Posey County Man Indicted for Arson
Sheriff M. E. Hall of Mt. Vernon searched Corydon for I L Coan but learned he had returned to Posey County. Coan, indicted by Posey county grand jury for burning neighbor buildings, was later arrested Tuesday night. Coan’s wife Mrs Ellen Crawford, a Harrison county widow, is paralyzed and uses a wheelchair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Hall
Mt. Vernon
Posey County
Corydon
I. Lb. Coan
Coan
Corydon Junction
Ele
Harrison County
Ellen Crawford
John Crawford
Last Day of School at No 7 Harrison Township
On Saturday April 8 patrons gathered despite ugly weather to honor the district’s teacher. People brought baskets for a grand dinner with numerous tables, dozens of pies and cakes, and a piano performance by Miss Meta Shuck. The afternoon featured recitations and dialogues. the night program was postponed to the 15th and proved successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbin
Andrew Ehalt
David Emily
Naethan Smith
Lewis Rogge
Os Brown
John Wheat
C. E. Bliss
J. J. Gleitz
James Conrad
Nathan Smith
Otto Gleitz
Otto Shireman
Lorena Emily
Albert Reising
Lonnie Shireman
Oscar Brown
Ola Shireman
Estella Boley
C. L. Dick
Orpha O. Anderson
Mollie
Meta Shuck
Corydon
Wilma
Alice
Cleo
Hans
Township Commencements Highlight Seasonal Honors
Over two weeks six townships held annual commencements drawing large crowds. Boone township in Laconia featured Nellie G. Ashton and Teva R. Ludlow as top speakers with a Ramsey Orchestra performance. New Salisbury and New Amsterdam also noted, with speeches by J. J. Pettijohn and Prof. J B. Thomas respectively, amid mixed weather and strong school figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone Township
Presbyterian
Laconia
Ramsey
Nellie G. Ashton
Teva R. Ludlow
Hewitt F. Cunningham
Carl Williar
Harold G. Boone
Jamie L. Radmacher
Herbert Id. Brown
Hortense A. Hurst
Roy S. Reeves
Ciernidineg M. Crosier
Willie Evans
Lora EK. Byrum
Sidney Cotner
Anna Mae Brown
Thomas Guest
Farrel Guest
Albert Cotner
Olive Ink
Stoy R. Funk
Naomi Johns
Zelda Radmacher
Clara Fulkerson
Sidney Shields
Violet M. Bartley
Barbara K. Brown
Rachel A.zimmerman
Gladys Shields
Chace M. Parker
Blue River Township Holds Graduation Exercises at Depauw
Blue River township schools held graduation in the Depauw school hall with Lora Wolfe singing solo and the Ramsey orchestra providing numbers. Rev Myers McKinney gave a diction and Prof Ernest Linton of Indiana University delivered an inspiring address to nine graduates. Teachers N S Clunie W S Felling and Miss Cordelia Adams assisted. Frank L Crayden is township trustee.
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Jackson Township
New Salisbury
Raaf
Ramsey Orchestra
J. J. Pettijohn
Extension Department
Indiana University
George Adams Frances Adam Pleasant Melotosh
Ivan Emily
Orlin Reinhardt
Raymond Heuser
Ruby Perkins
Charlie Clunie
Jesse Shields
Harold Jenkins
Mattie Alen
Will Ellis
Carl Fetling
Ruth Raaf
Hamilton Hubbard
Annabelle McCoy
Nora Kaufman
Cassie Diedrich
Arthur LaHue
Forest Gridgman
Claude Conrad
Sherley Patterson
Janette Alexander
Thomas J. Wright Jr
Roscoe Rowe
Florence Emily
Bertha Byrne
Elmer Rosbottom
Clarence Housel
Okla F. Jenkins
O. G. Lidikay
Nell Bullett
Oscar Crosby
T. J. Wright
Blue River Township
Depauw
Lora Wolfe
Ramsey
Myers McKinney
Ernest Linton
Robert Allen
Tylee Burgess
Clifton Gurtz
Carl Davis
Nolan Sappenfield
Odra Seacat
Fred Simon
Victor Rigot
Russell Crandall
Clarencei Gates
Walter Moser
James Lagle
John Whitman
John M. Kennedy
Charles Routh
Daniel C. Radcliff
Depauw High School
N. S. Clunie
W. 8. Felling
Cordelia Adams
Frank L. Crayden
Mauckport Heth township commencement at Mt. Zion
The Mauckport Heth township exercises were held Thursday night April 13 at Mt. Zion church near Mauckport. Diplomas were presented to high school graduates by Principal Maurice M. O'Bannon and to eighth grade graduates by County Superintendent A. O. DeWeese. Graduates named include Mona Lea Beanblossom Bessie A. Beanblossom Harry Ordner Foster and others.
