Narrow escape as Grand Avenue home is gutted by fire
Deputy Treasurer Lewis Cloud and his eight children escaped a Sunday morning blaze that destroyed the kitchen and dining room of their Grand Avenue residence. Delays from firemen blocked early efforts. neighbors aided, though most items were lost. Insurance partially covers the loss. Cloud plans temporary housing as investigators consider causes, with a rat or mouse hypothesis cited.
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Lewis Cloud
Grand Avenue
Mgr.Cloud
Indiana Pension Disbursements Reach Over Ten Million
Veterans Bureau figures show Indiana paid 10,101,000 in pension benefits for the year ending June 30 to 64,614 veterans widows and orphans. Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York led in totals, with national rolls shrinking from 1,001,464 to 996,545 as deaths removed about 41,000 names in the year.
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Washington
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
United States
Court House Notes on Divorce Guardian Appointment and Probate
Loretta Hunt seeks divorce from Benjamin F. Hunt amid allegations of cruel treatment and neglect. Isaiah Hoover named guardian for Mary F. Swatford due to insanity. The will of Amanda Bundy, made with husband Martin L. Bundy, is admitted to probate granting all property to the survivor on death.
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Jos
H. ‘Baughan
Union
Traction
Frokner & Forkner
J. A. van Osdel
Wm. W. Whitworth
Francis A. Whitworth
Harry Burris
Adda J. Burris
W. Burris
Sarah F. Stevens
Jacob E. Stevens
John Shively
Mary A. Shively
Luther Shively
Thes. C. Day
George W. Wishard
Wyatt Crandall
Cora Crandan
Wm. Pence
Sara F. Stevens
Robert Bennett
Minnnie Sennett
Jennie
Loretta Hunt
Benjamin F. Hunt
Isaiah Hoover
Mary F. Swatford
Amanda Bundy
Martin L. Bundy
Mr. Bundy
The Old 36th Veterans Gather in New Castle
Committees prepare a program to honor survivors of the old regiment in New Castle. Officials urge every citizen to help welcome the veterans and remember those who died in the war to preserve the Union.
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New Castle
Funeral for Willis Ramsey Draws Large Crowd in Knights Town
One of the largest dest funerals in Knights town Sunday honored Willis Ramsey who died after being burned by a live wire in Indianapolis. Over fifteen hundred attendees from Muncie Indianapolis Rushville Plainfield and surrounding areas paid respects to a well liked young man. The Red Men led the funeral and the floral offerings were numerous and beautiful.
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Knightstown
Willis Ramsey
Indianapolis
Muncie
Rushville
Plainfield
Iie
Red Men
Goose Enough Think of it Elegant Lot for Sale
Elegant lot with graded street and sidewalk, good drainage, suitable for a garden and building. Water within eighty five feet, nearby electric light lines, near court house, offered at your own price with easy terms. September 26 at 2 pm under the big willow.
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Court House
Nipp and Tuck Club Names Corrected for James Nipp
The article defends proper spelling of the Nipp and Tuck Club honoring James Nipp. It clarifies the club is named for him, who is Henry County’s notable figure and the first vice-president, with twenty three other vice presidents also named.
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Nipp and Tuck Club
James Nipp
Thej
Henry County
Nipp
Henry County Historical Society hears women run program
The Henry County Historical Society held an all day semi annual meeting at the society building with a women’s committee in charge. Members present included Mrs. Mattie E Charles Mrs. Rose Pickering Mrs. N W Wagoner Mrs S A Pleas Mesdames Estes Gillies and Parker. They praised the day and noted the program will be announced later. The semi annual meeting date moves to the last Saturday in October under the amended constitution.
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Ladics
Historical Society
Mattie E
Charles
Spiceland
Rose Pickering
Midddletown
N. W. Wagoner
Knightstown
S. A. Pleas
Dunreith
Mesdames Estes
Gillies
Parker
New Castle
Henry County Historical Society plans fall season of entertainments
The Henry County Historical Society executive committee proposes a six event fall and winter course featuring the Columbian Male Quartette with Miss Fisher Shipp, lecturer Robert Parker Miles, Ferguson’s Dixie Jubilee, six colored musical artists, Alfred L. Fludes with illustrated talks, Herbert L. Cope, Olivia Sanger Hall, and other acts. Subscriptions for season tickets urged. An assembly at Mrs. Ben Beall’s home featured Women’s Missionary Society members dining and reporting a 73 member count and $200 raised.
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Henry County Historical Society
Herbert L. Cope
Olivia Sanger Hall
Christian Church
Ben. Beall
Yestersday
Lh O’clork
Women's Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Beall
Isaac Millikan
Sallie Lynn
Messerly
Fragmentary OCR Notes From Court Proceedings
Readable fragments suggest a legal record with phrases about pleas and filings. Names, dates, and specific actions are missing or garbled, leaving an outline of a court hearing with references to motions and evidence. The item resembles a brief court entry rather than a full narrative.
