Bottle of Acid Brings 25 Fine and 25 Days Jail
Clifford Baum a 26 year old B and O rail brakeman pleaded guilty to malicious trespass in city court. He received a $25 fine plus costs and twenty five days in jail after a Saturday spree at his father in law Thomas Fair’s home where he cut clothes and threatened his wife with a pistol. Police found 12 carbolic acid bottles on him. Additional investigations relate to pawned items and a separate death of Mrs Kendall tied to patent headache tablets. The report also covers other local notices and a bridge contract in Vincennes region.
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Clifford Baum
East End
B. & O. Southwestern
Baum
Thomas Fair
Fair
McCormick Avenue
McCrisaken
Herbert Meredith
Me. Crisaken
Arlington
Colbert
Béom
Jsheriff
Bdum
J. G. Canary
Etty Hall
Dow
Clara Kendall
M. F
West Second and
Oak Streets
Womin
Comaree
J. W. Clark
Clark Pon
Kendall
Fields
Barr Township
Daviess County
Clark Peyton
Peyton
M. PF
Walter
Win Peyton
Oopsville
Okla
Myrtley
Anna Payton
Washington
McCarty
Peti Larceny, 9; Hiving In House of Ill Fame
House of In Fame
Census chairmen appointed for city recount
Mayor John W. McCarty announced eight men to supervise the upcoming city inhabitants recount. The group is divided by wards with each chairman responsible for his district and to meet McCarty to set procedure, using the same boundaries as the prior government census.
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John W. McCarty
Eigit
McCarty
A. Mi.adgett
E. B. Hastings
Thomas Nurgent
W.G. Heffernan
Frank Eastman
J. F. Cunningham
F. M. Harned
Henry F. Vollemer
INSTALL OFFICERS OF LOCAL LODGE F RITES
The local lodge of 1. qd. 0. F. installed the following officers Tuesday night: O. McGaughey, N. G., Ben Dillon, W. G., J. W. Dunbar, recording secretary, J. W. Hamsey, sr., financial secretary, W. P. Fllis, treas.
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McGaughey
N. G
Ben Dillon
W. G
J. W. Dunbar
Tording
J. W. Hamsey, Sr
Nancia
W. P. Fllis
Treas
Fragmentary Names of Officials and Trustees Listed
A garbled OCR fragment lists numerous officials and trustees including warden G E Reever conductor L H Tuckey chaplain William Brennan and others such as James Blackwell E B Pritchett and George W Russell with roles like secretary and trustees in a Georgia area context. The text is incomplete with many misspellings and broken names.
Damages Sought Over Dead Horse Collision
In Reeve township Thomas Scales sues Charles W Edwards in a Mobile highway collision near Alfordsville on November 19 1919. Edwards allegedly ran at excessive speed causing a horse ridden by Grant Scales to be injured and die. Damages amounting to 200 are claimed. Hastings Allen Hastings represent Scales.
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Thomas 8 Scales
Charles W. Edwards
Reeve Township
Alfordsville
Grant Scales
Hastings, Allen & Hastings
Scales
Daviess County Receives Fund in January School Apportionment
Charles A Greathouze state superintendent announces the January common school fund apportionment totaling 1 379 288 68 distributed to counties by 1910 enumeration. Daviess County gets 16 627 52 with an 9 136 enumeration.
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Daviess
Charles A. Greathouze
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lst of Common School Fund
Speaker Cannon Receives Curious Bombay Letter
Washington Jan 5 Speaker Cannon received a curious letter post marked Bombay India claiming 509000 pounds sterling was left to him by a Bombay banker for friendly acts years ago. The speaker called it rubbish and a crank note, noting he never befriended any Bombay banker and knows no such banker.
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Washington
Speaker Cannon
Bombay
India
Aikman Resigns Time Keeper Post in Illnois Division
Henry Aikman resigns as time keeper for the Illinois division of the B and O railroad from Flora office. A. B. Vermillion of Newark, Ohio, will succeed him. Aikman took the role after Julius Feagans’ death, plans to move to the south and store household goods in this city.
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Aikman
Henry Aickman
Illnois
W. Railroad
Flora
A. B. Vermillion
Newark
Aiikman
Julius E. Feagans
Henry Aikman
East South Street
Washington
South
Railroad Wreck Delays Freight Yard Work at Vincennes
A B O S Wy wrecking crew and Vincennes switch engine responded to a derailment on the Vincennes Y yard line Tuesday. The wrecker broke down on a hill east of Vincennes, prompting the local switch engine to assist. The wrecking crew reached Vincennes Wednesday morning and cleared the track after completion of repairs.
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Vincennes Yards
Vincennes
jVincennes
New Operator Appointed at Home Telephone Company
Miss Zula Gregory has taken the night operator position at the Home Telephone Company replacing Miss Ethel Shanks who had served in that role for several years.
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Zula Gregory
The
Home Telephone Company
Ethel Shanks
Adams County Citizens Admit Vote Selling
One hundred forty residents of Adams county Ohio confessed on Wednesday that they had sold or traded their votes in the last election.
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Adams County
Ohio
Auditor Takes Action on School Superintendent Resignation
Benjamin J. Burris resigns as Daviess county schools superintendent to study law. A special meeting of the ten township trustees is called for January 7 to elect a successor, with candidates including A O Fulkerson, Philander McHenry, Charles McMullen, and Hopkins. Burris, a Republican, cites a desire to enter law school and notes the timing benefits.
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Benjamin J. Burris
Daviess County
Thomas Nugent
Burris
State University
Bloomington
Central Normal School
Danville
Court House
A. O. Fulkerson
Philander McHenry
Washington
Charles McMullen
Elmora Township
Ind
Nugent
State of Indiana
Benji
J. Burris
Ben
Bla
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Sulburn Woodruff
Bogard
Christopher Nalker
Louis Nalker
Asthama
Ray Ld
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Knox
White River
Edwardsport
Vincennes Bridge Company
J. W. Ainsler
Daniel Hull
L. H.o'donnell
J. L. Riddle
B. F. Nesbitt
G. R. Alsop
W. E. Baker
German National Bank of Vincennes
Grand Hotel
J. J. Riddle
Arthur Rogers
Knox County
Board of Couunty
Robert Barr
James Souse
Sauser
William Killion
Steele Township
Knox County Board
Bim
Couny Board of Finance
Parsons
McPherson
Milton
Wilson
Artie Gooted
Loogootee
William F. Killion
Board of Commissioners
Killion
James Saupe
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