Ordinance Alters Distribution of Advertising Wares
Washington city council evenings presentation of a toy patrol wagon to Marshal Corning marks a session debating an ordinance to regulate distributing wares and matter at residences. The measure proposes fines from fifty to one hundred dollars for violations and includes a discussion of an alley between East Third and Fourth streets.
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Marshal Corbing
Hopkins
Marshal Corning
Sewt
Mayebal ‘Corning
Podpe ‘Hopkins
Firat
Marshal Gorning
Clerk Willey
Wise
Gardiner
Smoot
Washington
Gaia City
Sald
East Third
Fourth Streets
Union Backing For Van Horn Amid Charges
Local union 39 of Washington attests W D Van Horn has strong character and is fit for district presidency. Officers deny any member was authorized to file charges, and invite investigation while praising Van Horn as honorable and upright. The piece also notes a push for Indiana mine safety reforms and licensing for miners with state and national context.
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W. D. van Horn
District Mine Workers
Union 39
Washington
van Horn
The
Terre Haute Star
Terre Haute
Brother van Horn
Arley Wallace
Mack
BRUSH
James Bresh
Fin
Levi Salters
Jasper Purcell
A. T. Colbert
Joseph Trowbridge
United Mine Workers of
Indiana
O’conner
Circuit Court
Wyandotte Tribe members dispute lodge property sale
Report from Ireland Dubois County says Wyandotte Tribe of Red Men members in that place remain at loggerheads over a lodge property sale alleged to be for far less than its value. Aly Williams of Princeton visited Monday seeking counsel and said he asked the state sachem to intervene in the dispute.
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Ireland
Dubois
Lodge
Aly Williams
Princeton
Three Men Killed in Sturgis Mining Clash
Three guards from West Kentucky company at Sturgis Kentucky and four striking miners were fatally wounded in a late Monday night battle. The clash occurred between company guards and strikers, leaving multiple casualties.
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West_Kentucky
Sturgis
Figures in the Maysville Mystery and the Pretty Home
A male and female duo, dressed in showy attire, frequented the Taylor residence recently and tampered with phones and a store. They threatened the family, used songs featuring Theotore and Lawrence, and harmed household animals and livestock including seven chickens.
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Maysville
Large Christmas family reunions reported in Washington county
The article notes two major gatherings on Christmas day. The Vance family reunion at la Vance’s northwest of the city drew forty five with many from distant towns, enjoying turkey dinner and songs. The Yarbrough family near Maysville, one of the county’s largest, brought twenty eight members, including thirteen children, with a photo session at Bourgholtzer studio and plans to gather again in 1907 at Woodland.
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Vance
la Vance
Harry
Arthur
David Chapman
Petersborg
Chester Vance
Sol McBride
Ray Rossiss
Anna Chapman
George M. Vance
John M .Vance
George C. Vance
William H. Swinda
Woodland
Elnora
Turkey
A. D. Mullenx
John Shinner
C. Aspurger
Riley
Floyd Price
John Swinda
Terre Haute
Richard Dunlap
George D. ‘Abraham
Lev. Montgomery
Florence Pownall
A. Taylor
Hubert Taylor
Elmira Hayes
Lottie Hayes
Bertha
Haf ¥Es Killen
Odon
George W. Osman
Austin Osman
Bogard Township
George S. Hackler
Martin Nugent
Farris
Tom Nugent
Washington
Daviess County
Enos Yarbrough
John Yarbrough
East Walnut Street
Yarbrough
Maysville
Mr. Yarbrough
William
Mattoon
Ill
Bourgholtzer Studio
Charles
John
Otis Smith
Thomas E
William R
Seth
Maud M
Laura E
Glenn
Leo J
Parthina
Lydia L
Thomas
Home Telephone Company
Bedford Railway Agent Recovers After Illness and Chair Oddity
Frank B. Humston, Monon railway general agent at Bedford, was felled by typhoid in August but has returned to duty. Weighing 115 pounds now from 190, Humston noted a superstition in his room a chair with thirteen rounds and thirteen buttons on the upholstery cushion, which prompted removal of the chair.
