Defamation suit targets prominent farmer Franklin
Mrs. Riley Ricks of Veale township sues Joseph D. Franklin a noted Da ¢ viegs county farmer for 5 000 dollars alleging in three conversations starting June 8 1907 he called her indecent and a prostitute involving W E Edwards Boon Bingham and Hiram Bingham The suit names Gardiner Tharp Gardiner Ogden Inman Padgett Padgett as attorneys and notes Franklin once sought county clerk nomination The article also mentions another sensational character case set for September and a Knox county incident involving a Monroe City physician
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Iharacter
Joseph D. Franklin
da ¢Viegs County
Riley R. Ricks
Veale Township
Gardiner, Tharp & Gardiner
Ogden & Inman
Padgett & Padgett
Ricks
Veale
Franklin
W. E B. Edwards
James R Lee
Ricks Farm
Boon Bingham
Hiram Bingham
Court House
Knox County
Monroe City
McCracken Reunion Planned at Bethany Grove
The McCracken family gathering, the county’s largest, will be held August 8 in the Bethany grove. Members reside in Daviess County and distant states like Tennessee Oklahoma and Illinois. The oldest member is Mrs Susan Costy of Cosby Street aged about ninety four or ninety five. Matthew McCracken serves as president and Henry McCrack as secretary with the Montgomery band expected to perform.
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McCrAckes
Orprof
Bethany
Daviess Couny
Nashville
Tenn
Oklahoma
Imnois
McCragken
Susan Costy
Cosby Street
Shel
Montgome
Matthew McCrack
Henry McCrack
Indian Conference Session Opens With Sacred Service
The seventy ninth annual Indian conference of the United Brethren church will convene in the First United Brethren Church of this city on September 4 with Bishop G M Matthews of Chicago as presiding officer. The opening service will be led by Bishop Matthews and the presiding elders. Two hundred ministers and delegates are expected for a five day session ending Sunday evening September 8.
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United Brethren Church
Cnurol
G. M. ‘Matthews
Chicago
Mattheed
B. A Walls
French ‘Lick
L. L. Schoonover
Titis City
W. BE
Hvansville
Anti- Saloon League
Reece
Deane
Matthews
Fire Incident Report With Unclear Details
A fragmentary notice describes children playing leading to a fire. Details are garbled but suggest clothing or a closet involvement and water buckets used to extinguish. The location and exact names are not readable in the text.
Vague OCR Fragments From City Story Highlight Local Scene
Fragmentary text references Roscoe Galhes and Murdock veneer case with mentions of west Nin ie and a time around 8 o clock. Context unclear but suggests a local incident or meeting with named personages and places.
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Roscoe Galhes
Poles
Murdock
York
The Bicycle Fad and the City of Louisville
A historical look at the bicycle craze in Louisville, describing public roads, parks, and roads, the rise and fall of bicycle use, and how cost and infrastructure shaped leisure riding. It notes shifts from dirt roads to paved mavadan lanes, pricing changes, and the broader health and social implications of cycling.
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Boulevard
Spike
Athnimad Nursult
Louisville
Troquois Park
Chero Ee Park
$25 000 Damage Suit In Pike County Rail Wreck Case
William Auberry filed a $25 000 damage suit against Elmer Reeves and the Southern Railway for the wreck that killed Capehart. Auberry claims the railroad had him jailed to dodge a suit and that defective track and a locked switch caused the July 12 1906 crash, with Reeves as the engineer.
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William Auberry
Pike County
Maloy
Capehart
Elmer. E. Reeves
Southern Railway Company
Reeves
Auberry
Tthe
Hoosier Fertilizer Dial Feed Plows Through Grain Aids
The description highlights a 8 inch drill with a solid steel frame and cor steel heels. It claims low hitch and light draft with positive grain and fertilizer feed that starts and stops without lifting the disks. An operator can view and adjust the fertilizer amount instantly via levers instead of gears.
Jury clears Auberry amid crowd fears and prison transfers
The report recounts Auberry’s case amid arrests at Petersburg on Aug 12 and a jail transfer to Jeffersonville Reformatory to prevent lynching. He was held until February 1997, tried, and acquitted after a long ordeal involving public humiliation and a claimed loss of 24 000. Harvey Harmon of Bogville filed the suit.
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Ives
Herths
Petersburg
Wesley Irwin
Auberry
Pike County
Jeffersonville
Despondent farmer ends life by rail near Vincents
John Riley, a prosperous farmer one mile south of Vincents, threw himself across a southbound freight as it neared within fifteen feet. The wheels cut the body at the waist before Engineer Tarnes could brake. Riley had stomach trouble and despondency. Mrs. Riley was away at the time.
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John Riley
Vincents
Tarnes
Riley
Election at Mite decides city status amid narrow vote
At the Monday election in Mite the issue of becoming a city was decided by 562 in favor and 67 against. Southern Indiana officials traveled through Davis City for an inspection trip, reporting on the municipal question and conditions observed.
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Tte
Idiana
Daviess c
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Hoosier Fitchen Cabinets
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Hacon & Aikman
Washington
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Dant
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F. J. Homann
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Jepson Jeweler
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