Marshal Wade Tackles Rioting Mob in Posey County
A lively altercation erupted when a Bethel township crowd clashed with Marshal Wade last Saturday evening near Hugo Lonse corner. Wade pursued on foot and by wagon, was cut by a knife, then aided by town youths. one prisoner released himself with a citizen’s bond. Also notes on premium engravings offered by The Indianapolis Sentinel Co. and Posey county population figures, a Thursday street scare with runaway horses, and fair plans for New Harmony in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Wade
Bethel Township
Hugo Lonse
Wade
Gresham Creek Bridge
Charley Moore
Bill
New Harmony Motts Triumph Over Cynthiana Ballists
The New Harmony Motts defeated Cynthiana by a wide margin in a 23 inning game starting at 3 p.m. It featured Stahlman of Evanaville as pitcher for the visitors, heavy Motts batting, several 2-base hits, and a disputed umpire call. W. Conrad hit a home run in the seventh, and the Motts defended their aim to challenge Evansville’s pros while crowd jeers echoed.
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New Harmony
Motts
Cynthiana
Stahlman
Evanaville
Cynthiana Boys
Mott
Clel Conrad
Motte
Conrad Brothers
Matt
W. Conrad
Evansville
Cynthianas
Mt. Vernon
Posey
Peter Weber
Merchant-Wailer
Ind
Town Council Official Meeting Report and Then Adjournment
The Evansville area town council met in regular session Tuesday with members Read Duclos Rawlings Wilmoth Trethewey present. A list of street work bills was approved and a committee report urged funding for a chemical engine after improvements to fire wells and hose connections. The meeting adjourned with a note to strictly enforce the ordinance against “nigger-killers.”
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Wight
William Read
Col. Duclos
Samuel O. Rawlings
Henry L. Wilmoth
William O. Trethewey
Rawlings
D. Alldredge
Albert Schmidt
Henry Wade
Jesse Hopson
Wes Stallings
Col Duclos
F. Schaffer
Evansville Journal Co
L. Pelham
Wm. Reap
W. O. TrReraEwey
H. L. Witmers
Local Social Notes Reflect Community Life
Mrs Walter Jones leaves for Otsego Michigan to join her husband and make their future home. Numerous visitors arrive from Mt Vernon Indianapolis Evansville and Patoka as residents and guests attend family, church and civic events. The M I Church Bazaar to be held August 9 and 10 funds church improvements, while a Maple Hill cemetery brick culvert bridge progresses and wheat threshers resume after rain delays.
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Walter Jones
Otsego
Mich
Frank Coudrey
St. Louis
F. P. Fretageot
Nels Hansdon
J. Gimpler
Black Township
Howard Johnson
Mt. Vernon
J.S. Davia
Lottie Engler
Kate Miller
Emma Snelling
G. L Lyon
Grayville
Arthur Fretageot
Princeton
Holloman
Kate Fretageot
Lula Wasem
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Shem Neers Seeeee Co
W. Slater
Indiana
A. M. Hayden
Upper
Flint Street
Enry Hunsdon
Illinois
Notary Public
Perature
Lively Times
Indianapolis Sentinel Co
Indiana State Sentinel
Mankacy
Christ
Pilate
Rosa Bonheur
Weekly Sentinel
The
Sentinel Co
New York
Posey County
U.S
Posey Co
T. Mumford, Jr
Thos, Clark
Durango
Col
Fevir
Ford & Bennett's
Cynthiana Club
Ted Beal
Ole Grant
B. Harrison
Stilwalls
W. P. Ford
Fretageot
Havre
Lynn
Halmondeon
S. Ford
Indianapolis
C. H. Wheatcroft
J. T. Murphy
Lllinois
Theo. Jones
Newton Thrall
Racie Pete
David Wilsey
al Newsom
W.P. Ford
J. P
M. I. Church
Union Hall
Kate Truscott
Maple Hill Cemetery
Arthur Cranefield
Hal Wilmoth
Wa. P. Edeon
Economy Paints
T. Mumford’s, Jr
William Richards
Thresher
Imperial
Frank D. Bolton
Hiatt Block
New Ehirmany
Franek D. Bolton
Lam
0. L. Sewell
Posey County Agricultural Society
John Walz
E. W. Johnson
Sec
Y. Jyd
the “Star” Saloon
Frank Lyon & CQ
East Main St
Mazdy Frank Lyon & CO
William P. Edson
Cepres
Main
Court House
City Exchange
Ford & Walz
West Main Street
Liehhtenberger’s Store
W. Y. Wiley & CO
West Main St
H. Brown
W. WW. Wiley &A& CO
Henry Brown
Mibin
Lichtenberger & Co
Harmon SS
Thomas Aumbord
Ah, Rall
Mario
NEW Fharmony
Mammoth Drug-Store
Dora Ka
Duclos Coo
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