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Newspaper
Boone County Progressive
Location
Boone, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
6
The issue lists state and federal race candidates led by Albert Beveridge for U S Senator and other state officers. It also comments on Roosevelt, Wilson, Penrose, Pinchot, and newspaper stances, urging unity against Tammany-style machine politics and recalling the 1912 political scene.
The New York Tribune editorial urges defeat of Senator Penrose in Pennsylvania arguing his continued leadership would harm public life and Republican vigor. It calls for a reorganized party free of reactionary forces, warning against a return to the old machine system and stressing the need to unite with Progressive elements.
The First Rural Loan and Savings Association weighs bids for a new building on the site of the old Walker building on North Lebanon Street. General bids come from Avery, Stoops, and Fuller with multiple alternates. Interior decor details and a potential lease for a moving picture theater are under negotiation.
Obituaries from a 19th century Indiana issue note Marion Leibhardt of Zionsville dying at the Wabash Valley Sanitarium Lafayette after two weeks of treatment, with his sister Mrs. W H Green of this city and relatives in Zionsville. Also reported are the deaths of Marion E Liebhardt after a fall from a third story window at the Lafayette sanitarium and Mrs. Artamesa Pedigo of Fayette, with details on their births, marriages, survivors, and funeral arrangements.
The Castle Hall Association held its twenty first annual stockholders meeting Wednesday night electing four directors M F Campbell S R Tyre William Powell and B J Coombs. Holdover directors are O Cason H P New and C F S Neal. Officers chosen are President M F Campbell Vice President H F New and Secretary Treasurer C F S Neal. The association declares a dividend of 2 per share last Mare.
Rev. C. H. Carmichael pastor at Lebanon Presbyterian Church was chosen by Grand Master Martin A. Morrison to serve as grand chaplain of the Indiana Grand Lodge. Carmichael, recently installed in Indianapolis, was surprised by the appointment, a first office in the Masonic order after five years of membership and long friendship with Morrison.
The twenty third Zion Park Chautauqua session will run from August sixth to twenty third at Zionsville. Byron W King of Pittsburg A T Sweeney of Chicago and EBC Waring of Cincinnati will fill the Sunday dates with Hussey as president Hurst secretary and Grimes general manager overseeing the program.
A large crowd filled East Side of the square for Lebanon’s summer concert opener. Automobiles lined the curb along Washington and Main, with buggies at the hitch rack. The program pleased the loyal audience, and Director Coates, though new, is praised as highly competent and already improving the band.
No more Old Settlers meetings at Eagle Town if Barker clears Barker's Grove as no other suitable grounds are available. Meetings have been held since 1876 in Barker's Grove and will end unless a new venue is found.
Morgan Hayter died Tuesday night at the county infirmary from a paralytic stroke. He never married, was forty nine, and had long been an invalid in Grmery. The body went from Lindsay and Tolle’s to Jamestown with a half brother claiming the remains. Later, Mabel Shirley and Claud Shirley hosted a party for about thirty friends at the Shirley home south of Elizaville, with games, music, and ice cream and cake.
Obituary notes report Jerry HM Moore dying last night with two half brothers in Indianapolis and funeral held May 27. Susan Craig Beck dies a week after husband Jared R Beck at Thorntown residence. she was born July 16, 1889 in Montgomery County to John W. Craig family, long residents.
Willoughby Lewis a former Lebanon resident died Thursday at his Hot Springs Arkansas home after a nine month illness from spleen enlargement. He lived in Oklahoma City for two years before moving to Hot Springs. He leaves a wife and six children, his mother Mrs. Nannie Lewis two sisters Mrs. B C Huckleberry and Nellie Lewis and a brother Grant Lewis of Eaton Tennessee. Funeral held Friday in Hot Springs.
Telegraphs report the sudden death of Mrs Eva Cason Farrell in Toledo Washington and note her prior in Boone and Sullivan counties. She married Dr W R Stoney in 1880. their son H O Stone, editor of Bammerton News, is 33. She later wed Dillon Ferrers in 1907 and is survived by her mother Mrs Sarah Cason Graves. Isaac Newton Cotton, longtime Marion county farmer and former state legislator, died after months of illness near Zionsville. Funeral services were conducted by Zionsville Masonic lodge with burial at Pleasant Hill.
Mrs Delia Lewis of Pittsboro died at Indianapolis hospital after a second operation. Funeral at Pittsboro Friday at one, burial in Jamestown. She was sister of Mrs Charles Mitchell and daughter of Mrs Fannie Kelly. Mrs Amelia Stewart of Mace died at home after extended illness. Widow of James Stewart, she leaves three sons and one daughter. Funeral held at Methodist church this morning. survivors include Joseph and Jack Dean, Mrs Morgan Shelley, and Mrs Kincaid.
The sixth annual commencement at the Methodist Episcopal hospital training school for nurses was held at Broadway Methodist church in Indianapolis. Colonel W T Durbin of Anderson delivered the address praising the graduates for entering nursing, with Dr W N Wishard giving a short history of the school. Misa Frances Hilligony of Indianapolis was among the graduates and intends to base her headquarters in Indianapolis.
Charles Essex announces his candidacy for the auditor nomination, contingent on the Progressive county convention set to meet Saturday June 6. The announcement requests party support and places emphasis on securing the nomination through the convention process.
Mary Owens eleven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Owens was killed Thursday afternoon near New Maysville when a team of horses hitched to a heavy field roller ran away. The roller rolled over her head as she was driving, and she died within an hour. Her grandfather James Wall of Mt Zion area learned of the accident from New Waysville and Lebanon relatives.
The Grand Lodge selects Zionsville Rushville Franklin Crawfordsville or Bedford as potential sites for the proposed Masonic Home for Aged Masons widows and orphans with Jeffersonville dropped as headquarters. A committee will report in about a month and the home is expected to cost around 500000.
Prof. C H Givan of Lebanon High School has been offered the principalship of Delphi High School with a salary allegedly equal to his present pay. He is considering the offer and contemplating a career shift to law. Givan was reelected for another year and remains a popular instructor.
Eighteen graduates of Center township commot schools visited the county superintendent's office this afternoon to receive their diplomas in a brief ceremony.
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