Five Divorces Awarded by New Judge in Vanderburg Court
The Vanderburg circuit court adjourned with several divorces granted, including Louisa Billings from Henry Billings and Mary Lanman from William Lanman. An important real estate suit filed December 1 seeks to quiet title to eighty acres in Hammond township. The grand jury reported the county jail safe but recommended a new infirmary. Multiple estate reports and trials were noted, with adjourned terms set for December 21 and later dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. N. Savage
William Marshall
John Olsch
Mary Stafford
Caroline Marshall
Jospeh H. Nelson
Charles M. Mills
Wm Marshall Sr
Hammond Township
Joseph H. Nelson
William Marshall Sr
Marshall
Wm. Marshall Sr
J. G. Nelson
Gertrude Dick
James Wesley Dick
Smith & McCullough
Plantiff
Minnie M. Polk
Raymond L. Polk
J. C. Jeffrey
Robert Jeffrey
John T. White
Sarah A. Lovell
Guardian
Lovell
Dirs
The
Brown Trust Co
Basil C. Mosely
John T. Leonard
Loren B
James H. Egnew
Loren F
James H
Thomas E. Buskirk
Paoli
Ollie Mogan Jarboe
Charles L. Mogan
Louisa Billings
Henry T. Billings
Dren
Mary G. Lanman
William Lanman
Henry J. Vawter
Frank P. Leonard
Ellis Thurman
Anna Dane
Charles Dane
Walter Russell
Eliza Russell
International Harvester Co
Grant Abshire Et al
Wm. FE. Burroughs
John Tremper
Carl Cissna
John S. Cissna
Edmund Cissna
Wm. F. Adams
Amos Hamilton
Loren Green
Minnie Leonard
John A. Jameson Sr
Wm. Tonini
Addie Huser
Robert M. Williamson
U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co
Minnie Ellis
Mae Ellis
James L. Houston
Maud Tilley
Daniel V. Tilley
R. W. Richards
Charles Mayhall
Vanderburg
George W. Harris
Allen Bratcher
Bernard Sergesbetter
John Lautner
W. L. Kitchen
Rudolph Rebel
Tweedy
Ora A. Davis
Levi Lockhart
Davis
Homer Spradley
F. Roetzel
John Nicholson
Duggins
Nicholson
John Ravens
Clay Township
Infant dies at Pattonville with burial in Alexander Chapel
Infant son of Amos L. and Fannie Hamilton died at home in Pattonville on Sunday morning at 10 o clock. The remains were buried Monday in the Alexander Chapel burying ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trillis Mand
Amos L
Fannie Hamilton
Pattonville
Alexander Chapel
Record tobacco auction breaks all prior Western Kentucky highs
Virginia firm the highest bidder as Owensboro auction sells about 25 million pounds of pooled tobacco to the P H Gorman Company Richmond Virginia. Prices reach record peaks with leaf 138 to 7 dollars, lugs 16 to 7, trash 6 50, and shipments begin December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green River Pool
Owensboro
Farmers’ Co-operative Tobacco Association
P. H. Gorman Company
Richmond
Kentucky
Daviess
McLean
Ohio
Daviess County
Grand Theater
Hancock County
Gorman Company
R. E. Massie
Ownshore
Lancaster House
Equity
Green River
Spencer
Indiana
G. O. Tuck Go
Louisville
Spencer County
Rockport
Boonville
Perry County
Knobs Coal Mines Recall Civil War Era Strikes
Dick Shrode opens a new coal entry in the Knobs Grass township, reviving mining memory of Spencer county sites. Historic mines near Rockport and Troy fed steamboats and local markets, with the old Evanston Dead Fall line and John Howard vein noted for quality coal and transportation ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Shrode
Ohio Valley
Spencer County
Jevenson
Spear Ross & Co
Honey Creek
Lenms sDuather
Fipcar
Ress & Go
Yankeetown
Stevenson
John Howard
Troy
Crooked Creek
Huff Township
Michael Eberhart
John
Andrew Duhme
Cincinnati
Evanston
Dead Fall
Pete Mann
Duhmes
Ohio River
Dead Fall Valley
Southern Railway
Primeval Forest
Harrison Township
St. Meinrad
Shrode
County Commissioners Hear Reports and Dismiss Levee Repair Petition
The board met in regular session with commissioners Squier Raaf and Eiceman. Levee repair petition in Luce township was dismissed. several official bonds were approved including sheriff Floyd Chapman and treasurer James A. Haines. Road improvement bids notice ordered for January 1, 1917. Levees and bridges in multiple townships reported complete or continued, liquor licenses renewed, and oaths of office filed for newly elected commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commssioners
Wm. E. Squier
Wm. H. Raaf
A. C. Eiceman
James Parker
Luce Township
Floyd Chapman
Aquila C. Huff
Walter G. Ayer
Lewis Woolfolk
James A. Haines
Charles F. Niles
Qhio ‘Township
Delbert Dawson
John G. Rimstidt
Ohio Township
J. L. Bryant
Huff Township
Jackson Township
Perry Phillip
H. P. Biedenkopf
Rockport
John Kost
St. Meinrad
Henry T. Rhodes
Pinkston
Carter Town
Unsey
Sammond Cowie
Lawrence Harter
Supl
James A. Hunter
Bender
Anthony Bender
Clement
Same Township
Revival at Christian Church in Rockport
The Rockport Christian Church schedules a two week revival starting January 8 led by Le Roy Sargent of Le Roy NL. Sargent, born in Rockport, is a noted pastor who built up his Illinois church and now returns home for the series. His Le Roy church currently boasts 511 Sunday school attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Church
le Roy Sargent
le Roy
Sargent
Rockport
Louisa Sargent
Illinois
Boys Burned in Powder Blast Near Hammond Township
Morris Hoskins twenty two lies near death while Russell Rice eighteen is gravely burned after blasting powder in an old house near F C Anderson’s home in Hammond township. They handled an open lamp and a broken match ignited a keg of powder causing a violent explosion. Rice was thrown through a window and both youths suffered severe burns as two more kegs exploded during the blaze. Rice is an orphan living with Mr Philip Souder. Hoskins is believed to have died many hours after the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Hoskins
Russell Rice
F. C. Andersons
Hammond Township
Anderson
Hoskins
Rice
Philip
Souder
Unprecedented Hailstorm Hits Troy Perry County
A severe hailstorm struck Troy in Perry County near the Spencer county line Monday at 5:15 pm. The 15 minute barrage caused eight to ten thousand dollars in damage across homes and businesses, shattered tin roofs, killed birds, knocked down horses, and left town in darkness hours after the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Perry County
Spencer County
Indiana
Troy Hhair
Backer Bros
Mat Gayer
Troy Lumber Co
Paulin
Gentryville
Chrisney
Newtonville
Spencer County Bird Wins Prizes at Henderson Show
Spencer County breeder John Feizel won multiple premiums at the Henderson Kentucky bird show, taking first in a pen of five White Leghorns and earning cups for best pen entry and best hen. He previously placed at Owensboro in 1923 with numerous firsts and seconds. Feizel's birds display at Terre Haute this week as judges, including D Q Johnson and E J Taney, prepare for Indianapolis state show Feb 8 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
John Feizel
Waverly
Iowa
Feigel
Thos. L. Posey
Middle West
D. T. Heinleich
Jacksonville
Til
Owensboro
Chicago
Terre Haute
Q. Johnson
Springfield
S Johnson
Indianapolis
Spencer County
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Virginia
York
Nature
Old Town
Spencer County Birds
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