Chicago Southern completes northern extension freight line soon
Superintendent Sebree announces that the Chicago Southern northern extension will be completed this week and the Terre Haute to Chicago line ready for service for freight traffic only. Passenger service is not planned yet. inspections will occur in October to review tracks and equipment. The passage also mentions Theo dore Wolfram and antitoxine tests prior to public disclosure.
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Sebree
Southern Indiana
Chicago
Terre Haute
Indiana
Bedford
New Plainville Bank Officers Elected
Stockholders of the new Plainville bank met Monday and chose directors Chas Baca O K McKittrick J F Cox W A Tomey N E Killion Thomas Nuget E d Chandler W A Killion Thomas Bennington The directors will meet next Monday to elect officers with a probable opening date around November 5 at the Mec Kittrick building site.
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Plainville
Chas. Baca
O K. McKittrick
J. F. Cox
W. A. Tomey
N. E. Killion
Thomas Nuget
E.d. Chandler
W. A. Killion
Thomas Bennington
Mec Kittrick
Parents Must Name Babies Within Twenty Days
The legislature requires all births be reported to the secretary of the board of health within twenty days and each child must receive a name. If parents fail to name their baby, the health officer will assign one. Mothers fear universal objection to an officious naming and report that some health secretaries refuse the duty.
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Board of Health
Gladys
Bernadine
Death to Diphtheria Discovery Promises Fast Eradication
A new claim reports a discovery said to eradicate diphtheria in three minutes using an antitoxin treatment. The announcement suggests rapid cure potential and widespread impact on public health, though details and efficacy require verification.
Resolutions of Respect for Homer F Casey
Resolutions from Castle Hall Loogootee Lodge No 225 K of P dated September 17, 1907 mourn the death of Brother Homer F Casey. The lodge mourns a valued citizen and extend condolences to his family, requesting thirty days of mourning, charter draping, and publication in The Martin County Tribune and The Oden JourneL.
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Loogootee
P. Loogootee
Ind
Homer F. Casey
Casey
Loogootee Lodge
Citi
Martin County
Tribune
Oden Journe
Vacation's Finish
A playful poem about returning to school after vacation. It urges children to brace for study as the author jokes about a grand conspiracy to fill them with useful information and to take their medicine, embracing the schoolroom as a hostile camp.
Slumber Party Highlights West End Event
West End D D D D girls hosted East End club girls for a Saturday slumber party at Miss Orpha Culmer's home. Music complemented the evening and a two course luncheon was served at midnight with guest Rae Gadberry in attendance.
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West End
Orpha Culmer
Rae Gadberry
Song of the Brook from haunts of coot and horn
A lyric poem follows a brook threading hills and towns to the Drimming river. The speaker, flow and water, travels past farms fields and lovers, describing bends, shallows, and willow weed as it murmurs and glints under moon and stars. Men come and go, but the stream goes on forever.
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Philip
Drimming
Andrew York Pioneer of Daviess County Dies at 80
Andrew York aged 80 years 10 months 14 days died Friday at his son George M. Yorks home three miles east of town. Born November 6 1826 in Kentucky he moved to Daviess County at age twelve and lived there rest of life. He married twice first to Matilda Smeltzer then Margaret Ledgerwood thirteen children born five living Sarah Myers James York Georg York Mary B York Eliza J McFarren. Burial at Mt Olive cemetery after services by Rev Jos Buze.
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Andrew York
Daviess County
George M. York
Mr. York
Kentucky
Matilda J. Smeltzer
Margaret Ledgerwood
Arch Yazel jailed after liquor sale conviction in county case
Arch Yazel, known as Archangel of Elnora, was fined 50 and sentenced to 30 days in jail by a jury for keeping a place for illicit liquor sales near the Riverside line between Greene and Knox counties. His son Joe Yazel, under sixteen, was admonished in juvenile court for aiding the liquor operation.
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Archangel of
Elnora
Elisha Muerer
Yazel
Elmore
Yaxel
Riverside
Greene
Knox
Daviess County
Arch Yazel
Joe Yazel
Houghton
Joo
Irish Lass Mary Cunningham Chosen For New US Gold Coin
Mary Cunningham, an Irish-born 16 year old who worked as a waitress in Cornish Vermont, was selected by Augustus Saint Gaudens to be the face of a forthcoming United States gold coin. The sculptor prized her classic features and crafted the coin’s design without regard to birthplace.
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Gaudens
United States
Saint Gaudens
Edgin Seeks Exit From Indiana Reformatory
Superintendent Whittaker works to keep Rev. W E Edgin as chaplain of the Indiana Reformatory as he sells property hoping for a pastoral appointment from the annual conference at Columbus. Edgin led revival work in May 1806 with over two hundred convicts pledging to reform and most kept a perfect discharge record. He owns property here and formerly resided in Odon.
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Whittaker
Indiana Reformatory
W.E. Eadgin
Columbus
Winona
Rev. Edgin
Odon
Surprise Birthday Dinner for Twin Boys O'Dell Family
The families of C. E. O'Dell and Alex O'Dell held a large birthday dinner for the "twin boys" at Alex O'Dell's home on Sunday. Attending were J. W. O'Dell and his wife, Airs Martha J. O'Dell and W. R. O'Dell with his wife, and other relatives. The event appeared to be enjoyable for the twins and family members.
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C. E. O'Dell
Alex O'Dell
J. W. O'Dell
Martha J. O’dell
W. R. O'Dell
Two Men Guilty in Bloomfield Assault Case
In Bloomfield circuit court a jury found Bartley Harrington and Thomas Brenner guilty of assault and battery against Guy Underwood. Each man received a $25 fine and costs and sixty days in jail. The incident followed a night at the Linton electric light plant where a dispute with fireman Underwood led to the injury, described as the loss of sight in one eye. Underwood is the son of former resident John Underwood and nephew of Lowry Cooper.
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Bloomfield
Bartley Harrington
Thomas Brenner
Guy Underwood
Harrington
Brenner
Linton
Underwood
Mr. Underwood
John Underwood
Lowry Cooper
Church Owns Cow Gift to Oakland City Methodist Church
The Oakland City Methodist congregation accepted a cow gift from Parmer, a Shorthorn breeder, to aid the church. The animal named July Beauty now belongs to the church and is not a member, with the congregation expressing gratitude.
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Oakland City
EC. Parmer
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Privat
NEW Plainville Bank
Dr. DeMotte
Mary
Susan
Andrw Wildman
Will
Mosey
Song OF
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Alfred Tennyson
Thorps
Sarah Myers
James York
Georg York
Mary B. York
Eliza J. McFarren
Texas
Scotland Baptichurch
Second Mé Olive Church
Jos Buze
Mt. Olive
George Patchatt
the Milling Co
U. S
Mary Cunningham
Miss Cunningham
Ireland
Boston
Cornish, Vt
Augustus
Edgin
C. BE. O'Dell
Zachary
UN Bat
Alex, ‘Bein
Pickett & Morrison
St. Louis
Ing Styles
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