Roosevelt Memorial Meeting Called By County Organization
The Roosevelt Memorial Organization has formed with President C F Lowe and officers including Miss C Ford as vice president and Miss Lara Ward as treasurer. Secretaries Harold Wilkey and township chairmen across Troy Shawnee Logan Davis Richland Cain Wabash Fulton Jackson Millcreek Van Buren are listed. A special meeting is set in the city council chamber at 7 30 Tuesday evening and all officers are urged to attend or send a representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.F. Lowe
Miss C. Ford
Lara Ward
Harold Wilkey
Troy
G. A. Law
Shawnee
Hardy Conover
Logan
A P. Green
Davis
Wm. Ritchey
Richland
Everett Ogle
Cain
Jewel Tinsley
Wabash
Schuyler LaTourette
Fulton
Col
A. G. Madden
Jackson
John Goodin
Millcreek
Lon Lindley
van Buren
Fremzen Dice
Quiet City Couple Weds in Crawfordsville Parsonage
O Williams Martin and Farrell Williams, eldest son of Mrs George Williams and Miss Hazel M Martin, quietly wed at M E parsonage in Crawfordsville with Rev F G Howard officiating. They depart by Big Four for Pittsburg Pa to begin new life after a brief ceremony and quiet farewell from their community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrell Williams
George Williams
Hazel M. Martin
Edward W. Martin
F. G. Howard
M. E
Crawfordsville
Pittsburg
Forest Livengood
Margaret Voltz
G A R Meeting in Frankfort District Session October 1919
G A R officers and members in Fountain county and the 9th district are invited to a district meeting at the G A R Hall in Frankfort on Thursday October 30 1919. A 330 p m business session and a 700 p m Camp Fire program will feature Past Department Commanders and the present chief Walt Medsker and Orlando Somets with expected patriotic displays. Delegates urged from all posts and Women’s Relief Corps. Col Fesler and Albert J Hall among leaders present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
9Th
Fountain County
Frankfort
Wm. F. Medsker
Hoen
Orlando A. Somets
G.A. R
Col. Fesler
27Th Regt. Ind
Battle of
Gettysburg
Albert J. Hall
Ass’t. Adj
T. Gen
Womens’ Relief Corps
A. L. Grant
Ninth
Box Supper at Pleasant View Shoppe
A box supper is planned at the Pleasant View Shop, Mound Township, Friday evening October 24. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant View
Mound Township
Matilda Drake of Fulton Township Dies at Home
Matilda Drake aged 93 died at her son F E Drake county recorder in Fulton township after a long illness. She was born November 20 1830 in Jackson County Indiana daughter of Samuel and Nancy Brooks and last survivor of a 13 member family. Funeral services were held at the Fulton residence with interment in Cashatt cemetery Sugar Creek township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda Drake
F. E. Drake
Fulton Township
Drake
Jackson County
Ind
Samuel
Nancy Banks Brooks
Green Township
Parke County
Cashatt
Sugar Creek Township
Fire at Covington Friend Office Ends Quickly
Firefighters answered a 10 PM alarm at the Covington Friend office to find flames between floor joists and plaster over the big newspaper press. The blaze started near a chimney from which an exhaust pipe discharged. About ten feet of plastering over the press burned and was knocked off to extinguish the fire with a chemical apparatus. minor exterior damage from falling plaster impacted the press bearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
County Truck Runs Amok Around Township and Town
A county truck, valued at 4200 dollars, damaged a gravel pit tile drain estimated at 50 dollars and wrecked a gasoline pump at Wm. Schma's barn. Officials note high upkeep and limited benefits with residents hesitant to discuss the matter publicly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebeker
Harlow Brother Oliver A. Dies in Kentucky
N. G. Harlow receives news of Oliver A. Harlow’s death from cancer in Elizabethtown Kentucky. He and the family had visited here in summer and were aware of his serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. G. Harlow
Elizabethtown
Oliver A. Harlow
New Night Watch Appointed by City Council
At the regular City Council meeting Charles Lyons was promoted to day chief of police and Aller Shaft was appointed in his stead as night watch. Several other appointments were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lyons
Aller Shaft
Trustee Resigns and Reconsiders in Millcreek Township
John E. Palmer of Yeddo, elected trustee in 1918, tendered resignation to the county auditor but withdrew after constituents protested. He cited business pressures and had served with a safe, diligent record, including a notable Republican vote for truant officer last June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Palmer
Yeddo
Millcreek
Palmer
Real Fall Weather Makes Appearance and Frost Notice
Real fall weather brought the season's first killing frost Sunday night with light frost Saturday night fading under a cloudy dawn. Furnaces fired, housewives ordered heating stoves up, and farmers say the frost will aid corn husking as ears resist breaking after killing frosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubby
Oxford Company Performs The Doll at Lyceum
The Oxford Company, a renowned Lyceum singing group, appears Friday evening October 24 in a costumed opera The Doll at the High School auditorium. Five musicians make up the ensemble with a program of miscellaneous musical selections preceding the opera. Single admission is 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Lyceum
Tha Doll
Bank Robbers Active in Indiana Banks
Indiana reports a wave of robberies with two banks hit in the past week. The Citi zens bank in Kingman was entered last Thursday night with about $200 in cash and Liberty bonds seized. Authorities follow leads, including a car used by suspects and two photographers seen in town. A man named Joe Towell is said to have lost Liberty bonds totaling $6,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Citizens Bank
