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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1907
Page
5
Defendant in Fayette Circuit Court must answer or demur to a complaint by the first Monday of January at Connersville Indiana. The notice, dated December 2, 187, is signed by Clerk William B Sparka.
Final settlement hearing in Fayette Circuit Court for the estate of Willis Lake deceased. Administrators M. Lake and KR Lake with the will annexed filed account and vouchers for examination on January 2, 1908. Heirs creditors and legatees must appear to show cause why the settlement should not be approved. Connersville Indiana. Clerk William E Marks.
Sixty one guests gathered at J K Craig home for the ceremony performed by Rev John Machtan in a flower grotto. The couple, both of East Connersville, will reside with John's in laws Anson R B Miller and wife. Funeral of John Quincy Tate held east of the city with Rev G C Lamb preaching. William Rudhelie ill at home on West Hill.
Sheriff Lipsky of Bluffton arrested Lester Smith in the city on charges including defrauding a board bill and allegedly taking a ring from a 13 year old boy and selling it for 10. Smith, a printer by trade, accompanied by his attorney D. W. McKee, was jailed and later taken to Bluffton.
David Powell falls in California with a broken collar bone. He was the oldest of nine living ex chiefs of Indianapolis and was elected by the City Council in 1864 when eighteen officers served. His son George W Powell later became chief. Willard Rummel returns from Knightstown for a week with family. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Earl Wanley was buried in Dublin after a sudden death.
Indianapolis January 16 The district delegates to the Republican national convention will be elected the first week of February after the reorgan ization of the state committee. The four delegates at large will be chosen at the state convention in April. Risk campaigns for chairmanship amid anti-Taggart sentiment. The state health board reports November deaths 2543, cancer highest killer. Congressman Watson returns from Washington to campaign for governor nomination. Gowdy sick with grip but plans to stay at Watson headquarters through the state convention.
Roy Williams an Indianapolis convict who escaped from the reformatory in Jeffersonville Indiana appears to have evaded capture. Additional plotters were involved but the plan failed and Williams was not the ringleader. The escape involved forcing a door to a former watch tower and using rope to construct a ladder. He is believed to have hidden in a box car to depart.
The American schooner Thomas W. Lawson capsized in Broadsound Scilly Islands after enduring gales across the Atlantic. Only three of eighteen crew members were rescued as the captain sought shelter from the fierce storm along the English coast.
The permanent relief committee led by Governor Dawson prepared a fund appeal for widows and orphans affected by the Monongah mine explosion. It will be sent to chambers of commerce and similar groups nationwide for support.
The Postmaster General issues a temporary directive directing postmasters to deliver all letters plainly addressed to Santa Claus without identifying names. Letters are to be divided among local charitable societies if multiple groups claim them, and the rule runs until January 1, 1908. The aim is to avoid lost letters due to Kris Kringle name variations.
Mrs Henrietta Billau died at her west Fifth street home after about three weeks of illness. Born September 4 1837 in Wolfenbuttel Germany she moved to Cincinnati then to this city with her husband Valentine in 1886. Survived by six children and a long line of relatives she helped organize the German Presbyterian church and taught in its Sunday school. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Clifford Myers of East Connerville, about 22, lost three fingers at Sherry Saw Mill this morning while attempting to free a stick from a fast moving circle saw. His right hand touched the teeth as the stick came loose, the teeth severing fingers near the hand.
An advertisement argues that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription suits women's ailments, claiming its known composition, numerous cures, and privacy of use. It invites thoughtful women to consult Dr. Pierce at the Buffalo clinic and to acquire The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser via mail order.
The fragmentary report says the little finger was broken and torn, requiring amputation. The young man was taken to Mr. Sherry's home where physicians tended his hand. It is believed he will recover rapidly given his strong constitution. His aged East Connersville parents depend on his labor.
Miss Gertrude Burger spent the iday with Misses Maggie Morton and Letha Wolfe at the old Elm Farm. Miss Ethel Ashworth has returned to her home at Mattoon Illinois after a visit with friends and relatives in this county.
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