Married In Texas Miss Mildred Culmer Weds J Parmenter Mitchell
Miss Mildred Culmer left for Fort Sam Houston Texas where she married J Parmenter Mitchell in a ceremony conducted with Mrs J C Mitchell present. The couple met as students at Odon High School and plan to live in Fort Sam Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmenter Mitchell
Mildred Culmer
Ft. Sam Hounston
Texas
J. Parmenter Mitchell
J. C. Mitchell
Odon High School
Odon
Fannie Culmer
Indianapolis Conservatory of Music
Helen Gantz
Lela Crooke
Madge Hueston
Lucile McCoy
J. A. Burrell
J. ©. Mitchell
Harry Crooke
Jack Cooper
Finn Cooper
W. J. Danner
W. T. Dearmin
Ed Love
J. A. McCoy
Levi Matthews
B. D. Smiley
Bert Sneed
W. H. Hueaton
Thimble Club Celebrates Fourth Anniversary
The Thimble club marked its fourth anniversary with a Thursday evening gathering at Mrs. D Gantz home on Sept 30. Guests included many couples and members wore crimson and cream as roses and carnations decorated the rooms.
Two Murder Trials At Bloomington
Edward Ford's third trial for the killing of Joel and Frank McCoy during a wood chopping near Unionville on Thanksgiving Day 1907 opens next Monday in Bloomington circuit court after a hung jury for his second trial. Ford, who sacrificed his farm to defend himself, now works in a Bloomington factory. Harvey Hinkle also faces trial at the same term for shooting his former sweetheart Miss Edns Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ford
Joel
Frank McCoy
Unionville
Bloomington
Ford
Harvey Hinkle
Edns. Rogers
Thirteen Oasis County Votes Wet in Indiana
Knox county becomes the thirteenth of ninety-two Indiana counties to vote wet under remonstrance law. Nine counties remain where no action has been taken and dry status persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox County
Indiana
Stone Yard Plant to Rise in Odon Indiana
Road-Master Murphy of the Southern Indiana Railroad secured a land deal with Sam K Malone for a stone yard in east Odon. Three tracks and about one hundred workers will start soon with a contract to supply twenty cars of Bedford stone daily for iron making and cement use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Illinois
Bedford
Skomp and Thomp son wed in Odon ceremony
Roy Skomp and Maude Thompson were married at Rev. J. M. Inman's home in Odon on Tuesday. Attendants Ralph Thompson and Dessie Skomp accompanied the couple. Skomp is the son of Robert Skomp of near Newberry and a nephew of R. Skomp. Mrs. Skemp is J. F. Thompson's daughter from northeast of Odon. They will reside in Greene county.
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Roy Skomp
Maude Thompson
Odon
Greene County
J. M. Inman
Ralph Thompson
Dessie Skomp
Mr. Skomp
Robert Skomp
Newberry
R. ©. Skomp
Skemp
Centennial Program At Christian Church Tuesday Evening
The Cc W B M program will be rendered at the Christian church on Tuesday evening October 42. The service includes hymn prayer a business period and a long prayer service. A symposium titled The Value of the Centennial features Mrs Harding on contributions to the religious world and Mrs Hueston on its aid to our development. Mrs Morris presents The Call to Women with Mrs Ethel Williams as leader.
