Court case reveals disputed marriage and guardian question
The Burney court hears a controversial case over a marriage denied license, a disputed guardian appointment, and estate claims. Mrs Wiley seeks a share in the estate while the guardian plea cites insanity after a prior shooting. Lawyers for both sides argue amid public interest as the matter remains under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannes
G. Harrod
Wiley
Ow Bagby
Mertia
Hoteays
Smuch
Burney
Goddard & Craig
Osborn & Bamilton
T. E. Davidson
Tremain &Turner
Bach
J. N. Tobias
Lodge
Greensburg Business Men's Association gains three new members
Association leaders led by W. W. Bonner and G. G. Welsh visited Clarksburg Thursday night meeting local business men and promoting the Greensburg Business Men's Association. Three new members joined: A. C. Shumm, G. H. Russell, and the Clarksburg Bank, bringing total membership to 116.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Bonner
G. G. Welsh
S. A. Bonner
Homer Meek
Harry Lathrop
Clarksburg
Greensburg
A. C. Shumm
G. H. Russell
Clarksburg Bank
Masons Collect Funds for War Relief
The Masonic War Relief Association in Cincinnati reports Saturday contributions of 65 852 95 for wartime relief. An aggregate 13 000 has been sent to Europe. The group notes the greatest need will come at the war’s end. Mrs Harry Stockman and daughter Jeannette of South Bend visited on their way home from Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic War Relief Association
Cincinnati
Europe
Harry Stockman
Jeannette
South Bend
Columbus
Mrs Maben Sees Relief from Pinkham Remedies
Murfreesboro Tenn woman reports long struggle with female weakness and displacement ended by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Wash. She credits renewed strength to the remedies and urges other women to try them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
E. Pinkham
Daily struggle with relief drives and alcohol substitutes
A fragment notes continual daily hardship for a person avoiding alcohol substitutes and seeking other relief options to cope with dependence.
Death of Mrs Elizabeth Cartmel of Shelby County
Mrs Elizabeth Jane Cartmel died Monday night at Blue Ridge Shelby County. funeral at home and burial in Middletown cemetery. Born January 28 1831 near Clarksburg daughter of Samuel and Oes y Glass Donnell. Survived by daughters Mary Ballard Clara Alice Wagner Cora May Wagner and son Samuel Argus Cartmel. Three daughters and two sons died earlier. husband Milton Cartmel died May 11 1883. She was a Vienna Methodist and the last of nine siblings Ambrose Donnell preceded her two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Jane Cartmel
Hanagan Water
Blue Ridge
Shelby County
Middletown
Samuel and
O'esy Glass Donnell
Baro
Clarksburg
Milton Partmel
Cartmel
Mary F. Ballard
Shelbyville
Clara Alice Wagner
Cora May , Wagner
Samuel Argus Cartmel
Waldron
Vienna Methodist Church
Ambrose Donnell
Gouge Denied Bond in Habeas Corpus Case
Judge Wickens refused bond for Thomas J. Gouge in a habeas corpus action against sheriff John W. DeMoss. Witnesses testified to Gouge’s alleged escapades in Newpoint, including past violence at a liquor house and a fatal shooting, with cross examination suggesting prior night riding and heavy drinking. The court ruled Gouge was not illegally held and that a presumption of guilt remained strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Gouge
John W. DeMoss
Wickens
Gouge
Marshal Gouge
Newpoint
Willis Wolfe
Kentucky
Wolfe
Two Men Fatally Injured by Louisville Train Near Westport
Roy Davidson aged 27 and Arthur Middleton 23, both colored men from Jeffersonville, were walking on the railroad to Indianapolis two miles north of Westport when they slept on the tracks early Saturday. The Louisville train leaving at 5 am blew a warning whistle but could not avoid them. Davidson died from a fractured skull before arriving at North Vernon, while Middleton suffered a fractured hip and thigh and was sent home to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Davidson
Arthur Middleton
Jeffersonville
Indianapolis
Westport
Louisville
North Vernon
Davidson
Middlebrook
Chamberlains Tablets advertised for appetite relief
An advertisement touts Chamberlains Tablets as restoring appetite and aiding digestion after impairment. The claim notes relief from bloating and a satisfactory bowel movement and mentions availability through dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Seitz
