Greensburg Madison interurban line proposed with 300000 donation
Promoters led by Hon Charles Henry seek to build a Greensburg to Madison interurban line funded by public donations and a 300000 subsidy. The project totals 1321967.25 with contributions from ex Gov W T Durbin Ball Bros and Theodore Ross. Charles Zoller Jr and Senator Carl Wood will manage right of way details.
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Greensburg
Madison
Charles Henry
Henry
Enterprise
W. T. du
Gratifying Church Program Delights Greensburg Audience
A crowded Greensburg church Tuesday evening hosted a highly praised entertainment. The program featured Florence Hazelrigg Florine Hunter Mrs Arthur Lowe Rev Mailley and others performing songs readings and duets to unanimous acclaim. The lineup included Spring Song Old Swimming Hole When the Frost is on the Punkin Sunset Raggedy Man Show Me the Way O Father Little Orphant Annie Shadowtown and more with notable solos by Hazelrigg Hunter Mills Henry Ward Mailley and others.
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Christian Church
Greensburg
Florence Hazelrigg
Florine Hunter
Arthur Lowe
Rev. Mailley
Shadowtown
Mills Henry
Reading
City Council Adopts Sanitary Sewer Assessment Roll
A Monday special meeting passed the sanitary sewer and disposal plant assessment roll after a tied vote decided by Mayor Thomson. The areal levy is 16 cents per square foot with a 20 cent front-foot abatty, totaling 23.04 for a 40 by 160 foot lot. business district rate is 5 dollars per front foot. A Board of Review will hear grievances on June 28.
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Thomson
Public Square
Franklin
Broadway
Railroad Street
Main Street
Monfort
East Street
Lightning Kills Five Cattle On Fee Farm Near Clarksburg
Lightning struck Wednesday afternoon killing five cattle belonging to Ed Fee on Stone Quarry Farm east of Clarksburg. The livestock were insured, so the loss is not heavy. In Kingston area lightning shattered a large ash tree in George Handiges home yard, tore a fence post loose, damaged windows, and injured Mrs Handiges and plowmen nearby.
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Ed Fee
Clarksburg
Mr. Fee
George Handiges
Kingston
Mr. Handiges
Mrs. Handiges
Henry Dravis
James Burk
Mr. Burk
Meek & Wooden
Pleasant Surprise Marks Harry Pleak Twenty-First Birthday
Twenty-five prominent Greensburg residents surprised Harry Pleak son of J D Pleak on his twenty-first birthday at his northwest Greensburg home. The evening featured games and refreshments before departure of guests.
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Harry Pleak
J. D. Pleak
Greensburg
Bowling Reed Wedding Tour After Hope Ceremony
Hiram Bowling of St Paul and Miss Daisy Jane Reed wed at the bride’s Hope home on Tuesday afternoon. After a reception they left for a wedding tour to Washington DC, Hampton Roads, Norfolk and Jamestown before returning to make Hope their home. Big stock of men’s purses and pocket books at Batterton’s Drug Store.
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Hiram Bowling
St. Paul
Daisy Jane Reed
Hope
Washington, D. C
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Jamestown
Wild streetcar wreck rattles Shelbyville riders
Conductor Urba Elkins and Motorman Wiley Meal escaped with the only passenger Miss Minne Hook when traction car 318 jumped the track at the corner of Pennsylvania and Tompkins streets on the Greensburg division. The crash halted service for the night and left all shaken as the car toppled and settled in soft mud.
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Shelbyville News
Urba Elkins
Greensburg
Pennsylvania and
Tompkins Streets
Morterman Wiley
Minne Hook
Shelbyville
Meer
Pennsylvania
Tompkins
Miss Hook
Herb DePrez
Wildman and Miers Marry in Milford Home Ceremony
Glen Wildman and Miss Nellie Miers were wed at the bride’s parents’ home on a Wednesday evening at eight o’clock with Rev. Fred R. Davies officiating. About two hundred guests attended the celebration and gifts were numerous and valuable. Wildman, son of Mr and Mrs James Wildman, now works in Connersville at Rex Buggy Co. Nellie Miers, daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Miers, Milford, is described as very popular. The couple will reside in Connersville.
