Former Residents Here Will Sail For Europe
Dorothy and Mildred Kroft daughters of Mr and Mrs A R Kroft of Kissimmee Florida and former Decatur county residents will spend the summer visiting Europe leaving Washington DC on June 27 aboard the President Roosevelt and returning in September. Their itinerary includes Egypt Italy France Belgium Holland England and Ireland among other continental points. Both are teachers with Dorothy at Franklin College and Mildred in a Michigan high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Mildred Kroft
A. R. Kroft
Kissimmee
Florida
Decatur County
Europe
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Southampton
England
Egypt
Italy
France
Belgium
Holland
Ireland
Dorothy Kroft
Franklin College
Michigan High School
Grace Van Buskirk Sends Northwest Greetings
Former resident Grace Van Buskirk writes from Everett Washington expressing fond memories of her old hometown. She extols Northwest scenery including Puget Sound snowcapped mountains and forests and notes travel by car to Cascades Big Trees Glaciers and Fisherman's Paradise from 30 to 60 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace van Buskirk
Everett
Wash
Northwest
Puget Sound
Cascades
Fisherman’s Paradise
Cascade Mountains
Coolidge Announces Surplus Aims Tax Cuts Before Vacation
President Coolidge reports a fiscal year surplus of 200 million dollars freeing potential tax reductions. He cites a 100 million excess over expectations and a 290 million surplus next year, totaling about 500 million for tax cuts. He plans to urge Congress to act when it meets December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Davidsons welcome Helen Annette at St Vincent
Mr and Mrs Donald Davidson of Indianapolis announce the birth of a seven pound baby girl named Helen Annette born this morning at St Vincent hospital The family shares the joyful news of a healthy arrival and new arrival at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Davidson
Indianapolis
St. Vincent Hospital
Helen Annette
Transfer of 63 acres near Tarkio for $305 05
Wm. Fleming administrator conveys 63 acres near Tarkio to George S. Littell for 305.05 dollars in a formal land transfer record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Fleming
George S. Littell
Tarkio
Evans Sells City Park Lot to D W Mercer
Charles B. Evans transfers a lot in a city park to D W Mercer for a price of $65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Evans
D. W. Mercer
George Jackson Visits Adams City Friends on Sunday
George Jackson of Adams called on friends in the city Sunday, stopping to chat and share news with locals. The visit highlighted community ties and local chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jackson
Adams
Greensburg Water Company rehearing denied by commission
The Indiana Public Service Commission denied Greensburg Water Company’s petition for a rehearing of its rate case. The order notes rates will likely stay unchanged until after November 1, 1925 to ensure a fair return on the company’s $225,000 investment. The May 1925 rate schedule remains under evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Greensburg Water Company
Public Service Commission
Frank Singleton
Commission
Funeral for Henry Fry Held at St Marys Millhousen
Henry Fry 72 died at his home near Millhousen from uremic poisoning. He leaves two sons Lewis and Albert and a daughter Ida. Funeral services are Thursday at 9 am at St Marys church Millhousen with Rev A J Urich officiating. Burial in Millhousen cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Fry
Millhousen
Fry
Lewis
Albert
Ida
St. Mary’s Church
A. J. Urich
Two Youths Face Charge Over Vehicle Theft
Carl Miller and Kenneth Scott were brought into circuit court today charged with taking a Ford from a parking area near the fire department on South Broadway. Bond set at 500 dollars. hearing continued. They allegedly picked up two girls for a joy ride before officers nabbed them near the east school building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Miller
Kenneth Scott
Fire Department
South Broadway
Clarence Bayles
Wilson
Local Club Observes Ladies Night At Pinehurst
More than seventy Rotarians and wives attended a Pinehurst gathering for a Ladies Night dinner and program. Charles Woodfill led the evening with readings by Mrs. John Swain of Rushville who is summering at Lake McCoy. Gosh told stories and the group enjoyed social time afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinehurst
Charles Woodfill
John Swain
Rushville
Lake McCoy
School Teachers Leave for the West
