Missing Lover George Stearns Described as Apollo in Vincennes
A heartbroken writer named H. H. 8 of 724 Banyon street asks County Clerk Elijah Carter about a marriage license for George Frederick Stearns or G L Stearns. The woman portrays him as an idealized, handsome yet suspected villain and asks for public records, while Carter notes no license has been issued and advises vigilance.
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Elijah Carter
Vincennes
H. H
Banyon Street
Columbus Republican
George Frederick Stearns
G. L Stearns
Appollo
Wayfarer
Stearns
Grape Arbor
Carter
Absalom
Judea
Babylon
Hopkins Seeks Summer Park Plan for City Lot
George E. Hopkins, newly named chairman of the council committee on city parks, urges a summer park on the city hall lot. He favors leasing to a suitable amusement company or building a bandstand with seating, creating a casual open air gathering space for tired workers and residents.
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George E. Hopkins
Washington
City Hall
Hopkins
State to Inspect Water Supplies Across Cities
The state health card will send letters to mayors of cities urging a water supply inspection. Officials say the drive aims to ensure safe drinking water and identify potential contamination risks.
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State Card of Health
State laboratories aim to improve surface water supplies
The text notes dissatisfaction with water quality from surface sources and urges collaboration with state laboratories to secure a satisfactory and potable supply at all times. It emphasizes surface water risks from rivers, lakes, or impounded rainfall and the need for oversight.
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Borhis
Posall
Health Bulletin Warns on School Contagion and Ventilation
The Indiana State Health Board warns that crowded classrooms foster contagion and tuberculosis risk. It urges each pupil to have at least 200 cubic feet of space, proper ventilation, and strict hygiene such as no sharing pencils, no slate use, and avoiding spitting.
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Indiana ‘State Health Board
s. _ bulettin
Pneumonia Spread Tied to Weather Says Health Official
Dr. A I Donaldson of the county board of health links pneumonia spread in Washington to ongoing low barometric conditions and grip, noting changeable recent weather is unlikely to be the sole cause. He cites 4 to 10 reported cases citywide with many physicians seeing similar counts, and says extended cold could reduce future cases.
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Washington
A. I. Donaldson
County Board of Health
Donaldson
Health Board
Sheriff Relays Prisoner Transfers From Reform School
Sheriff Fielding delivers prisoners from Jeffersonville to the Indiana reformatories amid a new transfer batch. Report notes a first visit by Colbert to the facility with inmates Emery Vanace, Claude Morris and others, as judges pass sentences ranging from one to eight years for petit offenses. The operation adds eight new inmates and references recent local staffing and facility observations.
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Fielding
Colbert
Jeffersonville
Epmitt
Vanace
Claude Morris
Stat Reformatory
Ris
Vance
Thejnew
William” ‘Smith
Maschinos
Measles Surge Strains City Health Office
Health officer warns of an alarming measles outbreak with over eighty cases in a month. He urges reporting by physicians and parents, explains school quarantine rules, and stresses rapid fumigation and care of convalescent patients to stem transmission.
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Ieee Foficer
RW. Wilelord
Heath
Bette
Knights of P Lodge to Initiate Heavy Class in City
A large class will be taken into the Knights of P Lodge on February 25. Preparations aim to make the day significant with 15 to 20 new members. The three ranks will be conferred followed by a banquet and program. State officers may attend. The new members will swell lodge membership to about 230, a leading city figure. F M Curry is in charge of the work.
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K. of P
F.M. Curry
Chang
Bolden Identity Revisited in Pike County Drama
Bolden once central to the Here Hitle drama reappears in Pike County after weeks. He was mistaken for Gurp Baldwin of Corapolis Pennsylvania, who was struck by a car in the B B C Southwestern shop yards and died.
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Bolden
Pike County
Bolsden
Gurp
Faldwin
Coraopol S. Pa
B. & C. Sothwestern
Forsythe Funeral Held for Elder Ernest Forsythe
The funeral of Ernest Forsythe, a 60 year old resident of Oden, was held Wednesday at 9 o clock in the Christian church. Burial followed at Walnut Hill Cemetery. The deceased died last Monday from rheumatism of the heart. E.E. Boraythe, uncle of the deceased, attended the service.
