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Newspaper
New Albany Weekly Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
8
The article extols native plants for their healing virtues and claims American forests contain valuable medicinal roots. It cites Dr. Pierce and a book of extracts mailed free to requesters, promising cures for heart ailments and women’s health issues, with unverifiable assertions about universal effectiveness.
The New Albany Trust Company is appointed administrator of Adam Muller's estate. William Darneal becomes township librarian. A Reno street sewer drains a pond off McCulloch pike. Salam high school contracts totaling 28000 funded by Lyons heirs. W. E. Cox will lead Floyd county delegates to the district convention. Mrs. Theodore Stein plans a Pythian Sisters temple in Salem. Isabel Devoe wills estate to stepbrother Alfred Wiley with a March 8 1908 date. Professor Kintner resigns to seek Harrison county clerk nomination. Juline Wendell fills vacancy. Thomas Reasor granted divorce from Clara Reasor. $110 settlement. A juvenile flogging law is applied to Edward Ricketts. B & C S W railroad eye shale beds in Indiana, south counties. Glyde Burne arrested, released after hay loft incident. Jennie M. Koch files another $1,000 damages suit against Louisville and Northern Railroad and Lighting Co.
Bridge c ar and a B and O W engine at Thirty-fifth Street. The B and O W Company named as defendant in today s suit. Miss Koo h ab leges her body bruised and ankle sprained. G H Heater attorney for plaintiff. County Treasurer Frank Green to open sale at 10 AM April 15 for 821 750 freestone road bonds. 120 bonds at 181 25 each drawing 43 cents interest. Last series due May 15 1929. Ella Jones sues for divorce from Dell Jones. formerly Corydon boards, married 1897, separated 1906. He accused of cruelty and revolver incident. W H Reese attorney. Herriston county Republicans elect delegates to state convention and split votes among four governor candidates each receiving two and three fourths votes. Delegates listed from Corydon Crandall DaPauw Elizabeth and other towns.
In Harrison circuit court the suit seeks forty thousand dollars for the January wreck of a Southern railway train at Corydon Junction twenty miles west of town. Plaintiffs Clyde Stewart brakeman seeks twenty thousand, Mrs Winfield H Scott widow of the killed fireman ten thousand, and J M Paria administrator of the deceased engineer ten thousand.
State Tax Commissioner John O. Wingate from Crawfordeville spoke at the courthouse to county and township officials and taxpayers on the assessment of property and tax collection. He praised the current tax law, urged strict enforcement, and highlighted delinquencies totaling 8.3 million statewide in 1906 with Floyd County share at 82,821. He warned local officials they would be backed by the state tax board to collect current and delinquent taxes and reminded of foreclosure provisions.
New Albany Postmaster R W Morrie announces a ruling that subscribers over one year in arrears must settle debts or risk discontinuation of the paper. The notice urges delinquent readers to pay promptly, noting most can pay the small amount owed. Also mentions Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a new, gentle remedy.
Charles Mucker George Guest and Arrian Canady youths admitted to a long string of burglaries after police interrogation and sweating. They face arraignment in circuit court with a policeinduced confession ending a period of fear among residents.
Judge Montgomery ruled Prof. Levi H. Scott of Scottsville retains the office of county superintendent of schools, after a dispute with Roy L. White. White, a Republican, was elected by township trustees but Scott contends the law required a specific election date, so his term extends to June 1911. White’s legal team plans an appeal to the Kentucky Supreme Court.
The Floyd county Odd Fellows district meeting drew attendees from Jeffersonville and Louisville with Maurice C. Graff presiding. E G Hastings of Indianapolis grand master attended. The Daughters of Rebekah led the afternoon work for three candidates and the evening class of four included three from Georgetown and one from Louisville.
Miss Amy Rothrock returns home from White Cloud Mills to Harrison county. Mr and Mrs William H Pitt and daughters plan to move to Ogden Utah. Miss Jasmine Boilvin travels to Washington DC for George Devol and Elsie Vance nuptials on April 8. John B Brock weds Pearl Olmstead in Jeffersonville. Audrey Bullington returns from New Orleans to Hardinsburg. Kate McIntosh stays south. Benjamin Dean and Pearl Fetzer wed in Silver Grove. Walter Scnuman and Nettie L Boyd marry March 19 in city. Morris Shadburn and Estelle Coomba wed February 29 in Jeffersonville.
R. M. James of Lowellen proclaims Electric Bittera a cure for malaria chills bilious attacks and jaundice. The 50 cent bottle is a tonic medicine and blood purifier sold with a guarantee at Obas D Knoe fel's drug store.
Police report Alonzo and Reuben McIntosh, both colored, arrested by Sergeant Walls and Patrolman Dorn on burglary charges. They were found in bed at home on Locust Street. The case links them to a broader gang with prior thefts including Prof Charles E Rice's Elm and Jay streets residence in spring 1905. Jewelry and silverware valued over 300 were stolen, with Terry and the quartet of colored youths allegedly sharing proceeds.
Republican candidate Charles W. Miller swept Floyd county delegates and secured solid support in Huntington Peru and Kosciuszko with eight to eleven delegates in some counties. Miller’s home base in Floyd boosts expectations of solid statewide backing at the convention. A second item notes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised by Dr. E. Chamberlain of Clinton Maine for piles and skin repairs, available at Chas D Knoefel’s drug store.
The Democratic slate lists William Sloemer for Treasurer Claude Sittason for Sheriff Charles W Long for Township Trustee and Walter W Bulliet for Prosecuting Attorney. All candidates run subject to voter decision at the November election.
A series of 1920s style declarations list candidates seeking Republican nominations. Fred M. Jackson runs for County Treasurer, Dr T B Love and Ollie L Emery seek Trustees of New Albany Township, John S Mann and Moses L Jackson announce for trustees and assessor posts, with all bids subject to the Republican primary. John A Hinds also enters to seek Assessor nomination.
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