Cupid to Score Saturday Evening on Upcoming Wedding
Announcements reveal Miss Mary Erhel Humerickhouse and Preston Collins plan a wedding next Saturday at 7 80 PM, in Odon. The couple, popular locally, trace Miss Humerickhouse to Emanuel Humerickhouse, a prominent farmer, and Mr. Collins to W L Collins, a leading merchant. They will reside in Odon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Erhel Humerickhouse
Preston Collins
Gdon
Miss. Humerickhouse
Emanuel Homerickhouse
Lively scrap at Dicks restaurant between Harve Lane and Richard Baird
A lively fight broke out at Dicks restaurant last Saturday night when Harve Lane and Richard Baird, both of this town, argued over a matter. The altercation ended after several bruises and banged eyes, with both men separated and bearing marks from the encounter.
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Dicks’ _restaurant
Harve Lane
Richard Baird
County Superintendent's Official Directory Highlighted
The 1912-1918 Daviess County directory lists the county board of education township trustees school board presidents and teachers with post office addresses. It includes enrollment of the fifty second Teachers Institute session receipts and expenses and county officials names. Local merchants like Odon Drug Co praised for home trade support and community impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. VU. Fulkergon
Daviess
Community Visits Across Elnora and Nearby Areas
Sunday gatherings include Jim Courtney and family near Elnora with Mrs. Mary Smith and children. Lew Cunningham and family visit Virgil Long and family. James Aishe suffers malaria fever. Miss Rose Garten from Bloomfield visits Gladis Flinn. Dr Bowman of Odon passes through.
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Jim Courtney
Near
Elnora
Mary Smith
Lew Cunningham
Alfred and
Christopher Long
Virgil Long
Marsh
Rose Garten of
Bloomfield
Gladis Flinn
Virgil Wikle
Alfred Long
Mrs Livona Lyon Dies in East Odon Home
Mrs Livona D Lyon aged eighty two years one month died at her home in East Odon after a long illness. She was widow of Samuel Lyon and lived with her children John and Mary Lyon. Survived by Grant Lyon and siblings Richard and Levi Dunlap Lucinda Evans and Jane Henderson. Funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev F A Lester then at Mt Olive near Washington for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livona D. Lyon
East Odon
John
Mary Lyon
Ssmuel Lyon
Lyon
Carroll County
Ohio
Indiana
Eaglesville
Grant Lyon
Washington
John and
Mary
Ms. Lyon
Richard
Levi Dunlap
Odon
Lucinda Evans
Jane Henderson
Macon County
Missouri
Cum
Large Farm Barn Fire Destroys 8 Horses Near Washington
A. B. Perkins suffered a heavy loss when a barn about six and a half miles northeast of Washington burned between 12 and 1 am. Eight stallions and two jacks died, plus hay and implements. Loss estimated at 15000 dollars with 8000 dollars insured. Mrs. Perkins and two children home alone. owner away at Evansville. No clues on cause. Passersby alerted Mrs. Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Perkins
Washington
Prohibitionists Hold Series of Campaign Meetings
The prohibitionists conducted a sequence of speeches starting in Elnora at 8 AM with A W Jackman and M S Larmiere among the speakers. They traveled by eight automobiles to Plainville for a 10 AM talk, spoke in Washington at 1 PM, Montgomery at 4 30, and Cornettsville at 7 before returning to Elnora for departure to Bedford.
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Elnora
W. H. Hickman
A. W. Jackman
M. S. Larmiere
Kokomo
J. W. Huddeson
M. A. Stepp
Plainville
Washington
Montgomery
Reception for Pastor Garriott at U B Church
A formal reception honored Rev. G A Garriott pastor of the U B church and his family at the church on Wednesday evening. The program featured orchestra song devotion by Mrs Callie War readings by William Barr a welcome by W J Danner duet by Zella Ackerman and William Barr a male quartet and talks by Rev D P McCoy and Rev Garriott followed by closing prayer by Mrs Sue Alford. A social half hour followed the program.
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G. A. Garriott
U. B
D. P. McCoy
Rev
Garriott
Sue Alford
Overton Moves Store to Odon Edgin Building East
J A Overton relocates stock from Hillsdale Indiana to Odon, placing the business in the Edgin building east of Odon Drug Co. He has moved his family to east Odon. Value of Good Books. The passage quotes James Freeman Clarke praising books for hope, courage, and spiritual blessing.
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J. A. Overton
Hillsdale
Ind
Odon
Edgin
Odon Drug Co
Overton
East Odon
James Freeman Clarke
Vaults Found Under Kil dared Abbey After Floods
During heavy rains in County Kildare Ireland a portion of the abbey wall at Castledermot fell revealing vaults below containing skulls and human remains. Authorities believe the remains date back centuries to the abbey’s monastic era.
