Wendling Found Guilty in Kellner Murder Case
In Louisville Joseph Wendling, former janitor of St Johns Catholic church, was found guilty of the murder of eight year old Alma Kellner. The jury imposed life imprisonment after a largely circumstantial case and a trial marked by lengthy jury instructions and intense attorney arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellner
Louisvifle
Joseph Wendling
Alma Kellner
Wendling
Madeline Wendling
Gregory
St. Johns Catholic Church
Alma Keliner
Fred Keliner
Frank Fehr
Brewer
St. Johns Church
Paniper
New Orleans
California
San Francisco
Carney
Thte City
Cora Munea
Hume
Munea
Texas
Louisville
Commonwealth
Institute at Elnora to Precede County Meeting
A three part series of farm institutes begins at the Elnora opera house on December 12 as a prelude to the Daviess county gathering. The program features devotional exercises, talks on tomatoes and muck land, plus discussions led by local farm figures and a Mrs. Olive Cline address on the farmer's wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elnora
Montgomery
Alfordsville
Daviess County Court House
Elnora Opera House
S. Dyer
Quartette
Future of Agriculture
R. A
Lew S. Core
Olive Cline
John B. Stotts
Morton Cole
Store Robbed at Elnora and Access Gained Through Basement
W A Ross company store at Elnora was entered through a basement rear window whose sash was torn out. Charley Ross discovered the breach and notified the firm. No goods appear to be missing though some may have been and details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Ross
Elnora
Ge Tcade
Charley Ross
Ran
Thief Targets Cash Drawers In Local Store
Entry to the store was made and two different cash drawer combinations opened without damage. About $10 was stolen, including $3 in pennies and small change. Police suspect an insider acted alone as no crew remains to investigate.
Calling Names in Court Reflects Old English Common Law
A discussion explains the practice of calling absent parties three times in civil suits like quiet title actions. It traces the custom to English common law, Norse and Norman influences, and Henry II’s Assizes, noting how such archaic phrases persist in American courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deviess
Dourt
William
Britain
Normandy
Henry II
Clarendon
Jon
America
Continent
John Hair Honored With Silver Table Set in Cincinnati
At Cincinnati on Friday evening, John Hair and his wife received a solid silver table set from the motive power department of the B and O Southwestern. Henry Marsh delivered the gift as general car foreman at Washington shops. Present were Marsh, Earl Hair, and Harry Duncan of Chillicothe. The gesture followed Hair’s service as master mechanic and reflected the men’s esteem and warm friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hair
Cincinnati
B. & O. Southwestern
Henry Marsh
Marsh
Earl Hair
Harry Duncan
Chillicothe
Mr. Hair
Washington
Indiana Exhibitors At Great Mid West Poultry Show In Chicago
Indiana will have forty five exhibitors at the Great Mid West Poultry and Pet Stock association show in Chicago from December 8 to 11. About 350 exhibitors from 27 states and two Canadian provinces attend plus one Belgian entry. Theo Hewes of Indianapolis, secretary treasurer of the association, says Mrs. William I. Vance of Washington will exhibit. Madame A F Van Scheile from Belgium will head a Belgian exhibit. The show will feature 129 birds, breeds never before shown in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Great
Mid- West Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Chicago
Belgium
Theo Hewes
Indianapolis
Associiaion
William I. Vance
Washington
A. F. van Scheile
United’ States
Pzppenvoort
Par Hoogan
Straten
Contron
McCafferty-Benedict Marriage Linked to Glendale Couple
Relatives in Washington and Glen dale notified of the marriage of Bynum McCafferty son of Frank S McCafferty of Glendale and a provision to Grace McCafferty of Washington and Ruby Kirkpatrick of Danville The ceremony occurred recently at Terre Haute where the couple will reside The groom is a Vandalia railroad brakeman based in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCafferty
Benedict
Washington
Glendale
Bynum McCafferty
Frank S McCafferty
Grace McCafferty
Ruby Kirkpatrick
Danville
Terre Haute
Unidentified Man Killed Near Culloors Station
An unidentified man was killed Sunday morning on the B C Southwestern line at Culloors station. He walked along the track and did not see the approaching train. death was instant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. &.C. Southwestern Pass
Culloors Station
Tra
Pudideath
Indiana Red Cross Christmas Seals Demand Soars
The Red Cross Christ mas Seals bureau in Indiana reports heavy demand with about 600 000 seals distributed and orders pouring in from many cities. The goal is one million seals on sale soon, raising funds to fight tuberculosis and support Red Cross work. Flower Mission Indianapolis leads orders with 200 000. sales spread from Fort Wayne to Evansville and beyond, with seals sold in hundreds of post offices statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Indiana i S
Indiana
Indianapoli
Red Cross Fund
Odd Fellows, Masons
Red Men
K. of P
