23 Dec 1904
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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1904
Page
1
A commentary on parental honesty to children, stressing that breaking promises erodes trust and that deception should be avoided. It argues adults must model truthfulness and only justify a harmless Santa Claus fib as a rare exception. The call to reliability extends to everyday duties like delivering promised gifts.
Fragmentary clipping notes M. Land & Co and W. McMahan of Leavenworth with mentions of Ohio River floes of the future from the past and a bar in the Oraw- context. The text is highly garbled with no clear event or date.
Near Georgetown last Friday morning section men prevented a head on collision between No 4 passenger train from New Albany and an east bound freight on Georgetown Hill. The brakes were applied and both trains stopped moments before disaster. one passenger, L Rosenbarg of Cincinnati, suffered a scalp wound and others were jolted. An unrelated Bible sale note follows.
The column muses on enmity toward ambitious individuals and urges readers to report news and ensure safe fires during the Christmas season. It notes upcoming elections, a potato yield report from Spencer County, and local notices including court actions, relocation of a night operator, a Leavenworth cadet band concert, and a business interest purchase in New Albany.
Washington dispatch reports a decision by Controller of the Treasury Robert J. Tracewell District Attorney Kealing and Congressman Hemenway that Hemenway will be elected to the Senate on the third Tuesday in January Beveridge will be reelected on that date. Hemenway plans to honor the Evansville Old Soldiers Republican Club with a portrait. His committee assignments remain unsettled though Hale and Allison favor him for an early good committee post, likely appropriations.
William Foreman died at his home four miles north of English Tuesday morning from heart trouble while sitting in a chair. He had been in poor health for months. He leaves a wife and a large family of grown children. He was well known in the county and had prospered in farming after moving from Floyd county fever years ago. Funeral was held Wednesday from his home and burial followed at Stewart burying ground with many relatives and friends in attendance.
The supreme court held that a township trustee must act within law when issuing warrants for township debts and cannot enforce payment on warrants issued without proper authority. A $425 warrant by Michelltree School Township for school building materials was invalid. The ruling overturns prior circuits that had upheld the warrant after later approval. The decision limits trustees’ powers and requires proper authorization before warrants are issued.
A reflective exhortation on how the youth of today become future adults including doctors lawyers thieves editors and rulers. It warns that early influences shape outcomes and compares paths to congress or jail, questioning parental guidance and societal direction.
Susie Ailsey McMahel born November 20 1767 daughter of Henry and Mrs Smith married William McMahel in 1891. She left six children and was mourned by church members before burial at Sloan Cemetery. Community sympathy noted.
New Albany Tribune reports election returns for township trustees favor the Republicans with a statewide pattern. Before 1900 parties split trustees evenly, four years ago Democrats led 149 to 0. latest results show Democrats 508, Republicans 608, independents seven. County school superintendent outcomes favor Republicans overall, with seven ties to be resolved by county auditors in several counties. Wayne county yields twelve of thirteen trustees Republican. May include ties broken by Republican auditors in five counties.
Posey Lodge of Masons at Leavenworth elected O. W. Willett as W M Frank Campbell as W S James D McCallum as J W Samuel D Breeden as Secretary W B Allen as Treasurer at the meeting last Saturday evening.
The State Association of County Commissioners unanimously endorsed voting machines for general use in the next general election. They also supported highway and bridge improvements to expand rural free mail delivery and endorsed organized charity efforts.
A minister's wife, a doctor's wife, and a traveling man's wife compare spouses' memory lapses. The minister worries over forgotten sermon notes, the doctor misplaces his medicine case on visits, and the traveler bears a tale of returning home asking, "What is your name?"
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