Funeral for Mrs. Mary A. Butler Held at Home
Mrs. Mary A. Butler died Tuesday at her West Sixteenth street home after a lingering illness. She was born October 5 1844 to Harry J. and Catharine Wilder Accam and married William H. Butler in 1869. Survived by son Will E. Potter and sister Laura Accam. funeral Thursday at 1 from the residence with burial at Green Lili.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Butler
West Sixteenth Street
Accoam
Harry J
Catharine Wilder Accam
Lawrence County
William H. Butler
Will E. Potter
Laura Accam
Green Lil
R. W. Toole
Mary Butler
Indianapolis
Newspaper crisis warns of higher paper costs and rates
DADCO quotes S S Carvalho a leading U S journalist saying newspapers face a historic crisis as paper use rises beyond production and prices surge. He lists labor coal freight and foreign market pressures as key causes and cites advertising and subscriptions as the main earnings remedy. Also notes Pure bred P and C hog sale at Thorne and Thorne on Oct 3.
Safety First meeting and community notes at local station
The Southeastern held its regular Safety First meeting at the local station with many section foremen present. Local families welcomed returning service member Carl Montgomery home from overseas. A southbound Monon train arrived here at 4 54 amid an extra coach added for West Baden and French Lick travel. Various residents moved or hosted visitors, and church and railway staff attended events and school visits in Bloomington and Kenosha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern
Regilar Safety
Monon
Enue
West Baden
French Lick
Surviving Indiana Regiment Holds Civil War Reunion
The 14th Indiana Regiment survivors gather in Bloomfield for a reunion. City Treasurer I. H. Crim, the sole living member locally, travels to join his old Civil War comrades today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
14Th Indiana
Bloomfield
I. H. Crim
VINCENNES MAN SEEKS LIQUOR PERMIT WITH RELIGIOUS CLAIM
A Vincennes colored man applied for a liquor permit claiming religious reasons. When asked the type of wine, he said the congregation had voted unanimously in favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Congregation Don
Indiana Portland Cement Plant to Begin Operations in Greencastle
The Indiana Portland Cement Company near Greencastle will start operations the week of September 29 with a fully equipped plant using 48 electric motors and a 240 foot kiln. The facility spans 500 acres, features Westinghouse equipment, multiple silos totaling 66 000 barrels capacity, and a 1 000 000 dollar capitalization with Q O Strauss named sales manager in Indianapolis.
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Indiana Portland Cemotnt Company
Limedade
Greencastle
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
F. L. Smith & Co
New York
Copenhagen
Denmark
Are
A. A
QO. A. Strauss
Universal Cement Co
State Life
Indianapolis
Oil Stock Hustle Warns Bloomington Readers
A Bloomington Telephone column warns readers about oil stock schemes that prey on small investors. It explains how promoters conspire to profit from leases, dummy buyers, and hefty commissions while the public bears most losses. It notes blue sky laws offer little protection and stresses caution for widows and working people.
Two Monon Freight Cars Derail at Mitchell Crossing
Two coal cars and a tender derailed at the Monon and Baltimore and Ohio crossing in Mitchell Tuesday afternoon at 2 25. A Bloomington wrecker was sent but not needed after crews cleared the scene by 4 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Bloomington
Fayetteville Social Notes Recap From Local Visits
Mrs Blanche Fields reports visitors Charley White and Vestus Hall from Icansas staying with Mr and Mrs Quillie Hall. William Hatfield from Silverville visited Cretus Kern family. Mrs In Short from Worthington visited friends and relatives. Maudie Burton works at Bedford. Harley Fields stayed with Maide Lewis at Needmore. Mollie Burton attended events at Bedford. Ice cream supper held Saturday night September 27 at Cretus Kern residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley White
Vestus Hall
Icansas
Quillie Hall
William Hatfield
Silverville
Cretus Kern
Harley Fields
Mrs. Maide Lewis
Needmore
Close Shave Experienced By Mitchell Negro In Wreck
A Mitchell laborer riding a coal car in a Monon wreck at Moran Crossing survived being buried by coal and was found by William George and Hob Turpin near the town limits. He walked into town that evening and said no one would find him under the coal, explaining he worked at Mitchell and planned to visit Chicago to see his master and brother. He recalled falling from a coal car into a corn field when the derailment occurred and later returned to Bedford, carrying money he had saved while employed at the cement plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monon
Moran Crossing
William George
Hob Turpin
Southeastern
Mitchell
Cement Company
Chicago
Bedford
Rouney
Death of Shadrach C Knight in Dunn hospital
Shadrach C Knight died at six thirty Wednesday morning after a week with locked bowels. He was 76, born on the Knight farm in Pleasant Run, married to Elizabeth Morrow, with sons John Knight of Decatur and James I Knight. A Civil War veteran, he served in Co I 120th Indiana, wounded at Kingston, and mustered out January 6 1866. He was a leader in local fraternal circles and the oldest member of Laigstine Lodge No 037 Knights of Pythias. Funeral services held Thursday at Buges Chapel with Dr John R Pearson officiating. He had recently resided with his sons. A note mentions Inez McKnight Pekerson visiting from Portland Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shadrach C. Knight
Dunn Hospital
Knight Place
Pleasant Run
James
Jane Carter Knight
Elizabeth Morrow
John Knight
Decatur
James I. Knight
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Aife Jong
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Sherman Alon‘gomery
Carl
Sefse
Camp Serrat Nlt
Fred Benzel
Edmund Gratzer
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Nenzer
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Homs
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Litzler
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Mai
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Mason City
Iowa
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Avoca
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Tidwina
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Winslow Wisher
Mirchel
B. A. Biggs
Frank Spaulding
Zaleme
William Therd
Fast Seventeenth Street
Manon
Wiles Cathcart
Railway Agents’ School In
Florence Dye
Linton
Fred Bowen
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Fiat
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Leuyers
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Ingier
American Zinc F Products Company
Greenecastle Banner
Iay
Riz
Tavestor
Mr. Jones
Mr. Smith
Ture
Ay Hke
Tao
Ing
Fayetteville
Blanche Fields
Minerva McCain
Mrs
Maudie Burton
Mollie Burton
120Th Indiana Regiment
Kingston
South Carolina
Ile
E. C. Newland Post G. A. RR
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Knights of Pythias
Args
Buges
John R. Pearson
Bedford Thorsway
Inez McKnight Pekerson
Oregon
D. W. McKnight
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