Secret System Mystery of the Six Trunks
Federal grand jury in Chicago probes Etna Trading company books. Stareck National Bank Examiner presents evidence from six trunks seized from First National Bank vaults revealing a hidden system used by beef packers. Bonds for Mrs Want and Mrs Hoes signal impending indictments and more witness postings in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Etna Trading Company
Beef Trust
National Bank
Stareck
First National Bank
Irving A. Want
Richard V. Hoes
Morrison
Presbyterians Move Cautiously on Union Question
Winona Lake Ind May 19 The general assembly of the Presbyterian church meets with large attendance and an expected election of Rev Dr James D Moffat of Washington Pa as moderator. The central issue is the possible incorporation of the Cumberland branch into the general assembly and the debate prompts concerns of legal challenges and regional opposition, especially from the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Lake
Ind
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
J. Addison Henry
James D. Moffat
Washington
Cumberland
Cumberland Church
Assembly
Plunkett Elected Moderator of Southern Presbyterian Assembly
Fort Worth May 19 Dr J E Plunkett of Augusta Ga was elected moderator by the general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth, Tex
J. E. Plunkett
Augusta
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
United States
Tragic Child Shot Amid Chicago Strike Turmoil
In Chicago on May 17 Enoch Carlson eight died after being shot in the groin by a former Peabody Coal worker during tensions tied to the teamsters strike. Two colored men fled after the incident as bystanders jeered them near Twenty-seventh street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Enoch Carlson
Peabody Coal Company
Teamsters
Twenty-seventh Street
Carlson
Consigns His Ashes to the Sea Will
The will of William H. Lovelace of Maplewood filed in Cambridge probate directs cremation and that the ashes be put overboard at a convenient time and place. He notes his wife shall not be sad by a lonely grave. The codicil ends with the cited comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
William H. Lovelace
Maplewood
Deadly Saloon Fight Ends in Murder in Indiana
In Connersville Indiana on May 20 Monroe Bloodsoe a 55 year old Black man was stabbed to death by Sam Holland a Black man during a long standing feud at the Morris Wenger saloon. Holland 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connersville
Ind
Morris Wenger
Monroe Bloodsoe
Sam Holland
Bloodsne
Holland
Graeco Macedonian clash reported in Langadjna district
Greek and Macedonian bands clashed with a Turkish detachment in Langadjna Macedonia. Fifteen insurgents and fifty Turks were reported killed in the encounter near Athens on May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Langadjna
Macedonia
Birileff to Command Sea and Land Forces in Vladivostok
Vice Admiral Birileff, assigned to command both sea and land forces at Vladivostok, will depart for the Far East on May 28. He prepares to assume duties overseeing operations in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Admeral Birileff
Vladivostok
Far East
Saloon keepers mobilize in Anderson as liquor crackdown looms
In Anderson Indiana saloon owners fear a blanket remonstrance under new liquor laws. The Anti-Saloon League plans campaigns in the First and Third wards threatening closures. With eighty saloons citywide, over half lie in wards one and three as saloonmen seek options in the Second ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Indiana
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Anti- Saloon League
Mayors on probation in Hartford City mayor faces probation terms
Hartford City Indiana. The city council voted unanimously that Mayor James Lucas must stop gambling and strictly enforce liquor laws. A three member council committee will inform him of probation with salary threatened to drop to 300 dollars for two weeks, rising to 500 if he runs the city as directed. All appear as Democrats and resignation is possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
James Lucas
Shortage in Cambridge City Clerk-Treasurer Funds Cited
Richmond Indiana May 20 Edgar Hiatt expert accountant reports the Petro shortage will not exceed 4000 dollars. Petro is missing and no reward is offered as the town council deems the loss already heavy and unpayable.
