Woman Celebrates Her Hundredth Birthday in Martin County
Mrs. Nancy Carter Williams, born March 22, 1807 in Hillsborough NC, celebrated her 100th birthday at her home near Burns City Indiana. She moved to Martin County after marriage in 1829 and has five generations present at the event with more than 500 attendees noted by the Washington Herald.
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Nancy Carter Williams
Martin County
Burns City
Williams
Hillsborough
North Carolina
Indiana
Bedford
Hal Williams
Good Morals Club Forms in Midland for Young Women
A Midland group named the Good Morals Club gathers unmarried women over sixteen to improve male behavior. The club bars men who dissipate or use profanity and imposes a $3 fee if a member refuses a man deemed unworthy. Members report progress after saloon closures and men “toe the mark.”
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Good Morals Club
Pay Your Taxes With Money Not Boys
An evangelist promotes tax honesty and warns against voting for licenses to fund city needs. A father recounts how his support of a license led to his son's ruin, urging residents to pay taxes with money rather than via corruptible choices. Also included is a Two Cent Fare Movement overview detailing various states adopting or debating reduced railroad passenger rates.
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Spain
United States
Vincennes Executive James M Thurgood Takes Poison
James M. Thurgood, over twenty years Western Union Telegraph Company local manager, died by self administered poison Friday evening. His body found at his office, he had left letters to his wife and to Superintendent Miller and a public statement denying company accusations of missing funds. He was about fifty, survived by a widow and two children, and left a complete financial record for the firm.
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James M. Thurgood
Western Union Telegraph Company
Thurgood
Miller
Company
Letter From Odon Writer Questions Fight Report
A Washington Herald note questions the credibility of an unsigned letter about a fight in Odon last week and asserts newspapers publish communications not by the writer’s real name.
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Odon
Washington Herald
Southern Indiana Teachers Association Ticket Discount
On account of an occasion the Southern Indiana By. Co. offers tickets at one third fare from Odon to Indianapolis and return. Selling dates March 28 and 29 with return by April 1, 1907. Baths noted at McNeely's bath house.
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Indiapolis
Ind
Indiana
Miners Official Kennedy Resigns Over Defalcation
Secretary-Treasurer John H. Kennedy of District No 11 United Mine Workers resigns after admitting defalcation amounting to about 1150 dollars. He cites illness and long service, says financial hardship and past honesty contrasted with recent gambling in strike benefits records. Kennedy, 59, a Civil War veteran, has been critically ill since the fraud surfaced. McNeely’s bath house for a good deal bath.
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John H. Kennedy
United Mine Workers
Kennedy
Miners’ Organization
One Way 2nd Class Settlers to Minnesota and Dakotas
The notice lists sale dates for land settlers moving to Minnesota North and South Dakota and Manitoba. Sales occur March 5 12 19 26 and April 2 9 16 17 30 1907.
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Minnesota
North and
South Dakota
Manitoba
Reduced Rates for Second Class Colonist Shipments 1607
The notice states one way second class colonist rate from Odon to California North Pacific Coast Montana Idaho and Intermediate Territory applies March 1 to April 30 and September 1 to October 31 in 1607.
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Odon
California
North Pacific Coast
Montana
Idaho
Intermediate Territory
Trustee Notice for Van Buren Township Council
Trustee Hiram Sims announces weekly office hours at the Eaglesville post office every Saturday for all persons having business with Van Buren township. Local residents and merchants are urged to attend with any questions or claims.
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van Buren Township
Eaglesville
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Evange
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New England States
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Perry
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Pany
Southern Indiana Teachers’ Association
McNeely
Bath House
Bath
Hiram Sims
First National Bank
Webster’s
Pickett & Morrison
R. F. Myers
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