Kirklin Railworker Suspect Robber of Benefactor
H A Wilson a Kirklin based youth befriended by John Hickey Monon agent stole about 95 dollars in cash and tickets from the Kirklin depot Christmas week. He forged a Hickey signature on a fifty dollar money order cashed in Kokomo after losing employment and vanished. Hickey repaid the railroad for the losses.
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H. A. Wilson
John Hickey
Kirklin
Monon
Mr. Hickey
Hickey
Wilson
Kokomo
James H Harris Dead In Noblesville After Illness
Capt James H Harris 74 died at his Noblesville home after months of heart trouble and dropsy He was born in North Carolina March 20 1840 and moved to Indiana as a boy He served in the Tenth Indiana Infantry and later the Seventeenth Indiana with a commission as second lieutenant He is survived by a widow and two children Fred Harris of Florida and Mrs Frank Wheeler of Cleveland Ohio. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
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James H. Harris
Noblesville
Florida
Fred Harris
Frank Wheeler
Cleveland
Capt. Harris
North Carolina
Indiana
Boone County
Tenth
Indiana Infantry
One Hundred and Seventeenth
Retirement of Capt Harris and public service highlight
The article recalls Capt Harris who, discharged after service, returned home in 1864 and later settled in Hamilton County. He married Misa Almaric Crull in 1866, served twenty-five years in public life, and for five years led as a Sailors Orphans Home trustee in Knightstown. He briefly served in the Indiana House, and in 1896 became US Jail warden in DC, resigning in 1909 for health reasons.
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Hamilton County
Misa Almaric ,Crull
Harris
Capt. Harris
McKinley
United States
District of Columbia
Opening Of Studio By Mrs Hadley In Lebanon
Visitors crowded the studio of Mrs Mary Hadley over Storm and Lewis grocery to view works by her pupils from seventh to high school. The display included oils water colors pencil sketches lamp shade designs and hammered brass work with a reception and continued showings at the Palace Candy Kitchen afterward.
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Mary Hadley
Storm & Lewis
Lebanon
Hadley
Knee Scalded by Hot Water Incident
Reuben Crews three years old son of Mr and Mrs R L Crews of 609 East Fordice street sustained a scald on his right knee when a hot water bucket and a plugged washer caused water to hit him as his mother poured into the machine. Dr H N Coons dressed the wound and no serious results are feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Crews
R. L. Crews
Fordice Street
H. N. Coons
Miraculous Escape After Mulberry Car Crash
Ralph Rothenbarger and Otto Gabell of Mulberry escaped unharmed when their new Ford was hit by a Terre Haute line interurban at a crossing east of Mulberry. The car flew fifteen feet, landed in a church yard, motor man John Gebhart stopped nearby, and the occupants calmly restarted their journey with only slight damage to the Ford.
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Ralph Rothenbarger
Otto Gabel
Mulberry
Terre Haute
Indianapolis & Eastern Traction
John Gebhart
Lafayette
School fight over high school funds in Whitestown dispute
Trustee Stewart pursues mandamus against the advisory board as talks on a new high school building stall. The board unanimously supported an emergency declaration and the trustee submitted an $18,162.20 estimate but the actual appropriation capped at $10,000 via bonds. Uncertainty persists about further suits and political implications before an upcoming election.
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Stewart
Worth Township
Whitestown
S. C. Rooter
Booher
Montgomery
E. E. Smith
Booker
Central Indiana Rail Road holds annual meeting reelects directors
The Central Indiana Rail Road Company held its eleventh annual stockholders meeting in Anderson under President Joseph Robinson. All shares were represented, with no major business conducted beyond routine matters. Directors re elected were William H. Newman Alfred H. Smith John J. Burnet J. J. Turner Edw B. Taylor C. M. South and Joseph Robinson. The railroad operates between Muncie and Brazil and handles coal from nearby mines. Office base remains in Anderson.
