Noble Hays Replies Over Scottsburg Senator Claim
Noble Hays swears he interviewed 20 of Scottsburg’s 24 leading citizens and showed them the Jeffersonville News and National Democrat article of April 21. He says 22 of the citizens credit Wells and 2 to Hays for joint senator, and all deny the article’s truth. Notary Frank Gardner witnessed the sworn statement April 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Scott County
Noble Hays
Scottsburg
Indiana
Jeffersonville News
National Democrat
Wells
Hays
Noble Trays
Deaths And Funerals Miss Mary Laws
Miss Mary Laws a longtime city schoolteacher and cousin of Miss Ada Laws died yesterday in Louisville where she taught for years. The funeral is in Louisville this afternoon with interment at Cave Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Laws
Ada Laws
Louisville
Cave Hill
Quieting Title Action in Clark Circuit Court
In Clark Circuit Court April Term 1920 Burdette C Lutz sues Rachel Jones and multiple unknown heirs trustees spouses and successors to quiet title to land in Jeffersonville including parts of Lot 64 and 65. Defendants non residents must appear by June 5 1920 or plead. Witness Charles K Zollman Clerk. Ady. 13 Apr 15 22 29.
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State of Indiana
County of
Clark SS
Clark Circuit
Burdette C. Lutz
Rachel Jones
Thomas M. Jones
Indiana
Jeffersonville
Walnut Street
Walnut St
Charles K. Zollman
Clark Circuit Court
Ady. D
Soldiers' Bonus Bill To Be Reported Soon
Washington officials say the soldiers' bonus bill will be reported out of the Ways and Means Committee before week’s end. Fordney expects House consideration before session ends, with the Sundry Civil appropriation Bill awaiting action in the next two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fordney
House
Sugar at Federal Bakers Ad Runs Saturday Sale
Daily fresh bread and pastries offered with a weekly ad noting two day sale on April 29 and 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bakers
Memorial Hospital Memorial Hospital
Voters are urged to support a county memorial hospital in Indiana. The piece argues the hospital honors fallen soldiers and aids living veterans, presenting the hospital as a practical tribute beyond a marble obelisk. It frames the hospital as essential for the county and a lasting humanitarian gesture.
A. L. Club Rooms Near Ready for Saturday Opening
The A. L. Club rooms are rapidly taking shape and will be opened on Saturday. Mrs. George Runes of W. 13th Street is improving.
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A. L. Club
George Runes. W
Junior High boys overpower Chestnut Street in gym clash
In a high school game at the gym, Junior High beat Chestnut Street 39 to 6. Scott scored 23 points Norris added a long shot and 2. Williams 4. Graham 4. Rodgers 1. Gibson 6. Ford 4. Capehart 3. Prelim: Crizaires lost 14 to 0. Norris and Norris led guards. Rodgers shifted to forward.
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Chestnut Street
Ford
Norris
Scott
Gibson
Rodgers
Local Shipments Arranged for Jeffersonville Area Towns
The Local Shipments Committee of the Young Business Men’s Club met Supt AJ A. Tams of the BL&O to arrange local shipments to Charles Town Marysville Atiseo Nabb and Lexington. B and Co will receive shipments from Lersenville on Monday and Thursday afternoons trains with deliveries the same day. The plan, first outcome of Public Service Commission actions sparked by petitions led by Mr Perkins, aims to boost Jeffersonville and Me Janmus area business and reduce decuies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Business Mens
Ja Rue Perkins
Don Dr. Walker
AJ A. Tams
BL & O
Charlestown
Marysville
Atiseo
Nabb
Lexington
B.& Co
Lersenville
Jeffersonville
Janmus
Public Service
Me. Perkins
Commission
BR. R
Charlestown Social and School Calendar Highlights
Meetings at the M E Church closed. Rev Manson Baker returned to Indianapolis. Blythe and Edith Hester plan the High School play Brown Eyed Betty in Lexington. Fred Davies begins a Christian Church series. Grades finish exams and will close April 30 for the grade school and May 24 for the high school. The Book Lover's Club meets. Various residents visit relatives and guests are noted from Detroit and Jeffersonville.
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M. E
Manson Baker
Indianapolis
A. R. Blythe
Edith Hester
Lexington
Ind
Browneyed Betty
Fred Davies
Christian Church
Book Lover's Club
Kirkpatrick
George Swengle
Charlestown
W. F. Work
Jeffersonville
Evgar Haymaker
Detroit
Bert Haymaker
Pangburn
Packwood
H. O. Hoffman
Robin Goodwin
Joseph Morrow
J. 2D. Sharp
Prather
Sharp
Doubly Quarantined Family Struck by Measles
Rev. John V T Scull and his family face a double quarantine due to measles. Paul Scull and his mother are isolated in the Wall Street Church parsonage while the minister and his daughter are quarantined at 317 Locust Street with Ada Frank. The son nears recovery, but Miss Scull remains somewhat worse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John VT. Seull
Paul
Wall St. Church
Scull
Ada Frank
Locust Street
Local Notes on Visits and Work at Indian Cave
Bottorff traveled to Louisville on a Sunday afternoon to visit Mrs. Young Reet in the Orton Infirmary. Local dealers received several carloads of coal this week with many filling bins for next winter at 8.50 per ton. The Indian Cave Company operates at the Indian Cave improving and beautifying the surrounding grounds.
