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Newspaper

Boone County Progressive

Location

Boone, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1914

Page

3

Granford and Ford Address Large Progressive Meeting

A weather on Saturday moved the Progressive gathering to the court room where Charles A. Ford of Kokomo spoke on tariff impacts and businesslike congress. Earl Crawford of Milton urged decent state government and critiqued party pledges and last legislature. District Chairman William B. Dye attended.

Charles A. Ford Kokomo Congress Earl Crawford Milton William B. Dye Noublesville Ford Progres Montgomery Clintona M. Worley Crawford Indiana Efort Sme Crook

Goods Attached as Altum Shipment Stopped in Court

Fred Altum's household goods bound for Colorado were halted by attachment. Lebanon Hardware sued for $156.10 and the First National Bank sought judgments totaling $1,140 in various courts. Altum paid some claims. attachments remain on the carload of goods awaiting settlement. Citizens Loan & Trust Co also held a claim for $52.80 but was paid.

Fred Altum Colorado Lebanon Hardware Company Squire Harlan First National Bank Justice of Peace Court Justice of the Peace Court Circuit Court Citizens ‘Loan & Trust Co William Means Altum

Brown suit seeks $400 judgment against Fred Altom

LR Brown and others ask a $400 judgment against Fred Altom in a suit filed in the First National Bank of Lebanon. Credit and attachment proceedings are noted with J. R. Brown and others granted leave to file under the action.

LR. Brown Et al Fred Altom First National Bank ‘of Lebanon Fred. Altum J. R. Brown Jenye

Husband appeals to court over ex wife neglecting children

Ora Yoh of 3648 Massachusetts Avenue Indianapolis accuses his ex wife Mrs. Gertie Yoh of neglecting their children and objecting to her attention from another man. The judge urges propriety and suggests marriage or abstaining from the man in question. The couple once lived in Zionsville where Yoh was a barber.

Ora Yoh Massachusetts Avenue Indianapolis Gertie Yoh Jefferson Avenue Yoh

Retrenchment on Big Four Railroad

The Big Four Railroad has cut three freight crews in this division and laid off all section men until the first of the month. The section foreman now supervises the track. Conductors with cabooses removed include Danles Risley and Nolan. New locomotives with 2,500 ton hauling capacity arrived, likely reducing freight crews further.

Big Four Slo Danles Risley Nolan

Commissioners Revise the List of Inspectors for Election

County commissioners finalized a revised roster of election inspectors after disqualifications. The list covers Marion Clinton Washington Sugar Creek Jefferson Center Union Eagle Perry Harrison Jackson and Worth precincts with assigned inspectors including Walk er Howard Smith Mendell Duvall Perkins Robison Davis McDonald Riggins Herdrich Kersey Coulter New Snyder Conrad Shelburne Avery Dugan Dickerson Everett Linton Har rison Bow man Graves Ronk Dale Stewart and Miter.

Marion Charles Walker Charles C. Howard Miles EB. Smith Clinton Ollie A. Mundell Union A. H. Snyder Rufny Conrad Eagle Shelburne Herschel H. Avery John A. Dugan Perry Charles M. Dickerson George A. Everett. Harrison George J. Linton W. Frank Harriso. . Jackson Carl C. Bowman E. M. Graves Samuel &. Ronk Elisha M. Dale. Worth R. Stewart Charies I Miter

Horses shipped to Europe boost wartime market

The European war is boosting the U S horse trade as buyers ship large numbers to Europe. Earl Allen of Roachdale reportedly sent 140 horses last week for use overseas, part of weeks of steady purchases by traders seeking to supply Allied forces.

Europe Earl Allen Roachdale Tom Allen

Englishman on the American Navy and Bigger Dreadnoughts

London dispatch reports American and British naval authorities debate battleship versus submarine strength. Despite submarine threats, the US builds three new battleships with one in a government yard, and displacement increases to about 32 000 tons per ship with 14 inch to 22 inch armament.

Uinternational News Service London United States Greece Europe North Sea Atlantic Congress Lord Fisher American Navy Department America South Carolina Delaware Arkansas Taxa Oklahoma Pennsylvania Percy Scott Germany Max Horton

Sleep and work in life and battle ships debated

The article blends reflections on rest and virtue with naval tech, comparing nature’s rest to human toil and then detailing U S battleship plans. It notes the cost, firepower, and speed of two new battleships, and weighs American naval strategy against German submarines amid ongoing war concerns.

Receiver Sought for Central Station Engineering Co Insolvent

The Crawfordsville Journal reports the First National Bank seeks a receiver for Central Station Engineering Company of Indiana and a $20,000 judgment. The 46 amended complaint states Crawfordsville Heating borrowed $10,000 with stock as security, the company later merged into the Indiana entity, now insolvent and transferred to the Central Station Engineering Company of Alios. Crans and McCabe represent the bank.

Crawfordsville Journal Aga Central Station Engineering Company of Intiana First National Bank Crawfordsville Heating Company

Landis Addresses Large Kirklin Rally

Fred Landis of Logansport spoke to a packed Kirklin high school assembly hall Friday night as Beveridge club supporters filled seven Seindeville autos. Will Holton Dye of Noblesville opened the program before Landis arrived after 8 o clock. Enthuasiastic progressives from Fort Wayne attended, their only chance to hear him in this campaign.

Fred Landis Logansport Kirklin Beveridge Club Landis Seindeville Seirdeville Glelock Willliam + Holton

November Weather Outlook From Rev Hicks Forecasts Storms

Rev Hicks predicts a normal to mild November with a sequence of storms moving west to east across the country. Expect frosts in the south early in November, multiple storm periods from the 7th to the 26th, and a shift to colder, clearer skies by late November into December.

Irl Hicks

Complete directory of Boone County social agencies and jails

The October Indiana bulletin lists Boone County institutions and groups under the Board of State Charities. It names the County jail in Lebanon with Sheriff B B McRoberts and the County Poor Asylum, the Board of Children's Guardians, the County Organization Society, the Sunshine Society at the high school, and the Anti Tuberculosis Society. Also listed are the Attendance Officer, Probation Officer, and local health officials, plus Crawford Baptist Industrial School in Zionsville and Williams Hospital in Lebanon with superintendents named.

Indiana Bulletin of Charities and Corrections Board of State Charities Boone Sounby Lebanon B. B. Mc Roberts County Poor Asylum Noutheast W- T- Randle Board of Children’s Guardians Kirk Waldo Robbins Lillian Comply William Means Mary McCaslin Fronia McKey John W. Jones County Organization Society John Jones Ben F. McKay Sunshine Society of High School Sunhine Harriet Ashley Ruth Campbell Circuit Court W. A

D M C Club Meeting With Autumn Decor and Dining

The D M C club gathered Friday afternoon with Mrs George Adams hosting on North Meridian street. Members enjoyed embroidery and sewing then shared a dining room meal amid autumn leaves and white chrysanthemums. Guests included Mrs Claude Crooks Mrs Se Leeke and Mrs Gord Gatler. A joke interrupted the serving of refreshments. A separate line notes a Kingan Co case against Thomes C Hager was dismissed on motion, with plaintiffs not present.

George Adams North Meridian Street Claude Crooks Se Leeke Gord Gatler Kingan & Co Thomes C. Hager Modemient Haadéen Notin

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Granford Court House C. A. Ford Congressional Caldidate Big Four Railroad Chicago Anenglishman Archibald Hurd Uncle Sam Nature Grammer Crawfordsville Bank Heat Ing Company Prophet Hicks Complete Directory D. M. C. Club Mrs
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