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Richmond
Ind
Edgar Hiatt
Daniel Petro
Cambridge City
Hiatt
Petro
Despondent Doctor Found Dead in Noblesville Office
Dr. J. B. Pettijohn, 57, was found dead in his Noblesville office on May 19. He died by suicide, slashing his throat with a pocket knife. The floor and walls showed blood, and he had paced the room before collapsing from blood loss after two weeks of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
J. B. Pettijohn
Indiana Funeral Directors elect officers at 25th convention
At the closing session of the twenty fifth annual convention of the Indiana Association of Funeral Directors the following officers were chosen for the ensuing year President George C Wyatt Rushville first vice president George L Watson Cayuga second vice president J D Emmons secretary E A Norman Hope treasurer A M Ragsdale Indianapolis.
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Indiana Funeral Directors
Indianapolis
Indiana Association of Funeral Directors
George C. Wyatt
Rushville
George L. Watson
Cayuga
J. D. Emmons
E. A. Norman
Hope
A. M. Ragsdale
Young Man Electrocuted Near Andrews in Huntington
Jacob Kern, nineteen and sole support of his mother, was electrocuted near Andrews. His body was found beside the track with both hands gripping a wire from the Wabash Valley Traction system. His hands were burned and his body blackened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Jacob Kern
Andrews
Wabash Valley Traction Company
Judge Foster Elected in Indiana Congressional Race
Evansville May 17 Judge John H. Foster Republican of Evansville won the First district seat over Mayor G V Menzies Democrat of Mt Vernon with a plurality about 1000 as returns near complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Foster
Evansville
Ind
John H. Foster
G. V. Menzies
Mt. Vernon
Rivers rise threaten towns as snow falls in Indiana
The Ohio River near Evansville is within a foot of the danger line while the Wabash River at Mt. Carmel stands sixteen feet. Snow covered Mt. Vernon and other nearby locations in Indiana yesterday, signaling worsening northeast conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Wabash River
Mt. Carmel
Mt. Vernon
Fatal Freight Train Crash Kills Brakeman in Indiana
Terre Haute May 20. On the Vandalia railroad Peoria division at Oakland a freight train accident claimed the life of St. Richard Hultz a brakeman. He leaves a wife in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia
Terre Haute
Ind
Peoria
Oakland
Richard Hultz
Civil War Veteran Found Dead in Coal House
Fletcher Daugherty a seventy year old civil war veteran was found dead in a coal house with his throat cut in Shoals Indiana on May 20 authorities investigate the homicide as the town reeled from the shocking discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoals
Ind
Fletcher Daugherty
Annual Conference Ends with Banquet in Tuberculosis Work
The first annual conference of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis closed with a banquet after two days of medical talks. Open air and sanatorium treatments were praised, and Indiana announced a $50,000 pledge for a new sanatorium with a matching sum promised. William H. Allen reported New York seaside treatment for 150 children showing phenomenal success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
J. N Hurty
Indiana State Board of Health
William H. Allen
New York
Indianapolis May Host National Editorial Association
Editors in Indianapolis are debating inviting the National Editorial association to hold its 1906 annual meeting there. The association meets in Guthrie Oklahoma in June and tours California and the Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland. Local leaders in Logansport Fort Wayne Crawfordsville Martinsville and French Lick Springs Hotel propose hosting efforts for a one day session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Commercial Club
National Editorial Association
Guthrie
Okla
California
Portland
Indiana
Citizens and Commercial Club
Logansport
Fort Wayne
Crawfordsville
Sanitariums
Martinsville
Thomas Taggart
French Lick Springs
Winona Assembly
Odd Fellows Prosperity Shown At Indiana Grand Lodge Session
In Indianapolis on May 18 nearly 1,000 members attended the 69th semi annual communication of the grand lodge I O O F Indiana. Reports show a net gain of eleven judges and 474 new members year to date. Total relief for six months 120 772 08 and 273 553 20 for the year. State order resources stand at 3 287 423 41 with 415 272 65 in debt leaving net resources of 2 871 950 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Indianapolis
Grand Lodge
Indiana
Odd Fellowship
Two Engineers Die in Big Four Wreck at Otterbein
Lafayette Indiana May 16 Two engineers were killed and six passengers injured in a Big Four railroad wreck at Otterbein fifteen miles west of Lafayette. The train struck an open switch at forty miles an hour and derailed the locomotive doubled up at the base of a sight embankment. Mail and baggage cars were wrecked. four passenger coaches were stripped of trucks and air apparatus and slightly telescoped. No passengers were fatally hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Big Four
Otterbein
Here
Fatal Labor Feud Sparks Gun Clash in Elwood
In Elwood Indiana on May 20 Thomas Meany shot and killed Frank Duchetau during a clash between union and non union glassworkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Ind
Thomas Meany
Frank Duchetau
Union
Nonunion
Sugar Tree Grove Social Notes
Sugar Tree Grove neighbors share visits with relatives near Zear Corydon and New Albany. Mrs Hubbard ill with inflammatory rheumatism improves. Families Mauck Weaver and Haas noted visits and recoveries as planting progress shows locals busy at corn.
