Township Bloc Forms In Charlestown For Progressive Republican Nominees
In Charlestown township a joint Republican and Progressive meeting at W A Lawrence’s store forged a unified Progres sive Republican slate. A L Crum was elected chairman and B A Barnett secretary as the group prepared a primary on Saturday April 18 to nominate one township trustee three advisory board members and two magistrates for the November general election. Polls will be open 1 to 4 PM at five voting places.
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Charlestown
W. A. Lawrence
Clark
Charlestown Township
Clark County
Republican House
A. L. Crum
B. A. Barnett
Modern Woodmen to Move Headquarters in Pearl Street
Hoosier Camp No 3504 M W A will relocate its headquarters to the K P Armory on Pearl street. A smoker and house warming will be held Thursday night. all members invited. Signed J Thomas Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of America
Hoosier Camp
K. of P. Armory
Pearl Street
J. ©. Thomas
Arrests Reported by Police Chief for March
Report of Capt. M. A. Wah details March arrests totaling 47. Offenses include intoxication 18, habitual intoxication 2, vagran cy 8, carrying weapons 2, disturbing a public meeting 1, gaming 7, petit larceny 3, grand larceny 1, incorrigible boys 2, fugitives from justice 1, provoke 1. Of these, 31 jailed, 2 dismissed, 4 judgments suspended, 2 held to Clark Circuit Court, 2 returned to other states, 2 to Juvenile Court. Fines by sex: White females 1, White males 33, Colored males 13.
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M. A. Wah
Clark
Wall Street Methodist Episcoal Meeting Draws Large Crowd
Large attendance marked the gospel meeting at Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church last evening. Interest grows as the pastor announces the night’s topic Tw así Men And The Master. The public is invited to attend at 7 20 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall St. M. E. Church
Wall Street
Foley Kidney Pills touted for backache and rheumatism
An advertisement extols Foley Kidney Pills as thorough in curing backache rheumatism and swollen joints. A Nebraska reader says after ten months of back trouble a druggist recommended the pills and her pain vanished after part of one bottle.
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McGrew
Foley
County Woodmen of America Meeting Sends Delegates
The county gathering of the Modern Woodmen of America had twelve camps represented, including Charlestown, Jeffersonville, Cass, Marysville, Memphis, New Washington, Otisco, Sellersburg, Salem, and Utica. There are 726 Woodmen in the county. The meeting elected a delegate and an alternate to the State Convention in Washington, Indiana, in May. Other Woodmen topics were discussed.
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Woodmens of America
Charlestown
Hen
Tyville
Boosied
Cass
Jeffersonville Trimp
Marysville
Memphis
New Wasington
Otisco
Wash‘neton
Ind
New York Bermuda Aviation Race Planned For Summer
The Aero Club of America announced an international New York Bermuda race to be held in late June or early July. The proposed route starts in New York to Bermuda, circumnavigates the island, then to Atlantic City after a rest, with final legs to Washington or Charlestown, depending on the plan.
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New York
New York-Bermuda
The
Aero Club of America
Bermuda
Atlantic City
Washington
Charlestown
S. C
Change of voting precincts Nos Thirteen and Fourteen
Clark County Indiana Board of County Commissioners orders transfer of territory from Precinct 13 to Precinct 14 Jeffersonville Township. Description begins at northeast Clarksville town corner on Hiram Mayberry and John S Davis line, follows roads and land lines to Floyd County line over Silver Creek.
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Jeffersonville Township
Clark County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Jeffersonville
Board of County Commission
Said
Said Township
Clarksville
Hiram Mayberry
John S. Davis
Mayberry
Davis
John D Lynch
J. F. Davis
John D. Lynch
John D.lynch
Brook Street
New Albany
Charlestown
Floyd County
Silver Creek
George W. Stoner
Vacant Properties Reported Looted for Utilities
Numerous property owners report break ins at vacant buildings with gas heat and bathroom fixtures stolen. Police urge owners to secure premises and file reports to aid investigations.
No Pruning Class Forces Halted High School Work
The High School reports no pruning and spraying orders can be completed this term due to the absence of a class to do the work. Mr. Kuppers supervised last year and would like to finish the tasks, but with this term lacking a pruning class, remaining work cannot be completed despite prior plans.
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Agio
Kuppers
Kappers
Watch Fob Item Labeled with Unclear Inscriptions
A fragmented OCR line shows a watch fob description with unclear markings and stray quotes. The readable elements include phrases resembling sidegrand and ting Anitiais, leaving the exact origin or event undetermined. No further context is available from the readable text.
