Real Estate Transfers in Fountain County Last Week
A summary list of Fountain County real estate transfers filed for record from O S Douglas to various buyers. Transactions include Kingman, Attica, Hillsboro, Sterling, Veedersburg, Newtown, and Covington properties with amounts ranging from $1.00 to $7500.00. Notable entries include Newtown M E Church transferring to W V Stanfield for $7500 and several parcels in Veedersburg and Attica neighborhoods.
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Fountain County
Covington, Ind
Fountain Co
O. S. Douglas
Coyington
Ind
Drunkenness Up in State Courts as 1909 Figures Rise
State statistician John L. Peetz reports 10 619 drunkenness cases in city and police courts for 1909, up from 10 551 the year before. White offenses declined while increases occurred among colored defendants. saloons shuttered by county options laws likely influenced results. Total city court cases dropped to 27 169, down 3 780 from the prior year.
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John L. Peetz
Royal Tailoring Seeks Fall Garments at Ephlin’s
Lead items note J. d. Ephlin accepting measure drops for Royal Tailoring. New stock arrives with 500 samples of pure wool garments. Several local residents including Evert Kiger and East Veedersburg visitors tied to related news. Legal suits mentioned as pending action nears resolution with both sides seeking settlement.
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J. H. Ephlin
Fountain Co U S Convention at Hillsboro M E Church
The County Sunday School convention meets at Hillsboro M E Church on Oct 10 and 11 with a program including addresses by G N Burnie and Mrs E C Dodson, talks by Geo N Burnie and Mrs Herbert Campbell, sessions led by Mrs Lida Wingate, and music by Hillsboro schools under I L McKnight and C E McClure.
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Hillsboro M. E
G. N. Burnie
E. C. Dodson
Geo. N. Burnie
Herbert Campbell
Lida Wingate
Geo N. Burnie
First Citizen
O. W. McGaughey
Hillsboro
I. L. McKnight
C.E McClure
Sec-Treas
History of Council Grove Minute Men and horse theft crime fighting
History of the Council Grove Minute Men noted as an early Indiana horse thief detective group formed by pioneers in Fountain Tippecanoe Vermillion Warren and Montgomery counties. The article links the town name to the organization’s crime interdiction work. Mentions Myer & Dillon buys hides and local visits by Robt. Campbell, M. F. Ewbank group, and Fulton township trustee Joe Starker.
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Council Grove
Minute Men
Fairview News Highlights Local Visits and Births
Fairview community notes Mr and Mrs Fload Hicks and Master Winfield visited Harvey Swaim family. Rev Kelsey preached his first sermon of the year. Isaac Harvey’s death shock reached relatives. Wm Bowsher entertained many families. Gerald J N Bowsher born Sept 30. School progress under Clifford Hadley. Mrs George Demotte ill with typhoid. W R C ladies hosted a social with refreshments. Next meetings set for Oct 8 and Oct 19 inspection day.
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Mrs. Fload Hicks
Master Winfield
Harvey Swaim
Family
Wm. Bowsher
Fred Hayworth
Wm. Sherrill
Mort Goddard
Branson Demotte
Charley DeBaun
Ros. Garrad
Grant Goddard
Charley Causey
Grace Hunt
Alta Goddard
Stone Bluff
Jennie Gillum
Amanda Wilkey
Bertha
Laura Gillum
Cannan
Elsie Marks
Fairview
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Claude B. Philpott
Alexander Bldg
Kingman
James A. Copeland
Alexander
RES
J. T. Redman
Bak of
Kingma
C. M. Spencer
Undertaker
Hingman
Indiana
A. L. Ratcliff
Kingman Bank
DR. F. $. Cuthbert
Sergeon
Kingman Hotel
Adam Bonebrake
Moore’s
Kingaaan
INE
Col. W. D. Mendenhall
R.F. D. NO
Col
Claude Madden
Danville
Harmon A
Illinois
T. M. Jackson
Jos
Wm. Coats & Wf
Dix & Wf
G.V W. Clem & Wf
Sarah M. Boyd & Husb
A. Wabash
Attica L.& I. Co
Laura M. Arnold
Prospect
Attica
John W. Shade
W. Murdock
F. M. Templeton & Wf
Chris Brant
Alfred Wilson & Wf
Cain
Emily Longley
Mattie Pyatt
S. W. Waterman & Wf
John A. Clark
A. Fulton
Newtown
M. E. Church
W V. Stanfield
Alvah Sumner Et
Alto
Fannie Hershberger
Veedersburg
F.E Maris
John E. Maris
A. Millcreek
Malinda Mead & Husb
Wm. I. Mead
A. Troy
Malinda Mead & Hush
Dora V. Clark
Alva A. Mead
John Tamlyn
A. B. Grimes
T. H
Willard Thompson
Myrtle
Leona Hall
H. G
Vances
Covington
Opera House
The
Pioneer Drug Store
Evert Kiger
Winthrop
Elvin Light
W. A. Anglemyer
Will and
Atwell Shell
Longview
Ill
J. d. Ephlin
W.E. Gray
Jas. Bonebrake
M. E. Howrey
Elwood Sowers
C.E. Peland
Vern Barker
Alford Bryant
Wm. Thompson
Ebb Youngblood
A. H. Lindley
Thos. R. Ratcliff
Covington & Southwestern Ry
U. S
Myer & Dillon
Robt. Campbell
Cates
M.F. Ewbank
Hershal
Layton Ewbank
J. H. Eoblin
Geniel
Joe Starker
Fulton Township
Joe
Fulton
H. P. McCrary
Hepler Hardware Co
Kelsey
Grace Swaim
Isaac Harvey
John Beans
Marion Gilkerson
Elmer Garrard
Gerald
J. N. Bowsher
John Huxford Sr
Iowa
Nebraska
Fred Todd
Dana
Mrs
Esbon Farnet
Ruby Goddard
Charlotte Armstrong
Golda Todd
Mary Hayworth
Thomp Hobson’s
Clifford Hadley
George Demotte
Florence
Inlow Bros
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