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Kildare County
Ireland
Kildare Abbey
Castledermot
Baptists Meet in Linton for State Convention Event
Linton Indiana hosts about 200 visitors for a Baptist state convention opening session with committees formed to aid arrivals. Rev T J Owens of Bedford led a devotional, and Rev H H Harley of Ohio preached the convention sermon as reports on missions and university work were heard.
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H. H. Hurley
Ohio
Linton
Ind
Baptist State Convention
T. J. Owens
Bedford
F. C. Overman
N. Fouts
H. H. Harley
W. H. Bechtel
Many Fail To Vote In County Registration Figures
Auditor reports show 748 registered voters in the county with several hundred missing the last chance to register on Monday. Historical counts reveal 1908 total of 7 077 votes and 1910 off year total of 6 605. A Washington Herald table lists precinct by precinct registration and past election votes.
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Daviess Coun
The
Washington Herald
Washington Township
Veale Township
Reeve Township
Notice of Administrator Sale of Personal Property
The administrator of the estate of Jacob Winklepleos of Daviess County, Indiana will sell at public auction at Joe Realty Company in Octon on Saturday October 19 1912 at 1 pm. The items include 2 mares a mule wagons harness garin implements growing corn and machinery. Cash for sums 85 and under. amounts over 5 will be on credit for 9 months with a note and security, 6 percent interest, and attorney fees. Harry H. Crooke administrator Mattingly and Myers Attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Winklepleos
Daviess
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Mr. Collins
W. L. Collins
County Superintendent's Official Directory
Odo
Odon, Drug Co
Elnora, Newberry and
Mot
Miss O'Dell
Floyd Burress
Alice Correll
Donald Cummings
Fred Farlow
Cecil Fields
Doris Herndon
Helen Horrall
Eulala Kinnaman
Naomi Laughlin
Vonda Marshall
Hasler Wallick
May Waskom
Palmer Williams
Robert Abraham
Leonard Bean
Bessie Bedster
Catharine Callahan
Ellen Correll
Elizabeth Crooke
Hazel Connell
Lora Dyer
Wallace Farren
Floyd Flinn
Neva Laughlin
Hay Lunden
Marguerite O
Miss Sommers
Gladys Keck
Pearl Keck
Evelyn Cooper
Charley Messick
Ethel Mason
Cleta Laughlin
John Chinn
Martha Crooke
Kendrick Buchanan
Delis Burress
Lois Masters
Miss Guthrie
Ralph Abraham
Madge Aishe
Lon Correll
Vot Cummings
Fred Dearmin
Naomi Fancannon
Ralph Henderson
Marion Harding
Luther Hardy
Wayne Berndos
Eddie Kreming
Ermel Lane
Zella Poindexter
Madge Ragle
Carl Webster
Chloe Aishe
Dorothy Bedster
Nellie Burress
Claudean Correll
Donald Crooke
Gerald Guthrie
Gertie Cane
Elden Luallen
John Savozgins
May McCoy
Elmer York
Clarence Abra
Schuyler Ketcham
Afiss Fries
Hildred Connell
Frannie Asdell
Dorothy Dearmin
Earl Webster
Ernest Williams
Harold Anderson
Lawrence Andis
Edith McCallian
Esther Bair
Nell Lane
Mabel Laughlin
Lawrence Clark
Britta Ketcham
Gladys Dyai
Vernon Storm
Clarence McCoy
Mellie Hubbard
Orin Osborne
May Deal
Cordia Matheny
Ava Sims
Orrville Overton
Zella Miller
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La'a Harman
Delpha ‘Serrit
Walter Funcannon
Sherman Stickles
Edna
Smiley
Leda Alexander
Russel Ward
Dwight Hayes
Maye Baile
Roth Breden
Clesta Ramsey
Ruth Carpenter
Hobart Sears
Earl Boyd
Frank Crooke
Alvy Wallace
Janie Crossland
Florence Stickles
Wilma Sholtz
Ethel ‘Sommers
Fern Neeremer
Iren Connell
Elmer Richardson
James Aishe
Josiah Rosenberry
Shiloh
Dillard Boardman
Nellie Ketchem
Mabel
Zelma Wikle
Susie Bowman
Nisses Straucie Kinnaman
Nora Huff
Hattie Hastings
Miss Pearl McClellan
Alfred Wong’s
Lilly
Lula Long
BE. Bowman of
Livona Lyon
AB Perkins
Evansville
Prohis
Cornettsville
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Callie War
Reading
Wm. Barr
W. J. Danner
Baptists
Olive
Nix
Central Committee
Harrison Township
Barr
van Buren Township
Igead
Madison Township
Elmore Township
Steele Township
Begard Township
Harry H. Crooke
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