Indiana Union traction fares increased on most routes
A weekly fare change across Indiana Union traction increases prices on several routes including Montpelier to Hartford City from 15c one way 25c round trip to 20c one way 40c round trip and raises to Bluffton 30c one way 55c round trip. Some routes like Eaton remain unchanged and others see modest gains. The new rates apply to local and limited cars alike.
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Indiana Union Traction
Montpelier
Hartford City
Eaton
Muncie
Indianapolis
Keystone
Poneto
Bluffton
Pleasant Dale youths in latest farm town melee
Sunday evening Vern Markins and Ralph Ward renewed an old quarrel in Pleasant Dale and fought briefly before bystanders separated them. James Ward later filed an assault affidavit against Markins, while Marsha Reynolds visited the Markins home seeking the missing youth.
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Pleasant Dale
Montpelier
Markins
Sai
Social visits and family gatherings in Muncie area
A string of social calls and weekend visits across nearby towns includes MIDWAY fidward Palmer and family in Muncie with Mary Locket, Jos Creek and family with Mrs. Ora Creek of Poneto, and multiple Sunday gatherings with relatives in Montpelier, Millgrove, and Hartford City. Sickness notes mention Walter Sharp on the sick list and Mary Fear recently recovering.
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Fidward Palmer
Muncie
Mary Locket
Jos Creek
Ora Creek
Poneto
Wm. Barns
Millgrove
Don Irwin
Montpelier
Frank Bell
Hal Norton
Isaac Rogers
Alice
Verda
Anna Rogers
Grace
Edna Garrison
George Gaskel
Harry Rogers
Hartford City
James Rogers
George Herman
Frank Rogers
Frank Allyn
Mionear
Warren
Keifer
O' ‘Ahoma
Eth
Lepley Andessie Acra
Mrs. Irwin
Pleasaaidsle
Frank Baker
Oscar Lane
Balbec
Em Blount
Walter Sharp
Lida Sterling
Mary Iocket
Lewis Blount
Mary Fear
Furness
Henry Tharp
Ott Pugh
Jas Creek
Cra Creek
J. J. Erwin
Williams
Isaac and
Nomie Williams
Rell
Advertised Letters List for June 6 1909
The June 6 1909 list shows letters awaiting pickup including Mr C C Bean O O Favors J F Huston Frets Kreps Archie McDonnell 2 A Shoemaker va Shoal Bae plus additional names. Readers are advised to check the local post office for delivery status and pickup requirements.
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Mr. C. C. Bean
O. O. Favors
J. F. Huston
Kreps
Archie McDonnell
Va Shoal
Lulloosa Red Men Elect Officers For Six Months
The Lulloosa tribe of Red Men No 71 met in the wigwam last evening and elected Sachem E F Garringer Senior Sagamore W B Redding Prophet Virgil Carr Trustee for eight months Frank Roush Representative to the Grand Council T A Stanley Alternate James McPherson Degree Master C L Drayer. Frank Spease, among the oldest members, will be recommended for District Deputy Grand Sachem. Other officers serve for a year and await next official meeting night for a full slate.
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Lulloosa Tribe of
Red Men
No. 71
Sachem
E. F. Garringer
Sagamore
W. B. Redding
Prophet
Virgil Carr
Frank Roush
Grand Council
T. A. Stanley
James McPherson
C. L .Drayer
Frank Spease
Stull Promoted to Head of Danville High School Science
D F Stull, one year with Montpelier high school and longtime science teacher at Montpelier and Danville, has been promoted to head of the science department at Danville High School NL. The Danville school serves about 35 000 residents with 500 pupils. He also receives a salary increase and is regarded as a rising high school educator in the west.
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D. F. Stull
Montpelier High School
Anton
Montpelier
Stull
Danville
Gray Held After Grand Jury Probe in Indiana Murder
William E. Gray is held in Marion County jail after an affidavit charges him with first degree murder in the shooting of Alonzo Belleville, a brother-in-law who died in Upland after a Tuesday evening duel at the Pennsylvania depot. Gray says self defense. Belleville alleged Gray fired first before dying. The case awaits grand jury action.
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Marion
Ind
William E. Gray
Pennsylvania Railroad
Upland
Gray
Belleville
Mystery Remains In Death Of Dr John Binkley
Chicago reporters await detectives report to Police Captain O Brien on the Evansville physician murder case. Detectives return with facts about Dr John Binkley life in Evansville and possible enemy connections.
