Fourth of July Celebrations Across Jeffersonville and Henryville
The Fourth of July will be observed Sunday in Jeffersonville with city and county meetings likely delayed. Henryville hosts the second annual celebration at Enlow's Grove led by Rev. James J. Ryan with special trains, amusements, meals, a band, and speeches. Glen Helen Park in Seilersthure also hosts a Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen celebration with numerous amusements planned.
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Jeffersonville
Post Office
Indiana Reformatory Quartermaster’s Depot
Board of County Commissioners
Henryville
James J. Ryan
Enlow’s Grove
Henryrville
Glen Helen Park
Seilersthure
Brotherhood of Railroad
Chautauqua Opens July 10 At Glenwood Park
The Glenwood Chautauqua starts July 10 in the large Auditorium nearing completion. One day programs at Glenwood Park name top talent in music sermons lectures magic and more. A visitors invitation extends to the June 5 public inspection and July 4th celebration attendees.
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Glenwood Park
Tachaikowsky
Elizabeth Wood
John Lloyd
N. McGee Waters
Henry Clark
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Beitor
the Outlook
Alinda Fleischer
Wallace Bruce Amedbary
Edwin R. Weeks
Lula Sinclair
T. J. Travers
Wiliam H. Murray
Alfalfa Bill
Oklahoma
the Arcadians
Anthony Fiala
Frederick Cohn
Comedy Players
Dunbar Bell Ringers
Geo. H. Bradford
Wei Ping Chen
Bailey pleads guilty in Atlantic City auto theft case
Burt H. Bailey admitted stealing a car in Atlantic City. He was apprehended in Cleveland after a lengthy joy ride. Judge Shinn fined him 100 dollars and ordered 2 dollars weekly to a probation officer for three years, with 150 dollars weekly to the car owner for damages.
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Mays Landing
N. J
Cor
N.Y. Times
Burt H. Bailey
Atlantic City
Cleerland
Ohio
Shinn
Fort Wayne May Retain National Guard Company
Fort Wayne Indiana June 29 Company D of the Indiana National Guard will not be disbanded. The unit has reached near the minimum number required to maintain its status.
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Fort Wayne
National Guard
Ind
Indiana National Guard
Subscriptions sought for street improvement in Jeffersonville
Local leaders raise $500 to improve Bakin avenue and Mechanic street linking Meigs avenue to Jeffersonville. Funds collected at First National Bank as traction company and farmers offer aid. Citizens urged to contribute quickly to start work soon on the two badly worn streets.
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Bakin Avenue
Mechanic Street
First National Bark
Meigs Avenue
Jeffersonville
Traction Company
Water Thrown On Mob In Shellyville Delays Jailers
In Shellyville Indiana on Sunday a mob of 300 plus men demanded the release of Reuben Brown after he fought off four police officers. Fire Department intervened by sprinkling water on the crowd while officers slipped away from the jail to keep Brown in custody.
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Shellyville
Ind
Fire Department
Reuben Brown
Brown
Mark Lemmon
Mark
City Eyes Lower Rates After New Lighting Contract
United Gas and Electric Company faces further charges and potential rate cuts as city officials consider a new lighting contract. Local subscribers hint at filing a petition with the Public Service Commission to seek rate reductions.
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United Gas & Electric Company
Public Service Commission
For Rent Good Six Room Cottage on East Walnut
Six room cottage for rent on large lot at 828 Walnut Street on the east side. Phone contact 651. Advertisement notice.
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Walnut St
East Side Street
Jeffersonville Masonic Lodge to Meet in MM Degree
Jeffersonville Lodge No. 340 F and A M will hold a regular meeting Tuesday evening June 29 at 8 o clock. Work in Master Mason degree. Herbert Huckelberry W M and W W Thornley Secretary.
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Jeffersonville Lodge
Herbet Huckelberry
W. M
B. Thornley
Sweeney Beats Cowan In Falls City Tennis
Evelyn Sweeney defeats Marjorie Cowan 6 3 6 1 to advance toward a Falls City third round at Central Park. Cowan had an off day while Sweeney showed a full game and had not yet dropped a set.
