Grand Jury Wraps Up With Gaming Pleas
Grand jury actions show a cluster of gaming cases. Dave Smith Willie West pleaded guilty to keeping a gaming house and were released on recognizance. others including Ed Dutch Ivan Coulter Claude Robison Frank Davidson Byron Davidson and Emmett Brown entered guilty pleas with varying judgments or fines. Harry Laughner denied charges and awaits trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McRoberts
Dave Smith
Willie West
Smith
West
Ed Dutch
Ivan Coulter
Harry Laughner
Claud
Carl Fraley
Mike Henderson
Willard Hooton
I. A. Richey
Hugh Brown
Patrick Casserly
Charles Owens
Drain
John W. Schniemize
Elizabeth Moler
Charles M. McClaine
Otis Overlees
Erie Galvin
Claude Robison
Frank Davidson
Byron Davidson
Emmett Brown
Central School program honors Stevenson with ring
Eighth grade pupils presented Mr. Stevenson a handsome signet ring at a Wednesday morning event at the central school. The seventh and eighth grade departments hosted an athletics focused program with choir and orchestra, declamations by Fred Adams and Miss Leone Edwards, and speeches on the basketball year. Miss Bell urged support for Geld day sports at the Fair Grounds on May 18. Flor ence Taylor and Willis Floyd announce their marriage by their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Adams
Leone Edwards
DeLou Burke
Madge Carr
Sarl Miller
Gerald Gardner
Harry DeVol
Mr. Stevenson
Miss Bell
Stevenson
Laurayne Tolte
Fair Grounds
Parole Reports From State Institutions Show 8221 Paroles
Reports to the board of state charities summarize parole activity April 1 1897 to April 1 1914. The state prison, reformatory, and women’s prison paroled 3088, 4396, and 227 respectively, totaling 8221 with 26.4 26 26 percent violators. Of violators 1250 were caught, 995 at large. Sixty percent remained under supervision April 1 1934. Earnings totaled 2 284 577 85 with expenses 1 878 406 71 yielding 406 171 14 savings, averaging about 50 per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformatory
Women’s Prison
Board of State Charities
Ralston
Woman's Prison
Cantata at Whitestown Highlights School Commencement
Whitestown presents a musical program Tuesday May 7 featuring the Boys and Girls Glee Club performing the cantata When Foremen Meet by Gordon with soloists Miss Blanche Berkley and Arbi Isenhour. The latter half includes Bruno Hahn’s Persian song cycle The Divan performed by Indianapolis soloists led by contralto Mrs Grace Green Emmert and including Dr Carl Emmert Dwight Murphy and Mrs rma Marshall Morris. The event caps Whitestown school commencement under Mrs Morris and follows her previous appearances with the First Baptist Church, reflecting strong local musical culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitestown
Foeman
Gordon
Blanche Berkley
Indianapolis
Lebanon
Arbi Isenhour
Bruno Hahn
Grace Green Emmert
Carl S. Emmert
Dwight A. Murphy
Rma Marshall Morris
8. K. Rulck
Pano
Edith Shelby Elected President of Women’s Self Government Group
Miss Edith Shelby of this city, a Northwestern University student, has been elected president of the Inter-collegiate Association for Women's Self Government. The vote occurred at a Bloomington meeting, with the next annual meeting planned for Northwestern University in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Shelby
Northwestern University
Inter-collegiate Association For Women's Self Government
Bloomington
Freshmen Class Plans New Entertainment at L H S
The freshmen class of L. H. S. will entertain all other classmen next Friday night at the high school building. Tickets for the triangular track meet cost ten cents now but rise to fifteen cents Thursday and Friday and to twenty five cents on Saturday. Buy tickets early. King is the track meet captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saforey
King
Whitaker Lands Cal Zoned Civil Engineering Post
Ralph Whitaker son of Mr and Mrs D S Whitaker has joined the Kern County Highway Commission in California as a drafting engineer while completing a civil engineering course at Leland Stanford University. He earned credits in March and will return in May for his diploma. Kern County has allocated 2.5 million dollars for road improvements with oiled macadam and bonds issued. Headquarters are in Bakersfield and Whitaker will move from drafting to field work as his duties grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Whitaker
D. S. Whitaker
Kern County Highway Commission
California
Leland Stanford University
Kern County Commission
Kern County
County Highway Commission
Whitaker
Commission
Bakersfield
Quilts and quilts at First Baptist church exhibit
A quilt exhibit at the First Baptist church in the basement on Tuesday May 5 features a treble Irish chain quilt loaned by Mrs. Warren Nickerson and multiple antiques from local collectors. Items include a 74 year old coverlet owned by Mrs. Ann Eliza Richey family history, tulip and pumpkin vine patterns, and several counterpanes and coverlets from Mrs. Mary Z. Miller and others. Owners provide short histories to reclaim loaned pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Ward
First Baptist Church
Minnie Atkinson
Fast North Street
Florence Atkinson
Frankfort
