Six Appeals Filed Over West Side Sewer Assessment
Six appeals in all are filed concerning the West Side sewer assessment by Elmore Uhl Matt Schneeberger and Louisa Uhl among others. The filing deadline passed midnight with six petitions including objections to invalid proceedings and assessment overcharges. Bonds for costs were posted as attorneys plan to probe the sewer proceedings for graft and expose any grafters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
West Side
Elmore Uhl
Dennis Uhl
Matt Schneeberger
Elmore
Louisa Uhl
Hammontree
Gustav Dreyer
D. D. Dykeman
Rachael Mader
Dreyer
Uhl
Michigan City
Ferrets Used to Lay Cables Attract European Interest
The Lafayete experiment using ferrets to pull underground cables drew letters from London Berlin and Paris and spurred reprints in European journals. J Fessmeyer of Indianapolis authored detailed explanations and German cable experts sought full particulars. The inventor believes the method may revolutionize global cable laying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayete
London
Berlin
France
Indianapolis News
Europe
Central Union Company
J. €. Fessmeyer
Indianapolis
Weekly Band Concert at Riverside Park Delights City
The Logansport Concert Band drew a large crowd at Riverside Park for a weekly performance. The program pleased listeners, and the new band stand is praised though it urgently needs a lid to protect instruments from heavy dews that damage strings during concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Riverside Park
Turtle feast ends with vanished seventeen turtles
George Shaffer invited friends to a turtle soup feast at a Knights of Pythias camp near Georgetown. He displayed seventeen fine turtles and set to kill them, but within ten minutes the turtles vanished into the Wabash river while guests fled in disappointment. Sheriff William Enyart and Race Williamson laugh over a pigeon dinner mishap, while Shaffer hunts the teller who claimed turtles could not flop over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of
George Shaffer
Williamson
Sheriff Enyart
Shaffer
Wabash River
Boys' Secret Society to Convene in Greenfield Indiana
The Coming Men of America will hold its state convention in Greenfield Indiana on September 1 featuring an athletic meet at the fair grounds. Mayor Dr. John Hinchman will give an address of welcome, with responses by William A. Pittinger of Wingate and Otis McKelvi of Los Angeles. The society, founded in 1894 by Joseph H. Hulter, claims 90 000 members in the United States and 350 in Indiana with state officers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coming Men of America
Greenfield
Ind
Fair Grounds
John Hinchman
William A. Pittinger
Wingate
Otis McKelvi
Los Angeles
Cal
Joseph H. Hunter
United States
Indiana
CC. Haskett
Stranghns
Stanley Schredler
Cambridge City
Ross Davis
Fred Camplin
Indianapolis
Bridge Abutment Work Halted on Wabash Outlet
All work on the south branch of the Wabash bridge abutments has stopped to allow the sewer outlet disruption to be resolved. The traction company, under its franchise, will move the sewer to the east, with Chief Engineer Weber supervising in the city. Upon completion, abutment work resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
The
Traction Company
Weber
DeKalb Woman Committed After Love Disappointment
Miss Mabel Kester of DeKalb county was brought to the city by Sheriff and Mrs J W Reed and committed to Longcliff. Her home was Garrett and it is said that disappointment in love caused her insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Kester
DeKalb County
J. W. Reed
Longcliff
Miss Kester
Garrett
Cass Teachers Receive Manual on New Indiana Course of Study
Teachers in Logansport and Cass county receive the State Manual and Uniform Course of Study issued by State Superintendent F. A. Cotton. About twenty thousand copies will be distributed to teachers to guide the use of new textbooks and the approach to teaching life and daily experiences. The spirit of the course emphasizes practical life, flexible adaptation to Indiana conditions, and the teacher’s ongoing pursuit of improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Cass County
F. A. Cotton
Indiana
Daisy Gould Returns From Atlantic City Tour
Mrs. Daisy Gould arrived back today after a visit that included Atlantic City New York Washington and Baltimore detailing a leisure journey through several eastern cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Gould
Atlantic City
New York
Washington
Baltimore
Dottie Ross and Beau Caught After Night Out
Dottie Ross and her companion were found driving a rented rig at 2 a m and jailed after a long night out. They were each fined 15 dollars. Dr J A Reed, Judson Bretburner and Roy Kimener were arrested for petit larceny over a stolen watermelon. Kimener and Bretburner face reform school as they have prior misdeeds and jail time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dottie Ross
Dottie
J. A. Reed
Judson Bretburner
Roy Kimener
Reed
Kimener
Bretburner
Young Bretburner
Porter
East End
Reform School
Gas Well Opens On Orange Peace Farm Near Converse
A 2.5 million gas well was drilled on the Orange Peace farm southeast of Converse. Arrick Brothers report it the strongest well in five years for the area. The contract with O. H. Trook funds gas for his East Converse window glass plant. Four more wells are planned and may keep Trook’s plant running and possibly reopen the Rodefer plant owned by the Roscoe Kimple estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Peace
