Water raises loom as city council debates concrete walk
At Monday’s council meeting a concrete walk on Sixth Street east of the South School was approved to ease crossing for students amid rising traffic. The water ordinance may be amended to raise rates. meters may be bought, but money limits delay action.
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Chicago
Marshall
Sixth Street
Walnut
Chestnut Streets
Lewis
Lizzie
Ben Reynolds
Sixth and Poplar
Greenough
Tibbs
Observing Pike's Peak and Cripple Creek Roads and Trails
The writer, C. Scott, describes the Pike's Peak ascent and Cripple Creek journey at high altitude. He notes 62 degree noon temperatures, light snow, and a novelty postal paper. details the railroad to Cripple Creek and the 18 mile mountain ride, with mines near Victor Goldfield and Cripple Creek. He observes orderly towns with modern buildings, no saloons, and a tourist boom with autos and marked trails.
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Herald
Heaven
Cripple Creek
Goldfeld
America
Pike's Peak
Goldfield
Victor
Leone's Lick
Santa Fe
Chisholm
Hockaday Road
Medicine Lodge
Kana
Denver
C. Scott
Booze Vendor Knight Arrested in Casey Case
John A. Knight of Indianapolis faces ten counts for selling alcohol in a dry area and is held on a $1,000 bond awaiting the September county court term. A $25 reward leads to his capture by a Kansas Station officer aboard a Big Four train. Knight, using the alias John Ferguson, denied guilt and claimed to be in Indianapolis. authorities link his handwriting to a forged check and pursue further charges.
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John A. Knight
Indianapolis
Casey
Kansas Station
Knight
Carl
Ile
John Ferguson
J. W. Davis
Casey Ilvery
Davis
First National Bank of
Ed Bennett
Johnson Township
Clements
Ferguson
Indiana
Thy
Tim
Draft Exam Begun As Exemption Board Sets Roster
The local exemption board opened examinations in the court room at 8 am for the first group of 220 men. Dr Pearce and Dr Hall will pass on cases with assistants from Case y and Martinsville. Provost Marshal General Crowder appoints the government appeal officer to handle appeals and administer oaths.
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Pearce
Joseph Hall
Westfield
Boyd
Lee
Casey
Rogers
Martinsville
Weir
Marshall
Clements
Crowder
Martinsville note swindle leads to arrest in Indianapolis
James Rush of Martinsville alleges J L Danforth sold a $16 000 note entrusted to him for cash after forming ties with George A Earnhardt and his wife. Danforth was captured in Indianapolis and brought back last Friday. he is jailed on a $5 000 bond set by Justice Taylor Ryan. Earnhardt and wife fled Martinsville after aiding the scam and a police pursuit continues for them and for a hotel employee linked to the case.
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James Rush
Martinsville
J. L. Danforth
Indianapolis
Elliott
Taylor Ryan
George A Earnhardt
Earnhardt
Jim” Rush
Mr Rush
Rush
Danforth
Warnhardt
Deming
Terre Haute
Keifer Wins Suit Over Stock Food Payment
Mrs Mayme Frakes sued Fred Keifer over stock food bought in 1915 at his West Union drug store. A prior report had her winning, but sources confirm Keifer was credited with paying 26.35 dollars toward the note after the manufacturers would not replace the stock. The court upheld this settlement amid disputes over the exchange agreement and note validation.
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Fred Keifer
Mayme Frakes
Herald
Keifer
Mr. Keifer
Deed Filed Transfers Martinsville Seventh Day Adventist Property
A deed dated December 12 1896 records Mathas Taggart transferring property near the Martinsville fair grounds to the Illinois Conference Association of Seventh Day Adventists. The previous week the site moved from that body to the Southern Illinois Association. The deed provides that if the half acre is used for non church purposes it reverts to the Taggart estate.
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Seventh Day Adventist Church
Fair Grounds
Martinsville
Mathas Taggart
Illinois Conference Association of Seventh Day Adventists
Southern Ilnois Association of the Adventists
Taggart
Whitlocke to Quit Business After 21 Years
After twenty one years in the restaurant and bakery trade, Mr Whitlocke announced plans to quit and offer his Star Bakery and Restaurant and building for sale next month. He cites lines as his reason for retiring and has long been a leading local businessman since 1896.
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Whitlocke
Llinees
Star Bakery
Troubles and gray mules in a cryptic note
The fragment hints at a proverb about troubles and gray mules always being cashed from the treat, suggesting a figurative caution about paid burdens and consequences in a historical text.
Bellair Men Escape Injury After Auto Crash
Charles Mays and two Bellair residents narrowly escaped serious injuries when Mays Overland rolled over on the grade near Little Creek east of Livingston. Their unfamiliarity with the road and a failing headlight contributed to the accident as Russell Riley and companions found them. One man suffered a side injury but refused medical aid. the others were unharmed. The car was pulled from the ditch and drove into Bellair.
