Christie Named Deputy Field Collector at Terre Haute
John RK Christie of this city has been appointed deputy field collector at the Terre Haute office of the Internal Revenue Bureau to fill the vacancy caused by Pat Walsh’s death. Christie began his duties Tuesday and is a former Linton police officer known to locals. He resides with his family on Third Street Northeast.
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John RK. Christie
Terre ‘Haute
Internal Revenue Burau
Pat Walsh
Christie
Linton
Third Street
Died at Elnora Mrs Susan Jane Ross
Mrs Susan Jane Ross aged about fifty six died at her home in Elnora yesterday morning at 10 30 cancer was the cause She was wife of Lewis Ross and grandmother of Mrs Perry Cornette of this city Funeral services were held in this city at M J Aikin Son parlors and were later held at the M E church in Elnora Interment at Fairview cemetery
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Susan Jane Ross
Linton
Elnora
Lewis Ross
Perry Cornette
M. J. Aikin & Son
M. E. Church
Fairview Cemetery
Woman leader elected as National Baptist president
Mrs Helen Barrett Montgomery of Rochester New York was elected president of the Northern Baptist convention. She won 939 of 1140 votes as BE. L. Tutsin retired president fell ill. Montgomery has long church service including roles with Missionary Societies and Federation.
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Des Moines
Northern Baptist Convention
Helen Barrett Montgomery
Rochester
N. Y
Indiana Bell seeks major rate hikes in Indianapolis and Anderson
Indianapolis, June 29. Indiana Bell Telephone company asked the public service commission for rate boosts exceeding 50 percent in Indianapolis and Anderson. Proposals include a flat 5 toll for Indianapolis residences, 4 for two party lines, and a business rate of 12 instead of 7. The petitions are part of a statewide set of filings seeking increases where exchanges operate.
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Indianapolis
Anderson
Public Service Commission
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Lady Randolph Churchill Dies in London
Lady Randolph Churchill formerly Jennie Jerome of New York died in London after foot surgery complications from a fall. She married Lord Randolph Churchill, son of the Duke of Marlborough, in 1874. The death was due to heart failure after a hemorrhage, with Winston Spencer Churchill present at the end.
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London
Randolph Churchill
Jennie Jerome
New York
Lord Randloph Churchill
Duke of Marborough
England
Winston
Turman township resident dies after bull attack
Jonathan Turman, 84, a lifelong Turman township resident in Sullivan County Indiana, was gored by an enraged bull on his farm last week. While separating calves he defended himself with a pitchfork, the bull hurled him twenty feet. Grandchildren summoned help as the animal stood over him. he died at home from multiple broken ribs protruding the lungs.
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Sullivan
Ind
Jonathan Turman
Turman Township
Turman
Governor declares martial law in Mingo coal fields
Governor E F Morgan issued a proclamation reaffirming martial law in Mingo county and ordering the assessor to enroll all liable for military duty. He directed the sheriff to draft 130 men or accept 130 volunteers for sixty days to enforce orders, citing ongoing war insurrection and riot. Several arrests were sent to the Supreme Court of Appeals.
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Charleston
W Va
E. F. Morgan
Mingo County
Morgan
Supreme Court of Appeals
German Court Sentences American Sailor to Prison
In Bremen on June 29 J McGowan 57 second officer of the American steamer Deranof was sentenced to thirty months imprisonment for shooting and killing Captain J C Moller of the same vessel last March in Bremen harbor The United States sought extradition but German authorities asserted jurisdiction McGowan testified he had been heckled constantly by Captain Moller during the trial
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Bremen
Germany
J. McGowan
J. C. Moller
United States
McGowan
Moller
Forest Fires Menace Coconino Forest Near Flagstaff
Two large blazes battling across about 2000 acres threaten the Coconino forest near Flagstaff Arizona. Advices received by the district forestry office report the fires plaguing the area as of June 29 in Albuquerque New Mexico.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Coconino Forest
Flagstaff
Ariz
District Forestry Office
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