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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
4
The official city paper notes a forecast for Indiana Fair tomorrow with weather outlook and regional conditions. No further details available in the readable text.
Local events include two Entered Apprentice masons tonight in New Albany. Legal actions cover enit against Veronica Losson over West Main Street property and a Clark circuit court damage suit against the Louisville and Southern Indiana Traction Company. Public notices announce high school and grammar school commencement seating, plus a homecoming week for Tell City in late June.
A grand jury charged Samuel Carpenter with first degree murder in the death of Clarence Jackson at the United Gas and Electric power house last Monday morning. Carpenter is jailed without bail and will be arraigned tomorrow. defense by Stotsenberg and Weatherer with Cheries D. Kelso. Grand jurors were discharged after filing the report.
The Floyd county bar honors Judge Jacob Herter with a memorial read by Judge Alexander Dowling. It praises his six years as judge and long career as attorney, noting his amiable character, thorough legal mind, reliability, and unblemished integrity. It closes with sympathy and respect for his family.
Robert C. P. Holmes, purchasing agent for Commonwealth Edison, was found dead in a downtown Chicago alley. He bore a deep cut above the eye and his pockets were emptied along with jewelry missing. Holmes had attended a National Electric Light Association meeting and was expected to visit Louisville in the coming days.
Homeseekers tickets go on sale on May 5 and 19, June 2 and 16, July 1 and 21, August 4 and 18, and September 1 and 15 for trips along the Monon route through Arisons Arkansas, Mexico Missouri, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Delegations from Sanderson Post 191 and the Ladies of the G A R praise Capt John D Alexander of Bedford as department commander after the annus encampment in Kokomo. P Finney and E W Menanugh named as district and alternate to Toledo national encampment. Jasper Packard Post Lafayette new Women’s Relief Corps post. Jennie Irving and Amelia Collins receive leadership roles.
The Vista editors and staff announce a 48 page edition with portraits of 43 graduates, class history, prophecy, calendar, jokes, verse and stories. Printing by Tribune Company. sale May 26 at the High School Carnegie Library and Y M C A.
Mrs RB Stitzel of Frankfort Indiana gave birth to a son on a southbound Monon train delayed by a wreck near Bedford Wednesday evening. Physicians attended as mothers and passengers assisted. a purse of 11 was raised for the family. Mother 19 from Orleans on way to her father W D Owens. baby named Manon Patman Stitzel in honor of railroad and hotel.
The Fidelity Trust Company trustee for Evelyn Alexander and Harry Briscoe files a partition case against Sallie Chapman Andrew J Chapman Lydia E Herndon Len H Herndon Virgil Wright McClain Alexander and Martha Briscoe for 870 acres of Strattan farm in Franklin township claiming the land can be divided. Entitled shares are set as Sallie Chapman Lydia E Herndon and Virgie Wright one fourth each, Evelyn Alexander three fourths of the remaining one fourth, and Harry Briscoe one fourth of the remaining one fourth. The petition seeks an amicable division of the property.
The Indiana presidential postmasters held their second annual meeting in Indianapolis with FP E McMillin explaining postal savings banks and a parcels post plan. A. L. Lawshe spoke on The Legitimate Publisher as post office aims to curb abuse of second class mailing. Elections named Gray, Sulzer, and Shideler to leadership roles. Separately brewers contest a state action in federal court over saloon closures and state immunity. Political shifts include Knox Republican John Moorman stepping down and Mishawaka Democrats backing Benjamin F. Shively for Congress. Plymouth hosts a convention May 28. Dr King’s New Life Pills advertised with a money-back guarantee.
Notice declares the Floyd County Indiana Board of Review will meet June 1 1908 at the County Courthouse New Albany for assessment review and tax equalization. Session lasts forty days 9 am to 4 pm with Sundays excluded. Write complaints to the County Auditor Julian T Miller. Proud County inference and healing ad follow.
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Mrs W O Sinex visits friends while Mr and Mrs Charles W Inman host visitors in Philadelphia and Washington. Misa Bertha Hans of Floyd Knobs visits her aunt Mrs Robert Meeks. Miss Ide Lister arrested at 715 East Market then leaves for Hannibal Missouri. The Rev David O Wright of Paducah Kentucky visits. Inspector W L Moore ill in Masonic building apartments. Mrs Amelia B Green ill at daughter Mrs Edward Biel’s home. A daughter born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Thomas P Morcoran at 429 Bank Street. Mr John E Amick and son George visit Mr and Mrs Charles A Schan at 1817 Ekin Avenue. Miss Grace Pallen of Lexington returns home after visiting Miss Lalu McDonald. Mrs W J Lobach and daughter Geneva Arlene depart for St Louis to join husband. Fortnightly Club holds last meeting of season tomorrow at Mrs Henry B Jewatt’s Silver Hill. Mr and Mrs Henry Jekel celebrate golden wedding at Conrad Kraft’s 245 Queen Street. Prof Harry A Buerk to address Lafayette Township schools tonight at St Marys on the Knobs school hall. Prof Charlen A Prosser addresses Huntingburg and Ireland graduation events. Invitations issued for the marriage of Dr Claude T Wolfe and Miss Nell Keller at Corydon on Wednesday June 3. Mr and Mrs Charles Hackett of Chicago visit on their wedding trip. Mrs Hackett formerly Miss Florence Gomboy of Chicago. Hackett, former city resident, works at Armour Packing in Chicago.
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