Three Men Die in Dupont Siding Train Wreck Near Martinsville
Three engineers and a fireman lose their lives when Pennsylvania No. 6 derails at Dupont siding one mile west of Martinsville at 4 40 am. Injured include Terre Haute workers and Ohio residents. wreckage damages estimated at least 50 000. Wrecking crews rush to clear tracks as line reopening expected by evening.
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Dupont Siding
Martinsville
Pennsylvania
George Muench
Donnie Walsh
Terre Haute
Zimmerly
Raper
J. H. Etterwald
Covington
Ohio
A. T. Hardwick
Coshocton
R. J. Foley
Effingham
Herald
W. W. Ralston
The
St. Louis
Marshall
East St. Louis
Ralston
Banks of Clark County Close for Meeting
Banks in Marshall and Clark counties will close Thursday May 21 to attend a group meeting at Robinson.
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Clark County
Marshall and
Robinson
Policeman Wallace Holds Rum Runner For Authorities
Marshall police detained James DD Phillips of Chicago and an accompanying woman after two Paris youths reported them for possible booze trafficking. The Flint roadster they rode in collided, leaving the wrecked car loaded with liquor, with Phillips turned over to Paris authorities. Funeral notices record multiple local deaths in Wabash township and Marshall yesterday. Mrs Otto Travolta 41 funeral at Livingston church. Mrs Jane Huett 48 burial in Black cemetery. Mrs Anna Sweltzer Marshall resident died at home. sister Miss Tillie Allison and brother Ed Allison in California.
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Otto Travolta
Wabash Township
Livingstone Church
Jane Huett
St. Anthony's Hospital
Frank Medley
Black Cemetery
Anna Sweltzer
Marshall
North Second Street
Tillie Allison
Ed Allison
California
Joel Wallace
James ‘Dd. Phillips
Chicago
Paris
Phillips
Wiliaea
Paria
Flint
Boose
Small boy falls from ladder at school breaks arm
Robert Mott six year old son of Mr and Mrs Marion Mott sustained a broken right arm Wednesday afternoon about 2 30 o clock when he fell from a pupil ladder at the South side school during recess. He was taken to Dr A Mitchell for treatment.
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Robert Mott
Marion Mott
South Side
Graduation exercises set for next Tuesday at church
Eighth grade commencement planned for Tuesday night at 8 at the Methodist church with Rev G G Ross of the Congregational church delivering the address. A post program banquet for the pupils’ mothers will follow in the church basement. graduating students are listed from South Side and North Side schools.
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G. G. Ross
Congregational Church
Methodist Church
G G Ross
Petition circulates for woman to head county schools
A petition seeks the county board appointment of a woman as County Superintendent of Schools. Names mentioned include Miss Mamie Andrews Miss Jenifie Patten and Miss Laura Arbuckle. Milton S Overmire formerly of this place is to be married at Indianapolis tonight.
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Mamie Andrews
Jenifie Patten
Laura Arbuckle
Ed Booth
Edwin
L. Booth
Milton S. Overmire
Indianapolis
Prewett Family Ties Mentioned In Jackson Visit
Vernal Prewett of Jackson Tennessee visited relatives for several days. He is brother to Dr R C Prewett and Dr G W Prewett. Fred Martin Ed Payne and Ed Mayer headed west with plans to find work in Kansas City and Lordsburg New Mexico. Strodder King, once of the city, wed Miss Sue Center of Texarkana. R E Hamill and wife left for Alabama near Montgomery to visit and attend the New Orleans exposition.
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Vernal Prewett
Jackson
Miss Sue Center
Texarkana
Ark
R. E. Hamill
Alabama
Montgomery
New Orleans
School Board elects principals and teachers at meeting
At a City School Board of Education meeting last Wednesday night Prof Norman Bennett of Westfield was chosen principal of the north side school and several teachers including Missey Fannie Andrews Nellie Stephenson Mamie Davidson Carrie Keller Core Baird and Katie Schumaker were elected. Maud Hall of Par win Nellie Casteel Florza Smith and Eunice Gilbert were elected teachers for the south side school. A baby girl arrived yesterday morning at Maurer and wife’s southeast home. Marshall prepares for Fourth of July with a plan from Mitchell Carnival featuring loop the loop and high wire acts for a large city celebration.