Rachael Mitzenberger
East South Street
Atkinson
Frank Davis
Mechanicsburg
Ann Eliza Richey
L A. Richey
Grandmother Richey
Virginia
Mary Z. Miller
I. A. Richey
Pennsylvania
Will J. DeVol
W. L. Wilson
Attica
Forced to Vacate McDaniel Jewelers Slashes Stock
The McDaniel brothers, jewelers and opticians, announce drastic price cuts as their shop behind the First National Bank must be razed for a new five story building on Lebanon and Main streets. With no temporary quarters found, they will reduce stock to a minimum and offer bargains on every item to move inventory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. McDaniel & Bro
First National Bank
Lebanon and
Main Streets
First National
Lebanon Street
Lebanon
McDaniel Brothers
Mrs Emily Elder Dead After Paralysis Strikes
Mrs Emily Elder died Tuesday at 9 am at her son Noah Elder's home in Frankfort from a second stroke of paralysis suffered last week. Born June 20 1838 in Putnam county she married Reason Elder in Boone county in 1859. Surviving children include Samuel Sohn Edward of North Salem Oliver of Evansville Noah and Mrs Arthur Hess of Frankfort. Funeral was held Wednesday at 10:30 from the Fifth street home and burial aboard the Monon train to North Salem. The article also notes a social at the Central Christian church hosted by Mrs H L Baker and others with about 35 members attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Elder
Noah Elder
South Fifth Street
Frankfort
Putnam County
Coleman Huffman
Reason Elder
Boone County
Samuel
Sohn
Edward
North Salem
Oliver
Evansville
Noah
Arthur Hess
Fifth Street
I Frankfort
Salkeld
North Salero
Tabitha
Central Christian Church
H. L. Baker
Lafayette Avenue
Baker
Arthur Stevens
Will Yelton
Virgil Hodgin
Goldsmith Hedges
C.C. Higgins
Harry McDaniel
Wife Seeks Divorce After Alleged Beatings by Drunk Husband
Dora Jones sues John A. Jones for divorce citing repeated assaults during intoxicated states after their 1887 marriage in Waliska Ta and separation in 1908. She alleges beatings, choking, name calling, and lack of support, and says she lives in Jamestown with attorney W J Darnellington of Boston currently listed. The lengthy story also mentions Darlington Oil Company and drilling plans near Garfield and Darlington amid local oil excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Jones
John A. Jones
Waliska
Jamestown
W. J. Darnell
Garfield and
Darlington
Oil Drilling Sparks Garfield Area Near Trenton Rock
Former Darlington residents financing an oil search near Garfield drew crowds as a large derrick, drills, and pipes were unloaded on Willard Craig's farm along Sugar Creek. Spurgeon and Rowland Cunningham, once of Darlington, fronted the operation amid heightened speculation of buried liquid wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Trenton Rock
Willard Craig
Sugar Creek
Spurgeon
Rowland Cunningham
Dar
Silencing the Barger and the Razor Mystery
A London Evening Standard anecdote recounts a barber asking about the razor. The customer replies he would not notice a razor unless told. The barber smiles, and the man muses that a file might be at work instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Standard
Civil War Veteran Adolph Derndinger Dies in Washington
Adolph Derndinger, longtime resident of Zionsville and Indianapolis, died Tuesday at Garfield Hospital in Washington D C. He served thirty eight years in the United States pension office in the national capital and was a Civil War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Derndinger
Zionsville
Indianapolis
Washington, D. C
Garfield Hospital
United States Pension Office
National Capital
Letter from Tampico describes anti Huerta patrols and moves
Bennett Raper writes from Tampico in April 22 letter to family describing naval forces including torpedo boat destroyers cruisers Des Moines Dolphin and a French cruiser and battleship Connecticut. He says blockading provisions for Huerta and supporters aims to force him from the presidency and notes no war with Mexico, predicts May return to New York and eventual sailing home while mails may be irregular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampico
Mexico
Bennett Raper
U. S
Waterington
Pensacola
Barber
Des Moines
Dolphin
Connecticut
Hureta
United States
Huerta
New York
Died of Tuberculosis at 22 Years Old Near Darlington
Mrs. Bradley Cornett aged 22 died at her home east of Darlington after a tuberculosis illness. She is survived by her husband and a nine month old child. she was formerly Edna Riley, daughter of Moses Riley. Funeral held at St James Lutheran Church near Darlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Cornett
Darlington
Cornett
Edna Riley
Moses Riley
St. James Lutheran Church
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Grand Jury
F. P. Taylor
Florence
Willis Floyd
Rev. C. Wartzler
Parole Reports
Glee Cub
Morris
Claude C. Morris
C. A. Marshall
Inter-Collegiate Association
Highway Commission IN
Leland Stanford
Chas. Marvin
Phil Adier
Belle Ross
Elizabeth Pauley
James
John A
Financ
Washington
Adolph Derndinger Expied
Bennett
U. & Fleet
Bradly Cornett
Masonic Lodge
Hohl
Martin Hohl
Inckors
Knights Templar Commandery
Hoh
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