Old Love Affair Ends In Tragic Self Destruction In Indiana
Loogootee Indiana April 25 Sunday night Harry Huebner a notable young businessman was found dead on a sidewalk with a knife in his hand and blood about. Initially suspected as murder later ruled suicide linked to an old love affair and worries over two engagements. He had wed Thursday to Lizzie Brown a niece of politician Thomas Forces and had spent Sunday with her mother before leaving.
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Loocootze
Ind
Harry Huebner
Loogootee
Atresia
Miss Smith
Frank Cunningham
Hubner
Lizzie Brown
Loogooteg
Thomas Forces
Tragedy Strikes Local Community In Shirey Area
About 7 30 p m in the evening Harry Huebner a 26 year old harness maker and part owner in Bubner Shirey and Gates hardware firm stopped near his wife’s home and killed himself. The act shocked the town and burial is expected Wednesday morning.
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Homs
Shirey
Harry Huebner
Bubner, Shirey and Gates
Tee
River Floods Recede as Elnora Waters Fall Rapidly
River levels in Elnora and nearby areas are dropping after Sunday rains. Farmers report the flood easing and hope crops remain unharmed as fish and debris gather in pools along rivers and creeks.
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Elnora
Smith Wellinger Wedding at St. Simons Church
At five o'clock this morning at St. Simons church Arthur Smith and Miss Catherine Wellinger were united in marriage by Rev. J.W. Doyle. A few natives and friends were present. The groom moved here from Loogootee years ago to take employment as a B and C 8 W trainman. His bride is a well known West end woman. They will go to house keeping in West Washington.
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St. Simons Church
Arthur Smith
Catherine Wellinger
J.W. Doyle
Loogootee
West Washington
Will Build Roads It Will Not Be Appealed
A compromise in the Steele township gravel road case ends further appeals. Eight remonstrators receive 10 cash each and the contractor covers Gardiner Slimp’s attorney fees, totaling about 200 in costs to settle and begin work immediately.
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Steele Township
Supreme
Daviess
Gardiner & Slimp
Supreme Court
Washington Township
Judgment Given in Cook vs Home Merchants Trading Stamps
This morning in Squire Kellams court the suit of John A. Cook against the Home Merchants Trading stamp concern to redeem checks held by Washington people was tried and decided for the plaintiff who was given judgment against the defendant. Constable Check was ordered to sell the goods attached and will do so on May 2. These goods will pay the costs of the case but the holders of checks will probably receive nothing.
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Squire Kellams Court
John A. Cook
Home Merchants Trading Stamp Concern
Washington
Rainstorm Swells Indiana Rivers as Traffic Halts
Heavy rainfall in southwestern Indiana Sunday night caused rivers and creeks to overflow, with Poseyville Evansville and nearby areas hardest hit. Flooding stopped traffic on area railroads while cooler fair weather is forecast for Tuesday.
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Indiana
Poseyville
Evansville
Unlucky Opal Linked to Two Deaths Tale Ends
In Jxwrararours Indiana April 20 a famed opal and a scarf pin pass into two men ends with both men dead. Nathan Morris bought the opal and gave it to Frank Burke ex District Attorney amid a superstition claim. Burke later fell ill and died in Jeffersonville after visiting Mrs Morris's office to confront Morris.
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Jxwrararours
Ind
Nathan Morris
Morris
Frank Burke
Exex
Morrig
Burke
Jeffersonvills
Mourning in St. Vincent’s Hospital and Local Deaths
The article notes the death of Mr Burke after a long illness at St Vincent's hospital and the death of Mrs Morris in a house fire while trying to rescue a nephew. It also mentions the marriage of Ed E. Johnson to Miss Anise Mead, detailing Mead's Harrise township roots and the bride's popularity.
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Morris
Nathan
Mr. Burke
Jeffersonville
St. Vincent's Hospital
Johnson
Washington
Misa Anise Mead
Alfred Meade
Harrise Township
Richardson liquor trial regamed by county officials
The Richardson liquor case from Elnora was regamed today by county commissioners in the courthouse courtroom. About 800 Elnora residents attended the trial, arriving around noon.
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Richardson
Elnora
Poon
Local Couple to Wed in Tuesday Morning Ceremony
Jos Wathen an inspector in the B. and O. car shop and Miss Elvelyn Padgett of this city will be united in marriage Tuesday morning by Rev. J. W. Doyle. Both are popular young people.
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Jos Wathen
Elvelyn Padgett
J. W. Doyle
Sople
Local notes and incidents from Vincennes and Evansville
A mixed digest of city items including a furnace accident injuring Miss Bonnie Langer, Harry R Lewis purchasing and gifting a brick residence, entertainment reports on the Shancon company and Ferris Hayward troupe, social club gatherings, council vacancies, a new city commissioner appointment, business dealings in O’Brien’s livery stable, a Knights of Columbus initiation, a non union workers description, a sick resident Mia Swepston, a porch theft of two umbrellas, Frank Nash’s ice wagon mishap, and a band concert alert for Ralph Martin on April 8.
Washout delays on B and O S W disrupt Sunday excursion
A 700 foot washout near Clay City halted the B and O South-West line for hours delaying regular trains and Sunday excursion to St Louis. Flora, Illinois crews worked overnight to repair the roadbed as trains resumed by morning.
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St. Louis
Clay City
Flora
Ill
Washington
Marriage Licenses Issued for Local Couples
Edward S. Johnson and Anise R. Meade share license in a local ceremony. James Arthur Smith and Catherine Wollinger obtain nuptial permission. Joseph A. Wathen and Evalyn Padgett secure marriage license in the community records.
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Edward S. Johnson and
Anise R. Meade
James Arthur Smith
Catherine_ Wollinger
Joseph A. Wathen
Evalyn
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One Price Clothiers
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Wathen- Padgett
Bonnie Langer
Harry .R. Lewis
Vincennes
Harry &. Lewis
Clinton
Armstrong
North Seventh Street
Vincennes Commercial
Shancon Company
Ferris and Hayward
J. M. Wakefield
H. May
Williams Street
Hyatt
Grove Street
Main Street
Henry Stone
Warren Routt
Houghton
Prof
W.S. Davis
Grant ‘Keith
O'Brien
J. W. O'Brien
Mr. Keith
Knights of Columbus
Mia
Daniel Swepston
East Walnut Street
Poarch
Frances Rodarmel
East Main Street
Frank Nash
Fos
Ralph Martin
Cearts
You Loek
Band Minstrels
Frank Day
Seymour
Thomas Donahue
Enoch Cheek
J. C. Hagerty
Enos Humphreys
Burlingame
R. H. Wallace
Flora, Ill
William Crouch
Madison, Ill
J. M. Clark
Odon
Baltimore & Ohio
H. M. Church
A. F. Dorley
Terre Haute
Ajwoman
Selby Co
Shoe Department
Neal & Eskridge
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