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Board of Education
Norman Bennett
Westfield
Martinsville
North Side School
Missey Fannie Andrews
Nellie Stephenson
Mamie Davidson
Carrie Keller
Core Baird
Katie Schumaker
Miss Maud Hall
Parwin
Nellie Casteel
Florza Smith
Eunice Gilbert
South Side
Maurer
Marshall
K P Lodge
Mitchell Carnival
Martinsville Tennis Trip Ends In Strong Play
Katherine Turman Gladys Sullins Mary Hogue and Isabel Robinson joined Martinsville girls for a Saturday tennis outing. Wil fred Shaw and the principal joined later. Wil fred beat a local boy in singles. A touring car party from Macon Ga passed through en route to the Pacific coast. A marriage license was issued in Paris to James Victor Landes and Frances Willard Johnson. City Marshal Meloy cited several plain drunks Saturday and Sunday. The new city administration begins by keeping some promises.
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Katherine Turman
Gladys Sullins
Mary Hogue
Isabel Robinson
Martinsville
Wilfred Shaw
Wilfred
Macon
Pacific Coast
Paris
James Victor Landes
Terre Haute
Frances Willard Johnson
Dennison
Meloy
Two Men Arrested Saturday Night by Sheriff Turner
Frank Livingston and Wm Livingston were arrested Saturday night by Sheriff J. M. Turner on intoxication charges. They pleaded guilty before Squire Craig Tuesday and each paid a five dollar fine plus costs. Russell Riley and Mr and Mrs Ralph Prevo attended their cousin Roy Householder's funeral in Indianapolis on Tuesday.
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Turner
Frank Livingston
Wm Livingston
J. M. Turner
Squire “Ralg
Russell Riley
Ralph Prevo
Roy
Indianapolis
School districts employ teachers for coming year
Harold Bright reports that multiple districts list assigned teachers for upcoming year. Names include Liberty Casey Twp North Side staff under Supt B F Holscher with grade assignments from eighth through first, plus Martinsville and Westfield postings and junior high/music positions.
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Harold Bright
Liberty
Casey Twp
Roy McNary
Concord
Ben Stephen Yoke
John W. Graham Kimlin
Homer Hendrix
Handy named committee head in chamber meeting
About 25 members of the Chamber of Commerce met at Mullins Cafe for lunch then moved to the National Dixie Hotel parlors for a business meeting. Sol Handy was appointed chairman of a committee to investigate and promote rebuilding the dens and to consider arranging a concert by the Marshall band at To-Rest Park on June 18. No location or definite plan established.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mullin’s
National Dixie Hotel
Sol Handy
Marshall Band
To-Rest
School staffing notice appeals for teachers and boards
Fairy Cunningham fourth fifth. Pansy Chapman second third. Constance Batson first north side. Thelma Horrall music teacher West Union Village Schools. Flossie Drake first second. Frances Mitchell third fourth fifth. R O Cooper sixth seventh eighth. Ralph Espey high school. Superintendent position not filed. English Latin post not set. Boards urged to notify county superintendent promptly after hiring. Send postal card.
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Casey City Schools
North Side
B. F. Holscher
Charles E. Price
Irene Taubeneck
Mona Mae Francis
Jessie Ruttman
Ruth Nickles
Cora Baird
Ruth Washburn
South Side
Cora Campbell
Leona Clem
Flozza Smith
Helen Strockbine
Guell
North
Westfield Village
Jesse “Watson
Emma Wilson
Maudena Walters
Ruth Whitson
Fern Moore
Alice White
Martinsville
A. G. Chapman
Supt
Elthel Hutchinson
Mabel Allred
Vera Milley
Vera Ailler
South
Fairy Cunningham
Pansy Chapman
Constance Batson
Thelma Horrall
West Union Village
Flossie Drake
Frances Mitchell
R O Cooper
Ralph Espey
Couple Married Here by Squire Craig Tuesday
Elmer C. Stain of Hutton Indiana and Mary Be Huddleston of Terre Haute were married Tuesday by Squire Craig. Miss Alice Wheeler Noblesville Indiana and Helen A Dooley Bloomington Illinois among staff hired to complete the bridgeboard teaching roster for the next school term.
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Squire Craig
Elmer C. Stain
Hutton, Ind
Mary BE. Huddleston
Terre Haute
Alice Wheeler
Noblesvilli
Indiana
Helen A. Dooley
Bloomington, Ill
Mamie Irene Jones
Quincy
Uitnois
Alice Marom Hrewster
Aeil
Bridgeboote
Dawkins Proposes Dairy Stock to Marshall Farmers
At a Saturday night meeting in the Marshall court room D W Dawkins manager of the Ashley Illinois condensary urged local dairy farmers to subscribe to stock in the new venture. Businessmen joined the effort canvassing for subscriptions as Dawkins and associates aim to secure a large milk supply before starting operations with plans for a site and building later.
