Patton D M Contractor Dies In Lebanon
David M. Patton well known contractor dies at 4 15 am at his home 523 Powell street after a year long illness of catarrh of the stomach He was 61 years old and a Bourbon County Kentucky native Married to Sarah Lofling thirty five years ago he leaves children Walter M Ella Lumpkin Charles V and Nannie Hazelrigg plus a brother John Patton and sister Nannie A Patton Funeral at his residence Saturday at 10 am conducted by Rev C H Carmichael burial in Oak Hill cemetery community notes
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David M. Patton
Powell Street
Bourbon County
Patton
Sarah
Ella Lumpkin
East St Louis
Charles V
East St. Louis
Nannie Hazelrigg
John Patton
Millersburg
Nannie A. Patton
First Presbyterian Church
C. H. Carmichael
Oak Hill Cemetery
All Pull Together and December in Frankfort
The Frankfort Crescent reports merchants and the public pledged over 2500 to a city drive after a council chamber meeting. A committee canvassed for funds and plans to boost trade from October through December with many prizes to be offered.
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Frankfort
Locusts Scarce As Dry Weather Suppresses Swarm
Locusts are unusually silent this year with only a few heard as the season nears its end. No swarms have appeared for years but this year they are scarce, possibly due to extreme dry weather, though that remains uncertain.
Increases in Numbers in Indiana Charities and Corrections
The Indiana Board of State Charities reports 11,000 inmates across 1908 nine‑month period ending June 30. Admissions total 2,392, discharges 1,986, net gain 407. Daily average up 0.047, 259 higher than last year. gains across most institutions except Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, State School for the Deaf and Blind, Indiana School for the Blind, and Indiana Boys' Home.
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Indiana Metin of Charities and Correction
Indiana Board of State
Soldier's Home
Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphans
Soldiers and Sall| Orphans’ Home
State School
The
Deaf and Blind
Indiana Iris’ School
Indiana Boys’ i
Wilder's Brigade Reunion at LaFayette this Friday
The annual Wilder's Brigade reunion opens in LaFayette today with the 72nd soldiers honored. General Wilder, and famed figures James H. Wilson and D. O. Ard, are expected to attend, with county members presenting at the event.
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Iider
La‘ette
Wilder
James H. Wilson
D. 0
Ard
Nd Ind
Twenty Injured in Train Derailment Near San Maroon
A Missouri Kansas Texas power train derailed two miles north of San Maroons yesterday. The engine and tender jumped the ramp and pulled two cars four cars including two chair cars a mail car and a combination car. One Pull-ailed partial text extended.
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Austin
Tex
Farmers ask Gov Hanly to repeal gravel road law
A delegation of farmers from Montgomery Clinton and Boone counties met Governor Hanly at the executive office to request repeal of the 1905 gravel road law as amended in 1907. Spokesmen T. J. Terhune and M. E. Foley argued that taxpayers not directly benefited should not share the cost. They noted Lebanon city opposition and said the rule also taxes city streets.
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Terhune
Plate
Lebanon
Pioneer Citizen Michael Weber Dies Near Royalton
Michael Weber died Wednesday at his home near Royalton. A pioneer resident for over fifty years and the last German pioneer in the area, he was about 81. Survived by two daughters, eight children total, funeral Friday at Salem Church, 10 a.m. He was uncle to County Auditor B. F. Herdrich and a Methodist church member.
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Michael Weber
Royalton
Weber
O. Green
Anna Marsh
Judge Beauchamp Dies Suddenly at Tipton Station
Lebanon and Boone counties mourn Judge Robert Beauchamp of Tipton who collapsed at 6 45 pm at the Tipton interurban station after a day in court. A veteran attorney and judge with a career as teacher and prosecutor, he was 63 and survived by two daughters Mrs Edward Pugh and Mrs Robert Proctor. His wife died a year ago.
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Lebanon
Booner County
Robert Beauchamp
Tipton
Beauchamp
Common Pleas
Hamilton
Howard
Grant
Mason
Pyrthias
Edward Pugh
Robert Proctor
Lebanon Dramatic Club Formed Plans Sept Shows
The Lebanon Dramatic Club organized with twelve members and expected to grow to thirty. Will J. Vance of New York, formerly with the Orpheum Stock Co., oversees training. The group will debut next Friday and Saturday, September 25 and 26, presenting The Rector of St Marks for the benefit of the old cemetery association.
