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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
5
Local items report cashiering, visits and travels of residents. Various ads promote DeWitt products, Dr. services, and household goods. Community life includes school events, civic meetings, upcoming concerts, and Knights Templar activities in Bluffton and Montpelier.
Mart Starkey, a pumper near Dundee, barely survived a wild ride into Montpelier after his horse took the Main street line. The horse crossed a bridge on the embankment before the animal and rider were rescued with boards and planks. Starkey remained ill and unhurt, while the horse was bruised and taken for care.
Harry Mote, once driven by a grandiose plan to unite U S cities with over 5 000 population into a three year league, lies in a county jail cell in a deep melancholy state. Sheriff Lipkey found him in Marion and escorted him to Bluffton where he shows no violent behavior yet remains mute and unresponsive.
William E. McCollister and others filed a petition in circuit court seeking a drainage ditch in Jay and Wells counties. The proposed ditch would affect about 40 landowners and run about one and a half miles starting forty rods east of a referenced point. The petition references a previously dismissed Rupel et al. drainage item and notes the new ditch is shorter than the dismissed proposal.
In a cane venued from Huntington to Wells county Judge Sturgis yesterday rendered two decisions. The rulings will influence remonstrances filed in the wards of Roanoke and Hartford City as tests of their validity proceed. The case centered on remonstrance procedures and local authority actions in Huntington county.
John Adams Schwartz kopf and family spent Sunday with his uncle. Simon Kuttler sold corn on Monday. Mrs Mary Hiser visited a sick sister near Hartford City. Christ Hiser visited his mother over Sunday. Christ Messner spent a few days with relatives in the district. Pavers in the district plan to plant if weather permits.
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