Temperance Wins In Daviess County Saloons Banned
In Daviess county a Tuesday local option election produced a decisive dry victory with 1857 more votes for prohibition. Every township favored the dry cause and the result will remove saloons by September 8 after licenses expire. Four neighboring counties also voted dry. Morgan county joined the dry majority next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daviess County
Washington Township
Barr Township
Reeve Township
Washington
Barr
Veale
Harrison
Reeve
Madison
Bogard
Elmore
Steele
van Bren
Madison Township
J. Frank Hanly
James P. Hogan
William A. Wiles
John T. Healy
Montgomery
Grant
Newton
Howard
Adam
Morgan County
U B Church Service and Activities Schedule
U B Church announces preaching at 7 p m Sunday Sunday School at 9 30 Junior service at 2 p m Christian Endeavor at 6 p m prayer meeting Wednesday evening and choir practice Thursday evening all are cordially invited.
M. E. Church Announces Sunday Services And Meetings
The M. E. Church schedules Sunday School at 9 30, worship at 10 30 in the morning and 7 in the evening, Junior League at 2 in the afternoon, and prayer meeting Thursday at 7, with League Friday at 7. C C Lowther serves as pastor.
Christian Church Service Times With Rev. Morris
Sunday School 9 30 Junior C E 2 00 P M Y P 8 C E Thursday evening Preaching at 10 30 A M and 7 P M Sunday by Rev Wm Morris of Vincennes
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Wm. Morris
Vincennes
Epsom Items Highlight Local Visits and Visits
Miss Ida Tomey of Elnora visits aunt Mrs. Andy Myers of Fairview. Jane and Ella Wade of St Michael s visit Leo Gootee family. George Dow of Odon visits Mrs. George Myers. Edna Clements and Cecil Myers visit Cora and Bertha Myers. Asa Myers and sister Janie Grove shop at Odon. Tom Bennington of Plainville visits Frank Bails. Rebecca Crow nurses her ill father Wm. Myers in Plainville. John Evans Plainville postmaster seen on streets. Cora Clements of Elnora visits sister Mrs. Ed Haynes. Mrs. George Osman and daughter Bonnie visit Mrs. C W Myers. Damon Wilson spends day at George Osman's. Nora Osmon visits Maggie Bails. Charles Littell and family visit Andy Myers. T C Myers in Elnora on business. Ida Tomey and Ola Snider visit Maggie Bails. Asa Myers and C W Myers in Elnora on business.
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Ida Tomey
Elnora
Andy Myers
Fairview
W F M S S Quarterly Tea Program
Program notes for the W F M S S Quarterly tea at Mrs. Melvin Cooper on March 2, 1909. Items include voluntary led by Mrs. Lowther devotion by Mrs. Ziba Webster song All Hail the Power of Jesus God Name lesson study by Mrs. A W Caughey ladies quartet reading by Mrs. Daniel Gantz and a collection, business and social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Cooper
Lowther
Ziba Webster
Power of Jesus
Magazine Man Hendee Promotes Subscriptions in Effingham
Readers urged to subscribe via C Hendee The Magazine Man Effingham Illinois. He duplicates offers from reliable agencies or publishers with references to Effingham State Bank and Effingham Postmaster for legitimacy.
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C. Hendee
MAN
Effingham
Ill
Eeingsay State Bank
Appointment of Mary A Bloughs Estate Administrator
Notice states Abraham F. Stoy appointed and qualified as administrator of the Mary A. Blough estate in Daviess County Indiana. Creditors must file verified claims promptly. estate deemed solvent. Ogden & Inman attorneys represent administrator.
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Mary A. Blough
Daviess County
Indiana
Electric Lights For Sale By Odon Lighting Co
Odon Light and Power Co offers Electric Lights as cleanest and safest lighting option for sale to customers seeking reliable illumination.
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Odon Light and Power Co
Odd Tales From Rural Nebraska And Backwoods Hospitality
A farmer notes soil fertility in Nebraska with diremptions about daily sod house maintenance for a baby and comments on twin infants sharing a cradle. A woman at a cooking school imagines a recipe filled with fashion and lace. A belated traveller recalls a backwoods cabin visit where two youths wash their feet before leaving for an evening party, while a mother comments on readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Levi
David and Goliath tale told by Billy Sunday in Spokane
Sunday's revival in Spokane features a lively retelling of David and Goliath with vivid gestures. The evangelist recasts the biblical duel as a dramatic field scene with humor and vigor for about eight thousand listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Goliath
Billy Sunday
Spokane
Washington
Dave
Son Charged With Robbing His Mother
Paul Blankenship, 20, arrested at Terre Haute for robbing his mother Mrs Bertha Blankenship at her country home near Shoals. Police say he entered the house and, with a masked accomplice, demanded money at pistol point. The suspect is son of the late Rev David Blankenship. mother is described as a well off farm owner. Authorities deem the case strong.
