Reinstated suit moves forward in Clark Circuit Court
A string of Clark Circuit Court actions includes the reinstatement of Harry Wardell versus Warren Guthermuth on petition by the plaintiff and a selection of Judge Paris to try the insurance case. Other dockets note demurrers, private estate sales, and ongoing partition proceedings as the court schedules further findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wardell
Warren Guthermuth
Sally
Clark Circuit Court
John M. Paris
Fiey’ Circuit Court
New Albany
Alice M. West
Fannie West
Connecticut Mutual Live Insurance Company
William Ridley
Judge Paynter
William F. Baumoeister
Andrew J. Phipps
Joe H Thomas
John H. Thomas
Preston
Grubbs Leota Gentiles
Alma Alfred
Alexander Dowling
Clark Circme
Mrs Hall files suit for legal separation from Lewis Hall
Mrs Bessie Hall sues in Circuit Court for legal separation from Lewis J Hall. Marriage June 17 1907. Separation dated September 17 1215. Alleged cruelty including strikes and choking and threats to kill. Claims two years of no reasonable support for her and their child Yona Hall. Seeks temporary alimony and $1000 permanent alimony. She is 23 and formerly Miss Bessie Bowman from a prominent family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Hall
Circuit Court
Lewis J. Hall
Yona Hall
Hall
Bessie Bowman
Answer Filed In Sheriff Bond Case
The Southern Sufety Company sues Cecil J. Sharp and Isaac G. Phipps as Clark county sheriff on a bond. Phipps says a writ of attachment directed to him led to replevy of road machinery. He alleges notice to Sharp about the action and demand for a bond to indemnify attorney fees, but Sharp did not bond, and the sheriff delivered the attached property to the plaintiff. The original suit by Sharp was on an account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortune
Clark
George L. Hall
Robert Blunt
Scottsburg
Joseph L. Carter
Benjamin C. Carter
Abert Carter
Frank W. Fisher
Andrew M. Fisher
Emory J. Fisher
Nathaniel Marauel
Pittsburg
Cincinnati, Caheago
William I. Sage
August Kamer
August L. Kamer
Judge Fortune
Southern Sufety Company
Cecil J. Sharp
Isaac G. Phipps
Clark County
Clark Circuit
Sharp
Christmas Savings Club forms at Citizens Trust Co
The Citizens Trust Co advertises a Christmas Savings Club now forming. Join a class and participate in the spirit of saving.
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Citizens Trust Co
Christmas Program at St Luke's Reformed Church
The church presents its Christmas night program with an organ prelude and multiple songs and readings by children and adults. Highlights include the Christmas tree, gifts for children, a pastor led address, choir performances, and a 7 15 start time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's Reformed Church
Lucy Steidinger
Puastor
F. E. Lahr
Mary Chapman
Evelyn Sellers
Della Zuerner
Catherine Fightmaster
Norma Ruby
Matilda Alben
Mariam Lahr
Messiah
Anna
Maloney
William Scheffer
Webber Schimpff
Catherine Roederer
Alice Nachand
Fay Weidner
Elizabeth Smith
Catherine Wrhoerle
Das Baeumschein
Mary Shepman
Mariam Tahr
Merchants urged to curb holiday fire hazards in decorations
Business leaders urged careful fire prevention during Christmas season due to decorations and new wiring. Officials advised inspections and noncombustible materials for displays and warned that inflamable decors or amateur wiring could void insurance. Canoles on Christmas trees require extra caution to reduce danger.
Christmas Savings Club Classes Open For Membership
Notice announces membership opening for Christmas Savings Club classes with limited spaces and a closed Class 100, urging join now before all slots fill.
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Christmas Savings Club
Red Cross Christmas Seal Drive Aids Tuberculosis Fight
The appeal notes that last year proceeds supported nurses visits dispensaries and open air schools while distributing literature and aiding patients from coast to coast. This year the goal is one million dollars with a plea to buy at least ten seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Ii.e
Atlantic
Pacific
Odd Fellows District Meeting Announced for January
Claude B. McBride district deputy states a county Odd Fellows meeting will be held January 18 in the city. Grand lodge officers are expected and fourteen lodges will send delegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude B. McBride
Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge
Lemon Tree Ripening on North Spring Street
Lemons on a tree owned by E. A. Decker on North Spring Street are ripening. The tree was previously kept outside. Recently Decker brought in several orange specimens grown on his Florida farms.
