National YWCA Convention Opens in Indianapolis
About 200 delegates attended the last premeeting session as Indianapolis gears for the National YWCA convention. Organizers expect up to 1900 women from across the country and Europe to attend, with special trains bringing visitors from Boston and New York.
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Indianapolis
National
Young Women's Christian Association
Louise Brooks
Anna Brown
Holmagnist
National Board
New York
Lesin
Europe
YS Wca
Pacific Coast
Boston
York
Grace Dedge
Tielen Gould
Lucy Tritton
Tthel Stevens
Y. W. Co
Shelbyville schools reopen amid smallpox controls
Local school district resumes classes after a period of closure and health measures. Officials say the reopening follows a drive to prevent the spread of smallpox with sanitation and vaccination guidance.
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Shelbyville
Shelusysilie Ind
Agri
Ose
Unclear Text Noted: Local Lightning Fatality Report
Fragmentary OCR text describes a death by lightning possibly in JeTersorville involving individuals named Ted and Charier with references to Peters and Glev- Sf tind. Details are unreadable and names may be misspelled.
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JeTersorville
Ted
Veril
Calvin Puardsan
Nest Charlier
Creepese Peters
Unclear fragment describes brutal injury near road
Partial OCR text reports a violence scene with a decapitated head and mangled body on a southern palvaay track near here. Details are incomplete and names or places are missing.
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Pyeol Predner
Fargo Cvs
Palvaay Track
Acquittal in Franklin case and man slaughter verdict
A Franklin jury acquitted Robert Shirley in a dispute case described as shoerue Listrether indaw. In Terre Haute a jury found William Coan guilty of manslaughter for killing John Lawrence, an elderly farmer.
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Robert Shirley
Franklin
Ind
Gray Myers
Terre Haute
William Coan
John Lawrence
Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley near death
Indianapolis April 17 James Whitcomb Riley the Hoosier poet has lost use of his hands and can walk only with help. The lingering illness may take him within weeks though he continues to dictate poems for a final edition to be published this spring with several new works.
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Indianapolis
James Whitcomb Riley
Mr. Riley
Man shoots sister after dispute over living with parents
Layton Lanpher, 31, shot his sister Edith Smith, 28, at their father’s home seven miles northeast of Lebanon Indiana. He then tried to shoot his father, an invalid, before neighbors restrained him and police took Lanpher to Frater. He had warned she would have to leave the home.
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Lebanon
Ind
Layton Liupher
Edith Smith
Sane Lannpher
Lanpher
Parerre
Tan
Juvenile theft case and shooting incident reported
In Fransville Indiana a juvenile named Auburn Herr received a sentence to a boys’ school for theft as Juvenile Judge Hopkins presided. Witnesses describe the boy’s turn to crime after factory labor pressures. In Indianapolis on April 1 Marion Jones, described as a known offender, shot at Vere Moore’s sister after an argument and fled. Moore’s sister witnessed Jones firing three shots.
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Fransville Ind
Anvil
Auburn
Teyqreen
Julce Hopkins
Broor
Tidianapolis
Marion Jones
Vere
Moore
Jones
Youthful Robber Confesses to Drug Store Theft
A 17 year old, described as melanated, admitted to police that he robbed the Quigley drug store and post office sub station. The confession identifies the suspect and the crime in Melanated, Ind.
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Quigley Drug Store
Postoffice
Child Scalded to Death in Richmond
Riverside tragedy as two year old child of Mr and Mrs G L Duke pulls hot water from stove and dies in Richmond Indiana on April 14. Authorities investigate while family grieves the fatal accident.
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Richmond
Ind
G. Li
Duke
Border battles loom as insurrectos, federals clash near Agua Prieta
United States authorities monitor an impending fight between Mexican federals and insurrectos at Agua Prieta. About 1,400 federals advance from the south while 1,000 insurgents fortify near the border. Douglas guards hold neutrality as both sides clash, with casualties reported and Red Cross support mobilized.
