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Madison May 6 1918 county clerk Edw M Prenatt moves his family from Monroe township to St. vast Main street Mrs Michael Kitel and Mrs Caroline Fritsche visit from Dubuque Iowa to be with their mother Magdalena Huck who is gravely ill Joe McKinney of the Sonoma crew drowned near Kentucky and burial set for Springdale Cemetery Sheriff McKay notes clean jails while John Kuhlman of Carrollton Ky loses most sight in an accident in Carrollton and is treated in Madison’s King’s Daughters Hospital
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Edw
M Prenatt
Monroe Township
St Vast Main Street
Michael Kitel
Caroline Fritsche
Foubuque
Magdalena Huck
Huck
James Brooks
Connelly
North Broadway
Brooks
Joe McKinney
Madison
Sonoma
Kentucky
White Cove
Springdale
McKay
Jur
Indiana Employers' Liability Act Upheld in Supreme Court
Washington May constitutional ruling supports Indiana employers liability law in Hackett v Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad. Haynes J Hackett, a Monon yard switchman, awarded over 30000 dollars for loss of both legs due to negligence by the yard foreman.
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Washington
May
Indiana
Supreme Court
Haynes J. Hackett
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad Company
Hackett
Monon
Ind
Death of Miss Susan Lanham Missouri LA Illinois
Telegram informs Levi Danner of Susan Lanham's death aged about 60. She was a former county resident, died in Chicago Illinois. Funeral from John Lanham's 5344 West Adams Street Chicago Tuesday. She was a Christian Church member with surviving siblings including Ed ward Lanham and John Lanham and a mother Mrs Martha Lanham in Parsons Kansas.
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Levi Danner
Madison
Ind
Sced
Lanham
Susan
John Lanham
W. Adama St
Chicago
Fannie Lanham
Susan Sanham
Edward Lanham
Brooksburg
County liquor license hearing fills session with questions
The county commissioners heard wide questions on both retail and wholesale liquor license applications. By midday the board had questioned applicants with county attorney Leland directing the inquiry and each applicant represented by counsel. Two character witnesses for each dealer faced close examination.
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Counety
Leland
Deater
Jail Visitors Free in Odd Prison Break Attempt
A group of three visitors entered a jail with one prisoner, a woman, doing kitchen work. They explored as the jail doors stood open, attempted to exit by climbing, and were foiled when the door was locked and a jailer opened it from inside.
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Plang
Doctor asserts elderly workers best for national uplift
Dr Harvey Wiley contends in Washington that men and women aged 60 and over are the real benefactors and workers for humanity. He opposes the idea that youth alone serves the nation and says maximum efficiency comes later in life with good nutrition, heredity, and environment.
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Washington
Harvey W. Wilery
Washington Secular League
Wiley
Indiana Delegation Backs Free Wool Tariff Vote
Washington May 5 The Indiana delegation unanimously voted for free wool when the schedule passed in the house Saturday night. Representatives Adair Barnhart and Cline backed a 15 percent tariff to the Democratic caucus and supported the measure with their colleagues.
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Washington
Indiana
House
Adair
Barnhart
Cline
Death of George I Storm Former Jefferson County Resident
The Weatherford Democrat obituary for George I Storm includes his birth in 1836 in Canaan Jefferson County, Civil War service, migration to Nebraska and Oklahoma, marriage to Phoebe A Slo cum, and five children. Survived by widow, sister Susie Leechard, brothers Jepthia and Joda Storms, with burial in Clinton Oklahoma. Storm described as patriotic and generous who loved the frontier and family.