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Glen Wildman
Nellie Miers
Fred R. Davies
Charlestown
Wildman
James Wildman
Connersville
Rex Buggy Co
Will Miers
Milford
Fugit Township Trader Sends Hog and Cattle Shipments
Jeff Davis, a hustler from Fugit township, shipped a carload of hogs and a carload of cattle to Indianapolis on Tuesday. He returned yesterday with another load of hogs and another of cattle. He bought the cattle from C. P. Miller at five and a quarter cents per pound, calling them dandies.
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Jeff. Davis
Fugit Township
Indianapolis
C. P. Miller
Jeff
Flower Mission Day at County Farm
Flower Mission Day was held at the County Farm with W C T U and Sandusky members. Mrs H V Wright read scripture and spoke on the Flower Mission Department as Rev Anthony led prayers. J W Owens sang a duet plus Rev James Mailley gave an address. Mesdames Bonner and Hamilton performed duets served in a decorated dining room.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Sandusky
8. V. Wright
Flower Mission Department
Anthony
J. W. Owens
James Mailley
Mesdames W. W. Bonner
Cash Hamilton
Mary Deweese
Former Actors Turn to Fruit Farming in Rogue River Country
Charles D. Hazelrigg and his wife from Medford Oregon visit family in our area while continuing a shift from show business to fruit farming on two hundred acres near Medford. They joined fellow actor Ed Andrews in leaving the stage to plant and harvest orchards and enjoy pastoral life along Rogue River.
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Charles D. Hazelrigg
Medford
Oregon
Mary Hazelrigg
Hazelrigg
Rogue River Country
Charley
Rogue River
Andrews Opera Company
Middle West
Ed Andrews
New York
Nellie Andrews
Black thief Green goes to Michigan City for prison term
Sheriff Biddinger transports John Green a noted burglar and robber to Jeffersonville Reformatory, returns him the same night, and after a brief hearing in which Green pleads guilty to burglary he is sentenced to not less than ten nor more than twenty years at the Michigan City penitentiary. The piece praises the sheriff for his handling of the case and notes possible later action on a related charge.
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Biddinger
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Michigan City
Elmer Robbins
Everett Arbuckle
Indianapolis
Green
Standard
Sheriff Biddinger
Socials By Mrs Cornelia and Mrs Mary Donnell
On Wednesday and yesterday Mrs Cornelia Donnell and Mrs Mary Donnell hosted socials at their North Franklin Street home for relatives and friends. Elegant refreshments were served and the gatherings were noted among the season's pleasant events. Mrs Mary Donnell nears her ninety third birthday.
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Cornelia Donnell
Mary Donnell
North Franklin Street
Pleasing Church Lawn Fete Draws Large Crowd
St Marys Catholic church members hosted a lawn fete on the parsonage lawn Wednesday. Greensburg Cornet Band provided music as the lawn glowed with natural gas jets and lanterns. Guests enjoyed ice cream cake hot coffee and sandwiches. The event raised a handsome sum.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Greensburg
Farmers to Get Sunday Paper
Mr. Ross representing the Indianapolis Star tours the county to drum up support for a Sunday Star delivery by private carrier. He reports strong encouragement in Kingston Clarksburg and Spring Hill and says the Sunday edition would arrive each Sunday morning for farmers like city folks.
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Ross
Indianapolis Star
Sunday Star
Kingston
Clarksburg
Spring Hill
County Councilman Resigns After Six Years
County councilman W. H. House has resigned after six years of service. The board will select a successor at a meeting next Tuesday.
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W. H. House
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Charles L. Henry
Secusné
Equipee Ee
Board OF Review
DOOR
Reed
Batterton’s Drug Store
Dorothy Dodd
J. & C. Traction
Flower Mission
John Green
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