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Washington
Agua Prieta
War Department
Taft
White House
Douglas
Shunk
Jehn Barrectos
United States
Thet City
Devkins
Julian Ganjot
Uid
Port Des Mouines
American Red Cross
Doulas
Miners’ Death Toll Grows to 121 at Benners Mine
In Birmingham on April 14 officials say 128 men were in the Benners mine when an explosion struck last Saturday. Four more bodies have been recovered, raising the total to 121, with evidence suggesting the total may never be definitively known.
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Birmingham
Ala
Benner
Six Die as Molten Steel Floods Midvale Plant
A massive container of molten steel ruptured at the Midvale steel works in Philadelphia on April 17, killing six workers and fatally injuring another while injuring twelve more. Superintendent George W. Steel is among the dead.
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Philadelphia
Midvale
George WY. Steel
Roosevelt Returns Home After West Tour
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt arrived in New York on Sunday after seven weeks touring the west. He was greeted at Grand Central Station by a touring car and a crowd of about two hundred before continuing to Oyster Bay.
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New York
Theodore Rooosevelt
West
Grand Central Depot
Oyster Bay
Old Actor Dead Two Generations of Theater Goers
Boston April 15 Denman Thompson famed for Josh Whitcomb in The Old Homestead dies at his West Swanzey New Hampshire farm at seventy seven after a monthlong illness doctors said he could not recover
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Boston
Denman Thompson
Josh Whitcomb
West Swanzy
N. H
Ottawa Sees Record Cold Easter Snowstorm
Ottawa woke to six inches of snow and a small blizzard on Easter Sunday with a record low temperature for the city as of April 17.
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Ottawa
Master
Corner Deere Store Bought in Corydon by Funk and Crosier
Funk and Crosier announce the purchase of The Corner Deere Store in Corydon and pledge to serve patrons with a full drug line and prescriptions. With over fifteen years each as pharmacists, they solicit a fair share of local business.
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Deere
Corydon
L. 8
Funk and Crosier
Mumps Outbreak Prompts Local Visits Across Nearby Towns
The article notes mumps raging in the area and lists a flurry of visits as relatives travel between New Albany Canesville Louisville Corydon Breckinridge and Seymour Ind to see family. Names include Wugo Walther Julia Zollman Lizzie Vausz Winnie Vausz Catherine Walther and Chas A Walther among others.
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Wugo Walther
New Albany
Louis Pussing
Bertha Ott
Canesville
Julia Zollman
Cora Hauswald
Louisville
Chas
A. Walther
Mincline Walther
Catherine Walther
Peter Riddle
Corydon
Death of Cora Pate in Washington Township
Cora Pate daughter of Mr and Mrs Hubvard Pate was born August 10 19 and died Easter Sunday April 16 at the Washington township home after six weeks illness. She is survived by her parents three sisters and three half sisters. Funeral services were held at Coldhey Church at 2 PM Monday with Rev Martin T. Peter officiating. interment followed in the nearby cemetery.
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Cora ‘Tvddie
Airs
Hubvard Pate
Washington Township
Amiourn
Cold Hieay
New Pipe Organ Dedicates Quiet Sunday at Christian Church
The Christian church at Corydun Master Sunday reopened after repairs to install a new pipe organ donated by W. H. Keller Jr in memory of his wife Cora A. Keller. Renovations included tinting, new lights, repolished wood, Brussels carpet, new hymnals, and screens. Attendance reached 205 at Sunday school as services drew a crowded house.
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Christian Church
Court House
W. H. Keller, Jr
Cora A. Keller
Margaret McLiesh
Central Christian Church
New Albany
Bessie McLiesh
M. A. Cossaboam
Methodist Church
Ka. Robertson
Fev. Cossabooin
Ove
Nellie Williams
Corydun
Local notes from Hancock area Easter visits and moves
Easter Sunday visits mark social life in Hancock with Jacob Erbs visiting his son. Flora Wenning visits Central Barren while Raymond Baylor works on the Ricetric Railway in New Albany. Burns of trades and farm purchases include Paul Wenning and Bella Lofton. Family movements see Mattie McPheeters selling her farm and moving to Ramsey.