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Frank B. Humston
Monon Railway Company
Bedford
Mumston
Thirteenth Street
State health officials draft new pure food and drug law
Dr. J. N. Hurty and H. E. Barnard propose a bill to the legislature mirroring the federal act with two interpolations. It adds slaughter house regulation and consolidates the state milk law. The chemist becomes the state food and drug inspector under the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
H. E. Barnard
Elks Present Elk Charm to Will FitzGibbon
Will FitzGibbon purchasing agent for the B P O Elks club received a pretty Elk charm Tuesday as a token of esteem and thanks for his service. Alvin Padagtt gave the presentation speech.
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Will FitzGibbon
B. P. O. Elks Club
Brothers
Alvin Padagtt
Two Knox men in hunting accident injure Harbin
Noble Baker and Solomon Harbin of Knox county hunted Monday when Baker accidentally shot Harbin in the nose. Harbin, aged twenty, lives at Wheatland.
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Noble Baker
Solomon Harbin
Knox County
Baker
Harbin
Wheatland
Emison Named Southern Indiana Governor Candidate
The Indiana Republican prints a favorable portrait and profile of James Wade Emison of Vincennes as southern Indiana’s governor candidate for 1908. It notes his DePauw education, legal prominence, oratorical skill, and leadership as reasons for support by the Second district and southern Indiana.
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Berind James Wade Emison
Indianapolis
James Wade Emison
Vincennes
Southern Indiana
Ennison
Indiana
Emison
DePauw
Crumpacker Seeks Indiana Lynching Law To End Crimes
Representative Crum packer proposes Indiana legis lature enact a law imposing a $10 000 penalty on any county where a lynching occurs. He argues public sentiment shifts when taxpayers pay the price, hoping the measure curbs future lynchings by making counties financially responsible.
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Edgar D. Crumpacker
Indiana
Crumpacker
Congress
Ohio
Gentry Brothers Show May Be Sold to Turfman
The Gentry Brothers dog and pony show may be sold to W. M. Savage owner of Dan Patch. Savage’s business agent will meet Henry B. Gentry and W. W. Gentry in San Antonio Texas next Monday to sign final papers and convey the property. Earnest money has been paid and the sale may take effect January first. Reported purchase price is 100000 dollars.
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Gentry Brothers
Bloomington
W. M. Savage
Dan Patch
Henry B. Gentry
W. W. Gentry
San Antonio
Tex
Well Known Citizen Dead in Dubois County
Frank Dillon aged forty five, a prominent resident of Dubois County, died early Tuesday at his sister Mrs Nan Craig’s home near Otwell.
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Frank Dillon
Dubois ‘County
Nan. Craig
Otwell
Erroneous death reports prompt correction in Olney
The confused notice over Henry Katter's death at Olney was traced to a misread letter and a neighbor’s mistaken spread. Dr James A Dale, aged eighty one, died Thursday noon after years of illness, with heart trouble as the stated cause.
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Henry Katter
Olney
Momiay
Rutter
Lile
James A. Dale
Dr. Dale
Chester
South Carolina
3D Régiment
Indiana
Souny
Princeton
Carr
Jack Jones
ndCaptain
Buena Vista
Bloomington
California
Sacramento
Cal
James’ Dale
Memphias
WM Dale
Thomas Lawson
Joplin
E. M. Steen
Farmingdale
Dale
Cvents
Dalé
W. H. Wolfe
Main Street
Samuel I. Hopkins
Anderson Baldwin
Reward Offered for Missing Dog in Washington Case
Police awarded a reward of 10 for returning a missing dog linked to a Washington case. The animal belonged to a man who could not feed it, prompting the owner to search and authorities to thank the public. Officers reported the dog was seen near Sandoval and Reno, with potential cross state connections.
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Afcace
Comite Kerepeg
Dandeval
George Vaeave
Washington
Vanen
Rome
Sandoval
Wreck at Lawrenceville Delays Rail Traffic
A Baltimers and Obbe Southwestern freight train collided with a Ble Four freight engine at the Lawrenceville junction seven miles west of Vincennes Illinois Sunday afternoon. All three engines suffered heavy damage and nine cars were demolished. The crash was caused by the air brake failure on the B and O Southwestern engines. trainmen escaped injury by jumping. Two BD and O Southwestern passenger engines were involved, striking with great force, delaying trade on the roads for twelve to fifteen hours and detouring several trains.
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Southwestern
Lawrenceville
Vinpeennes
B. & O. Southwestern
BD. & O. Southwestern
Largest southern Indiana land sale seals 1.20 acre farm transfer
The 1.20 acre White River farm between Worthington and Bloomfield changed hands last Saturday in a record Indiana deal. Nel lie Peter of Paris and Josephine Armstrong of Louisville sold to P. West of Worthington for 100000 dollars. The property may be subdivided into smaller tracts.