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Chicago
John Binkley
Evansville
Ind
O. O’brien
Binkley
O’brien
Dr. Binkley
Car Overturns at Curve Killings and Injuries in Indianapolis
A Riverside park car jumped the track at the first curve south of the park in Indianapolis Saturday night. Frank Zimmmerman was instantly killed and about a score of people injured, two perhaps fatally. Motorman claims brake chain broke and the car ran out of control before overturning at 11 o clock.
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Indianapolis
Frank Zimmerman
Riverside Park
Autos Behind Schedule In Transcontinental Race
Autos from New York to Seattle arrived at 10:40 in Springfield. Ford drivers Kubek and Scott led finishers, four hours behind schedule after departing at 11:15. Bad roads slowed progress as teams planned to reach St. Louis by 4 PM today.
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Springfield
New York
Seattle
Kubek
Scott
St. Louis
Match Tips Prove Fatal for Indiana Twins
Eighteen months old twin daughters of Walter Kay and wife of Paris Crossing attempted to eat match tips. Both children died from the exposure in North Vernon Indiana on June 7.
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North Vernon
Ind
Walter Kay
Paris Crossing
Desperate Deed of Woman Ended Tragic Household Night
St Louis on June 7 twelve hours after authorities took husband John Glaessar a cigar salesman from home on embesment charges Mrs Martha Glaesar was found dead in bed beside her children Annette eight and John Jr five. The room was filled with gas and police advance the a one.
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St. Louis
John Glaessar
Martha Glaessar
Annette
John, Jr
Chicago Baptists Demand Foster’s Ordination Papers
Chicago June 8 Baptist executive council urged Professor George B. Foster to withdraw from the ministry and surrender ordination papers over his book The Function of Religion. The motion stalled by Professor A K Parker invoking a constitutional delay, postponing action to June 14. Parker noted university ties and warned the council has no power over faculty.
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Chicago
George B. Foster
Johnston Myers
Immanuel Baptist Church
Foster
Conference of the Baptist Executive Council
A. K. Parker
University of Chicago
Parker
Dr. Myers
University
Shot at Funston at Fort Leavenworth
Brigadier General Frederick Funston, commander at Fort Leavenworth Army Service School, fought a supposed burglar in his quarters. The intruder fled. Funston, unharmed, fired three shots after waking to the attack. The general stated he believed the burglar aimed to rifle his pockets.
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General Funston
Injured Woman Robbed in Louisville Street Incident
Mrs. Clara Fortman was struck by a trolley car in Louisville on June 8 and rendered unconscious. She later awoke to find a well dressed man who helped her to a drug store and stole a diamond locket valued at $400 and a purse containing $25.
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Louisville
Clara Fortman
Great Blaze Destroys Maine Village Homes
In Presque Isle Maine a major fire last evening swept away thirty five dwellings and other buildings in the village’s finest residential area. The Congregational church Masonichall and the Canadian Pacific railway station were among the structures burned.
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Coatly
Maine
Presque Island
Congregational Church
Masonichall
Canadian Pacific Railway
Eleven Drowned After Pontchartrain Pier Collapse
Eleven bodies have been recovered from Lake Pontchartrain after a Sunday pier collapse at Mandeville. Excursionists crowded the structure to board the Margaret for return to New Orleans.
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Mandeville
Lake Pontchartrain
Margaret
New Orleans
Greathouse declines Indianapolis mayoral bid
Charles A Greathouse of Mt. Vernon, active in First district Democratic politics, turned down a mayoral race offer in Indianapolis. He cited unwillingness to seek political office and lead the municipal campaign, despite party leaders and supporters urging the nomination. The column notes Democratic hopes in Marion County and potential candidate reshuffles as primaries loom.
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Indianapolis
Charles A Greathouse
Mt. Vernon
Greathouse
Major Menszie
United States Senate
Albert J. Beveridge
Senate
Charles Gauss
Charles Clarke
Strikers Enjoined in Evansville Car Strike Action
Judge Gilchrist issues a temporary restraining order against strike leaders and supporters in Evansville Indiana. Officials forbid interfering with current workers soliciting riders or distributing handbills. About forty eight strikers and leaders are named with ten day replying period.