Corydon Wagon Ad Offers Light Run Wagons
The firm Bul leit and Son promote the Corydon wagon as light running well made and fully guaranteed. They offer to furnish any size and mention Birdsell wagons in the catalog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corydon
Birdsell
V. B. Bulleit & Son
Local notes from Taylor Township crowd for weekend visits and events
River falling as Taylor Township residents report visits from Louisville and Corydon travelers. Families attend services at Carter's and Rosewood chapel while new arrival Tra Babcock celebrates a girl. Ice cream supper planned at Rosewood. several residents, including Miss Mayme Kelley and Ida Blanche McCauley, recover from illnesses and travel to Indianapolis and New Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayme Kelley
New Albany
Daisy Colvin
Louisville
Frank RE. McRae
Jesse 7
Fox
Corydon
Rosewood Chapel
Ida Blanche McCauley
Shuck's Corner Local Notes And Happenings
Wheat rust notes bees busy. Jno Cooper visiting. Three weddings expected. Three Clye Toops back from Illinois. Benjamin Penning visiting. Doo little hill project underway. Chas Shoemaker moved to New Albany. Josephine Shrader visit. Wily Speakenhakter visited Edward Farnsley. Chas Wilson confined with scarlet fever. Katie Knowland visiting. Mrs Cora Jennings visiting sister Ellen Roudenbush. J W Bauer plans distillery near Bridgeport. Southern Indiana fruit growers union to hear speaker from Chicago Saturday. Geo and Tony Hellman reported large ground hog. Hiser Baumeartle and Wenfield Blackman fished Ono river. Local fruit growers eye box factory. Wim Toops and James Johnson rent Beeler farm for corn. Wrapping tomato plants with paper failed to stop cutworms.
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Jno. Cooper
Clye Toops
Illinois
Benjamin Penning
N.A
Doolittle Hill
Chas
New Albany
Josephine Shrader
R. E. Williams
Wily Speakenhakter
Edward Farnsley
Wilson
Girls from Harrison recruited for two weeks strawberry picking
Forty fair young women from Harrison and Crawford counties travel to New Albany and are taken to Lafayette and Greenville townships for two weeks of constant strawberry picking. Benjamin Hanka, the strawberry king of Southern Indiana, has led annual seasonal hires for eight to ten years. The workers reside in a purpose built housing facility and receive meals with work six days a week and one holiday on Saturday. top earners can reach two dollars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Crawford Counties
New Albany
Lafayette
Greenville
Benjamin Hanka
Indiana
Crawford
Harrison County
Courier-Journal
Hill Grove Notes and Local Doings
Mary Hocuman noted for a forthcoming wedding. Ed Sterrett quits selling for Abe Rhodes. Mrs. Susan Huntsinger remains ill. Stella Miller of Corydon visited Scott Wiseman's family. Etta Lasley still on sick list. Williard Wiseman peddling for Mrs Lidda Sterrett. Birds harm cherries ripening. Emma Daley returned from visit with Sam Windell. Mollie Windell and Olive visiting Falls Cities. Scott Wiseman family guests of Charley Kopp. Harriett Stonecipher bedridden with inflammatory rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Sterrett
Abe Rhodes
Susan Huntsinger
Stella Miller
Corydon
Scott Wiseman
Etta Lasley
Williard Wiseman
Lidda Sterrett
Emma Daley
Sam Windell
Mollie Windell
Olive
Falls
Charley Kopp
Harriett Stonecipher
To Cure A Cold in One Day LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Cure claim promises one day relief with tablets sold by E. W. Grove with money back guarantee. Ad notes 20 cents per box and signature on each box. Also mentions Plymouth sisal binder twine priced 10 cents per pound with 25 extra feet per ball and Joe Bender’s sale offering 10 September 1 terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Plymouth
Joe Bender
Local Social Notes From Flatwoods and Albany
Miss Maggie Richert stays in Albany. George Meyer and family visit Charles Richert Sunday. Mrs Catherine Deuser of Louisville visits Jacob Richert Sr. Miss Bertha Richert travels to Louisville for a surgical operation.
