Dynamiters Attempt to Bomb Danville Attorney Lindley’s Home
A dynamite explosion damaged the rear porch of attorney Frank Lindley’s home at Logan avenue and North street in Danville. The blast, likely black powder, shattered a window at Otto Shultz’s nearby home and frightened residents. Authorities suspect enemies of Lindley but deny robbery or assassination motives. The Lindleys were awakened. no one else injured.
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Danville
Frank Lindley
Logan Avenue
North Street
Lindleys
Otto Shultz
Lafayette Street
Pair of Old Lovers Wed in Newtown
William G. Mick and Mrs. Maria Skillman of Newtown were married last week. The groom’s age was listed as 1 and the bride admitted to 0. Her first marriage was in 180. Both are well known and highly respected people.
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Wiliam G. Mick
Maria Skillman
Newtown
Uniform Rank Organized Prompts Bond Drive in City
Clifford Bivans leads efforts to organize a Uniform Bank of P's in this city. The lodge has about two hundred members, and if twenty one are secured, work proceeds under set conditions. Equipment costs per member are small and easily arranged with no hardship on any cone. The judge should have a strong company in its new Uniform Rank.
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Clifford Bivans
Ke of P's
Michigan City Prison Produces Cheaper Superior Binder Twine
Farmers prepare for harvest season as Michigan City prison rolls out a new binder twine. The prison offers twine at 8 to 9 cents per pound, cheaper than trusted brands, with bulk pricing 8 cents and 9 cents for 50 pound lots. Orders placed early ensure delivery.
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Michigan City
Trust
The White Season Parade of White Fashion Items
The Leader highlights a display of white items including waistlines skirts shoes parasols fans and handbags as a themed fashion moment.
Attica High School Commencement At Opera House
Attica High School will hold commencement exercises at the opera house on the evening of June 1. Four graduates are expected and the program is promised to be exceptionally good.
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Attica High School
Opera House
Cut Out Sunday Games In Kingman Veedersburg
Kingman banned Sunday baseball by town council action while Veedersburg cites owner grounds refusal to allow Sunday play.
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Kingman
Veedersburg
Indiana Osteopathic Society Meets May at Lafayette
The semi annual gathering will be held May 18 at Hotel Lahr in Lafayette with more than 100 osteopaths expected to attend. Dr. Cora Parmelee of Attica plans to be present.
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The
Indiana Osteopathic Society
Hotel Lahr
Lafayette
Cora Parmelee
Attica
Warren County Board Chooses Truant Officer After Ballots
After eighteen ballots the Warren county board of education failed to elect a truant officer. John W. James and Geo. DeMotte each received seven votes on multiple ballots, one James supporter being absent. After nineteen ballots the board selected Claude McCorkle of Williamsport.
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Warren County Board of Education
John W. James
Geo. DeMotte
Campaign mishap hints at rough race for clerk
A. G. Madden of Kingman recounts a humorous loss of about 67 cents after leaving money in his pockets. He jokes that such incidents presage tougher times if he pursues the county clerk race, urging supporters to endure and stay cheerful.
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A. G. Madden
Kingman
Roads Viewed by Viewers in Millcreek Township
Viewers Wallace W. Luke and Barkley Yerkes surveyed proposed gravel or stone roads in Millcreek township. They conferred with citizens who unanimously supported the project and preferred stone construction. The viewers are expected to recommend building the roads.
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Millcreek Township
Wallace W. Luke
Barkley Yerkes
Indiana Gravel Roads Progress Report Totals 16268 Miles
The state statistician releases a report on gravel road construction in Indiana noting about 1000 miles built each year since 1900 and listing 16268 total miles by county. Putnam and Parke tie for 600 miles, followed by Montgomery 470, Tippecanoe 400, Vermillion 200, Benton 181, Warren 170, Newton 117, Jasper 5. several counties missing data.
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Indiana
Putnam
Parke
Montgomery
Tippecanoe
Benton
Warren
Vermillion
Newton
Jasper
Physio Medical Association elects officers
The State Physio Medical Association met at the college on Fourteenth Street. Dr J K Zinn of Covington was elected president. Dr C E Milligan of Winchester vice president. Dr L A Duthie of Indianapolis secretary and treasurer. A May 1907 meeting will be in Anderson.
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State Physio- Medical Association
Fourteenth Street
Avenue
D. H. Snok
J. A. Wall
Richmond
Fred Warfel
A. D. Harold
Anderson
J. M. Thurston
Plows With Engine Sam Warrick Forms Year in Dakota Style
Sam Warrick living northeast of the city is forming this year in a regular Dakota style. This week he has pulled three two furrow sixteen inch gang plows with a traction engine turning over eight feet of soil in his field. The plows perform splendidly and the engine moves as fast as a man can walk under his direction.
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Sam Warrick
Pair of Doctors Nebeker to Graduate in June
Elbert Nebeker and his wife will both graduate in June after a four year medical course at the Physicians and Surgeons Medical College in Chicago and immediately begin practice. Nebeker, born in this city, is thirty six and well known locally. The couple lived in Danville Illinois after marriage before moving to Chicago for medical college. Friends here extend best wishes for their professional success.
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Elbert Nebeker
Lucas Nebeker
Physicians and Surgeon's Medical College
Chicago
Nebeker
Danville
Lectures by Drs Schell Winchester Open May Festival
Presiding Elder Schell spoke on Ben Hur as the first May Festival number in the M E Church with a small but pleased audience. Dr Winchester of Taylor University followed Wednesday with The Eight Wonders of the World, delivering fresh insights to a well attended lecture. Music by Mattings at M Boord’s was a special treat.
