Wayward New York Girls In Jail After Lavish Life
Katherine and Charlotte Poillon, once seen in Waldorf Astoria circles, are jailed on Blackwell's Island after exploiting hotel bills and evading payments. They endure the move to the laundry and sewing rooms, sterile meals, and the harsh routine of a women’s ward, with a stark first night in a bare cell and a grim morning march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Katherine
Charlotte Peillon
Blackwell’s Island
New York
Katherine Poillon
Miss Poullon
Waldorf-Astoria
Charlotte
Poillon
W. Gould Brokaw
Blackwell's Island
Waldorf- Astoria
Breslin
Bristol
Belboy
Satan
East Fifty-second Street
Has
Ais
Katlette
Falstaff
O’fallon
Javert
Twen
Miss Moriarity
Poillons
Blackwell’s
Blackwell
O'Fallon
Upper Bohemia
The
New York American
When the Kaiser Travels to Corfu
The article details elaborate preparations for the Kaiser's Corfu visit. It lists a chief chamberlain two adjutants six guard officers two physicians twelve body servants and a private secretary. The empresses entourage includes a chamberlain two maids of honor two maids and six female servants. A large kitchen and waiting staff totals 24 with twenty grooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corfu
Local Notes From Graysville and Nearby
Graysville and nearby communities report various visits on business. Turman completes a fine folding bed proving cabinet making skill. Weather dampens farming as gardens and crops await drier days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Ogle
Walker’s Chapel 7
Turman
A. D. Morris
Frank Houpt
Providence
Willis Plew
Son Aud
Shelburn News Briefs From May Day Local Scene
An unknown man arrested for drunkenness sits in calaboose. Shelburn plans a new horse powered chemical fire engine. Town hosts miners convention travelers and a moving picture shift at the Olympic theatre. Masonic lodge adds third degree. Republican convention brewing with three candidates. Weather prompts river rise after Sunday rain and rampage on Turman's Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelburn
Jackson Hill No. 4
McCoskey
Calaboose
W. L. Sisson
Cruse Brown
Sullivan
John Myers
Thomas E. Moss
Grant Johnson
Betsford
Arch McKinney
Terre Haute
A. C. Renick
Wm. Young
Mammoth
Farmersburg
Olympic Theatre
Charles Lovelace
Cal Nicholson
Cora Maxwell
Johnnie Jones
Jasonville
Wm. Erfft
Erfft
Chicago
Big Springs News and Paxton Social Notes
Reports of frequent rain hindering farm work and a smallpox quarantine at Oxford appear alongside local visits fairs and family news. Community leaders elected officers for Big Springs Thresher Co and several residents are noted visiting relatives in Sullivan Graysville and Terre Haute amid illnesses birthdays and church services.
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Big Springs
Martha Durham
Oxford
Laura Monk
York
Anna Monk
Big Springs Thresher Company
Ray Watson
Mary Durham
Laura Landston
Sullivan
James Moore
California
J. L. Turman
Cynthiana
W. T. Turman
Terre Haute
R. J. Turman
Mann
Hunt
N. W. Burton
Concord Marriage Announcement and Service Schedule
In Concord the regular meeting day is the third Lord's Day each month with a Saturday night preaching by Bilder J. W. Jackson. Lewis Ferrand and Miss Nelle Robertson of West Terre Haute quietly married at the latter place on April 28. Ferrand is a prosperous young farmer in this vicinity. congratulations are extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Bilder J. W. Jackson
Lewis Ferrand
Nelle Robertson
West Terre Haute
Ferrand
Dentists Plans New Office After Fire Loss
Dr. R. P. Crawford, recently burned out in Shelburn, will travel to Indianapolis and Chicago this week to buy a full dental outfit. He has leased rooms in the Colonnade theatre building and will open them to patients soon.
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R. P. Crawford
Shelburn
Indianapolis
Chicago
Annual Encampment Department of Indiana Travel Notice
Announcement for the 1908 Indiana Department encampment May 19 to 21 with excursion tickets from Sullivan to Kokomo and return at one and one half fare. Final return May 92. Address Ben Stone for details.
