Local News Notes In Floyd County 1908
County jail repairs begin. Only two U. S. court cases likely this January. Veterans urge pension bill of eighteen dollars per day. Floyd County births count 183 males 122 females in nine months of 1907. County commissioners meet. Jefferson Engleman joins board. Mrs. McHenry named matron of Old Ladies Home. will of E Noyes filed. Clarence Sturgeon to be hanged for 1906 Louisville killings. Edington seeks missing wife Lizzie. Highland Country Club names board. Kasrup and Rast wed after meeting by chance. W H Deark sues Southern Railway for 500 damages over track placement. Kilkenny cat primaries to be on one day April 5. Evans sues for divorce. Blake sues Wood Mosaic Flooring for 2000 injuries. delinquent tax list to be printed. Beek dies in Los Angeles. Jury drawn for January circuit term. Armstrongs sue city for 400 damages over sewer trench entry.
Public Works discusses sewer tax extension and track plans
At a morning board of public works meeting, a request to extend the Jan 8 sewer assessment deadline was examined after 2,700 property owners faced a short window. Sewer contractor consent allowed a 15 day extension to Jan 23, 1908. The New Albany Street Railway seeks to widen Vincennes Street gauge to form a loop for Daisy bridge cars, with a planned Louisville route by Feb 1. The board will decide next Wednesday. Bricks along Vincennes Street tracks require repair due to heavy interurban traffic. O. D. Knoefel notes a cough remedy for a disturbed congregation attendee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
City Trenagier Green
Marshall
Sewer Company
C.D. Keleo
New Albany Street Railway Company
Ita
Vincennes Street
Market Street
Fifteenth Street
Kelso
Shot in Leg Letter Carrier Bates Attacked by Robbers
Silver Grove letter carrier W W Bates was robbed at Oak and Thomas streets Friday night when two men menaced him with revolvers. He resisted, was struck on the head and shot in the thigh. the bullet was extracted and he will be off duty for days. The assailants, described as two black men, fled and police found no trace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Bates
Silver Grove
Bates
Fatea
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup Promoted for Constipation
An old advertisement claims Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels and restoring natural bowel action. It emphasizes that the product does not nauseate or gripe and is mild to take, listing substitutes and the distributor Knoefel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orino
Reinas
Knoefel
Death toll and notices from a late 1900s New Albany paper
Obituary notices for Herman Kraft at 334 Cherry Street from pneumonia death at 32, Richard Burk 84 of 43 East Third Street with Civil War service, and James T. Scott 85 of Green Valley Road. marriages of John H Scott to Miss Fannie Morgan, Albert J. Martin to Miss Carrie A. Norrington, John Kasrup to Sarah Raab, and other local nuptials. political notices urging Republicans to a January 1908 reorganizational meeting across wards and townships in New Albany and surrounding areas, with detailed ward and township delegate plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Krafé
Spring
Elm Streets
Cherry Street
Henry Kraft
German Evangelical Church
Frank T. Porter
Park Q
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
Gresnville Township
John H Scott
Fannie Morgan
Justice Mix
Bens. Logan
Troy
Ind
Nettie Jackson
George Tharp
Mary Agnes Bennett
Hardinconunty
W. BR. Atkins
Kokomo
Stone's River
Albert J. Martin
Carrie A. Norrington
Rescinded permit to widen gauge near Main and Spring streets
The Louisville and Northern Railway scare rescinded a December 26 resolution granting a gauge widening between Main and Spring streets. The board feared the action could be seen as authorizing tracks to Spring street, and cited misapprehension and uncertain petition wording. A separate ad notes Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy refunds if not effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Louisville and Northern Railway Company
Main
Spring Streets
Monon
Vincennes
Main Street
King
Market Street
Tts
Spring Street
Fifteen Years of Arnica Salve Cures Sore Ailments Says Local User
A. F. Hardy of East Wilton Maine testifies after fifteen years of using Buckien's Arnica Salve. He claims it never failed to cure sores boils ulcers or barn ailments and has saved him many a doctor bill. Sold at Chas D Knoefel's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckien
