Reformatory Superintendent Proposes Convict Book Printing Plan
Indiana reform school head W H Whittaker, at Indianapolis for a prison reform board meeting, pitches publishing school books in the Jeffersonville reformatory. Contracts lapse July 1 1906, risking idleness. printing would provide work, reduce costs, and serve thousands of Indiana pupils while avoiding interference with free labor. A Central Labor Union committee favored the idea, though statewide opposition to convict produced books looms.
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W. H. Whittaker
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Indianapolis
Board of Prison Reform
Reformatory
Trades Schools
Whittaker
Indiana
Central Labor Union of
Amusing hotel dining room exchange in Indiana tale
A traveling salesman from Indiana and a self styled invalid from New York shared a dining room chat at Bliss hotel. The New Yorker quotes a dramatic recovery story praising Indiana climate while the speaker recalls being nine pounds at birth and finally regaining strength through simple diet and pure air.
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Bliss Hotel
Indiana
New York
Culd
New Yorker
Knight Templar Installation at Masoniec Hall Recalls Recent Events
Members of Knight Templars convened at Masoniec Hall Monday for installation of officers followed by a banquet. Fort Wayne guest Dr Siemen spoke while Montpelier delegates attended. officers elected include Eminent Commander KL Davenport Generalissimo W D Mason Captain General Col Kiger and other posts with guards and painters listed.
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Knight Templar Commandery
Masoniec Hall
Siemen
Fort Wayne
Montpelier
KL. C. Davenport
W. D. Mason
Col. Kiger
H. E. Grove
H. A. Wallace
Tom Hoffer
He, Hitchcock
C. Stogdill
L. ‘Taylor
George Kocher
sGuards
Locke
C. M. Miller
Frank Ashbaucher
Jack Boyd Opposes State Institutions for Epileptics
Greencastle resident Jack Boyd argues against state care for epileptics and delinquents. He says families should bear responsibility to prevent marriage and reproduction, reducing taxpayer burden and avoiding costly institutions. He supports private rescue of the needy and stresses moral citizenship over state funding.
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Jack Boyd
Greencastle
Indiana
Dredge Debate Over Little River Ditch Fallout
Residents along Eight Mile and connected ditches oppose a petition to dredge Little River arguing they paid their shares. Lower river residents say dredging upstream creeks increased flood risk as water from farms above overwhelms the channel, harming crops and farming profits. They urge upstream farm owners to contribute to drainage relief.
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Eight Mile
Little River
Emshwiller Keeps Taft Era Assistants In Three Cities
Ashley G Emshwiller will make no changes in his assistants at Hartford City Montpelier and in this city He will retain Charles G Dailey at this city John P Boyd at Montpelier and L F Sprague at Hartford City Dailey is praised as capable and Sprague a former local resident who moved to Hartford City over a year ago and quickly earned the deputy appointment Sprague has aided in major Hartford cases and performed exceedingly well
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Ashley G. Emshwiller
Hartford City
Montpelier
Mr. Emshwiller
Charles G. Dailey
John P. Boyd
Montpeller
L. F. Sprague
Mr. Dailey
Charley
Law
Sprague
Hartford
Berne Electric Light Plant Rates Set
Berne shows a new price schedule with an eight cent per 1000 watt meter rate matching Decatur city plant. The flat rate for sixteen candle power is thirty five cents, cheaper than the local plant by fifteen cents, signaling a more progressive business climate for Berne.
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Berne
Decatur Democrat
Commercial School Opens In Post Office Block
A fine suite of rooms in the post office block has been secured by the Commercial School and is being furnished for its Monday opening. Courses include bookkeeping commercial law mathematics stenography and typewriting with all kinds of related studies offered to pupils.
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Commercial School
Circuit Court News Outright guilty pleas reduce many indictments
Day by day defendants from the last grand jury session plead guilty to single counts, pay $20 and costs, and have remaining cases dismissed. Over the week, judgments were issued in several actions including Robison vs Matthews Drive Co and Gehrett vs Sharpe, with amounts ranging from $96.25 to $346.78 plus fees. Portland attorneys dealt with the C U C C and C B C cases, with old suits like Harness vs C U C C railroad argued amid bond arrangements and receiverships. The term, led by Mudge Vaughn, may drop many cases, leaving a smaller docket.
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Morris Lipinsky
Joel Baumgardner
John Haas
Robison
Matthews Drive Company
W. D. Friend
Gehrett Vs
Sharpe
George Cotton
Portland
Smith
Jaqua
Taylor
Harness
C., U. C. & C. Railroad
J. C. Faucette
Bracey Brothers
McNair & Co
L. T. Dickason
F. C. Rutan
G. W. Patchell
R. C. Crowe
W. W. Weisell, Sr
A. L. Sharne
Blackford County
Harmes
Dailey, Simmons & Dailey
Cheny
Mudge Vaughn
Bluffton stock ships idle as farmers hold hogs
Bluffton remains a busy livestock center with about six firms shipping buys and many butchers and retailers supplying most of their own meat. farmers have not yet released hogs to the market, leaving shippers unable to move stock and waiting for raisers to loosen up.
