City council clears warrants and funds with careful budgeting
City council directed the treasurer to pay outstanding warrants with interest, listing several amounts to J R Tyre J H Tyre Homer L Tyre and others. They also ordered payments from the general sinking and electric light funds, set coal contract terms, granted permits for a 16 room residence and a green building, and appropriated funds for various sinking and fund accounts. The body postponed street improvements and notified property owners to trim lawns to control water runoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebunell
Bration
RB. Tyre
George T. Miller
J. H. Tyre
J. R R Tyre
J. R. Tycha
J. R Tyre
Homer L. Tyre
Conneilman Jackson
General Sinking
Electric Light Fund
Bratton
Councilan
Forpy
General Sinking Fund
Public Library
Water Works
Gee
Councilma
City ledger items list names and charges
James Hoy typewriting for city M INCCToo. Heath stamps for cue heer 1.20. Troutman & Chaver black smithing. R. W. Roberts assisting city on Wibie Fass. Long & Davis merchandise 90. A. Hy Felker printing. George Schulemire labor water works. Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Co. coal for water works 44.80 Central Supply Co. merchandise W. H. Kirk labor water works 24.00 J. BE. Terwilleger car fare and water works supplies. Buffalo Meter Co. meter record books Dr. G. A. Schultz damages to buggy caused by negligence of city 1.55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troutman & Chaver
W. H. Kirk
Labor Water Works
J. BE. Terwilleger
Buffalo Meter Co
G. A. Schultz
Elty
Outline Sketch of the New Court House
An outline sketch of the new court house shows a classic dome design. The First National Bank exhibition reveals a large women’s waiting room and a corresponding men’s space, plus a third floor assembly room seating about 358 for farmers institutes and public meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
First
National Bank
Spradling Granted Summer Freedom by Court
Verne Spradling, convicted in circuit court of defrauding in a horse trade, is granted temporary liberty for the summer after Judge Deupree overruled a new trial motion and postponed the arrest of judgment hearing until the fall term. Franklin Star reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spradling
Franklin Star
Verne Spradling
Deupree
Deposition Taken in Prison in Indianapolis Collision
John D. Moore a convict and former Indianapolis streetcar motorman testified after an accident with an automobile on October 28 1908 which caused Mrs Martha Love to lose her tire C B Carpenter Anderson claim agent for the Indiana Union Traction Company conducted the deposition in Michigan City dispatch notes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
C. B. Carpenter
Anderson
Indiana Union Traction Company
John D. Moore
Indianapolis
Moore
Martha Love
Farm Lease Notes May Be Assessed By Board Of Review
Center Township residents are warned to file farm lease notes for taxation to avoid Board of Review action. Notes may receive eight percent discount, open accounts sixteen percent. The town plans a sewer project and questions arise over contract publication and county jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Center Township
Aging man Roeper found dead in Garfield Park dam
In Indianapolis Roeper aged about 70 was found floating at the Garfield Park dam. August Brown of Applegate Way witnessed the body as investigators took charge. He had been in failing health and possibly despondent, missing from his daughter's home for three days. Police had been asked to search for him, and the case is treated as a possible self-harm incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Roeper
Town Street
Garfield Park
August Brown
Applegate L
P. Caeser
Presbytery Deposes Rev William Hunt For Unbecoming Conduct
The Indianapolis Presbytery found the Rev. William F. Hunt guilty of conduct unbecoming a minister in his relations with women. Hunt, former pastor at Elizabethtown and Lebanon, admitted guilt and was deposed from the Presbyterian ministry. A special committee led the probe, with R A Brown prosecuting and a unanimous verdict supporting the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Hunt
Presbyterian Church
Elizabethtown
United Brethren Church of Lebanon
Indianapolis
F. C. Ballard
J. H. Malcom
William Carson
AR. Miles
C. H. Chriman
J. P. Durham
A. J. Johnson
R. A. Brown
Mr. Hunt
Presbytery
Hunt
Nell McPherson
A. J. Matee
Columbus
R. A Brown
Tax board sets assessments for local companies and properties
The board ruled Boone Title & Guaranty Co capital stock excess should be taxed as 1,985 elevating its total assessment to 70. Citizens Electric Light & Power Co of Lebanon listed at 18,634. Omitted property valued at 2,200 charged to Ellen and Ruth Bowen of Zionsville. Five hundred dollars on improvements charged to James M Harmon of Hagel township. Lebanon Heating Cosmeticas improvements placed at 4,800 with personal property valued from 2,040 to 5,125.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone Title & Guaranty Co
