Niblack Predicts Democratic Victory in Second Indiana District
In Vinccennes Hon Mason J Niblack outlines Democratic confidence across the Second District. He praises Wilsons administration, notes broad support for Cullop and predicts large Progressive backing for Wilson. He reports strong local organization and a readiness to campaign. Also mentions lightning damage to farms and livestock losses including Paris Bailey George Anderson Wilber Henderson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason J. Niblack
Vincennes
Wilson
Niblack
Democratic Party
Indiana
Mr. Niblack
Bill
Cullop
Brester
Cowan Children Placed in Shelbyville Home
Cowan siblings Mildred nine and Mildred six were placed in the Shelbyville home by Supt Herrington. They are described as bright and well behaved, with their father Tays Cowan reported missing and unknown whereabouts.
Lightning Kills Live Stock In Local Townships
An electrical storm last Thursday night killed several animals in Richland Center and Jackson townships. Simon P. Wilhert lost a 2000 pound bull and a 1000 pound steer on the DeVilbiss farm. Two two year old heifers owned by Al Bradford and Ivan Harris also perished. John R. Bullock near Ridgeport lost a valued cow. David Pierce on the Todd farm near Owensburg reports damage. All animals were insured.
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Richland
Center
Jackson Townships
Simon P. Wilhert
DeVilbiss
al Bradford
Ivan Harris
John R. Bullock
Center Township
Ridgeport
David Pierce
Todd Farm
Owensburg
Tri Kappas Meet. many visits mark community social
The Tri Kappas plan a meeting with Miss Ella Yakey. A. J. Faucett celebrated his seventy third birthday with a family dinner at Charles Faucett’s home. Bonnie and Fay Slinkard hosted a breakfast for guests Nelle Stibbens Mary Edington and others. Amelia Henderson Nellie Terrell Luna Ledgerwood and more attended a picnic. Madge Olive Workman had a birthday party at grandparents home. A family picnic honored Mrs J B Heaton and guests. The M E church Women’s Foreign Missionary Society marks Mothers meeting and Silver Jubilee for Little Light Bearers and local auxiliary. Mrs L P Marshall hosted a breakfast for Mrs Heaton and Mrs Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Faucett
Mrs
Charles Faucett
Bonnie and
Fay Slinkard
The
Furnate
Nelle Stibbens
Monroe City
Mary Edington
Sigons
Nellie Terrell
Indianapolis
Luna Ledgerwood
Geneva Stalcup
Marie Riddle
Wilma Slinkard
Madge
Olive Workman
Jerry Workman
Mary L. Cravens
J. B. Heaton
Charles E. Henderson
Amelia
W. R. Cravens
Helen
Maud Cravens
W. L. Slinkard
Esther Jane
Sarah Ruth
Mary Naomi
Sarah L. Isenhower
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Jennie Bennett
Little Light Bearers
June Accidents Reported to State Industrial Board
The June totals show 3 414 accidents with automobile factories at 267 injuries and steam railroads at 274. Indiana employers paid 20 779.28 in closed cases. Of the injured 79 were women, 11 in laundries, with women’s largest weekly wages $17 and lowest $3 while men earned up to $30 and as low as $11 per week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Industrial Board
Indiana
Monument for Slinkard and Unger Granite Works in Columbus
George W. Unger of The Unger Granite Works in Columbus Indiana visits to oversee erection of a barre granite memorial for the late John F Slinkard estate. The piece is described as one of the neatest best cut memorials in the local cemetery with an enlarged autograph of John J Slinkard on the back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Unger
Unger Granite Works
Columbus
Indiana
Barre
John F. Slinkard
John J’. Slinkard
Deckard Ill. Lex V Deckard Receives Care in Oklahoma
W H Deckard Ill. Lex V Deckard returned home to Greene County from Oklahoma where he had gone to accompany his seriously ill father. He stopped in St. Louis for several days under a specialist care. He is reported to be suffering from Bright’s disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lex V. Deckard
Sturday
Oklahoma
Greene County
