Obituary and Local notes from Attics and surrounding towns
Charles A. Harmon of Attics, aged 52, dies at 8 30 am from Brights disease. Postmaster Ed Patton and Inspector John W Cronk visit from Veedersburg. Townsley and others attend reunions. local fairs held with crowds but horticultural shows weak. Mrs Mabel Bonebrake dies at St Elizabeths hospital Danville aged about 25.
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Charles A. Harmon
Attics
Oia
Peter Harmon
Bright
Ed. Patton
John W. Cronk
Veedersburg
Labor Day
Mabel Bonebrake
J. ©. Bonebrake
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Danville
John W. Shuster
Stone Bluff
Land prospectus for Gulf Coast buyers to invest in Mexican valleys
Dr W R Farnsworth invites potential homeseekers and investors from Brownsville area to join a private car trip departing Sept 17. Highlights include fertile land selling at 25 to 30 dollars per acre, three vegetable crops yearly, citrus crops, near mature railroad access, low wages for Mexican labor, mild climate, good water, and malaria free area. Berth on private car and meals priced low, with room for five more travelers.
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Gulf Coast
Texas
Brownsville
California
Interurban collision prompts coroner verdict and arrests
In Charleston Illinois two motormen Ben F McClara and Charles Botts were arrested on charges of criminal negligence after an interurban crash killed four teens. Both were released on bonds of 3000 dollars as officials report numerous fatalities and injuries.
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Charleston
Ben F. McClara
Charles Botts
McClara
Botts
Easidia
Neil Fugate
Thomas Weakley
Mattoon
William Nelson
North Oktawa
Charles Nelson
First Presbyterian Worship and Evening Sermon
The First Presbyterian Church conducts morning and evening services. The pastor speaks on The Modern Apostle at 10 40. Last Sunday evening’s talk A Man Worthy of Imitation Who is He was postponed to attend Rev Pomer’s meeting. Bible School at 9 30. S G Pomeroy and wife of the West Lebanon Gazette visited the editor and family.
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Clarence Miller
New York
Miller
M. EB. Herb
League
Pomer
S.G. Pomeroy
West Lebanon Gazette
Mr. Pomeroy
Clifton
For Sale New six room house with coal wood shop
For sale a new six room house with halls large closets coal space and other conveniences. 2w Fanny Stevenson.
Covington Supply Co Promotes Music Stock Line
The Covington Supply Co advertises a full line of the latest songs, waltzes, and two steps for customers to call and inspect their stock.
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Tf Covington Supply Co
Real Estate Transfers in Fountain County Weekly List
Real estate transfers in Fountain County reported from records by O S Douglass abstractor of titles Covington Indiana. Transfers include Frank F Sanders and wife to Joseph Ogden 105 acres Van to and 10500 dollars William T Mortimore and wife to J Burks 41 acres Richland township 4400 dollars Caspar Salmon and wife to I O O F lot 74 W add Covington 1 dollar Lewis B Waggoner trustee to J L Oland school house site 400 dollars Daniel Mulvihill and wife to W Harvey lot 34 R 2d add Fountainville 100 dollars Edgar A Hoff and wife to Charles E K Hufflois 36 37 O Padd Sterling 1400 dollars Geo W Simmons and wife to Chancy W Lusk 10 acres Mill Creek township 1150 dollars Chancy W Lusk and wife to Felix Bowers 10 acres Mill Creek township 1 dollar Maffett and Dotson to Pearl Harper lot 1540 p Veadersburg 500 dollars.
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Fountain County
O. S Douglass
Covington
Indiana
Frank F. Sanders
Joseph Ogden
Daniel Mulvihill
W Harvey
Fountainville
Edgar A Hoff
Chas EK Hufflois
Geo
Simmons
Chancy
Lusk
Mill Creek
Felix Bowers
Maffett & Dotson
Pearl Harper
P. Veadersburg
Judge Denies Monon Rail Road Temporary Injunction
Lafayette Indiana Sept 2 Judge Henry H Vinton refused the Monon rail road’s request for a temporary injunction to block the Indiana railroad commission from enforcing a new coal rate. The rate from the Linton fields to Stinesville was set to drop from 75 cents to 30 cents and the court found the railroad’s affidavits insufficient to prove a sufficient cause for restraint.
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Lafayette
Ind
Henry H. Vinton
Monon Railroad
Railroad Commission of Indiana
Linton Fields
Stinesville
Vinton
J. 8. Sneese
Monon
Deadly knife fray in Gilmour leaves one dead
In Gilmour Indiana William Allen 35 attacked Joseph Crackenbush during a dispute. Leonard Patrick 32 intervened and fatally stabbed Allen after Allen cut Patrick and Crackenbush. Patrick and Crackenbush jailed in Sullivan awaiting further action. In Greensburg a church burglary caused 5000 to 7000 dollars in losses at St Marys church and school with a $600 painting burned. Bloodhounds traced footprints to a horse and buggy, thief identity unknown.
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Gilmour
Ind
Wm. Allen
Joseph Crackenbush
Leonard Patrick
Allen
Crackenbush
Patrick
Greensburg
St. Mary’s Catholic
Injunction Granted In Linton Coal Field Freight Dispute
In Tippecanoe county superior court Judge Henry H. Vinton granted a temporary restraining order by agreement to Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad against the railroad commission of Indiana over a reduced freight rate in the Linton coal field after affidavits were read.
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Lafayette
Ind
Tippecanoe County Superior Court
Henry H. Vinton
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad Company
Railroad Commission of Indiana
Linton
Vinton
Lightning Shatters Bed In Storm At Muncele
Mrs. John Doughty of Muncele Indiana was asleep when a bolt tore through the roof during a storm. The electric strike shattered the bed and passed through the floor, the pillow dropping below. She was severely shocked and burned but is recovering.
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Muncele
Ind
John Doughty
Boiler explosion injures mill owner in Indiana
In Osgood Indiana on September 4 a boiler blast at John Pickett’s sawmill near New Marion burned proprietor John Pickett head to foot and hurled his body. he bears severe injuries and a crushed hand. Fellow worker Jesse Pribble was blown thirty feet and badly hurt.
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Osgood
Ind
John Pickett
New Marion
Jesse Pribble
Taken Poison by Mistake in Indiana Farm Community
Elwood Indiana September 2 Mrs Louise M Shultz wife of a well known farmer seven miles south of the town took arsenic by mistake for headache powders and died two hours later The coroner after a thorough investigation found no possible intent of suicide
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Elwood
Ind
Louise M. Shultz
Fatal Fall From Window In Alexandria Club Room
Willard Runyan, twenty, died instantly when he fell backward through a street window from the Pythian club room in Alexandria Ind on September 3.
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Alexandria
Ind
Willard Runyan
Pythian Club
Runyan
Unable to Live Without Him Ends Own Life
Michigan City Indiana August 30 Mrs Wallace Walden age thirty one killed herself by drinking carbolic acid leaving a note alleging threats by her husband and saying she could not live without him.
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Michigan City
Ind
Wallace Walden
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Geo. D. Kerr
Bodine Heirs
George
Williams Port
Enter Prive
Beost Seiuraiv
Joe
Donnet
Crafordsville
Stecx
R. C. Townsley
Vincennes
T. V. Townsley
U. R. McKinny
Richland
Shawnee
Rob Roy
Homeseekers and Investors
First Presbyterian Church
H. K. Fox
Fanny Stevenson
Popular Music
Indiana State News
Hoosiers
William Allen
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