William Same Moves Homes Between Local Sites
William Same relocated three houses from the Government Depot yesterday with two bound for Ohio Falls and one to the Elks Camp at Arctic Springs to become dwellings and a dining room. Rev. J. T. Scull addresses Scottsburg and tomorrow morning at the District Epworth League convention. Ewell Swartz and Miss Elizabeth Rose traveled this afternoon. Five thousand bass were released into Silver Creek at Fourth Dam by the Floyd County Fish and Game Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Same
Government
Ohio Falls
Elks
Arctic Springs
J. T. Scull
Scottsburg
Ewell Swartz
Elizabeth Rose
Rev. Scull
Silver Creek
Fourth Dam
Floyd County Fish and Game Club
Miss Jean Craig Hosts Friends for Music and Dancing
Miss Jean Craig entertained a small group at her home with music and dancing. Dainty refreshments were served. Attendees included Miss Dorothy Howard, Crystal Youngwood, Edna Leglt, Mary Yates, Irene Parker, Marona Hutt, Marion Cardill, Maxine Hydron, Bertha Catlin, Jean Craig, and Messrs Bruce Collins, Jack Kennedy, Jim Duffy, Craig Samuels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Craig
Dorothy Howard
Crystal Youngwood
Edna Lcglt
Mary Yates
Irene Parker
Marona Hutt
Marion Cardill
Maxine Hydron
Bertha Catlin
Bruce Collins
Jack Kennedy
Jim Duffy
Craig Samuels
Chamber of Commerce approves White Way funding and plans
The Chamber of Commerce met at 8 pm on Tuesday June 7 1924 with President Eugene Applegate presiding. Officers and directors were listed and bills paid while committees reported progress on hotel plans band stand picnic prizes and White Way installation with a $25 contribution and 42 to 48 lamps planned for Court avenue to the river. The group scheduled a June 24 1924 meeting to resume general picnic committee work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Applegate
Edward Groher
Robert Honacker
Harry F.rguson
C. R. McBride
John Geinger
Frank Same
Doherty Drug Co
Mary Glunk
C. B. McBride
John Piercy & Sons
Home Furnishing Company
Robert Honnacker
Harry Ferguson
Spring Street
Chestnut
Court
Wall
Pearl
E. L. Applegate
West End
A. F. Keller
East End
William Kilgus
River
General Committee of
W. ©. Sweeney
Sweeney
Atwags
Court Avenue
Alvin T Hert Dies Suddenly
Alvin T Hert former warden and superintendent of the reformatory here died at the New Willard Hotel in Washington City Tuesday afternoon of apoplexy. He had advised rest earlier and collapsed while with friends. The body will arrive in Louisville tonight. Hert helped convert the old Prison South into a reformatory in 1897 and oversaw major constructions and modernization before resigning in 1902. He built a business empire including the American Creosoting Company with plants and offices in multiple states and abroad, later rising in Kentucky politics as a Republican National Committeeman since 1916. He is survived by his widow Mrs Sally Aley Hert and two sisters, with several siblings dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin T. Hert
New Williard Hotel
Washington City
Louisville
Hert
Old Prison South
James B. Patten
Mr. Hert
Brazil
M. Hert
W. S. Carpenter
Cloverland
James R. Henry
Indianapolis
John Nugent
Evansville
Old State Prison
John L. Griffith
Griffith
Lowdon
Col
W. T. Durbin
Anderson
Reformatory
American Creosoting Company
Shirley
Ind
Indiana
Steveport the Colonial
Federal
Georgia
Harold L. Arnold
Los Angeles
Grace Fields
Bloomfield
Floyd Burris pleads guilty to highway robbery in Clark Circuit Court
Floyd Burris, 20, pled guilty to highway robbery in Clark Circuit Court. A suspended sentence of five to fourteen years in the Indiana Reformatory was imposed. Burris, from near Henryville, admitted with two others that he robbed farmer John Gates near Memphis. Separate note lists numerous special jurors from several townships for upcoming cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Burris
Clark
Indiana Reformatory
Burris
Henryville
John Gates
Memphis
Clifton Knepp
William Lapinskas
Fred Mullett
William Denton
Community Pageant of Children’s Week at Dream Theater
The Community Pageant for Children’s Week is set for Thursday at the Dream Theater with a large audience expected. Sun day schools participate. Episode 1 covers Religious Education in the Home featuring the Clarke family and children Elia M. Clarke Edward Howard and Cletus Higgins with the Spirit of Religious Education in the Home by Abel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dream Theater
Wall Street
M. E