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Jacob Erbs
Flora Wenning
Barren
William Reneau
Georgetown
Will
Ray Durnill
Samuel Ferock
Elmer Creech
Corydon
Paul Wenning
Raymond Baylor
New Albany
Mattie McPheeters
Ramsey
Bella Lofton
Huber Durnill
Louisville
James Durnill
George Binkley
John Binkley
Lizzie Hancock
Campbellsburg
Wash Conrad
Urbana
Gladys
Nellie
George Garkadale
Alumni Banquet Planned for High School May 18
The fourth annual High School alumni banquet will be held Thursday March 1. The Alumni committees include Toast and Entertainment led by Marcia Morris Wilson, Harry Kepner, and Mary Rowland Adams. Reception by Laura Reader Bullett, Harry Funk, and others. Refreshments led by Stella Caughlin and Rose Keller. Decoration by Orlan Conrad, Mary Warkham, Robert Funk, and Harriet Mitchell.
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Marcia Morris Wilson
Harry Kepner
Mary Rowland Adams
Laura Reader Bullett
Harry Funk
Barbara Cook
Bess Applegate Cook
Helen Ridley
Eula Logan Bullett
Death of Miss Louise Hausz at Sixteen
Miss Louise Hausz daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Hausz of Lanesville died Sunday morning after a long tubercular illness aged sixteen. Funeral services were held yesterday at Mount St Johns Lutheran Church south of Lanesville conducted by Rev C Sehleicher with burial nearby. She leaves a father mother three sisters and one brother.
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Louise Hausz
Martin Hausz
Lanesville
Mount St.Johns’ Lutheran Church
C. Sehleicher
Doctor Treated After Colt Throws Driver
Dr. Chas Stevens was thrown to the ground when a frightened young colt named Tuesday evening bolted. He suffered a six inch scalp wound and other injuries. Dr. Martin treated him after the colt escaped and tangled in its harness in a nearby field.
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Chas. Stevens
Polands for Sale in Corydon Indiana
Polands for sale weighing about ninety pounds each, both male and female, all eligible to register. Seller Joseph Bussadarger of Corydon Indiana R. R. 4 Eureka Phone notes. John H. Heth made a business trip to Ramsey yesterday.
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Poland
China Shoals
Joseph Bussadarger
Corydon, Ind
R. R
Eureka
John H. Heth
Ramsey
Birthday Gathering for Mr Churchman at Lanesville Home
Sunday April 9 relatives and friends gathered three miles west of Lanesville to celebrate Mr Churchman’s eighty sixth birthday. A bountiful noon meal followed with guests including the Rievens Crone Bacox Walker Crone Davis Sins Miller Carpenter McCoy Blunk Blink and Amos Churchman. The day was filled with social chat and well wishes for many more happy years.
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John Churchman
Lanesville
Clarence Crone
Ridward Bacox
William Walker
Albert
Mae Crone
Prank Davis
James Sins
Clarge Miller
Otto Carpenter
Nellie McCoy
Roy
James Blunk
Bkeugar
Amos Blink
Samuel
Benjamin Churchman
Adeline Churchman
Grandpa
Easter Confirmation Services at St Peter Lutheran Draw Large Crowd
Confirmation services at St Peter Bickels Lutheran Church drew a full auditorium and gallery as eight children and two adults were confirmed. The Lord's Supper was celebrated, with beautified, solemn services. Easter weather complemented the day, and a large evening offering supported church extension. Walter Glenn and Warry Rowland decorated the Christian church with alabastine.
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St. Peter (Bickels) Lutheran
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