Whitecaps Victim John Tribbey Brutally Beaten Near Death
Rushville Ind August 12 officials vow to arrest whitecappers who battered John Tribbey with nailed boards then tarred and feathered him and bound him to a wheel. Ex Circuit Judge Douglas Morris then hired for Tribbey. Deputy Prosecutor Newbold and Hack lead a court inquiry.
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Rushville
Ind
John Tribbey
Prosecuius Hack
Shelbyville
Newbold
Tom J. Geraghty
Daily Republican
Hack
Douglas Morris
Tribbey
William R. Smith
Miss Smith
Smith
Shelby County
Bing ham to probe Rush county whitecapping attack
Attorney General James Bingham left Indianapolis for Rush county to investigate the white capping assault on John Tribbey a prosperous farmer who was severely beaten by eighteen masked attackers.
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Bingham
Indianapolis
James Bingham
Rush County
John Tribbey
Bucketbrigade Saves Elizabethtown From Destroying Fire
Wind aided a bucket brigade as a fire in Elizabethtown Indiana threatened a mill and four buildings. A. B. Anderson mill and elevator and four nearby structures burned, valued at 14 dollars with 4709 dollars insurance. Salt and bucket brigades saved the Adams residence and the Pennsylvania station.
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Columbus
Ind
Favorsbie
Elizabethtown
A. BR. Anderson
Miizabeth Town
Marthe Leslie
Pennsylvana Station
4. M. Adams
Citizens
Mystery surrounds death of 13 year old Ernest Crouse
In Anderson Indiana on August 12 the body of Ernest Crouse age thirteen was found in six inches of water near the waterworks station with a deep cut above the right eye and fingernail marks on the throat. James Lyon a tramp was arrested on vagrancy charges as a suspect in a suspected murder.
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Anderson
Ind
Ernest Crouse
James Lyon
Fires Raise Alarm in Kosciusko County Farms
In northeastern Kosciusko County farmers report three recent fires seen as incendiary. A Chester Van ator farm near Pierceton lost barn buildings, wheat, hay, and vehicles to flames with a $10,000 loss cited. In Indianapolis a Monon bridge accident killed Hubert Staley aged 17 and John Weston 19 as they crossed White River.
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Warsaw
Ind
Kosciusko County
Chester Vanator
Pierceton
Caughton Bridge
Indianapolis
Monon
White River
Broad Ripple
Hubert Staley
John Weston
Vamp
Foster Folks Report Threshing Trips and Visits
Local notes record Charlie Lowe threshing last Thursday season, Jim Strawser finishing wheat and oats threshing Tuesday, and numerous visits to Foster from Chicago, Covington, Indianapolis, and Danville. Community events include a Sunday School Club with officers and a note on farming prospects, health updates, and social gatherings at the Wabash camp and nearby towns.
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Charlie Lowe
Jim Strawser
John Mallett
Charlie Bries
Bill Davis
Fred Hughes
Will Beckett
Simon
Pat Papilborn
Veedersburg
Wil Beckett
Wabash
East Liberty Revival Edges Forward under Bro. Foster
East Liberty notes revival meetings progress under the management of Brother Foster. Local social notes list visits and travels among residents including families from Hillsboro West Lebanon and Silverwood. A countryside travel brief and an advance notice for an G A R encampment excursion appear along with cautions on threshing finished and a cough syrup advertisement.
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Bro. Foster
Eighteenth Soldiers Reunion at Osborn Prairie Church
The 1&th Annual Soldiers' Reunion will be at Osborn's Prairie church on Thursday September 3 1908. All soldiers and friends invited with baskets. Gen Geo F Dick will attend and Rev Clarence Miller of New York will speak. O Boord. DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve advertised by Hedges Drug Co.
