Hall of City Schools Case Heads to Warren County
The Hall case, set for June 16 after two years of delay, seeks venue change from Fountain County. Dr Edward J Martin and C W Dice faced controversy over a contract with Prof Sylvester H Hall for Covington schools and the suit for contract compliance and damages proceeds amid defense delays. The matter was sent to Warren circuit court for trial amid questions of odium and local prejudice and rising costs to taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Martin
C. W. Dice
Dice
John W. Sullivan
Sylvester H. Hall
Hall
State of Indiana
Fountain Co
Fountain Circuit Court
Covington
Founath
Fountain
Democratic Party
Supreme Court Upholds Saloons In Liquor Sales
The State Court ruled that selling intoxicants is lawful and constitutional unless banned by the state. It also upheld city power to restrict liquor traffic to business districts. The decision contrasts earlier Indiana circuit court rulings and supports state licensing as sovereign authority. J. L. Peters notes Crawford Shoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artman
Boone
Indiana
Supreme Court
Death of George M Hughes in Indiana community tribute
George M Hughes son of W T and L A Hughes died May 30 1907 after a lingering illness. Born May 19 1869 in Warren county Indiana he was an exemplary citizen and a fatherly figure to his mother sisters and nephew. An active Modern Woodmen of America member he leaves a bereaved family and was interred at Mound cemetery after funeral by Rev Lynn Bates. A separate suit filed by Mamie Rodgers against Charles Allen for paternity will proceed later. Ad for Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet at M Boord's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M
W. T
L. A. Hughes
Warren County
Ind
Modern
Woodmen of America
Hughes
Ella
Sadie
Dora
Grant
Mack
Lynn Bates
Mound Cemetery
Woodmen
Indiana Women Labor League Split Sparks Sheriff Involvement
In Logansport Indiana on June 5 the sheriff's office intervened in a factional split within the Woman's Labor League over the secretary treasurer post. Mrs Mabel Brettell of Alexandria claimed the office, delegates protested nonrecognition, and both Miss Annie Fitzgerald and Mrs Anna Fields fled the city while deputies summoned them to court to justify surrender of the treasurer role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
Sheriff's Office
Woman's Union
Laber League
Mabel Brettell
Alexandria
Anna Fields
Elwood
Covington Reading Room Meeting Preface June 8
James Slim invites all residents to Covington Reading Rooms on Saturday June 8 at 8 o clock to discuss ways to sustain and maintain the facility. The notice emphasizes communal effort and future planning for the reading rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington Reading Room
Covington Reading Rooms
James Slim
Post Statement on Decoration Day Collections and Expenses
The post reports collections of 0.2.04 and expenses of 0.005 with a balance of $145. It praises the male quartet for music and Mrs Romine and Miss Board for songs and thanks all who helped make the day successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bea
Livengood Chosen as County Superintendent by Board
Manford Livengood of Richland township was elected county superintendent by the county board of education after two ballots. He is about 31, married with two children, has led schools at Newtown and Mellott, and will move to the city soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manford Livengood
Richland Township
County Board of Education
George Shultz
Davis
Benj. Wilber
Logan
Louis Waggoner
Shawnee
Samuel Rice
Richland
Henry Keeling
Cain
S. J. Ludlow
van Buren
C. D. Smith
Troy
Lindley Beckelheimer
Wabash
Waggoner
Carl Mc Sannon
Newtown
Livengood
Massey
James Wilkinson
Wilkinson
McGannon
Keeling Livengood
Jackson Township
State University
Mellott
Forgiving Sister Helped Free Indiana Man on Forgery Charge
Frederick William Hoen of Indianapolis faced forgery charges after robbing his sister Mrs. Christina Nold of about 60 000 in securities from Fletcher's National Bank vault. Heen was captured in Wheeling and brought to Cincinnati but the case was dismissed after all securities were recovered and a broker repaid losses. Mrs Nold urged mercy and helped secure the dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Frederick William Hoen
Christina Nold
Virginia Avenue
Fletcher's National Bank
Wheeling
W. Va
Cincinnati
Heen
Behrens Case Continued in Jasper Circuit Court
In Jasper Indiana on June 6 the Behrens case is continued to the third Monday of the term. A new affidavit by Herman Heltman alleges embezzlement of 543,351 while cashier of the People's State Bank of Huntingburg, plus 19,500 borrowed without consent and a forged 2,000 note, totaling 29 counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Ind
Charles Behrens
People's State Bank of
Huntingburg
Circuit Court
Herman Heltman
Behrens
Trampé Make Rich Haul in Hortonville Robbery
Noblesville Indiana May 31 burglars broke into Frank Boyd’s general merchandise store at Hortonville and carried off several hundred dollars in silverware eight suits of clothing cigars pocket-knives and more. One thief wore a new suit inside the store and left his old clothes behind. Authorities suspect tramps staged the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
Frank Boyd
Hortonville
Not Guilty of Murder in Indiana Self Defense Case
Frank Stagg, who killed Dell Ross in Bedford Indiana, was released after a preliminary hearing held before Squire Breshear in Oolitic. The testimony indicated Stagg acted in self defense and no longer remains under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Ind
Frank Stagg
Dell Ross
Squire Breshear
Oolitic
Gathering of Druids Holds 47th Indiana Convention
The grand grove of Indiana Ancient Order of Druids meets at East Maryland street hall for its forty seventh annual convention. Indianapolis hosts the gathering on June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gathering of Druids
Indianapolis
The
Grand Grove of
Indiana
Ancient Order of Druids
Despondent Ex-Railway Worker Kills Self
Evanaville Indiana reports Thomas King age thirty five who recently received eight thousand dollars from the Illinois Central railway for a lost leg shot himself through the brain in a despondent act.