Miss Mildred Gookins of near Sandusky and Miss Marie Doles of Clarksburg depart Friday for the west. Gookins will visit her Tacoma aunt and teach there, while Doles will stay with Mrs. Martin Donnell in The Dalles for a few weeks before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Gookins
Sandusky
Marie Doles
Clarksburg
West
Tacoma
Wash
Martin Donnell
Dalles
Oregon
Nell Fee
Samuel Phillips Sells Lot in St. Omer to Wm H Delly
Samuel Phillips transfers a lot in St. Omer to Wm H Delly for twenty five dollars. The brief record notes the sale and the nominal price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Phillips
Wm. H. Delly
St. Omer
Offender Fined in Judge Craig Court for Second Offense
William Mansfield of Milroy was fined twenty five dollars plus costs by Judge John W. Craig for intoxication in credit court. His brother, also arrested, faced no intoxication charge. The twins were jailed overnight after a noisy disturbance near the Decatur hotel. Mansfield previously paid five dollars for a similar offense in December 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mansfield
Milroy
Credit Court
John W. Craig
Mansfield
Decatur
Maddux
Wilson
Five Story Block Erected in Everett Washington
Everett Daily Herald photo shows a new five story business block built over the past year by Henry C. Hodges of Decatur County and Greensburg. The building sits in Everett’s central business district, a growing city of about 40 000. The same issue features a new 150 room Monte Cristo hotel opening with Dr Forrest West of Greensburg named among hotel stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Wash
Daily Herald
Henry C. Hodges
Decatur County
Greensburg
Everett
The
Herald
Monte Cristo
Forrest West
West
State court docket highlights local civil suits and estates
The Indiana cases include Roszell for wife desertion set for Sept 7 trial. Bixby case dismissed for insufficient evidence. Frank Bryan wills admitted. executor named. New suits Sheridan Lines v Ernest Roberts foreclosure. demand 50 dollars. Dismissals in Folet divorce and McIntyre divorce. Defendants to answer in Francis v Roe. other cases: Curry v Cawley. Ella Taylor foreclosure dismissal hearing June 29. Rankin estate allowed 318 dollars. Doggett estate 263.40. Hamilton divorce default. Florenda Engle final report Sept 7. Wynkoop final report approved. Josephine Von Phul set Sept 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Thomas Roszell
Harlan Bixby
Frank Bryan
James B. Bryan
Puttmann Jackson
Lizzie Jackson
Sheridan Lines
Ernest Roberts
Edna Folet
Clarencé Folet
Lelia McIntyre
Oral McIntyre
Herbert Francis
Pearl Rone
Oliver M. Curry
Marie Cawley
Rush County
Ella Taylor
Mary B. Granger
E. A. Rankin
Mary S. Beagle
Oren Doggett
Anna M. Hamilton
John G. Hamilton
Florenda Engle
Charles F. Wynkoop
Josephine von Phul
Dry Goods Dealers Attend Indiana Meeting and Banquet
Sam Bonner travels to Indianapolis for the Indiana Retail Dry Goods association state meeting. James Lanham plans to attend tonight’s banquet at the Claypool hotel. George Magee will join tomorrow’s convention sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Bonner
Indianapolis
Indiana Retail Dry Goods Association
James Lanham
Claypool Hotel
George Magee
Charles McIntyre Visits With Wife in Defiance
Charles McIntyre of Defiance Ohio spent Sunday with his wife during a visit here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McIntyre
Defiance, O
Mrs. Beck 83 Dies After Long Illness in Hartsville
Mrs. Sarah M. Beck widow of Dr. W. H. Beck and mother of Dr. F J Beck of this city dies Saturday at 3 30 pm at the family home in Hartsville after a long illness. Funeral Monday 2 pm at Hartsville Christian church with Rev W H Beck officiating. Burial Garland Brook cemetery. Survived by Dr F J Beck of this city Dr C B Beck of Rising Sun Mrs Monta Kransgrill Louisville T R Beck and Maude Beck at home. Located in Columbus Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah M. Beck
W. H. Beck
F. J. Beck
Hartsville
Monta Kransgrill
Louisville
T. R. Beck
Maude Beck
Columbus Republican
Dodder In Clover And Alfalfa Reaches Historic Levels
Purdue extension report from Lafayette Indiana notes yellow dodder patches in clover and alfalfa fields by 1926 June. Infested seed is blamed as origin with 20 percent of clover and 30 percent of alfalfa seed samples contaminated. Control hinges on June and July field checks and burning infected areas before seed maturity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Agricultural Extension Department of
