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County jail and lockup conditions and local political delegates
The board of Charities and Corrections visits Van Buren lockup reporting near railroad cinders and fire risk. They urge a fire proof structure and continued detention until sanitation. The report lists inmate counts, demographics, and facility conditions. Democrats of Van Buren township elect delegates and alternates to the county convention in four precincts with named officials.
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Board of Charities
van Buren
Board of Charities and Corrections
Lena McDougle
van Buren Township
Chaney Woodard
Lewis Barnes
James Whitaker
Grover Sparks
Nelson Ducknall
Samuel Cloud
Asbury Fleming
E. E. Shaffrer
Alex Butler
Jobo Butler
Elmer James
Ed Scott
Wm. Davie
Frank White
Third Precinct
E. R Roberts
W. W. Mott
C. Huff
Fred Losure
James Heffner
Tom Boller
Charles Storts
Fourth Precinct
E. E. Farr
Frank Doyle
D. W. Boxell
George Pilkington
van Doyle
M. HK. Crist
Robert Pilkington
C. C. Gordon
Heath Davis
A. N. Thompson