Divorce Day Closes Matrimonial Bouts in Courts
In a busy session, Judge Leathers grants divorce to Mrs Lala Baase after earlier testimony and grand jury review of her husband's sensational accusations. Other cases seen dismissals, settlements, or new suits filed as two rooms of the Superior Court handled claims of cruelty, remarriage bans, and property issues with several verdicts and admissions of costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lala Baase
Leathers
Lulu Baace
John F. Baase
Baase
Brighton Beach
Wisconsin
J Carter
Rusha A. Beach
Dennis Beach
Michigan City
Beach
Carter
Abraham Lucas
Nellie Lucas
Lucas
Pearl Jackson
Milton B.ecanan
Grace V. Pratt
Elam G. Prail
Delaware Street
Neliie M. McHugh
Thomas T. McHugh
Mattuis Prorathan
Suit claims unduly influenced will by Danville grandmother
Clara Belle Orr, suing in Federal Court from Warren County, charges Deborah Bandy of Danville Illinois was unduly persuaded to divide a 420000 estate among Eureka College Eureka Illinois the First and Second Church of Christ Danville NL Lewis C Huff and Allie McKinly The plaintiff says the elder woman eighty years old was easily deceived and believed giving property to church institutions would secure happiness after death
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Warren County
Clara Belle Orr
Deborah Bandy
Danville
Eureka College
Eureka
Church of Christ
Lewis C. Huff
Allie McKinly
Hum
Randy
Engineer Sues for 5000 Damages Over Power Plant Accident
Leverett L Lancaster an electrical engineer yesterday filed suit for 5000 against Joseph McWilliams Company of Louisville Ky for personal injuries from a fall while testing a softening water tank during county power plant construction. He alleges bruises a dislocated shoulder and lime exposure injuring his eyesight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold Meyer
Big Four Railway Company
Meyer
Knickerbocker
New York
Anderson
Kiss- Me Chewing Gum Company
Leverett L. Lancaster
Joseph McWilliams Company
Louisville
Estate appointments and bonds listed for local heirs
Edward R L Treat named administrator of the estate of At Water J Treat with a $20 bond. Furman Stout appointed guardian of Herbert Stout with a $1,400 bond. Caroline Walter appointed administratrix of the estate of Frederick P Walter with a $1,000 bond. Crate D Bowen named administrator of the estate of August Hoffman with a $3.00 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. L. Treat
At- Water
J. Treat
Furman Stout
Herbert Stout
Caroline Walter
Frederick P. Walter
Crate D. Bowen
August Hoffman
Court record notices of dismissals partitions and sales
The court records show multiple matters including Lucile Dudley v McKinney with dismissal and costs against McKinney, Laycock v Denny with final report and discharge, and Brown Ringer v Wheeler with partition and sale ordered. Also Elliott clerk matter dismissed costs paid, Wilson v Wilson partition guardianship and sale orders, Yoke executor to sell, Fletcher v Wil son partition with sale and distribution, and other miscellaneous docket entries.
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Circuit Court
Henry Clay Allen
Lucile Dudley
William O. McKinney
McKinney
Eliza Laycock
Alice J. Denny
Olivia
Brown Ringer Et al
Amanda J. Wheeler
James
Cruse
Tate
Kate Murphy
George B. Elliott
Mattie Wilson
Verney Wilson
Henry, Jr
Muel
Verna
Everett Wilson
Fred B. Rookey
Charles Yoke
Joseph S. Wilson
George Wilson
Samuel H. Fletcher
William H. Wilson
Apar Missioner
W. Lacy Ve. Addie Ringer
Higher Courts Record. Indiana Supreme Court Minutes Briefs
Court minutes and appellate briefs from Indiana higher courts list cases such as State of Indiana versus Robert Putten Sullivan County Circuit case numbers 19756 and related appellate entries. Highlights include appellee and appellant briefs, motions to dismiss certiorari and rehearing petitions across multiple counties and circuits.
