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Newspaper
Boone County Progressive
Location
Boone, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
7
Local Lebanon readers weigh in on the Boston Athletics clash with Philadelphia for the title. Opinion splits, with most boosters backing Philadelphia's veterans and several supporters predicting Boston's unlikely triumph.
Next Sunday's game at the Moose Park will feature the Re serves against a team to be chosen by RoE Berryhill.
Progressives expect three large meetings as Albert J. Beveridge plans a western Roane County tour. He will speak in Jamestown at 1 p.m., Advance at 2:30 p.m., and Thorntown at 4:30 p.m. A local delegation leaves at noon for Jamestown to join the tour and other contingents will shuttle voters to the events. The Jamestown Boys Band will perform in Jamestown, with music at the other two meetings as well.
Thorntown town council and county commissioners return from a two day inspection trip to Connersville and Seymour seeking guidance on concrete road binders. They report mixed expert opinions, noting binder use remains experimental yet durable pavements are achievable with proper construction. The group plans to apply lessons to next year’s street program.
The Rev. G. F. Crossland is reassigned for another year as pastor of the A. M. E. churches at Frankfort Lebanon and Thorntown after the Indians Conference of Terre Haute renewed his assignment. His continued leadership is seen as easing duties for congregations where he is highly popular.
The Northwest Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference report from Lafayette details that Lebanon church raised 7500 for benevolences and church expenses. Disciplinary benevolences totaled 2181 with 1288 for local receipts and 949 for other benevolences. Membership rose by eighty to 830, with 103 new members and 180 net gain over two years. The Sunday school enrolled 500 and averaged 300 attendance. The fourth quarterly conference reappointed Dr Kirk Waldo Robbing for another year.
Harrison township sprinter William Doyle traveled to Columbus Indiana this morning for a district meeting of the Civil War soldiers group.
fragments recount Doyle's Civil War Shenandoah Valley experiences with a superior foe pressing Union units. A court row mentions Leggs if you ever served me a morning, and a suit filed against L. O. Cham of Fayette over an account for $28.01, with a claim of miles run in an hour and a half.
Invitations issued for the wedding of Miss Eugenia Alberta Witt to Mr. Thomas L. Neal. The ceremony will take place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Witt on Wednesday evening October 14 at 7:90 o clock.
Four militant women blocked the dumping of mixed gravel and dirt in a west town alley while excavating for new brick pavement. They forced teamsters to abandon unloading as police surrendered after the standoff. Mayor Shelby pledged no gravel or dirt would be dumped there, while women objected to dirt spoiling their cleaned alley.
Councilmen Smith Myers and Ellis and Engineer Whitecotton leave for an extended inspection tour through Illinois. They will visit principal cities to examine disposal facilities for the sanitary sewerage and the street lighting systems. Local farmers have long complained about Prairie Creek pollution from sewerage as plans for a sanitary disposal system are considered. The current street lighting contract expires next month on the 17th.
Gene Houghton a Winnipeg business leader and sports figure sails for wartime service with Canadian troops in the European theater. The Free Press notes his trap shooting titles, presidency roles at Fort Garry Trap Club and Dominion Athletic Club, golf, boxing enthusiasm, and prior Spanish American War service as an expert with machine guns.
The Crawfordsville Heating Company surrendered its franchise last June and sought Indiana Public Service Commission appraisal. Auditors and engineers assessed the plant and the commission fixed a 22 cent per square foot radiation rate with a 20 percent boost for range boilers. If earnings exceed 10 percent, the commission may require a rate reduction.
Frankfort Crescent News reports a petition to modify a Clinton circuit court divorce decree from Boone county. Ray King sues Clothielde Hawkins Henry Hart and Sarah Hart and Joseph King over custody of Judith E King. King alleges limited access to the child since the October 10 1908 divorce and asks custody be modified.
Harriet Ruth Craig born September 10 1914 in Lake county Indiana died at 5 Sunday at home Crown Point aged 17 days. Body shipped to Dover and funeral at Dover church 10 Tuesday conducted by Rev Homer Dale buried Dover cemetery. Anna Trene Sizemore born September 21 1914 in Boone county Indiana died at 11 Monday at home 704 Hamilton street aged eight days. Cause of death listed as initiation. Funeral at residence Tuesday 2 pm by Rev L C Egnew. Burial Precinct cemetery.
John Fletcher Day a longtime Lebanon resident died at 2 30 p m Tuesday at his Indianapolis avenue home after a prolonged illness dating from June 6 1914 He was born May 16 1846 in Ross county Ohio and came to Indiana in youth He leaves wife Ellen Isenhower and children Homer Day Mrs Frank Peterson Pletcher Day and Margaret Day plus several siblings and half siblings The funeral will be at the Methodist church Thursday at 2 p m with interment Oak Hill cemetery
Susan Young aged 75 of Darlington choked on a peach at her daughter’s home southeast of Darlington. A doctor arrived too late. She had lived near Darlington most of her life, was well known, and active in Center Grove church. Funeral services were held today with interment in the church cemetery.
The Red Men of Lebanon organized a glee club at their wigwam on Tuesday night electing John L. Saunders president H. H. Clay secretary Roy Kiser treasurer and C A S Houk director The group plans winter recitals and entertainment inviting Winnebago Tribe members to attend the next meeting on Thursday night October 8.
The Yelton family gathered Sunday at the home of Mr. a Yet the Roachdaoe Council Refused to Moses'P. Beck near Hazelrigg with relatives from Indian Let Contract to G. T. Miller. Attendees from Lebanon included William Yelton Basil Rightsel Art Beck Frank Hart and Cari Kersey plus their families.
George T. Miller and Joe Edwards attended a Roachdale meeting Tuesday night where Miller submitted the sole bid for a macadam street improvement. The bid was below estimate but the council rejected it and said new bids would be readvertized.
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