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Falls Cities
Central Park
Evelyn Sweeney
Marjorie Cowan
Louisville
Miss Cowan
Miss Sweeney
Sweeney
Henrietta Bingham
William Ingram
Buckner Creek
Ingram
Barfield
Vaughn
Clark Circuit Court docket prep starts for September term
Michael Schlosser, deputy in the Clark Circuit Clerk Ballard’s office, has begun work on compiling the docket for the September term. New cases will be added as filed.
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Clark
Michael Schlosser
Ballard
County Council Likely to Fund Courthouse Vault
At the next September meeting the County Council may appropriate funds to build a concrete vault in the courthouse basement for old records. Previously many records have deteriorated due to neglect in the building’s basement conditions.
Railroad Workers Set Local Example In Jeffersonville
Jeffersonville residents are urged to imitate the example of the railroad employees led by Brotherhood Railroad Trainmen Lodge 689. A picnic at Glen Helen Park funded locally shows money spent at home, with Union Label promotion and merchant cooperation to entertain the public and encourage local buying.
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Jeffersonville
Police Court update on trespass and vagancy cases
Ollie Bostic and William Garrett faced Magistrate Benson R Veasey on trespassing charges at Louis Cohens home with a continuance to June 30 George Casner charged with vagancy sought a change of judge but no other magistrate was selected this morning
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Ollie Bostic
William Garrett
Louis Cohen
Benson R. Veasey
George Casner
Germans on Russian Soil Push Deep into Polish Front
Berlin reports Austro German forces have crossed into Russian territory north of Lemberg. General von Linsingen’s unit pursued and defeated the enemy along the Halcz Firjelow line, crossing the Gaila Lipa river. Kamionka and areas near Mosty Wielkie and Tomaszow see continued combat.
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Berlin
Lemberg
von Linsingen
Halcz and
Firjelow
Gaila Lipa
Przemyslany
Kamionka
Bug
Mosty Wielkie
Tomaszow
Poland
London
Haliez
Dniester
Hso
Nicholas
Bug River
Russian center reforms behind Galician front
London reports the Russian center in Galicia reforming behind the Gaila Lipa before Von Linsingen's Dniester drive. Critics say the retreat stems from battles in the Jemberge region where Russian positions forced retirement, strengthening the Austro German line and securing Lviv.
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London
Galicia
Gaila Lipa
von Linsingen
Dniester
Jemberge
Appeal of German Socialists for peace reshapes war opinion
From Milan via Paris on June 28, observers note that the German Socialists appeal for peace marks a major shift in public opinion after one year of the great war. Such an appeal would have been unlikely in July 1914.
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Milan
Italy
Paris
Note to Germany Demands Indemnity for Frye Sinkings
Washington notes to Germany publicized by the State Department say Germany violated a treaty by destroying the American vessel William P Frye and must make prompt payments. The note asserts Germany’s 1828 treaty liability makes Prize Court proceedings unnecessary and not binding on the United States. It also mentions contraband and the ship carrying it amid the Frye incident.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Wiliam P. Frye
Frye
United States
Note denies rights to submarine warfare claim
Officials say the note avoids mentioning submarine warfare while denying the right, fearing admission could justify future attacks on American ships. Diplomats who read the document call it the strongest statement yet from across the water asserting the rights of American commerce.
Italy Breaks Diplomatic Ties with Turkey Reported
Paris reports from the French Ministry of War that Italian press says Italy has broken diplomatic relations with Turkey. Italy plans to send troops to the Dardanelles.
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Turkey
Paris
Ministry of War
Italy
Dardanelles
Submarines Chase Turkish Fleet Near Istanbul
British submarines damaged Turkish shipping in the Sea of Marmara. The Turkish fleet took refuge at the Golden Horn and in the Bosporus as chase continued.