Mr. Deckard
St. Loui
Death of Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley died in Indianapolis after a third stroke suffered Saturday morning. Born in 1849, Riley led a varied life as sign painter and writer, rising to fame with Hoosier dialect verse. His funeral and public viewing drew tens of thousands, with burial planned at Crown Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whitcomb Riley
Indianapolis
Riley
Greenfield
Ind
Elizabeth Marine
Ohio Valley
Anderson
Indiana
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Bill Nye
Mary Payne
New York
State House
Capitol
Joseph A. Milburn
Swanse
Tenn
Second Presbyterian Church
Power and Water Co to Open Bloomfield Store
A. C. Keene of Indiana Power and Water Co visited Bloomfield and arranged a new company store office. The home office will be in Bloomfield with exhibition of electric devices. The bright modern store opens in about two months offering electric irons toasters ranges and devices with loans to customers. Keene reports four ranges sold in town and anticipates substantial stove business under a special cooking rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Keene
Death Notice of Lizzie Seed at Flat Rock Ill
Message received Tuesday evening reports the death of Lizzie Seed at her Flat Rock home. She was twin sister to I. N. Doney of Lyons and survived by two sisters Phoebe Hannah and Mrs Wm Depew. Parents were long residents of Taylor township, married eighty years, with thirteen children, eight dying young. this marks the first death in forty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Doney
Lizzie Seed
Flat Rock
Ill
Nick Cassassa Dies in Freeman City Hospital
Nick Cassassa of Linton area died Tuesday evening at Freeman City Hospital from acute Brights disease. Survived by his widow and one brother. Funeral services were held at the family home Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Cassassa
Linton
Freeman City Hospital
Arm Breaks in Livery Barn Scuffle
Hobert Cooper and several youths were playing at a livery barn Tuesday evening when a light scuffle turned rough. One boy grabbed Cooper by the legs, toppled him, and his arm was broken below the elbow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobert Cooper
Livery Barn
Hobert
Masonic Ceremony At Vincennes Temple Cornerstone
Allen G. Pate Ed Fuller Dr T Roy Cook and Orval Cain attended a Masonic meeting in Vincennes Thursday to witness the cornerstone laying of the Masonic Temple. Vincennes lodge, the oldest in the state, received its charter from Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen G. Pate
Ed Fuller
T. Roy Cook
Orval Cain
Vincennes
Masonic Temple
Vincennes Lodge
State
Kentucky
Mrs. Hasler Flung From Buggy. Arm Broken
Mrs. Jasper Hasler of Taylors Township and her son were en route to visit her mother when a rough road caused her to be thrown from the buggy breaking her arm below the elbow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper Hasler
Taylor Township
Hasler
Progressive Nominates Full Indiana State Ticket at Convention
The Progressive convention in Indianapolis last week nominated a full state ticket headed by Governor candidate Thomas A. Dailey and Lieut. Governor M. J. Bowman. Other picks include James M. Zion for Secretary of State, W. C. Camp for Auditor, John L. Kingsbury for Attorney General, Ward H. Smith for Treasurer, Clance Rankins for Superintendent of Public Instruction, and E. C. Green as Statistician, with Justices and electors named. The party ratified James B. Wilson for long term U S Senate and Clifford J. Jackman for short term amid protests by former state chair Jackson Boyd, who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Thomas A. Dailey
M. J. Bowman
Valparaso
James M. Zion
Clark’s Hill
W. C. Camp
Washington
John L. Kingsbury
Ward H. Smith
Otterbein
Clance Rankins
Orleans
Borden
J. R. Marrow
Princeton
David B. Troyer
Goshen
James B. Wilson
Bloomington
U. S. Senate
Clifford J. Jackman
Jackson Boyd
Boyd
Col
D. M. Fostr
Ft. Wayne
Uenand
Foster
Minks Committed to Woodmere Insane Hospital
