Republican Voters of Daviess County Nomination Notices
Public notices announce candidacies for local offices in Daviess County Indiana. James Gill for Coroner and O Bonham also seek coroner nomination while Richard McDonald announces run for Commissioner Second District ahead of the March 25 1908 Washington convention.
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Ihereby
Daviess County
City of
Washington
James Gill
O. Bonham
Republi
Can
Indl
Sng
com_missioner
Richard McDonald
Washington Township Trustee Nomination Speech
Grant Kelth announces as a Republican candidate for the nomina tion for trustee of Washington township at the Republican township convention in Washington city on March 28, 1908.
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Washington Township
City of
Washington
Grant Kelth
Township Assessor Candidate Filing for Washington Township
Mell B. Wallace announces candidacy for the Republican township convention nominating the Washington township assessor seat to be decided at the Washington meeting on March 25, 1908. He appeals to Republican voters and all concerned.
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Washington Township
City of
Washington
Mell B. Wallace
Once Rich Dies a Pauper in Monroe County
J E Starke once wealthiest resident of Bean Blossom township died at the Monroe county poor farm at eighty four. Deserted by relatives who had sent him there last December, he owned 22 000 acres and a $12000 house. He had five living children and was a former county recorder candidate. An insurance man later offered to pay funeral costs if his body was handled for him, reflecting a life of rise and fall.
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J. E. ‘Starke
Bean Blossom Township
Monroe County
Starke
White River
McPherridge
Ein
Mooreville
Sanders
Indianapolis
Franklin
J. I. ‘van Buskirk
Gosport
EB. J. Starke
Silent mob shoots foreman at tobacco plant
Masked assailants shot Wilpe Hem Groves, foreman at a 20 factory, as Henry Bennett of Bennett Bros. and others tied Groves to a tree and left him bound. The mob then demanded Groves come out. he refused and bullets shattered windows as the attack spread to Mr Jones's home where his family was nearby.
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Cattawes
Ot’ Wilpe Hem Groves
Armiog
Henry Bennett
Bennett Bros
Jan Inent
Phil
Groves
Hefe
Jones
Married in Custody: Escape from Hancock Jail
Roy Winters of Chester escaped Hancock county jail using a spoon and a key he crafted while at large. He had been sent to bank for 4000 dollars payroll he allegedly embezzled. Winters was arrested in Boston after marrying a Sewell woman a week earlier at the sheriff residence.
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New Cumberland
Roy Winters
Chester
Hancock County
Winters
Boston
Sewell
Danville Tragedy Ends With Fatal Poisoning
In Danville Illinois on February 7 George Batts a townsman drank carbolic acid after saying good bye to a bartender and died before medical help. Reports say his wife committed suicide earlier that month due to alleged mistreatment and a man named Butte attempted suicide days after burial but was restrained.
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Danville
Ill
George Batts
Fate Et Toon
Okied
Kramer Family Toast Crushes Floor Underweight Guests
A one and a quarter ton family and thirty five heavyweight relatives gathered for a toast at the Kramer home. Their combined weight nearly seven thousand pounds broke the dining room joists but the dinner party fell only two feet as there was no basement beneath.
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Pidenity
John -Emer
Rev Ira Landrith III Operated On For Appendicitis
Nashville reports Reverend Ira Landrith III regent at Belmont College and Presbyterian Brotherhood secretary underwent an appendectomy at a local infirmary. The operation was described as successful and he was en route to St Louis when incident occurred. Telephonic train dispatching expands on Chicago to Quincy main line between Aurora and Galesburg. Clerkly note that the Clangman performance in Nashville left several stricken.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ira Landrith
Bélmort
Presbyterian Brotherhood
Jocal Infirmary
Landrith
Bt Louis
Bloomington
Ill
Chicago
Bur
Eton
Quincy
Aurora
Galesburg
Aji A
Breathitt Feud: Judge Hargis Shot in General Store
Jackson Kentucky February 1 Former Breathitt County judge James Hargis long involved in local feuds was shot and killed in his general store by his son Beach Hargis. The shooting follows a history of alleged murders and violent strife linked to the HargisCockrill feud and a murder of Jim Cockrill.