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D. W. Dawkins
Ashley
Illinois
Marshall
Mayor Names Two Men to Night and Day Police Posts
Joe Wallace was appointed as night policeman and John Forbeck as day policeman by Mayor John McCauley last week, filling new police posts.
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Joe Wallace
John Forbeck
John McCauley
National-Dixie Hotel Lobby Repainted and Rooms Refurbished
Chas. E. MacMorris, proprietor, has the National-Dixie Hotel lobby finished in faun color and every room redecorated, giving the building a refreshed interior.
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Chas. E. MacMorris
National-Dixie Hotel
Johnson's New Bakery Nearing Completion
KR Johnson, proprietor of the Golden Crust Bakery, reports the new building, formerly D. M. Foreman’s shoe shop, will be ready by Friday and Saturday with moving complete by Monday. The remodeled site features white walls, a new show window, and back showers for employees, with a formal opening hoped for in a few weeks.
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KR Johnson
Golden Crust Bakery
D. M. Foreman
Squire May Unites Four Couples In Marriage
Squire J Ll May officiated four weddings during his term as Justice of Peace. The first couple, Charles Victor Laasure of West Union and Irene Fessenbeck of Martinsville, wed without charge. Other couples, Johnnie Goodlink with Inez Richey of Palestine and Louise Kenneth McKinney with Goldie Wyley of Terre Haute, followed on Saturday. The fourth pair, Archie Fred Payne of Georgetown and Jessia May Rutherford of Ridgefarm, married on Tuesday.
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Charles Victor Laasure
West Union
Irene Fessenbeck
Martinsvile
Squire J Ll. May
Johnnie Goodlink
Inez Richey
Palestine
Louise Kenneth McKinney
Paris
Goldie Wyley
Terre Haute
Squire May
Archie Fred Payne
Georgetown
Jessia May Rutherford
Ridgefarm
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Ralston Narrowly Escapes
Wallace
South Side School
Helen Elizabeth Coldren Rosamond Holzworth Coldren
Virginia McClure Florence Irene Winger
Jennie Marie Smith Fay Margaret Blizzard
John Montgomery Harold Farris
Rex Randall Cork James Daniel Stover
Arthur Smittkamp
Samuel G Finkbiner
John H. Bright Thomas Ferguson Rhoades
Harvey Wilson
Paul H Honderich
William J. Houk
John M. English Nina Fern Kannamacher Ettamae
Elizabeth Mitchell
Eleanor Stiner
Dorothy Machlan Dorothy Bernice Brosman
Ruth Noland
Lucille Mathews Hazel Irene Lambdin
Mildred Spittler
Ruth Doll Mary Lois Jones
Winifred Bruner
Alberta Heminghouse
Bill Booster
Mickie
Boards of Directors
Moriah Johnson
Bert Willes
Union Johnson
George Laces
Zola Harlow Kelly
Mabel Ter
Rell
Lincoln
Pearles
Babcock
Water Oak
Orange
King Rich Woods
Witte Garet Graham
Jeff Davis
Auburn
Ruth Murphy Beachout
Lower Union
York
Lizzie Hutchinson
Clarksville
Dolson
Ray Bur
Kybile Bartmass
Hurley Johnson
Freedom
Anderson Two
Mary E. Coons
Possum Ridge
Anderson
Robert Buckle Hall
Darwin
Rose Finkbiner
Cottonwood
Melrose
Martha Pearce
McClure
Douglas
Gertrude Madden
Madhlan
Wabash
Earl Dickerson
Lindsey
Parker
Ivan Veach Butternut
H. A. Green
Perisha
Lorene Lainger
English
Minnie Barrett
Sete
Handy
Marshall Chamber of Commerce
New York
Clarence Prevo
Wm. B Hurst
Gilbert Newman
Norman T Richards
Vern
Harrys Shirler Transportancy
Gilty
Wallachia
Perry
Tyler
Vin Bennett
Jane
S DD Cooper
Cooper
Wdt
Sein
Dawkins
Johnson’s
the Herald
Albert Bradley Grant Green
Grant Crumrin
Robt Nicol
Dora Clements
Zenas Murphy Chas Cline
Sam Scholfield
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