Decatur County Delegates Attend Chicago Convention
Decatur county will be well represented at the Chicago convention with Delegate Web Woodfill and wife Judge D A Myers J P Thom on Frank Hamilton County Chairman C C McCoy M E Newhouse T H Stevenson C E Remy and Postmaster Bert Morgan attending. Up to yesterday 142 contested delegates had been disposed of 141 going to Taft and only one to Roosevelt with 112 still pending. Lewis P Shackleford Alaska national committee member and son of Rev John Shackleford is pictured in the Indianapolis News. He criticized Heney during roll call urging independence from graft. The Standard has arranged with Western Asian Co to receive a thousand words daily from the convention starting next Monday and bulletins will be posted at our office.
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Decatur
Chicago
Web Woodfill
D. A. Myers
J. P. Thomon
Frank Hamilton
C.C. McCoy
M. E. Newhouse
T. H. Stevenson
C. E. Remy
Bert Morgan
Taft
Roosevelt
Alaska
Greensburg
Lewis P. Shackleford
John Shackleford
Jack Shackleford
Tacoma
Wash
Indianapolis News
California
Heney
Shackleford
Noyes
Minnesota
Francis J. Heney
San Francisco
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Western Asian Co
Obituary: Jonathan H Lowe Former Greensburg Resident
Jonathan Henry Lowe born May 30 1230 died Sunday morning at his Needham Johnson county home. Survived by Charity Ann James his wife four sons and two daughters. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 pm in the M E church of Jaldron with Rev F M Guthrie. He lived on a Greensburg area farm before moving to Waldron Boone county and Needham in 1882. An active church member, husband, father, and respected citizen.
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Jonathan Henry Lowe
Needham
Johnson County
Samuel Thomas Lowe
Missouri
William W. Lowe
Indianapolis
Mr. Lowe
Charity Ann James
W.J
W.S
BH. W
Joseph
Samuel
Lowe
Mr. Pleasant M. E. Church
Auto Turned Turtle Near Barnes School House
Dennis A. Woods of Zenas drove to the city early Saturday to buy picnic supplies. About 10:30 he crashed two miles out on the Madison road, the auto tumbled over a six foot embankment and landed upside down with Woods trapped. Rural carrier Will Suttles freed him, noting he was not seriously hurt but badly frightened. Woods vowed to quit joy riding and return to horse and buggy.
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Dennis A. Woods
Zenas
Madison Road
Barnes School House
Dennis
Will Suttles
Woods
Movement to form Woman's Franchise League in city
A movement organizes a local Woman's Franchise League with Miss Belle O'Hair of Indianapolis expected to visit. She, connected to the state league and Greensburg by family, will meet leading women to explain the details and seek votes for women.
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Belle O’hair
Indianapolis
State League
Greensburg
Mary Hazelrigg
Laundry consolidation at Sanitary site after sale
The Lathrop Laundry was sold last week to Charles Beeson owner of the Sanitary Laundry and the two have been consolidated at the Sanitary site behind the Goyert building on West Main street. Charlie Wah the chinaman still operates the other laundry in the Dowden block on South Broadway.
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Lathrop
Charles Beeson
Sanitary Laundry
Sanitary
Goyert
West Main Street
Charlie Wah
Dowden Block
South Broadway
Mrs. Serepta Cox of Montrose Dies After Illness
Mrs. Serepta McCoy Cox died at her home in Montrose Indiana after a short illness. She was born near Kingston June 20 1836 and married William Franklins Cox October 8 1860. She leaves a son Alexander, his wife and five grandchildren. Funeral held at Montrose at 2:30 Wednesday.
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Serepta McCoy Cox
Montrose
Cash McCoy
Martin McCoy
Kingston
Dr. McCoy
Serepta McCoy
William Franklins Cox
Co. G
Seventh Indiana Regiment
Cox
Alexander
Standard
Knife Wound Fatal in Greensburg Murder Case
Benjamin Wheeler owner of a Railroad street soft drink shop died two hours after May 26 stabbing alleged by John Muldoon. Wheeler born December 12, 1860 in Cincinnati. funeral at St Mary’s church. Muldoon, released on bond, jailed again for trial as no witnesses to incident.
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Benjamin Wheeler
Railroad Street
John Muldoon
Wheeler
Cincinnati
Greensburg
St Mary’s Church
Muldoon
Will Erect $750,000 Cathedral by Scottish Rite Masons
The Scottish Rite Masons plan to build a new Indianapolis cathedral at an estimated total cost near $1,000,000 including site and expenses. Committees are active and a formal announcement is expected in coming months. The project aims for a world class building with a large site in a park and occupancy in about two years.
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Indianapolis
Photographer Beck Captures Local Views for Calendar Sets
Photographer J. W. Beck is assembling a series of local views for calendars. The calendar project features familiar buildings and rural scenes, offering a practical novelty likely to appeal to residents.
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J. W. Beck
Memorial addresses and local notices in Shelbyville and Adams
Attorney G. L. Tremain delivered the memorial address for the K P lodge in Shelbyville on Sunday. Prof A R Turner of Adams will speak at the Adams Odd Fellows memorial next Sunday at 2 pm. Mr and Mrs Gus Ryse have separated after a two month marriage. Their partnership dissolved Tuesday when Chief Johnston was called to their home.
