Two Drownings At White River In Weekend Tragedy
At White River near Maysville the boat capsized while three men William Maher Jacob Sahm and Patrick Kelly were fishing. Maher and Sahm drowned while Kelly survived by clinging to the craft until help arrived. Rescue efforts were delayed by darkness and cold water as Coroner C O Bonham learned of the incident.
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White River
Yarbrough
Maysville
William Maher
Jacob Sahm
Patrick Kelly
Maher
Sahm
Kelly
C. O. Bonham
Thomas Cooke
A. H. Holder
Keily Bays
Camp Manning
Go Kelly
Meath
Theresa Maher
Thomas
George
Michael
Ty Anil Mra
Anan Teager
Denis Ada Ba Tse
Ome Boon
Sareera
Abas County
Texas
Jacob. Bahm
Sae
Siz
Srving
Sabu
Akg West
Drowning Tragedy Near Yarbrough Bar Claims Two Men
Kelly and Maher, fishermen from Maysville, were swept over by current at Yarbrough bar while fishing. Maher died and Sahm’s body was recovered. Kelly endured exposure and aided in the search before returning to town. Coroner and townsfolk extended multi-boat searches with forks and improvised gear.
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Lester Tnafter
Epee peerLt
Yarbrough
Kelly
Daviess Cointy
Thomas Cooke
Annmeville
iKelly
Maysville
Sahm
Maher
Bonham
Brat
Camp Manning
Yarbrough Bar
Indiana corn yield 1907 by county with Daviess lead
Indiana bureau of statistics reports 1907 corn acreage at 4,031,714 acres and total yield 150,702,420 bushels, down from 165,078,971 in 1906. Average yield 7.0 vs 41.06 bushels. Daviess leads along with Benton, Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Rush, Shelby and Tippecanoe counties, each over 3,000,000 bushels. Ohio County totaled 163,770, the smallest.
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Indiana
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Benton
Boone
Clinton
Montgomery
Rush
Shelby
Tippecanoe
Ohio County
Daviess
Wee
Dubois
Gibson
Wees
Greene
Knox
Lawrence
Martin
Pike
Sullivan
Mattoon Couple Wed in Mattoon Illinois
Miss Nellie Partlowe wed William D. Bushong on Tuesday December 3 1907 in Mattoon Illinois. The bride’s father James A. Partlowe formerly a B&O Southwestern conductor introduced the couple, who will reside at 1008 Broadway Mattoon after December 12.
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Nellie Partlowe
Matipon
William D. Bushong
James A. Partlowe
Nellie
Mattoon
Mise Partlowe
B. & O. Southwestern Railroad
Sycamore Street
iMrs. Bushong
Mattoon Morning Star
Broadway, Mattoon
One Cent Damages Awarded in Daviess Circuit Court
Jurors awarded Haamen Woodling one cent in damages after a September assault by neighbor James McGee. Woodling, represented by Padgett & Padgett, filed suit in Meten. The case cites injuries from the altercation between neighbors.
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Haamen ‘Woodling
Daviess
James McGee
McGee
Woodling
Padgett & Padgett
Meten
Ysa, Siesta
Daviess court cases span appeals and damages
A docket of Daviess circuit court actions covers Ridgely versus Stangle with appeals, a $114.86 royalty accounting ruling for Bottoms v Ingle, and Neiry vs Cincinnati Seating Co. a long trial that ended in a dismissed suit after a prior reversal. The record notes factory injury and wallpaper shipment dispute with judgments and motions.
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Gardiner
Tharp
Henry
Ridgely
Lamber Strangle
Walters
Daviess
Stangle
Ridgeley
Culibo ‘& Shaw
Vincenes
Padgett & Padgett
J. B Pitehot
Louisiane
Pike County
Wiliam H
David Ingle
Richardson & Taylor and
Inglehart & Taylor
Wilson & Brumfield
Mingie
Francis Bluer
Plaintif
James L. Neiry
Cincinnati Seating Company
Neiry
Daviess Court
Whs
Hel
Ogden & Inman
Padgett & Padsett
Hastings, Allen & Hastings
Petit Jury
C. C. Aler Wall Paper Company
Tella, J. Barlow
Heffernan & ‘Mattingly
Wall Paper Company
Barlow
Thomas Sears
Odd Fellows District Meeting Set for December 17
Preparations underway in this city for the Fourteenth district meeting of the Odd Fellows to be held December 17. District deputy William McCormick says arrangements are not definite. the event will include candidate initiations and reports, with drill teams from Vincennes, Bicknell and Petersburg to perform degree work. The district covers Daviess County with nine lodges and 768 members reported. it will be the first gathering here in a decade under Grand Master Elmer Hastings.