Converse
Arrick Brothers
H. Trook
East Converse
Gabe Godfrey To Headline Wild West Show Attraction
Chief Gabe Godfrey and his family are recruited to tour with a traveling Wild West show as descendants of Frances Slocum. The deal offers $50 a week for three weeks with potential $200 monthly thereafter, plus transport and a $150 advance. The company plans extensive advertising in the Miama region and Kentucky dates after leaving Boyd Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Hann
Peru
Boyd Park
Gabe Godfrey
Gabe
Kentucky
Frances Slocum
Rose
Geo. Washington
McCracken Resigns As Local Y M C A Secretary
Frank McCracken resigns as secretary of the local branch of the Railroad Y M C A after three years in the post. J N Pendleton of Fort Meade will assume the role September 16 and bring experience from Boston Y M C A work. McCracken will enter Franklin College for studies in Y M C A work. Pendleton is 26 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McCracken
J. N. Pendleton
Frankfort
McCracken
Franklin College
Boston
Cor
Bathing Boys Defy Health Board Over River Water
A group of Hoosier boys plans a forty cent canvas bath house below the Eel River waterworks dam arguing bathing improves water flavor. Health officials remain skeptical noting a new water flavor from bath washings, and forbid bathing above the dam. The boys vow to proceed with their makeshift bath house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Eel River
Judge West Procured for Friday Hearing in Divorce Case
Nick Colandra files for divorce after returning home to find his wife and baby missing. Frank Rance faces a preliminary hearing for shooting Frank Millstead, who alleges Rance was overly familiar with his wife. Judge West, requested by Judge Larry, will preside at Friday’s injunction hearing over the sewer assessment case and potential venue changes are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Colandra
Larry
West
Crawfordsville
Atorneys
Cass County
Washington Street
Colandra
Atoorneys
Walters & Long
Circouit Court
Frank Rance
Frank Millstead
Millstead
Rance
Lockwood Resigns From Winona Assembly Duties
George B. Lockwood ended his duties as assistant secretary of the Winona Assembly and Schools last Saturday and will return to active newspaper work. Since 1902 he led Indiana’s Republican press bureau, but will now assume active management and direct supervision of its operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Lockwood
Winona
Fifty-Five Pound Blue Channel Catfish Caught Near Paris
R W Price and Will Steele of Direct on the Red river hauled a fifty five pound blue channel catfish to town. Reportedly the largest fish drawn from the stream, it was strung by its gills across a pole and passed around for every neighbor to share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Price
Will Steele
Direct
Red River
Paris
Texas
Company K Returns From Indiana Front
After ten days at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis the Company K unit travels home by special car. The soldiers are sun burned and their uniforms show wear yet they remain cheerful and eager for the year to roll around so they may return to the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
National Guard
McCracken in Chicago for Lecture Course Business
Secretary FP E McCracken of the R R M A is in Chicago today on business connected with the upcoming lecture course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FP. E. McCracken
Chicago
Marshall County GOP Chairmanship Case Ends in Hearing
This morning Judge Larry heard arguments in the Marshall County Republican county chairmanship dispute and took the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall County
Larry
Court Park Scrap: Affidavit Filed for Assault
Estie Nicodemus filed an affidavit against Joseph Riehle charging assault and battery. He alleges Riehle struck him multiple times while seated in Court park with several young ladies. Police describe Riehle as a youth prone to trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estie Nicodemus
Joseph Riehle
Nicodemus
Court Park
Riehle
Stove Explosion at Linden Avenue Home
A gasoline stove exploded at Frank Potter’s residence 1200 Linden avenue after ten this morning. Neighbors moved the burning stove outside before the fire department arrived. flames were already out. No property damage or injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Potter
Linden Avenue
Indiana Riders Start Long Motorcycle Trip to Montreal
William Waking and William Clark left Richmond on motorcycles heading to Montreal and back, planning a three week round trip. The journey is likely the longest motorcycle voyage attempted by Indiana riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
William Waking
William Clark
Montreal
Indiana
Ike Tells a Story at Catfish Club Camp
A night photo from Dykeman's springs shows Isaac Oppenheimer, president of the Catfish Club, telling a fish story around the campfire. The Cincinnati Times-Star highlights the club's gathering and portraits its leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Times-Star
Dykeman’s Springs
Isaac Oppenheimer
Ill Daughter Of Clay Township Residents Reported Sick
A little daughter of Mr and Mrs Nobe Thomas of Clay township is quite sick according to the notice from the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nobe Thomas
Clay Township
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Lockwood
Winona Assembly
Company K
Joe Riehle
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