Sheriff W. O. Jackson and J. M. Meredith escorted Verlin Minks Wade to Woodmere Insane Hospital Evansville after a three week jail confinement due to name changes. Recommitment papers in Wade were accepted and prior papers in Minks name had been returned. In two weeks three others from nearby towns were also admitted with another applicant expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minks
Woodmere
W. O. Jackson
J. M. Meredith
Verlin
Minks- Wade
Evansville
Wade
Sarah FE. Taman
John W. Middleton
Mont Mull
Worthington
Bloomfield Reminiscences From Abbeville Press Manager
C J Edwards of Abbeville Louisiana, now a newspaper manager, recalls Indiana residents in the parish and Greer county migrants. He traces his early work at Bloomfield News, notes Garfield’s assassination era, and mentions a Bloomfield wagon built 43 years ago by a local blacksmith, praising Studebaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Edwards
Democrat
Abbeville
Louisiana
Indiana
Greer County
Mr. Edwards
Washington
Bloomfield News
Garfield
Wm. Moss
Congress
Bloomfield
Studebaker
Deaths Hugh Chaney at Mineral after long illness
Hugh Chaney died of heart trouble at his Mineral home on Sunday. He was born December 31, 1847 in Richland township near Mineral and was 68 years old. He married Dorothy Frances Mullis on January 14, 1869 and left six children, four daughters and two sons, including Marie and Ross Chaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Chaney
Mineral Sunday
Mr. Chaney
Richland Township
Mineral
Dorothy Frances Mullis
Marie
Sor Ross
Mrs Calvert Dies After Months Long Illness
Mrs John A Calvert died at home in the west part of town after a months long illness. She was born March 20 1871 and was 45 years 4 months 2 days old at death. Survived by husband John A Calvert four children Ada and Daisy two sons Frank and Bessie preceded her in death. Also survived by father Daniel Schrantz stepmother sister Anna Mattern Louisville Ky two brothers Ed Schrantz Bickleton Wa Will Schrantz Bloomfield two half sisters Cassie Mantell Mineral and Agnes Combs who lives with parents here. Funeral held at home Sunday 5:30 conducted by Rev Frank Levell. Burial Grand View Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Ledgerwood
George
Lidya Liles Ledgerwood
Martin County
McCameron Township
Daviess County
Sarah Rebecca Dillon
George L
John H
Lawton
Oklahoma
Joseph C
Lydia Nash
Chickasha
Baptist Church
Scotland
United Brothers
Odon
Ledgerwood
Margaret Catron
Rebecca J. Jedgerwood
Chicasha
Drusilla Hostetter
Chester
Neb
Joseph M
David
Raymond Alberta
Canada
George D
Oklo
Eld. C. H. Buchanan
Baptist
John A. Calvert
Nora Alyllis Calvert
John Calvert
Daniel
Amanda Schrantz
Frank
Bessie
Ada
Daisy
Calvert
Church of God
Anna Mattern
Louisville
Ed Schrantz
Bickleton
Washington
Will Sc
Chicago motor trip by Gregg and Pate couples
Attorney C. J. Gregg and Mrs. Gregg with Attorney Allen Pate and Mrs. Pate traveled by motor to Chicago. The party state they will return after a brief visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Gregg
Allen Pate
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paris Bailey
George Anderson
Solsberry
Wilber Henderson
Henderson
Tri Kappas
Ella Yakey
Amelia Henderson
Helen Cravens
Mary Rose Landing
Cleveland
Elizabeth Osborne
L. P. Marshall
J. 3. Heaton
W. H. Deckard Ill
Lockerbie Street
Milburn
Frederick EK. Taylor
First Baptist Church of
Indianaplis
Crown Hill Cemetery
Mr. Riley
Crown Hill
William G. Bobbs
Harry 8
New
George C. Hitt
Charles L. Deitz
C. B. McCulloch
William A. Hough
Meredith Nicholson
Thomas B. Arnold
Hewitt H. Howland
George Ade
Thomas R. Marshall
Thomas Taggart
John W. Kern
Governor Ralston
Charles W. Fairbanks
Henry Waterson
W. M. Pierson
Volney T. Maiott
Young E. Allison
Cortland VanCamp
Lafayette Page
William Fortune
Carl G
Dora Skinner
Ella Hutton
Mae Simons
George Chaney
James Chaney
Jane Cain
Sandborn
Wesley Hatfield
Los Angeles
Cal
Chaney
M. E
Mineral M. E
Mount Zion Cemetery
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