Special HomeseekER Excursion Rates via the Wabash
Special Homeseeker Excursion Rates via the Wabash. Tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays each month to Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Indian Territories with about one fare plus $2 for round trip. Also to gulf points in Texas and intermediate Oklahoma, 825 40 for the round trip. Rates to Colorado and other points of application. Tickets limited to thirty days with liberal stop overs. For more information call or address EW Richeson, Agt.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Gulf Points
Texas
Colorado
Richeson
Agt
Sheriff's Sale Notice in Formtam Circuit Court
A certified copy of a decree directs the Clerk of Formtam Circuit Court to sell at public auction the claim of Charles H. Moore against Harley T. Howand for 105.40 dollars with interest and costs. The sale will be to the highest bidder on a specified date and location to be announced.
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Formtam Circuit Court
Charles H. Moore
Harley T. Hoowand
Sheriff to Sell Half Lot in Covington for Judgment
On Saturday May 11 1907 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Covington courthouse Fountain County Indiana the rents and profits of the undivided half of lot 63 in Vances addition will be sold to satisfy a decree and costs. If insufficient the fee simple of the property may be sold to discharge the decree and costs. Sale proceeds without appraisal. John R Hardesty Sheriff O S Douglass attorney for plaintiff. April 19 1907.
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Covington
Fountain County
Indiana
Vance
John R. Hardesty
O. S. Douglass
A. D
Indiana War Records Drive Seeks Missing Papers
Oran Perry Indiana adjutant general calls for all war records not on file to be sent to his office for a new bureau. He notes missing muster rolls from the Mexican and Civil Wars and says basements hold cartloads of unfiled correspondence that risk ruin. Citizens are urged to forward reports and letters covering records from the Revolution to the Spanish-American War.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Legion
Statehouse
Spain
Murder Seekers Target Spencer Man In Whitecapping
John Layman, shot by masked intruders during late Friday night in Spencer Indiana, remains alive but gravely wounded. He says three men knocked, claimed sheriff presence, forced entry after he dressed, and two shots were fired with Layman wounded in the chest. Mrs Lambert identifies all three leaders and says she will stay at the Layman home.
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Laymon
Bom
Spencer
Markle Fire Destroys Dozen Buildings in Indiana Town
Markle Indiana suffered extensive losses after a fire gutted fourteen buildings in the town block. The blaze destroyed nearly all business houses and caused about sixty thousand dollars in damage with limited insurance.
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Huntington
Ind
Markle
States Rights Emphasized By BevEridge At Grant Birthday
Senator Bev Eridge reiterates states rights doctrine during the Grant birthday celebration in Galena Wisconsin. He urges state sovereignty in local affairs while the nation remains supreme on matters affecting all Americans, stressing local self government and limited national interference.
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Galena
Beveride
Tmself
Dover
States’ Rights
Delav
Ion Dave
Grant
Birtedus
Judge Orders Dearborn Park gambling devices destroyed
Indianapolis reports Judge W W McManon of Hammond rules Dearborn Park stockade near Chicago is gambling paraphernalia and must be destroyed under the new maturely law. The ruling allows appeal to higher courts and targets French Lick and West Baden casino gear seized last year.
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Indianapolis
Bingham
W. W. McManon
Hammond
Dearborn Park
Chicargo
Hicher
Enyone
French Lick
West Baden
State charity institutions report full capacity across facilities
Indianapolis reports all state hospitals for the insane are full along with the school for feeble minded youth and the school for the deaf. The soldiers home Indiana reformatory and the state prison are included. A new boys building and Sunset cottage expansion will allow nearly 200 more children, while the Newcastle epilepsy village nears readiness adding capacity for thirty able bodied men.
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Indianapolis
Board of State Charities
Amos W. Butler
School For
Soldiers’ Home
Indiana Reformatory
Sunset Cottage
Newcastle
Barn Fire Threats Strike Cynthiana Woman’s Property
Mrs Martha Steward of Cynthiana Indiana received a threat from the signatory "Whitecap" to dispossess tenants or lose her barn. The barn was burned, rebuilt, and last night rekindled, spreading to adjacent property and nearly destroying the village.
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Cynthiana
Ind
Martha Steward
Whitecap
Vote Buyer Convicted In Crawfordsville Case
In Crawfordsville Indiana on April 26 after a long deliberation the jury found George Kepler guilty of buying votes at the last election He was fined one dollar plus costs and imprisoned dis franchised for ten years The decision will be appealed A similar accusation against Frank O Maxwell deputy county auditor and leading Republican is slated for trial in this term of court.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
George Kepler
Frank O. Maxwell
Eastern Stars Elect Officers
Indianapolis April 26 The grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star elected officers Grand matron Mrs Nellie L Goodbar Crawfordsville grand patron Will W Grow Danville associate grand matron Mrs Pauline Summers Valparaiso associate grand patron Robert A Woods Princeton grand secretary Mrs Nettie Ransford Indianapolis grand treasurer Mrs Carrie Fanning Butler
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Eastern Stars
Indianapolis
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Nellie L. Goodbar
Crawfordsville
Will W. Grow
Danville
Pauline Summers
Valparaiso
Robert A. Woods
Princeton
Nettie Ransford
Carrie Fanning
Butler
Constable Orders All Slot Machines Closed in Greentown
Greentown Indiana May 2 Constable Stephen Jarvis issues an order to ban all slot machines after a country youth reports losing money in bucking games. The town has no marshal, so the constable acts to enforce the ban.
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Greentown
Ind
Stephen Jarvis
Indiana two cent fare law face legal challenges and savings
Special correspondence from Indianapolis notes the two cent fare law passed by the Republican legislature faces renewed efforts to declare it unconstitutional. Railroads aim to test the law in several states while claiming it undercuts profits. proponents cite substantial passenger savings and statewide economic benefits.
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Infianapel’s
Ind
Repblian
Little Road
Corydon
Anderson
E. E. Neal
Senate
Neal
Republican Party
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