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E. A. Decker
North Spring Street
Thief Loots Ingram Flat Taking $8.90 Monday
A thief entered Ulysses S. Phillips home on Spring Street third floor Ingram flat Monday afternoon and stole $8.90 from a wardrobe. A bedroom drawer was found ransacked and police were notified.
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Ulysses S. Phillips
Ingram
Spring Street
New Deed Fil Deed Corrects 1915 Error to Ida Earl
W M John and wife execute a corrected deed dated June 19 1915 transferring 188.64 acres in Survey 167 to Ida M Earl for one dollar. The deed states it does not affect a mortgage from grantee to grantor made two days after the original deed date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. John
Ida M. Earl
Ile
Notice to subscribers on delayed Star weekly collection
A notice asks readers to have change ready for Friday collection by newspaper carriers instead of Saturday morning. It explains the Christmastime need for the boys’ spending money and asks cooperation to maximize the collections.
Jeffersonville Slogan Contest Seeks Quick Civic Payoff
Jeffersonville residents are invited to submit brief slogans for a Chamber of Commerce contest with a $5 prize. Free suggestions, no obligation, due by Thursday night December 30 at the Spieth building campaign headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Chamber of Commerce
Clark County
Fort Wayne
Huntington
Spieth
Appointment of administrator for Allaphan Snyder estate
Notice names John P. Snyder as administrator of the estate of Allaphan Snyder, deceased, of Clark County Indiana. Estate described as solvent. Adv. Wkly reference 12-23-30-16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allaphan Snyder
Clark County
Indiana
John P. Snyder
Adv
Wkly
Friday Change Prep for Boy on Friday Morning
The note urges having a change ready for the boy on Friday instead of Saturday morning and emphasizes preparing as large a sum as possible. It resembles a brief household or shop reminder about timing and cash handling.
Troops Withdrawn to Saloniki and Ambitious Allied Moves
British forces retreat from Imbros Lemnos and Tenedos to Saloniki as Turkish reports confirm fighting at Kut el Amara and bombardments along the Dardanelles. The arsenal lists show heavy guns ammunition rifles mules carts and tents left by retreating troops at Ari Burnu Anafarta.
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Berlin
Sayville
Cologne Gazette
Mediterranean
Saloniki
Overseas
Athens
Imbros
Lemnos
Tenedos Islands
Dardanelles
Seddale Bahr
Ari Burnu
Anafarta
Hoory
Britain votes to raise army to four million men
London reports Prime Minister Asquith asking Parliament to raise Britain's fighting strength from 2,000,100 to 4,060,000 after a long debate. He claimed empire-wide recruitable maximum is needed for current war demands.
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London
House of Commons
Asanith
Turkish-German Dispatches Report Conflicting WWI Withdrawals
From Turco German sources London received contradictory details about withdrawals at Suvla and Anzac. Turkish communiques claim large British losses and immense booty while suggesting a heavy Turkish rearguard helped the retirement. Berlin circulated dispatches echo the Turkish account and depict a feint by Seddu l Bahr attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
Berlin
Seddul-Bahr
Suvla
Anzac
British Submarine Activity and Greek Front Tensions Reported
London dispatches note no fresh details on withdrawal but report renewed British submarine activity in Turkish waters and claims of a German steamer Jeros sunk near Marmora. The Greek front is tranquil with high allied activity around Saloniki while Bulgarian-German entry talk stirs Athens. In France, a German victory near Hulluch drives Russians from a village as German artillery remains active.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Varna
Bulgaria
Galipoli
Asquith
House of Commons
Athens
Jeros
Sea of Marmora
Saloniki
Greece
Hulluch
France
Lille
Widsdey
Apollo Athletic Association Opens Season Against Bowling Green
The Apollo Athletic Association will begin their basketball season next week with Bowling Green Kentucky Athletics as the opponents. Players have practiced regularly and the team has covered the loss of Jansing by adding Louis Seelbach to the lineup.
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Apollo Athletic Association
Bowling Green
Jansing
Louis Seelbach
Flood Gate Closed In Clarksville By City Engineer
City Engineer Victor W. Lyon closed the flood gate on the fill in Clarksville as a precautionary measure. officials say no danger is threatened from the river.
