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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
4
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The article reports the traction company using sprinklers on car tracks to cut dust, while a separate incident describes Edward Carter being injured when a horse shied as a expressman passed, leaving a scalp wound. A family dispute leads to arrests and warrants involving Mrs Fannie Mesa, her daughter Anra, Mrs Moss, and her son-in-law John Badd. Maria Van Name, widow and former Monon conductor, dies at 2014 Ekin Avenue after years of illness. funeral services held at her residence before burial in Cincinnati.
The New Albany district Epworth League will hold its next annual convention at Jennie DePauw Memorial church. Officers elected for the year include President Rev J W McFall Paoli First Vice President Madge Ealy New Albany Second Vice President Mary Overton Pekin Third Vice President Belle Jackson Campbellsburg Fourth Vice President Hattie Abbott Otwell Recording Secretary Pearl Cox Corresponding Secretary Grace Greenough Huntingburg Treasurer Samuel Jones New Albany Superintendent Junior League Mattie Martino Paoli.
Rowena Lodge No. 28 of Keighta of Pythias voted 32 to 16 to move from Castle Hall to a Vincennes Street site. Attendance was light, representing only part of the membership, with roughly 200 members in all. The matter may come up again next meeting.
At a public works meeting the board reviewed petitions for East Tenth Street from Spring to Oak for a 26 foot brick roadway 6 foot granitoid sidewalks and curbing with a wider road than Eleventh Street The petitions signed by A Hegewald C Hegewald M Conklin M ONeil J Rough J Quencez and A Stader were granted City Engineer Mann to prepare plans for next meeting A second petition for Fifteenth Street between Spring and Elm with granitoid sidewalks curb gutter and grass plat was approved Residents included John Best The board deferred action on painting the Veteran Volunteer Firemen HQ pending city hall and reel house funding An arc light removal at the colored cemetery was postponed to the next meeting.
In the session three divorces were granted. Charles Tafte received the decree in a case with mutual complaints and custody of their son was awarded to Mrs Katherine Tafta with visitation monthly. Tafte must pay costs. No alimony. Lula Foreman received a divorce from William S Foreman for habitual drunkenness and Clark Summers from William S Summers for abandonment and failure to provide. They married in Jeffersonville and moved to the city six years ago. She was given custody of two daughters.
William Roose of the city was appointed traveling deputy fiab and game warden by Z J Sweeney state fish and game commissioner. His territory covers southern counties with headquarters in the city. He will investigate violations of fish and game laws reported to Commissioner Sweeney. Roose knows local fishing spots and was formerly with the city engineering department.
The city and United Gas and Electric Company conducted a ninety day trial of alternating current arc lamps. Fifty units on Spring and Main streets shown steady, shadowless light with no flicker and wider coverage than the old carbon lamps. If results please officials, broader adoption is possible after the three month test.
Woolsver of LeRaye recounts relief from a twenty year health issue claiming Bucklen's Aratoa Salve cured his bleeding piles two decades ago. The testimonial asserts a long-term remedy without detailing medical validation.
Church bulletins urge timely submissions for the TRInNE. German M E and Wesley Chapel list morning and evening services with preaching by delegates to Louisville conventions. Epworth League, choir oratorio, and Sunday school events noted at multiple churches with times and pastors.
The Glenwood field hosts bases where the Royals of Cincinnati face Glenwood with Lally at second. A band concert will follow the match, while New Albany Stars battle Jeffersonville in the championship series at Fairmount Park. Also on the schedule, New Albany Athletics vs Arrows in morning match and Browns vs Louisville Leaguers at Pearl Street grounds.
Notice that the Republican primary election in Floyd County Indiana will be held on Thursday June 25 1906 from 1 to 8 pm to nominate county and township tickets for November voting. Voting places to be announced later.
June 20 event marks reopening of Midway Addition along the interurban. Despite broader real estate concerns, the area shows continued safes due to merit, location, and future promise. Owners offer builds now with 25 to 38 percent cost reductions, backed by growing population in the Falls cities and active local partners at 6004 Cumberland.
The Holy Trinity Catholic Academy held its commencement last night with a large audience. Fourteen students were graduated, led by James McLaughlin John Quinkert Francie Beaucond Merlin Corcoran Maurice Horn and Mieres Annaan non Helen Russell Lucille Hackett Agnea O Sullivan Grace Eve Jessie Pierre Nellie McBarrow Alice Murphy and Ethel Lippert. Gold medals for proficiency in study and deportment were awarded by Rev. Charles Curran to Lucille Hackett Bessia Egan France Bocard Amadee Heberinger Thomas McLaughlin and John Quaickert. Books for composition went to John Lipps Alice Murphy Antoinette Parker Irma McLaughlin Stratton Terategge and John O'Hara. The school is run by the Sisters of Providence and this year served over 260 pupils.
Debates in the interschool contest ended with the Seniors affirming the resolution that the American Republic will endure. Gustav Weinmann and Lee Sapiocky led the Seniors, while Marian Shrode and Johnson Grossman represented the Juniors. The second debate sided with the Sophomores against City Life, with John Swerney and Poacher Coleman speaking for the Sophomores and Elmer Sovrioghaca and John Moffat for the Freshmen.
Voting sites listed for all wards in the city and New Albany township with hours from 1 to 8 p m on Thursday June 25 1908. Locations include ward addresses around Market Street Oak and Calbert on avenues court house and Vincennes Street plus Silver Grove precincts and No 7 school house Six Mile Switch. Eligible voters are Republicans aged over 21 as of November.
Indiana Republicans cheer Taft at the Annex in Indianapolis amid shifts after Fairbanks defeat. James E. Watson hails Taft as the party’s choice and vows to campaign, while leaders expect Taft to unite Indiana voters and draw Roosevelt strength. Kealing and other figures praise the party’s Chicago unity and plan for Hitchcock to lead the national effort.
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