Death of Rev Stephen Donaghue Bradford priest
The Rev Stephen Donaghue rector of St Michael's Bradford died Wednesday morning at the rectory after a brief illness. Ordained June 8 1897 he served at multiple parishes and led St Michael's and Navilleton for years. Burial was in Jeffersonville Catholic cemetery beside his preceptor Rev Tirnest Audran. Funeral Monday at St Augustine's with Rev John O Connell presiding. He leaves father Thomas Donaghue and two sisters.
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Stephen Donaghue
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Bradford
Pether Donaghane
St. Meinrad’s Academy
Spencer County
St. John’s Church
Lydianapolis
Terre Haute
Richmond
Chatara
St. Michael’s
St. Mary’s
Navilleton
New Albany
St Michaels
John O'Connell
St. Augustine’s
Thomas Donaghue
Social Notes Mention Visits and Moves in Local Area
Elizabeth reports a fine boy. Billie Minter moves to town. Belva Shaney visits New Albany. Winders trips to Louisville. Ed Bedford of New Albany with friends here. Mrs. Glasco entertains Ladies Aid. Mrs. Cotner of Louisville visits uncle Isaac Cotner. Holiness meeting at Silver Heights. Fannie and Vada Bush return from New Albany. Roop visit to Aaron Johnson home. Mrs. Drillet and children of New Albany visit here. Deatrick returns from New Albany visit. Freda and Jennie Wright of New Albany visiting cousin Bessie Sparks. Mrs. Nance and children of New Albany visiting Mrs. Neamer. Stocksdale family of New Albany guests of Winders. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan of Louisville visit Bowling family. Mrs. Ira Cooper and children return to Illinois after weeks here. Mrs. Calwell and Lena of Indianapolis visit. travel to Corydon where R. becomes teacher.
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Ora. Winders
Louisville
Ed Bedford
New Albany
James Glasco
Ladies’ Aid Society
Frank Cotner
Isaac Cotner
Hobb
Silver Heights
Fannie
Vada Bush
Charles Roop
Aaron Johnson
Charles Deatrick
Freda
Jennie Wright
Bessie Sparks
Clel Nance
George Neamer
John Stocksdale
Ora Winders
Wm. Sullivan
S‘s
Bowling
Calwell
Lena
Indianapolis
C. A. Reagan
Corydon
Tol Hoke Plans Large Barn Project Near Bridgeport
In Bridgeport Tol Hoke prepares to build a large barn while local residents share visits across Falls Cities. While Edna Bowman and May Carter visited Verna Kinzer in Rehoboth, Ning Bowman suffered finger injuries from a power jacket while hoisting dirt. Russel Twyman, sinking after an eddy incident, was rescued by Harry Peters, Walter Conner, and Bob Green arriving with a boat.
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Tol Hoke
May Diddleot
Nettie Fulner
Falls
Bell Carter
Dora Murray
Valley Station
Edna Bowman
May Carter
Verna Kinzer
Rehoboth
Ning Bowman
Russel Twyman
T. W. Peters
Harry Peters
Walter Conner
Twyman
Bob Green
Local Notes from Depauw and Nearby Towns
W E Noor and Mrs Ida Peters are on the sick list. Mrs Wm Whurehill visited her daughter in Marengo. Mr and Mrs Wm Seacat visited Rev Kendalls in Moberly. Mrs Martha Williams visiting her mother. Mrs Martha Briscoe out and visiting her son Ed Briscoe. Mike Gurtz and wife welcomed a new baby. Mrs Emma Briscoe visiting relatives in Kentucky. Will Hunter back from visiting relatives. Will notes the corn crop damage from the breath. Mrs Elsie Morgan with her mother in Milltown. J Jackson plans move to Evansville. Basket meeting at Luttens Ford last Sunday this month. Protracted meeting at Mt Tabor by Rey Davis of Broadford.
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Ida Peters
Wm. Whurehill
L. M. Davis
Marengo
Wm. P. Seacat
Kendalls
Moberly
Martha Williams
Martha Briscoe
Ed Briscoe
Mike Gurtz
Will Hunter
Will
Elsie Morgan
Milltown
J. Jackson
Evansville
Luttens Ford
Mt. Tabor
Rey Davis
Broadford
Old Corydon Resident G F Downs Dies at 91
Major G. F. Downs, aged 91, died on the 20th at his Henry county home. Born in Corydon Indiana on May 14, 1814, he moved to Louisville at 18 and became a leading Fourth Avenue merchant, burial at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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G. F. Downs
Henry County
Cave Hill
Louisville
Corydon
Ind
Do.ng
Fourth Avenue
Farm implements and fair visit advertised locally
Joe Bender promotes a broad stock of farm tools in The Democrat with ads featuring an manure spreader and a wheat drill. Menifee Hurst, employed in Louisville, is visiting family and attending the fair.
