New Albany Weekly Tribune Local News Notes May 1908
A New Albany Tribune weekly issue lists local items including re election of truancy officer A H McQuiddy. Christian church district convention at Corydon May 21 22. trial date set for Martha Sneed damage suit. railroad service improvements on Charlestown line planned for June. various guardianships and estate actions. a school commencement set for Scribner High. cemetery site deed filed at Jeffersonville. funeral in Evansville for Carl Ward. Floyd County WCTU institute May 11 12. bond appeal over county superintendent office. several arrests and transfers in Louisville and Floyd counties. state camp delegates named for Modern Woodmen at Terre Haute and Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribner High School
High School
Scribner
Margaret A. Webb
Tilder Stebbine
Mildred Parker
Gus Grant
Grace McGuire
Bertha A. Coakley
Jeffersonville Tusaday
Emma Dunbar Robb
Emma Borden
George W. Robb
Branters
Elopement Supposed as Couple Marries in Jeffersonville
H. E. Evans swore the bride was of legal age in an affidavit while a license was secured. The party then rode to Jeffersonville where the groom, aged forty nine, and the bride eighteen, were believed to have wed, giving the affair the appearance of an elopement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Evans
Jeffersonville
City council debates taxes and city economy measures
At a Monday meeting, Mr. Strack exposed Democratic administration flaws while a taxpayer letter was debated. Mayor Best cited efficiency moves including merging offices and trimming fire department staff, saving $720 yearly. Several items, including street lighting bids and permit ordinances, were referred to committees as officials considered new franchise terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Strack
Board of Worke
Best
Fire Department
George Gardner
Board of Works
Hackett
Musars
Taxpayers’ League
Bill Grose
Hacker
Democratic Council
Grosa
Grose
Jackeson
United Gas and Electric Company
Olty
Weathers
Lafayette
Beet
Weathera
Traction Company
William Graham
Messry Strack
Boardman
Hundlman
Sanderson Post
G.A R
New Albany
Phird Street
Lonsville
Tragic Freight-Yard Death of Reinhardt in City Streets
A man named Reinhardt, about forty five and weighing 275 pounds, was struck and cut to pieces by a northbound freight train near West Third street crossing. His body was dragged along the track as locals noted a German memoranda and a Chicago address. Coroner and a company doctor investigated while townsfolk described his attempts to board an empty car and his plan to leave town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Adolph Reinhardt
West Third Street
Isis
Reinhardt
W. L. Starr
O. P.cook
Cungeon
Ad. Reinhardt
Neirkirchen
Nordstadt
John Petri
Olybourne Avenue
Chicago
Gwin
Enoch Armbrnater
Paul Reising
Board of Public Works
Jefferson County Construction Company
East Eleventh Street
Spring Street
Calberta
W. O. Sweeney
Jeffersonville
Hoosier
Albion
Strack
Weathers
Gardner
Mann
John Gavin
Falling Ran
Clay
Maan
East Eifth
Seventh
Water Company
Save the Babies and Clean Milk Directive Urges Indiana Action
Mayor Jacob Bear receives a letter from Dr. J N Hurty urging Indiana to enforce pure milk standards to reduce infant deaths. The medical official cites 10 462 infant deaths last year with 60 percent attributed to dirty milk and argues higher municipal action would save lives and reduce costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Bear
J. N. Harty
Indianapolis
Indiana Board of Hesith
Muibag & Circus
Indiana
Hurty
Silver Grove Sees Voter Increase Over Two Years
An eastern suburb of New Albany shows growth with 34 more voters added to its lists in two years. A recent poll lists 63 voters, and school enumeration notes more residents aged five to twenty one. Residents argue youth crime has not impacted the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Grove
New Albany
Ite
Dar
Voongsters
Petork
Resignation of Police Commissioner Grosheider Expected
George W. Grosheider Democrat on the city police board resigns to the governor effective immediately after returning from Danver. His six plus year term ended in January with no appointed successor, and he preferred retirement over continuing duties. Several Democrats named as potential appointee. Gov. Hanly has not indicated who will replace him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Grosheider
Board of Police Commissioners
Hanty
Grosheider
Danver
Groscheider
Hanly
Ba Det Ost
Local Social Notes Highlight West Baden Visits and Weddings
Several residents and guests are listed across Indiana towns. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith visit West Baden Springs. Miss Marietta Morrell from Exeter, NH visits Miss Emma Dewharter. Henry Miller and Miss Maggie Schmitt marry in the city. others travel, visit, or fall ill, with routine community notices and pending court appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Smith
