Republican Mass Convention at Odd Fellows Hall
J Barrows presided and delivered a strong address with Gurley Brewer and Elliott re elected as county chairman. The meeting in Indianapolis drew a full crowd as reports from precinct meetings named committeemen and set a March 35 1912 primary election.
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
Connersville Township
Wood Miller
George Starr
Lyman Cooley
Glen Zell
C. A. Rieman
James Halstead
Leslie Jeffrey
Werle Vincent
Ezra B. Brown
W. P. Alexander
Fairview
William A. Carson
Posey
H. W. Clifton
Orange
Edward McClanahan
Columbia
Warren B. Murray
Jackson
Clyde Myers
Jennings
C. ‘M. Roberts
Waterloo
W. E. Jones
Harrison—East
Frank E. Jarrell
Harrison—West
John S. Wolf
P. Alexander
Maniha
Voice
Glenwood Boys Detained by Shelbyville Police After Runaway
Two 12 year old Glenwood youths Fred Cook and Leroy Link wandered away Monday on an apparent adventure. They rode a westbound train and were later taken into custody by Shelbyville police and held in the jail parlors. Link’s father went to retrieve the boys as their families feared for them.
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Glenwood
Shelbyville
Fred Cook
Sarah Clifford
Leroy Link
Lee Link
Tee Link
Link
Missing Glenwood youths captured by Shelbyville police
Fred Cook and LeRoy Link, two Glenwood youths reported missing, were found in Shelbyville after traveling toward Texas to seek cattle ranch work. They told a local matron they were brothers Samuel and Robert Wesley, earned 1.08 in cash after leaving Glenwood, and spent most of it on cartridges for a practice shooting.
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Rushville
Texas
Fred Cook
LeRoy Link
Glenwood
Shelbyville
Gordon
Samuel
Robert Wesley
Fatrolmen Tolen
Farrell
Roadville
Houta
Medical testimonial for Miles remedies in Lewistown
A 70 year old resident of Lewistown Illinois reports relief from severe abdominal swelling and breathing difficulties after using Dr Miles Heart Remedy and Nervine. The letter credits doctors and the product as life changing and declares the writer now able to walk the streets as a walking advertisement.
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Miles
Joan R. CocuRan
Lewistown
Ill
Indoor Fair and Automobile Show to Brighten Town
Merchants plan a five session Indoor Free Fair March first to third with booths at the rink next to the auditorium. Ye Motor Shop will host a large automobile show and free vaudeville shows will run all day. Lighting from two electric companies will illuminate the event to attract crowds.
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Merchants’ Association
Mareh del
Pith
Dirk
Light, Heat & Power Company
Hydro-Electric Company
E. Reh
Chicago
M. Hassett
Fred Heeb
Alva Hannah
Farm accident near Carthage leaves man Unconscious and injured
Will Webster slipped on the barn tie while working on his farm northwest of Carthage. His head struck a beam, rendering him unconscious until pain in a hand woke him. Hogs surrounded him and one bit off a finger, though his overall injuries were reported as little.
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Carthage
Will Webster
Rushville
Virgil Higgs In Vestibule Accident Seriously Hurt
An 18 year old, Virgil Higgs, was seriously injured when his head was crushed between the wings of a vestibule on a moving train near the depot. He walked home with help and is under doctor care. one side of his skull is fractured and condition remains grave.
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Virgil Higgs
Higg
O. P. Higgs
Twenty- First Street
Tails Vity
Rushville
Young Higgs
Two Conventions Set for Rushville and Connersville
Rushville hosted the Sixth district chairmen to fix dates for the district delegate convention to Chicago. Connersville was chosen for the meeting on March 7 and the March 28 joint Senatorial and Representative conventions were planned with Fayette Rush and Hancock counties. Republicans expressed renewed vigor for the November effort.
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Connersville
Fayette
Rush
Hancock
Rushville
Paviv Stlechh
George Stant May Enlarge Factory
George H Stant plans to expand his matching works later this year. The plant employs twenty men ten hours daily and runs steadily. New orders have increased, with more than half from distant cities including Cincinnati St Louis Chicago and Pittsburg.
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George H. Stant
Stant
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Pittsburg
Indiana
Gore
Nate
Tad Po
Brookville Boy Killed at Turntable Accident
Nine year old Tallon Walters died ten minutes after injury at a Big Four turntable used as a merry go round near his Brookville home. He was crushed between moving machinery and a fixed foundation while playing with companions. Walters family has relatives in the area.
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Tallon Walters
Brookville
Big Four Company
Young Walters
Walters
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