A. W. Clarke
Elia M. Clarke
Edward Howard
Cletus. Higgins
Boma
Abel
Interloputo
Episode list and program details for a children's festival
Episode 2 presents Evil Spirits in the Home with Miss Minnie Naefe and a lineup of Spirit entities led by Spirit of Neglect Miss Helen Schafer and Spirit of Falsehood Miss Fay Harris. Episode 3 covers Religious Education in the Community with Miss Anna Abel and Heralds Paul Coleman and Thurston Watt. The Children’s Festival of Song and Story at the Dream Friday programs admission free with a wide array of groups including Girl Scouts Boy Scouts and Red Cross involved in community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Naefe
Helen Schafer
Fay Harris
Emma Haas
Fay Weidner
Della Zuerner
Orchestra
Anna Abel
Paul Coleman
Thurston Watt
Florence Coyle
Ralph Schwaninger
Homer Frank
City Beautiful
Amy Poindexter
George Yester
George Green
John Fisher
Spirit of the Cross
Marguerite Schwaninger
Jessie Snepp
Wall’ Street
Wall Street
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Junior Red Cross
America
Recessional
Expense Accounts From May 3 Municipal Primary
Expense recounts filed with City Clerk William B. Thornley show Democratic candidates listing sums for mayor city clerk and council seats. Republican candidates filed receipts with several zero amounts and minor payments across wards and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Thornley
Harry T. Ferguson
Linnie J. Schmalzried
Joseph H. Warder
Ira J. Campbell
Henry B. Duitz
Eddie E. Ellis
Asa S. Combs
Homer M. Frank
John F. Gillooly, Jr
Hiram E. Heaton
Thomas J. Lally
Herbert O. Nachand
John E. Cole, Jr
Charles R. Catlin
George Cottrill
William James
William Quick
Nathan Sparks
John Gossom
John Kell Long
Byron L. Watt
George W. Bennett
Russell N Keeble
William E. Ogden
H. Everatt Hopkins
Edwin R. Lancaster
William B. Levenwood
Horace
EK. Newman
Claude 5. Myers
Henry M. White
John J. Reschar
Arthur B. Perry
DIES IN WABASH DEATH OF JOHN YOUNG REPORTS
A telegram from Manchester Wabash County informs Mrs Marion Bennet Wallstreet of John Young s death in Wabash. He was found dead at 4 30 am. Once blind six years he left a widow three children and four grandchildren. He had many relatives in Clark County. Survived by four sisters including Mrs Marion Bennett and Mrs Ruth Campbell. He was a member of the M church and Odd Fellows. Funeral date not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Wabash County
Marion Bennet Wallstreet
John Young
Bennett
Clark County
Marion Bennett
City
Ruth Campbell
Louisville
John F. Bottorff
Neodoshaw
Kansas
D. G. Grove
Mines of Solomon Reveal Great Zimbabwe Forts and Gold
Explorers backed by British money uncover ruins at Great Zimbabwe in South Africa linking the ancient city to Solomon's wealth. The site, covering over three square miles, held fortifications and workshops for gold, iron, and jewelry with caravans departing to Sofala for shipments. The piece argues Sofala as Tarshish and raises the Ophir question regarding gold origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Solomon
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Great
Solomon
Great Zimbabwe
Sofaia
Havilah
Sofala
Red Sea
Safola
Ophir
Opher
India
Southern
Rhodesia
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County Meeting
Knights Pythiag
Sellersburg
Bethlehem
Knights of Pythias of Clark
Hope
Grand
W. W. Crocker
Crocker
Thomas Neal
Crawfordsville
Lark County
Page
Charles Wehrl
Gaines
Kentucky
Bethlehem Lodge
Old Beech Grove
Dr. Gaines
Mackinn
Herman Rave
Odd Fellows Hall
Chamber OF Commerce Meets
Washington
John Sharpe
Charlestown
D. Cfl Peyton
Jeffersonville Township
Emmett Fisher
C. B. Payne
Frank Kirchner
Walker Bryant
George Aldrige
James EH. Howard
J. M. Hawes
Hae Frank
Dennis O’hern
Mitchel ‘Be ‘Smith
Benson Doolittle
W. Seibert
David H. Rose
Charles M. Eaken
T. L. Green
Frank T Hornung
H. M. Reynolds
Frank T Keeble
Ernest Rauth
John H. Dillinger
John T. Lyon
Wood
Cecil Mull
Jour Rockey
Fisher
Virgil” “McKinley
John Gibson
Charles Whitson
William Dickey
Lowery Stoner
Edward Robinson
John Wells
Emsley Robinson
Utica
John E Dunn
George Prather
Walter Fry Chandler- Baird
John FE
Lentz
Harold Mel Culloch
Cecil Sharp
Elmer GC. Prather
William T. Woodard
Robert Davis
Cassius Taff
Monroe
Charles Bagshaw
John S. Butts
Carr
Joseph Book
John Engle
Oregon
William Wagner
Owen
William Boltocff
A. Osborne
J. J. Frederick
Claysburg
Rosa Frederick
Frederick
Madison
Wabash
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