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Sidegrand
Sao Watch
Ting Anitiais
Efficient Causes of Crime Lecture at Indiana Medical College
Prof Rufus Bernard von Kies Smid spoke at Indianapolis about crime origins and social duty. He outlined four theories, urged scientific study, noted about half of inmates are subnormal, and argued punishment fails without humane, informed treatment and societal reform.
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Rufus
Bernard von Kie Smid
Indiana “Reform
Indiana Medical College
Indianapolis
KleinSmid
Gadgs
Shah
Funeral of George Pfeister Held at City Chapel
Funeral services for forty year old George Pfeister who died at City Hospital in Toutville will be held Thursday at the E M Coots & Sons chapel. The body was brought to the city by his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Pfeister. The remains of a daughter Miss Tea Preister buried in Louisville with her brother's to follow.
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George Pfeister
Touteville
E. M., Coots: & Sons
Charles Pfeister
Temains
Migs
Preister
Germet
Louisville
Instruction Watch Warns Police on Speeding Violations
The Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners instructed officers to target motorists who exceed speed limits. The notice cites dangers on streets where children play and cites state law setting reasonable speeds, with ten to fifteen miles per hour in built up and residential areas and six miles per hour when turning corners. It also bans leaving engines running unattended on public places.
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Board of Metropolitan, Police Commissioners
Presbyterian Sunday School Baseball Team Plans Season
At a First Presbyterian Church athletic meeting the Sunday School baseball squad was authorized to keep playing after a successful last season. New uniforms will be bought and the boys will entertain in church parlors to raise funds. They schedule games with New Albany Sunday School teams, with a game at Glenwood Park each Saturday. A practice game is set for Saturday at Glenwood between the local Sunday School team and the New Albany church team, weather permitting.
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First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Marley
New Albany
Glenwood Park
Glenwood
First Presbyterian Church of
Schulz Millinery Ad Announces Spring Hat Models
Schulz Millinery at 216 Spring advertises latest spring hat models and invites customers to see prices before purchasing.
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Schulz Millinery
Foreclosure Sale of Oglesby Lots Withdrawn
County Auditor Geo W. Stoner announced that after one publication, the Oglesby lots foreclosed under the school fund mortgage cannot be sold at this time, and the advertisement has been withdrawn. The action halts sale pending further notice.
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School Fund
Geo W. Stoner
Oglesby
Teachers Institutes Held Across Clark County Townships
Teachers institutes will be held in several Clark County townships including Charlestown Carr Bethlehem Jeffersonville Owen Oregon Silver Creek Union and Wood. Institutes in Utica and Monroe townships are scheduled for April 11, the final sessions of the school year.
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Varous
Clark County
Charlestown
Carr
Bethlehem
Jeffersonville
Owen Oregon
Silver Creek
Union
Wood
Utica
Monroe
Wanted district manager for Jeffersonville area
The oldest and largest monthly premium health and accident insurance company seeks a resident district manager for Jeffersonville and vicinity. Must be a hustler with executive ability to train agents. Experience not essential but those who have sold life, fire or accident insurance preferred. Full particulars and references requested. Address John Blue, Agency Director, 724 J. M. & Bidg., South Bend, Ind Adv. 3-28-2.
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Jeffersonville
John Blue
J. M. &.Bidg
South, Bend
Ind
Adv
Good Dinners at Reilly Hotel Jefferson North Dakota
Notice advertising regular meals at 85 cents and a special Sunday dinner for 35 cents. William Engelhart, proprietor, location Reilly Hotel Jefferson, Wilee, North Dakota. Meal options and pricing provided for patrons.
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Reilly
Jefferson, Wilee
WM. Engelhart
Funeral Services for Mrs Rockey at Emanuel German Methodist
Mrs B P Rockey aged sixty eight died at her Wood township farm after pneumonia. Funeral held Wednesday at 2 pm from Emanuel German Methodist Church Borden. Survived by husband Fred Rockey and four sons and two daughters all residents of Wood township. Additional obituary notes Mrs Louisa Huckleberry 77 died Monday near Blue Lick Monroe Township. funeral held at Mountain Grove. six children survive including Lula Mollie and three sons. sister Abigail Carter and brother Chestnut Hill referenced.