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the Democrat
Menifee Hurst
Louisville
Brief Dispatches Across The Nation And World
Governor Magoon leaves Cuba for Oyster Bay to see the president as a Canadian Pacific strike crisis hints grow. Rumors on King Leopold's health spark anxiety in Brussels. Emperor Francis Joseph birthday telegram comes from the president. Newport hosts the twenty eighth national championship tennis opening rounds. Governor Hughes plans to appoint a commissioner and press anti racetrack gambling charges at Saratoga. James Curtin arrested for arsenic poisoning in Woodstock Castkill. A fatal duel leaves Benjamin J Littlepage dead and Joseph R Littlepage wounded. Death by gas in New York claims Harry L Finnell. Wofford Tweed home fire kills wife and three children and Mrs Murray Tweed. Democratic and independent editors urged to start fund subscriptions. American battleship fleet in Sydney harbor. Russia maintains benevolent watch on Turkey. Strenuous fundraising canvass for Republican campaign funds planned. Minnesota Dem convention re-nominates Governor John A Johnson. Rear Admiral Evans retirement elevates Caspar F Goodrich to active rear admiral list. Senator Gore pledges half lecture receipts to the campaign fund. Jewels valued over 50000 stolen from Commodore Bourne’s Oakdale mansion. Chicago mill pays 134 per bushel for 5000 bushels of No 1 hard wheat.
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Leopold
Brussels
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Newport
Hughes
Sherif John Bradley
Wofford Tweed
Marshall
N. C
Murray Tweed
United States
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Campaign
Sydney
Australia
Russia
Turkey
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Robly Evans
Caspar F. Goodrich
Navy Yard
New York
Thomas F. Gore
Oklahoma
Frederick G. Bourne
Oakdale
L. I
Chicago
Theft of Chicago Sub Treasury $173000 Solved by Fitzgerald Arrest
The Chicago Sub-Treasury theft of 173000 dollars is linked to George W. Fitzgerald a former assorting teller. He allegedly sought to pass large denominations and amassed wealth while denying poverty. Secret service shadowing and other implicated figures are not yet disclosed.
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United States
Chicago
George W. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
William Boldenweck
Washington
Congress
Boldenneck
Herbert F. Young
Young Secret Service Agency
Boldenweck
Young
Mr. Young
Rogers Park
Gano
Wr. Boldenweck
Treasury
Four Thousand Sailors Permitted Ashore at Sydney
Four thousand men of the American fleet were allowed ashore in Sydney on Sunday. The surprise move followed joint arrangements with Australian authorities as crews stretched their liberty period.
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Sydney
A Fanatic's Crime to Cast Out Devils in Chicago
In Chicago on August 24, 65 year old Mrs. Lucy Briggs was murdered in her 2312 Dearborn street home by Clayton M. Williams, both Black. Williams used a rocking chair as the weapon and was arrested after resisting police. Police say he acted as a religious fanatic inflamed by Springfield race troubles, believing Briggs was possessed by evil spirits.
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Chicago
Lucy Briggs
Dearborn Street
Clayton M. Williams
Williams
Springfield
Atrocious Crime Reported at Camp Crawford
In Camp Emmett Crawford Laramie Wyo August 22 authorities face a scandalous assault by artillerymen on a young woman and a non commissioned officer escort. Thirty two men accused and guarded as six escapees remain at large with three recaptured at Rawlins.
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Laramie
Wyo
Emmett Crawford
21St Regiment
Tave
Rawlins
Mulai Hafid Proclaimed Ruler of Morocco After Sultan Abd-El-Aziz Defeat
In Tangier, Mulai Hafid defeated Abd-El-Aziz with most troops defecting after minor firing on Aug 19. Hafid has been proclaimed ruler of Morocco at Tangier and officials in major cities accept him as leader, signaling a new supreme authority.
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Tangier
Abd-El-Aziz
Mulai Ifiaid
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Kern to be nominated for vice presidency in Indianapolis
John W. Kern of Indianapolis will receive formal nomination by the Democratic party for the vice presidency. The notification will occur at the state fair grounds colosseum with Theodore B. Bell of California delivering the speech and William Jennings Bryan speaking on the trust issue after Kern’s response. Norman E. Mack and other prominent Democrats will arrive from Chicago this evening.
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Indianapolis
John W. Kern
Norwegian Disaster at Sea Wreck Claims Dozens Off Norway
The Norwegian steamer Folge Fonden sailing from Bergen to Haugesund struck near Skoneviks and sank in three minutes. Seventy passengers were aboard. about forty are believed drowned with fifteen bodies recovered. The captain was among the saved.
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Bergen
Norway
Folge Fonden
Haugesund
Skoneviks
Getting Their Dutch Up Over Venezuelan Crisis
The Hague reports that while the foreign office hopes for a diplomatic settlement, the Dutch government will not accept concessions and is prepared to force its demands on the Castro government.