Mountain judge charged in deadly family confrontation
In Kentucky a son named Hargis allegedly shot and killed his father Judge Hargis after a heated quarrel in a store. The elder Hargis, a long‑time political figure, had faced multiple murder-related legal battles but was previously acquitted. The son was arrested and jailed amid a turbulent genealogy of legal actions and damages surrounding the Hargis family.
Tangier Release Ends Seven Months of Bondage for MacLean
Tangier reports Sir Harry MacLean commander of the sultan’s bodyguard was freed by bandit Raisuli after seven months in captivity. Britain agreed to pay Raisuli 100000 and grant protection and immunity from arrest in exchange for the release and promises including his reappointment as Tangier governor. The capture was planned and MacLean met Raisuli to urge peace.
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Tangier
Harry MacLesh
Sultania Bodyguard
Morocco
Raisull
Grea Britain
Card MacLean
Raisuli
Ots Bodyguard
Ralsall
Negro factions clash at Florida Republican convention
Disorder marked the Republican state convention in St Augustine as Foraker and Taft factions contended. After the disruption subsided, Joseph E. Lee led a black delegation to pass a resolution endorsing Taft.
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Foraker
St. Augustine
Fla
Joseph E. Lee
Taft
Turbulent Times and Turmoil Across Nations
Disjointed telegraph items report on a failed regicide plot in Portugal, a fatal New York apartment fire killing five, shifts in Chicago wheat, Tribune layoffs, rising Ohio River ice, arms smuggling by Japanese steamer near Macao, mob lynching of Robert Mitchell in Oak Grove, and rail and financial upheavals amid blizzards and bank suspensions.
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New York
Chicago
London Tribune
Tribune
Ohio
Maca
Chieae
Robert Mitchell
Nie
Oak Grove le
Ae Pennsylvania Railroad
Jaa ‘Long
John Sapp
Newberry
Fie
Upper
Aldrich Financial Wall
Railroading Era Memories Of Indiana Train Robberies And Hangman’s Tree
An elderly railroader recalls 19th century robberies on the J M and Ohio and Mississippi lines near Seymour Indiana. He mentions a May 22 1888 assault at Marshfield with $90000 in currency stolen, prior robberies near Seymour, and vigilante hangings at a tree later known as hangmans tree tied to a Seymour vigilance committee.
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Ryanhoenild
Indiana
Hal Midnigh
Marshfield
Seymour
Ohio
Mississippi
Somnd
Dunois
Brownstown
Madianapolis
Corning Social Notes Mention Local Appointments
James Murphy visited Montgomery on Friday. John Feagan and John McCailey were in Loogootee and Washington respectively. John Donailue went to Montgomery Monday. George Mogan made a Montgomery trip Friday. W R Oyler returned home to North Manchester Monday. William Barget of Terre Haute attended his son the Rev Burgat’s residence.
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James Murphy
Montgomery
John, Feagan
Loogootee
John McCailey
James Kellett
Washington
John Donailue
George Mogan
W. R. Oyler
North Manchester
Wiliam Barget
Terre Haute
Burgat
Surprise Dinner Marks Mrs Snedder Birth Anniversary
Three relatives of Mrs Ben Snedder hosted a surprise dinner at her East Eleventh Street home to celebrate the sixty fourth anniversary of her birth. Family members including Mrs Tolsoni and Mrs James O Neal from Terre Haute joined, with children grandchildren and other kin helping prepare.
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Ben Snedder
East Eleventh Street
Sloan’s Liniment credited with restoring mobility
Mrs. Loula McKey of Oakland declares she was paralyzed by rheumatism for weeks and unable to move. After trying Sloan’s Liniment, she recovered in three days and can walk without pain, sparking surprise among friends.
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Loula.McKey
Seventh Street
Oakland
Cal
Sloan
Bourbon Hog Cholera Remedy Reported Effective
In Avon Kentucky J A Beott shares a remedy labeled Bourbon Hog Cholera that claims to cure hogs thought incurable and guarantees results. The terse note asserts success with the product and suggests bold confidence in its efficacy.
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J. A. Beott
Avon, Ky
Gayes
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