Frank Moore dies of typhoid at 28 in Watseka
Frank B Moore age twenty eight died at his Watseka Illinois home after a brief illness of typhoid fever. His funeral at U B church will be held today at 2 PM with Fountain Lodge No 24 K of P in charge. He leaves a wife and young son Gordon, his mother Mrs Effie Moore four sisters and three brothers and many relatives. He formerly worked as a meat cutter and was well known in Kingman and Fowler. Burial at Harveysburg cemetery.
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Frank B. Moore
Watseka
Frank
Effie Moore
Materia Medica
Jesus Christ
Frank Moore
Gordon
Gerth
Howard, Kans
Edna Metsker
Hadley
Ind
Clara
Carrie
Fred
Delphos
Theodore
Lodi
Cal
Geo. Moore
Fountain Lodge No
Kingman
Chas. Ward
Fowler
U. B Church
J. M Mc. Hargue
Fountain Lodge No. 24 K. of P
Harveysburg
Paralytic Stroke Strikes Watseka Resident During Illness
Wm G Marshall, father in law of Frank Moore, has been critically ill in Watseka after stomach trouble and two or three strokes. He could not attend Mr Moore’s funeral as his life hung by a thread. His wife and son Earl stay by his bedside while others attend the funeral. friends hope for recovery in a few days.
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Frank Moore
Wm. G. Marshall
Watseka
Moore
Mr. Marshall
Earl
Kingman Boys Suffer Heavy Defeat at Bloomingdale
Kingman 17 Bloomingdale 57. The Kingman basketball team lost by a wide margin in Bloomingdale last Friday night, their heaviest defeat of the season. Players blamed the opponents’ spacious court but praised Bloomingdale’s hospitality and noted they had a dandy time despite the loss.
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Kingman
Bloomingdale
Bloomingdale Boys
Bloomingdale Bunch
Revival Meetings at Rush Creek Friends Church
Special revival meetings will begin at Rush Creek Friends church next Sunday conducted by Martilla and Mary Cox. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. C. E. Howrey traveled to Arcola Illinois yesterday on business.
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Rush Creek Friends Church
Martilla
Mary Cox
Crumley Trial Nears End As Rebuttal Heard
Rebuttal evidence fills the week as the Crumley murder trial nears closing. Prosecutor Philpott presents a dramatic address, while defense advocates Lewis Purnell and Livingood argue for the defendant. the case may go to the jury Saturday.
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Court House
Covington
Claude B. Philpott
Lewis
Fred Purnell
Attica
Purnell
W. E. Livingood
Crumley
Charles McCabe
McCabe
Smith Cleans Up With 16 Rhode Island Reds in Brazil
P. G. Smith auctions sixteen Rhode Island Red chickens to Brazil last Monday and wins four silver loving cups at the Brazil Poultry Club show. Kingman, Indiana’s Smith Poultry Yard shares the $10 prize for the largest number of entries with Henry O Hair of Bainbridge, each with sixteen birds. He also takes top honors for highest scoring pen and male and best pen of Rhode Island Reds.
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P.G. Smith
R. C. Rhode Island
Brazil
Brazil Daily News
Smith’s Poultry Yard
Kingman
Ind
Brazil Poultry Club
Smith
Rhode Island
R. B. Davis
Staunton
Poultry Kingman
Henry O’hair
Bainbridge
Jurors Chosen For February Fireuit Court Panel
The February term jurors for the fireuit court are announced with a grand jury list including Peter Clark Logan and George B Curtis Logan among others and a petit jury featuring Jas Baldwin Troy Geo B Pavey Fulton Geo M Foster Shawnee and more.
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Fireuit Court
Peter Clark
Logan
Donetto
Wabash
Frank Mattox
Shawnee
George B. Curtis
Hughes
Geo. Foxworthy
Cain
Jas
Baldwin
Troy
Geo. B. Pavey
Fulton
Geo. M. Foster
Alvah Wesler
Geo. E. Gardner
Richland
Elmer Strader
Jas Gookins
van Buren
Martino L Krout
Jackson
Robert Summers
Unlucky Thirteen Figuring In Crumley Murder Case
A peculiar note in the Crumley murder proceedings centers on the number 13 with the case starting January 15, 1913 and evidence running thirteen days into the trial. The Iron Hand drama by the Christian Ladies Aid Society will be shown February 14 at Kingman opera house with nine performers and special interludes. Albert Jones reported business in Veedersburg yesterday.
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Crumley
Kingman Opera House
Christian Ladies Aid Society
How to Obtain a Public Library for Kingman
The article outlines two legal paths to establish a public library in Kingman. One: a library tax ordinance by the town board and township advisory board with a levy between five tenths and one mill and a library board appointed by the judge, town board, and trustee, including women. The board controls funds and tax levy. the city council can compel a subscription equal to two tenths of a mill if ordinances fail. The subscription cap and schedule, feasibility, and potential state library cooperation are described, urging community action to improve schools and local life.
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Circuit Court
Kingman
State Library
State Library Commission
Millcreek
Married Seven Times In Matrimonial Tangle At Kingman
Veedersburg man B F Thompson testified in a Fowler divorce case that his former wife had married five men after their separation and that he and the woman were never legally divorced. The court granted a decree of divorce after Thompson described his five marriages and current status.
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B. F. Thompson
Veedersburg
Fowler
Mr. Thompson
van Martin
Martin
Coyington
Hill
Thompson
Kingman
Levi Woody
Dunbar
Culberson
Lawson
Allen
Warren
Elliott
Danville, Il
Berry
Fountain
Warren Democrat
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Atu. B. Church
C. E. Howrey
Arcola, Ill
Woody’s
Albert Jones
Bayles Barker
Millard
Will Cates
Cates Bros
Cates
Howrey & Inlow
Elizabeth S. Flesher
Alice McCauley
Newtown
Miss Della
Ann Philpott
Lizzie C. Simpkins
D. M. Strader
Nettie Strader
Danville
McCord & Millikan
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