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State of Indiana
Robert Putten
Sullivan Co. C. Cens
Lewis Harness
Arthur Stule
Howard S.C. Appellee
Byard Hirschberger
James VY. Kerr
Madison C.C. Appellee
Joseph D. Balsley
Jackson C. C. Appellant
Frank B. Trollich
State of
Indiana
Warrick C. C. Appellee
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Peter Andrews
Clay
C. C. Appellant
Addison Nickey
Anthony Zanker
Steuben C. C. Appellants
Joseph F. Duckwall
John Williams
Delaware
Martha Middaugh
Bethilda Willson
al Wells
C. C
Chicago & Southeastern By. Co
Jerome B. Wood
William F. Hogle
John Stethiorger
Lake
C. Appellees
Mother and daughter die in wreck estate questions arise
A mother and daughter perish in a wreck with no will by the daughter. The daughter leaves her mother sole heir at law while the mother’s will bequeaths to her two sons. The court holds the sons cannot administer the daughter’s estate as heirs, since they hold rights as devisees under the mother’s will, not as heirs at law.
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Pacific Rep
California
Open Bids For White River Bridge At Washington Street
County Commissioners will open bids at 10 AM for a bridge across White river at Washington street. The 1500 appropriation for an 8 foot bridge may not cover stone options. McGregor favors narrowing to stone, needing a special session to adjust. Bids likely from iron and concrete builders, with foreign firms expected.
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White River
Washington Street
McGregor
County Council
Freight Rate Question In Indianapolis Seeks Conference Action
A meeting is being arranged next week among Indianapolis city officials, the Union Traction Company, and the shippers committee led by James L. Keach to discuss interurban freight rates. Mayor Bookwalter and the Board of Public Works will host, with others like Harold Hibben and W J Mooney on the shippers’ side. The group will study present rates and consider fair adjustments while consulting Mr. McGuire from McCulloch’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Union Traction Company
Indianapolis Shippers
James L. Keach
Bookwalter
Board of Public Works
Keach
George O. Griffin
Schnull & Co
Harold B. Hibben
Hibben, Hollweg & Co
W. J. Mooney
A. Kiefer Co
F. L. Mayer
Shippers’ Committee
Mr. Keach
C. W. McGuire
McCulloch
McGuire
Union Company
May Reach the Courts Over City Street Improvements
Hawkins and Smith representing Capitol avenue residents contend cement walks seven feet wide at curb line are illegal and will prompt court action. City Attorney Joss supports the board and approves contractor W H Abbott & Son, directing work to proceed. A second paving dispute on North West Street faces remonstrances and possible injunctions as the board weighs tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkins & Smith
Capitol Avenue
Tenth
Sixteenth Streets
Joss
W. H. Abbott & Son
Shelbyville
City Sanitarian Targets Vault Cleaning Shortfalls
City Sanitarian Buehler condemns partial vault cleaning under current orders. He will send letters to vault cleaning firms and real estate agents citing the ordinance and warning strict compliance. He anticipates a future board move to require sewer connections for vaults not yet connected.
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Buehler
Board of Health
City to acquire land for two 50 foot wide streets
The Board of Works approved deeds from Lazarus and Coleman conveying two fifty foot wide land strips to the city for streets. One forms a union between Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth streets with Salem and Hobart streets, the other connects Thirty-sixth street at its closed section. The board will condemn more land along an alley to extend Hobart street to Thirty-fourth.
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Thirty-sixth Street
Illinois Street
Meridian Street
Salem
Hobart Street
Twenty-fourth Street
Thirty-eighth Street
Hadley
Hadley & Hamilton
Wright
Park Avenue
Board of Works
Lazarus & Coleman
City
Thirty-fifth
Thirty-sixth Streets
Hobart Streets
Thirty-fourth Street
Park Concert Schedule Set by Superintendent Power
Park Superintendent Power drafts a Sunday concert schedule for city parks starting May 13. Each park concert features union musicians in a twenty piece band. The plan alternates concerts across Brookside and Garfield parks for twenty weeks.
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Power
Brookside
Garfield Parks
Pine Street residents oppose asphalt paving plan
Residents along Pine Street between Virginia and English avenues protest a pending asphalt pavement resolution. They argue the specifications prevent open competition for any pavement type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Street
Virginia
English Avenues
City reading of street and alley improvements listing covenants
Final action taken on vacating part of the first alley north of Sutherland avenue from Central avenue to 142 feet east. Petitions filed for asphalt roadway curb and walks on Illinois street Merrill to McCarty and other local sewer projects. Papers ordered for wooden block pavement on Vermont street and State avenue, and private contracts for alleys west of Rural street and Hamilton avenues.