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G. L. Tremain
K. of P. Lodge
Shelbyville
Batterton’s
A. R. Turner
Adams
Adams Odd Fellows
Gus Ryse
Chief Johnston
South Broadway
Deafness Cured Only by Constitutional Remedies
Advertisement from F. J. Cheney & Co. offering one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, with a circulars offer and price 75 cents for Wake’s Family Pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Wake
Papering rooms with designs and prices offered
Haven't you a room or two that you should paper before warm weather sets in Our designes and prices will please you BATTERTONR.
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Batterton'r
Goethals Trick Teaches Simplicity in Duty
The story recounts Col George W Goethals at West Point instructing cadets with a riddle about re erecting a fallen flagpole The officer dismisses elaborate rigging plans and declares the correct method is to command the sergeant to raise the 60 foot pole through swift simple instruction.
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Goethals
Saturday Evening Post
Start the Day Right At Breakfast
A woman's taste is critical at breakfast with a clean snowy tablecloth fresh linen and well made coffee. Flowers and fruit enhance the meal while a tidy inviting setting promotes good temper for the day. A dirty cloth and harsh coffee can ruin mood and digestion.
Suicide of Bernard Hardebeck in Illinois
Bernard Hardebeck aged twenty five committed suicide in Beacon Illinois on Tuesday night. He had left Millhousen two months earlier to work on a farm in Illinois and had been ill for four days. He ended his life by cutting his throat with a pocket knife. The body arrived here yesterday and was taken to Millhousen for funeral services today. No cause is known.
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Bernard Hardebeck
Beacon
Millhousen
Illinois
Local notables and incidents in brief from city notices
Locke Bracken and others are inducted as Royal Arch Masons. William Vincent, of South Franklin street, is violently insane and restrained. Alva Christian receives a work house sentence in Indianapolis for stealing forty nine cents. Edwin White will be eighty one next Sunday and remains active. Patience Rucker graduates Ohio Wesleyan and will teach in Hopkins Michigan seminary. Prof. Colliott attends commencement with his nephew graduate. A serenade at Rev. Murphy’s home is broken up by a policeman. Crooks attend DePauw commencement. John Crooks earns a diploma. Oliver Kessing elected business manager for the Lucky Boy two years hence. Mrs Annie Conk Moore and S W Gregory wed. ages and occupations noted. Ford L McMillan and Mary Vansickle marry. license required her mother’s consent. Margaret Handley, aged, dies near Waynesburg. funeral at Burnsville. Peter Bockover dies at home on West Washington. funeral at Finley Chapel. Decatur county Presbyterian missionary societies plan Spring Hill convention with Abbie Bonner speaking. John Forsyth’s old Bible attracts attention in Rankin’s window. Forsyth born 1775 died 1876, Bible printed 1803.
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Alva Christian
Burney
Indianapolis
Edwin White
Patience Rucker
Ohio Wesleyan University
Hopkins
Mich
Jacob G. Colliott
Raston Gray
A. Murphy
L. D. Crooks
W. E. Kirby
Ethel Crooks
DePauw University
John Crooks
Oliver Kessing
U. S. Naval Academy
Mule
Annie Conk Moore
Milford
S. W. Gregory
St. Paul
Ford L. McMillan
Mary E. Vansickle
J. B. Lathrop
Margaret Handley
B. W. Jamison
Waynesburg
Burnsville
Presbyterian Missionary Societies
Decatur County
Spring Hill
Abbie Bonner
John Forsyth
A. R. Forsyth
Charles T. Robertson
E. A. Rankin
Mr. Forsyth
Pay by the Yard in Theater Prices Stirs Debate
The article notes actors priced by length of performance as Bernhardt earning a cent per yard Coquelin five cents and Eva Lavalliere ten cents per three feet of posing in a lawsuit over below standard film product. It argues public demand sets prices and managers profit from tinsel and shoddy, not health.
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Bernhardt
Lavalliere
No Lady Killer Durand de Belleford de Gournay Sentenced
M Durand de Belleford de Gournay who had earlier shocked Coutances by flashing a decorated uniform swindling local tradespeople out of hundreds of pounds appeared at the assize court. He claimed he swindled to impress a woman he loved. The judge dismissed the excuse saying he was too ugly and sentenced him to six years imprisonment.
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M. Durand de Belleford de Gournay
Coutances
Assize Court
Paris
London Daily Mail
Keeps Him Changing. A Mormon as Lightning Change Artist
A playful dialogue suggests a man, described as Mormon, must constantly adapt to appear as a different person. The exchange hints at the comedic notion of fitting a “right wife’s picture” into his watch, implying constant self-reinvention for social appearances.
Advertised Letters Offer Varied Job Work at Fair Price
Local printer advertises all kinds of job work with reasonable pricing and invites readers to give them a trial.
Decatur County Seeks Bids for Steel File Cases and Racks
The Decatur County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids on steel file cases book racks with a wood track and ladder. Bids due by 1 p.m. July 1 1912 in Greensburg in the auditor's office, with bond conditioned for faithful performance. Board may reject any bid. Linton W. Sands Auditor.
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Board of Commissioners
Decatur County
Indiana
Court House
Greensburg
Auditor's
Said County
Auditor’s
Said
Linton W. Sands
Greensburg School City to Issue Bonds for New High School
Notice from the Greensburg Indiana School City Board of Trustees proposes building a new high school on the Orphans Home Grounds. Building 178 feet by 60 feet with basement two stories includes gymnasium assembly room twelve classrooms two laboratories and other rooms. Aggregate debt not to exceed 49500.00. Bonds to be sold. Will C Woodfill John F Russell R M Thomas trustees. 2413
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Greensburg
Indiana
Orphans’ Home
Will C. Woodfill
John F Russell
R. M. Thomas
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