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Evansville
Ind
Gilchrist
Evansville Street Railway Company
Ben Commons
International Carmens
Matthew M Hallenberz
Building Trades
Cornnell
Commodore Goard
Carmens
Reese
The
Carmen
Barnes
Commons
Elks State
Community Tragedy in Salem Woman Kills Son Then Herself
Mrs Elizabeth Sharp wife of C V Sharp a politician and manufacturer shot and killed her twelve year old son Harold then took her own life in Salem Oregon on June 8. The boy was described as mentally deficient from birth. Mrs Sharp was thirty eight years old.
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Sen
Salem
Elizabeth Sharp
C. V. Sharp
Harold
Murder in Courtheuse: Mahrie slain in courthouse corridor
In St Louis on June 8, the assassin of police officer Sam Young, Fred Mahrie, was killed in a corridor of the Worth Street courthouse amid ongoing investigations into the earlier murder.
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Courtheuse
T. Louis
Fred Mahrie
Sam Young
Conatabie
Worth St. Louis
Indiana Sons of Veterans Twenty-Third Encampment Opens
Terre Haute June 8 twenty third encampment of the Indiana Sons of Veterans began with 200 to 250 delegates. Mayor Lyons gave welcome as sessions opened. Delegates, including women’s auxiliary, toured Ft Harrison by motor boat and will join a parade and theater party tonight. Officers listed: Commander Frank E. Watson senior vice commander Robert E. Warner junior vice commander Frank E. Graham secretary-treasurer R. J. Bosworth.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana Sons of Veterans
Knights of Pythias Temple
Mayor Sons
Cie . Cme A
Sons of Veterans
Women’s Auxiliary
Ft. Harrison
Wabash
Emil Ehrman
Frank E. Watson
Goldsmith
Robert E. Warner
Lafayette
Frank E. Graham
Bloomington
R. J. Bosworth
Winchester
Day Election Day in Jeffersonville as saloonmen agree to close
In Jeffersonville Indiana saloon men agree to close from 1 pm today until Thursday morning ahead of the option election set for tomorrow. The drys and wets battle over influence and funds with county politicians active for the wets and drys raising funds for a key showdown. A group of New Albany campaigners were pelted with rotten eggs on North Spring street after meetings at Sellersburg.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
New Albany
North Spring Street
Sellersburg
Evansville Prepares for Elks Convention and Reunion
Evansville hosts the eighth annual Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks convention and reunion starting today. City is decorated in white and purple and in national colors to honor the gathering.
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Evansville
Ind
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
The
Elks
Slavery Existed in Indiana, 1816 Governor Freed Three Men
In the Jeffersonville courthouse an aged record reveals slavery in Indiana, noting that Governor Thomas Posey, last territorial governor, freed three enslaved men in 1816, stating perpetual involuntary slavery was contrary to right and justice.
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Louisville
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Thomas Pocey
Posey
Woman Deputy Prosecutor Appointed in Shoals District
Mise Delpha Robinson, formerly of Jasonville, is named deputy prosecutor by Elmer B Hastings of Washington. Hastings cites numerous liquor-law violations in the area and says deputies have not been active enough to satisfy temperance supporters.
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Jasonville
Ind
Elmer EB. Hastings
Washington
Mise Delpha Robinson
Shoals
Mise
Hastings
Mies Robinson
Retail Grocery and Fabric Prices From Local Store Ad
An assorted lineup of grocery items and fabric goods with prices. Prunes corn beans oranges and bananas feature. clothing items include shirts, undergarments, hats, corset covers, and embroidery trims. Also advertised are curtains rods linens and various fabrics with sale prices.
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New Idea
Get the Light at Seaport Town Balcony
A small seaport town stage scene features Juliet requesting a smilight for her balcony appearance. The manager offers a ship's blue light though a signal rocket is mistakenly delivered. The prompter lights the rocket, leading to comical misfires and dialogue about light and cost.
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Romeo
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Grand Jury Investigation
Derer
Chicago Baptist
Cil
Chicago University
Hot Foot
Tiara
Funston
Decatur
Ill
Decatur Cereal Company
John Sheehy
Freman
Indianapolie
Mee
Indiana Department Sons of Veterans
Mayor Lyons
Fort Harrison
Indiana Elks
the Order
Cor
Stopys
Lupe
E. High St
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