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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1914
Page
4
A deputation of 700 organized clubwomen led by Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley plans to press President Wilson for support of the suffrage amendment. Other items note commutations of four dynamiters in Indianapolis, Speer inquiry findings, and various legal and political developments across the nation.
The Indiana flood commission, appointed by Governor Ralston, met with federal engineers to outline a unified flood prevention program. It will survey property losses, coordinate with the U S Army engineers, and prepare legislation for relief. W K Hatt of Purdue will direct engineering work with two assistants. E W Shirk chairs the executive committee.
New Indiana postmasters and Indiana delegation members in Washington made fourth class postmaster recommendations. Names include Ma bel O. Yost at Porter, Clara I. Boersen at Griffith, John Buckley at Atherton, W. Boston at Lewis, William C. Fox at Riley, plus Heath district appointees Albert Yardy Lynn Grove Alfred Abbott Craigsville Charles Spangler Selma Alva Benbow Shideler Fred Darick Unionville James Johnson Lousantonville Hugh Rowe Poneto.
Ruth Jacobs of Goshen wins first prize twelve dollars fifty cents in the state forestry essay contest for high school pupils. Muriel Kinney of Burkhart takes second prize for grade pupils, while Kenneth Grimea of Kokoro White Bloomington earns a prize for grade pupils. The contest highlight is detailed in the official notice from the state board of forestry.
Mayor John G. Harris acting for Bloomington’s city council closed a lease with Ohio Valley Stone for Leonard's Mill ground to serve as a new water works reservoir. The city will pay $500 annually and may abandon and revert the site to the stone company at no extra cost if needed, with plans for the reservoir to be drawn up by an engineer.
James E. Clark of the Indiana public service commission and chief engineer H. C. Garman examined witnesses in Washington on the advisability of a $70,000 bond issue by the Pike County Telephone Company to complete its plant. Opinions were divided among witnesses.
Indiana officials examine complaints that Indianapolis labor agents send many Indiana workers westward hoping for jobs, but many end up stranded without employment. If upheld, agents may lose rights to operate. Investigators study Keokuk Industrial Association complaints about J W Beard and Towne’s Keokuk Tay organization.
June 26 report from Indiana notes Sarah Fadely eleven, selected by Governor Dunne on W. A. Peyton’s recommendation to unveil the Illinois soldiers’ monument at Kenesaw Mountain. She and her merchant father, Lewis E. Fadely, will travel with the governor’s party aboard a special train. The young honoree, famed in Anderson for her sweetness, hopes her mother, deceased two years, could be present.
In Lebanon on June 26 the Citizens' Loan and Trust opened with $200 cash on hand but deposits brought a surplus. The vault held $400,000 in securities and $100,000 in cash yet the time lock failed. A lock expert from Indianapolis said entry would require removing cement atop the vault, making a man-sized opening through the steel plate lining.
Logansport June 26. The Pennsylvania railroad has dispatched a large force to the shops to repair and ready every available freight car for grain transport. The car and repair departments shift to a fifty five hour week to meet the expected farm shipment rush.
Mrs Mary P Rose testifies in Clay circuit court that she has moved 33 times in six years of marriage to James D Rose. The case was continued until September as she has not regained legal residence in Missouri.
Lawrenceburg June 26 The fancy draft stallion Tropique belonging to James A Aldred a stock raiser is dead The two thousand one hundred pound animal was bought years ago from John Crouch of Lafayette for 2800 It had won many ribbons in Arorse shows and county fairs in southern Indiana and was never defeated in the show ring.
A narrative recounts a 53 year old man from Conneraville whose life collapsed after a flood left him penniless and bereaved. He endured years of hardship, losing a wife to drowning and six children, with no money or kin to lean on.
A compact Indiana roundup notes a serious auto overturn near Alexandria involving Shad McConnel. jail terms for Ben Disney and Steve Cooper in Columbus. fugitives in Brooklyn and embezzlement cases in Denver linked to Major George. a minor intoxication case in Newcastle prompting an investigation. Gary school head William Wirt to address New York board. a Chicago burial for Steward Marshall Gibson near Idaville. a delivery truck collision in Brazil injuring two men. a forgery case handling for Jacob Jacobs with possible transfer to state prison. Holiness Association set July events in Petersburg. a delayed trial in Greencastle for Abraham McCammack and a postponed case due to Mrs Spriggs ill health. broader notes from Spaltran and related regions.
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