City election yields big turnout and Civic ticket wins
The town held its most interesting election in years with two parties competing Citizen and People's. Citizens ticket swept all four posts including Elmer Sears Wm Bunch C A Breden and Wm Summerville. Vote tallies show Breden 124 Sears 112 Summerville 118 Bunch 109 O'Dell 101 Collins 104 Crooke 96 Marshall 90. mutilation or error minimal.
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Citizen’s
People’s
Breden
Marshal
Summerville
Sears
O'Dell
Bunch
Collins
Marshall
Summervile
Crooke
Ten years since Hallowe'en bank robbery attempt in Od on
Reminiscence recalls a near miss ten years ago when Adon faced an attempted bank robbery. The safe was damaged though time ran out, a farmer J B Shields helped, and the thieves fled but were later captured and jailed. Od on has had few notable burglaries since.
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Hallowe'en
Adon
J. B. Shields
Mr. Shields
Odon
Much Cider Made This Season
The heavy apple crop has boosted cider making with many farmers processing their fruit into cider, vinegar, or apple butter. Qodon’s plant handles high volumes as wagons wait in line, and autos have become a common haul method. Cider butter production is high this year, reflecting a robust season.
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Qodon
Suit Seeks Mandamus Over County Attendance Officer Post
Julius Smith county truant officer sues county superintendent A O Fulkerson to force recognition of Smith as legally elected attendance officer and to compel certification of his pay claims. He alleges election May 1 1915 and seeks $28 for 14 days work plus a second claim for 44. Fulkerson cites law requiring eighth grade education. Smith’s allies say his education suffices. Smith is a local contractor and fruit grower living south of the city.
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Julius Smith
A. O. Fulkerson
Fulkerson
Smith
Board of Commissioners
Quiet Halloween in City Brings Little Disturbance
Halloween was celebrated in a quiet manner with a large masked crowd roaming streets Saturday night. Marshall Summerville patrolled central areas through the night as a few out buildings were overturned in outskirts but no major damage occurred.
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Marshall Summerville
Bruceville Team Wins Indiana First Aid Meet
Bruceville's Oliphant-Wasson team led by captain Ed Livingston captured first prize at the Indiana state first aid meet in Bicknell. The victory marks the first state coal mining first aid championship with 20 teams participating and medals awarded by Red Cross, W National Safety Council, and local organizers.
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Bicknell
Indiana
Oliphant-Wasson
Bruceville
Ed Livingston
Indiana Coal Operators’ Reciprocal Association
Red Cross Society
W National Safety Council
For Sale Good Polari China Brood Sow
For sale a Polari China brood sow ready to farrow around December 1. Seller is J QO Arvin. Local livestock listing notes the animal’s readiness and contact for inquiry.
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China
Farrow
J. QO. Arvin
Royal Theatre Feature Dramas Attract Local Patrons
A packed house enjoyed Blache's The Yellow Peril and Chaplin in The Fatal Mallet. Next Saturday presents The Hook and Hand in four reels with an iron hook desperado, plus Chaplin closing the bill. Orchestra accompaniment promised. tickets at 7:15 for a 7:30 show.
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the Royal
Blache
Chaplin
Herbert Blace
Weinie and Marshmallow Roast at Ward's Bluff
The Loyal Nightingale's and Loyal Son's Christian Sunday school classes held a weinie and marshmallow roast at Ward's bluff on Monday night. Attendants included many named attendees such as Floy Williams Hildred Connell Nell Lane Blanche Pickett Floy Sears Edith Lane Cyntha Burress Hazel McCallian and Cyntha Burress plus Messrs Russell McCallian Harry Coleman Harold McCallian Russell DeMotte Damon Trusty Elbert Sears Fred Williams and others with several accompanying Mrs. Sims and Mrs Winkelpleck.
