Death on Wedding Anniversary for Polly Payne
Polly Payne died at age eighty two, four months, and one day at her daughter’s home on South Spring street after more than three months of illness. She was married sixty three years ago to James Payne and died on her wedding anniversary. Six of her seven children survive: R. W. Payne and A. R. Payne of Cedar Run Michigan, M. W. Payne of Linton, Mrs. Laura Sears of Bedford, Mrs. T. H. Cummings of Calumet Ohio, and Mrs John Jacobs of this place. She was a member of New Light church. Funeral services were held at Mrs. Jacobs home, Rev. W. B. Morris officiated, burial at Walnut Hill cemetery.
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Polly Payne
South Spring Street
R. W. Payne
A. R. Payne
Cedar Run
Michigan
M. W. Payne
Linton
Laura Sears
Bedford
T. H. Cummings
Calumet, Ohls
John Jacobs
This Place
Peculiar Accident: Wheat Beard Causes Neck Abscess
Silas Anderson of Plainville suffered weeks of pain after swallowing a short wheat beard while at a wheat elevator. The object pierced his neck and caused an abscess before doctors Dent McKittrick Knapp from Washington relieved the condition by lancing the neck.
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Silas Anderson
Plainville
Filling New Bond for County Treasurer and Local Farewell Notice
George Godwin will assume a second term as county treasurer January 1 and file a new bond of two hundred fifty thousand dollars. The notice includes his bond details and a local furniture business farewell from Asa Haig, announcing H E Marks of Salem as his successor and inviting customers to meet him within thirty days for special prices on furniture and rags.
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George Godwin
Odon
Madison Township
Daviess County
H. E. Marks
Salem
Ind
George Sandford Named Carson City District Attorney
George Sandford formerly city editor of the Washington Herald has been appointed district attorney at Carson City Nevada where he has been living for a year or two. The appointment is said to be worth about 500 dollars a month.
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George Sandford
The
Washington Herald
Carson City
Nevada
Appeal Taken in Nugent Versus Cooper Damages Case
The Supreme Court was appealed in the Nugent versus Cooper death case from last July. Thomas Nugent claimed $13,000 across four suits after a buggy overturn caused by a frightened horse driven by Dale Cooper, injuring Nugent’s daughter and yielding $5,000 to the plaintiff in the trial.
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Supreme Court
Nugent-Cooper
Thos. Nugent
Lowry Cooper
Nugent
Dama
Ges
Gravel Train Wreck Near Newberry Delays Line
A gravel train left the tracks near Newberry on a Saturday morning, four cars piling in a ditch. No injuries occurred though a brakeman was shaken. two cars toppled and two more were damaged while the engineer stopped the train quickly, delaying it from the north.
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E&i
Newberry
Pioneer of Daviess County Dead
Martin Nugent a longtime Daviess county resident and prominent farmer died Friday at his Elmore township home after a weeklong illness of heart disease. Born February 11 1881 in Parke county Indiana he amassed more than 400 acres in Elmore township and served as county auditor Thomas Nugent. Funeral services were held at the Wadsworth home in Elnora with burial at Sandborn.
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Martin Nugent
Elmore Township
Anothe
Daviess County
Nugent
Parke County
Indiana
Charles
Mary Nugent
Eliza C. Johnson
Wadsworth
Elnora
Sandborn
Three Boys Shot At Elnora Scene described in report
Elnora witnesses a Tuesday night shooting as Fred Carruthers fired a shotgun at three youths entering the local light plants. No serious injuries reported as two doctors treated minor pellet wounds. shooter Jasper Carruthers and son Fred claim self defense amid ongoing harassment claims. No charges listed.
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Elnora
Fred Carruthers
Frank Corbin
Ed Carrell
Cisco Burdsall
Jasper Carruthers
Fred
Elnora Star
Child Dies of Typhoid Fever Near Burns City
Two year old John Stuckey Osborne, son of Mr and Mrs Hayden Osborne near Burns City, died Sunday night from typhoid fever. The funeral was held Tuesday morning in Burns City with Rev Denbo in charge.
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John Stuckey Osborne
Hayden Osborne
Burns City
Denbo
For SALE eight roomed house moved from lot
Cheap eight room house offered for sale and to be moved from its lot. Contact William Bair at the Photo Gallery for details and arrangements.
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Wm. Bair
Haig Sells Furniture Store in Odon
Asa Haig, longtime Odon furniture dealer, sold his store to H. E. Marks of Salem. Stock was invoiced Monday and Marks assumes charge. Marks, a cousin of Albert Diefendorf, is described as an energetic young business man with strong local recommendations.
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Asa Haig
Odon
H. E. Marks
Salem
Ind
Mr. Marks
Albert Diefendorf
Haig
Horse Show at Loogootee Dates Set
Loogootee hosts a two day horse show on October 20 and 21 offering liberal premiums for top exhibits of horses mules colts calves poultry corn wheat oats potatoes and other farm products.
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Loogootee
Township Trustee McCallian Conducts Weekly Office
R J McCallian Township Trustee kept weekly office hours at the Harness Shop of G D Abraham with business transacted on every weekday.
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R. J. McCallian
G. D. Abrraham
Adversity Shapes Character In Home Circle Reflections
A Home Circle column urges mothers to endure adversity as a test of character. It parables a naturalist father's lesson from a caterpillar to a butterfly to prove struggle yields strength, loyalty, and empathy, and argues sunshine requires clouds to be meaningful. It stresses self effort, tempering, and calm fortitude as keys to happiness and civic value.
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Tommy
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Walnut Hill Cemetery
George Sanford
Arford’s
Lee Wadsworth
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A. Jolliff& Co
Odon, Indiana
Odon Realty DO
Caparah
the Odon Drug CO
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