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Clarksville
Victor W. Lyon
Arrival of Lieut. Harry King Delayed Until After New Year
Lieut. Harry King of Columbus, ordered to assist Maj. Theodore B. Hacker in completing a rolling kitchen for the regular army, is not expected to arrive until shortly after the new year.
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Harry King
Columbus
Theodore B. Hacker
Baggage Cars Shipped By Norfolk & Western Plant
Two steel baggage cars for the Norfolk and Western Railway were shipped from the car works. The plant is facing material shortages and is holding back production as a result of the supply difficulties.
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Norfolk &Western Railway
Real Estate Transfer in City Lot Sale
Through a deed recorded Tuesday Clifton S Gilbert conveyed to Salina V Holden lot 12 block 1 this city for a stated price of 1. The true consideration was higher but exact amount is not known.
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Clifton S Gilbert
Salina v
Tools Found at East Market Street Playground Site
Police cannot locate the owner of tools found at the old East Market Street playground site. Efforts to identify the owner continue. the tools are in first class condition.
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East Market Street
Reformatory Arrivals From Marion and Clinton Counties
Robert McKinsey arrived at the Indiana Reformatory from Marion County serving one to eight years for petit larceny. Charles Lawson also entered the Reformatory from Clinton County after being sentenced for manslaughter.
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Robert McKinsey
Indiana Reformatory
Marion County
Charles Lawson
Mansianahiter
Clinton County
Dinner Served at Merchants' Lunch Room Christmas Turkey Dinner Trial
Holiday meals advertised at Merchants' Lunch Room 116 East Court Avenue offer a Christmas Turkey dinner with dining in or citywide delivery. Advertisement dates given 12 22 23 24.
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Merchants
East Court Avenue
Card of Thanks for Julia Deark
The family thanks friends for expressions of sympathy and assistance during Julia Deark's illness and death.
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Julia Deark
Friday Last Day Of Court In November Term
Friday marks the final day of the Clark Circuit Court for the November term with no session tomorrow and the court resuming in February.
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Clark
Carlisle Carlisle Withdraws From Governor Nomination
Charles Arthur Carlisle of South Bend withdraws from the Republican race for Governor after thoughtful consideration. He retires to endorse a revitalized party and its candidates, pledging to serve the public good, and extending Christmas and New Year wishes.
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C. A. Carlisle
South Ben
INS
Charles Arthur Carlisle
In the Year of Our Lord 1916
Anne Bryan McCall reflects on the future naming of this era and its significance. She predicts that someday a great writer or storyteller will chronicle these years starting with In the year of our Lord 1916.
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January Woman’s Home Companion
Anne Bryan McCall
Pleasant Surprise For The Old Ladies Home
The Old Ladies Home on Maple Street received a Christmas folding chair from the Maple Street Methodist Sunday School along with jelly and fruit gifts from Wall Street careen and War Street church groups. The Board of Directors thanks numerous friends in Jeffersonville for aiding the home this Christmas season.
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Old Ladies
Maple Street
Jeffersonville
Vienna farmer brings prized birds to Jeffersonville
S. E. Furnish of Vienna a noted Scott County pigmented bird fancier visited Jeffersonville yesterday with a valuable fowl for Maj. Theodore E. Hacker Depot Quartermaster. Furnish, known for many Jeffersonville friends, extended greetings before returning home.
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S. E. Furnish
Vienna
Scott County
Jeffersonville
Maj
Thedoroe E Hacer
Furnish
Packer Resigns to Become Locomotive Fireman
Charles L. DeArk, a packer at the government depot, resigns after a brief period and will take a position as a locomotive fireman. The move marks the second resignation at the depot within days.
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Charles L. DeArk
Banister and Noulting Marry in Local Ceremony
Charles Banister a Crothersville farmer and Dona Noulting of Austin Scott county eloped to this city and were married here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Banister
Crothersville
Dona Noulting
Austin
Scott County
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St. Luke’s Reformed Church
RED Cross Seals
ODD Fellows Meeting
NEW Deed Fil&d
Jeff
Balkans
Gallipoli
Turkish War Office
Trak
Mesopotamia
Kutel-Amara
Caucasus
Carlisle
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Ana
M. E. Church
Dog
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