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Schell
M. E. Church
Ben- Hur
Winchester
Taylor University
Graduating Girls Dress Styles Now Shown in Covington
The store of J. Loeb offers the newest and daintiest white goods and exquisite embroideries and laces perfect for a commencement dress. Rich creations promise a superb appearance for graduates.
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Covington
J. Loeb
Preaching Services at Church on Fifth Street Sunday
Oren Orahood will preach at the Church of Christ on 5th street in morning and evening services on Sunday May 20. All are invited to attend and hear him.
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Oren Orahood
Church of Christ
5Th Street
State chemist to test beers and laxative waters
H. E. Barnard, chemist at the state laboratory of hygiene, will examine beers for preservatives, specific gravity, and alcohol content. Laxative and aperient waters will be tested for general purity like ordinary drinking water. Barnard acts as government referee on beers under Dr. Wiley, so his results may be accepted as final.
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H. E. Barnard
State Laboratory Hygiene
Barnand
Dr. Wiley
Washington D. C
Kingman Post Office Robbery Suspects Arrested
Deputy Sheriff Twiddy and deputies captured John Thomas known as Jack Thomas and his son Robert at their home seven miles southeast of Kingman in Parke county. They are held on charges of blowing the Kingman post office safe and will be arraigned before the Circuit Judge with strong circumstantial evidence cited by authorities.
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Twiddy
Marshall Alva Stalker
Jacob Yerkes
John Thomas
Kingman
Parke County
Thomas
Robert
Jack Thomas
Stringtown
A Popular Auctioneer Led by Col Cowan in Covington Area
A local notice extols Col C W Cowan as a leading auctioneer serving Western Indiana and Eastern Illinois. It notes his Covington Inn post office address and date round, his versatile sales of fine stock merchandise and realty, and his reasonable charges.
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Col. C. W. Cowan
Indiana
Illinois
Covington Inn
To-Nights' Musical Opens May Festival With Local Talent
The late program features the best local and foreign talent and promises a fine night. If you miss this number you miss the best of all. Admission is 25 cents.
New City Council Holds First Meeting and Buckner Resigns
The new city council met Monday with all members present. Dr Buckner resigned after admitting stock ownership in Fountain Warren Traction Company, raising eligibility concerns. A successor will be appointed at a special meeting Friday May 25. A Monday hearing on Fourth Street improvements was planned.
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Buckner
Fountain-Warren Traction Company
Fourth Street
Eleven year old shoots cousin in Fos ter incident
Oland Moody, age eleven, handling a loaded revolver at home in Fos ter, accidentally shoots Myrtle Clem in the back. The 22 caliber bullet lodged near the right lung but was removed from the shoulder. Myrtle is recovering under doctor care.
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Oland Moody
Myrtle Clem
Robert Moody
Oland
Foster
Democratic state ticket candidates listed by Secy Reiley
The State Democratic slate includes Cox for secretary of state with Durgan of Lafayette, Bailey and Riggs for auditor, Isenbarger and Fox for treasurer, Shea for attorney general, New Fletcher and France for clerk of supreme court, Curry for state statistician, Ely Erwin Moon for supreme court judges, Cox Hartford Steis Felt Harris for appellate court, and Reddick for superintendent of public instruction. The list may grow in three weeks and signals renewed party energy. Elbow length silk gloves new at The Leader.
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Sec’y
J. Fred France
Huntington
D. N. Curry
Shelburn
Supreme Court
E. A. Ely
Petersburg
R. K. Erwin
Deertur
B. C. Moon
Kokomo
Appellate Court
Northern District
Cox
Peru
Richard Hartford
Portland
Henry Steis
Winame
Southern
Felt
Greenfield
Harris Sullivan
John W. Reddick
Winamune
Star
It Pays to Buy the Best Clothing Ad
An advertisement lists men’s wear from H. S. & M. Clothes and Walk Over Shoes, Monarch Shirts, Dorothy Dodd Shoes for Ladies, Acorn Brand Shirt Waists, and Lange down from Win F. Read & Son.
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Monarch
Dorothy Dodd
Win F. Read & Son
Lange
States Witness Fmed Manford Dawson Testifies in Case
The State's key witness, Manford Dawson, who came from near Cates to testify against Henry Kiger for selling white key, collapsed in court and was briefly sobered by the sheriff. After being revived, Dawson testified that he was with Kiger and Bert Lewis earlier, but the plan to suppress him failed. He received $5 and court trimmings for being drunk.
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Manford Dawson
Cates
Henry Kiger
Dawson
Kiger
Bert Lewis
Central Lines Close Option on Warren County Gravel Pit
Chief Engineer J C Imes of the New York Central lines closed a bargain on the Mark Rogers farm in Warren county for about 140 acres at 37000 dollars. The plat with house barn and cemetery is reserved along with 20 acres leased to Inter State Land and Gravel. Prospecting showed rich gravel and the company plans pits with three steam shovels and track switches.
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J. C. Imes
New York Central Lines
Mark Roger
Warren County
Inter-State Land and Gravel Company
Devils Cause Man to Commit Murder in Montezuma
Stephen Sylvester, described as mentally fragile after a past injury, shot his brother W. H. Sylvester of Montezuma Indiana. The killer claimed devils haunted him and that he built a fortified hut to escape them. W. H. Sylvester, aged about 60, was president of the First National and left an estate around 50 000 dollars. The suspect told Rockville jailers he planned to kill two Montezuma women and cut a third's ears.
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Stephen Sylvester
W. H. Sylvester
Stephen
W.H. Sylvester
First National
Rockville
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City School
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J. Loeb’s Stores
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J. K. Zian
Physio Medio
Visssa
Drs. Schell
M. Boord
Christain Chrch
City Council
Democratic
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