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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
4
The New Albany public school will open Tuesday September 8. Special examinations will be conducted at the High school building at 8 o'clock on Saturday September 5 for new entrants and students seeking to remove delinquencies in graded and high school work.
Floyd County commissioners invite sealed bids for Pittsburg Coal supplying court house jail and poor asylum for the coming year. Bids due by 12 o clock Monday September 7. They reserve right to reject any and all bids. Auditor Julian T. Miner notes this August 13 2008. Also mentions Corydon fair dates August 24 28. Lost coat jacket reported at Southern depot with reward offered.
The piece reports Doctor owned by Councilman Strack placing third in a Rockport fair free for all pace. Rev J H Carnes is slated to preach at West Street church during the Methodist conference on September 20. Funeral attendees from this city attended Matilda Munchhof’s service at St Anthony’s in Louisville. Margaret Merker of Louisville plans to convert the East Third and Main block into a modern two story apartment building.
Chester Grosheider son of Mr and Mrs G W Grosheider died this morning at 1 o clock at the family residence 14 East Oak Street of tuberculosis He spent years in Colorado for health and Grat was improved but later began failing and he was brought home last spring He was twenty eight years old and a member of New Albany Lodge of Elks Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Walter Stewart, indicted months ago for failure to support his child, was captured yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Frank Loesch after returning to the city. He remained in jail in default of a $500 bond, awaiting trial at the October circuit court term.
An advertisement features B F Ayscue of Ingleside N C praising Dr King’s New Life Pills after 15 years of indigestion and $200 spent. The pills are sold under guarantee at Chas D Knoefer’s drug store. 250.
Bus offers round trip fare of 1.00 to Corydon Fair from August 24 through 28. Service runs daily with departures from main street station and return trips after events each evening.
The resignation of New Albany public school teachers is announced by Superintendent Prof. Charles A. Prosser. The list covers grammar to high school staff across multiple streets, with numerous names and assignments. A Rural Route 1 report adds Bucklen's Arnica Salve testimonial.
The Corydon fair features a baby show running August 24 through August 28. Organizers invite families to compete in a variety of age categories with prizes and judging by local volunteers.
The Republican congressional committee offered 150 dollars last June for essays on Why the Republican Party Should be Successful Next November. Frank Hendricks of New York won the prize among several thousand submissions. Honorable mentions went to Geo W Gallagher Arthur J Dodge Raford Franklin Joho K Barrett J 3 Whipple Perry Powers S Price Harry Stiger Thurlow Weed Barnes and O F W Dobbs.
Community fair in Corydon offers a variety of attractions for attendees next week. Organizers highlight entertainment rides exhibits and food booths aiming to attract families and visitors from surrounding areas.
The Kebel Baptist Association adjourned its seventy second annual session at the Baptist Tabernacle after a closing sermon by Rev. W D Powell state secretary of Kentucky missions. Next year’s meeting will be at Salem in August with Rev. W E Abrams of Jeffersonville to give the introductory sermon. Delegates to the state convention in Fort Wayne and to the Northern Baptist convention in Portland Oregon will be chosen later by association officers.
The Corydon Fair invites attendees to join friends and neighbors for five days of activities from August 24 through 28. Community events promise local exhibits, contests, rides, and demonstrations in a traditional rural fair setting.
Readers not receiving the Albany Tribune regularly are asked to notify Tribune Company. Include full address and contact details. Corrigenda and delivery issues are requested to be reported via both Cumberland 4i and home line 2125.
Ohio seeks to end sewerage discharge into the Ohio River and earn Kentucky cooperation. The Courier Journal editorial urges state support, noting Louisville and other cities’ dumping, health risks from polluted drinking water, and the need for a funded, coordinated regional study and action.
The Board of Public Works adopted resolutions to issue bonds for East Main Street improvement and allowed the street railway to pay an $8,000 assessment in ten annual installments. It set September 21 for property owners on East Eleventh Street to pay or waive and opt for the ten year plan. Proposals emerged to narrow roadways on Fifteenth Street and Elm Street to cut costs, with a public vote to confirm. The Pennsylvania Company was ordered to plank its crossing at Thirteenth and Dewey streets.
The event promises the biggest and best fair ever held, set to run from August 24 to 28, 1908, at Corydon. Organizers advertise extensive exhibits, attractions, and community participation for the five day fair.
Alfred Berrier, a Hopkinsville victim, is in Louisville with his family and other landholders driven from their farms. He aims to form a Kentucky farming colony in Floyd county, exchanging tobacco for general farming, after inspecting titles for multiple properties. Loss exceeds $5,000 with no life insurance. neighbors join him seeking relocation.
Local request outlines plans to attend the Corydon Fair next week, coordinating travel and schedules with organizers and confirming arrival times and entry details.
Sunday school at 9 and services at 10:30 and 7:45 are listed for multiple churches including German M E and Central Christian. Preachers include Rupert O Foster and Rev S Reid with Epworth Leagues and class meetings noted and a special revival at Centenary M E Church with new pastor A Downe to speak August 30. A Baptist Tabernacle sermon on The Atonement and a special Corydon train trip are also mentioned.
James Manly, an elderly Black resident and janitor of the Third Presbyterian church, died suddenly at his Pearl and Elm street home around 9 am. He was about eighty, had long lived in the city after moving from Virginia, and was respected by locals. A special train will depart for Corydon at 8:30 am and return at 7:25 pm on August 27 and 28.
William Cosby, colored, was arrested by Chief Fees and Sgt Wallon for holding up John Metcalf on Oak Street between State and Pear. About 15 to 19 dollars were taken. Metcalf identified Cosby. Cosby pled not guilty before City Judge Paria and posted 500 dollars bond for a hearing on August 2, with jail if in default.
Louis Hammersmith to New Albany Trust Company Elm Street and Oak Street lots in plat 13. Lucy Burk to Mc Chegor et al Elm Street lots 65 and 2 to 4 Elm in plat 93. Charles Skelly to Josephine Young lot 22 South Street. Anna Jackson to Louis Elien dackeon part of 17 2 6 Elm Street plat 13. Hiram Brown to James Hef fernan east of lot 28 East Market Street plat 19. Emma V Rowe to Mary L Sillings 40 by 106 feet of lot 28 plat 94. James W Dunbar to Thomas Habech parts of lots and Ulberteen Avenue plat in cor. Emma J Martin to George P Bir lot 68 East Spring Street plat 13. George P Bir to Emma J Martin lot 18 Ekin Avenue. Amounts listed: 3200 00 100 00 40 00 430 00 650 00 235 00 2000 00
William McPheeters son of Mr and Mrs Emmett E McPheeters is among twenty three candidates for admission to the ministry to be considered at the Indiana Methodist conference annual meeting to be held next month in Shelbyville Oscar Jean of Campbellaburg and LG Black of Little York also apply and are members of the New Albany district McPheeters former railroad worker in Louisville has studied for the ministry for years and now attends DePauw University Greencastle to graduate next year See the Races at the Corydon
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