Kingman
Wallace
Joe Towell
Marshall Charles Lyons Named City Police Chief
At Monday night’s city council meeting Charles Lyons, two years night police and day man since Mr Noble’s death, was elected chief of police and day man. His record shows no robberies during his two years as night officer and his quiet approach is praised as a strong fit for the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lyons
Night Police
Noble
Mr. Lyons
Rocks Used In Fireless Cookers by Club Women
Home demonstration agents teach women to make fireless cookers with minimal cost. Some use rock heat without radiators while Alameda county clubwomen in California use flat rocks as heat sources and compare heating times to soapstone or iron radiators. The findings show rocks heat as quickly and provide satisfactory results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Kinney McNeill Dies at Lakeview Hospital
William Kinney McNeill known as Kinney died at Lakeview hospital a few minutes after 7 in the evening after contracting cancer and later blood poisoning. He had lived with his brother Milton M. McNeill of Danville and funeral services were held at 428 North Walnut street with interment at Hicks cemetery near Perrysville. Born January 31, 1848 in Perrysville he was the son of Hon. George H. and Rebecca Kinney McNeill. He was the elder of three children, with Milton the only survivor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kinney “McNeill
Kinney
Milton M. McNeill
Walnut Street
Danville
Lakeview Hospital
Albert Berhalter
McNeill
North
Hicks Cemetery
Perrysville
William Kinney McNeill
George H
Rebecca Kinney McNeill
Mr. McNeill
Milton
George McNeill, Jr
Rural school problems to be studied in Indiana conference
Indiana will host a conference on rural school problems at Indianapolis October 29 led by J E Weatherow state high school director with the state board of education. Focus will be on small town and township school consolidation as part of broader efforts to improve rural high schools. The October 24 Roosevelt birthday anniversary was designated Americanization day with special programs urged in public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
J E. B. Weatherow
Dinate
State Board of Education
Indianapolis
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
Weatherow
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Ford car taken in 1918 recovered and returned
The Ford motor car of Winfield Babb of Stone Bluff was stolen on August 24, 1918. It was found in a Brockton Illinois garage left for repairs and returned to Babb after about fourteen months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor
Winfield Babb
Stone Bluff
Brockton
Secret September Wedding Ties Short and Andersen in Chicago
Friends learned of the secret marriage of Frank R. Short to Miss Doris Anderson of Chicago. The ceremony occurred quietly in Chicago on September 20. Short is the youngest son of Charess E. Short and wife, who live on a farm northeast of Hillsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank R. Short
Doris Anderson
Chicago
Mr. Short
Charess E. Short
Hillsboro
Corwin Colvert Dies After Long Illness In Attica
After weeks of suffering Corwin Colvert died Wednesday night at his Bundy street home Attica from esophageal cancer. Born on the Colvert farm Shawnee township he built a furniture and undertaking business with Jed Rohlfing before continuing solo. He is survived by his wife two children Frederick at Harvard and Louse at Attica High School plus three brothers William Armstrong and Charles. Funeral was held Saturday at 3 pm from the family residence with burial at Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corwin Colvert
Bundy Street
Attica
Calvert
Chicago
Mr. Colvert
Colvert
Shawnee Township
Stone Bluff
Jed Rohlfing
Frederick
Harvard University
Louse
William
Armstrong
Charles Calvert
Riveside
Man Kills Wife After Drinking Bay Rum in Danville
Charles E. King of Cohen Junk Company shot Ada King at 112% Bryan Avenue then swidded after an inquest disclosed heavy bay rum consumption. The couple, married months, had separated and she had filed for divorce. King lived with Herbert Worthington at 269 Green Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. King
Cohen Junk Company
Danville
Ada King
King
Bryan Avenue
Kings
Herbert Worthington
Green Street
Burglars Loot Shank and Allison Store After Paris Visit
Burglars used a motor trick to visit the Shank and Allison store early Sunday morning. They carried away a large merchandise haul including hats and caps, silk shirts priced 8 to 15 dollars, overcoats, suits, silk hose, underwear, and other articles. officers were asked to issue a lockout.
Wabash Citizen Dead Roby Abernathy Succumbs After Illness
Roby Abernathy 36 died Friday at his home one mile south of Cooper Chapel after a seventeen month illness. Survived by wife three children father and three brothers. Funeral at 2 p m Sunday Reverend Carter officiating. Burial in Cooper Chapel cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roby Abernathy
Stephen Abernathy
Cooper Chapel
Rev
Carter
Congressman Fred Purnell At Home In Attica
Congressman Fred Purnell spent last Sunday at his home in Attica. He had come West with Senator Watson to attend the Ninth District Republican gathering in Kokomo last Friday, then returned home for a day Sunday and Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred §.Purnell
Attica
Senater Watson
Kokomo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roosevelt Memorial Organization
O Williams
Martin
BIC
BOX Supper
Fulton TP
O. A. Harlow
New Day Marshall
Kinney McNeill
Lakeview
Babb Motor Car
Republican
Fred Purnell
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