Tavenner Speaks on Tax Bill and Voter Wishes
Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner of Illinois argues for an income tax as a means to lower living costs by taxing wealth while relieving everyday goods. He claims 90 percent of his district supports his vote and emphasizes ascertaining voter wishes before acting. In court notes, Spencer circuit decisions cover venue changes, guardianships, estate settlements, and a murder case moving to Vanderburgh Circuit Court.
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Washington
Clyde H. Tavenner
Illinois
Tavenner
Fourteenth
Ulinins
United States
Spencer County History Reports May 1856 Court Ruling
The Spencer circuit court with Judge Niblack ruled the 1854 prohibitory liquor law unconstitutional in cases against George Masters and B. Newton. Attending attorneys included L Q DeBruler, T F De Bruler, James C Veateh, R S Hicks, Wm C Moreau, G Barkwell, John Atkinson, S Lamar, T Langdon, D T Linegar, John Pitcher, James Lockhart, A D B Robinson, Wm F Parrot, D T Laird, and Richard Harden.
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Democrat
The
Valley Farmer
Louisville
Spencer
Niblack
George Masters
B. Newton
L. Q. DeBruler
T. F. DeBruler
James C. Veateh
R.S. Hicks
Wm. C. Moreau
G. Barkwell
Joan Atkinson
D. T. Laird
Troy
Richard Harden
Jdasper
State
Wilkinson
Edward Irvin
John Blank
Ourself
Mary M
John B.“Jones
Luce Township
School House
Judge Lockhart
Rockport
Progressive tax measure presented to Congress
A statement argues that 90 percent of U S wealth should bear more than 19 percent of taxes and urges passage of the pending bill as a step toward fairness.
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Congress
United States
Ruth Morgenthaler Weds George B. Smith in Seminary Street
The marriage of Ruth Morgenthaler to George B. Smith took place at 9:20 AM at the Morgenthalers’ Seminary street residence. Rev. J. H. Diehl officiated, with family and local friends present. The couple, Rockport High graduates, plan to live in Metropolis and begin housekeeping after college and vocational training.
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F.S. Morgenthaler
Seminary Street
Miss Ruth
George B. Smith
Metropolis
J. H. Diehl
Trinity Lutheran Church
Bernard Wohler
W. R. Swan
Grandview
Woren elect officers at Seminary meeting
The Woman's club met at the Seminary Monday for its annual election. Officers elected include president Mrs Laura Wilkinson and federation secretary Mrs Helen Baumegaertner. Other posts filled were vice-president Mrs Eva Stevenson secretary Miss Jessie Markland assistant secretary Miss Kate Niblack treasurer Mrs J H Diehl and custodian Mrs Charles Davis. The meeting featured talks and punch and cake. Reports on the Federated Clubs meeting in Newbury were heard.
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Woman's Club
Laura Wilkinson
Eva Stevenson
Jessie Markland
Kate Niblack
J. H. Diehl
Charles Davis
Federation
Helen Baumegaertner
Newbury
Federated Clubs
Presbyterian Church
Felix McWhirter
Grace Julian Clarke
Indianapolis
H. E. Bacon
National Housing Committee
Evansville
John R. Miller
Greencastle
Ind
Rockport
Helen Baumgaertner
W. J. Torrance
Phil Suddoth
Vernon
James Pratt
Cvil
Charity
Country Life
Bacon
Nys
Charles Salm
Mendelsohn
Iinto
Will of C. H. Cooper Probated in Dale
The will leaves real and personal property to the wife for life with a $100 gift to the Dale cemetery association to fund upkeep. After her death the Dale home place passes to daughter Oma and the remainder to the other children share and share alike. Executed June 3, 1913, witnesses were Peter Heidelbech and Roy E. Gaines. D. V. McClary named executor.
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C. H. Cooper
Dale
Dale Cemetery ‘Association
Oma
Peter Heidelbech
Roy E. Gaines
D. V. McClary
Boy Sentenced After Guilty Plea in Double-Header Crime
Allen Von Behren, 23, son of a Evansville manufacturer, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in one case arising from killings at his father's factory on February 8. He was sentenced to two to twenty one years in the Jeffersonville reformatory. His insanity and self defense pleas were withdrawn. The report also covers Perry county 1913 school census totals, Cannelton and Tell City population shifts, and local education board actions.
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Allen von Behren
Evansville
Jeffersonville
Perry County
Cannelton
Tell City
Troy
Virgil Bryant
Board of Education
New Indiana Law Requires Fishing Licenses
The article outlines a 1915 Indiana law requiring non residents to obtain fishing licenses issued by county clerks at one dollar, with restrictions by age and residency, plus exemptions for landowners tenants and families, and penalties of five to twenty five dollars per day. It also notes license rules apply to hunting, and funds support wildlife propagation.
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Indiana
Circuit Court
Fish and Game
Commissioner of Fisheries and Game
COUNTY LINE GETS LOST IN DREDGING OF PIGEON CREEK
Dredging threatens to erase the old Pigeon Creek meanders and alter the Warrick Spencer county boundary. The project near Gentryville has already filled the old creek bed and confusion grows over the true county line location. Mr and Mrs Claus Fuelster travel to Quincy Illinois with Miss Mollie Fuelster to visit Mrs A B Nichols in Evansville.
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Pigeon Creek
Warrick
Spencer
Gentryville
Claus Fuelster
Quincy
Ill
A.B Nichols
Evansville
Mollie Fuelster
First Summary of Quarry Accidents Issued by Bureau of Mines
The 1911 quarry safety summary shows 188 deaths among 110 954 quarry workers, 169 per 1 000. Coal mines killed 2 719 of 728 348 workers at 8.73 per 1 000, metal mines 995 of 165 979 at 4.19. Most quarry deaths stemmed from explosives, falls, and overburden slides.
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United States
Bureau of Mines
Pennsylvania
California
Illinois
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Ohio Township
County Board of Review
Jane Crow
Thomas
Snyder
Admr
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Dock
Cordie .E. Jones
Joseph Murray
C. V. Jones
J. Fred Bergman
John Wallace Morgan
Sallie Morgan Guardian
C. C. Mason
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Oscar B. Martin
Carl Grass
Adolph Grass
Hattie Williams
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George Carsel
Nathan Long
State of Indiana
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L. N. Savage
Jamison
Ora Davids
Parley King
W. (. Mason
King
Atty
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Vanderburg
Spencer County
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Cincinnati
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WOREN
Huff” Township
Home County
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