A. F. Hardy
East Wilton
Maine
Chas D. Knoefel
Cow thief arrested after cow identified by owner
George Goulding of Lexington Indiana was arrested Friday on a charge of stealing a cow from Clark county resident George Grayson. Goulding, caught trying to sell the animal at the market for two cents a pound, confessed after restraint. Grayson identified the cow, Goulding led to Jeffersonville jail, and a Clark county commitment followed. Special announcement references Foley’s Honey and Tar cough remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Goulding
Lexington
Ind
Adams
Spence
George Grayson
Clark County
Snepman
Goulding
Henry Graybrook
State
Fleet Streets
Grayon
Jeffersonville
Shethers
Mrs Florence Luse Dies in Rock Island Hospital
Mrs Florence Luse formerly of this city died last Monday in Rock Island Illinois after several weeks in a hospital from stomach ailment. She was the widow of Oliver H Guse and mother of Horatio D Luse. She had lived with Mrs Margaret Clokeyan Louisville and visited friends in North Platte Nebraska before returning home and falling ill. She was a step sister of Capt Charles Van Dusen and cousin of George H Wevel Charlotte Qevel and Mrs Charles Van Dusen. Her remains will probably be brought here for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Luse
Rock Island
Til
Oliver H. Guse
Horatio D. Luse
Margaret Clokey
Ian Louisville
North Platte
Neb
Capt
Charles van Dusen
George H. Wevel
Charlotte Qevel
Thomas W. Armstrong
Local doctor sues Buffalo Dental for 100000 damages
Dr. Fred M. Daniels of Corydon files a $100,000 damage suit against Buffalo Dental Manufacturing Company over an explosion in a Elwood dental office that damaged his right eye and both ears. He was treated in Louisville for months and required grafting to heal wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred M. Daniels
Willam Daniels
Corydon
J. F. Weathers
Buffalo Dental Manufacturing Company
Elwood
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Albany Tribune
Periday
Logal News Notes
Farm of
Congress
Board of Statistics
Floyd County
Board of County Commissioners
Jefferson Engleman
William *Hanger
E. Noyes
William J. Moyea
John K. Fogle
Katherine Garvin
Clarence Sturgeon
Louieville
Jane
Sturgeon
Joseph Edington
Frankfort
Lizzie Edington
Highland Q Country Club
N.T DePauw
W. B. Creed
Martin Swanll
J. V. Reed
R. W. Morris
James W. Dunbar
H E. Jewett
J. N. Roberts
J. 8. Conner
Henry Terategge
John O. Kasrup
Loyal
Wis
Sarah J. Rast
Greenville Township
Raoff
Kaarup
W.H Deark
The
Southern Railway Company
Preston Street
Stotenburg & Weatbere
New Albany
Storen
Lauren Evans Monday
Walter Evans
Walter
Paria & Trusty
Obasres E. Blake
Wood Mosaic Flooring Company
Stotsenburg & Weathers
Alexander Beek
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles Weber
Wear Spring Street
P Shaughnessy
Los Angelea
Reek
Molders’' Union
D. F. Howman
Rutherford
Circuit Court
August Sperzer
Frank Lamppin
Joseph Hoatlinger
Maurice Huuck
Lafayette Township
George Wright
William Disert
Franklin Township
Alfred Wells
Roy McPhestere
Green-ville Township
Frank Engleman
Ray
Mond B. Summers
Georgetown
Fred Tyrant
Charles F. Matthews
New Albany Township
John J. Armstrong
Mattiew Armstrong
Mary A. Armstrong
West Fourth Street
Jewett & Jewett
O. D. Knoefel
Grim Reaper
Mica Harriet Morris Banes
Julia Whipple Banes
City
San Jose
Charles Frederick Reed
San Joas
Banes
Republican State Committee
Indiana
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Fifth Ward
Sixth Ward
Seventh Ward
Georgetown Township
Anid Township
Galans
Slep
Mooreaville
M. Bert Thurman
Oscar O. Baber
Daisy Company
Foley
D. Knoefel
D Knonfel
Maple City
Soap
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
Hilinois
Mr. Dooley
F. P. Dunne
Ida M. Tarbell
Ray Stannard Baker
Lincoln Steffens
William Allen White
Upton Sinclsir
New York
David Grayson
Rudyard Kipling
Josephine Dasham
Ulpg
Dooley
Indianapolis
Poemureria
D. Raoefel
Reems
Masonic Building
Srw
Albany
Stotsenburg & Weathers Attorneys AT Law
Hadden
Floyd, Clark Zarrigan
Crawford
Adjoining Counties
Peter Klerner
Lest
Thomas and Market Ste
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GEO. H
Main St
New Albany Mfg. Co. Foundry and Machine Shop
Tenth and Water Sts
George B. Cardwill
Syrah
QEO
S. Graf
Mele Riness
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