Indiana furniture dealers discuss installment jumpers
Thorn senior Indiana retailer leader LaFollette retires as president of the organization. In his remarks he notes shifts in the trade, urges stronger action against traveling “jumpers” who switch towns for credit. He cites a Terre Haute case and urges tighter member lists and broader support for traveling salesmen.
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Indiana
Terre Haute
Hill
Rniture Dealers’ Association
Mr. Lafollette
Lafollette
Settlement talks near in Rho estate case in Indianapolis
Circuit Court eyed a settlement decree this week after four or more publicity aimed parties agreed to a pro settlement plan. Indianapolis beneficiaries including charity groups subscribed to the agreement setting aside definite shares for all interested heirs and institutions. The plan awaits Friday’s deadline and court endorsement, with names like Rhodius and connected heirs noted.
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Rey
George Rhoade
Ing
Iby Circuit Court
Chariions
Indianapolis
Nursery Society
Wing
Executors Named In Estate Settlement Plan At Marion County
In litigation over the Rhodius estate the realty is valued higher than appraisals and could exceed 450000. John W. Claypool becomes executor, to convert property to cash under probate oversight and settle within six months. The Board of Park Commissioners would get about 200000 Elma Dare 100000 with attorney fees paid from that, others receive reduced shares and heirs share 230000 among themselves.
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Ers
John W. Claypool
Rhodius
Marion County Probate Court
Board of Park Commissioners
Elma Dare
Joseph Hmminger
Werner Amter
Margaret Roesch
Darlington Wedding Unites Miss Helena Johnston and L J Freeman
Helena Johnston sister of Mrs Kersey marries L J Freeman of Waynetown in Darlington Tuesday evening June 27. About 100 guests attended the decor filled home ceremony with Milford minister Rev H Randall Lookabul officiating. The couple plan to reside on the Freeman farm near Waynetown.
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S. G. Kersey
Darlington
Helena Johnston
Kersey
L. J. Clifford Freeman
Waynetown
Edith Paddock
Lucy Mc
Wabash College
Sradetc
Crawfordsville High School
Freeman Farm
Battle Ground Camp Meeting Opens Thirty-Seventh Year
The Battle Ground camp meeting begins August 5 and ends August 21. Grounds are in excellent shape with new cottages and refreshed older ones. A water works and sewer system contract will raise sanitation and convenience. A modern hotel kitchen was added last year and the tabernacle remodeled into a larger auditor ium. The management aims to keep the religious fervor while making the meeting a strong school of religion.
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Battle Ground Camp Meeting
Death of merchant Matthew J. Wagle at New Augusta
Matthew J. Wagle 68 a merchant and prominent New Augusta resident died yesterday. A pioneer of New Augusta he was active in Democratic circles beyond his business roles. Funeral arrangements will be held tomorrow.
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Matthew J. Wagle
New Anglwns
Largest First Holy Communion class in St. Joseph’s history
Next Sunday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church a 95 member First Communion class will be celebrated, the largest in the church’s history. A procession from the parsonage will feature altar boys in colored cassocks, girls in white with floral cross and ribbon-bearers, followed by the class with prayer books and candlelight. Father Connell will preach a special sermon as the 9:30 a.m. services begin. Participants include James Holan, Edmund Ryan, Harold Shahan, Paul Guilion, and others among the 95 students. girls listed include Mary Honan, Regina Merica, Margaret Clauser, and more.