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George Meyer
Harles Richert
Catherine Deuser
Louisville
Jacob Richert
Bertha Richert
Elizabeth News Notes Reach Wide Family Visits
Elizabeth community reports sick list updates as Mrs Isaac Conner illness noted. Ed Bedford and children visit parents, while Mr Dick arrives with entertainment. Aaron Johnsons visit home folks Sunday along with Flynn family from Bowling Green. Barnes visit Swinehart and Seibert households. Carrie Flanagan and Mrs Flynn visit Ira Babcock. Woods from Louisville visit W family parents Burton. Spence Elkins and Waltz visit relatives. Revival speakers urged for Elizabeth on the 30th. Winders families visit Reagan near Camp Ground. Reverend Carnes to preach memorial at M E church next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. A. Sample
Louisville
Carnes
Carter
Sample
Mr. S
Corydon
Ross
Eva Stewart
Dan Cunningam
Vada Daily
Stanley Celvin
Emma Seibert
Irene
Hess
Tra Babcock
John Haas
Fred Johns
Fred John
Nelliel Serry
Eva Brown
Hallie McRae
M. BE
Carrie Flanagan
T. Flynn
Ira Babcock
Woods
Burton
James Spence
George Elkins
Sam Waltz
New Albany
Elizabeth
Current
Winders
Frank Winders
Emmett Reagan
Timberlake and Faith Marriage License Issued
John W Timberlake and Katie Faith are issued a marriage license. Jed Eckart and Sallie C Baily also obtain a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Timberlake
Katie Faith
Jed Eckart
Sallie C. Baily
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Indiana State News
Tersely
Hoosiers
National Association
Sugar Tree Grove
W. P. Mauck
C. C. Hubbard
Mrs. Hubbard
James LeMay
Zear
David Stonecipher
Chas. Mauck
Mauck
Robert Denbo
David Weaver
Ola Hubbard
Chris Hubbard
James Long
Amzi Toler
Tena Haas
al Mauck
New Middletown
Taylor Township
Arminpa Nog
Lottie Brewer
Miss Grace May Sample
Kate Kron
Robert Sampson
John Reader
Joe Crawford
Mr. Straus
Clarence M. McKinney
John Brewster
Lula Leffler
Maude Didelotte
John Summers
Hazel
Glenwood
Grandma Summers
Harve Saffer
Mollie McCauley
Mrs
Juhing Abbott
Shuck
Roydenbush and
Villier
Wim. Toops
James Johnson
Jno
Beeler
Ohio
American Tobacco Co
Duke’s Mixture Dept
Fifth Ave
Corsdon
Rais
Ned
Jess
Hill Grove
Mary Hocuman
Sendtor
Dion Kon
George H. Gleitz
Louts P
Gleitz
Adm
Wim
Ridley
Flatwoods
Maggie Richert
Roy Winders
Isaac Conner
Ed. Bedford
Mr. Dick
Aaron Johnson
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