Local Notes From Linton and Nearby Towns
Week busy with travel and calls as residents like Paul Maddock Grant Falk and Miss Elizabeth Van Meter make visits to Lafayette Switz City and Bloomington. Legal actions include John Axe and Al Myers road dispute and nearby court business with attorneys in Jasonville Terre Haute and Vincennes. Community updates cover school improvements at Freedom farm life poet M G Edington and upcoming Indiana University football news Cap Hathaway.
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Grant Falk
Worthington
Elizabeth van Meter
Switz City
Herschel Johnson
Harry King
Linton
Mary Rydenbark
Muncie
Dr. Chambers
Lyons
Bloomfield
Don Laughlin
Highland Township
Henry Bordenett
Lou Warner
Caroline Stein
Bloomington
John Axe
Democrat
Grace Oliphant
Jasonville
Lillian Parham
Indianapolis
Marion Marshall
Tudor Hall
Juanita Bailey
Sullivan
Arthur Mayfield
Shields & Mayfield
Joseph Housum
Eliza Gainey
Emma Emery
Charles Wylie
O. F. Herold
Hammond
Eli 8. Jones
M. G. Edington
Helen Cravens
Mary Cravens
Esther Slinkard
Lucile Herold
Cyral VanMeter
Theodore Powell
Walter Holmes
Bicknell
Lafe Scott
Newberry
F. H. Scott
Decatur
Cap. Hathaway
Indiana University
Thomas J. Roach
Foley, O’hara & Roach
Terre Haute
J. D. Smith
M. E. Church
J. D. Crane
Princeton
A. T. Dunham
Butte Mont
John A. Riddle
Vincennes
Daniel V. Riddle
Grace Allen
Maud Rollison
Washington Township
Abbie Hasler
H. M. Myers
Tom Myers
al Myers
Stafford
Sam Jamison
Otis G. Jamison
Fort Harrison
William van Meter
Park
Bernard Cravens
Los Angeles
Calif
Mary L. Cravens
Albert Owens
Owens
Hughs
West Main Street
Indiana State Council of Defense
Owen County
Andrew J. Myers
John L. Cravens
James M. Cravens and Family
East Richland
Myers
James M. Cravens
Bun Cravens
Women to appeal ruling on suffrage to Indiana Supreme Court
Marion circuit court judge Rochford ruled the woman suffrage law in city and town elections unconstitutional. Organizers plan to appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court hoping to overturn the decision which held only men over twenty one with voter qualifications may vote.
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Marion Circuit Court
Rochford
Supreme Court of Indiana
Supreme Court
Missionary Picnic Held by Baptist Society
The Missionary Society of the Baptist church held a picnic yesterday at the home of Mrs. Margaret Workman north of town and shared fellowship and refreshments.
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The
Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Margaret Workman
Big Indians Win the Silver Cup at County Red Men Meet
The Big Indians held a county meeting and exhibition in Linton at Qua Paw Tribe No 143 with about 300 attendees from across the county including over 50 from Bloomfield. Harmony band from Clay county played for the event as teams competed for the silver cup in adoption warrior s chiefs divisions and degree work.
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Red Men’s Band of
Harmony
Clay County
Worthington
Bicknell
Bloomfield
Emerson Calvert
Sacham
George W. Sullivan
Sannap
Roy Graham
R. W. Tarr
Norvel King
Sen
Sagamore
Lawrence Lester
Forest Dixon
Charles Long
Everet Scott
Geo. W. Sparks
Roy Prichart
Newton Jackson
Samuel Haywood
Clyde McCain
Charles Byers
Curtis Sullivan
Organization urged for four day war drive in Indiana
Will Hays and Frank C. Dailey head a State Council of Defense appeal urging organization across Indiana. Four days September 25 to 28 are set for a statewide drive with 23 districts, 23 teams, and county meetings to ensure proper mobilization and adherence to national war directives. A Senate Chamber meeting on September 20 will outline instructions for teams.