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Ernest’ Forsythe
Oden
Ristian
D Én
Walnut Hill Cemetery
Forsythe
Boraythe
The Crick of the Cramer Farm Fraud Tour
Judge Gardiner and Judge Phillips compare a 1903 farm loan sting in Davis county to a Chillicothe case and to a similar 1906 Rockford theft. The suspect, George Cramer also known as John Hoover or John W. Kline, matched Pinkerton descriptions and faced charges for obtaining deeds and forged instruments.
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Cincinnati
Silas Ketchem
Daviess County
George Cramer
Ketchem
Washington
Cramer
William Beck
Hastings, Allen, & Hastings
M.S. Hastings
Tibe
W. Q. Williams
M. S. Hastings
Elnora
Williams
Wiliams
Peoples Natonal’ Bank
Judge Gardiner
Judge Phillips
Chillicothe
Rockford
Pinkertons
John Hoover
John W. Kline
A. E Bargren
Joe Yarms
Deception Case: Cramer Nets $2500 Across Regions
The account tracks how Cramer moved funds after initial receipts, netting nearly $2,500 in under two weeks. Reports note a $500 reward issued for his arrest in Rockford Illinois, with probable new rewards from Chillicothe. Judge Phillips and Judge Gardiner are cited as connected figures in the case's narrative.
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Recorder’s Office
Cramer
Rockford
Ill
Chillicothe
G. G. Gardiner
Philips
Gardiner
Phillips
Judge Gardiner
Ohio
Air dome proposed for Washington summer entertainment
The Orpheum stock company seeks to rent the east Fourth and Main street lot to build an air dome theater. Mayor Russell and council were briefed. a committee led by Hopkins Hyatt and Colbert will study the rental terms. Local capital backs the plan to provide affordable, first class summer amusement and improve the city scene.
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Washington
Orpheum Stock Company
Russell
Ahd
Tdovement
Edward Doyle
Hopkins, Hyatt and
Colbert
Ben
Linton
Water Route to Coal Fields and River Improvements
F A W Days of Indianapolis presented to the Indiana Rivers and Harbors Congress a map showing the White river forks and tributaries could be canalized to carry coal and other freight. He argued water transportation would lower fuel and commodity costs, with potential savings of about 7 million dollars annually, including coal savings around 1.15 million and corn, wheat, and oats benefits.
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F. A. W. Dayis
Indianapolis
Indiana
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
West Fork
White River
Muncie
Gibson
Daviess
Measles in County Reported as Health Concern
A county health update notes measles cases rising with concern over public exposure. Officials urge vaccination and remind residents of clinic locations and dates for immunization services.
Bells of Gorneville to Debut in Three Act Opera
At the Carnegie library a tech dramatic club meeting chose The Bells of Corneville as their near future three act comic opera. Rehearsals will start after Easter under Harry Hair with plans for Norman peasant costumes and a first public showing yet to be fixed. An Actor's Romance is set for February 25 at the Washington opera house with Will J. Vance directing and a Parisian style program, including a musical first part A Night in Bohemia. Tickets are selling rapidly.
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Tech Dramatic Club
Carnegie Library
Corneville
Normandy
Harry Hair
Washington
Simon Ingot
Paul Gibson
Mr. Brown
Harry. Fromme
Mr. Smith
Ivan Beitman
Mr. Jones
Charles Osman
Sheriff Attaches Farm in Knox County Case
Sheriff Westfall attached the farm of Conrad Kopp in Freelandsville on Wednesday as part of a $19 000 suit for specific performance. H C Truelové sues asserting a written contract to buy a Daviess county farm with exchange for Kopp’s Freelandaville farm, which was seized by the sheriff.
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Westfall
Knox County
Freelandsville
Conrad Kopp
H. C. Truelové
Daviess County
Freelandavile
Small Wreck on Bedford Branch Feared Hurts Reported
Train 205 from Mitchell to Hed ford on the Bedford branch of the B and O Southwestern derailed early Thursday morning. One passenger coach jumped the track into a sand bank but no injuries or major property loss were reported. Wrecking crew arrived at 7:30 to clear debris and traffic was not delayed.
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Mitchell
Hedford
Bedford
B. & O. Southwestern
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Wealth Bulletin
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Gorneville
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