City Council Accepts Oil Road Plan Amid Remonstrances
In a four to one vote the council approved a preliminary resolution to oil nearly all city streets, despite remonstrances rejected for illegality. Bids open May 29 with work starting once contractors are ready. debates noted odor and lawn damage concerns and citizens’ misunderstanding of legal filing requirements.
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Robert H. Clark
East Monroe
James W. Sarton
East Spruce
Rosalind Stormont
South Seminary
Hitch
Strickland
Mullen
T. W. Jones
Henry ‘Greer
Hovey Kirk
Arba Riggs
Dr. Howard
H. C. Book
Robert Clark
James Wyatt
Geo. F. Heidinger
Chas Crane William Christmas
C. F. ‘Rumor
Geo. Shafer D. Z. Haley
W. W
Pinckney and
Mullorry
Mrs Sides Improving After Surgery at Deaconess
Mrs Clarence Sides, operated on for appendicitis and other complications last week at Deaconess hospital Evansville, is doing finely and expected home in about two weeks. Friends praise the progress in Ft Branch Times.
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Clarence Sides
Deaconess Hospital
Evansville
Ft. Branch
Prince ton High professor injured in field day accident
Professor Waggoner of Princeton High School carries a nose sling after an accident during field day exercises at the fair grounds Friday afternoon.
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Waggoner
Princeton
Fair Grounds
Defense bill seeks 654000 man peacetime army force
Conferees from the House and Senate report a compromise defense bill to Congress. It provides a peacetime army total of 654000 including 206000 regulars and 448000 national guardsmen with war expansion to 254000 regulars. A nitrate plant funding and government power to seize manufacturing for munitions are included, with a civilian officer board to study war supply plans reporting by Jan 1, 1917.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Congress
Federal Reserve
Social events mark birthdays and christening in Princeton area
Mrs Charles Steele sent cald invitations for a party at her north Gibson street home next Thursday afternoon. Miss Ethel May Myers celebrated her fifteenth birthday with friends at 1118 South Seminary Street, with music, games, and refreshments. Mr and Mrs Samuel Heston hosted a combined birthday and christening dinner for their grandson, Wm Heston Heilman, at Sunset Avenue, with Rev E G Hildner officiating and a table of lilies of the valley and ivory roses. The event, attended by the Heilman and Heston families and friends, featured a seven course menu and birthday toasts led by Darwin Heston.
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Charles Steele
North Gibson Street
Ethel May Myers
J. W. Meyers
South Seminary Street
Samuel Heston
Sunset Avenue
Mr. Heston
Wm. Heston Heilman
Roy Heilman
E. G. Hildner
Presbyterian Church of
Princeton
Heston
Darwin Heston
Joe Heston
Hildner
Owensville
Darwin
Edwin
George Heston
Villa Forces Return to Mexican Conflict Near Namiquipa
Field headquarters report Pancho Villa with 100 followers reappeared near a Carrizo ranch. A burning school house 18 miles northwest of Laredo followed a raid on the Embros-Johnson ranch prompting farmers to brace for Mexican raids. Washington awaits further guidance as Carranza and Obregon interact and scouts monitor border conditions amid hopes for a swift cleanup in northern Chihuahua.
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Namiquipa
Mex
Pancho Villa
Carrizo
Laredo
Tex
Em‘bros-Johnson
Washington
D. C
Chihuahua
Carranza
Parral
Villa
Mexico
Scott
Obregon
Arredondo
Green Divorce Granted in Circuit Court
Walter Green and Magele Green case ends in divorce after Saturday morning hearing of the evidence. Green awarded the divorce in circuit court.
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Walter Green
Magele
Green
Vincennes 10 Celebrates Centennial Pageant Plans
Indiana centennial events spotlight Vincennes with a May 19 pageant. Prominent Midwest figures are expected. thousands may attend as rehearsals begin. Oakland City honors donors of the industrial school with a holiday and formal ceremonies.
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Vincennes
State of
Indiana
Pleasant Field Day Inspires School Community Efforts
Pleasant weather aided a comprehensive field day at the school grounds. Students from all grades competed in events such as sprints, pole vault, and discus while judges announced prizes and a big crowd watched the junior class win the inter class meet.
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Leonard Gayer
Lowell
Robert Martin
Irving
Joe Geiger
Chase Behymer
Franklin
James Sevedge
Robert Parret
Raymond Dill
Charles Witherspoon
Convention Draws Large Attendance at Gibson County Session
The fifty third annual Sunday school convention in Gibson County closed Friday night with a strong turnout. Rev M S McMillan of the Reformed Presbyterian church spoke on A Present Day Amony of Our Boys and What Can the Sunday School Do About It. Officers named for the coming year include M S Woods president J R McGregor vice president Miss Ida Mahan secretary treasurer Miss Ethel Cato elementary superintendent I E Wright secondary superintendent Prof John Shipp adult Rev Yates Little s Teacher training Miss Ethel Camthers Temperance Mrs V J Burton Princeton.
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Gibson County
Francisco
M. S. McMillan
Reformed Presbyterian Church
M.S. Woods
Princeton
J. R. McGregor
Ida Mahan
Ethel Cato
I. E. Wright
Branch
John Shipp
Patoka
Yates
Littles
Ethel Camthers
V. J. Burton
Deaths Mrs Dora Swearingen dies after illness
The death of Mrs. Dora Swearingen occurred about 4 30 o clock Saturday morning at the home of her daughter Mrs James Buchanan 619 South Gibson Street after a several day illness She fell and dislocated her knee and was bed bound for eighteen days Funeral is at 230 Monday at the family residence 19 South Gibson Street with Rev Ernest Z Hildner and Rev W A Roush Interment at Maple Hill cemetery Born in Switzerland in 1831 she came to the United States as a child and has lived in Princeton twenty four years She was the last of six children and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church
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Dora
Swearingen
James Buchanan
South Gibson Street
First Presbyterian Church
W. A. Roush
Broadway Christian Church
Maple Hill
Switzerland
Cincinnati
Princeton
Birth of Eleanor Fane Skelton at Hart Street Home
Mr and Mrs Charles W Skelton welcome an eight pound daughter named Eleanor Fane born Saturday at noon in their north Hart street home. Father is manager of Kelton Skelton Grocery on East Water street. Mother and baby are doing nicely. Budley Week internal revenue collector of Terre Haute visited the city on Saturday.
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Charles W. Skelton
North Hart Street
Eleanor Fane
Kelton, & Skelton
East Water Street
Babe
Punishment Said to Follow Sussex U-boat Commander's Defection
In The Hague on May 13 severe punishment was rumored for the German submarine commander who attacked the Sussex. Well informed circles believe the punishment occurred though no official report has been released. The belief stems from German indignation over the commander's defection and the American government's conclusive evidence about the channel packet sinking. Lemuel Weldon of Owensville was in the city on business Saturday.
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the Hague
Germany
Greek Front Reported Active as Bulgarians Shap e Defenses
May 14 report from Monastir area indicates Bulgarian forces strengthening positions and preparing defenses south of Monastir while artillery fires are observed along the Anglo French front in northern Greece. Allies reportedly mass near Fiorina for a possible attack.
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Onika
Greece
Monastir
Cnmmander
Fiorina
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