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Nightingale’s
Christian Sunday School
Ward
Floy Williams
Hildred Connell
Nell Lane
Blanche Pickett
Floy Sears
Edith Lane
Fern Neeremer
Hazel Ledgerwood
Julia O’donald
Cyntha Burress
Hazel
Eunice McCallian
Helen Sears
Dorothy Dearmin
Vivian Herndon
Vonnie Webster
Dott Skemp
Genevieve Ward
Messrs
Russell McCallian
Harry Coleman
Harold McCallian
Russell DeMotte
Damon Trusty
Elbert Sears
Fred Williams
Charley Hedrick
Delbert Sears
Earl Webster
Dannie Herron
Roy Sears
Charley Lane
Guy Marshall
Ernest and Beecher Coward
Russell Ward
Paul Connell
Alva Sims
Hugh Neeremer
J. M. Winkelpleck
Family reunion at Mrs Dicks home draws relatives
Mrs M E Dicks hosted a Sunday family reunion at her home with guests including Mr and Mrs Walter Hackler and family and Chester Hackler and family from Loogootee and Mrs Lola Hattery from Indianapolis. The gathering enjoyed a pleasant day together.
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M. E. Dicks
Walter Hackler
Chester Hackler
Loogootee
Lola Hattery
Indianapolis
Miss Delphia Vest Wins Cincinnati Conservatory Honor
Miss Delphia Vest of this city won the top honors at a Cincinnati Conservatory of Music contest. She entered only the last contest yet won a two year scholarship including board and rooms. Vest is the daughter of Andrew J. Vest and a graduate of the Indianapolis Conservatory of Music.
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Delphia Vest
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati
Miss Vest
Cincinnati Conservatory
Andrew J. Vest
Indianapolis Conservatory of Music
Infant Halman Beasley Dies at Two Weeks Old
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Harley Beasley of the northeast area died last Thursday aged two weeks and four days. Funeral services were held Friday at the M E Church in Eaglesville with Rev Huddleson officiating. Interment followed in the Eaglesville cemetery.
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Halman
Harley Beasley
M. E. Church
Eaglesville
Rev
Huddleson
Infant Buried. locals note family losses
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Beasley was buried here Friday. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Chestnut was buried here Sunday. There was no school here Thursday and Friday due to the State Teachers Association. Born to Mrs. Sam Riggins on Monday, Nov. 1, a son.
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Harley Beasley
Alfred Chestnut
State Teachers’ Association
Sam Riggins
Library Board Meets. trustees named for Indianapolis meeting
The Library Board met in regular session at the public library last Monday night. Committees reported and month end business was taken up. Mrs. A. C. Helm was appointed a delegate to the annual meeting of public library trustees in Indianapolis November 17 and 18. Mrs. He. V. Merrill was appointed alternate.
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Public Library
A. C. Helm
Public Library Trustees
Indianapolis
He. V. Merrill
Golden Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Core
Mr and Mrs D J Core of the countryside celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Tuesday November 2. Their children Audi tor Jeff Core Annie Bievens Pearl Core Laura Rusher and nephew Felix Lichting attended. A bountiful dinner followed and gifts were received as the couple hopes for many more happy years.
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D. J. Core
Robert Core
State of Washington
Auditor
Daviess Co
Jeff A. Core
Annie Bievens
Sandborn
Pearl Core
Bedford
Laura Rusher
Program for Kings Herald Hymn and Devotion
The notice lists a Kings Herald program with a devotion prayer roll an instrumental duet by Madge Ragle and Cleta Laughlin readings by Herbert Helm a quartet and a convention report by Myrtle Watson with Zella Poindexter as dismissal leader.
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Madge Ragle
Cleta Laughlin
Reading
Herbert Helm
Myrtle Watson
One Cent Sale Promoted by Odon Drug Co
The Odon Drug Co announces a one cent sale starting next Monday with the United Drug Co advertising giant. Purchases require two of the same item with the first at regular price and the second for one cent. Odon Drug Co is a Rexall member among 7000 stores in the U.S. and Canada.
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Odon Drug Co
United Drug Co
Rexall
United States
Canada
Perkins Stricken by Typhoid After Acquittal
Albert M. Perkins, recently cleared in Daviess circuit court of conspiracy to commit arson, is ill at his Washington area home with typhoid.