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St. Joseph's Catholic Church
First Communion
Father Connelly
James Holan
Edmund Ryan
Harold Shahan
Paul Guilion
Pauli McCarthy
Herman Thrine
John Moran
Kenneth Hedrick
John King
John Sheridan
Vincent Farrell
Lawrence Honan
Philip Endres
Leo Endres
George Wetherington
Thomas Murtaugh
Herbert Schuck
Raymond Fitzgerald
Leo Fitzgerald
Hugene Fitzgerald
John Fitzgerald
Edward Fitzgerald
Mary Honan
Regina Merica
Margaret Clauser
Blanche Sheridan
Agnes King
Esther McGuire
Marie Moran
Yollie Honan
Agnes Wetherington
Nora Lenehan
Catharine Grimes
Hon. Samuel M. Ralston for Indiana Governor
A Patricksburg resident lauds Samuel M. Ralston of Lebanon as a well qualified governor candidate. He argues the press shapes public sentiment and urges teachers to promote a pure moral candidate to combat greed and intemperance.
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W. R. Williams
Patricksburg
Indianapolis Star
Indiana
Samuel M. Ralston
Lebanon
Tadiana
Hoya
Ralston Endorsed as a Harmonizing Leader for Democracy
The passage extols Ralston as a man of education and experience who can unite labor and capital on a path toward prosperity. It praises his fairness to the temperance cause, support for personal liberty, and commitment to just, kind dealings with all groups. The narrator argues his candidacy would secure another Democratic victory.
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Ralaton
Ralston
Married Last Night Eva Curtis and Grover RomineWed
Miss Eva Curtis wed Grover Romine at her parents home 417 West Chicago Street in a pink and white decor. Rev M Hi Appleby officiated before about fifty relatives and friends, with a $50 check among the gifts. The couple will reside in Am enta North Dakota in about three weeks after the ceremony. Out of town guests included William Romine and daughter Okie of Atwood Indiana Hazel Randolph of Tuscola Illinois W A Reynolds and son Marion of Whitestown Miss Rena Woods of Wichita Kansas and Miss Bessie Maze of Peabody Kansas.
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Wallace Curtis
Chicago Street
Eva Curtis
Grover Romine
M. Hi. Appleby
Romine
Amenta
North Dakota
William Romine
Okie, l of
Atwood
Some Swine Statistics From 1910 Census Data
The 1910 swine total reached 3,613,906 with 1,906,268 hogs born before 1910 valued at $20,423,000 and an average of $18.70. Spring pigs numbered 1,707,648 at $1.90 average. Sheep and lambs totaled 1,336,967, with 742,576 mature before 1910 worth $4,490,000 at $5.90. Rams and wethers were 69,351 at $26.20. spring lambs 624,540 at $2.10. spring lambs were 70.6% of ewes.
Barn Fire Destroys Property on Green Street
A New Ross special reports Mr Flora Hamilton’s barn on Green Street burned Wednesday at six to seven am. It was an old structure, soon a mass of flames. one of Jack Burk’s horses perished, two others saved with one badly burned. Cause unavailable. Not covered by his trance.
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Ross
Flora Hamilton
Jack Burk
Green Street
TAKE THE VOWS Courthand Matéon Purtlebaugh and Miss Zora Bila Mitchell
Courthand Matéon Purtlebaugh and Miss Zora Bila Mitchell wed this morning at Squire Perrin's office with Squire officiating. Purtlebaugh works as a stock keeper for the Indianapolis and Southern Railway Company. The brides is daughter of W. S. Mitchell of Throntown. couple will reside in Indianapolis.
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Matéon Purtlebaugh
Zora Bila Mitchell
Lebanon Heating Co faces possible sale amid debt woes
Stockholders of the Lebanon Heating Co convene to resolve debts due July 1 and potential receivership. Citizens Electric Light & Power Co reportedly offered about 370,000 to buy the plant, aiming to consolidate heat and light operations with steam for winter. An Indianapolis firm may also bid. A pivotal afternoon meeting will weigh offers as family and court disputes involving Mrs. Martha Helm Paul Helm and Fred Bechtell unfold.