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Odd Fellows
Daviess County
William McCormick
Vingcenter
Bicknell
Petersburg
Insbe
Elmer F. Hastings
Montgomery
Glendale
J. A Fille
Odon
Honor Ashes and Reception Mark Abel Appreciation
A post session on Wednesday February honored Abel with a reception. The program included musical numbers, a reading by Lucian F. Corning, speeches by Mr. Hastings and Mr. Gilley, and other items. Laughter arose at Corning’s marshal reading as a dusky chorus sang. refreshments of ice cream and cake were served.
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Abel
Lucian F. Corning
Hastings
Gilley
Marshal Corning
Commissioners Court Pushes Van Trees Street Improvement
The county court in session approved the petition to improve Van Trees Street from east Fifteenth Street to Tenth Street and named George Faith engineer with George Hunter and John Steen as viewers. The board also granted another petition for Second Street improvement and announced gravel road superintendents and viewers for Beckett and Murphy petitions in various townships. January 1 was set to hold the gravel road election in Madison Township. Thomas Nugent posted a $10,000 bond with Martin Nugent and others as security.
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Country Commissioners
BE. L. Ha
van Tres’ Stree
Fifteenth Street
Tenth Street
van Trees
George Faith
George Hunter
John Steen
John Hayes
Second
Campbell Avenue
South Side
George A. Hunter
P. Arterborn
Stefle Township
Frank Burris
North District
Elmore
Frank Stringer
Milton Allen
Edward Wilson
John Hopkin
Beckett
Charles Stucker
James Witsman
Dave Williams
Murphy
Barr Township
Madison Township
Thomas ‘Nugent
Martin ‘Nugent
John Eads
Thomas G. ‘Taylor
George D. Abraham
Arrest of William Killen for intoxication near church
William Killen was arrested by James Herndon Thursday morning after being found on the lawn of the First Presbyterian church nearly frozen to death. He had slept outdoors all night with no protection and suffered exposure. He works at the Seating factory and says he lost $25 in the last few days. He was fined the usual $1 plus costs in police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Killen
James Herndon
Killen
First Presbyterian Church
Chaney Proposes Higher Funds for Bedford Federal Building
Representative John C. Chaney introduces a bill seeking a larger federal building appropriation for Bedford. The supervising architect had said Bedford stone could not be used with existing funds, and the matter was delayed until more money is approved. Chaney aims to secure sufficient funds to proceed.
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John C. Chaney
Bedford
Chaney
Aney
Bonds Approved For Fielding Colbert And Henry McCracken
Bonds filed with the county commissioners show Fielding Colbert his bond for five thousand dollars and Henry McCracken for four thousand dollars. Sureties listed include H Allen T T Jones and Fer al Mattingly.
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Fielding Colbert
Galetrie
Henry McCracken
Aoe
Comrmissioners
Colbert
Mdis
McCracken
H. ‘ Allen
T. T. Jones
Feral Mattingly
TORG BERVICE
Fragmentary OCR note provides no clear event or names. unable to determine a coherent news item from the readable text.
Daviess County Delegates Shrink Ahead of 1908 Convention
The Republican state committee lists county delegate counts based on votes. Daviess County drops from eighteen delegates in the last convention to seventeen for the upcoming 1908 meeting, with overall delegate and alternate seats down by about 373 nationwide under the standard apportionment. Dubois Ohio and Posey counties also gain or keep seats in the southern region.
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Carl W. Riddick
Dubois
Ohio
Posey
Daviess County
Lemons and Lures: Street Jewelry Scam in Washington
A relic from Washington recalls a Thanksgiving day scam where an advertising man sold fake gold rings for 25 cents and chains for one dollar. Crowds gathered on Main and East Third as rings and brass chains were exchanged before the swindler vanished, with a second imitator repeating the trick.
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Webster
Washington
Daviess
Main
East Third
Permits require burial secretary under new 1908 rule
After January 1 1908 all burial permits must be filled out by the secretary of the board of health or his deputies. The county council provides no deputies for the coming year so only the secretary can issue permits. If burial is needed before a permit is secured the friends must obtain it from the secretary before the undertaker can proceed. The council is hoped to provide deputies for the secretary.
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Board of Health
Board
of Health
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Riddick
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