Stone City Opera House Damaged by Fire
A fire at the Stone City Opera House Thursday evening caused about eight hundred dollars in direct losses to the theater and nearly one thousand dollars in equipment at the Bedford Theater company. The blaze started in the work room near a film and incandescent inspecting light, igniting nine films and damaging two projecting machines. No injuries were reported and the show was slated to continue with insurance covering the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Opera House
Bedford Theater Company
Jesse Wright
Wright
Rey Beddoe Drug Store
Frank Reed
American Express Company
Western Union
Citizens Trust Company
Monon Railroad Damage Suit Settled for 1500
Leland Leonard of Linden received 1500 dollars plus costs in a damage suit against the Monon railroad over a Linden crossing accident four years ago. The case, delayed by witnesses in the army, settled after Williams and Murphy for the plaintiff and Thomas Foley and Lindley for the railroad agreed on the compromise based on the doctrine of the last clear chance.
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Leland Leonard
Linden
Monon
Williams and Murphy
Thomas, Foley and Lindley
Leonard
Lost sight of one eye saved the other in Indianapolis
Mrs. Robert Mitchell of Indianapolis is at Methodist Hospital after losing sight in one eye. An operation preserved the other eye and she is recovering well and hopes to return home soon. Her daughter Mrs. R H Williams is with her.
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Robert Mitchell
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
R. H. Williams
Photos From Philippine Islands Shown at Local Drug Store
A fine display of pictures from the Philippine Islands is in a Franklin drug store window. The collection by Fred W. Lytton of this county marks 26 years of service in the Philippines as a Post Office Inspector. He spent last winter in the area and is now visiting home.
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Philippine Islands
Franklin Drug Store
Fred W. Lytton
Philippines
Limbbride
Guilty Verdict Returned in Turpin Fraud Case
The Jackson County circuit court found Edward Turpin guilty of passing fraudulent checks. He faces 2 to 14 years in prison with sentencing set for Tuesday. Turpin previously escaped Bedford jail by breaking a lock and was recaptured at Washington. He has a wife and child in town. his father works as a railroad crossing watchman in Terre Haute.
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Edward Turpin
Jackson County
Brownstown
Turpin
Bedford
Washington
Terre Haute
Southeastern Railroad Company
Joyride ends as toy car found and returned to owner
William Whiting’s grandson recovers a missing toy automobile after advertising in the Mail prompted a tip. A 14 year old boy riding the car near Shawswick was stopped by County Agent Kline who learned the boy’s name and home. Sheriff Lee later recovered both the boy and the vehicle and took them to town. The boy, Wilbert Lutterll, faces delinquency charges and earlier confessed to stealing a bicycle near Ketchem bridge. The toy car awaits its owner.
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the Mail
Kline
Shawswick
Charles Lee
Lee
Wilbert Lutterll
Ketchem Bridge
Drake found guilty of arson conspiracy in Jackson County
Seymour Ind May 22 Harry C Drake aged 60 from Indianapolis was found guilty in Jackson Circuit Court of arson conspiracy in the destruction by fire of his store at Clear Springs Jackson County He was sentenced to two to fourteen years in Michigan City State Prison One prosecution benefited from evidence obtained by the state marshal's office
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Seymour
Ind
Harry C. Drake
Indianapolis
Day
Jackson
Clear Springs
Jackson County
Michigan City
Eye Injury Endangers Johnson After Wrench Mishap
Charles Johnson of the Sherwood-Chastain motor company was struck Thursday at 5 PM when a heavy wrench slipped while he worked under a car. The blow cut the ball of his left eye. a local physician said the wound was severe but would not destroy sight.
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Charlie Johnson
Sherwood-Chastain Motor Company
Johnson
Miss Edwina Whitted Injures Hand Handling Scissors
Miss Edwina Whitted daughter of Mr and Mrs Curtis Whitted east of the city was treated by a local physician for a severe hand wound. She was in Lafayette with her sister when the scissors thrust pierced the palm, then returned with her mother to Lafayette for an operation at St Elizabeth Hospital.
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Edwina Whitted
Curtis Whitted
Lafayette
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Mrs. Akers suffers severe nasal hemorrhage at home
Mrs. Frank Akers living with her son at 13th and M streets endured a nose hemorrhage Thursday evening. She lost much blood before it stopped and was reported very weak but improving this morning.