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Lebanon Heating Co
Martha Helm
Paul Helm
Fred Bechtell
Citizens Electric Light & Power Co
Indianapolis
Held June Tea by Presbyterian Missionary Society
The Presbyterian Missionary Society held its June tea at Mrs. Alice Campbell's home on South Meridian. Dr. Mary Van Nuys led devotions on the Nation's Duty to the Alaskans, noting restrictions on land and professional licenses for Alaskans. Members shared missionary news, Sheldon Jackson biography, a solo by Miss Harriett Gabriel, and a leaflet reading. One new member, Miss Helen Caldwell, was welcomed. refreshments were served.
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Soafety
Alice Campbell
South Meridian Street
Mary van Nuys
Julia Highland
Sheldon Jackson
Harriett Gabriel
Miles ‘May Shannon
Helen Caldwell
City Farmers Seek Knowledge From Science In Agriculture
An editorial notes city men turning to farming pursue science as essential to success. They write for answers on alfalfa dairying and drainage, comparing farming to other businesses. If all farmers shared this mindset, agricultural progress would accelerate notably.
Anderson and Summers Tie The Knot In Lebanon
Last night at the Central Christian church parsonage the Rev. L. E. Brown officiated the marriage of David Ervin Anderson and Miss Fern Summers. The wedding was a surprise to relatives and friends. Summers traveled with her mother Ida Summers from Nettleton and Holt, Missouri, via Netleton, to Holt, then Lebanon, arriving yesterday. Mrs Summers learned of the marriage by telegram today. The couple are described as worthy young people awaiting best wishes from many friends.
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Central Christian Church Parsonage
L. E. Brown
David Ervin Anderson J
Fern Summers
Ida Summers
Nettleton
Holt
President Taft to Speak at Marion Soldiers Home
President Taft will address the public at Marion Soldiers’ Home grounds on Monday July 3 at 3 20 pm. The outdoor speech will be from a stand under trees with space for 40 50 thousand spectators and the event is led by Cal Geo W Steele governor of the Nation Home. Attendees may tour one of the nation’s largest veterans facilities including a hospital chapel and amusement hall set amid lawns and woodlands.
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Howe
Stounds
Taft
Marion
Boston
Indiana
Indianapolis
Indiana Newsapera
Cal. Geo. W. Steele
Mation Home
Wee
Wheat Special to Run on Aug 21 Between Indianapolis and Kankakee
The Big Four plans a wheat improvement special over the Chicago division on August 21. Arrangements are not complete but the train is practically assured to run. It will operate between Indianapolis and Kankakee led by Purdue University agricultural department. Details of schedule and programs will be announced later. The aim is to encourage wheat growing and provide expert information to farmers.
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Big Four
Chicago
Indlianapolie
Kankakee
Agricultural Department of
Purdue University
Bandits Rob Train in Oregon Took Registered Mail in Heist
In Glendale Oregon two bandits derailed northbound Southern Pacific No. 16 at West Fork Cow Creek canyon. They blew open the mail car safe and seized registered pouches but failed to enter the express car. Messenger Robb resisted threats and dynamite, aiding their escape with an uncertain haul as posse hunts the robbers.
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Glendale
Ore
West Fork
Cow Creek Canyon
Southern Pacific
Seattle
Mint
San Francisco
Robb
I Ts
Southern Oregon Post Office
Hugene
Posses
Cross Complaint In Herod Divorce Case
Herod files cross complaint in divorce action against Ode Herod alleging abandonment in September 1908 while living in Denver. He claims she earned money from him and used obscene names, accused him of infidelity, neglected household duties, and consorted with men and women of questionable reputation at skating rinks and public dance pavilions.
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Ode Herod
Wisle Herod
Denver
Colorado
Pasteur Fund Supports Rabies Treatment Funds Reach Target
The State Board of Health says the Pas teur treatment fund for rabies victims has surpassed the required 2000 mark and is now about 2100 after a 521 contribution from Albert Sabm, Marion county auditor. The board has denied further treatments under the set amount while funds come from the surplus dog tax share to the state.
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State Board of Health
Albert Sabm
Marion County
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