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Shoals
Paul Blankenship
Blankenship
Bertha Blankenship
Terre Haute
David Blankenship
Young Blankenship
Death at Bedford Water Motor Ends Life of Jesse Sears
Jesse Sears aged nineteen a machinist at Strout's garage in Bedford died at work while repairing the water motor for a church pipe organ. He short circuited an incandescent light causing fatal burns when Strout found his body burned and kneeling with his head resting on a hand. Sears was a known local figure and relative of the Sears family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Sears
Strout
Bedford
M. E
Hare
Sears
Daivess County
Large Greene County Farm Sold in Major Land Deal
Bloomfield and Sullivan agents closed a 600 acre Goose Pond District Greene County farm owned by Daniel M. Bynum. C. D. Pierson purchased the property for about $87,000, exchanging multiple houses and lots, a lumber yard at Coalmont, property at Lewis, a Blackhawk house and lot, a Terre Haute building and yards, and a 187 acre Putnam County farm.
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Bloomfield Real Estate
Sullivan
Daniel M. Bynum
Goose Pond
Greene County
C. D. Pierson
Funeral of Mrs Faith in Elmore Township
The funeral of Mrs. Lee Faith who died at her home in Elmore township Monday afternoon was held at Belview church at 10 oclock this morning. Burial followed in the old Elnora cemetery. Her maiden name was Lamar and she was highly esteemed in Elmore township.
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Lee Faith
Elmore Township
Belview Church
Elnora
Faith
Lamar
Marriage license issued for Graber and Stoll
John Henry Graber of Barr Township and Miss Anna Stoll of Van Buren Township have been issued a marriage license.
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John Henry Graber
Barr Township
Anna Stoll
van Buren
M. I. C. Holds George Washington Party
The M. I. C. entertained their husbands with a George Washington party at the Merrill home Monday evening. The house was decorated for the occasion and an interesting program followed by an elaborate luncheon. Attendees included many couples such as Mr. and Mrs. Belden Correll and Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Turney.
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George Washington
Belden Correll
Ira Correll
Melvin Cooper
Grant Callahan
J. M Winklepleck
W. E. Trueblood
Alpha Bowman
Homer Ward
D. W. Hayes
George Henderson
J. W. Anderson
Sue B. Arford
J. M. Hindman
Moxum
Chicago
Elnora Couple Wed in Clerk Office Ceremony
Ertel R Wade and Mies Ada Pogha were married Wednesday morning at 3 15 o clock in the Washington county clerk office after license issuance. Mayor Russel performed the ceremony. Wade, son of the late John Wade, resides in Elnora and his sister Mrs H Davis lives in Odon. Pogha, daughter of Lewis Pugh of Elnora, is described as a pretty young woman.
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Ertel R. Wade
Mies Ada Pogha
Elnora
Washington
Walter
Russel
John Wade
H. Davis
Odon
Lewis Pugh
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Sweep Daviess
U. B. Church
M. E. Church
C. C. Lowther
Christian Church
EPSOM
Jane and
Ella Wade
St. Micheals
Leo Gootee
George Dow of
George Myers
Edna Clements
Cecil Myers
Cora
Bertha Myers
Mrs
Asa Myers
Janie Grove
Tom Bennington
Plainville
Frank Bails
Rebecca Crow
Wm. Myers
John Evans
Cora Clements
Ed Haynes
George Osman
Bonnie
C. W. Myers
Damon Wilson
George Osman’s
Nora Osmon
Maggie Bails
Charles Littell
T. C. Myers
Ola Snider
A. W. Caughey
Daniel Gantz
Abraham F. Stoy
Ogdon & Inman, Attys
Dave and Goll
Velvetine
The
Odon Drug Co
Mrs. Faith
R. F. Myers
Odon White Sox
Woodmen Hall
Jollitt’s Store
the Osborne
Osborne
Odon Hardware Company
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