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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
1
An ad styled copy promotes a soda fountain claiming to cure thirst with cool drinks. It extols iced sparkling orange phosphate and raspberry soda with ice cream as refreshing and invigorating options, urging readers to give the shop a chance.
The eighteenth annual Clinton High School commencement was held at the Clinton opera house on Friday evening May 25. Rev Fred W Hickson delivered the address The Commandery of Character and Craft. The audience was moved by the speech and vocal solos by Miss Alice Triggins and the Clinton quartet were well received. Graduates listed include Gladys Harrington Helen Wood Maude Delp David Devonald Grace Black Eloy Porter Howard Clover Olive Richards and Lorena Wiltermood.
The first team and the Clinton Orioles played a strong ball game at Morris park on Wednesday afternoon. Both squads showed quality pitching and defense with no clear outcome until late innings. Final score shows Clinton two teams contributing to a tied or decisive result, reflecting well on the city’s baseball depth.
A midweek storm battered Clinton injuring property and trees. Steve Tomascik’s saloon and Sylvester Douglass’ shoe shop suffered major damage while a brick house on 10th street lost part of a wall. Roy Smith’s residence and Chas Walker’s billboards were damaged. The left plant switchboard burned and many shade trees were toppled. Claude McFall’s music class display in Montezuma drew cheers at the opera house and a ten mile boat ride for his students.
Authorities probe a counterfeit circulation focused on Alec Russla a Finlander. Russla was arrested after a jailed intoxication with a counterfeit quarter on him. Police search a Finlander boardinghouse room uncovered metal components used to mint coins.
J L Horney owner of the Indiana Telephone and Telegraph Co announces a large remodeling program for his plant. The project aims to modernize facilities and improve service quality for the local telephone network.
The article states that he will construct a new and more commodious office and remodel the entire plant. The improvements will enlarge and improve the facility, and upon completion Clinton will have a telephone plant rivaling any city in the state.
Jury commissioners named grand and petit juries for the Vermillion circuit court May term. Grand jurors include Henry B. James Joseph H. Fillinger H. C. Jackson James Clark George R. Hopkins Levi McIntyre and others from Vermillion Clinton Eugene and Hell township. Petit jurors listed Milton A. Beauchamp Charles W. Ayers Elvin M. Helt Wm A Reid Thos T Arraasmith George Bales Charles F. Miller George W. Church Jerome Jenkins B F Watson Wm Lewis and Wm A Bullock.
Decoration Day was observed in Clinton with a march from the school grounds to the opera house. Capt. Jewell of Danville delivered a splendid address before the procession proceeded to the cemetery to decorate the graves of the deceased soldiers.
Frank J. Micheli of Clinton and Miss Mayme Doyle of Brazil Indiana were married at the bride’s home on Tuesday at 10 am. They headed for Chicago for their honeymoon. The couple paused in Clinton where the Italian band greeted them but did not perform.
City council held a special session at City Hall last Thursday evening and voted to pursue a sewerage system improvement. They plan to hire a competent engineer and prepare plans and specifications for submission.
Abe Anderson colored fired three shots at John Brown on Water Street Saturday evening but missed. Policeman Vanhoosier chased him but Anderson escaped. Brown says he does not know why the bombardment began.
Henry Cummings of Lyford eloped with a Tecumseh girl early this week. They traveled to Lyford before authorities were alerted. Clinton police sent Reid, Vanhoosier and Harrison to Lyford on Tuesday to locate Cummings, but he could not be found.
Eddie Luce prosecutes the search for the missing Byers boy who passed through Centenary neighborhood with a man days ago, as reported in last week's Plaindealer. He remains convinced the lad is the Byers boy.
Surveyors Moore and Brown of Indianapolis are at work outlining the plans and specifications for the city sewerage system and the paving of Main Street.
Miss Alvan and sister of Terre Haute and Miss Grace Hunt of Dana were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fraank Van Duyn and family this week.
P Z Anderson a longtime Clinton resident and bookkeeper at Byers boarding and liver stable on Seventh Street died suddenly at about six twenty Sunday morning while breakfasting at William Barrett's home. Official word delays burial as coroner and prosecutor consult on death certificate. cause not yet determined, with apoplexy suspected. He was 73, widower, with one daughter Eva and six sons Clifford Max Claude Forrest Page and Lawrence. Burial planned at Anderson cemetery in Pond Creek with services to follow.
Clinton Terre Haute interurban owners pledged Commissioner Geo B Tillotson that the line would extend to Fairview in the early part of June. Residents of Fairview await the extension and believe it will occur in due course.
The First Baptist Church invites a large Terre Haute crowd for services on Sunday June 3 with preaching at 11 am and 2 pm and Sunday school at 3 pm. Rev. McIntyre of Clinton preaches at 7 30 pm. The church aims to raise 25 dollars. Rev H C Clay, Pastor.
Viewers Robertson and Aikman of Dana survey the Clinton township proposed gravel road project and expect completion by the middle of July. Surveyor Conley is currently at work on the road.
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