Port Fulton Town records surplus after paying debts
Port Fulton reports a cash surplus after all current expenses and claims are paid, planning a jubilee and a bonfire to destroy redeemed bonds. The town notes new streets, sidewalks, a hose reel with 250 feet of hose, fire apparatus, lighting, water service, free mail delivery, and low tax rates with efficient officials including Clerk Harry Braun and Treasurer Allen Jacobs.
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Port Fulton
Park Place
Knobloch Avenue
Board of Trustee
Harry Braun
Allen Jacobs
al Moody
Mitchell Smith
George Vaughn
Charles Ware
Geo. Harlander
Charles Snyder
Mr. Smith
Season Tickets Available for Sunday School Basketball League
The management announces season tickets priced at $1.75 may still be purchased or used as regular admission for any game. Two people may use two tickets from the book, and tickets are dated for last night but remain valid.
For Rent Farm Near City On Interurban Line
Four acre farm with a five room house wash house barn and poultry house all in good condition within a fifteen minute ride from the city. Apply by letter addressed to J care Star 124. (A.v.)
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City
Care Star
A.v
Edward B Andres Receives Post Office Appointment
Edward B Andres, a clerk at the post office, has received official appointment after previously serving on a temporary basis and passing a competitive examination.
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Edward B. Andres
Reformatory Arrivals From Posey and Elkhart County
Three inmates arrived at the Indiana Reformatory yesterday. David Rhodes and Frank Hayes from Posey county received one to eight year sentences for petit larceny. Harry Vanauken from Elkhart county was jailed for grand larceny, accused of stealing bank instruments from a factory in Elkhard and arrested in Kansas.
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Indiana Reformatory
David Rhodes
Frank Hayes
Posey County
Harry Vanauken
Elxhard County
Eikhard
Kansas
Hearing Friday in Bethlehem on Surety of the Peace Charge
Charlies Priest and Louis Treece both of Bethlehem Township face a police court hearing Friday on a surety of the peace charge. Priest was arrested on the complaint.
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Charlies Priest
Louis Treece
Bethlehem Township
Jeffersonville Chamber Seeks New Members at Spieths Hall
An enthusiastic Jeffersonville crowd met at Spieths Hall to launch a Chamber of Commerce canvass. James V. Biggert chaired and urged strong participation as campaigns begin Thursday at 9 am. Speakers Rev. W H Wie and Charles A McKeand touted civic collaboration and city improvements through a Chamber led by local volunteers.
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Jefferosnville
Spieth
Chamber of
Idianapols
United States
Jeffersonville
Chamber of Commerce
Park County
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen re elect officers in Jeffer sonville lodge
Jeffer sonville Lodge No. 689 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen re elected A. R Perry as President and other officers for a second term. David Crandall as Vice President J P O Connell as Secretary C H Mitchell as Treasurer C F Seitz as Collector W B Edgerton as Journal Agent. Perry named delegate to the Grand Convention in Detroit next spring Mitchell elected alternate delegate. The group signed a contract for Glen Helen Park for the next 4th of July.
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Jeffersonville Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
A. R Perry
David Crandall
J. P. O'Connell
C H. Mitchell
C. F Seitz
W. B. Edgerton
A. R. Perry
Detroit
Mich
C. H. Mitchell
Brotherhood
Glen Helen Park
Death toll in Charlestown: Mrs. Anna E. Carr passes away
Mrs. Anna E. Carr of Charlestown dies after long illness and nervous prostration following surgery. Her husband John B. Carr, former Clark County sheriff, is abroad at Conway Springs attending his sister’s bedside. the death followed weeks of invalidism and a long home life in Charlestown. The family includes son Thomas L. Carr and three sisters. Funeral arrangements await Mr. Carr’s return expected Thursday morning.
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Doulle
Methodist Episcopal Church
Carris
Thomas L. Carr
East Chestnut Street
Louisville
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company
Mary Ewing
Knobnoster, Mo
Adeline Wilson
Julia McCombs
Charlesown
Carr
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Utica Township Clark County
Administrator de bonus non with the Will Annexed announces a public sale of real estate in Clark County Indiana. The sale includes 31 acres in Illinois Grant Lot 7 and two Utica Lots 273 274 plus Lot 63 in Utica. Terms require one third cash with the rest in two notes up to six and twelve months bearing six percent interest. Sale subject to court approval. December 3 1915. Adv weekly.
