Death of Louie B. Sefrit Stark News From Washington County
Louie Benson Sefrit native to Washington County dies in Seattle on December 12 1909 at age 34. He grew up here worked at the Gazette and Times in Washington and Seattle where he served as city editor and police reporter. He survived by widow Teresa Kratz two brothers Charles G. Sefrit and Frank J. Sefrit and a sister with burial planned near Seattle. Funeral plans and local tributes noted.
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Washington
Louie B. Sefrit
Seattle
Frank I. Serrit
Salt Lake City
Utah
Qlouis
Louie
Gazette
The
Times
Tracy
Desparado
Serrit
Sefrit
Mr. Sefrit
Associated Press
Hoosier Boy
Teresa Kratz
Tacoma
Sashinesca
Charles G. Sefrit
Herald
Frank J. Sefrit
Salt Lake
Mary Stringfellow
Terre Haute
Daviess County
John Gardiner
Northeast
Tenth Street
Mr.Gardner
Mr. Gardner
Greene County
65Th
Indiana Regiment
Gardner
Kate Parker
James
Martin County
Isaac
Madison Township
Samuel
Loofootee
Eliza Clements
A. T. Lyons
A. M. McGuire
Oak Grove
J. M. Luke
James Gardner
J. $. Grant
Cole Case Moves to Knox Circuit Court for Murder Trial
Stephen Cole and son Charles Cole, jailed in Daviess county, face murder charges in Vincennes Knox circuit court after a change of venue from the Daviess court. Bail for Charles is set high at 13000 dollars. Stephen remains denied bail. Circuit court procedure, transcript prep, and defense‑led arguments framed the proceedings as witnesses tied tracks to the crime scene. The Coles’ fate hinges on transfer logistics and eventual trial in Knox county.
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Daviels
Knox County
Colbert
Will Walter
Coles
Pike Or Dubois
Hall
Houghton
Charles Cole
Cole
Houghton Aad
Stephen Cole
Witnesses named in trial over Indiana murder case
Prosecutor Hastings has witnesses who will testify to the killing. A man and woman, George Colefall and Stephen Cole, reportedly saw a puff of smoke and ran into the woods. Stephen Cole may plead guilty to save his son and pursue an insanity defense. Attorneys include Milburn, Seal, and firms Ogden & Inman and Hastings, Allen & Hastings.
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Hastings
George Colefall
Stephen Cole
Coles
R. M. Milburn
Jasper
Lmelight
Indiana
Flavian A. Seal
Loogootee
Ogden & Inman
Hastings, Allen & Hastings
Settlement details show six month tax intake in Davis county
Net tax collection for six months totals 147 981 29 with state share 30 797 61. Delinquent poll taxes 2 821 50 and treasurer fees 507 49. Gravel road fund levy 25 074 09. City share 19 980 69. Distribution lists township and city school funds and road, poor, and debt payments, totaling 20 537 81. Funds held until month end to accrue interest.
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Daviess County
Whi Camp
Benevolent Institution Fund
Educational Institution
Cue Township
City of
Washington
Washington Township
Veale
Reeve Township
Harrison Township
Montgomery Corporation
Cannerburg
Barr Township
van Buren Township
Qion
Madison Township
Elmora
Ugat
Elmore
Steele Township
Bogard
Mattingly Promoted to Assist City Editor at Tribune
John R. Mattingly, a former Washington newspaper man, is advanced to assistant city editor of the Salt Lake Tribune with a higher salary. The promotion was announced this week in a letter to his father James Mattingly, custodian at the Carnegie Library.
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Mattingly
John R. Mattingly
Washington
Salt Lake Tribune
James Mattingly
Carnegie Hebrary
Young Couple Weds at West Walnut Home
The Rev. F A Steele of First Methodist church united Elmer John Faris and Miss Mary Helen Aikman in marriage at his home on West Walnut street Wednesday around six o'clock. The groom is a farmer, son of E F Farris of the township. The bride is unnamed in the fragment.
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F. A. Steele
First Methodist Church
Elmer John Faris
Mary Helen Aikman
Aventor
West Walnut Street
E. F. Farris
Pretty county bride ties the knot in December wedding
Miss Sadie J. Bales formerly of this city wed William E. Herrins of Mooresville at the bride mother Mrs Mellville D. Bales home on December 14. Rev Sylvester Billheimer officiated and a luncheon followed. Attending were Benjamin Hayes Edna Faris and John E Blanford with families and Auditor John C Billheimer and kin from Indianapolis. The groom is the son of Samuel Aikman a prominent farmer north of Washington on the Plainville road. After the ceremony Mr and Mrs Faris will live with the groom’s parents.
