Cit zens Association Sets Good Roads Focus January Meeting
The Citizens' Association met in the city council chamber with officers in place and a strong push to devote January to good roads. A special committee was appointed to work with the Good Roads group and arrange meeting details, including a light supper and venue. The group also discussed donating silver cups as prizes for upcoming Knox County Poultry and Corn shows, with caps not to exceed 10 and 15 dollars respectively, and adjourned to first Wednesday night in January.
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Citzens’ Association
Penn
McCrackin
W. P. Bogardus
Bogarday
Moton
Peno
Messrs
W. P. Borgardus
B. E. Soireman
J. C. Tinkey
Patrick Purcell
Lake Hiawatha Park
Purcell
Knox County Poultry Association
Mt. Vernon
Poultry Association
Ghar
Carl Lorey
Marty Smoots
Edward McCormick
Knox County Corn Growers Association
Citizens’ Association
Mesars
M. Woolson
Fred J. Law Jer
Howard Spitser
Schaeffer Re elected to Grand Lodge District Post
Mr J A Schaeffer has been reelected as representative to the LO C Grand Lodge for district No 3 by a substantial majority. The announcement notes the district assignment and the strong support backing the return.
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J. A. Schaeffer
LO. C
Mark Twain remembered as gentle reformer and early shopping advocate
A tribute notes Mark Twain's kindness and tenderness while praising his stance against injustice. It highlights his late life push for the Early Christmas Shopping Movement to ease overworked clerks, urging readers to begin shopping early to help shopgirls and clerks.
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Mark Twain
Marty Twain
Iis
Christaas
Mark ‘Twain
Christmax
Ping
Electric street car wreck halts line after late night crash
At about eleven o'clock Wednesday night an electric street car, driven by Motorman Webb and operated with Conductor Taylor, broke its rear axle after crossing the B and O tracks near Hiawatha park. No passengers were aboard and both workers were unharmed. Traffic on the line remained tied up for hours until the immobilized car was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb
Taylor
Hiawatha Park
Local merchant sells stock and moves to Fredericktown
J M Lewis, longtime genta merchant, sold his stock to A R Beal and Stanley Lahman who will run the business in the same room. Lewis bought a live ry barn in Fredericktown and will move next week with his family. Jacob Burger assists his brother William, Otho Dunmire buys L S Burger property for 1100, J M Lowth sells residence to L S Burger for 900, Mrs Mito Dickson of Mansfield visited Alva Wharton’s near week’s end.
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North Liberty
J. M. Lewis
A. R. Beal
Stanley Lahman
Mr. Lewis
Fredericktown
Jacob Burger
William
Otho Dunmire
Burger
J. M. Lowth
Farmer James Kaizer Stricken By Stroke On Road
James Kaizer a Pleasant Valley road farmer collapsed with paralysis while at work near his home Wednesday morning. He lay unconscious for about two hours before being found by Clement Miller and taken home for treatment. By Thursday afternoon he remained in a very serious condition with extensive paralysis.
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James Kaizer
Pleasant Valley Road
Kaizer
Court House Notes Zelstoft Estate Guardian Appointment
Zelstoft Estate S Vi Zelstoft of Mt. Vernon named guardian of Mary H. Zelstoft with bond set at 800 dollars. Frank O Levering and Sarah C Fleming as sureties. Marriage Licenses Olia L Bent and Verna B Bechtel Berlin township. Rev Albert Thomas Carl Wilhelm Schutz Fern Lucile Reams. The Rev David A Morris.
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Zelstoft
S. Vi. Zelstoft
Mt. Vernon
Mary H. Zelstoft
Frank O. Levering
Sarah C. Fleming
Olia L. Bent
Vernanb. Bechtel
Berlin Township
Albert Thomas
Carl Wilhelm Schutz
Baden, Pa
Fern Lucile Reams
David A. Morris
Oldest Mt Vernon Livery Horse Billy Dies On Tuesday
Billy the Sorrel Bi, likely Mt Vernon’s oldest livery horse, died Tuesday evening. Bought about twenty years ago by Col John P Dettra, he served Cal Dettra and later L G Hunt Co, then Col Hunt kept him for public comfort and private care. His burial was handled by D W Metcalf with a final ride to his grave.
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Mt. Vernon
Col. Hunt
Billy
John P. Dettra
Cal. Dettra
L. G. Hunt & Co
D. W. Metcalf
Final hearing sought on tap line question in New Orleans
In New Orleans today representatives of the Interstate Commerce Commission began a hearing to resolve what constitutes a rebate and whether tap lines are interstate common carriers. The case, Star Grain and Lumber Co. vs Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, may determine the status of about eight hundred tap lines operating with larger railroads, mainly lumber tap lines in the South.
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New Orleans
Interstate Commerce Commission
Star Grain and Lumber Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
United States
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Industriat
Central Freight Association
Knights Templars Celebrate Centennial in New York
Prominent Knights Templar members from coast to coast attend the centennial celebration of Columbian Commandery No. 1 in New York City. The events run from today through next Tuesday with a dinner at the Hotel Astor and historical meetings in the Masonic Temple as highlights.
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Knights Templars
New York
Knights ‘Templar
Unite States
Columbian Commandery
No.1
Hotel Astor
Masonic Temple
Foes of liquor traffic plan Texas wide prohibition
Fort Worth Texas Dec 8 Foes of the liquor traffic gathered to form an organization to conduct the campaign for state wide prohibition. The group aims to organize every county to push for the constitutional amendment to be submitted to voters by the legislature next year.
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Texas
Fort Worth
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Poultry and Corn Iowers’ Associations
Schaeffer
Ted
Court House
Mt, Vernon
Kmas
Eell
Holiday
Ficonomy
Freenomy Shoe Store
Main and Gambier Sts
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