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C. W
Scarlet Fever Cases Reported in Odon Area
Zenabee Callahan daughter of Prof and Mrs Grant Callahan is recovering from scarlet fever. Several other cases of the disease in mild form are reported among children in Odon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zenabee
Grant Callahan
Odon
Distance Lends Enchantment A Gentlemen Defined
Excerpt discusses the elusive definition of a gentleman and a girl named Sadie offers a wry if naïve reply. It reflects social views from a period publication with humorous observation on manners and gender. The piece references a spelling lesson and a coy response about knowing a gentleman well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie
Womenx
James C. Critchlow Dies of Typhoid at 35
James Calvin Critchlow died at his home two miles south of Eaglesville from typhoid fever at age 35 years 8 months and 23 days. He married Clara Trueblood in 1897 and had seven children, five living. He belonged to the Miners Union of Raglesville which helped at the graveside. Survived by widow, five children, two brothers Geo of Odon and John of Jasonville, and three sisters Eva Chestnut near Raglesville Cassie and Lizzie of Odon. Funeral conducted by W B Morris at the Christian church in Odon, burial in Raglesville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Calvin Critchlow
Eaglesville
Clara Trueblood
Dece Sed
T’he Miner’s Union of
Raglesville
Geo
Odon
John
Jasonville
Eva Chestnut
Cassie
Lizzie
W. B. Morris
The
Christian Church
New System to Reform Daviess County Officers
The Indiana legislature’s act forces Daviess county and Washington officials to adopt uniform book keeping starting January 1. The state board of accounts has examined 120 applicants for field deputy roles. 30 deputies will be appointed and more as needed. Governor Marshall calls this a major step toward uniform city and county spending. The board may audit accounts up to five years back for irregularities.
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Daviess County
Washington
State ‘Board of Accounts
Southern
Indiana
Marshall
Mrs Patterson of Locigootee Dies of Typhoid
Mrs George Patterson of Locigootee died Friday night from typhoid fever. She had not learned of her husband’s death from the same disease a few days earlier. Several children remain dangerously ill with the fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Patterson
Locigootee
Satt eight roomed house to be moved from lot
Local listing notes a two story eight room house by Photo Gallery owner Wm Bair available for quick sale. Bargain price attracts buyers seeking movable property from the lot location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goa
Wm. Bair
No New Trial For John R. Walsh
John R. Walsh, convicted nearly two years ago of Misapplication of funds of the Chicago National Bank, has lost his bid for a new trial as the United States circuit court of appeals affirmed the lower court. Walsh, now 72, helped develop Southern Indiana railroads and influenced state progress, despite later banking violations and legal battles culminating in renewed troubles and a weakened condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Ft. Leavenworth, Kas
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Walsh
Indiana
Southern Indiana
Chicago
Iinois
Mackay
Westport
Decatur County
Terre Haute
Anu
Anderson
Well Known Couple Ties the Knot in Washington Home
A marriage license was issued Thursday afternoon to Steve Effinger a brakeman living at Elnora and Miss Pearl Rath Hill of Veace Township. The couple married that evening at the home of Reverend Fred W. Hart in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve
Cinever Effinger
Elnora
Pearl Rath
Despondent Man Kills Self Over Grief and Debt
George Killion, a Terre Haute agent in Loogootee, ended his life Friday afternoon by ingesting acid amid despondency over financial matters. He left a note and was in his fortieth year, survived by relatives. An insurance policy for $2,000 was noted as part of the aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Killion
Terreompany
Loogootee
L.killien
Liberal Donation To Bedford Baptist Church
Thomas Sharpless of Scotland Greene County has given the Bedford Baptist Church association six thousand dollars. The donor is described as a highly respected life long Baptist, now aging and frail after two generations in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Sharpless
Scotland
Greene County
Bedford Battist Churc’n Association
Suit Dismissed in Van Buren Township Case
On petition of the plaintiff the suit of Lenny Wadsworth of Van Buren township against James L. Cunningham on account was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenny Wadsworth
van Buren Township
James L. Cunningham
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Mr. Mitchell
Navy
Ft. Sam Boustan, Texas
Thimble Club
D. Gantz
Oasis
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Qodon
Skomp-Thompson
Mrs. Harding
Hueston
Call To Women
Ethel Williams
Alford
O Don
James C. Critchlow
Patterson
ENO
A. Jolliff & Co
Odon, Indiana
the Odon Drug CO
Odon Realty DO
Dodgers
Odon Journal
Studebaker
Oden Hardware Co
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