under new law
Alonzo Foster of Mitchell was found guilty by a jury of burglary and sentenced to 10 to 20 years in the State prison. Co-defendants Ed Rose and Ge Brewer pleaded guilty and face the same term. the case marks the first burglary conviction under the 1907 statute in Lawrence county. Brewer and Rose were sent to the Reformatory at Jeffersonville, Foster to Michigan City.
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Alonzo Foster
Mitchell
Wilson
Foster
Ed Rose
Ge Brewer
Orleans
Marshall Beasley
Lawrence County
Brewer
Rose
Box
Jeffersonville
Michigan City
Body Not Found Drowned Hoffman Boy Search Continues Near Seymour
The Seymour search for Carl Hoffman’s body lasts beyond four days. Nine boats and over twenty men, with many volunteers, work along the river amid rain and rising tides. Talks about raising a forty dollar reward and hiring a professional diver from Cincinnati reflect community effort to intensify the hunt.
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Carl Hoffman
Seymour
Cincinnati
Farmers Protest Dam Bill From Indiana County
Twenty five farmers from Lawrence County Indiana sent a protest to President Roosevelt against a bill before Congress authorizing a dam on the White River for power. They warn 15000 acres would flood and become worthless and say landowners have no recourse if the dam is approved. The bill mirrors other water rights veto concerns and will be deferred to the next session.
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Washington, D. C
Lawrence County
Indiana
Roosevelt
Congress
White River
United States
Ellen Johnson Dead Wife of Monon Engineer
Ellen Johnson wife of Fred Johnson a Monon engineer died Thursday at 4 20 in the home of her parents near Pinhook from hemorrhage of the stomach following a brief illness She was 25 and had lived in Bedford until moving to Lafayette She was a former popular school teacher Funeral will be held at Pinhook Friday afternoon
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Ellen Johnson
Fred Johnson
Monon
Polk Beavers
Pinhook
Lafayette
Bedford
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Price
China
Chase
Allwin
Heywood Brothers
Pocellini
Rockers
Sig
Saene
Northeast Corner Square
Ledford, Indiana
Ricks
Srl Hicks
St. Lows
Venus
Mars
Attevion
Nestavonen
Priday
Tat Ieera
Slicn
Jesse Beavers
Florence E. Edwards
McCormick Bros
Walter Turner
Saunders
Oolitic
Empire Stone
Bloomington Telephone
James O'Connell
Lemon’s Mill
Mrs
Louis Ackerman and Son
Salem
W. M. Dobbins
Robert Reed
South M Street
Mollie Brown
North M Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
AH. Guthrie
Evansville
Mrs. Guthrie
Hoffman
WAY
President Roosevelt
White River Dam
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