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B. P. Rockey
Borden
Wood Township
Fred Rockey
Emanuel German Methodist Church
Huckleberry
Louisa Huckleberry
George Huckleberry
Blue Lick
Monroe Township
Il O’cock
Mountain Grove
Lula
Mollie
Frank Ashby
Ilinois
John
Edward Huckleberry
Frank Huckleberry
Abigail Carter
John Carter
Newton Thompson
O. Chestnut Hill
Republicans of Scott County Hold April Mass Convention
A call is issued for a mass convention of Scott County Republicans to be held April 11 to elect four delegates and four alternates to the Republican State Convention in Indianapolis on April 22 and 23.
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Scott County
Indianapolis
Mr Hazzard Moves and Medical Transport Noted
Dr. S D Hazzard moved his father George Hazzard to his country home. The 38 year old man was taken by ambulance and departs from the home of his daughter Mrs F M Wells on East Chestnut Street.
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S. D. Hazzard
George Hazzard
Hazzard
F. M Wells
East
Chestnut ‘Street
Daughter's Marriage Linked to Mother's Lunacy Inquest
Anna Danforth, daughter of Mrs. Mary Danforth of Elizabethtown Indiana, is held responsible for her mother’s mental condition as a lunacy inquest proceeds. Mrs. Danforth, 42, was to be the subject. Anna had married August Reemsten, who was a chef in a Louisville hotel at the time of their January 31 1914 wedding. They were brought together by an egg on which Mrs. Danforth wrote her name and address three years earlier. The egg passed to Reemsten in New York, then he secured a Louisville job and the marriage followed.
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Anna ‘Danforth
Mary Danforth
Elizabethtown
Ind
August Reemstan
Louisville
Reemsten
New York
Reformatory Admits Three Convicted Offenders
Benjamin Czairiil arrived at the Indiana Reformatory to serve a sentence of one to eight years after a petit larceny conviction. John Friend was received from DeKalb county for forgery to serve two to fourteen years. Ruma Madden, convicted of petit larceny in DeKalb county, will serve one to eight years.
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Benjamin Czairiil
Indiana Reformatory
John Friend
DeKalb County
Ruma Madden
March marriage licenses issued total fell from last year
Circuit Clerk Curtis W. Ballard issued 131 licenses in March, a sharp drop from the comparable period last year. Most licenses this month went to eloping couples, with a large portion of the total granted to such pairs.
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Curtis .W. Ballard
Change in Precinct Boundaries in Jeffersonville Township
At a meeting yesterday the Board of County Commissioners authorized a change transferring Midway from the Thirteenth Precinct to the Fourteenth Precinct in Jeffersonville Township. No action was taken on modifying the Silver Creek Precinct boundaries due to lack of attendance.
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Board of County Commissioners
Jeffersonville Township
Midway
Thirteenth
Silver Creek
Walker elected director of Travelers' Protective Association
At the election of officers and delegates of Post Q of the Travelers' Protective Association of New Albany, Don D. Walker former president was chosen as one of three directors and named delegate to the State convention in Richmond and the National convention in Houston, Texas. Officers named include Frank D. Kraft president James Deatrick first vice president Edgar Hegewald second vice president Otto F. Sauer secretary and treasurer Samuel Hod chaplain Arthur Gohman D. E. Walker and Charles M. Zink as directors.
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Post
Travelers’ Protective Association of
New Albany
Don D. Walker
Samuel Hod
Chaplan
Arthur Gohman
D. E. Walker
Charles M. Zink
Qualified as Administrator in 1911 Probate Case
Bond of 500 filed by Charles E Poindexter to qualify as administrator of John C Thelkins estate with sureties J E Poindexter and John D Driscoll The only heir of Thelkins is a grandson In Circuit Clerk office Curtis W Ballard a certified copy of Appellate Court opinion in the Clark Circuit Court damage suit Egan vs Louisville and Southern Indiana Traction Company filed On a general verdict Egan was awarded 1500 but Judge Montgomery ruled for the defendant on the interrogatories March 11 1911
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Poindexter
John C. Thekins
J. E. Poindexter
John D. Driscoll
Thelkins
iCrcuit
Curtis W. Ballard
Appellate Court
Clark Circuit
John J. Egan
Louisville and Southern Indiana Traction Company
Egan
Standard Oil Interests May Take Over MOP
In New York in April a report suggests Gould interests in Missouri Pacific and related Gould roads may be sold to a consortium linked with Standard Oil. Rockefeller and Standard Oil ties are noted, with bankers declining to confirm but not deny a major pending deal affecting Missouri Pacific and key Gould properties.
