Mitchell Light Four completes 7500 mile test drive
The 1915 Mitchell Light Four reliability car, sealed at Chicago, completed a 7500 mile run in 30 days across Indiana Michigan Ohio New York Vermont Massachusetts New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Drivers faced heavy rain mud and obstacles, with a final official reading of 7518 miles at Pittsburgh after a cross country course. Free Dream Theater show tickets offered by Mitchell representative G W Patten.
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Horeb Chapter Elects Royal Arch Masons Officers
Horeb Chapter No. 66 Royal Arch Masons elected C. F. Hisman as high priest W. H. Wilcox as king Henry Best as scribe C B Roth as captain of the host F H Miller as treasurer George G. Watson as secretary Thomas B. Bolton as principal sojourner A H Parker as arch captain Thomas Stoner as master of the third veil H S Murat as master of the second veil D H Harper as master of the first veil George A. Dunhem as guard.
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Royal Arch Masons
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W. H. Wilcox
Henry Best
C. B. Roth
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Thomas B. Bolton
A. H. Parker
Thomas Stoner
H S. Murat
D. H. Harper
George A. Dunhem
Burdock Blood Bittern Tonic For Sale By Druggists
Promote strength appetite digestion and sleep with Burdock Blood Bittern a family system tonic priced at $1.00 sold by all druggists.
Corn and Poultry Show at Charlestown Draws Wide Interest
Aaron Scott judged the corn competition with 29 exhibits open to Charlestown township. Poultry judging led by Prof. L L Jones of Purdue featured Buff Orpingtons and other breeds with more than 22 birds shown. The event highlighted egg production lecturing and will return bigger next year despite weather reducing attendance.
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Charlestown
Aaron Scott
Utica
L. L. Jones
Purdue University
Herman Beuter
John Groors
Frank Garney
Prof. Vaught
A. Dastian
Poultry Show Entries Named in Local Exhibition
Bronze Turkeye John Carr Narraganestt Turkeys John Abbot African Geese Mrs 8 Galehouse highlighted in a small livestock display.
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Narraganestt
John Abbot
Galehouse
City Council Sets Hearing date on Walnut Street sewer project
The City Council fixed December 29 as the date property owners affected by the Walnut Street district sewer may appear before the Council and be heard on its construction. The sewer will be 36 inches at the outfall on Walrus and extend north to Maple Street with varying pipe sizes 24 inch 18 inch 15 inch and 8 inch as it recedes from the outfall.
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Walnut Sreet
Walrus
Maple Street
War Revenue Stamps Available Through Citizens Trust Co
The Citizens Trust Company has secured a supply of war revenue stamps of all denominations. Stamps are available to meet any legal requirement and can be obtained for express shipments if needed. The law affects many and businesses have paid a small tax for delivery. All stamps carry the necessary fiscal markings.
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Citizens Trust Co
Citiséms Trust Company
Funeral of Mrs Varble Held at Walnut Ridge Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Ro Varble who died in Indianapolis will be at 2 PM from the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Andrew Varble. The Rev G Rather pastor of Morton Memorial M E Church will officiate. Interment will be in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.
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J. M. Vawter
Hope Lodge
Ro Varble
Indiannapolis
Caarrow
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Morton Memoral M. E. Church
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Judge Fortune Heads East for County Hunt
Judge James W. Fortune departed last night for an eastern county hunting expedition. He is described as an enthusiastic nimrod and an accurate shot.
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Fortune
County Commissioners OK November bills before adjournment
The Board of County Commissioners approved the usual county bills for November before adjourning Tuesday.
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Board of County Commissioners
Pennsylvania Engineer Aaron Wildman Dies at Home
Aaron Wildman, a longtime Pennsylvania railroad engineer of twenty five years, died suddenly at his Columbus home yesterday from acute indigestion. He began railroading at age 19 and served nine years on the Pennsy line, being well known in the community.
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Pennsylvania
Aaron Wildman
Pennsyvania
Columbus
Widmen
Germans advance after Lodz in Eastern battle front
Lodz has fallen to German forces as of December 9, with heavy losses on both sides. German troops push eastward toward Warsaw, while Russian retirement is claimed as strategic, not crippling. The lodz crossing lies on the trunk rail line, heightening strategic stakes in Polish campaign.
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Berlin
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Neutral nations form commission to defend trade rights
Twenty nations of the Western Hemisphere meet in Washington to oppose European belligerents actions in Atlantic waters. They appoint a commission to plan steps to assert neutral rights and restore trade, marking the first neutral conference since World War I began and signaling a new movement in international law.
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Washington
Americas
Emperor William Suffering from Pneumonia in Berlin Telegram
Telegrams from Berlin relayed by the Amsterdam correspondent of the Schange Telegraph Company say Emperor William is ill with pneumonia and nervous depression from overwork. Doctors advise he not return to the front.
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Paris
William
Berlin
Amsterdam
Schange Telegraph Company
Germans Gain Ground in Poland Front as Russians Press South
London dispatch reports a 300 mile front with German gains in Poland while Russians push toward Cracow in the south. Budapest notes repulsed northern Hungarian forces and Austrian reports claim West Galicia battles intensify with Austrian troops driving the enemy from Dubsye and Wielicka. More than 5,000 prisoners taken including 27 officers.