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Samuel Aikman
Washington
Plainville
Sadie J. Bales
William E. Herrinslake
Mooresville
Mellville D. Bales
Sylvester Billheimer
John E. Blanford
John C. Billheimer
Indianapolis
Milburn Attending Court and Pursuing Attorney General Nomination
R. M. Milburn of Jasper acts as attorney for the Coles in habeas corpus proceedings in the circuit court. He traveled from Indianapolis after attending a Democratic state control committee meeting where he secured strong encouragement for his bid to be the Democratic nominee for attorney general. Milburn previously sought the nomination but was defeated by Walter Lotz at the last state convention.
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Milburn
R. M. Milburn
Jasper
Coles
Washington
Indianapolis
Democratic State Control Committee
Walter Lotz
Washington public school teachers head to Indianapolis
The teachers from Washington public schools will travel to Indianapolis on December 28 to attend the Indiana State Teachers' Association’s fifty sixth annual session at Tomlinson Hall with sections at the Claypool hotel. Governor Thomas R. Marshall will be one speaker. Washington schools will dismiss Friday afternoon for Christmas vacation and reopen January 3.
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Indianapolis
Washington Public Schools
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
Pilace
Tomlinson Hall
Claypool Hotel
Thomas R. Marshall
Trusteef Grant Keith Prepares New Township Accounting System
Grant Keith, trustee of Washington township, has received from the state board of accounts new supplies for the uniform accounting system. He plans to implement the change January 1, requiring all supplies to be purchased only after public advertisement.
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Grant Keith
Washington Township
State Board of Accounts
Keith
Daviess County Awards Printing Supply Contracts
The county commissioners met in special session and awarded Sentinel Printing Co of Indianapolis the first and second class stationery contract. Horrall Brothers received the class three contract for pencils pens knives and desk equipage.
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Daviess County
Court House
Sentinel Printing Company
Halpenny Resigns as Indiana Sunday School Leader
The Rev. E. W. Halpenny resigns after seven years as general secretary of the Indiana Sunday School association. He will move to Toronto and take similar duties in Ontario. Under his leadership the association nearly doubled its membership. No successor has been trained. Halpenny is well known locally.
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Louis Vogel
Seymour
Joseph I. Gordon
Vogel
Halpenny
E. W. Halpenny
Indiana Sunday School Association
Dr. Halpenny
Toronto
Canada
Ontario Provincce
Sunday School Association
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Contempt of Court Bill Introduced in House
A bill designed to cover contempt of court cases similar to President Gompers and associates of the American Federation of Labor was introduced in the House of Representatives on Wednesday by Representative R. Thomas of Kentucky, aiming to greatly restrict court power in such cases.
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Gompers
American Federation of Labor
House of Representatives
Representatve
R. ¥. Thomas
Kentucky
Banta Buys Ten Acres Adjoining His Farm for 1000
Charles Banta of Steele township purchased ten acres from the William Ruminer estate at 100 per acre, with the sale granted this week by Judge Houghton in circuit court. The land adjoins Banta's own farm. Lou Rathscauld, a former Washington boy, plans to marry Miss Fanny Levi of Chicago early next spring.
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Charles Banta
Steele Township
William Ruminer
Banta
Charles McWilliams
Houghton
The
Illegal liquor sales lead to $50 fine under Beardsley law
Judge Houghton fined A T Brewer, agent for Terre Haute Brewing, $50 for selling five gallon beer lots to individuals after Daviess County became dry. The case traced to Beardsley act debates and definitions of wholesaler, with the brewery closing its local agency afterward.
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Houghton
A. T. Brewer
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Daviess County
Washington
Terre Haute Brewsing Company
Terre Haute
A. T. Prewer
Hastings
Brewer
H. F. Vollmer
Supreme Court of
Joseph Wailes
Sarah Baker
James H. Courtney
Elmore Township
James Courtney
Relther
Olly F. Crooke
James F.crooke
Citizens Loan and Trust Company
Lillian Myrtle McBride
Bogart? ‘Township
John lLundergar
Charles Y. ‘Nellis
Isaac G. Gregory
Alfred Horrall
Jerome DeMotte
Payson Winklepleck
Gus Frank Jr Dies in Petersburg at 75
Gus Frank Jr of Petersburg died Wednesday night after a period of illness. The longtime local businessman was well known in southern Indiana for his business career.
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Gus Frank, JR
Petersburg
Indiana
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Jeffersonville
Gordon
Ner
Young Volgel
Rebecca Brown
Henry C. Brown
St. Simons Church
St. Jonas Cemetery
Horrall Brothers
Brewery Company
Judge Hougetos
Brewing Company
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