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J. M. Loemaree
Auburn
Nebraska
The
Herald
George I. Storm
Jefferson County
Txe
Jeptha W. Storm
Canaan
George S. Storm
Weatherford
Okla
Storm
Geo. I. Storm
Indiana
USS. Army
Korn
Nemaha County
Neb
Phoebe A. Slocum
Adamo Courtney
Custerity
S. J. Storm
Minnie L. Randol
Zor Davidson
Clineton
Oklabema
Hay
Lincoln
Susie Leechard
Susie Leechard of ‘Vprinidad
Colo
Jota €. Storms
Caster
Jepthia Woostormas
Madison
Ee Fost
U. Ss. Sereviesgh
Samuel
Anderesotville
Sundly Henry
Custer County
George
Tes
Oklahoma
Clinton
Real estate transfers in Dupont and Hanover townships
William M. O Neel and wife deed property in Dupont to Clarence L. Steadman for 200 dollars. Clayton M. Marble and wife sell 14 100 acres in Hanover township to Henry C. Montgomery for 2300 dollars. A pithy comment aside about business mistakes ends with a grocery tie in for Austin Bag Buckwheat now available at grocers.
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William M. O’neel
Clarence L. Steadman
Dupont
Clayton M. Marble
Henry C. Montgomery
Hanover Township
Indianapolis 1913 G A R Encampment Program and Auxiliaries
Schedule for May 21 to 23 1913 in Indianapolis detailing arrival and reception of G A R W R C and Ladies Auxiliary members. Includes flag presentation at schools, public receptions, speeches by Governor Morrell and other officers, concerts by school bands, and campfire and parades at Tomlinson Hall Second Presbyterian church and Denison Hotel with open houses at various posts and camps.
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W.R.C
G. A.R
Department of Indiana
Shortridge
Federal Building
Newsboys
Denison
Department of Indiana W. R.C
Shortridge High School
First Baptist Church
DD. N. Foster
Ft. Wayne
Rey
Shank
Munsic
Samuel MoRalston
Girand Army Quartette
Logansport
Alfred B. Beera
ALR
Ralph M. Grant
So of
Mra
Belle WL Eoblin
Wo Roc
Daughters of Veterans
Winona
Detwert
Greensburg
A. Sommers
Masonic Temple
Ilinoia
North Streets
Y. W. C. A. Hall
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Division
P. Hall
Ohio Street
Sons of Veterans
Second Presbyterian Church
Vermont Streets
Tomlinson Hall
Wilbur E. Gorsuch
Il. R. Stormont
Denison Hotel
Ben Harrison
Ladies’ Auxiliary
GA. Rk
S. of V
Loyal Legion
S.of V
SQUANDERED Career of a Remarkable Spendthrift
Arthur Collinge of Danville Indiana rose from a hard worker to heir to an $80 000 estate and lived as a prince for about a year spending lavishly on clothing friends and strangers before losing it all and returning to labor. He died blind leaving a widow and four children.
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Danville
Ind
Arthur Collinge
Art Collins
Chicago
Art
Collings
Bodies Still Missing From Sunken Sonoma Sailship
The latest reports say the bodies of Mrs. Frank Kidwell and an infant child remain unrecovered, believed to be in Mrs. Kidwell's stateroom. Captain Webster announced raising operations would begin within days to recover the missing remains. Francia Landey Patton resigns after 32 years as head of Princeton Theological Seminary following Woodrow Wilson's predecessor tenure.
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Sonoma
Frank Kidwell
Capt. Webster
Marietta
Crawford
Mre. Kidwell
Webster
Francia Landey Patton
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Princeton Theological Seminary
Astor Estate Appraisers Value Titanic Heirloom At Time
New York May 2 The appraisers for the estate of John Jacob Astor placed Titanic era fortunes at par values noting a total poten tial of about 7.2968 million dollars while the estate’s final division showed Vincent Astor received 65.5 million Mrs Madeline Force Astor 1.6057 million Ava Willing Astor 787 397 and Muriel Astor 3 million The elder Mrs Astor led high society but the young Ava Willing Astor faces limited means to sustain her social position given the estate’s projected value.
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John Jacob Astor
Bera Deai
New York
Wisi
Apuil
Tate
Cassle
Ife
Vincent Astor
Madeline Force Astor
Ava Willing Astor
Muriel
Vincent
Wm. Astor
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