Train strikes mail wagon driver in Indianapolis death
Frank Johnson a former near Clarksburg resident died after a Big Four passenger train struck him Friday at Delaware street crossing in Indianapolis. Injuries included a broken wrist and head trauma. He lived at 70 South Delaware street and was a United States mail wagon driver. Funeral held in South Park cemetery with Knights of Pythias rites.
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Frank Johnson
Clarksburg
Indianapolis
Johnson
United States Mail
Delaware Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Nimrod Kerrick
K. of P. Order
Eugene Rankin
South Park
K. of P
Speed Warning on Washington and Main Streets
Citizens petition the Greensburg city council to enforce the speed law on Washington and Main streets after numerous near misses and deaths. They allege auto salesmen use the streets to demonstrate cars, prompting calls for full prosecution under Greensburg’s speed ordinance.
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Washington
Greensburg
Spanish War Relic Walking Sticks From Matanzas
The Rev. F. M. Huckleberry on his cay owns a walking stick relic gifted by his son William a Spanish-American War veteran of the 160th Indiana regiment. He whittled two canes from redwood splinters taken from the Matanzas fort ruins after Admiral Sampson's shelling. One cane went to Red Huckleberry and the other to his brother. both are polished with a pen knife and valued as mementos. Cartridges by Kreg-Jorgenson serve as tips.
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F. M. Huckleberry
William Huckleberry
160Th
Indiana
Matanzas
Sampson
Red Huckleberry
Mr. Huckleberry
Seymour Republican
Life sentence for Leslie Bundrant in Coleman murder case
Leslie Bundrant, charged with killing Charles Coleman of Rush county, pleaded guilty and received a life term in Shelby county court. He expressed satisfaction with the verdict, while planning to testify against his partner Mrs. Coleman, who faces trial in Rushville in September. Bundrant’s motive involved a scheme to involve Coleman in a trip to Rushville for medicine the night of March 2.
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Leslie Bundrant
Charles Coleman
Rush County
Shelby County
Bundrant
Mrs. Coleman
Rushville
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society Talent Show Delights Crowd
The Monday evening program by the Presbyterian church Ladies Aid Society featured home talent from Will Monfort Miss Florenc Hunter and Mrs Cassius Hamilton and foreign talent from Miss Clara Von Phul of Cincinnati and Miss Gertrude Metzgar of Indianapolis. Carl Emmert and Miss Nellie Wheelock of Anderson sang solos. The entertainment drew a large audience and was a very interesting affair.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Will Monfort
Florenc Hunter
Cassius Hamilton
Clara von Phul
Cincinnati
Gertrude Metzgar
Indianapolis
Carl Emmert
Nellie Wheelock
Anderson
Clarksburg Commencement at Christian Church
The commencement exercises at Clarksburg were held Friday evening at the Christian church. Dr. C. B. Coleman delivered the class address and Superintendent Mendenhall presented the diplomas. Erdmann's orchestra provided music. The class roll lists ten graduates: Bernice Fee, Ruth Walters, Lena Vanansdall, Herbert Meek, Ferman Tarplee, Mabel Diewert, Isabel Hamilton, Mary Wilson and Mary Hamilton.
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Clarksburg
Christian Church
C. B. Coleman
Mendenhall
Erdmann
Bernice Fee
Ruth Walters
Lena Vanansdall
Herbert Meek
Firman Tarplee
Mabel Diewert
Isabel Hamilton
Mary Wilson
Mary Hamilton
World’s Heartfest Eater Dines In City
The world champion eater visited Friday and dined at a local restaurant with a four person table setting. He consumed two pounds of beefsteak two dozen eggs and a large vegetable dish plus bread and dessert and paid for four meals. Two witnesses observed the event.
Revival at St. Paul Promises Evangels in City
A revival meeting begins at St. Paul tomorrow evening with Rev. J. M. Wines, Indiana conference evangelist, delivering a sermon Sunday morning. Mrs. Mattie Wines will preach Sunday evening and daughter Miss Frances Wines will sing. The party has many local friends and supporters in the city.
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St. Paul
J. M. Wines
Indiana Conference
Mattie Wines
Frances Wines
Passion Play Presented at Christian Church
Rev. William R. Jennett delivered a passion play at the Christian church Friday evening. He had visited Oberammergau and Bavaria to study the play and its people. The lecture featured vivid colored pictures and was regarded as a high class entertainment.
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William R. Jennett
Christian Church
Ober Ammergau
Bavaria
Meek Family Holds Great Spring Hill Reunion
The Meek family reunion at Spring Hill drew about 500 attendees with 400 related by blood or marriage. Judge Addison C. Patton of Boulder delivered the opening address tracing Meek lineage from John the Meek to Adam Meek of the War of 1812. The day featured hymns, a dinner on the church lawn, performances by a Meek quartet and Mont Meek, and reminiscences from Rev. William H. Butler and others, with a final God be with you all we meet again.
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Spring Hill
U. P
W. W. McCall
Rev
Swagger
Idana
Kansas
John Adam Meek
Robert F. Donnell
Meek
Martin Meek
Margaret Robison
Meeks
Mesdames
Ralph Donnell
W. H. Johnston
J. T. Meek
Florine Meek
Addison C. Patton
Boulder
Colorado
Fugit
Congress
W. C. Patton
Co. K
Indiana
Ireland
John the Meek
John Meek
Thomas Meek
Samuel
James
Virginia
Washington
Thomas
Scott County
Kentucky
David
Adam Rankin
William Henry Harrison
Harrison
Perry
Lake Erie
Put-in- Bay
Adam Meek
Madison
Judge Patton
W.C. Patton
John Adam
George Meek
Taylor Meek
W. P. Shannon
Shannon
Greensburg
Harry Batterton
William H. Butler
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Butler
Mont Meek
Jerusha Patton
John A. Meek
Guy McCrackesa
John Foster
Alva Reed
Meek Family
Confessed to Theft by Local Worker Weaver
Charles W. Weaver admitted stealing $18 from employer Henry Meyer about two weeks earlier. He claimed robbers fired on him in the barnlot as he discovered them, showed a sleeve hole as evidence, and agreed to cover bloodhound costs. Meyer will not prosecute.
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Charles W. Weaver
Henry Meyer
Weaver
Mr. Meyer
Kingston
Indianapolis
Meyer
Mayor Issues Order Drives Tramps from City Streets
Mayor Thomson issues an order to police to drive out or lock up vagrant tramps flooding the city. Residents in the west part report overcrowding near the Big Four yards and nightly sightings. Citizens hope officers remove the objectionable characters.
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Thomson
Police Department
Indian Tribe Eyes Milroy Lodge Formation
Eight members of the Tanpah Tribe I. O. R. M. met in Milroy on Thursday night to discuss forming a lodge. About forty signed to become charter members, with a tribe expected to be established within two weeks. Andersonville tribe may assist in the effort.
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Milroy
Andersonville
Rushville
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Minear Dy Gants
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Carter & Co
First National Bank Building
Greensburg, Ind
Decatur County
Rev. Butler
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