Purdue University
Purdue
Rotary visit to Cleveland and Canada ends with Niagara Falls trip
Harry H. Hillabold and wife returned from Cleveland where they attended a Rotary International meeting in a hall seating 16 000. Delegates from 28 countries saw features including a Denver candidate for the next gathering and snow carried in refrigerator cars. The couple then toured Toronto Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Hillabold
Cleveland
Rotary International
Denver
Australia
Asia
South America
British Isles
Mrs. Hillabold
Toronto
Hamilton
Canada
Niagara Falls
Batesville Boys Corn Club Holds Second Meeting
The Batesville Business Men's clubs managed Boys Corn Club held its second gathering at the Memorial building in Batesville on June 17. About 125 attended to view films on corn cultivation. Leon J. Eaton was elected president, Paul Goyert vice president, and Walter W. Menchover secretary-treasurer. County agent Mr. Yeager spoke on the upcoming club camp planned for the last week in July at Aurora city park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesville
Memorial Building
Leon J. Eaton
Osgood
Indiana
Paul Goyert
Walter W. Menchover
Yeager
Aurora City Park
Aurora
Ind
Osgood Journal
Mr and Mrs Scherling and Mrs Osborn Visit Indianapolis
Mr Will Scherling Mrs Scherling and Mrs John Osborn motored to Indianapolis yesterday and spent the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Scherling
John Osborn
Indianapolis
Home Superintendent Dies in Connecticut
George Macumber age 55 died Monday at Meriden Connecticut He was the first superintendent of the State Masonic home at Franklin serving from 1916 to 1918 The body was brought to the old home at Plainfield for burial Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Macumber
Meriden
Conn
Franklin
Plainfield
Widow Not Aware of Last Will in Estate Proceedings
Attorney George L Tremain presented the will of Robert Nagel who died days ago. The document from ten years prior designates his wife as executrix and outlines a life interest in a business block later sold, with residuary bequests to aunt Mary Hart and Nagels nephews William Nagel Harry Wagner and Ida Staley. The estate administration began yesterday under John H Parker, and the widow claims no knowledge of the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Tremain
Robert Naegel
Mr. Tremain
Louis Stout
Mary Hart
Cincinnati
William Nagel
Harry Wagner
Ida Staley
John H. Parker
Local Clothiers Host Group Six Dine at Pinehurst Outing
Local clothing merchants entertained the Group Six clothiers with a noon dinner at Pinehurst and a later outing at Possum Glory. The annual social gathering drew sixteen clothiers from Seymour Franklin North Vernon Columbus Madison and Shelbyville. Guests included Judge John W. Craig Lee Tremain Roy Kanouse Dr. Russell and Dan Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Group Six
Clothiers
Pinehurst
Possum Glory
Seymour
Franklin
North Vernon
Columbus
Madison
Shelbyville
John W. Craig
Lee Tremain
Roy Kanouse
Dr. Russell
Dan Perry
New Point Visitors See Kentucky Super Power Project
New Point residents Mr and Mrs Burnley Evans and daughter Opal toured the Dix River Dam construction during a Kentucky visit. The project cost over 7 million dollars and will supply electricity to hundreds of Kentucky towns. The dam stands 270 feet high, 700 feet thick at one point, and will submerge twenty square miles, ranking among the world’s largest dams aside from Arizona’s Roosevelt dam. Decatur county visitors were impressed by the scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dix River
Burnley Evans
Opal
New Point
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Arizona
Decatur County
Attorney Kaelin Withdraws From Ella Taylor Lawsuit
Attorney C F Kaelin withdraws as counsel for Ella Taylor in the suit against Mary B Granger et al. Court orders attachment in Opal Miers versus Samuel Miers. Final report and petition to determine inheritance tax filed in Henry Winker estate with Sept 7 hearing date. Blanche Hilt estate exempt from inheritance tax and administrator's final report approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Kaelin
Ella Taylor
Mary B. Granger
Opal Miers
Samuel Miers
Henry Winker
Blanche Hilt
Irvin Bower Reported To Be Much Improved
Mr John Bower returned from Cincinnati where he visited his son Irvin in a city hospital after an accident. He reports Irvin resting easier and that ligaments in his back were torn loose, though it was feared the back was broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bower
