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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1910
Page
6
A balloon carrying H. E. Honeywell and William F. Assimman crossed from St. Louis, reaching eastern Kentucky Sunday afternoon. After 557 miles aloft they landed near Corydon as mountain residents fired warnings, but the aviators escaped unharmed.
A dinner was hosted at Charles E. Smith’s residence on June 19 to honor his daughter May, who wed Henry J. Klemann at St Andrews church in Richmond on June 15. The couple will reside in Corydon. Attendees included Steve and Wm Taylor families, Dick Mauek family, Mrs Lloyd Taylor and children, Pearl and Frima Taylor, Lee Baxley, John Best, Robert Hottle, and entertainers Gee Baxley, John Best, Robert Hottle, and Miss Martha Taylor.
The Courier Journal hints authorities found Joseph Wendling, the janitor indicted for Alma Kellner’s murder at St. John’s parochial school in Louisville. An officer was in Texas with a governor’s requisition, and Wendling was said to be near Houston.
The Tom Thumb Wedding is set for Saturday July 2 at the Presbyterian church Evans Landing. Children have trained for some time to present entertaining performances. The wedding is free to all and an ice cream supper will follow with proceeds to repaper the church. Everyone is invited to both events.
The state rests in Lee O Neil Browne’s Chicago case over bribing Illinois legislators to back William Lorimer for senator. Witness Michael Link, grilled under cross examination, admits taking $1000 and testifies under pressure about promises and coerced statements while the defense tears into the state’s attorney’s conduct. Isley and Mollie Vandeveer also testified before Isley was halted. Link’s tears and cross questions highlight the trial’s dramatic proceedings and questions about witness coercion.
Theodore Roosevelt arrived in New York on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria after a year of big game hunting in Africa and visits to European capitals. A crowd of hundreds of thousands welcomed him as officials including Secretary Meyer and Secretary Wilson led a grand parade up Broadway and Fifth Avenue. Roosevelt rode in an open barouche with Rough Riders and veterans, bowing and smiling as cities and nations sent congratulatory greetings.
Six Black men narrowly escape mobs after a dispute at a craps game near Illinois Central Rail Road yards in Chicago. A watchman ordered them away. shots were fired, sparking a large mob and police intervention. Reinforcements arrived. violence flared briefly before dispersing.
In Kokomo Indiana on June 18 the money vault at the city building used to store seized liquor was emptied by order of Circuit Judge L J Kirkpatrick and all spirits of various brands were poured into the sewer.
Horace Marble former Republican county auditor dies at 70 in Richmond after a long retirement on a Wheatfield ranch. During his final illness his daughter in law Mrs Salisbury wife of Iraly Salisbury of Crownpoint gives birth to a daughter.
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