Indiana Federation of Clubs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Indianapolis
Flower Mission
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Terre Haute
Evansville
Richmond
Washington
False Alarm Culprit Targeted by Washington Fire Dept
Fire department has faced repeated false alarms, with box 54’s recent call among eight of sixteen since the current administration began. A city ordinance imposes fines from 25 to 100 dollars and possible jail time for offenders. Mayor McCarty vows full measures, including a potential reward to trap the culprit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Washington
McCarty
Ainter
Central Department
Carpenters Vote on Propositions Across Unions
Local United Brotherhood of Carpenters unions vote on four propositions sent from Indianapolis. Ballots due by December 4 to be counted. First proposal asks if the brotherhood affiliates with the union label department of the American Federation of Labor. The second concerns a tax to that department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eballi
Carpenters
United Brotherhood of Carpentera
Jokers
Indianapolis
American Federation of Labor
Priest Named for St. Simons in Indianapolis Announcement
The Rt Rev Francis Silas Chatard bishop of Indianapolis named the Rev Michael W Lyons of Brownsburg as pastor of St. Simons church Washington to succeed the late Father John W Doyle. Lyons will assume December 15 after a priest examination and six months in Shoals. He born February 10 1872 in Indianapolis and ordained June 17 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Simons
Indianapolis
Francis Silas .Chatard
Indianapo ‘Lis
Michael W. Lyons
Brownsburg
John W. Doyle
St. Simons ‘Church
Washington
St. Johns Clergy House
Father Lyons
St. Simons Church
Michael J. Gorman
St. Johns Church
St. Patricks Church
St. Charles College
Ellicot City
Cincinnati Seminary
Shoals
Martin County
St. Johns, Church
Mmothy Lyons
North
Pennsylvania Street
Lves
Francis Torbeck
St. Marys Church
William Boland
Leopolds
Nicholas Hassel
Mt. Vernon
Father Boland
Leopold
Mrs Sisson Dies After Freight Accident at Hazelton
Hazelton reports Mrs Andrew C Sisson died five hours after being struck by a fast freight in front of the depot at 10 30 Sunday. Surgeons amputated both legs below the knees but she did not recover from the shock or probable internal injuries. Born in Knox County in 1858 she was daughter of Sylvester and Dotfa Horrall and married in Vincennes thirty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelton
Andrew C Sisson
Sisson
Knox
Navy reforms urged in Meyer annual report
Secretary George Von L. Meyer calls for radical changes in navy yards and stations, proposes closing some posts and expanding others, and suggests reforms to the marine corps. The report also recognizes Commander Robert E Peary for discovery of the north pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
George von L. Meyer
Marine Corps
Robert E.peary
North Pole
Lon McCormick Reported to Have Committed Suicide
Mrs Fannie Survant of Princeton received word that her brother Lon McCormick age 33 shot himself in his St Louis home. No cause given. He leaves a wife and three children and formerly lived in Algiers Pike County. Burial is expected there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike
Princeton
Fannie Survant
Lon McCormick
St. Louis
McCormick
Algiers
Pike County
Fire destroys Reynoldsville home killing two children
A Sunday blaze at Caesar Ferris’s Reynoldsville Pennsylvania residence killed two children and seriously injured the mother and father, with two other children badly burned as the home burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caesar Ferris
Reynoldsville
Uniform Divorce Law Aims At National Reform Group Drive
A national reform association plans a uniform divorce law with efforts to secure passage across states. The Sixty first Congress closes in Washington with a Tuesday noon session. In Mayor's Court Thomas Mahoney admitted guilt to four intoxication counts and was fined five dollars plus costs. Mrs Eddy passes away Mary Baker Glover Eddy, founder of Christian Science, dies Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Reform Association
Washington
Mayor's Court
Thomas Mahoney
McCrisaken
Mrs. Eddy
Christ- Rrs
Mery Haker Glover
Edayian Science
Mrs. Eddy Dies at Chestnut Hill in Her Ninetyeth Year
The Boston area founder died at home in Chestnut Hill in her nineties. No physician attended her final illness though several students in her household aided. A medical examiner listed natural causes as the cause of death. No funeral arrangements have been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut Hill
Boston
Prohibitionist Leader Lectures in Fountain City
Oliver Stewart former national chairman of the Prohibitionists party began a series of state lectures in Fountain City speaking at the Friends church on The Saloon from a Business standpoint. The Jasonville Loan and Savings Association organized many businessmen will begin stock solicitation at once. The quarantine for diphtheria lifted and schools theatres and churches to reopen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain City
Oliver Stewart
Prohibitionists Party