Fifty Cents Touts Indiana State Fair Wonders
The Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis runs the week of September 14. For fifty cents at the gate visitors gain access to Sousa concerts, grand circuit horse races, cattle, horse, sheep, hog, poultry, flower and fruit shows, free cooking and butter making schools, art, machinery and agricultural exhibits across fifteen departments. The stall boasts the largest value of any western exposition and fills 300 acres with diverse displays.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
State Board of Agriculture
Downing
Sousa
Elliott Farm Addition sale promotes affordable lot purchases
The notice urges a young man to attend the Elliott Farm Addition sale on September 26 and buy one or more lots using a ninety week installment plan. Ten percent cash and one percent of the price weekly, no interest, with new homes to be built to add value.
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Elliott Farm
D&w
Willlis Ramsey dies after live wire burn at Indianapolis
Willis Ramsey, twenty year old Knightstown man, died yesterday afternoon at 2 oclock in the city hospital after being seriously burned by a live wire while working on Central Union telephone lines in Indianapolis. The death follows a similar report in the previous edition. Mrs. Robert Overman of Knightstown died after a long illness, cancer the cause. She leaves a husband and three children. Henderson Fleming, seventy three, of Sulphur Springs, died yesterday at home. post mortem cites stomach cancer. Funeral tomorrow at 10 at the house with burial in Miller cemetery.
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Willis Ramsey
Knightstown
Central Union
Indianapolis
New Castle
Robert T. Oveman
Indianapoli
St. Vincent Hospital
Henderson Fleming
Sulphur Springs
Miller Cemetery
Doctor Manatt Arrested for Practicing Without License
Dr. E. L. Manatt, osteopathic physician newly located here, was arrested Friday afternoon by Marshal Ralph Yost on a charge of practicing medicine without a license. The filing doctor was Dr. E. H. Brubaker, secretary of the city board of health. The case goes to trial next Thursday before Squire Koons.
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E. L. Manatt
Ralph Yost
E. H. Brubaker
City Board of Health
Squire Koons
Receiver Appointed for Hussey Mower Co Knightstown
The Central Trust Company was named receiver for Hussey Mower & Implement Co of Knightstown. Some creditors oppose the move and have filed a petition in U S court seeking bankruptcy proceedings. The outcome remains uncertain.
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the Central Trust Company
Hussey Mower & Implement Co
Knightstown
United States
Settlement Aimed on Large City Sewer Contract
Officials expect a settlement soon on the big sewer system built over the last year and a half. The town board has no official figures yet on the total cost, and has awaited input from W O Barnard, attorney for the sewer contractors.
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W. O. Barnard
Carrier Pigeons Reach Cleveland From Sydney
Ozro Moore formerly with American Express, now in Sydney C appointed by him released 500 carrier pigeons. After circling briefly the flock flew 175 miles to Cleveland in about two hours drawing much local attention in Sydney at the moment of release.
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Ozro. Moore
American Express Company
Sydney
Cleveland
Edith Gronendyke's Tenth Birthday Party Highlights
Edith Gronendyke celebrated her tenth birthday with a party from 2:30 to 6:00 PM attended by many young friends. Refreshments were served and guests registered their names and ages, listing attendees such as Katherine Hunt, Ruth Elliott, Freya Young, Sara Gordon, Marie Brubaker, and others. The anonymous note suggests the guest list may interest the girls in years ahead.
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Edith
Gronendyke
Katherine Hunt
Ruth Elliott
Freya Young
Sara Gordon
Marie Brubaker
Alice Huddleson
Anna Burns
Marie Brown
Marguerite Sligar
Mary Hornley
Louise Millikan
Marie Burns
Harriet Goodwin
Ruby Yergin
Evelyn Wright
Emma Polk
Gladys Peed
Ivy Russell
Mary Faulkner
Marian Russell
Imogene Smith
Martha Williams
Berna Dena Landner
Hyacinth Gunder
Lillian Risk
Hallie Beam
Josephine Ward
Marian Gronendyke
Marie Needham
Cement Sidewalk Ironies in New Castle Observed
Loring E. Bundy editor of the Connersville Examiner discusses sidewalk issues and the curious misallocation of cement sidewalks in New Castle. He notes streets near the courthouse with no sidewalks while distant blocks see concrete despite sparse housing.
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Loring E. Bundy
Connersville
New Castle
Krell
Court House
Man of nerve injured after Panhandle fall
Howard White a colored man fell from a Panhandle train at midnight last week and lay until eight the next morning before being found with a broken leg and cuts. His physician says he slept through bone setting without anaesthetic.
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Howard White
Panhandle
Desirable Lots in Elliott Farm Addition Favor East Side
The article notes lots east of the street in Elliott Farm Addition are more desirable than those in Elliott Heir's Addition with the seller promising to grade and fill them immediately.
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Elliott Farm
Elliott
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Nipp and Tuck
The
Henry County Historical Society Meeting
Henry County Historical
Willis. Ramsey
DR. Manatt
Dr. Brubaker
Bankrupsy Proceedings
Ozro Moore
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