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Poland
Cracow
Budapest
Hungary
Austrian War Office
Galicia
Dubsyce
Wielicka
Piotrkow
Germans Capture Lodz Prisoners Reported High Casualties
Central News dispatch from Amsterdam says more than 100,000 prisoners were taken by Germans when Lodz in Russian Poland fell. The Perograd Bourse Gazette estimates German casualties in the Lodz fighting at 100,000 with high losses among officers.
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Lodz
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Perograd Bourse Gazette
Igas
Kaizer Delays Return to Front Owing to Illness
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Kaiser postpones his return to the front due to indisposition, stating he can still receive war updates from the Chief of Staff amid feverish bronchial symptoms. Washington dispatch notes German aviators bombed an unspecified target, causing destruction and casualties.
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Amsterdam
Eerlin
Ried
Need of Pan American Solidarity Amid Warship Tensions
Diplomats warned that hostile warships in the Western Hemisphere have caused grave complications between American nations and European powers, underscoring the vital need for Pan American solidarity.
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Western Hemisphere
For Rent Cottage and Side of Double Near Reformatory
Two rental units described a four room cottage and five room side on a double. They are one square from Reformatory with inquiries via Woerner avenue or phone F. (Adv.)
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Woerner Avenue
Grandfather Awarded Custody of Inmate Child in Home Case
Judge James W Fortune grants custody of Melvin Stone to his paternal grandfather John Stone surrogate from the Orphans Home. The child’s brother Godfrey Stone remains an inmate at the home.
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James W. Fortune
Melvin Stone
John Stone
Godfrey Stone
Reformatory Arrival at Indiana Reformatory
Cornela Smith arrived at the Indiana Reformatory from Adams county under conviction of petit larceny to serve one to eight years.
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Indiana Reformatory
Adams County
Petit Kcony
Trustees Grant Clemency to Fifty-Six Inmates at Indiana Reformatory
The Board of Trustees closed their meeting with clemency approved for 56 inmates from 76 applicants, the largest group granted in some time.
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Board of Trustees
Indiana Reformatory
Appeals to Pardons Board Consider Inmate Cases
The Indiana State Board of Pardons deliberated at Indianapolis on quarterly session day. Pleas were heard for Pleasant Ferguson of Indianapolis who faces parole in two months after a 1914 petit larceny sentence. his sister Grace Glass spoke for release. Charles L. Cushing, jailed since last October for manslaughter after a melon patch shooting, had support from his brother Dr. G M Cushing. Otto Omepacher of Allen County, serving for assault and battering with intent, also appeared for the board.
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Indiana Reformatory
State Board of Pardons
Otto Omepacher
Allen County
Reformatory
Dream Theater Presents Zudora First Episode Opens Tonight
The first installment of Zudora begins tonight hailed as the greatest screen story. Harold McGrath of Million Dollar Mystery fame penned the story and the film promises thrills and human interest for fans of this genre.
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Harold McGrath
Clark Circuit Court adjourns with cleared docket
The Clark Circuit Court did not hold sessions on Wednesday as cases were rearranged and continued. The petit jury will report Monday. Special Judge William Ridley presided over several matters including guardianship, appeals, and multiple trial dates set for December and March.
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Paris Spurgeon
James A. Johnson
John M. McMillan
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John C. Loomis
Clark
George Schoen
Cementville
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Alphonse
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Alma Harris
Thomas H. Strachey
Guardian
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Harrison County
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Viola Jaiie
Sarah Brown
Martha Sims
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State
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John Jann
Charlestown
Harry Sussman
Thomas Crawford
James Harris
Kenry Pretony
George McIntyre
Mary Scharf
Louisville and Southern Indiana Traction Company
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Claude Mix
Ardus Shepherd
Maud J. Hill
John A. Smith
Indianapolis and
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Lemon F. Jackson
New Albany Ice Company
Ridley
Louis Koehler
Harry Koehler
Reformatory Crowded With Inmates At Indiana Reformatory
Report notes more inmates than usual in the Indiana Reformatory with many on release and a larger crowd evident, reflecting ongoing discipline and admissions.
First Test Of Winter Snowfall Marks Opening Weather
The morning brought the first real winter sign with snow falling all day. Temperatures fluctuated little from morning to noon as hourly readings showed. Jeffersonville area forecast calls for cloudy skies with possible rain or snow tonight and Thursday, with a low near 30.
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Inspector Locates Hers New Louisville Residence
Capt. I. W. Betts, a U S boiler inspector, has moved from Memphis Tennessee and taken the lower flat in the Voigt house at Maple and Walnut streets Louisville. His family arrived yesterday.
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I. W. Betts
United States
Memph's
Tenn
Voigt
Maple and
Walnut Streets
Commissioner Crone Attends Last Meeting. Wackené to Succeed
Oliver Crone finished six years on the Board of County Commissioners attending his final regular meeting Monday and Tuesday. He will remain in office until January 1 when Peter Wackené will assume duties as successor.
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Oliver Crone
Board of County Commissioners
Tosedey
Peter Wackené
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