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Indiana
Nellie Peter
Paris
France
Josephine Armstrong
Washington lad John Johnson rises from office boy to bookkeeper
Harry Gers of Louisville reports the success of John Johnson, a graduate of the local high school who now serves as head bookkeeper for Belknaps, one of the largest hardware firms in the middle west, at Louisville. Johnson is a native of Veale township and is remembered by many here.
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Harry Gers
Louisville
Washington
John Johnson
Young Johnson
Belknaps
Middle West
John Son
Veale
Fort de France shaken by a brief Martinique quake
An earthquake struck Fort de France Martinique Tuesday at 3 am lasting about twenty seconds. No damage was reported. The capital features fortifications a college a naval arsenal a prison and several hospitals with sturdy public buildings.
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Ft. de France
Martinique
Fort de France 13
West Indies
Baltimore and Ohio Denies Burke Insane Hospital Claim
The Baltimore and Ohio line denies a report that Tony Burke, an engineer on the freight train that collided with an immigrant train at Woodville on November 12, is confined in an insane asylum at Mineral Point Wisconsin. Burke is said to be at the railroad hospital in Garrett with a clear mind and rapid recovery.
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Baltimore & ‘Ohio
Tony Burke
Woodville
Mineral Point
Wis
HR O
Garrett
Reverend Hodge and son assist at Evansville organ recital
The Rev Dr Hodge of St Johns Episcopal church and his son George with notable cornet talent traveled to Evansville on Sunday to aid at the organ recital at St Pauls church.
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Hodge
St. Johns Episcopal Church
George
Evansville
St. Pauls Church
Mrs C P Scudder Returns From Louisville Visit
Mrs C P Scudder comes home from Louisville joined by her mother Mrs W W Stamper and daughter Miss Willoughbig Stamper who will stay through part of the holidays.
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C. P. Scudder
Louisville
W. W. Stamper
Willoughbig Stamper
Treasury Abandons Bloomington Site for New Post Office
The secretary of the treasury said on Saturday that none of the offered sites for the Bloomington post office is large enough, requiring a new proposal be made.
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Bloomington
Secretary of the Treasury
Commissioners undecided on court house plans and deficienc ies
The county board adjourned amid deliberations on remodeling the court house. Appropriations were made for deficiencies including jail repairs, hospital costs, and various offices while Jabez A. McCord’s claim for heart and court attendance was approved at 845 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malina W. Davis
Auditor's
Secretary Board of Health
Commissioners’ Court
Recorder's Office
Women Who Kept Secret Club Celebrates Twenty-Sixth Anniversary
Twenty women from Orleans in Orange county formed a secret society named T. Ss. J. C. whose meaning remains hidden. T. K. Daugherty of Jasper claims to know all members and nine gathered at Mrs Minnie Jahrow's home to mark the milestone. Local residents say it is time to retire the old slander about hidden female intents.
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Orleans
Orange County
T. K. Daugherty
Jasper
Minnie Jahrow
State v Henderson brief cites Sherrick ruling on funds
In a Saturday brief in the case of the state against John Oscar Henderson former state auditor the brief argues that the basic paragraph of the complaint is covered by a Supreme Court ruling from November 1 in the Sherrick case. Under that ruling Henderson is not liable to the state for money collected from the insurance companies in question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Oscar Henderson
State
Henderson
Sherrick
Henderson Ia
Petersburg Man Seeks Pardon for Joseph Moore
Col Frank Posey of Evansville will go to Jefferson City Missouri this week to intercede for Petersburg man Joseph Moore who is under sentence to life imprisonment for murder Moore was tried twice with the first verdict of execution and the second life imprisonment The judge and prosecuting attorney signed a statement asserting Moore was wrongfully convicted
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Frank Posey
Evansville
Jefferson City
Joseph Moore
Petersburg
Lfe
Moore
Iman
Tragic Pompton Lakes Fire Claims 3 McWitneys
Mrs. Allen Linen McWitney and her two children Helen six and Elizabeth four perished in a Sunday blaze that destroyed their Pompton Lakes home in New Jersey.
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Allen Linen McWitney
Helen
Elizabeth
Pompton Lakes
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Gibner
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