Women 70 Give Beef Supper Hosts Busy Lodge Season
Minisee council No. 66 hosts a game supper in the Red Men hall with rabbits and other game prepared by the Women. Lodges report busy season with frequent officer elections, including Ravenna lodge No. 2220 Knights & Ladies of Honor and various G. A. R. and L. A. T. B. officers named for the coming year.
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Minisee Council No. 66
Degree of Pocahontas
Wea
Ravenna Lodge
Knights & Ladies of Honor
J. H. Haught
Indianapolis
Peru
Kokomo
Protector
Louis Howe
Elsie Green
Mary Granger
Anna Bryant
J. W. Kramer
Lucinda Pearson
Margaret Clifford
Bertha Parker
Guardian
James Dodrill
Josie Howe
John Klessel
Ella Miner
Spitler Case Postponed To Next Term In Kokomo Court
The Kokomo court granted Earl Spitler a continuance in the assault case against Minnie Shaw until the next term. A new judge and prosecuting attorney will preside then. Spitler’s lawyers sought a change of venue but were denied.
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Kokomo
Earl Spitler
Cass County
Minnie Shaw
Spitler
Merchants urged to observe Christmas Monday holiday
An effort seeks to make the Monday after Christmas a legal holiday for merchants. Banks and saloons would close and stores should follow to give clerks a rest.
Twenty-Third Anniversary of G. N. A. to B. of L. E.
The twenty third anniversary celebration of the G N A to B of L E will be held this evening in the I L O O F hall. The banquet will be served from 6 to 8 followed by music and dancing.
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B. of L. E
Famous fruit grower Ciel famed originator of winter banana apple
David Flory, aged ninety, died at noon at his home five miles east of the city after a lingering illness. A noted horticulturist, he originated the winter banana apple and was a major fruit grower in Indiana. Born 1820 in Montgomery County Ohio, he moved to Cass County as a young man and resided there most of his life. He leaves six sons and was a long time Dunkard church member. Funeral Saturday at 11 from the Dunkard church in Adamsboro, with interment nearby.
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David Flory
Flory
Montgomery County
Emanuel
Will Richardson
North Street
Cass County
Indiana
Dunkard Church
Henry
Minneapolis
Tipton School Fire Trap Unsafe Windows to be Replaced
Health board reviews Tipton on Sixteenth Street finding first floor windows blocked by one inch mesh wire netting. Exits could be cut off in a fire forcing difficult escape. Sanitation issues noted toilets unsanitary grounds dirty and open water pails to be replaced with sanitary fountains. Basement serves furnace storage. rooms sized 30 by 26 by 12 feet not overcrowded.
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Tipton
Sixteenth Street
Board of Health
Charles Miller
Emmons Replies to Indiana Railroad Commission
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction general manager C D Emmons replies to the Indiana Railroad Commission report on the Kingsland accident. He notes vast passenger totals with no fatalities and argues for practical limits on staffing and training rules for motormen and conductors. He discusses experience requirements, baggage duties, and interurban operating constraints.
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Wabash Valley Traction Company
Indiana Railroad
Fort Wayne
Ind
Railroad Commission of Indiana
Indianapolis
The
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company
Beg ‘Uo
Kingsland
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern
Indianapolis & Cincinnati
Indiana Union Traction Company
Arthur W. Brady
Judge Wood
Railroad Commis
Show Your Ticket Warns Passengers Before Boarding Trains
Michael Burke, a Wabash ticket agent, urges passengers to show tickets or state destination before boarding. Brakemen should enforce this, but negligence leads to passengers being carried to the wrong destination.
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Michael Burke
Wabash
Milligan Named Deputy Warden at Michigan City Prison
Dr. J W Milligan, formerly a city resident, appointed deputy warden of the Michigan City prison where he has served as physician. He succeeds Ward A Garner.
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J. W. Milligan
Michigan City
Ward A. Garner
Republicans Balk at Repeal Changes In Indiana Liquor Policy
Indiana Republicans meet to discuss the policy agenda and oppose drastic measures to repeal local option laws. They plan to oppose changes proposed by Democrats and unite against politically motivated liquor reforms while supporting selective voter registration improvements.
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Indianapolis
Ind
House
Senate
Edwin M. Lee
Furnas
Halleck
Rensselaer
Missing Civil War Veteran Sought After Altercation
William Powers a slightly demented Civil War veteran disappeared from his son in law W H Green’s home on Twenty Street after Green filed an assault and battery affidavit. Powers has ties to Indianapolis and Kokomo and may be sent to Marion Soldiers Home if found, or Longcliff if that fails.
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William Powers
Powers
W. H. Green
Twentieth Street
Joseph Carson
Indianapolis
Green
Kokomo
Marion
Longcliff
Beveridge Seeks Pension for Local Captain Bender
Senator Albert J. Beveridge introduced a senate bill to pension Captain David S. Bender of this city. Bender served in the Spanish American and Civil wars and was recently struck by a train, leaving him unable to work full time.
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Albert J. Beveridge
Senate
David S. Bender
Bender
Committee reports after inspections of homes in Lafayette
The legislative committee that inspected Longcliff on the Monday after Thanksgiving visited the Soldiers Home and Purdue University in Lafayette. The panel plans to report to Governor Marshall on December 29.
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Longcliff
Lafayette
Purdue University
Marshall
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