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Osborn’s Prairie Church
Geo. F. Dick
Clarence Miller
New York
O. Boord
DeWitt
Hedges Drug Co
Real Estate Transfers in Fountain County This Week
A list of Fountain county real estate transfers recorded for the past week prepared for the Republican by O. S. Douglass abstractor of titles. Transactions include Beymer to Law 40 acres Shawnee, Hayes to Meek 105 acres Van Buren, Frazier to Frazier 80 acres Cain, Davis to Crawford 14.23 acres Richland, Isley to the Public Attica fraction, Steeley to Stucker 106 acres Troy, Stokes to Randolph 2 futures, Reed to Burdin Lot 28 Attica, Attica L and I Co to Isley Lot 206 Ravine Park Attica, L and I Co to Reed Lot 27 Attica subdivision, Fleming to Martin Lot 28-9 Attica subdivision, Day to McKinese Lots 15-16 Fountainville plus 43 acres Jackson tp, several other tracts and payments listed.
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Fountain County
O .S Douglass
Covington
Indiana
Hannah S. Beymer
Geo. A. Law
James Frazier
Byron F. Frazier
Cain
Mary A Davis
John Crawford
Richland
J. P. Isley
Attica
M F. Steeley Et al
Carrie D. Stucker
Troy
RJ Stokes
Lara Randolph
Newtown
W.B Reed
John Burdin
H. Add
Attica L. & I. Co
J.P Isley
Ravine Park
Add
W.b.reed
Attica L. & L. Co
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Rush
Bar of Justice
Bucketrigade
Foster
Daller
Russell Dennis
Chicago
Lincoln Park Sea Lions
Dr. Beckett
Frank Alien
Edward Fields
Warren Co
Mrs. Stewart
Southern
Illinois
John Fields
Jerry Goff
Lowkiasker
Robi. Moody
Mrs. Strawser
Mrs. Shafer
Lincoln Switzer
Hy Smith
Peter M. Rodgers
Niagara Falls
Dora Hughes
John Malett
Eler Mitchell
Hoggs
Bill Hunter
Fannie Miller
Ethel Lipe
Fred Ricketts
Rolla Gaskin
Babe Bicketto
Redwood
Millard Beckett
Grandpa Beckett
Lou Bougkner
Rolla Gaskins
Moody
Geo. Richards
Watty Kitchen
Henry Burghart
Danville
J. Wallace Phillips
Earl Brown
Jes. Brasker
Will Foster
Dan Fox
Oovington
Grandpa Fulton
Club News
Verna Beckett
Veron Burghard
Jennie Fields
Hazel Harding
Mabel Harding
Myrtie Clem
Nettie Phillips
Frances Romine
Julia Romine
Mary Shafer
Mona Taylor
Pearl Taylor
Nettie Spencer
Mary Young
Ethel Fields
Verna Burghart
Nellie Philips
Nelle Phillips
Nettit Spancer’s
Ab. Miller
Link Ricketts
Tan Ricketts
George Boughner
Clark Dennis
W. R White
Garry
de Witt
East Liberty
Mrs. Trueman Orahond
Mrs. El'jah Allen
Gertrude Fipperson
Harry
Hillsboro
Norman Blue
West Lebanon
Silverwood
Jessie Lawson
Vonday
Veedershburg
Mr. Holman
Ada
Kingman
Ola Richardson
Elmer McIntosh
Milt Grimes
Yedda
John McIntosh
Wm. McIntosh
Tennessee
Frank Watts
Fountain, Ind
Elizabeth Blue
John Switzer
Dana, Ind
Hedges Drag Co
Toledo
Grand Army of the Republic
E. W. Richeson
St. Louis
World’s Fair Views
Charles Patriot
Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Co
I Ae
Lady Blanche Society
Society
W. B. Coleman
East Side Public Square
Judy
Ps SC
Jodyville
Philip Hayes
Elijah Meek
van Buren Tp
Jesse Bunch
Frank H. Church
Mound City
East Side
Rainier’s Pharmacy
the Prather Carriage Works
Prather Carrigge Works
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