Citizens Electric Light & Power
Lebanon
Ellen and
Ruth Bowen
Zionsville
James M. Harmon
Hagle Township
Lebanon Heating Cosmaseas
Attack the Law in Hendricks County TRO Fight
Farmers William L. Franklin and Columbus C. Higgins flee an injunction suit against the Hendricks County Board of Commissioners seeking a temporary restraining order to block contracts for street improvements in Danville under the three mile road range plan. Judge James L. Clark granted the restraining order and set the case for tomorrow morning. The complaint challenges the validity of the three mile road range and claims the proposed improvements are improper and biased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Franklin
Columbus C. Higgins
Center Township
Hendricks County
Board of County Combasioners
Danvile
James L. Clark
Jury fails to reach verdict in Larimore bootlegging case
After a 16 hour sitting the Larimore bootlegging case jurors reported an inability to agree. The vote stood 10 to 2 for conviction and the case will be tried again at the next term. Monticne Sandy and others faced separate civil matters, while a Presbyterians case in Indianapolis led to Hunt's dismissal as a minister after a committee investigation. Hunt, 52, has held charges in Illinois and Indiana and is married with grown children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deliber
Farmers State Bank of Lebanon
Monticne
Sandy
Jonnie BR. Gabriel
Jesse Z. ‘Davin
John M. Hendrix
Steel Wheel Works Secures Major Orders
Harry Fish reports to John H Hoy that he sold two carloads of steel wheels to one firm and near a carload each to two other firms. The orders, described as from the best in the business and for immediate delivery, total about ten thousand dollars for the Steel Wheel Works of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fish
John H. Hoy
Mental case Walter Wright to be taken for treatment
Walter Wright thirty five of Near Sheridan will be sent to the Insane Hospital for treatment after arrangements with Sheriff White. The Noblesville Ledger notes a 3 month prior mental-condition commission recommended removal for care. Though improving, his condition worsened recently and he will be taken Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wright
Sheridan
Marton Wright
Sheriff White
Walter
Noblesville Ledger
Cotier
Two boys hurt in premature Fourth celebration in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on June 29 the toy cannon and cannon cracker, Fourth of July emblems, injured Miles Feeney aged 15 of 48 North Tremont Avenue with mangled hands and Herbert Jordon aged 16 of 721 North Tremont Avenue with a lacerated and burned right hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Miles Feeney
North Tremont Avenue
Herbert Jordon
Woman Freed After 170 Day Frankfort Jail Sentence
Mrs. Sarah Ep, released from Frankfort County Jail after serving 170 days for old mayor's court fines, had previously been allowed to leave with a condition not to return, but she did and was jailed again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Epperson
Frankfort
Habeas Cor Leos
Campbell Smith Ritchie Co adds fourth story to factory
The Campbell Smith Ritchie Co will add a fourth story to its brick factory to boost storage space by about 5 000 square feet, bringing total capacity to roughly 20 000. Construction starts Monday, roof work to begin once the new level is topped, with a later plan for a separate three story building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell, Smith, Ritchie Co
Wrigley ruling upholds law on illegal sale of Tiquars
Judge Wrigley in Columbia City Ind upholds that the passage date of the local option act applied to Sept 26, making James W. Grant’s sales illegal. The decision treats the act as remedial not penal, noting parties had knowledge of the law and that the emergency clause removal did not alter intent. Grant likely plans an appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City
Ind
James W. Grant
Pres Wrigley
Grant
Indians in Line for Local Option at Nez Perce Reservation
Gum shoe politicians seek Indian votes to end liquor trade on Nez Perce reservation southeast of Spokane. Educated Indians led by James Stuart Paul Corbett and Corbett Sawyer, Carlisle graduates, work quietly to persuade elders to help enact local option and join the dry forces. Church leaders reportedly vote with prohibition.
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Spokanh
Wash
Idaho
Spokane
James Stuart
Paul Corbett
Corbett Sawyer
Carlisle
New Perce
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WN General Fund
Hiker Rover
Arteking
James Hoy
City
Heath
Cue Heer
Boone Circuit Court
Christian Roeper Dévius
Lake At Garfield Park
William Hunt
Mant
Belah Remy
Eizabethtown
FO. Ballard
A. R. Miles
R.A. Brown
Bach
Mrs. Sarah Epperson
Aston
Judge Wrigley
Redskins
Washington
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