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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
3
Owensville Indiana June 23 farmers face peak work as wheat and hay harvest overlap. Shortage of farm labor slows cutting while corn plowing looms mid harvest. Wheat outlook strong though rains delayed progress as timothy and clover acreage is small and oats and meadows look good.
Mrs Leona Mason was held to the grand jury on a charge of attempted murder after she tried to shoot John W Talbott supreme president of the Order of Owls in South Bend Indiana. Her bond was set at high amount and was defaulted sending her to jail as relatives are said to be wealthy and may arrange bail soon. The Denison barber shop is the best.
The Indiana Lighting company will build a large gas plant west of the Hoke factory in Frankfort. A two acre site has been purchased from H. L. Jones beside the L. E. W. tracks near the Standard Oil station. Construction starts soon with bids to follow. The gas holder contract goes to Kerr-Murray Manufacturing of Fort Wayne for Frankfort Lafayette Lebanon Decatur and Lafayette. The main building measures 150 by 150 feet with the 10 000 cubic foot tank, and the facility will produce 30 000 to 400 000 cubic feet daily for Frankfort Lafayette Lebanon Crawfordsville Antioch and surrounding areas.
In Evansville Indiana Mary Axton, a middle aged woman, was fined 41 dollars and costs by Police Judge William M Blakey for being disorderly. She complained about the daily whistle of a street vendor known as the frozen dainty man and allegedly pulled his nose causing him to scream for mercy.
John D. Tennant of Port Arthur Texas marries Ella Young Marchand of Larwill Oklahoma City officiated by Rev W H Tol liver at the Baptist parsonage in Oklahoma City. The groom is a telegraph operator and brother to Dr L W Tennant. Both have been married twice before.
Fort Wayne Indiana June 22 Andrew Smith of Indianapolis opened the headquarters for the thirtieth annual Indiana Bankers association gathering to convene this morning and run through Thursday Gov Marshall is on the program for a speech James W Sale likely elected president He is president of the Farmers and Traders bank at Markle J B Voris of Bedford has been president for the past year and C C Worden of Fort Wayne chairs the executive committee Others named include W S Huddleston treasurer James M Scott of VeVay and John W Mills of Portland Eyansville delegates arrived last night and launched a campaign to fund the 1910 meeting likely successful
In Lafayette Indiana on June 30 the city druggists host a dinner at the Lafayette club inviting local physicians. The event marks the first joint gathering of its kind and may become an annual affair highlighting the close educational ethical and commercial ties between druggists and doctors.
Montezuma Indiana June 2 A Warner lies badly injured at his home after an auto wreck on Lyford hill. He was trapped beneath the car when it overturned and later died. Doctors could not yet determine his fate.
In Warsaw Indiana a jury trial centers on William Silves of Leesburg charged with larceny for allegedly stealing and selling a hog as part of a contract to care for Whitten’s hogs. The defense claims the animals were razorbacks and not valuable, while Whitten argues the hogs were blooded stock and eligible to register.
In Economy Indiana on June 23 Mrs Rufus Phillips believed she forewarned by “death bells” while picking cherries. Her son Omer Ludwell drowned in Martindale creek near the C Co L bridge. The fatality followed the eerie omen reported by the mother and confirmed by the heartrending accident.
Bluffton Fence Brace company in Bluffton Indiana will be dissolved after internal quarrels among directors. The firm had started a factory manufacturing Ernest Thompson's patent but disagreements led to a unanimous decision to appoint a receiver and liquidate the business.
Nelson Carlson, cor poral in Company E of the Tenth United States Infantry, and Anna M Leiner of Dublin were married after a romance that began when his regiment passed through Wayne county on a practice march last October. Carlson, Swedish by birth, has served in King Oscar's and Britain’s armies, fought at Santiago, then in the Philippines, earning one bravery medal.
Richmond Indiana reports show corn and oats recovering after worm damage. Heavy rains destroyed web worms, second plantings up with good stands, fields weed free, weather favorable last week. Oats look perfect with expectations of a strong yield. Wheat acreage small but condition fair.
In South Bend Indiana on June 15cents per day was added to the wages of the section men of the L B M & S railroad. They may receive 1 56 dollars per day.
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