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Antone Litzler
Iereby
Clark Circuit Court
Utica Township
Clark County
Indiana
de Zedent
Clark
Towit
Jacob Lentz
Ohio River
Oliver
County of
Warren B. Allison
Adv
Wkly
Clark Circuit Court Sessions Absent. Docket Set for Days Ahead
The Clark Circuit Court did not meet today as the case against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was moved to New Albany on a change of venue. Judge John M. Patis presided. pleadings were heard in Duffy Realty versus Blakemore and others, with cross-claims by Oscar G. Miller.
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Clark
Isaac Worrall
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
New Albany
Mary Merry
Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction Company
Jacob Mikles
John Samms
Mary Schlafer
Noah Pearcey
Margetta Shrader
Edward M. Shrader
Mary A. Gray
Robert L. Casey
Ethel Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Katherine Bannon
Edward N. Reschar
William H Reschar
Jacob Swartz
William Woodruff
John M. Patis
Clark Circuit Court
Duffy Realty Company
J Blakemore
Margaret Ewart
Oscar G. Miller
James H Castetter
Castetter
Harry F. Castetter
Margaret Hardin
Charles Green
Clark Circuit
Jamese. Tagzart
Amended Complaint in Jeffersonville Township Bond Case
The State files an amended complaint in Clark Circuit Court against Fry L. Curry and several sureties under the Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Co seeking $1 105 83 and a 10 percent penalty. The suit alleges Curry’s 1909 to 1914 improper payments and losses including Sundays pay, association meeting fees, rental overpayments, medicine costs, and other improper disbursements related to school and poor relief operations.
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Jeffersonville
Fry L. Curry
Isaac G. Phipps
Froman M. Coots
Floyd Parks
James W Fortune
William T. Ingram
Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company
Boston
Mass
Clark Circuit
Curry
State Association
First Game Of Season In Sun Day School League
In St Paul the Sun Day School Basketball League opened with Morton Memories defeating St Paul 39 to 3 and Port Fulton Christians beating a Christian team 23 to 10. Presbyterians edged St Luke 20 to 12 in a close match after a 9-8 first half.
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Armory
Morton Memories
St. Paul
Christian Church
Fom Port Fulton
W. F. M. S. Elects Officers At Morton Memorial Church
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Morton Memorial M. E. church elected new officers for the year at a Tuesday meeting hosted by Mrs. R. E. Heaton. Rev. Cornelius G. Prather spoke on The Adolescent Boy and Girl and readings and a violin duet complemented the program. New officers include Pres Mrs. Frank Ellison, 1st Vice Pres Mrs. Charles Neeley, 2nd Vice Pres Mrs. Robert Perkins, 3rd Vice Pres Mrs. C. T. Brightwell, ith Vice Pres Mrs. R. E. Hatton, Secretary Mrs. George Yester, and Treasurer Mrs. J. L. McNaughton. January gathering will be at Mrs. Charles Neely on East Maple Street.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
George Yester
Charles Neely
C. Grather
Frank Ellison
Charles Neeley
R. E. Hatton
Ith
J. L. McNaughton
iTreas
East Maple Street
DeCamp Property Deed Transfer in Charlestown
Jevi DeCamp and Lucy DeCamp convey part of lots 359 360 361 in Charlestown to Arthur DeCamp for 1000 dollars as recorded by the County Recorder Allhands.
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Jevi DeCamp
Lucy DeCamp
Office
County Recorder
Arthur DeCamp
Charlestown
Walter Rumpel Arraigned on Child Desertion Charge
Walter Rumpel was arraigned in Police court this morning on the charge of child desertion and information will be filed in the Circuit court. He surrendered after learning his wife had sworn to a warrant for his arrest.
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Walter Rumpel
Rumpel
Township official faces suit over Sunday service funds
A township official defends prior pay and expense reimbursements as the State Board of Accounts investigates funds said to be misused. The board held him liable for money collected for Sundays and for attending the Township Trustees Association meeting in Indianapolis along with other items.
