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Newspaper
Knightstown Journal
Location
Knightstown, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1905
Page
1
The Home hosts its sixteenth annual commencement with Lieutenant Governor Hugh T Miller delivering the close address at Lincoln chapel. Alumni and friends arrive. events include underclass exercises planting ceremony music recital and Tom Thumb Wedding show. Alumni banquet closes commencement week.
Elizabeth Elm Hayes born near Dalreith in history county December 8 1806 married to John W Crum in Coffeyville Kansas in 1905. She died June 12 1905 after two years of illness leaving husband three sons Paul Fred Battie Lowell Vernie and Julian with extended family and many friends.
Reverend Conner gave a memorial address in Greenfield for the Odd Fellows. Charlouesville and Knights of Pythiae held services drawing large crowds. Alhambra hosts exercises with speeches by Union B. Hoot and Pow ell. J Russell Powell and Charles Wright sang. Home band performed. Procession to cemetery included eight companies from Noblesville, Indianapolis, Greenfield, Wilkinson, New Castle, Hagerstown and Cambridge City with bands aboard special cars. Ritual services were at Glenvore.
Mis Irene Burt of Spiceland visited Sunday with her cousin Cora Burt. Will Butler of Newcastle and Harry Wike of Spiceland were among callers. Maude Buria, wife of the postmaster, 16 befieting in the post umes. Jennie A. Prac entertained at dinner at Sunny Bank with Mr and Mrs Ka T White and Mrs Jemi teah White of Chicago.
Cambrider City council orders prosecution of missing treasurer Dan Petre but faces entry barriers. Mises Tarrhee sues Carl Hoop Company in Newcastle for damages from on the job injuries. Keeey Mell seeks funds for plant improvements with no money available. Pucthermorn bonds reach limit as debt deepens. water and electric utilities split on consolidation versus private sale. Republicans blame Democratic mismanagement. Democrats blame Republicans. Spiceland post office and four general stores robbed Friday night netting about 50 dollars plus 12 dollars in cash and stamps.
At Friday council session routine sewer and grading work on Franklin and Warrick streets was approved with claims totaling 198 832. Harriett Harold and Charles R Butler announce their June 28 wedding at the Harold residence. Knightstown Telephone installs a new $600 apparatus to improve lightning protection and connection timing.
A meeting of Methodist ministers was held at the church today to support the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis. Rev. Daisy Barr will preach at the Friends church in Rayville Friday and Saturday at 7 30 o clock and Sunday at 10 30. Rev. Fred K. Smith of Spencer will preach Sunday evening.
A satirical verse explores a chef’s rooster soup and identity jests. The speaker muses on birth and pride while imagining diners judging the dish and the fowl’s lineage amid a playful critique of tradition.
A humorous vignette from St. Louis Post-Dispatch recounts actor Joseph Jefferson and General Sherman sharing a moment when Jefferson drops a manuscript page. Sherman retrieves the paper, and Jefferson thanks him for returning the opening pages of his autobiography, noting the value of papers carried loosely.
A crowded street corner scene ends with two women saying goodbye and a conductor urging movement. One woman whispers a secret to the other about a postal delivery due in the morning, asking secrecy as the car moves on.
Ubicage Tribune notes Cutten Jorgins bragging about his wife’s cookery and control as a hypenotist, claiming he will eat anything she makes, regardless of its merit.
A fragment from the Catholic Standard and Times shows Edith declaring indifference to a suitor as long as he is rich and handsome and kind, while Mamma questions her lack of care and concern.
A fragment from the Allwaukes Sentinel shows a humorous misquote about room size, a kitchen and dining area, and condensed milk, reflecting lighthearted local chatter in a 19th century style.
A fragmentary New York Press item hints at a playful confrontation between two speakers. The dialogue touches on disagreement and a humorous claim of spending the night arguing, reflecting a lighthearted newspaper snippet without full context.
Perclival Risk died yesterday at age fifty three after long illness on routes serving the community. He leaves a wife two sons a daughter and three brothers Charles John and William. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 30 pm with interment at Encore. Friends may view today and tomorrow morning from nine until noon.
The Rev. Aaron Worth of Pors land, a longstanding Prohibition candidate for governor, was seriously assaulted Monday night at Victory church near Noble v je after a revival service. He was struck, sustained injuries, and carried from the scene while a driver waited. Worth’s public profile as a Prohibition advocate remains noted in the local press.
In an Indianapolis case led by Judge Samer Leatiere, a ruling limited cigarette manufacture and distribution. The decision cites a state act with implications for dealers and makers, noting the impact on cigarette origin claims and authenticated testing. The text references the We W. Lowry case and indicates higher court review may follow, with emphasis on local law and potential broader effects.
Fragments indicate cloudy tonight with lingering showers Wednesday. Weak odds of scattered rain later. temperatures expected to dip slightly with damp air and light winds across the region.
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