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Athens
Sea of Marmara
Golden Horn
The
Bosporus
Mails To or From Holy See Barred
Washington notes bar on mail to and from the Holy See announced by the State Department. Officials say the restriction aims to limit diplomatic mail exposure amid ongoing negotiations and reduces courier routes through Vatican channels.
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Holy See
Washington
Italian Embassy cites Austro-Hungarian mail refusal
The Italian Embassy asserted that Austro-Hungarian postal authorities refused to receive and forward mails from the Holy See even when bearing the seal of the Cardinal Secretary of State.
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Holy See
Two British Vessels Sunk By German Submarines
The British bark Dumfriesshire of 2565 tons was torpedoed 30 miles off Wales while sailing from San Francisco to Dublin with barley. One American among the crew was aboard. cargo valued at 122000 dollars and insured. The Indrani of 3640 tons was sunk southwest of Tuskar Ireland. crew saved. Indrani sailed from New York May 28 for Glasgow.
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London
San Francisco
Dublin
Milford Haven
Wales
George W. McNear & Co
T. Law & Co
Glasgow
Scotland
Indrani
Tuskar
Ireland
Atlantic
New York
Bordeaux
Liverpool
Donalson Brothrs
City warns owners to cut weeds or city crews will act
City Civil Engineer Victor W. Lyon warns owners of vacant lots to cut weeds immediately or city street men will perform the work at the owners' expense. Railroads have already cut weeds along their yards as required by law.
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City
Victor W. Lyon
Two youths sentenced in Tipton and Windfall cases
Roy Bauchert, 17, of Cicero, pleaded guilty in Tipton Circuit Court and drew two to fourteen years in the Indiana Reformatory after passing numerous checks. Paul Smithson pleaded guilty to larceny and received one to fourteen years for burglary of the Shorty hardware store at Windfall.
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Roy Bauchert
C‘cero
Tipton
Indiana
Paul Smithson
Reformatory
Shorty
Picnic Planned by Knights of Pythias for July 3
The Knights of Pythias of Sellersburg organize a town picnic at Glen Helen Park on July 3. No local celebration will be held elsewhere.
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The
Knights of Pyth
Sellersburg
Glen Helen Park
Indiana Bar Association Plans Annual Meeting at Country Club
The Indiana Bar Association sets its annual meeting for July 7 and 8 at a country club in Indianapolis. Clark County Bar members have prepared to attend.
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Indiana Bar Association
Country Club
Indianapolis
Clark County
Squirrels Not Plentiful In Opens Fire Season
Hunters flock to the office of Circuit Clerk Ballard to procure licenses as squirrel season opens. Many will hunt in woods early Thursday morning and may kill squirrels until November 1.
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Ballard
Meeting Called To Support Miss Hamm Community Nurse
Mayor Ernest W. Rauth as president of the Anti Tuberculosis Society calls a Thursday afternoon meeting at Wall Street Methodist Episcopal church. The gathering aims to hear Miss Hamm detail her city work and discuss ways to continue her service to the community and township, noting her substantial savings in medical expenses.
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Ernest W. Rauth
Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Miss Hamm
Jeffersonville Township
Epworth League
Wall Street Church
Charles W. White
Change in Postmasters at Charlestown
Next Thursday James B James will assume duties as postmaster in Charlestown after a recent appointment on the recommendation of Congressman William E B Cox. He was selected about a year ago and has trained in the office under retiring postmaster Joseph W Morrow. he will retain deputy Miss Strutt.
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James B. James
Charlestown
William EB. Cox
James
Joseph W. Morrow
Miss Strutt
Farmers Institute No. 2 to Meet at Rocky Run Farm
The Utica township Farmers Institute No. 2 holds its monthly meeting Thursday at Rocky Run Farm home of the Misses Spangler. Mrs. Frank Lewman will read a paper titled What Should We Read and Mrs. B. O. Crum will discuss The Country Girl's Opportunity. W. S. Hires will give a select reading.
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Farmers’ Institute No. 2
Utica Township
Camp Outfit Movers Promote Chautauqua Move
An advertisement urges readers to hire Bensinger to move camp outfits to Chautauqua and return. It offers rates per load or by the job and provides the phone number 10 for contracting.