Detroit
Mich
Licenses Granted and Local Happenings In Bartholomew County
County licenses awarded to Mae Perry Lucile Young Gertrude Walker Glen W Galbraith Mary Robison A RB Turner Lennie Dixon Mary Nation Cordelia Rogers. 525 automobiles listed for taxation in Bartholomew County with average value 173. Walter Pleak buys a 1916 Chalmers Detroit. Marriage license granted to Robert Nieman and Miss Alice Wilker for tomorrow. Rev. Charles M Fillmore of Indianapolis authored the song Tell Mother. George Baumgardner seen heading to Adams to hoe taters on his truck farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Perry
Lucile Young
Gertrude Walker
Glen W. Galbraith
Mary Robison
A. RB. Turner
Lennie Dixon
Mary Nation
Cordelia Rogers
Near Alert
Bartholomew County
Walter Pleak
Robert S. Nieman
Dover
Alice K. Wilker
St Paul
S. E. Wilker
St. Paul
Charles M. Fillmore
Indianapolis
Fimore
Christian Church
Shelbyville
George Baumgardner
George
Adams
Odd Tales and Early Game Law Across Lands
The article recalls John O Groats famed eight room house and its legend of a Dutch ancestor, then recounts early English forest laws of 1068 protecting wildlife. It notes how monarchs imposed severe penalties and how parliamentary game laws emerged in 1296, with later American laws tightening controls on wildlife like the buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O'Groat
John O’groat
Duncan’s Bay Head
Scotland
Storma
de Groot
James IV
John
William the Conqueror
England
America
New York World
Heavenly Match
A husband complains about changes in their marriage while the wife calmly cites order as heaven’s first law. The exchange appears in the New York Weekly as a humor or venting snippet. The dialogue centers on marital roles and authority within a domestic setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
New York Weekly
No Appetite for Credit Weighs on Old Man
A brief joke from the Boston Transcript on an elderly man facing a lack of appetite tied to his financial woes. The quip plays on appetite as a pun about credit pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Prison Exchange Sparks Witty Jail Visit Exchange
A brief jail encounter turns on a joke about books and pocketbooks. The exchange features a jailer and a prisoner trading a witty line about a love for books as a reason for the visit.
Deafness cured by constitutional remedies not local
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications, only by constitutional remedies. It blames inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, offering $100 for cases not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with circulars available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney
Toledo
Ad Claims Cure All Tablets Priced At 25 Cents
An advertisement touts a medicine claiming to cure every ailment with tablets sold for 25 cents each. It promises samples free at any drug store and asserts a cure for various conditions, typical of turn of the century patent medicine notices.
Fourth of July celebration planned by Knights of St. John
The Knights of St. John at Millhousen will celebrate the Fourth next Monday with a dedication of swords and flags and the initiation of several candidates. Commanderies from Shelbyville Batesville Lawrenceburg Oldenburg and Greensburg are expected to participate in a grand gala for the quaint old German town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of St. John
Millhousen
Shelbyville
Batesville
Lawrenceburg
Oldenburg
Greensburg
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Association
Masons
O. G. Miller
Sunshine Club
W. C. Woodfill
Colorado
Mya
A. G. Brown
Rashville
Harry Batterton
van Pleak
Tucson
Arizona
Kerry Evans
Anderson Street
Jim
Joplin
Earnest Allen
H. T. Brown
H. W. Borchers
Rev
Tf. N. Clark, Jacob Owing
Grorge E. Expmann, PM
Frank Hamilton
John E. Osborn
Osborn & Hamilton
Erdmann
East Side
Public Square
Indiana
R. J. Russell
Morris
MRS
C.C. Lowe
Agency
North Franklin St
J. F. Goddard
J. W. Craig
Citizens National Bank
Greensburg, Ind
James B. Lathrop
S. P. Minear
Charles W Woodwas
Third National Bank
Ind
Morgan L. Miers
Louis Zoller
Walter W. Bonner
Geo. W. Adams
M. L. Miers
F. R. Robbins
John T. Meek
G. P. Shoemaker
Charles Zoller
AND
Cali
Gswilliams& Sons
St. Jona
Guthrie
Royal Garden
Linegar Bros
Magtraril
Pulse & Porter
St.John & Guthrie
West Side Square
West Main Street
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