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Heth
Mt. Zion Church
Mauckport
N. Fouts
Corydon
S. McVey
Ramsey Orchestra
Ernest Linton
Indiana University
Maurice M. O'Bannon
A. 0.DeWeese
Twe
Mona Lea Beanblossom
Bessie A. Beanblossom
Harry Ordner Foster
William Walter I’isher
Clyde A. Hall
Fiona Lee Lopp
Sallie Neely
Nellie M. Miller
Cordie Franklin Richard
Franklin J. Sonner
Daisy Belle Struble
Edgar Lee Yeager
William Sherman
Bessie Watson
Wakefield Roby
Maud Lohmeyer
Beulah Shireman
Corolin E. Wiseman
Jack E. Miller
Albert Hisey
Floy Watson
Alice E. Flora
Robert Foster
Collis Neely
Grace Frakes
Castle Faith
Jack Jacobs
Maude Neely
DeWeese
50e Men's Work Shirt at Berman's Cut Price Store
Ber man's Cut Price Store lists a 50 cent work shirt for men. The fragment notes a sale item with price and store name sparse in readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berman’s
Webster Township Commencement Honors Hold Large Audience
Webster Township held its commencement at New Middletown with a program led by Geraldine Kirkham and Rev. John Igger. Valedictory by Arthur Gunther followed by songs and a class address by Prof. J. B. Thomas. Eighth grade graduates listed along with school staff. Nearby Chas. H. Kintner and Horace Bell shipped hogs to Louisville, earning substantial sums per hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Middletown
Geraldine Kirkham
John Igger
Arthur Gunther
J. B. Thomas
Central Normal College
Danville
Indiana
J A. Soderman
Rev. Win
Minter
Jan Schneider
Katherine Luther
Susan Newman
Justella Kelley
Mary Minter
Willie Kirkham
Elizabeth Ev
Ester Stallings
Edgar Richert
Edgar Dietrick
5. A. Kelley Was Principal and A. L. Fogal
John R. Kirkham
Chas. H. Kintner
Horace Bell
Louisville
Mr. Kintner
Mr. Bell
Palm Sunday Services at Catholic Church
Palm Sunday services were held at the local Catholic church with regular Mass and a sermon by Father E. L. Quade. Palms brought from Louisville were blessed and distributed to worshippers. attendance was strong with many travelers attending and Father Quade also led early Mass on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Quade
Louisville
Father Quade
Death of a Little Child in April 1916
Obituary notice for Herbert Franklin Fouts a six month old child who died Tuesday morning April 11 1916 at 9 45 am at the home of Mr and Mrs Oba D Fouts The familyward prayerful lines express comfort in the child’s peaceful rest and expectancy of reunion with the Savior Grandmother
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oba D. Fouts
Herbert Franklin Ape
Garden of Eden
Jesus
Grandmother
Local Marine Promoted to Corporal for Haiti Service
Charles H. Scurton of Elizabeth County, promoted to corporal in the United States Marine Corps on the recommendation of officers. He enlisted October 26, 1914, at Indianapolis and serves with the expeditionary force landed in Haiti to protect American interests. Corporal Scurton has had many experiences as a member of the Marine Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Scurton
Oflizabeth
United States Marine Corps
Washington, D.C
Charles
Thomas W. Scurton
Elizabeth
Indianapolis
Haiti
Waretor
Little Isle
Burton
Public Auction of James Tuell Jr Personal Property
James Tuell Jr conducts a public sale at his Posey township residence near Elizabeth on May 1, 1916. Items include two brood mares one mule a cow due May 4 a sow with ten pigs farming equipment and household goods plus growing wheat and oats. The sale also offers a second eighty acre John Seipel farm at the same time and place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Tuell, Jr
Posey Township
Elizabeth
Oliver Cromwell
Surrey
Tuell
Card of Thanks to Laconia and area communities
The Ramsey Orchestra expresses gratitude to school officials graduates patrons and citizens of Laconia Mauckport New Amsterdam Depauw and New Salisbury for kindness during our commencement engagements. We hope to have made many friends and no enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laconia
Mauckport
New Amsterdam
Depauw
New Salisbury
Ramsey Orchestra
Meeting at United Brethren Church in New Middletown
A meeting will be held at the United Brethren church in New Middletown Thursday night April 20. Speakers include L O Bannon and others urging support for the Centennial Celebration to be held in Corydon on June 2 and 3. A good attendance is desired.
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Ahelu
United Brethren Church
New Middletown
Corydon
L. O'Bannon
Marion Campbell to Crawford County for Fertilizer Delivery
Marion Campbell, an agent for fertilizer, traveled to Crawford County on Monday to stay a few days and deliver a large order he recently sold in the county this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Campbell
Crawford County
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Helen Holmes
Elen Holmes
Dream Theatre
Miss Holmes
Miss Ifilmes
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United States Tire Company
W. H. Bulleit & Sons
LL. Goan
Sheriff Ball
Harrison Township
KR. FE. Evans
L. Grace Carroll
Mary McFarland
Indiana State Normal
Emery Brown
Hvans
New
Salisbury
Washington Township
M. Sk
C. L. Carmichael
Omer Cole
J.B. Thomas
Rural Normal College
Asdarce Es
Daisy
Mildred Montgomery
Carl Cotner
Floyd Dooley
Joan Bottles
Lucile Funk
Atlis Richard
Fay Blake
Anna Cunningham
Ella Barks
Guy Wayne
Stella Hisey
Ralph Watters
Webster Township
PALW
Corydon Catholic Church
U. S. Marine
Public
John Seipel
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