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Bottorff
Louisville
Young Reet
Orton
The
Indian Cave Company
Indian Cave
Buys Big Property on Chestnut Street and Johnson Parcel
Glittord Beusinger purchased from Mo Switon the Chestnut Street apartment houses and the adjoining Johnson property. He plans to improve the Johnson parcel and build a modern residence on it. The deal is an individual purchase, not through a trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glittord Beusinger
Mo Switon
Chestnut Street
Johnson
Escape from Reformatory Ends With Mysterious Train Stunt
Delbert Wright, paroled in 1918 after a 1916 reformatory sentence, re arrested for larceny. He allegedly escaped jail in Shelbyville, sent an anonymous note to the Reformatory, was tracked to Quincy and Princeton, where he leaped from a moving train handcuffed and chained. Wright vanished after the escape, with authorities seeking him.
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Delbert Wright
Reformatory
Shelbyville
Quincy
His. J. Ih. MeCaffery
Princeton
Ind
Wright
McCafery
Trailyas
Metaffery
Mrs Carolina Gerhard Dies at Soldiers and Widows Home
Mrs Carolina Gerhard 80, widow of Louis Gerhard, died at the Soldiers and Widows Home Lafayete midnight last night. Survived by nephew Joseph Kiebler and several nieces. remains to arrive Friday morning. Visitation at J E Tracy parlors Illinois Avenue then to St Luke's Church 3 pm for funeral by Rev D A Winter. Interment Walnut Ridge.
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Carolina Gerhard
Soldiers & Widows Home
Lafayete
Louis Gerhard
Missouri Avenue
Joseph Kiebler
R. G. Dunn
Indianapolis
Loursville
J. E. Tracy
Illinois Avenue
St. Luke's Church
D. A. Winter
Walnut Ridge
Indiana Mother Seeks Son Body From Reform School
Mrs. James Williams of Indiana arrived Wednesday afternoon seeking the body of her son Lewis Williams who died March 31 at the Indiana Reformatory after a fall while escaping. The body was held ten days for the parents, shipped to Bloomington for the State Anatomical Department, and Mrs. Williams, distraught, was detained at the station before Judge Fortune ordered her release and she was sent by night train to Indianapolis where her husband awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Williams
Indianapolis
Lewis Williams
Indiana Reformatory
Bloomington
State Anatomical Department
John Patrick starts trucking business after resignation
John Patrick, who resigned recently from the Fire Department, is now running a trucking business. The City Council will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday night, likely to deal with routine matters only since it precedes the primary. An upset move of a van at Maple and Penn Streets caused by a deep hole in a guide, near Norman's corner, appeared to smash a piano but the piano and other goods sustained little damage.
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Indiana
John Patrick
Maple
Penn Streets
Norman's Corner
Mexican Revolution At Border Sparks Military Readiness
El Paso reports revolting troops driven from Chihuahua City by local forces led by Elias de la O. Civilian Allin, secretary to provisional governor Ortiz and a constitutional governor candidate, flees. Customs funds moved to an El Paso bank. U.S. troops and military police readied for action as civilians barred from areas near the Rio Grande.
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Elias DE Lao
Government Seeks Indictments Against Rail Strike Leaders
New York April 29 The government will seek indictments charging violation of the Lever Act against leaders of the railroad strike in the New York district. Federal grand juries in New York and Newark will be asked to proceed, as Assistant Attorney General Ames said the DOJ agents have established the leaders' identities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Newark
Scientist Plans Rocket Test Aimed Beyond Earth
Washington reports that a test of a new rocket apparatus by Prof. Herbert Goddard is scheduled for late July in Worcester Massachusetts. The device will reach altitudes well above the earth and, as a remote possibility, toward the moon, using successive explosive charges to propel the craft.
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Herbert H. Goddard
Three New Transformers Boost City Power Supply
Ready the Gas and Electric Lighting Company installed three large transformers at the Sixth Street power house. Voltage will rise from 500 to 13 000, doubling power and improving electric lighting for public, private and commercial use. Total transformer cost exceeds $15,000 plus installation and modifications.
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The
Gas & Electric Lighting Company
Sixth Street
For Rent Three Cottages Near Reformatory Entrance
Three cottages available for rent one six room one four room and one three room near Reformatory entrance. Contact phone 908 F. Adv. D. 54 C. dates April 28 29 30.
Emma Kuehl Visits Bright Family in Mempna
Mrs. Emma Kuehl of Mempna visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. John T. Bright at 682 Illinois Avenue during a city stop today.
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Emma Kuehl
Mempna
City
John T. Bright
Tllinois Avenue
Quiet Wedding At St Luke Church Hall Ahrendts
Wiss Ruby Hall daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hall Utica Pike wed Geo A Ahrendts a farmer and gardener of Utica Pike in a small ceremony at St Luke Church parsonage on Wednesday at 830 pm Attendants were Ruth Hall and Mr and Mrs Ithas Reeder Rev T A Winter officiated Afterward the couple left for a bridal trip to Indianapolis and the Great Lakes to visit the groom's brother.
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oWeloek
St. Luke's Church
Wiss Ruby Hall
John Hall
Utica Pike
Geo. A. Ahrendts
Ruth Hall
Ithas. Reeder
T. A
McClister Chapman Wedding At St Luke's Parsonage
Miss Iva McClister and Mr Homer R Chapman wed at 2 p m on Wednesday with Rev D A Winter officiating. Chapman, a government depot employee and WWI veteran, will reside on Spring Hill.
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St. Luke's Parsonage
Iva Mcclister
Homer R. Chapman
D. A. Winter
Chapman
Flanders
Spring Hill
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