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Will H. Hays
Frank C. Dailey
State Council of Defense
Indiana
War Department
National Council
Senate Chamber
State House
Indianapolis
Indiana State Council of Defense
Chim
Equipping a Modern Sanitary Operating Room
Dr. W. R. Cravens has completed a modern and sanitary operating room with offices. New operating table and fixtures to be installed. Room is large and well lighted with blue and white decor, a large closet, built-in cabinet, and blue white linoleum floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Cravens
Birth notice for Lee Stone's boy in Taylor township
Mr and Mrs Lee Stone of Taylor township welcomed a son on September 13. Mother reported in good condition and baby named soon.
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Lee Stone
Taylor Township
Pitiful case of destitution in Owen county
A newborn baby and mother found in an open stable near Freedom after twenty four hours without any food or care. R B Franklin M E Mast and two doctors removed them to John Bigger’s home for treatment while the husband, linked to draft dodging, was jailed in Spencer for wife desertion.
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Owen County
Freedom
R. B. Franklin
M. E. Mast
Plew
Branham
Ezekiel Padgett
John Bigger
Spencer
Mysterious Visitors Cause Mine Walkout at Wheatland
One hundred seventy five workers at the Washington-Wheatland Coal Company mine in Wheatland refused to report for duty after four strangers visited the mine Friday night. The men, suspected as German spies or propagandists, worried a time bomb could be set to explode during work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington-Wheatland Coal Company
Wheatland
Vinneannes doctor faces libel charge over Lincoln history
Dr. William T. Von Knappe of Vincennes, a homeopathic physician, pleaded not guilty in Knox circuit court to a libel charge for a History of the Wabash Valley fragment. Attorney Samuel Emison posted bond as sheriff’s men searched his palatial home and found only proofs of the article. The grand jury indictment cites prints accusing Lincoln of treason and blasphemy amid a Presbyterian church expulsion for unpatriotic remarks.
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William T. von Knappe
Vincennes
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Willoughby
Knox
Samuel M. Emison
Wolfe
van Knappe
von Knappe
Wabash Valley
Lincoln
Presbyterian Church
Two Teens Plead Guilty in Auto Theft Case
Thomas Roberts aged 19 and Sampson Coulter 17 pleaded guilty to grand larceny for stealing a Ford from James Sargent. They were fined 10 dollars each and sentenced to the Indiana Reformatory for one to fourteen years, with the sentence suspended on good behavior and costs due in 90 days.
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Thomas Roberts
Sampson Coulter
Linton
James Sargent
Indiana Reformatory
Reformatory
John S. Sexson
William B. Simpson
Lawrence County
William J. Hoke
David Hadley
Joseph H. Fritz
Mary L. Fritz
Edward Cook
Annie
Maggie Fritz
Gertrude M. Hand
Suits Filed in Linton Region Include Divorces and Estates
The past week saw new suits: Susie Yount sues for divorce from Harry Yount and child custody. Susan Milan seeks divorce from Frank Milan. Eliza Hunter’s claim against Frank Hunter’s estate moves to trial after a fatal bull incident. Harvey Emery claims against Susan Emery’s estate. Also filed are LeNoir Coal Co vs Gambill to quiet title, Independent Hay & Grain Co vs Poe on note, King Piano Co vs Thelma Cain replevin.
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Susie Yount
Harry G. Yount
Linton
Susan R. Milan
Frank Milan
Eliza J. Hunter
Frank Hunter
Stafford Township
Big Sunday School Meeting At Christian Church
The Christian church hosts a two night Sunday school meeting with Gary L. Cook Indiana state Sunday school secretary and evangelist. He will present lectures on Sunday problems and meet Sunday school workers Friday at 2 30 for a conference. Delegates from nearby churches are invited.
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Christian Church
Gary L. Cook
Cook
Indiana
Mr. Cook
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Paul Maddock
Lafayette
Squire Ino. M. Meredith
Mrs
J. B. Young
Times
C. F. McIntosh
State Fair Times
BIG Indians
Temple OF Justice
Bond
Homer
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