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Albert M. Perkins
Daviess
Washington
Community Street Visits Highlight Weekend
Miss Wolford of Newberry spent Sunday with Edith Skomp. Walter McCarter of Farlen visited Wilbert Barker and family Sunday. Mrs. Robert Denny returned Monday from a visit at Howesville. Link Stoy of Odon passed through here Tuesday. Ralph Thompson Roy Skomp Aden Roberts and Vernon Skemp were at Scotland Sunday. Mr and Mrs Pierce McNeely and children and Aden Hasler and son visited Lake Cochran Sunday.
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MT. Nebo
Walter McCarter of
Farlen
Wilbert Barker
Family Sunday
Robert Denny
Howesville
Ralph Thompson
Roy Skomp
Aden Roberts
Vernon Skemp
Scotland
Pierce McNeely
Aden ‘Hasler and Son
Lake Cochran
MASKED HALLOWEEN PARTY AT DAN MOWERY HOME
A group of young people gathered Saturday at Dan Mowery's house for Halloween festivities. Attendees included Eva Miller Mable Miller Hazel McCallian Eunice McCallian Edna Ledgerwood Ruth Ledgerwood Myrtle Mowery Opha Mowery Genevieve Ward Susie McCallian Elizabeth Zigler Amy Seneff Russell Ward Ralph Zeigler Harold McCallian Russell McCallian Rufus Mowery and Homer Mowery.
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Dan Mowery
Hallowe
Eva
Mabel Miller
Hazel
Eunice McCallian
Edna
Ruth Ledgerwood
Myrtle
Opha Mowery
Genevieve Ward
Susie McCallian
Elizabeth Zigler
Amy Seneff
Russell Ward
Ralph Zeigler
Harold
Russell McCallian
Rufus
Homér Mowery
Special Friday and Saturday Hat Sale at A Pickett Estate
Friday and Saturday sale offers men's hats priced at 1.25 1.50 1.75 and 2.00 dollars now reduced to 1.00. Estate of A Pickett hosts the event with stock available.
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A. Pickett
Richardson Wins Newberry Town Election Over Marshal Meurer
In Newberry on Tuesday Richardson defeated town marshal Elisha Meurer by a margin of 60 votes.
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Newberry
Richardson
Elisha Meurer
Jasonville Votes Dry With 124-Vote Margin in Local Election
Tuesday’s local option ballot in Jasonville approved the dry measure by a 124 vote majority. With Jasonville going dry, only Linton in Greene county remains with saloons.
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Jasonville
Greene County
Linton
School Notes From The County Teachers Quorum
Notes from Daviess county teachers discuss October examinations three applicants and calls for order in classrooms. Trustees Farris and others attend the State Teachers Association. Everett Lett excels at Manuel Training high in Indianapolis. facts on schooling length, equality of opportunity, and feeding into standards for reading and agriculture.
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State Teachers Association
Indianapolis
Daviess County
State Teachers’ Association
Everett Lett
Davies County
Manuel Training High School
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Ghia Hoke Neal i
Sears and
Bunch New Town Board
Citizen
First District
Elmer
Third District
Wm. Bunch
C. A
Sue Sues Fulkerson
Ness
Halman Beasley
Raglesville
Della Overton
Dale
Ind
James Evans
Dr. Hattery
Byron Allen
Hazel Wadsworth
Epsom
Mrs
Homer Osman
A. M. Clark
Ed Dyal
North Dakota
Ray Zeigler
Lloyd Stuckey
Illire
Levi Dunlap
Odon Sunday
Wallace and
Wirtzel Rosenberg
Illinois
James Dyal
Decatur
Library Board
Kings Herald
Zella Poindexter
Perkins
Link Stoy of
A Oo. Fulkerson
Mmodern
Farris, Clark, Gilley and
Carlin
Roy Flint
Plainville
Farrel Lawhorn
Prairie School
Washington ,Township
Farris
Elmore Township
Black Board
Madison
Begard
Barr
Harrison
Reeve
Purdue
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