Local News Notes From New Albany Tribune
Guardian appointed for Frank Zilker by New Albany Trust Company. Death of Harrison County resident George Bower near Locust Point at age 72. State Fish Commissioner Sweeney secures nearly 1,000 fish and game law convictions in three years. Katherine Johnson granted divorce from Augustus Johnson with custody and maiden name restored. Numerous farm land transfers show rising prices while city demand stays weak. Otis P. Hanger seeks divorce. wife flogged by White Caps for ill treatment of stepchildren. Mary Hood sues Henry F. Hood for abandonment and support, seeks custody of three children. Wilbur Ellis discharged from regular army, visiting relatives. County tax collections reach $92,426.09, record for the county. Basil Sanders, aged 9, dies in Terre Haute. funeral in New Albany. Clark vs American Car and Foundry Co. settles for $2,600. Walter L. Marsh, alias Sodo, tours with carnival troupe. balloon fall in South River, safe rescue. Pension for Mrs. Sarah Hunley granted after multiple marriages and widow status. Cures advertised for blood diseases with Botanic Blood Balm. sample offered free, sale in New Albany.
Exhaustion Named Cause of Hoffman Death at St Edward’s
George Hoffman former Milltown resident died at St Edward's hospital after a journey from Indianapolis via Louisville to New Albany. Initial reports of suicide by poison were corrected to exhaustion by Coroner Starr. Hoffman, ill and returning to his old home, was aided by Oscar Mathes as he grew unconscious on the suburban train. Interment set for Milltown. family arrival noted.
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George Hoffman
Milltown
St Edward’s Hospital
Starr
Hoffman
Fairbury
Ill
Indianapolis
Louisville
Oscar Mathes
New Albany
St. Edward’s Hospital
William Hoffman
City
Mr. Mathes
Crawford County
Effort to Bring Canal Vote Faces Long Odds
Washington June 9 The Senate plans most of its time this week on the interoceanic canal bill with an expected vote on the Nicaragua route next Saturday unlikely to succeed. Senator Harris of Kansas speaks for the route, while Fairbanks and other senators debate Spooner and Nelson bills as part of committee pace and calendar. Eulogies on the late Representative Stakes and executive consideration of Crozier's ordnance appointment mark notable items this week.
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Washington
Senate
Nicaragua
Harris
Kansas
Fairbanks
Spooner
Simmons
North Carolina
Appalachian Mountains
Nelson
South Carolina
William Crozier
Ordnance Bureau
Hale
Drowned Boy in River Near East Fifth Street Dock
Hubert Strack nine years old, eldest child of Mr and Mrs Strack, drowned Sunday around 2 pm while playing on Capt BE Sliders dock at the river foot of East Fifth street. Life savers dragged the body after an hour, Shrader Brothers undertakers prepared him for burial, services held at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert
Henry Strack
Union Street
East Fifth Street
BE. T. Slider
Louisville
Shrader Brothers
House plans cable and irrigation bills this week
Washington June 9 The House schedules two days for the Pacific cable bill and three for the irrigation bill before taking up Philippine government legislation. The cable measure funds an American built and laid line with direct treasury appropriation, facing opposition. District of Columbia day follows, with all but the general deficiency appropriation bill having passed.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rules
Pacific
Treasury
Corliss
Philippines
Cannon
District of Columbia
Camp Meetings For Ohio Falls Holiness Association
The annual camp meetings of the Ohio Falls Holiness Association will be held at Silver Heights grounds from August 8 to 17. Renowned evangelists including Rev B Cornell and Rev John T Hatfield of Cleveland, Dr Brooks of Round Lake NY, Mrs Mattie Wines of Whiteland Indiana, and Mr and Mrs J M Harris of Chicago will lead services. An all-day holiness meeting is planned for July 4 led by Rev W F Sherian of Trinity M E Church, Louisville. A drugstore ad promotes Rocky Mountain Tea with claims of powerful effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
N. Y
Mattie Wines
Whiteland
Ind
J. M. Harris
Singing Evangelists
Chicago
Camp Grounds
W.F. Sherian
Trinity
Railroad Men Garnishment Law Heads for June 18
Kentucky’s garnishment act passed by the last legislature will go into effect June 18. Championed by W. H. Newman of the Monon route, the measure benefits railroad workers in the state. The bill exempts wages earned and payable outside the state from attachment when the action originates outside Kentucky, requiring garnishees to plead the exemption unless service of process has occurred.
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Kentucky
W. H. Newman
Monon
Wives Bought in Parts of Russian Europe
Across Kamyschin on the Volga marriages are arranged by purchase. A pretty girl from a well to do family costs £10 to £20, sometimes higher. in villages the price starts at about £5. Fathers haggle over the price for a long time. A young farmer with an unable father cannot marry.