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Sutherland Avenue
Central Avenue
Illinois Street
Merrill Street
McCarty Street
Park Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Sixteenth Street
Liberty Street
Noble Street
First Alley
Keystone Avenue
Michigan Street
Second Alley
Rural Street
Pruitt Street
Glenn Drive
Vermont Street
West Street
Bright Street
Union Street
Arizona Street
Palmer Street
Hamilton Avenue
St. Clair Street
Dewey Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
Twenty-fifth Street
Oriental Street
Market Street
Ohio Street
Captol Avenue
Ray Street
Wilkins Ar
State Avenue
Emneee Street
Indiana Companies File Articles Of Incorporation
The Burnett-Lewis Lumber Company of Indianapolis files to sell and manufacture lumber coal and fuel with directors Harry B Lone Thomas R Lewis and Spencer R Uick. Central Supply Company increases capital stock from 1250 to 175000. Louis C. Hiresmann president and William K. Smith secretary. National Drain Tile Company of Terre Haute incorporates for 150000 to manufacture drain tile clay products. directors Samuel C. Cowgill Joseph M. Powell James Luther Lee R. Whitney Sylvanus Free. Evansville welcomes a new incorporation. People’s Light Heat and Power Company of Evansville capital stock 25000 to produce gas light heat power electricity steam hot water. directors William F. White Charles W. Wetmore George R. Sheldon Maurice J. Freiburg J. % Schmidlapp A. B. Vorhies and C. C. Rage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnett-Lewis Lumber Company
Indianapolis
Harry B. Lone Thomas R. Lewis
Spencer Ruick
Central Supply Company
Secretary of State
Louis C. Hiresmann
William K. Smith
National Drain Tile Company
Terre Haute
Samuel C. Cowgill
Joseph M. Powell
James Luther
Lee R. Whitney
Sylvanus Free
Evansville
People's Light, Heat and Power Company
William F. White
Charles W. Wetmore
George R. Sheldon
Maurice J. Freiburg
J. %. Schmidlapp
A. B. Vorhies
C. C. Rage
Sloan Drug Company to Open Denison Hotel Store
Sloan Drug Company plans a new branch in the Denison Hotel, extending the Washington street main store. Dr. Sloan, with over fifty years in Indianapolis drug trade, designs a modern prescrip tion pharmacy using aluminium boxes instead of drawers and will supervise the store directly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan Drug Company
Denison Hotel
Washington Street
Sloan
Indianapolis
No Applicants for Truant Officer Post at Marion County Board Meeting
Marion County Board of Education found no applications yesterday for the vacant truant officer position and will try to elect at the June meeting. The county enumeration is complete except for Indianapolis, with figures by township including Center Decatur 434 Franklin 701 Lawrence 757 Perry 4 Pike 17 Warren 756 Washington 1,08 Wayne 1,023 Woodruff Place 112. Textbooks for the high schools were selected.
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Marion County Board of Education
Indianapolis
Center Township
Decatur
Franklin
Lawrence
Perry
Pike
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Woodruff Place
Names of veterans chosen to bear colors at monument dedication
Officers of the Eighteenth Indiana Regiment and of the Eighteenth Indiana Battery announced the veterans selected to bear the colors at the monument dedication. Infantry veterans include William Darley, W. B. Hood, A. M. Patrick, J. H. Banta, Corporal Burns, Lewis Rothbaust, Thomas Flynn, George Tindell, Fred Walden, Edward Ditman. Battery veterans listed are Albert Allen, William Crouse, Samuel Jones, Sidney Tilson, Basil Tilson, and William J. Wolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighteenth
Indiana Regiment of Infantry
Indiana
General Smock
Eighteenth Infantry
William Darley
W. B. Hood
A. M. Patrick
J. H. Banta
Cororal Burns
Lewis Rothbaust
Thomas Flynn
George Tindell
Fred Walden
Edward Ditman
Albert Allen
William ©. Crouse
Samuel Jones
Sidney A
Basil Tilson
William J. Wolfe
Imposter Affects Day Nursery Association Members
Day Nursery Association warns that a stylish young woman is touring the city posing as a member and soliciting funds. They emphasize only authorized members may collect money. The impersonator reportedly obtained 310 from a businessman in one case.
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Day Nursery Association
Opportunity for intelligent men to sell atlas
The Indianapolis Journal seeks trustworthy men to explain the merits of Cram's Ancient and Modern Atlas of the World to subscribers and oversee distribution. The book is bought by the Journal at a low rate and offered to readers at cost on small payments with liberal inducements for the right applicants. Address Atlas Department or visit between 9 and 1.
