24 Jun 1904
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Newspaper
Flora Enterprise Sentinel
Location
Flora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1904
Page
1
A Carroll circuit court jury ruled against Fred Burk in his 95 000 damage claim against Dr Parker Justice over alleged improper relations with Burk's wife. The trial was marked as sensational with conflicting testimony and strong public sentiment.
The Wilder Brigade unit known as the Old 72nd Regt Indiana Volunteers postpones its 1904 reunion. Local organizers cite it being a campaign year and the St. Louis fair running all summer as reasons to cancel the Frankfort Indiana gathering. Signed by President A McCuins and Secretary R Crags.
John Treat, born October 17 1841 in Rockingham County Virginia, spent his life as a farmer in Ohio before retiring to Flora. He joined the Old Order German Baptist Brethren church sixty years ago and was among its early counties members. Funeral services were held at the Old Order house with burial in the Moas cemetery.
Mrs Ernest Arlbright hosted a Friday afternoon event in honor of her sister Miss Pansy Turner of Marion. Attendees included Mrs E J Todd Mrs R T Geary and several Misses Opal Todd Pet Rodkey Bessie Lesh Maude Cree Blanche Horner Bernice Moss Ruby Shaner Cecil Whitesel Luna Elsie Bell and Bessie Myer. The Northern Indiana Editional Association annual convention met at Lafayette last week with A B Crampton of the Carroll County Citizen Times elected president.
Readers urged to send news items and letters from other cities as Jim Zartman signs a push for reader participation. Carrollton township Republicans met at Center school house with D L Mussleman presiding John Egan as chairman and James D Zartman named town ship trustee A L Welty chosen assessor John Morris delegate to the judicial convention. Nairn arrested in Logansport on wire desertion charge after leaving wife and four children in Monon two years ago.
The Enterprise Sentinel reports a surge in subscriptions with over three hundred guesses in ten days and plans to reach one thousand new names. Editors thank new subscribers and note rapid growth across Flora and surrounding rural routes as 567 papers are now mailed from Flora post office.
Charles Allen files a $2000 suit in Clinton circuit court against Andrew J. McCarty for alienating his wife’s affections near Roseville. McCarty previously faced a theft allegation of ten bushels of corn, dismissed after three days in jail amid questions of motive. Allen’s filing asserts sensational charges while his wife remains in an Indiana asylum. farm ownership noted. Also reports Rev. M Huckleberry elected Grand Army chaplain at the Warsaw encampment.
A large gathering marked the eighty sixth birthday of Eider Jas. Lilly at Patton with relatives friends and neighbors sharing a dinner and religious exercises led by Elder Jackman who delivered a fifteen minute sermon on The Great Birthday. Lilly received a Morrie chair and urged all present to join in worship prior to the meal. Rossville Stock Show enjoyed strong attendance with about forty premiums and total cash payouts around 285. Judges John Briggs and William Donlin praised displays of horses cattle and hogs. Other items note a new Miller Telephone Directory the Crume child custody case and a local Wild Cat outing with a mixed social group. A local undertaker introduced a casket lowering device and Roy Alexander visited N N Smith’s home.
Saturday at Clymers the agent spotted a suspicious stranger matching a Peru theft suspect. The dispatch informed Logansport, and Sheriff arrested the man who fled to Peru for trial on a serious charge. He allegedly entered Mrs. Elizabeth Sellers home and assaulted her. she escaped and attempted to shoot him.
A contested remonstrance against Pritchard sparks dispute over majority numbers. The Hoosier Democrat faced criticism for biased coverage while remonstrators deny being called down and claim a 24 vote lead. Local clergy and citizens denounce the paper’s anti saloon stance.
Bowen, not yet twenty one, pleaded guilty after prosecutors and defense discussed a lighter jail term. Judge Elliott sentenced him to a state reformatory range from one to twenty one years, with possible release at minimum term, in a sensational Howard county proceeding. Okal Voorhees hosted a social evening with about thirty five guests featuring ice cream cake and music.
Will Kromm of Rockfield and engineman R. Dykeman on the Pennsylvania railroad’s Expo Train are praised for near clocklike punctuality. They run Logansport to Fort Wayne daily, covering North Manchester to Denver in 42 minutes, moving at about a mile a minute when water stops are made. Also noted is a Baptist Sunday school picnic on the Wild Cat Bank led by Miss Millie Lyons with an excellent turnout.
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