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Newspaper

Sheridan News

Location

Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1908

Page

2

Republican Township Ticket Featured in Reunion Decor Plea

The ticket lists Charles B. Landis for Congress and a full slate including E. J. Mendenhall Ira W. Christian ML Gentry Geo Griffin John Bauchert Walter White Hugh Johnson C L Ray J E art Oak Hamilton Metsker Greo W Scott R C Kercheval in roles such as representative auditor treasurer sheriff surveyor coroner and commissioners. The GA BR Post asks business men to decorate their rooms for the reunion.

Congress Chas. B. Landis E. J. Mendenhall Vaudge Ira W. Christian ML. Gentry Geo. Griffin John Bauchert Walter White Hugh Johnson CL Ray J. E GA. BR. Post

Candidate Marshall Endorsed by Brewers in State

The Tremoccratic party stance on temperance is praised by Crawford Fairbanks Albert Lieber Tom Taggart and all local brewers and saloonkeepers in the state.

Marshall Crawford Fairbanks Albert Lieber Tom Taggart

Eminent ministers shift to Republican temperance plank

Two veteran ministers, four Methodists and a Baptist, long supporters of the Prohibition party, announce they will vote for Jim Watson and Republican legislative candidates in Indiana. They warn Democratic victory would harm temperance efforts and urge Prohibition allies to join in backing the Republican slate for state and local option laws. Rev. Samuel Godfrey leads the group, known as the North Western Indiana Conference figure.

Lafayette Jim Watson Friends of Temperance Legislation Samuel Godfrey Nestor Northwestern Indiana Prohibition Party Temperance

School Notes Spelling Out Opening, Music Program

School opens for all grades next Monday September a4. High school assembly will feature music by Miss Carrie Beals and Miss Lilly Carter with piano duets by Ruth Harris and Helen Pearson. Morning bells schedule and a preliminary teachers meeting next Saturday September 12 at 10 A.M.

Carrie Beals Lilly Carter

Governor calls special session for Indiana legislature

Governor Traniy calls a sixty fifth general assembly special session for September to address local option liquor laws and unexpended appropriations. It will also consider restoring seats in districts due to recent deaths and resignations with elections set for September 7.

Uichitapedie. Rept General Assembly John Benz Crawford Dubois Perry Orber Carroll and Clinton Frank Wade Pusey County Oliver Carmichael Delaware John B. Faulkner Liporte County Jen Parker Nhe Traniy House Senate Vincennes University Indiana Vincennes Watson Southeastern Indiana Sixty-fifth General Assembly Board of County Commissioners

A Double Tragedy in Brookville Ind

Jenese Woodruff aged sixty three killed his wife Angeline Taylor with a flatiron then shot himself in a suicide attempt. Neighbors heard cries but assumed a quarrel and did not intervene. The bodies were found together after a later report of more shots. The couple had married two years earlier with Woodruff transferring all his property to her. They had been separated for weeks prior to the incident.

Brookville Ind Jenese Woodruff Pharshal Woodruff Angeline Taylor

End of Roosevelt vacation ends Sagamore Hill stay

President Roosevelt plans to end his Oyster Bay retreat by September and relocate to the White House for the coming winter and spring. The move ends seven years of summer capital status for Oyster Bay and keeps the president closely in touch with political matters.

Roosevelt Sagamore Hill White House Washington Oyster Bay United States Little Village Earlie

Rejected vows lead to murder suicide in Wabash

In Wabash on a buggy ride, Joel I. Baker a 25 year old carpenter shot and killed Mrs. Sylvian Hernice a 30 year old widow after learning she planned to marry another man. He then killed himself as the horse returned to the livery stable bearing the dead couple.

Wabash Joel I. Baker Sylvian Hernice Hvery

Liquor Confiscation Burned After City Court Ruling

Richmond Ind September 10 Following a decision by the Eagles not to appeal the city court order liquor seized in their club rooms was burned in the courthouse crematory. Officials reported 187 pints beer twelve quarts whisky gin and wine forty seven glasses and eighty five empty bottles destroyed in the blaze resembling a cannonade.

Richmond Ind Eagles Court House

Fire at Huntington mill site ruins multiple structures

A blaze in Huntington Indiana last night damaged the Knudson Mercer Lumber office and mill, three lumber sheds, fifteen railroad cars on the Wabash line, and the Silver Weber grain elevator. Loss exceeds 100000 dollars and the origin remains undetermined.

Huntington Ind Knudson-Mercer Lumber Company Silver & Weber

Notice of Administration in Hamilton County Indiana

The Clerk of the Circuit Court appoints Alva V. Garver as Administrator of the estate of Jonathan A J Garver late of Hamilton County deceased. The estate is believed solvent. August 25 1908. Charles W. Griffin Attorney for Administrator.

Hamilton County State of Indiana Jonathan A.j.garver Alva V. Garver Charles W. Griffin

September weather forecast and community notices

Forecaster Jiva Hicks predicts a largely dry September with frost risk around the 15th. Storms peak early, with a midmonth center near the 7th and 6th to 9th marked by rain and cold. Read barometer for storm cues. autumnal equinox on the 22nd signals more rain and wind. Community items follow including class meetings, W R C district conference October 8, and local sales and ads.

Iva R. Hicks

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THE Sheridan News the News Printing CO J. H. McMurtry Sheridan Indiana Sheridan, Ind Hamilton Metsker Republican Township Prustee Greo W. Scott R. CL Kercheval Ruth Harris Helen Pearson Nora Bennett Allene Pack Tipton Amartio Gleason Charles Wood Kempton Here Gleason Wood Tle Sheridan Ederheimer, Stein & Co Hutchens Sheridan, Indiana Rev. Hicks Malissa Scott University of Chicago J. Clark Stephenson Edith Kercheval Clair Parr W.R. C Hamilton, Boone, Montgomery Marion Red Men’s Hall Eber Teter Geo. Teter Geneva Teter E. W. Rose Medicine Co St. Louis Jacob Frank Frank Mercantile Co N. Bth Street R. W. Emerson Anchor Steam Laundry W. P. Taylor Shinkle Street Findlay Harvey Burks Harrisburg Zemo C. E. Gregory Underwood M. E. Church Fifth Street Sarah Underwood
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