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New York
Missouri
Pacific Railroad
Gould
Standard Oi Company
Rockefellers
Missouri Pacific
Application Not Taken Up By Indiana Public Service Commission
No information has been received on when the Indiana Public Service Commission will take up Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company proposed rate equalization in this city. The application was filed a long time ago, stirring interest among telephone patrons.
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Indiana Public Service Commission
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company
Leonard Gibbs and Gibbs to reopen Leonard & Gibbs mens store
William Leonard and J. Gibbs prepare to reestablish in business as Leonard & Gibbs. They will operate a men's furnishing store at the former Walter B Hassan site on Spring street near Court avenue.
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William
Leonard
Johnson J. Gibbs
Leonard & Gibbs
Walter B. Hassan
Spring Street
Court Avenue
Postmasters Appointed in Salem and Corydon
Charles Morris has been appointed postmaster at Salem in Washington County and Frank E Watson appointed postmaster at Corydon. The announcements reflect federal appointments following confirmations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Rev. Morris
Salem
Washington County
Frank FE. Watson
Corydon
Lost Locket and Buckle on Ninth Street
Finder Phobe .435-y offers reward for return of a lost locket and buckle misplaced on Ninth street or Walnut between Ninth and Court avenue.
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Ninth Street
Walnut
Ninth and
Court Avenue
Boys Jump on Street Cars Arrests in Denton
Denton youths Parry Jude Kellis and a 14 year old were arrested on East Chestnut Street for jumping on street cars and pulling trolley poles. The cases were taken under advisement to Saturday in Juvenile Court.
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Denton Canter
Ray. Parry
Jude ‘Kellis
East Chestnut Street
Ang
Thea
Atil
City Clerk Settles with City Officials and Staff
City Clerk John Snyder reached a settlement with city officials and department employees today. The accord ends disputes over pay and credits across multiple city divisions. Details remain limited as officials expect formal release soon.
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John.ee Snyder
For Rent Cottage In City With Bath
Classified rental notice seeking a best located four room cottage with bath in city. Apply to Peart Bt or phone 1283 F for details.
Have Your Buttons Made at Hornung s Spr Spring
An item notes that buttons can be made at Hornung s located at 420 Spring Avenue with a short promotional call.
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Hornung’s
FIGHTING CONTINUES IN TORREON AS CARRANZA IS CONFIDENT
Juarez Mexico April 1 Genera Villa battles in Torreon continue while Carranza voices confidence in his chieftain's ability to defeat Genera Velasco. Reports of Torreon’s fall proved false and rumors of reinforcements or decisive action surface amid exhausted forces and pending engagements nearby Monclova Herrera and Maas reportedly leading 4500 men in relief efforts. Carranza informed American British and German consuls that reports of Torreon’s fall were premature.
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Monclovia
Unconfirmed Bonita Incident Reported Altered
Delayed State Department reports suggest the Bonita capture and sinking story may be incorrect. The tale from La Paz describes a Mexican vessel seized by rebels, a volunteer crew, and prisoner escapes with $50,000 taken, but officials deny sinking and international significance.
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Washington
State Department
la Paz
California
Onna
Bonite
General Kelley Trial Begins for Vagrancy in Sacramento
In Sacramento on April 1 the trial of General Charles Kelley, once head of the unemployed army that embarked from San Francisco toward Washington, opened. Jurors were chosen as the movement’s 1800 strong host dwindles. 25 remain at Liberty City, the North Sacramento ground they bought, and any wanderer off the acre faces arrest for vagrancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
McCormick Conveyance of 72 Acres to Louisville Cement
Sarah C. McCormick conveys 72 acres in survey 182 Charlestown township to Louisville Cement Company by deed filed with the county recorder for a consideration of 2880 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah C. McCormick
Louisville Cement Company
County Recorder
Charlestown
Dream Theater Screens Two Reel and Short Drama Tonight
Dream Theater offers The Musician's Wife a drama and Repaid a two reel Broendho picture tonight. Both promise added appeal for patrons with the Dream Theater addition.
Health Warning for March Warns on Croup and Pneumonia
Special health notice urges protection for very young and elderly from croup bronchial colds and influenza. Warns against Foley’s Honey and Tar and promotes a non specific remedy sold by B C Rhodes Minaie Ga. to ease coughing and relieve inflamed airways.
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Foley
B.C. Rhodes
Minaie Ga
Enye
la” -Srippe
Hacking Cog
Tor
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Police Department
International
Mr. Kuppers
Department of Presbyterian Church
F. P. Rockey
MR. Hazzard
John C. Thelkins
Standard Oil Interests
Torreon
Carranza
Kelley
Dream Theater
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