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Lebanon
Dont Burn Leaves Warns of Fire Hazard This Fall
Public notice urges residents to avoid burning fallen leaves amid dry conditions. Mayer Hoy cautions that raking and burning can quickly get out of control, posing a citywide danger during the heavy leaf fall period.
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Leaven
Mayer Hoy
Ordia
Burglar Murders State Prison Official in Indiana Home
Edward Quick, 40, cellhouse keeper at the State prison in Michigan City, Ind., was shot by a burglar in his home at 2 AM. Quick died at 6 AM. The killer fled, neighbors and police searched, with train and town leads as officers pursue him. No description available. The case spurred regional manhunt across Hammond and nearby towns. In Rochester, N Y, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler was nominated for governor by the Democratic party.
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Michigan City
Ind
Edward Quick
State Prison
Quick
Mra. Quick
Wabash County
Hammond
Dropped Dead William Irvin in Indianapolis Court
William Irvin, noted Indianapolis lawyer and former Criminal Court judge, collapsed in Superior Court room 1 while questioning a witness. He died before a physician arrived, with autopsy likely to confirm death cause as heart failure or apoplexy. He was 68, previously served as judge from 1882 to 1888 and as a special judge in 190?. offices at 918 Law Building, residence 3944 North Capitol Avenue.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Irvin
Superior Court
Eugene Buehler
Kevin
Criminal Court
Pritchard
Law Building
North Capitol Avenue
Unconditional Union ticket found among old papers
In a family collection notes an old Civil War era Unconditional Union ticket. Oliver P. Morton leads for governor with Conrad Baker as lieutenant governor, Benjamin Harrison listed for reporter of the Supreme Court, Orth for congress, and county candidates including John M. Gowan, Samuel Wood, Silas A. Lee, John Kenworthy, Francis M. Busby, Henry Hicks, Jacob M. Burns, Thomas J. Cason, and Thomas M. Springer. Also mentioned is a fatal mine explosion near McAlister Oklahoma with four dead and twenty five injured at a nearby powder magazine No 1 blasting site.
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Marion Busby
Tek
Hine - Busby
Civil War Times
Oliver P. Morton
Conrad Baker
Benjamin Harrison
Supreme Court
Godlove ”. Orth
Eighth Judicial Ciicnit
John M. Gowan
Samuel, Wood
Silas A. Lee
John Kenworthy
Francis M. Busby
Henry Hicks
Jnc
Dense Fog Triggers Fatal Crashes and Delays in Chicago
Dense fog across Chicago and surrounding areas halted trains and delayed suburban service. Two laborers were killed and several injured in railroad and streetcar incidents. An interurban car collided with an elevated car on the Oak Park Incline injuring passengers. A peddler was seriously hurt in a wagon collision with a streetcar. An engine and three cars derailed on the Chicago and Northwestern due to an unseen open switch. By noon the fog started to lift as sunlight dispersed it.
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Chicago
Aurora
Oak Park
Gross Park
Chicago & Northwestern
Hicks Forecasts and Snafs End of Dry Spell Claim
Reverend Hicks predicts the present dry period will end within a week using two sun created spots seen as pinhead-sized but allegedly 200000 and 150000 miles across. The spots, first seen Sunday, would remain for days and are explained by the sun's relation to the south magnetic pole.
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Hicks
Special Session Looms Over County Option Debate in Indy
Indiana lawmakers converge on Indianapolis for a special session to decide the county local option bill. Republicans largely favor the measure while Democrats oppose it, with a small group of recalcitrants in each party fueling uncertainty. Key figures include Schroeder Geiss Condo Bowlus Billingsley White Greens Sicks Pian Cravens and Cravens, Cravens’ stance shifts, could trigger a early vote test. The session promises party-line tensions as leaders seek to hold or break caucus unity.
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Indianapolis
Ind
General Assembly
Gat & Wort
Usation
GC. Schroeder
Otrol Geiss
Hounaville
Gus Condo
Marion
John Bowlus
James Billingsley
Charles C. Baltzell
Princeton
White
Burton Greens
Perrysville
Henry Sicks
Lebanon
Temple G
Pian Spencer
Joe Cravelis
Joe Cravens
Grand Hotel
Cravens
Billingsley
Galena
Jim
Ilinois
Erie
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Leba
Lafayette
Gov. Ranly
Peal
T. J. Terhune
Salem Church
Cam
Minneapols
Jour Wee
Esa
Liberty Bailey
Rochester
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanier
New York
New ‘York
Mcalister
Okla
Bomplex ‘Ming No. 1
Temperance
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