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Central Indiana Railroad Company
Joseph Robinson
Af Anderson
Robison
Charles Parkhurst
Com‘pany
Anderson
C. I. Company
William H. Newman
Alfred H. Smith
John J. Burnet
J. J. Turner
Edw. B. Taylor
C. M. South
Central Indiana
Muncie
Brazil
C. I
Graduation Dinner Honors Methodist Hospital Nurse Class
Miss Frances Hilligoss of Lebanon, a member of the Nurses Class, attended a dinner party held Thursday at Page's country home near Indianapolis. Twenty graduates were celebrated with floral decor and place cards. Hilligoss, daughter of Mrs. Nancy Hilligoss, has cared for Lebanon patients at the hospital.
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Page
Indianapolis
Methodist Hospital
Frances Hilligoss
Lebanon
Mise Hilligoss
Nancy Hilligoss
West Washington Street
Hazelrigg
Graduates Now 184 From Common Schools
Ten applicants sat the last graduation exam for common schools. Five passed this time, namely Belle Campbell Clinton Leo Kincaid Everett J. Allen Glenn Lanham and Pearl Shoemaker. The total graduates this year reach 184, down from 226 last year. Teachers must visit the county superintendent to sign diplomas.
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Belle Campbell
Clinton
Leo Kincaid
Jefferson
Everett J. Allen
Glenn Lanham
Marion
Pearl Shoemaker
Union
Speeding motorcyclist blamed as elderly man hurt
Aged farmer Monroe Davis, sixty, three miles east of Darlington, may not recover after being struck by a motorcycle on the town sidewalk. Claude Coletrane, youth, was severely injured and motorist Berne Foust escaped harm. Authorities reconsider charges pending Davis outcome. Citizens protest high speed on pedestrian walk.
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Monroe Davis
Darlington
Claude Coletrane
Berne Foust
Foust
Coletrane
Davis
Mr. Davis
Mrs Haze Bailey Ill From Beans Poisoning
The Grawfordsville Journal reports Mrs Haze Bailey is seriously ill at her parents home 316 North street with ptomaine poisoning believed due to beans from a Lebanon restaurant. Mrs Batley also became ill after returning from Lebanon Saturday evening and is under a physician care. The most serious stage seems past and recovery is expected as the danger lessens. Bailey recently escaped death when struck by lightning at her parents home. The illness is attributed to poison in the beans.
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Grawfordsville Journal
Haze
Heven
The Spreader Co Incorporates and Plans Factory Work
The Spreader Co Incorporates with capital stock of 12000 and several Lebanon residents as incorporators. Officers named include J W Shelby president A Wysong VP J A Hogshire secretary W T Hooton treasurer. Decoration services set for May 24 1914 at Bethel church with Reverend A W Cash delivering address. Committees named for music flowers recitations marking graves and more. The firm aims to manufacture and sell spreaders based on the Alexander design. plans are pending engineer blueprints and manufacturing decision. Also note a separate item: Frank Cobb pleads guilty to assault and battery and is fined $1 plus costs.
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Bethel Church
A. W. Cash
Lebanon
Bethel Sunday School
Cuba Caldwell
Pearl Sanders
Ruth Witt
Ruth Swift
Audrey Swift
Edna Davis
Leathe Brambler
Estelle Roberts
Thomas Small
William Hawkins
D. D. Cohee
Elmer Riddle
Wallace Witt
Nora Wills
Secretary of State
Alexander Spreader Co
J. W. Shelby
Wysong
W. T. Hooton
J. A. Hog~shire
J. P. Hooton
A. J. Shelby
Boone County
A. Wysong
J. A. Hogshire
Indestructible Wheel Works Receives New $10,000 Press
The Indestructible Wheel Works has received a large hydraulic press costing $10,000. Two freight cars carried the components from the eastern factory and installation will take several weeks as workers begin assembling the machine.
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Wheel Works
Indestructible Wheel Works
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John Rickey
Hadley and Pupils
Central Indiana Railway
Frances Hilligogs
Darl
Ington
Crawfordsville
the Spreader CO
Bethel
J. W. Shelby A. Wysong
J. A. Nogshire
PB. Ooton
Frank Cobb
Iacobelli Bros
Star Drug Store
Maxwelton Duplex Oatmeals
Scotland
Harry Saunders
Hoover Mahan
White & Dodson
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