Despondent man dies en route to river after carbolic acid
Orwen Berner of South Bend Ind consumed carbolic acid in despair and attempted to drown himself in the river but died while on the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Orwen Berner
Tragedy of the Farm In Princeton Man Killed Blasting Stumps
Princeton Ind June 6. J Perry Key forty five a wealthy farmer was instantly killed while blasting stumps a fragment of timber fractured his skull in an accidental blast at his farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
J. Perry Key
Covington Saloon Quieting Influences City Order
City authorities have improved order in Covington by removing illegal gaming from several saloons. Billiard tables, dice, and other gaming devices were banned at Evans Ford, Berry Shuler, Chaunce Vickery, Con O’Brien, and Fred Hegg’s venues, except Clay Shank’s. Marshalls report none remain open, reducing drinking and disturbances and boosting decorum and law observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Evans
Ford
Berry Shuler
Chaunce Vickery
Con. O’brien
Fred Hegg
Clay Shank
Re Union 63rd Indiana Vols to Hold Covington Dinner
The 63rd Regt Ind Vols executive committee met in Covington on June 1 and set a Covington dinner for August 29 1907. Invitations extended to all veterans and friends. Committees named for grounds dining hall dinner printing finance music speaker reception and adjourned to meet June 29 at 2 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
63Rd Regt. Ind. Vols
Covington
Regt
Marshal
J. W. Patterson
Martin Clark
TV. Townsley
W. T. Ward
Geo. Bough
J. L. Townsley
James York
O. P. Lewis
N. G. Nebeker
Job Westfall
John Ellis
W. M. Ephlin
Robert H. Briggs
Jacob Stutler
S. LaTouratte
A. Marshall P. Cates
Michael Conover
James Bell
J.H Hardesty
Fry Bryant
Sec
Decoration Day Service Program at Court House
The program for K P Decoration Day at the court house on June 9 at 2 30 features Newtown Bard Invocation Miss Hardest Duet Mrs Cadwallader Selection Newtown Band Address Rev W L Clark Crawfordsville Quartette Livengood Quartette Selection Newtown Band Benediction Margie Orton of Williamsport guest of Margaret Voltz Also note prescriptions at Raspier s drug store east side square
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Margie Orton
Williamsport
Margaret Voltz
Raspier’s Drug Store
East Side Square
Strikers Loom as Miners Prepare for Walkout
Terre Haute Indiana June 6 miners strike plans remain unclear with operators hinting at not crossing bridges before actions. An insider says the two year wage pact stands and operators view the strike as childish but not a cause for immediate retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
United Mine Workers
Man Receives Life Term in Child Assault Case
Shelbyville Indiana June 4 George T Anderson forty was found guilty of assaulting his nine year old niece Bessie Anderson and sentenced to life in the penitentiary. The jury after a short deliberation convicted him as charged. This is the first life sentence for such a crime in Indiana under a new protective law targeting assaults on girls under twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
George T. Anderson
Bessie Anderson
Anderson
Indiana
Probing an Alleged Plumbers Trust in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis grand jury opened an inquiry into the alleged Plumbers Trust. It holds evidence from Joseph Miller of Toledo and plans to hear Miller and many Master Plumbers' Association members. The probe parallels Miller's Toledo investigation that led to nearly 100 indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Plumbers’ Trust
Joseph Miller
Toledo
Indianpolis
Miller
Master Plumbers’ Association of
Tragic Electrocution At Indiana Substation
Charles Harmon a section hand on the Indianapolis & Northwestern traction line was instantly killed by electrocution at aFrankfort substation while sheltering from rain. He stood about two feet from metal when a 26 000 volt arc jumped from a wire into his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Ind
Charles Harmon
Indianapolis & Northwestern
End of a Long Chase in Van Wert Ohio
A man believed to be Marvin Kuhns, the famed horse thief pardoned in 1906, was shot three times and fatally wounded after a forty mile chase. He had stolen a horse and buggy from Arthur L. Smith near St Marys Auglaize county and was tracked by Sheriff Hott and two farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Marvin Kuhns
Ohio Penitentiary
Herrick
Sheriff Hott
St. Marys
Auglaize County
Arthur L. Smith
Moseby Licenses Revoked Over Irregularities in Perry County
Harmon H Moseby Perry county superintendent found guilty by the state board of education of grave irregularities in issuing a teacher license to Cyrus Taylor. The board revoked Mosebys thirty six months license, disqualifying him from further service as county superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Harmon
Moseby
Perry County
State Board of Education
Cyrus Taylor
Tragedy on the White River Near Evanaville
M. L. Johnson, a noted farmer and lumberman, drowned after his horse plunged while crossing the White River a few miles above Evanaville Indiana. The drowning victim’s body has not yet been recovered. He leaves a widow and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanaville
Ind
M. L. Johnson
Unidentified man struck and killed by Lake Shore train
An unknown man was struck by a Lake Shore train east of Rolling Prairie Indiana and killed instantly. He was walking on the track and did not hear the train. The body is in the morgue awaiting identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Lake Shore
Rolling Prairie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hall of City Schools
Case
Anson G. Madden
J. Loeb’s
Crawford
J. L. Peters
George M. Hughes
Mamie Rodgers
Charles Allen
Indiana State News
Hoosiers
Board OF Education
Mr. Wilkey
Burton
Behren
Marshalls
Indie Ana
Master Plumbers’ Association At
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!