Friend’s Church
Jasonville
Wabash
Chester Middleton
North Manchester
Josephine Woods
Seracube
Samuel
Isaak Kaiser
Olf
Parker
Printers Elect Delegates to Indiana Union Meeting
At Weh ington Typographical union 538 a regular meeting elected delegates for the Indiana State Conference of Typographical unions semi annual meeting in Indianapolis on January 16. Delegates are William Himburs John T Harris and H E Teufel to attend where officers for 1911 will be elected and a permanent organization movement launched. Current officers are President Har Wolfe Anderson vice president Ben McGinnis secretary treasurer Edgar E Perkina Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wehington Typographical Union
Indiana
Muncie
Edgar E. Perkina
Indianapolis
Notice to Contractors Daviess County Indiana ditch work let
The drainage commissioner of Daviess County Indiana will let the construction of a ditch petitioned by Eliza A Miller et al at 10 o clock a.m. December 24 1910 in the county courthouse Washington Indiana. Bids must be bondified double the bid and include contract obligation. Two sections: dredge ditching and hand labor with teams scrapers and shovels. Hastings Allen Hastings attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
County of
Daviess
State of Indians
Eliza A. Miller
Daviess County
Indiana
Washington
Ian
Albert F. Annen
Hastings, Allen& Hastings
Attys
Notice of Drainage Assessments in Daviess County Indiana
Notice announces drainage assessments approved by the Daviess County Board of Commissioners for Eliza A Miller et al matter. Assessments payable in installments of ten percent monthly starting January 1911 to fund ditch construction costs. Drainage Commissioner Albert F Annen signs. Hastings Hastings attys advise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daviess County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Eliza A. Miller
Auditor’s
Court House
City of
Washington
Albert
F. Annen
Hastings, Allen, & Hastings, Attys
Court Notice of Answer Required by December Date
Notice declares that in the Washington court a party must answer or demur to a complaint. failure to respond will lead to hearing in the party's absence. Witness, seal, at Washington, December 2, 19.
Bridge Contract Let For White River Crossing Near Edwardsport
Notice of letting joint by Knox and Daviess counties Indiana for a White River bridge near Edwardsport. Proposals due January 5, 1911, at the Knox auditor's office. Bids must include affidavit of non collision and bond equal to bid amount. Officials named include Hamilton Williams and William Killion with auditors and attorneys listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Knox County
T L. Simonson
White River
Edwardsport
Board of Commissioners
Vincennes
Whit River
Edwardport
Salt River
Daviess County
Tndlany
Knox Courty
Daviess and
Knox Courties
Board OF Commisioner's
Hamilton Williams
Thomas Dake
Frank Att
John T. Scott
Kate County
Board OF Commissioner
William Killion
Robert J. Barr
Richard McDonald
Thomas Nugent
Leviess County
Frank Culbertson
William’. Hoover
James W. Emison
Torneys
Notice of Daviss County bid opening and final settlement
Notice announces sealed bids for recording reprinting supplies and stationery for one year from January 1 1911 with a $1000 bid bond and non collusion affidavit. Also final settlement hearing set December 24 1910 for Nancy J Singleton estate administered by B D Millis with Mattlogly Myers as attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B .D. Millis
Nancy J. Singleton
B. D. Millis
Mattlogly & Myers
Bogard Township Seeks Deposits and Bond for Public Funds
The Bogard township Board of Finance in Daviess County Indiana will accept sealed proposals for public fund deposits until 10:00 am Friday December 30 1910 at the trustee office. Proposals must be secured by a ten thousand dollar bond. Daniel I Myers trustee official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Finance
Bogard Township
Daviess County
Indiana
Daniel I. Myers
Elmore Township Sealed Proposals For Public Funds Deposits
The Elmore Township board of finance announces sealed proposals for deposits of public funds due December 31 1990 at 10 00 am in Elmora Indiana. Proposals must be accompanied by a bond of ten thousand dollars Samuel Shufflebarger Trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmore Township
Daviess County
Indiana
Elmora
Samuel Shufflebarger
Trustees Notices From Veale Alfordsville and Nearby Townships
Notices from Veale Township and neighboring townships announce trustees will conduct township business on specified days at various offices. Frank Swann in Veale, R. V. Cox in Alfordsville, and Grant Keith in Washington report weekly hours with locations, while Daniel I. Myers cites Tuesday and Friday sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veale Township
Veale
Frank Swann
Reeve Township
Alfordsville
Tim
R. V. Cox
Washington Township
Washington ‘Township
Waller
East Foundj
Grant Keith
Bogard Township
Daniel I. Myers
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Indliana
Mary E. Roberts
James Roberts
Thompson & Dentigah
Indcana
Davirs County
Pr Pacmngtens
Altege
Jhs
Board of Commiss of
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