Cincinnati
Irvin
Young Lady Injures Finger at Amused Park
Miss Evelyn Tumilty injured a finger on her right hand last night about 9 o'clock at Allen's Amused Park when closing a car door on a machine. The injury was painful but not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Tumilty
Allen’s
Park
Decision closes long liquor case with prison term and fine
The supreme court denies a rehearing for Gregg Alyea and upholds a six-month penal farm sentence plus a $500 fine from the Decatur circuit court verdict on June 5, 1923. The Robbins case, tied to Alyea, awaits final ruling while related sales trials continue in Rushville with mixed results. Alyea’s term is expected to begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penal Farm
Alyea
Robbins
Supreme Court
Gregg Alyea
Decatur
Old National Hotel
Thomas Robbins
Decatur Covert
Lee and Hawkins
Rushville
Higher Court
Gorden and Rowls Wed at Friends Church in Carthage
Miss Harriet Rowls of Carthage and Mr. Carl Gorden of Bluffton married at the Friends church in Carthage yesterday. Mrs. Gorden was music supervisor in the Milroy schools last year. They are Earlham College graduates who taught in Japan and will study at Columbia University this summer and teach in Philadelphia this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Rowls
Carthage
Carl Gorden
Bluffton
Friends’ Church
State Farm Bureau Rep Details County Taxpayers Group
Addison Drake of Sullivan County spoke at the News building on forming a county taxpayers organization. He said the group would help decide if expenditures are worthwhile and aid county officers, with $1 annual dues. membership open to all taxpayers, not just farmers. A Decatur county group drew favorable sentiment and signed membership blanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison Drake
Sullivan County
State Farm Bureau
Decatur County
State Taxpayers’ Group
Drake
Decatur
Marion Elliott
Vigilantes Named by Decatur County Bankers
The Decatur county bankers protective committee met at Greensburg National bank with 10 members present. They approved a list of vigilantes totaling 23, five from Greensburg and three from each county bank, to be sent to Sheriff Maddux for approval and arming if accepted. Perry reported optimistic progress and county harmony toward full organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur County Bankers’ Protective Committee
Greensburg National Bank
Dan S. Perry
Greensburg
Maddux
Perry
Kerchevals Vacationing In Helmar Indiana
Dr and Mrs C F Kercheval of this city and Dr and Mrs Maurine Kercheval of Indianapolis have traveled to Helmar Indiana for a vacation. They plan to visit other points of interest in northern Indiana and will return home July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Kercheval
Maurine Kercheval
Indianapolis
Helmar
Ind
Indiana
Two Indiana youths plead guilty to grand larceny
Kenneth Scott and Carl Miller aged 18 and 19 were sentenced by Judge John W. Craig to one to fourteen years in the Pendleton reformatory after pleading guilty to grand larceny for taking and riding in a car. The pair, previously charged with vehicle taking, admitted prior trouble as relatives attended the sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Scott
Carl Miller
John W. Craig
Indiana Reformatory
Pendleton
Clarence Bayless
Elma
Miller
Goldie Hollis
Toiddletown
Scott
Craig
Baseball Scores From Neighboring Towns This Weekend
In Batesville the Speers Del Monicos beat them 18 to 6 at Liberty Park. Shelbyville Nationals downed Greensburg rival Indianapolis Keystones 8 to 4. Hill's Camp from Franklin defeated Indianapolis Hoosier Milk Products 6 to 4 in a 9 hit 5 error game. Connersville blanked Rushville 7 to 0 before a large crowd at Rushville Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesville
Speers
del Monicos
Indianapolis
Liberty Park
Shelbyville Nationals
Greensburg
Indianapolis Keystones
Hill
Franklin
Hoosier Milk Products
Connersville
Rushville
Rushville Park
Carr Reports Wheat Pool Work Progress in Indiana District
Herrod Carr returns from La Fayette and Attica after several weeks locating farmers for the Farmers Bureau. He notes strong progress in organizing the wheat pool in that state section. Carr will work from Mayor M C Jenkins law office this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrod Carr
Lafayette
Attica
Farmers’ Bureau
Carr
M. C. Jenkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dale van Every
Connecticut
Irvin Bower
Gorden-Rowls
County Taxpayers’ Organization
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