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Charles Mays
Bellair
Mays
Overland
Little Creek
Livingston
Terre Haute
Russell Riley
Riley
Mrs Lord and son suffer fall in Omaha injuring ankle
Mrs G B Lord and her son Max visiting Mrs J R Covington in Omaha fell from a street car onto the pavement. Mrs Lord sustained a badly sprained ankle and was taken to her brother's music store where a conveyance was summoned to take her to her mother's home and a physician was called. The child was unhurt.
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G. B. Lord
Max
J. R. Covington
Omaha
Neb
Dell
Lord
Masonic Notice Stated Meeting This Evening
Stated meeting at 7 30 this evening for Master Masons W T Pratt worshipful master B D Guaita secretary called all Master Masons to attend.
Doctors Get Commissions Warn of Drafting Physicians
Dr Stephen Bradley and Dr R A Mitchell received commissions from the war department and await orders to report for duty at a training camp. Dr J J Rose has a commission but no moving orders yet. Dr L F Burnside of Terre Haute has a commission and is ordered to report to Fort Benjamin Harrison on August 10. With Dr Haslitt at Fort Oglethorpe two doctors will remain in service age 22 to 65 in the city. The government plans to draft physicians due to slow enlistment. About 34,000 of 90,000 military age physicians are needed for the new army in France.
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Stephen Bradley
R. A. Mitchell
War Department
J. J. Rose
L. 4. Burnside
Terre Haute
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Haslitt
Ft. Oglethorpe
L. J Weir
J Warren Smith
France
Marshall
Mrs Edward Henbest Rites Mark Deceased Christian Matron
Mrs Edward Henbest born Oct 20 1840 died July 24 51917 at her city home aged 76 years 8 months and four days. She married Edward Henbest on March 6 1866 and raised four adopted children with him. A fifth adopted child died at age three. She joined the Christian church over fifty years ago and remained a devoted member. Survived by husband and four nieces Mrs Osher Ranald Mrs Marion Shoop Mrs C M Price of St Elmo and Mrs Pearl Blatchly of Chicago. Funeral at family residence on North Second Street officiated by Rev J L O Neall.
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Sarah Porter
Edward Henbest
Henbest
Christian Church
Eld
Houston
Osher Ranald
Marion Shoop
C. M. Price
St. Elmo
Pearl Blatchly
Chicago
United Brethren Church Homecoming and Budget Appeal
The notice invites attendance at Sunday services with sermons at Grace at 10 30 a m and Marshall at 7 30 p m It notes a Homecoming at Centenary next Sunday and urges full payment of conference budget and pastor salaries signed N BE Royer Pastor
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Grace
Marshall
Centenary
N. BE. Royer
Paster
Largest rattlesnake killed near Blizzard’s Ford
Claude Askin and Millard Hedrick killed a massive rattlesnake north of Blizzard's Ford on Big Creek last Wednesday morning. The snake measured nearly six feet when stretched, then coiled to about four and a half feet, weighed over fifteen pounds, and had eleven rattles and a button. The men, driving south, attacked it with rocks, displayed the serpent in town, and Askin planned to skin it for a belt. Local residents note the Blizzard’s Ford area is snake prone, with Hedrick claiming another twelve foot non-rattler crossed the road nearby.
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Claude Askin
Millard Hedrick
Big Creek
Askin
Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs Eckel at 51st Birthday
A joyful Sunday dinner at Mr and Mrs Dan Eckel celebrated Mrs Eckel's 51st birthday. Guests included L A Padgett and daughter Alline, Victor Smith, Sarah Bailey, Wm Walker Robins on, Henry Eagleton Palestine, Adam Honderich Harold and Ralph, Irvin Honderich Forrest, Grover Wright, Orville Honderich, Lester Smith Terre Haute, Edward Fredenberger and children, Howard Harrer Carrie and Paul Honderich Marshall. Mrs Eckel received numerous gifts.
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Dan Eckel
Forrest
Rock Island
Grover Wright
Orville Honderich
Lester Smith
Terre Haute
Edw Fredenberger
Howard Harrer
Carrie
Paul Honderich
Marshall
Eckel
Remarkable mare mule with seven week old colt shown in Missouri
A mare mule with a colt by her side, claimed to be the only known case, was in Mt. Vernon. Owned by Minton & Burge of Portageville New Madrid County, Mo the dam was bred to a saddle horse. The colt stands four feet high at seven weeks and the mare sixteen hands. J Watt Ward and other stock judges say there is no fake about them as they tour fairs en route to Kentucky.
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Mt. Vernon
Minton & Burge
Portageville
New Madrid County
Kentucky
J. Watt Ward
Asd Colt
Mt Veraca
Ford Motor Company production and sales rise in 1916
For the three months to June 30 Ford produced 270000 cars, lifting the yearly average to over 1000000. The company has 130000 unfilled orders and aims to speed up. The fiscal year ended Wednesday. in 1916 Ford produced and sold 533921 cars, with twelve months ending last Wednesday at 740000 cars, up 206000 or 38 percent.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford Company
Ford Agency to Sell 116 Cars This Year
The Ford agency here closed July 31 and disposed of 116 cars, all its center's demand. Mr. Sockler expects to dispose of 160 cars next year. It is possible to obtain the cars as the Indianapolis plant plans output.
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Ford
Sockler
Indianapolis
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