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Indianapolis Southern
Sullivan
Kokomo
Department of Indiana
Ben. Stone
Frosty Mornings and Town Moves Reported in Scott City
The community notes several new families settling in Scott City while some men work at Mammoth Vein near Shelburn. Local residents John Scott and Perry Hayden visited nearby Terre Haute and Corinth respectively, and merchant Frank Chowning plans to move to Benson Chapel to open a store. Oscar Chowning is back from Dugger.
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Mammoth
Shelburn
Paris
Henry Drake
Fairbanks
Liberty
John Scott
Terre Haute
Frank Chowning
Benson Chapel
Oscar Chowning
Dugger
Otto Jackson
Brother
York
Ill
Perry Hayden
Corinth
Pony kicks a girl in Coon Hollow injuring Gladys Gaskill
Gladys Gaskill of Gilmour suffered a serious pony kick Saturday. Dr. Shanklin of Sullivan treated her and feared a skull fracture. Local residents and visitors, including Effie Robertson, James McDonald, Floyd Howard, and Katie Scott, were noted in a nearby community update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Gaskill
Gilmour
Fib McBride
Dr. Shanklin
Sullivan
Effie Robertson
Ollie
Caledonia
James McDonald
Tom Peck
Floyd Howard
Katie Scott
Shelburn
Rhoda Frakes
Slim Kirkham
Terre Haute
Alf de Baun
Fairbanks
Fred Hamilton
Sarah Bond
Jennie Rusher
William Smith
The
Clover Leaf
Fairbanks R R No 2 May 4 Weather and Visits
Rain abounds as residents note visitors and farm work. Robert Vanhorn from Terre Haute joins J B McKinney. J P Martin and Jacob Frederick travel to Fairbanks. Farmers sow oats. Lee Bennett visits from Hutsonville. Mrs Davis and Lavelle stay with Mrs Patton. Alfred Knight visits from Pimento. Green Brothers repair levee near York. Patton siblings host Audry and Lora Rose. Grandma Pittman improves. Jess Borders buys a new buggy. Andréw Harris visits Miss Hsta Badger. Bace Cushman and Hardy Ozborn listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Martin
Jacob Frederick
Fairbanks
Lee Bennett
Hutsonville
Ill
Alfred Knight
Pimento
Green Brothers
York
Frank
Will Patton
Audry
Lora Rose
Sullivan
Grandma Pittman
Jess Borders
Andréw Harris
Hsta Badger
Bace Cushman
Hardy Ozborn
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Twenty-eighth Street
Graysville
Luther Yager
Lon Pennington
Wm. M. Burnett
Jas. Monk
Bro. Wallace
Kingsley and
Union
Jess McCracklin
Tilden Howard
J. EB. Sidebottom
Reed Nesbit and Son
Woodland
Fred Lane
Jess Cable
South
Memphis
Tenn
Hot Springs
Ark
H. V. Bolinger
Elks Lodge
Reece Nash
Hugh Giles
P. T. Lloyd
Albert Hazelrigg
George McCord
Edna Kessler
Hazel McDonald
Francis Niccum
John Verrand
Elmie Harris
Grover Robertson
Lola Wilkins
Herman Harris
Ida Ferrand
Willie Bell
Virgil Bushel
Bushel
E. G. Denney
Sam O'Neal
J. W. Dix
Hymera
Allie Watson
Will
Rose Mead Farm
Grace Moore
Sheridan
Ind
G. C. Enders
Mornig
Paxton
Helen Helms
Carlisle
Maud Nash
Will Walters
John Walters
Oma
Dessie Bailey
Ethel
Edna McCammon
Nelle
Betsy Nash
Charley Curtis
Ruby
Curtis
Luther Meredith
Kansay
Orlando Hays
Lawrence Barcus
George Barcus
Joe White
John Whitmire
Gertrude
Brother Williams
Ryan
Bess Lacey
Hester Crowder
Ed. Dailey
W. W. Bailey
Department OF
Indiana
Scott City
Coon Hollow
Fairbanks R. R. No. 2
Robert Vanhorn
J. B. McKinney
Robert Davis
Lavelle of
J. F. Patton
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