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Curry Stills
State Board of Accounts
Township Trustees’ Association
Indianapolis
American oil steamer sunk after New York departure
Washington reports Emperor William may order withdrawal of Capt. Boy-Ed and Capt. Frank von Papen after the United States declares the attaches persona non grata. Officials expect Berlin to demand full details to brief the Emperor, with Ambassador Bernstorff likely confirming the timing of U S actions.
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Washington
Emperor William
Boy-Ed
Frank von Papen
Gernes
State Department
Berlin
United States
Bernstorff
Lansing
von Papen
Germany
Count Bernstorff
Communipaw Sunk in Mediterranean Near Tobruk
The Standard Oil steamer Communipaw was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean near Tobruk. The crew size is given as 39 with Captain Nordstrom a naturalized American. The ship, formerly the Deutschland, had been under German flag before transfer to American registry after war began.
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Rome
Mediterranean Sea
Tobruk
Tripoli
Genoa
New York
Egypt
Nordstrom
Worden
United States
Hamburg
Standard Oil
Allied Offensives Reported Across Fronts From Dardanelles To Champagne
The Cologne Gazette cites Entente air and ground operations at the Dardanelles near Usun Kuenrue and widespread battles in Mesopotamia and Serbia. German forces under Baron Von der Goltz prep for actions near Knut-et-Amara while Bulgarians clash with Anglo French lines. Reports claim German reinforcements and artillery in Flanders Artois and a Champagne trench gain of 200 meters by Berlin.
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Cologne
Cologne Gazette
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Earl Kitchener
Usun Kuenrue
Adrianople
London
Mesopotamia
Baron von der Goltz
Knut-et-Amara
Serbia
Gallipoli
Belgium
France
Flanders
Artois
Berlin
Champagne
One Dollar Bills Double Value Scam Warned in Jeffersonville
A newspaper notice warns that five hundred ten new one dollar bills released in Jeffersonville on December 2 carry specific serials. Ten bills tied to firm names are worth $2 at listed merchants and will credit $200 for opening a Savings account at Citizens Trust Co. The scam suggests any of the numbered bills doubles their value at participating stores.
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E.c
Jeffersonville
Citizens Trust Co
Julius the Florist
Chas. Moser's
W. G. Young’s
Bill
Swartz Dry Goods Co
Bensingers
T. J. Lindley’s
Pitts to State Prison for burglary and theft
William Pitts found guilty in the Clark Circuit Court of burglarizing Dr. J. H. Walker residence and stealing 175 dollars. He will be taken to the State Prison next Monday to serve twenty to thirty years. Joe Bennett, for complicity in the Tracy Brothers attempted robbery, will be taken to the Reformatory likely tomorrow to begin serving his sentence.
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Pitts
Bennett
Reformatory
William Pitts
Clark
J. H. Walker
Indiana Reformatory
Joe Bennett
Tracy Brothers
Masons All Day Feast at Utica Lodge No 237
Utica Lodge No. 237 Free and Accepted Masons held their annual all day feast at Prather today with dinner served and evening supper planned. Many residents attended.
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Utica
Prather
Germans Reinforce Front as Bulgarians Attack in Serbia
The front along Vardar Cerna Karasu sees Bulgarian forces begin an assault against Anglo French troops. German General Von Gallwitz re organizes and moves south with about 40 000 men. Allies have landed five divisions near Saloniki totaling nearly 100 000. The forthcoming battle is set to be highly significant.
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Vardar-Cerna-Karasu
Serbia
von Gallwitz
Saloniki
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Walter Swartz
Frank Lindley
Don Walker
David Cohen
Harry Poindexter
Wm. G. Young
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George Straw
John Denton. Jr
Brotherhood OF Railway
Anna Carr
Doherty
Lircuit
Floyd County
Frank Kraft
Edward Money
Ballard
Fry Curry
Presbyterians
ST. Luke's
My Presents As Almistians
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St. Luke A
Wall Street
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Morton Memorial Church
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Robert Perkins
C. T. Brightwell
Kaiser
David T Worden
Montelsir, N. J
Foreign Shipping Department
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Communipaw
Masons
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