After Thirty One Years Wife Seeks Divorce in Indiana
Mrs. Mary A. Fisher sues Lewis Fisher for divorce in Noblesville Indiana after 31 years of marriage. She alleges cruel treatment habitual drunkenness and failure to provide. Married 1878 separated last May. Children all adult except 14 year old John W Fisher seeks custody support and alimony. Fisher a Wayne Township farmer.
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Noblesville, Ind
Mary A. Fisher
Lewis Fisher
John W. Fisher
Fisher
Wayne Township
Marion County Sheriff Sale Notices in 1909
Public auctions issued by Sheriff Jacob Woessner and attorneys Spahr Ross and others for multiple Marion County Indiana properties. First sale October 28 1909 covers Lot 16 in Schofield Harrison addition with rents of seven years, then September 18 1909 for Lot 69 in Booths addition at 1408 Broadway, amounts due include Decrees, interest and costs.
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Superior Court
Marion County
Indiana
Fred Cline
Joan E. Spurgeon
Schofield, Harrison and Company
American Hoist and Derrick Company
Clifford L. Miller
John P. Curry
Clifford L. Miller &So
Thehigh Portland Cement Co
George M. Chandler
Booth
Butlers
College Corner
Indianapolis
Broadway
Jacob Woessner
Phaeas
Jonesboro Factory to Increase Output
Jonesboro Indiana September 4 The local rubber factory plans to enter the automobile tire industry installing tire making machinery as soon as a new addition north of the current plant is finished The plant has produced motorcycle tires but the new line will require more workers and the expansion will ease crowded conditions with departmental rearrangements for a better workflow.
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Jonesboro
Ind
Automobile Tire Industery
Central Business College
Indianapolis
Middle West
Fred W. Cane
Prin
Bell
Maine
New Holliday Building
New City Hall
Gas Bill Declared Tonight Ends Romance
A terse dialogue reveals a breakup as a youth, bound by strict upbringing, extinguishes the light after a declaration that the romance must end tonight. The wording suggests a moral or social constraint guiding the couple apart.
Millionaire's Wife Absent. Uniontown Society Shuns Her
In Uniontown Pennsylvania the wife of millionaire coal operator William A. Stone remains estranged from social circle after eloping with Emory Martin, a Hopwood storekeeper. Stone says she is at home with him in seclusion, while Mrs. Martin, whose husband served in the Philippines, seeks to reunite with his family. Authorities note a $5000 reward previously offered for her recovery.
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Uniontown
William A. Stone
Imillionaire
Emory Martin
Hopwood
Stone
Charlotte Rogers
Bertha May Inglis
Mr. Stone
Martin
Inglis
Elopement trio tale ends with return to kin and probation
Alvah H. Sanders and Mrs. William Clark who eloped from Whitestown in July have returned to Lebanon. Sanders was found at a store and held briefly before Sheriff Mangus, Smith Cox. He faced no charges from Brendel or Mrs. Sanders and was released. He admitted living with Mrs. Clark after their elopement. They later reunited with her husband to care for the children. He is now on probation.
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Lebanon
Ind
Alvah H. Sanders
William Clark
Whitestown
Sanders
W. S. Ritchie
Mangus
Smith Cox
J. W. Brendel
Brendal
Brendel
Clark
Grand Forks
N. D
School Board Lets Heating Contracts
City library heating and lighting contract awarded to Indianapolis Light and Heat for 375 dollars yearly for five years plus 4 cents per 100 watts for lighting. Merchants' Heat and Light lands Ridge High School heating at 1,624 dollars annually for five years. Playground bills totaling 1,000 dollars referred to the board’s attorney for action.
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Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
Merchants’ Heat and Light Company
Shortridge High School
Playground Commission
Crank Injury Hits Lambert Tester in Anderson Plant
Earnest Gunkle, a car tester at the Lambert plant in Anderson, Ind, was badly injured when a crank released and struck his ribs. He suffered a painful injury but has since fully recovered.
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Anderson
Ind
Earnest Gunkle
Lambert Automobile Plant
Sully
Mother 13 Dead and Roustabout to Inherit $7000
Anderson Indiana September 4 Michael McGowan a roustabout and former barber leaves for Charlotteville South Carolina to settle his late mother’s estate. He is set to receive about seven thousand dollars and may use the trip to reform his life. He is described as educated and charitable despite a life of drinking.
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Michael
McGowan
Tomato vine grows twelve feet high in Indiana garden
North Salem Indiana reports O M Walker has a tomato vine of the Ponde rosa strain reaching over ten feet tall with 32 large tomatoes and several smaller ones, aided only by propping and routine care.
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North Salem
Ind
Proprietor Leads Flourishing Indianapolis Creamery
For 23 years Joseph Flack has built a thriving dairy now operating five separate dairies outside the city. The firm emphasizes pure milk and top quality ice cream, selling to hotels, restaurants, grocers, clubs, and parties with prompt delivery including motorcycle service. Since new management six years ago under George S. Thompson, the business has grown rapidly, earning public confidence and patronage.
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Indianapolis
3 Generons Pubite
Optimistic Cardinal Warns Against Wealth Abuse Divorce
Archbishop Falconio touring Chicago for the Peoria bishop consecration says religion advances worldwide while warning that the greatest evil in the United States is divorce and the misuse of wealth by the rich. He cites wealth as fueling social evils and urges religion, law, temperance, and moral teaching as remedies. He notes many rich fund philanthropy despite critiques.
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Diomede Faliconio
United States
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Edmund M. Duane
D. D
Peoria
Falconio
Hotel Bates Barber Shop in Indianapolis Opens
Newest and prettiest downtown barber shop in Indianapolis offers first class service with ten chairs and sanitary facilities at 7 West Market Street.
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HOTEL
Bates Barber Shop
Indianapolis
W. Market Street
Mussel Brooder Scale Planned Along Wabash River
Clinton Indiana September details the J Brock and Sons mussel propagation project. They will dump ten tons of healthy mussels into a protected bed with a brooder to shield young from predators. The venture aims to yield over 100 tons annually after year three, with selective three year olds reaching markets. Brock plans paddocks along the river and seeks cooperative harvesters to return juveniles to beds to ensure future supply.
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Clinton
Ind
J. Brock and Sons
Brocks
Brock
Wabash
Money in milk for farmers of Sheridan
The Indiana Condensed Milk Company in Sheridan says if area farmers focus on milk as they do hogs, they could generate about a million dollars annually. In six months the firm paid $60,000 for milk and expects $100,000 next year. Managers urge farmers to boost milk production.
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Sheridan. Ini
Indiana Condensed Milk Company
Sheridan
Successful Hoosier Starts Winchester Oil Company
Chauncey A. Bowen, a former resident of near New Winchester, Henderson county, now in Tulsa Oklahoma, struck a large oil well in the Oklahoma field. Winchester No. 2, drilled Aug 21, began flowing at 3.0 barrels per day, as Bowen named his venture The Winchester Oil and Gea company in honor of his birthplace.
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Danville
Ind
Chauncey A. Bowen
New Winchester
Henderson County
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Winchester No. 2
Bowen
Winchester Oil and Gea Company
Reform Needed First Chauffeur Revolt Over Car Use
"First Chauffeur it's an outrage" and "Second Chauffeur there ought to be some way to prevent the owner taking the car out without our knowledge" reveal tensions over vehicle access and control. The exchange hints at a broader dispute about authority and consent in managing the chauffeur-driven car.
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Indianapolis
Apollo
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