West Baden Springs
Mabel Bigwood
Vincennes Street
Marietta Morrell
Exeter
N. H
Emma Dewharet
Silver Hills
Will Miller
Seymour
Marshall Peck
East Fifteenth Street
W.H. Miller
Ollie
Silver Grove
French Lick Springs
Henry Miller
Maggie Schmitt
Loninville
W. M. Mix
Jenny Sommers
Georgetown
Triste
Trent Bates
Bernice Huddleson
Larwanda
Kay
W. W. Bates
Silver Crrove
Belle Edwarde
Mattoon
Usuary
W. F. Raott
Colley
Bob. Martino
BK. J. Wieser
Rieunberger
Jadapalis
United States Grand Jury
Cos Urtatioge
Deaths and funerals noted in local obituaries
A roundup of deaths and funeral notices including Andrew McPheeters Emma Weininger Bertha Norman Mae Mahaffey Clara Rutner Edna Flora Cecil Wright Margaret Hogue Napoleon Wilson Ransom Byerly Matilda Gruener John Brown Christina Hopkins and family details from the period city directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew McPheeters
State Street
Tuesaday
Emma Weininger
George Weininger
Crandall
Bertha Marie Norman
William Norman
Georgetown
Mae Mahaffey
Robert
West Eighth Street
Flora
Cecil Wright
Marion Wright
Corydon
Bertrand, Neb
United States Navy
Shanghai
Ohina
Bertrand
Margaret Hogue
Spencer Hogue
Oak Street
Silver Grove
Third Presbyterian Church
Napoleon B. Wilson
Oakland City
Larne County
Ladoga
Ind
Martin Brown
Galena
I. P. Park
Cbristina O. Hopkins
William Hopkins
Franklin Street
Louisville
Cave Hill Cemetery
Mr. Hopkins
Albert Hopkins
Cis
Obituary for Gartia Atkina of Floyd County Indiana
Obituary notices Gartia Atkina born August 15 153 in Floyd County Indiana and died April 26 1008. He served in the Civil War as a member of Company K Ninety third Indiana Regiment and earned a marked honor for his country. The record notes his military service and respectful remembrance by local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gartia Atkina
Floyd County
Indiana
Mr. Atking
City Pays Barber Asphalt for Post Office Street Work
Terre Haute board of public works notified Washington that Indiana ceded jurisdiction over the federal building site is exclusive to the United States and state and municipal street rules do not apply. The city had planned reimbursement by the government for several hundred dollars spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber Asphalt Company
Spring Street
Postoffice
City Treasury
Board of Public Works
Terre Haute
Treasury Department
Washington
Indiana
United States
Sudden Death of David M. Russell in Kane Pennsylvania
David M. Russell 59, longtime DePauw glass works employee, died suddenly yesterday in Kane Pennsylvania where he worked at a glass factory. His body arrives tonight or tomorrow at his Fort Wayne area home, 1710 East Spring Street. Survived by wife and seven children, including Maud Stickus Pearl Ward David M. Russell Jr George Russell Walter Russell Russell and Sherley Russell. He belonged to New Albany Lodge No. 1 IOOF and Central Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David M. Russell
DePauw Glass Works
Kane
East Spring Street
Russell
Maud Stickus
Mra. Pearl Ward
Fort Wayne, Ind
David M. Russell, Jr
George L. Rusesell
Walter R. Russell
R R. Russell
Sherley W. Russell
New Albany Lodge
The
Central Christian Church
Memorial Service News at National Soldiers Cemetery
Unknown Dead memorial exercises will be held at the national soldiers cemetery on May 30. Figures in a Chaney sourced report show 152,103 unknown soldiers lie in national cemeteries, with 201,282 known among 353,385 total bodies. Government runs eighty three foreign cemeteries, including one in Mexico City with over 1,500 Mexican War soldiers, half unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanderaon
G.alr
Uenal
National Soldiers
Ekin Avenue
House
Chaney
Quartermaster General
United States
Mexico City
Also Mentioned on This Page
NEW Albany Tribune
A. H. McQuiddy
Board of School Trustees
Christian Churches of the
Fourteenth Indiana District
Martha Sneed
Clark
W. J. Coleman
Flist Regiment
Indiana National Guard
Louieville and Northern Railway Company
Charlestown
James H. Mitchem
Estate of
Charity Mitchem
Mary Lamb
Earl Hollowell
Sarah L.miller
Roger Compton
Greenville
St. Edward’s Hospital
Davis and
Briscoe
Dr. Williams
Emmett E. McPheetera
Cherry Street
Fredericksburg
Thomas Richards
E. G. Ward
Frank Ward
Southern Railway
Evansville
Carl Ward
Belleville
Hisliaeou
Ward
W. C. T.U Institute
Galena M. E. Church
Rosa Pearce
Cayoga
W. B. Grimes
Roy L. White
Levi H. Scott
Montgomery
Mr. White
Superintendent of Public Instruction
F. A. Cotton
Enoch Jones
Sittason
Daly
Jones
Floyd
L. W. Allen
F. Edward Dorment
Modern Woodmen
Terra Haute
Dorment
W. J. Kimbrel
Campbelleburg
Peoria
Carment
John Knauer
OQ. Wolfe
John KE. Bowling
Harrison County
Ben KR. Veasey
Ark County
John KR. Milton
Crawford County
Liarrmet
Po J. Track
Puls @ity
Stranger Falls
Police Board
Beg Weissenterger
Jo Lady
Vooardee
Wersero
Daywriter
Arcadia
J. O. Endris
Pearl Street
Ind. P.S
Uncle Sam
Kane, Pa
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