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Newspaper

Boone County Progressive

Location

Boone, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1914

Page

3

Moose Lodge Beer Confiscation Case Heard In Court

The state argued Moose Lodge and a beer club evaded liquor laws by selling beer through lodge officers using checks to authorize each bottle. Witnesses testified to beers ordered via lodge secretary and paid with cases in the ice chest. If unappealed, the court will order the beer destroyed and potential actions against lodge members.

Moose Lodge Squire Perrill Naid Lora Smith Grover Dawson Ros Due David Schenks Lodge Dave” Smith Ed. Caldwet Thieme Wagner Dora Brandenburg Fudge Brandenburg Moors Lodge Squire N. A. Perrill Ira M. Sharp Milton Hopkins O. Clemens Dave Smith Frank, Miller B. Dawson Tom McDonald Taney Order of Moose Moose Ol Wilson Moose Quarters Ed Caldwell House Committee Attorney Sharp M. Harshbarger Ora Brandenburg Lafayette Thieme & Wagner

Big land deal closed in Gibson county Indiana

A Princeton, Indiana dispatch reports the largest Gibson county land sale as W T Watson sold 1600 acres of bottom land west of Thorn Town to J W Wile for 200000 dollars. Wile gains prime corn land along the Wabash river valley, exchanging his garages, Lebanon holdings, and Kanes in the swap.

Wabagh River Wile Thorntown Lebanon Kaneas

Clarence Ball Hurt In Car Crash Severe Injuries Result

Clarence Ball son of Dr. J. R. Ball suffered two ribs fractured and a lung punctured when his Ford car overturned on Ratsburg road Sunday afternoon. Ball, driving with five companions including Dwight Cragan and Walter Witt, escaped severe injury as friends freed him. others sustained bruises, a torn ear, and sprains. The group were dinner guests of Dwight Cragan prior to the drive.

Clarence Ball J. R. Ball Larry Ratsburg Road Ball Byron Mone Dwight Cragan Walter Witt Albert Steinhilber Clayton Fawke Indianapolis Dwight Cragun Cragun Ratsburg Frank Cline Cross Road Byron Moore Young Tanke Oxford

Berry Family Involved In Ford Accident Near Heath School

Reverend C G A Berry, his wife, son, and granddaughter escaped injury when a Ford overturned Sunday morning east of the Heath school house. The car's radizers and lamps were badly bent after veering north to avoid a hole and tipping into a ditch.

CG. A. Berry Heath School

Broken axle accident near Advance injures driver

Clifford Reed of Jefferson township son of David Reed was driving his father's Overland at a high speed near Advance Saturday evening when a front wheel detached and flew into a backyard. The axle broke on impact, and the carriage wagon careened aside before stopping, with Reed alone in the vehicle.

Clifford Reed David Reed Jefferson Township Advance

Cut Over Eye Injures Garage Worker Cranking Car

Daniel Leonard of A. E. Fields garage in the rear City Building received a two inch cut over the left eye Saturday evening. A crank slipped from an old ore Jung Cadillac socket and struck him above the eye causing several stitches to be required.

Daniel Leonard A. E. Fields Cadillac

What is so rare as a day in June in the country

In reverse from Mechanicstown Heights on July 2 a long meditation on the charms of rural June. The piece praises quiet country scenery, the peace of nature, and the bustling country life from harvest to mail delivery. It notes fields, meadows, and the scent of hay, plus rural scenes of farming, transportation, and daily work bringing restful distraction from city life.

Mechanicsburg Heights Lowell Dame Nature Mother Earth Boone County Father Qver Aeros Sam David Sugar Creek Issaac Walton

Indiana Forms State Highway Commission for Road Study

Governor Ralston created a central executive board of fifteen and a fifteen member advisory panel to study Indiana road conditions. The commissions draw on all regions and parties with farmers and business leaders. Public hearings are planned, and a report to the 1915 Legislature is expected.

Ralston General Assembly Highway Commission Advisory Commision R. L. Sackett Purdue University L. B. Ajure All State Board of Agriculture Addison C. Harris Thomas Taggart W. H. O’brien Lafter Auditor of State Democratic Party Indiana State Commission Advisory Commission

Two Persons Injured in Runaway Near Whitestown

John Hardesty and his son of Whitestown were riding west of town Friday night about 7 o'clock when a frightened horse bolted, overturning the buggy and throwing them out. Both were badly bruised. Hardesty as a cripple was shaken. Dr Greenland and wife from Lebanon aided them to Whitestown.

John Hardesty and Son Whitestown Mr. Hardesty and Son Mr. Hardesty

Wells Fargo Co Succeeds U S Co In Indiana

The United States Express business ends at midnight Tuesday. Wells Fargo Express Co takes over the T H J E business formerly run by the U S Co. Harold Kramer remains local agent, now for Wells Fargo, and also oversees the Adams Express Co central Indiana agency, continuing in charge there.

United States Express Wells Farsgo Express Co WU. S Harold Kramer U. S. Co Wells Margo Co Adams Express Co Central Indiana Kramer

Niven Family to Tour Europe This Summer

R. E. Niven and his son John of Thorntown will sail for London mid next week for about sixty days of European travel. They plan an extended visit with relatives near the old Niven estates.

R. E. Niven John Thorntown London Europe Niven

Visiting in Arkansas Describes Wycoff Home and Climate

Mrs. Earl Campbell visiting Dugger Arkansas writes from Bert Wycoff’s plateau home. She praises Ozark scenery Boston and Steamboat ranges, ideal climate with cool nights, seven hundred acre ranch with springs, rock drives, and hilly shady roads. Nearby towns, Little Rock a short drive, wheat harvest finished, cotton uncommon, abundant fruits, scenery surpasses Indiana.

Earl Campbell Dugger Ark Ln Dugger Arkansas Wycoff Ozark Mountains Boston Mountains Steamboat Mountains Indiana Cnet

Tenant House Burns on Charles Morton Farm in Clinton

A one story tenant dwelling on Charles Morton’s Clinton township farm burned Thursday at 3 pm. Occupants were John Angleton his wife and two children. Neighbors aided in saving most belongings, which carried no insurance. The house carried $500 coverage. cause of the fire is unknown.

Charles Morton Clinton Township John Angleton

Lightning Strikes Homes and Kills Colt in County

Lightning damaged the residence of Mrs. James Lasley east of Max with a knocked off flue and plaster damage. Insurance is held with Boone County Farmers Cooperative Insurance Co. A colt owned by Carl Perkins in Washington township was killed by lightning Friday, with an adjusted loss of 64 dollars by the same insurer.

James Lasley Max Boone County Farmers Cooperative Insurance Co Carl Perkins Washington Township Boone County Farmera Cooperative Insurance Co

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Peach Court Court BIG Land Deal W. Wile Gibson County Elmer Brenton Purdue John Hardesty Hart Runaway Wells Fargo CO Horace Kramer U.S. Company Con Tinues With New Co R. E. Nives and Son Bert Wy Coff Cline Ton Township Jas. Lasley
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