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Frank Akers
Jake Akers
13Th and
M Streets
Drive drives fundraising hopes as daily drives end soon
The article notes a government initiated drive to stock a depleted treasury and suggests a rest after the Salvation Army drive. It mentions Mitchell Commercial planning to participate in future drives for a time and hopes for an end to drives driving people nutty. Charles Richards and family travel to Lafayette for illness in the Richards household. Dr. Perkins, ill for seven weeks, walks to his West 15th Street office.
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Salvation Army
Mitchell Commercial
Dr. Perkins
West 15Th Street
Private Jesse Noel Honored On Springville Furlough
Private Jesse Noel of Troop A 18th Cavalry spent his furlough with friends at Springville. Rev Frank Short presented a signet ring bearing his name and unit. Guests included Mr and Mrs Stannard, Mr and Mrs Pearson, and others. music, fruit salad, and cake were served.
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Jesse Noel
A. S. Cavalry
Fort Riley
Texas
Springville
Albert Armstrong
Noel
Frank Short
Cav
U. S.A
See Stannard
Receipt from Spanish Embassy to Seletz in Russia
L Seletz, an east side merchant, received a receipt from the Spanish Embassy in Berlin for a money remittance sent in August 1917 to his father Moses Seletz in Pruzany, Grodno, Russia. The German‑occupied region delayed further remittances, and Moses Seletz, a building contractor, had not heard from his son since Christmas four years prior.
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L. Seletz
East Side
Washington
Pruzany
Grodno
Russia
Berlin
Mr. Seletz
Moses Seletz
Seletzky
Seletz
Letter From French Soldier Receives War Relief Thanks
Mrs. R. B. Lee and the W. A. W. group sent garments to France. A French soldier in Sulpice Savoy thanks the city for gray wool trousers and requests continued prayers and support for his aging parents after the war. The letter expresses gratitude and respect from M. Laurent Monin.
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R. B. Lee
Sulpice
Savoy
France
Reminiscences From World War I and Corydon Club Meeting
Excerpts recount troop movements from Chateauroux to Alsace and Vosges, front-line hard travel near Kruth, Verdun, and the Argonne with Armistice arrival ending a trek through Germany. Also reports the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Federal Clubs of the Third District at Corydon with leadership results and local history tour.
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Chateauroux
Mlefertte
Alsace
No Man’s Land
Vosges
Vosges Mountains
Kruth
Heinie
Heinies
Argonne Forest
Grand Pre
Lonnie
Germany
Army of Occupation
Newt
Max Harbaugh
Surface protection against decay lengthens material life
The text discusses disintegration and decay starting at the surface of materials and argues that protecting the exterior slows deterioration. It emphasizes initial surface defense to extend life, noting that unless a material inherently carries decay, proper surface protection should prolong its longevity.
Farm dispute ends in fatal blow in Washington Indiana
Robert Carnahan, 60, a Davie ss county farmer, was struck on the head with a club by Oscar Billings, 35, during a dispute over a partition fence. Carnahan likely died from the blow. Billings was arrested. Carnahan and his sons were removing the fence, which Carnahan said encroached on his land.
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Washington
Ind
Robert Carnahan
Daviess County
Oscar Billings
Billings
Carnahan
Carna‘han
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Opera House
Potter
Wil
Noene
Philippine
Ed Turpin
Joyride
William
H. C. Whiting
Whiting
Arsin
Charles Johnson
Charles Richards
James H. Richards
Mr. Richards
Richards
Private Jesse Noel
Victrola
Recenes
RUSSI
M. Laurent Monin
The
Federal
Corydon
C. M. Lemon
Federal Clubs
Lindley
Clark County
J. W. Biggert
Jeffersonville
Floyd County
Newhouse
New ‘Albany
Dubois County
George R. Wilson
Jasper
Scott County
C. B. Stewart
Scottsburg
Crawford County
Z. F. Tones
New Albany
Anne Straight
Tubercular Society
Charles Blackburn
Oolitic
Albian Fellows Bacon
Evansville
Indiana
Salem
Uhlen
Turner
Bedford Club
Jennie Smith
Col
William Henry Harrison
Third District
KRAK
Cecil Fleetwood
Heltonville
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