Quiet Title Suit In Jefferson Circuit Court 1915
On July 26 1915 Francis E Cummiskey filed a complaint in Jefferson Circuit Court Madison Indiana to quiet title against numerous defendants including Charles Reed Cleve Johnson Lon Johnson Irene Johnson Ethel Anderson Lewis William Lewis Cyrus W Cummiskey and others. The court orders appearance by October 5 1915 at Madison to answer the complaint with judgment to follow if not appeared. Clerk Edw M Prenatt. Curtis Marshall attorney.
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State of
Indiana
Jefferson County
Jefferson Circuit
Francis E. Cummiskey
John H. Cummiskey
Charles Reed
Cleve Johnson
Lon Johnson
Irene Johnson
Cyrus Cummiskey
Ann M. Reed
George W. Reed
Mary Susan Commiskey
Joseph Commiskey
Rebecca Commiskey
Daniel Baxter
Susan Baxter
Madison
Edw. M. Prenatt
Curtis Marshall
Girl Drowns in Ohio River Near Carrollton
Nancy Darling Ford 15, only child of Waller Ford and the late Nancy Darling Ford, drowned this afternoon while bathing with friends in the Ohio River at Carrollton Kentucky. Father is connected with Ford-Drickell Drug Co. The body has not been recovered.
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Carrollton
Nancy Darling Ford
Waller Ford
Ohio River
Ford-Drickell Drug Co
Italy and Turkey Near Formal War Declaration
War Office reports Italy will join British allies at the Dardanelles after a declared state of war with Turkey. Zeppelins attack Bielestox and Kowel with casualties, while five Zeppelins are seen in the North Sea en route to England.
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Dardanelles
North Sea
England
Athena
Turkey
Italy
Constantinople
Amsterdam
Holland
Naval tensions rise at Vera Cruz amid anti foreign agitation
Gunboat Marietta ordered from Progresso to Vera Cruz after Cmdr McNamee reports growing danger. Navy notes Louisiana and New Hampshire ready to sail. Benson delays action until further word. Guatemala minister and family aboard Sacramento. anti foreign speeches and train disruption reported as situation grows grave. Battleships Louisiana and New Hampshire ordered to Vera Cruz with departure likely before sunset.
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Washington
Marietta
Progresso
Vera Cruz
McNamee
Sacramento
Navy Department
Louisiana
New Hampshire
Benson
United States
Wilson
State Department
Lansing
H. W. Francis
Mexico City
Pastor Declines Fortune of 12 to 15 Million in Sydney Bequest
Ref. William Graham pastor of St Patrick s Church in Pittsburgh declines a bequest estimated at 12 to 15 million dollars from relatives in Sydney Australia and Bolivia. He cites age rheumatism and desire to avoid burden and insists funds go to poor relatives in need. Attorneys in the two locations contacted him for guidance but he refused and advised them to reach the next in line.
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Pittsburgh
William Graham
St. Patrick’s
Sydney
Australia
Bolivia
South America
Father Graham
Mmeana
Attoreneys
Labor Leader Buchanan Presses White House for Meeting
Chicago labor figure Frank Buchanan head of Labor's National Peace Council seeks a White House audience with President Wilson. Secretary Tumulty declines due to press of matters, prompting Buchanan to threaten an open letter to the public. The White House released the full correspondence with Tumulty endorsing Buchanan's right to speak publicly.
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Washington
Frank Buchanan
Chicago
Hae
Wilson
Representative Buchanan
Labor
National Peace Council
Buchanan
United States of America
America
Tumulty
Committee of ‘Labor
White House
Evacuation of Vilna Reported By War Office
Petrograd reports the evacuation of Vilna the capital of Vilna province as Russians retreat toward Kovno Grodno Brest Litovak leaving defenses. Lomaz3 fort held by Germans after night bombardment and Inda cruiser destroyed by a German submarine. Zeppelin raid on east coast injures and kills casualties.
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Vilna
The
War Office
Petrograd
Kovno
Grodno
Brest
Litovak
Berlin
Lomaz3
Narew River
Inda
Hooge
Restfjord
London
England
North Sea
Lord
Mexican and soldiers seize mule full of ammunition
In Brownsville this morning a Mexican was killed during a clash between cavalry near Donna and Mercedes. Soldiers captured a mule that carried ammunition and had been abandoned by retreating Mexicans. The Azoroes recently imported 30,000 tons of American coal.
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Brownsville
Donna
Mercedes
Thes Azoroes
Wilson-Lansing plan for Mexican peace outlined
Washington reports a proposed peace program by the Lansing-Wilson group aims to restore a constitutional government in Mexico. It calls for an immediate armistice, a joint conference of military and civil factions, and a broad arms embargo on nonparticipants. The United States and South American nations would back the government with majority support, with northern Mexico favored if Carranza blocks progress. Partridges are protected in ceremony.
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Washington
New York
Lansing-Wilson
Mexico
United States
Carranza
Three Prisoners Escape From Joliet Penitentiary
Dave Anderson a life convict and honor squad member at Illinois State Penitentiary in Joliet is at large. He is joined by Harry Paterson a Vandalia inmate and C E Barlow of Bloomington who were working on the honor farm at Lockport. Anderson was sentenced to hang for murder but Governor Deneen commuted to life.
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Lockport
Here
Anderson
Michael Callahan
Chicago
Deneen
President Receives Secret Cipher Dispatches
Cornish August 10 reports the President received several long cipher dispatches about Mexican and European situations their contents kept secret and unreadable to the public.
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Cornish
George Fitch Dies After Appendicitis Operation
George Fitch the author of Peoria Illinois died in a Berkeley California sanatorium after failing to rally from an appendicitis operation performed yesterday. He was taken ill Saturday while visiting his sister Miss R Louise Fitch a student at the University of California.
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Berkeley
Cal
George Fitch
Peoria
Illa
Fitch
R. Louise Fitch
University of California
Riley Day Opens Bartholomew County Fair in Columbus
Columbus Indiana August 10 Bartholomew county fair and race meet opened with over 200 entries. Riley Day honored James Whitcomb Riley with a luncheon hosted by Mr and Mrs George W Caldwell. Visitors greeted Riley as schoolchildren welcomed him with cheers.
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Columbus
Ind
Riley
James Whitcomb Riley
Hoosier Post
George W. Caldwell
Maater
Tennessee sails to Haiti with war materiel and 900 officers
Philadelphia report states the cruiser Tennessee departed for Haiti carrying seventy machine guns, extensive wire, telegraph equipment, field instruments, a heliograph, motor trucks, and a large contingent of 900 officers and marines aboard.
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Philadelphia
Tennessee
Haiti
Teninessee
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Kiclestok
Lomza
Zappelin Rads
Asria Boule
Kowel
Poland
Newport
Rhode Island
Peace Council
Wilson-Lansing
Carranza Balke
Ceremany
Honor Farm
Joliet
Allen
California
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Royal
Hd. Meyer
F. W. Pfortner
Jefferson Street
C. A. Stanton's
the Shoeists
Pearl Packing House
Gus Yanker
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