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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
4
In Montpelier Indiana the Montpelier Herald features a roundup of quips. Tom Watson is urged to forget the past while Bryan would urge him on. Comments touch on Zeppelin airship funding and questions about Hisgen. George Gould is cited on maintenance costs linked to relatives and railroads.
A Herald column records multiple candidate announcements for county and local offices. Names include Robert Guseman Harrison Township clerkship. Clyde Strait for county clerk. Sadantt Willis and B Redding for Circuit Court clerk. Albert Hart for First District commissioner. Henry Pittenger for Trustee Harrison Township. Amon Markin for Harrison Township trustee. William P Futrell for Blackford County treasurer. Aaron Rogers for Commissioner First District. Each seeks nomination subject to respective Democratic or Republican conventions.
Cleve Bank returned last Thursday from a week with relatives at Donkirk. Sam Norton and wife and Wm Abnhhire and wife of Keystone visited Hal Norton and family. John Fensel and wife attended the Louser family reunion at Sheldon with about 200 relatives. A road grader incident west of Goodboo injured Dee King, sidelining him briefly. Wm Spaulding and wife visited Mieworth Lambert. O M Garrett went to Michigan for three weeks. Cleve Bank spent Sunday with A S Bimonton and family.
Yesterday marked the birthday anniversary of Mrs. 8 L Van Horn. Neighbors and friends gathered at her corner Jefferson and Green streets home for a surprise celebration and watermelon lunch. Mrs D E Hayes of East Liverpool Ohio attended as an out of town guest and presented a souvenir spoon.
A gathering of the Arnold family, neighbors and friends met Monday in the Leonora grove for their 14th annual reunion. About two hundred attended, with a full program in the forenoon and afternoon including songs, readings, talks, and an officer election. Next meeting set for August 24, 1909.
Z T Brenner suffered a fractured left arm when a southbound traction car struck him after he stood on the track to flag the car near stop 64. Brenner was hurled into a ditch but survived with the broken arm and was treated by Dr Cronin. He plans to seek damages from the Indiana Union Traction Company.
Saturday evening farmer Wilson from six miles southeast of Montpelier tied his horse by the Ideal Coal and Feed company store. The horse vanished after he hitched it. An officer was called but no trace. Early Sunday the horse reappeared, nearly exhausted, having been driven hard before being released.
The notice lists bidders and names including C A Bergman John Barrett Samuel A Cohen Charles Huggens Billie Himes George M Harvey Sherman Jackson John Roush T Ryan Dr F M Smith Smith Proudy Oscar Smith A T Thomas Leslie Thomas and several women and Misses Elia Case Fay Kingsbury Marvel T C Palmer P M for the sale on August 22 1908.
A short catalog note touts Huntington Business University as the path to success through specialized training in business methods. It highlights dedicated instruction and practical preparation aimed at young men and women seeking careers.
President Brant Shields calls relatives to meet on South Jefferson Street Friday evening to arrange the annual Shields reunion to be held next month at Robert Shields grove one and a half miles north of the city. Also brief local ads note 18c per dozen eggs and 20c per pound butter at Hughes Cash Store and 35c shirt waists at Mammoth Racket.
Mrs. Alice Knittle of this city seeks divorce from Wm B Knittle claiming desertion in 1905 and requests custody of their seven year old son Branson. The notice mentions delivery charges in the Mammoth Racket advertisement context.
A Labor Day program is prepared for Sept 7 at Spaulding Grove, one half mile west of town. The Firemen Band will play and a monster parade of school children and laboring men will form on Main Street at 10 a.m. Floats from city businesses are hoped for, with free grounds and lemonade. Attendees should bring luncheon. merchants will provide tables and a program is to be announced later.
Opposed landowners and farmers plan a meeting at the Trenton schoolhouse tomorrow evening to protest Salamonie river dredging. They say the project costs them hundreds with little or no benefit and urge supporters to join the opposition.
The Eastern Indiana Quarterly Conference of the Christian Church meets at South Main Street Christian Church in the city from Wednesday to Friday. Notable speakers include Rev. Powers Rev. Lot Rev. Atkinson and Rev. Stevenour with sermons and devotional sessions each day. Also advertised is a lawn sale at Mammoth Racket for Te yard with lawns formerly priced at 5c and 15c per yard.
John W. Kern of Indianapolis accepts Denver convention nomination with a pledge to serve all the people, praising William J. Bryan and condemning moneyed influence. He denounces corporate control while urging reform through law, justice, and an education-driven campaign.
John E. Jackson applies to Blackford County Board of Commissioners on September 7 1908 for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in a one room premises at the Mayer Block West Huntington Street Montpelier with on site drinking rights for one year. He also seeks Montpelier Common Council approval at the September 1908 session for the same purpose on the described premises.
Community event invites exhibitors with free entries stalls straw pens and space. Organizer R. Simonton urges participants to bring an item and respond by mail for details. Event runs September 8 to 12 in Huntington.
The State of Indiana Blackford County records a notice to defendant William Knittle in Blackford Circuit Court October Term 1987. Plaintiff Alice Knittle files complaint 5568 with an affidavit stating nonresidency and warns the defendant to appear by October 19 1908 or face a default judgment. Clerk C A Reeves signs the notice at Hartford City.
About 200 people attended the Twibell family reunion in the Twibell grove at Keystone. With ideal weather the event proceeded smoothly as a midday picnic dinner served to about a hundred at each long table.
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