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Russian Europe
Kamyschin
Volga
London Chronicle
Multiple sensational crimes and incidents across regions
A flood of terse items reports lynchings in West Virginia and Georgia, a Cuban amnesty bill passing senate, suicides in New York and a fatal Missouri car collision in St Louis. Indictments for murder in Boston, the Liberty Bell moved on its return to Philadelphia, a lynching in Colleton County Georgia, and a doctor shot by a farmer in Garden Grove Kansas.
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Cleveland
John M. Wymick
Mary Green
Bondtown
W. Va
Cuba
Senate
Robert Jefferson Ferral
San Francisco
New York
St. Louis
J. Wilfrid Blondin
Boston
Blondin
Charleston
Philadelphia
Cain Ford
Proclamation on Olive Groves At Damas cus
An ancient custom guards Damas cus olive groves with watchmen to deter theft. A date is set when owners must harvest their fruit or it becomes public property, allowing the public to gather uncollected crops. The text extols the life pleasure from freeing the system to produce wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Nomination Rivalry Shapes Pennsylvania GOP Governor Fight
In Harrisburg on June 9 Insurance Commissioner Durham predicts Judge Pennypacker will secure the nomination. Secretary of the Commonwealth Ghiest says Attorney General Elkin will win on the first ballot, citing Saturday's primary results. Ex-Lt. Gov. Waters also vies, claiming balance of power amid the contest.
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Harrisburg
Pennypacker
Durham
The
Commonwealth
Ghiest
Elkin
Judge Pennypacker
Waters
Death of Harriman farmer's wife tied to teen servant
In Harriman Tennessee on June 9 authorities report the wife of farmer Jack Bailey found dead after an assault. An inquest led by Justice Newport implicates George Robert a 14 year old Black servant who was arrested on suspicion of the crime.
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Harriman
Tenn
Jack Bailey
Justice Newport
George Robert
Advisory board of Catholic societies meets in Cleveland
The Federation of American Catholic Societies advisory board met in Cleveland on Sunday to fix the date for the next annual meeting review progress and discuss other matters. Chicago was named as the place and date for the meeting on August 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Federation of American Catholic Societies
Chicago
Drowning of 11 year old in Maumee River at Fort Wayne
Oren Clark, an 11 year old pupil, drowned while bathing with companions in the Maumee River near Fort Wayne Indiana on June 9. Authorities investigated the incident and coral river safety measures were discussed by local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort ‘Wayne, Ind
Oren Clark
Maumee River
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tribune
New Albany Trust Company
Frank Zilker
George Bower
Harrison County
Locust Point
Sweeney
Fish and Game
Katherine Johnson
Augustus Johnson
Henry
Katherine Shipp
Otis P. Hanger
Crawford
Alice Hanger
Mary Hood
J. B. James
the Circuit Court
Henry F. Hood
Wilbur Ellis
Floyd County
Atkins
Basil Sanders
Terre Haute
West Fifth Street
F. A. Lester
Main Street
M. E
Fairview Cemetery
J. W. Clark
American Car and Foundry Company
Jeffersonville
Walter L. Marsh
John Marsh
Ohio Falls
Sarah Hunley
Isaac Hunley
Willis Bartlett
William Watts
Hunley
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Dr. Kings
C. D. Knoefel
Elizabeth Logue
Grant Street
Martinsburg
Thomas Thurman, Jr
Mt. Carmel, Il
David Miller
Galena
Henry E. Cooley
Borden
Hattie Brown
Justice Mix
Carrie Kierner
Harvey Hartman
Peter Klener
East Elm Street
Miss Klerner
Mr. Hartman
Louis Hartman
Indiana
Rocky Mountain Tea
Conner’s
Lion Coffee
Irrigation
Pacific Cable
Hubert Strack
N. E. Palmer
Kirkman
Bucklen
D. Knoefel
Irrigation and Pacific Cable Bills
Rocky Mountain
Conner
Weekly Tribune
American Mutual Life Ins. Co
Elkhart, Ind
GEO
B. Shrader
Shrader
John Shrader
Shraders
Ffice
O. V
George B. Shrader
N. Shrader
Sapolio
Saxony
Erzgebirge
Switzerland
Quire Story
WHITE
Golden Rule
Pearl St
Tea Company
Market St. Cumb
J. Fe, Grane
Pearl.o.v
Milpo
Lieber Karl
Henry Perrette
E. A. Pierre
Vincennes
In Law
Mihany, Sud
the Tribune
E. H. Mann
George S. Graf
C. Thompson
E. Main
Crystal
J. M. Bosier
Kitchen Palace
O. K
All Union
Chas. A. Suette
Prop
East Market Street
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