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Bensinger
Chautauqua
Funeral of Martin Hirt at St Luke’s German Church
The funeral of Martin Wirt was the first held in the St. Lucas German Reformed church. Services were conducted this afternoon by Rev. F. E. Lahr. Interment followed at Eastern cemetery.
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Mart. Wirt
St. Lucas German Reformed Church
F. E. Lahr
Board of Review Upholds Real Estate Assessments
Complaints to the Board of Review over real estate valuations remain frequent, yet the panel often upholds the assessor's figures, with a board member asserting valuations are as close to true values as possible.
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Board of Review of the
Weather Outlook for Jeffersonville and Indiana
Forecasts for the twenty four hours ending at 7 p m Wednesday show showers likely this afternoon, clearing tonight and fair Wednesday. Indiana will see showers this afternoon or tonight with Wednesday turning fair.
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Jeffersonville
Indiana
Body of John Kelly Found In Ohio River Near New Albany
The corpse of John Kelly twenty seven, a Louisville Gas and Electric employee, was recovered from the Ohio River near Seven Mile Lane below New Albany after he jumped from the City of Jeffersonville ferry. Coroner C E Briscoe of Floyd County takes charge. Kelly had proposed to Grace Wells who refused him. he previously attempted suicide two years ago. His father urged acceptance of death as fate.
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John Kelly
Louisville Gas and Electric Company
City of Jeffersonville
Ohio River
New Albany
Kelly
Grace McGuire Wells
Myrtle Street
Louisville
William Kelly
W. H. Kelly
Southern Telephone Surrenders Indiana Franchises
The Southern Telephone Company of Indiana has surrendered fifty three Indiana city franchises to Cumberland predecessors and transferred assets. Franchises were surrendered to the Public Service Commission for indeterminate permits under the act. The move precedes a rate revision, with the commission only straightening irregularities among similarly served parties.
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The
Southern Telephone Company
Indiana
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company
Cumberland
Public Service Commission
Special Council Meeting Called by Mayor Over Lighting Contract
Mayor Ernest W. Rauth calls a special City Council meeting tonight to decide on the new lighting contract. If approved, the ordinance will receive final legal validation from the Mayor.
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Ernest W. Rauth
Child Taken For Operation At St Josephs Infirmary
A young child of Philip Kuntz, residing at McCullochs Crossing, has been taken to St Josephs Infirmary, Louisvie, to undergo a surgical operation.
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Philip Kuntz
McCulloch’s Crossing
St. Joseph’s Infirmary
Louisvie
Bedford man aids bloodhounds in barn fire arrest trail
Trailed by bloodhounds, Robert Owens of Bedford with two hounds worked a trail between Austin and Crothersville to an incendiary. A large barn owned by William Bryan of Scott County burned Sunday night and Owens was sent for yesterday. Deputy Fire Marshal arrested the suspect after the dogs led to a noon trail.
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Robert Owens
Bedford
Ind
Austin
Crothersville
William Bryan
Scott County
Owens
Local Salesmen Offer Vest Propositions to Firms
Anderson Indiana ad seeks salesmen to cover territory selling vests to large institutions. Commission noted as 300 dollars yearly per man. References required. B D Emanuel listed as contact.
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America
B. D. Emanuel
Anderson
Ind
Doant Regulats Advertised As Mild Opening Medicine
An old ad promotes Doant Regulats as a mild opening medicine claiming relief from constipation headaches and dizziness. It lists a price of 26 cents a box and notes sale by all druggists.
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J. J. Ryan
Light Company
John J.snyder
Jonas G. Howard
Chester P. Wilson
San
Warsaw
Petrograd
Halicz
Zlota
Gnila Lipa
Tarnopol
BAR Association Meeting
Anti Tuberculosis Society
Wall Street
M. E. Church
Farmers’ Institute
Martin Hirt
Weather Report
C. E. Briscoe
Floyd County
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