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The
Hague
Foreign Office
Fire devastates 1300 buildings in Stamboul quarter
A Sunday afternoon fire in the Stamboul quarter of Constantinople swept through the area for six hours. A strong wind fanned the flames, destroying 1,300 houses and shops.
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Stamboul Quarter
Constantinople
Stamboul
Beveridge Heir Born to Indiana Senator in Manchester
A son was born Friday to Senator and Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana while they are stopping in Manchester Massachusetts for the summer vacation.
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Beveridge
Manchester
Mass
Bor
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Burns Wins Heavyweight Bout in Thirteenth Round
Sydney match report: Tommy Burns, the American heavyweight pugilist, defeated Bill Squires in the thirteenth round to maintain the Hle Championship.
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Sydney
Tommy Burns
Bill Squires
Illinois coal merger forms to control mines and prices
Announcement from St. Louis reports a new Commonwealth Fuel Company to unite 185 Illinois coal mines within fifty nine miles of St. Louis. The move aims to regulate mine output and coal prices, with dealers predicting a 10 to 15 percent price hike and a coal bill rise between 600000 and 1000000 dollars for St. Louis and East St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Commonwealth Fuel Company
Illinois
East St. Louis
Farm tragedy in Indiana ends in mother’s death
In Laporte county Mrs. Sarah M. Meacham was shot and killed by her son in law William Delph as she tried to warn her son Edward Meacham about danger. Delph fired through a door wounding Fighner and aimed to fetch a gun. Frances Topper, nearby, escaped unharmed amid a farmyard quarrel over drinking. Mrs. Meacham, born in Maryland, leaves five children.
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Delph
Edward
George Meacham
Mark Fighner
Edward Meacham
Fighner
Mrs. Meacham
Topper House
Frances Topper
Anstiss
Meacham
Worcester
Weekly Trade Review Indicates Optimism in North Commerce
Bradstreet notes continued conservatism yet large buyer activity in leading northern and western centers. Fall and winter dry goods demand rises, with optimism about the future. Grain harvests advance, corn markets mature, and lumber inquiries expand with rising prices. Iron and steel show quiet pig iron demand but rail supplies improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreets Weekly Review of Trade Today
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Senate Finance Panel Opens Tariff Probe Hearings
The sub committee of the senate finance committee began its sittings in Washington on August 24 to study different phases of the tariff question as preparation for revising the Dingley law.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Indiana Miners Return Result of Lewis Led Stoppage
Indianapolis August 24 The return of Indiana miners to shafts after weeks of stoppage marks a victory for Thomas L Lewis president of the miners organization He states loyalty to his policies and expects all miners to resume work though some at the Hudson mine may remain out He and district officers weigh the situation after a personal investigation and will submit a merits decision to the union later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Thomas
I.ewis
Dredras
Car Lewis
Lewis
Hudson
the Hudson
Receiver appointed for Indiana Southern Coal and Southern Indiana Coal
Judge Baker granted a receiver for the two Indiana coal firms on the First Trust and Savings bank of Chicago's complaint. John K. Siefert of Terre Haute named receiver. Bonds issued three years ago secured by mine mortgages, no interest since 1907. All properties located in Indiana. Bonds to be independently settled from railroad receivership. Southern Indiana railway linked to mine development under Walsh.
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Goshen
Ind
Frances E. Baker
United States Circuit Court
Indiana Southern Coal Company
Southern Indiana Coal Company
First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
John K. Siefert
Terre Haute
Walsh
Southern Indiana Railway
Pioneer Caught on the Track
In Frankfort Indiana aged eighty five David Youndt died after being struck by a Vandalia passenger train while attempting to cross the tracks at Moran to bid farewell to friends boarding the train. He was warned of danger but persisted and died shortly after. He was a pioneer of the county.
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Frankfort
Ind
David Youndt
Moran
No Known Cause for Rush Act
Rushville Indiana Aug 24 Frank Martin an aged farmer south of Glenwood hanged himself in his barn No motive assigned the man in good health well to do recently purchased the farm happily married two children survive
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Rushville
Ind
Frank Martin
Glenwood
Reunited After Forty Years in Michigan City
Joseph Forney of Canton and S. H. Forgey of Michigan City met with sister Mrs. James Hat of Mishawaka here reuniting for the first time since childhood. Each believed the other dead for more than forty years.
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Michigan City
Ind
Joseph Forney
Canton
S. H. Forgey
James Hat
Mishawaka
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Father Donaghue
Elizabeth
Mike Saifer
Billie Minter
Belva Shaney
Charles Drillet
Ira Cooper
Bridgeport
Donn Carter
Depauw
W. E. Noor
Joe Bender
Magoon
Cuba
Oyster Bay
Sub-Treasury
Ation
Illinois Coal Mines
East St
Louis
William Delph
Westville
Weekly Trade Review
United Mine Workers
Thomas L. Lewis
Miners’ Organization
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