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Indianapolis Journal
Cram
Atlas
Southwest Corner
Monument Place
Green manurial crops for soil health and yield
Philadelphia Record discusses green manure crops to plow under for two to three crops per year. Crimson clover and cow peas add nitrogen, improve soil fertility, and reduce fertilizer costs. lime aids soil condition. Turn under blossoms for maximum nitrogen.
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Philadelphia
J Sterling Morton Acknowledged for Arbor Day Impact
Washington Star notes Morton's death and his enduring influence through Arbor Day. The piece stresses tree planting as a civic duty linking sentiment to law and business cooperation, urging persistent reform to protect forests while training children in value of trees. The author praises Morton as a practical founder of a growing national movement driven by public sentiment and legal action.
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Washington Star
J. Sterling Morton
Mr. Morton
Morton
Arbornley
Alfalfa Prospects In Missouri Farmers Embrace New Crop
Missouri farmers, drawing on last year’s experiments, begin sowing alfalfa this spring. A Grain Exchange member reports four crops in Jackson county during a tough season, noting seed costs, weed control across successive cuttings, and alfalfa’s resilience in dry and wet weather. The plant is praised as a Missouri staple with high feed value and potential profitability for stock farmers.
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Kansas City Journal
Missouri
Jackson County
The
Grain Exchange
Colorado
Kansas
Mexicos
Insects That Attack Plants and Control Methods
The excerpt explains how plant pests feed by inserting into plant tissues, causing collapse and death. It describes external insecticides that act on body surfaces, uses of caustics or smothering agents to close spiracles, and notes some insects live on roots or in stored grain where gases must be used. Farmers should assess insect nature before treatment.
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Orange Judd
Massachusetts Ploughman on Angora goats and fattening
The Prairie Farmer notes Angora goats mature slower than sheep but live longer. They browse on bushes and bark, preferring weeds to grasses. Goat meat gains favor, yet finishing fat requires ample feed. Farmers here dislike goats stripping trees, though weeds and brush may be controlled by browsing livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Indiana Farmer Warns Against Cicada Plague Hype
Dr. Howard of the Agriculture Department says the seventeen year locust scare is exaggerated. Cicadas will be audible for about five weeks from mid May to early July, not migratory and mainly affect small trees and shrubs. farmers may confuse them with grasshoppers or locusts, but blame lies not with the farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Oward
Department of Agriculture
Farm Notes On Crops Pests And Animal Weight Tips
Ancient agricultural advice covers butter markets hog cholera swine plague and level culture for potatoes. It urges cabbage worm control with spice flour dusting for cucumbers and melons, worm traps with buried potatoes, animal weight guidance and cuttings propagation in cool soil to prevent failed root action.
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John Johnson
Lizzie McMahan
Charles Parker
Kate Smith
Charles R. Smith
Dr. Corydon
Brown
Stephen Tuckers
Lewis N. Howard
M. D
Artemus P. Kerr
Anton Keller
Michael Klein
Die Glocke
Henry Coleman
M. C. Shea
Sarah E. Hewitt
Webber- Burton Company
Indianapolis Regalia Company
Tutewiler & Son
Eunice E. Grove
Henry W. Tutewiler
Maria Cook
Charles F. Miller
Mary Wheeler
Robert R. Larrie
Central Bond Company
William T. Owen
Ellis L. Segar
John E. Bradshaw
Catherine Sullivan
George W. Sullivan
Sadie Medaris
Homer Ellis
Criminal Court
Fremont Alford
Effie Andrews
C. & St. L. Railway Company
Superior Court
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William Phillips
Agnes E. Laycock
Robert F. Laycock
Nellie M. McHugh
Thomas J. McHugh
Laverette L. Lancaster
Joseph McWilliams
the Court Record
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Wesley Holmes
Thomas Sherman
Hamilton C. C. Record
Bond
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Thiessen
Nowakowski
Detroit Stove Works
Supreme Court of Michigan
Home Office
St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co
Kelley
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Coddy
Twentyfour
Northwestern Reporter
South Dakota
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Eighteenth Indiana Infantry
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Anheuser-Busch
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St. Louis
Anheuser-Standard
J. L. Bieler
Ind
Anne
Salta
Exeanor Hospital
Kahn Tailoring Company
Merchants’ Association
Sandergrecker
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M. RE
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Indianapolis Gas Co
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