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Bluffton
Bhiffton
First Tax Paid For 1905 By Senator J W Rinear
Senator J W Rinear paid the first tax of 1905 Tuesday receiving Receipt No 1. Treasurer Laurer issued the document marking the start of his term. Rinear called the plan a money saver noting delayed payment would miss savings due to bank accruals.
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J. W. Rinear
Laurer
Rinear
Obituary: Mrs Deborah Wall Dies After Orphans Home Service
Mrs Deborah Wall, 52, wife of County Clerk M M Wall, died Monday night after collapsing at a board meeting of the Orphans Home where she served as president for twelve years. Born June 27 1852 in Bluffton she taught in Grant county before moving to Marion in 1875. Survived by husband and two children Lena and Ray Wall. She oversaw the Orphans Home making it a model institution.
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Orphans’ Home Board
Deborah Wall
M. M. Wall
W. O. Anderson
West Fourth Street
Bluffton
Samuel
Leah Moore
Grant County
Old Seminary
Eighth and
Adams Streets
Jonesboro
Marion
Indiana oil fields hit by blizzard cuts and damage
Last week hit Indiana oil producers with weather and price drops as freezing temperatures and wind damaged barricks and powers, shutting many wells. Eleven wells were completed as 15 gushers. eighty one wells were committed across districts including Montpelier and Muncie with varying production figures.
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Indiana
Montpelier
Wells
Bis
Hales
Muncie
Marlon
Geneva
Keystone
Warren
Camden
Parker City
Farm Barn Burns at Klopfenstine Farm East of Leo
A large new barn on Jacob Klopfenstine’s farm one mile east of Leo burned yesterday with all contents. The owner had no insurance and faced a total loss likely around 3000 dollars. Loss included hay and grain crops, two horses, two cows, and farm vehicles. nothing was saved.
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Jacob Klopfenstine
Leo
Civil service delays on rural route carriers
The civil service department has not sent out notifications about who will be assigned to the new rural routes. Officials indicate the list will be released in the near future, with details expected to follow.
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Civil Service Department
Matthews Aerie Organizes New Eagles Chapter
Sixteen members of the Matthews aerie journeyed from Hartford City by interurban to establish a new Eagles chapter in Matthews. About 100 members in the new group, with four candidates exemplifying the work, as Bluffton guided the ceremonies. Hartford City members joined in the exercises and the party returned on the 10:10 car. Attendees included Manson Reiff, John Poffenberger, Geo Patterson, Dick Duncan, Lester Bowman, Henry Bowman, Harry Cutting, Frank Mossburg, Newt Bickle, John Miller, W. Fox, Tom Watson, Ed Wingfield, Lon Oxley, John Alexander, and Lem Stout.
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Aerie of Eagles
Hartford City
Matthews
Matthews Aerie
Bluffton
Hartford City Aerue
New Order
Manson Reiff
John Poffenberger
Geo, Patterson
Dick Duncan
Lester Bowman
Henry Bowman
Harry Cutting
Frank Mossburg
Newt Bickle
John Miller
W. Fox
Tom Watson
Ed Wingfield
Lon Oxley
John Alexander
Lem Stout
Married Saturday and Sunday weddings in town
M W Walbert officiated at the marriage of Albert Terhune and Miss Mary Helton Saturday. On Sunday at 2 PM Rev J H String united Hiram DeWitt and Miss Muscata Bennett at the Reform parsonage. The DeWitts move to their home on Wabash Avenue and are described as thrifty. County auditors note school funds sought as Wells County loans funds. Clem Brineman reports $147.46 on hand, with funds borrowable only on real estate security.
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M. W. Walbert
Albert Terhune
Mary Helton
Hiram DeWitt
Muscata Bennett
J. H. String
Wabash Avenue
DeWitt
Clem Brineman
Wells
Will Drill Again Parlor City Oil Company Plans New Well
A Parlor City Oil Company meeting at W H Eschhorn's office discussed future actions after a Parker City lease well showed oil signs but was not pumped. They seek funds to drill a third well, aiming to raise capital and possibly sell more stock. The group anticipates strong territory and few obstacles.
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Parlor City Oi! Company
W. H. Eschhorn
Parker City
Peculiar find in west side shack misleads workers
A story from the west side reports workmen removing corn shocks found a dressed hog carcass in a shack. The animal had been neatly cleaned and deboned, with bristles erased and insides removed. No missing hog report yet, but it likely belonged to someone.
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West Side
Local merchants seal transfer of store ownership
Levi Linn becomes sole owner of the Saurer and Linn department store after Ed Saurer sells his share to allow Saurer to focus on his new county treasurer role. BE Levenson and wife and daughter Pauline return home from a short visit in Columbia City yesterday.
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Levi Linn
Ed Saurer
Linn
Saurer & Linn
Saurer
BE. Levenson
Pauline
Columbia City
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