Ben Hur Chief David W. Gerard Dies
Crawfordsville January reports the death of David W. Gerard supreme chief of the Tribe of Ben Hur at his home shortly before 6 pm due to arterial hardening. He organized the tribe first in 1893 and involved Frank Snyder J E Davidson and E Voris with General Lew Wallace approving the name Tribe of Ben Hur.
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Ben Hur
Crawfordsville
David W. Gerard
Frank Snyder
J. E. Davidson
E. Voris
Gerard
Snyder
Lew Wallace
Eastern Star Leads In Hook TL Contest Standings
Votes tallied in the Hook TL ale anne contest show Eastern Star ahead with Cox & Co. and K. 9 Co close behind. Current leaders include Pat e bole ele 176,190. Koof C. club 117,055. Antioch Church 405. Mary Mo Weaver 47,999. Woodmen of the World 2,779. St. Johns church 5. and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hook TL
Cox & Co
Pyetarn
Koof C. Club Oo
Pyrthias
Antioch Churen
Mary Mo Weaver
Parle Lotte
Strech
St. Johns Church
Pedith
Mercers Llanorn Davis Oo
Marvel Putas
Huffman Heirs Split Estate From Western Relative
Telegram from Wrenington reports Jacob Huffman formerly of Qain left a fortune of 700 600 to be divided among relatives. One beneficiary near Seattle Washington others believed Indianians. Huffman families once lived in the city. William Huffman east of Petersburg denies westward kin while another William Huffman left town years ago and joined FP CT railroad, now thought in Indianapolis.
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Wrenington
William Hufman
Jacob Huffman
Qain
Lves
Seattle
Wash
Huffmans
William Huffman
Tvinz
Petersburg
William Kuffman
FP. & CT
Indianapolis
Poole Funeral Held for Nancy Ellen Poole in Washington
Vincennes Commercial reports the funeral of Mrs. Nancy Ellen Poole of Washington, who died last Friday at Wheatland. The service was held Monday at Oaktown with a large turnout of friends and relatives. Two brothers, Charles M. Whetzel of West Virginia and C. P. Whetzel of Wyoming, attended.
Favors Church Union
Evansville reports Judge Williamson received word from Judge Gaunt in Nashville that the California Supreme Court has upheld the union of the Cumberland Presbyterians with the Presbyterians. This brings the number to five of seven high court decisions in favor of the union.
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Favors Church Union
Evansville
Jan
J. £. Williamson
John M. Gaunt
Nashville
Tenn
Presbyterian Church
Supreme Court of California
Cumberland Presbyterians
Supreme Court
Embezzlement Charge Prompts Minister Return Journey
Linton on January 4 reports Sheriff Banstetter accompanies Rev. E O Tilburn, former pastor, sought for embezzlement. Miss Mary Smith who fled with the minister and was arrested in Pasadena will go home with her father Ben Smith.
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Linton
Jan
Sheriff Banstetter
E. O. Tilburn
Mary Smith
Pasadena
Cal
Ben Smith
Aikman Attends School of Instruction in Indianapolis
William M. Aikman travels to Indianapolis for a school of instruction for field examiners appointed under the new accounts law. He participates in the program as part of the official training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Aikman
Indianapolis
Mr. Aikman
Early Republican Examiners Await Duty Assignment
One of the first fifty Republican examiners named by W A Donerity, chief of the accounts board, will probably be assigned to duty in the coming week or later. The timeline suggests initial postings are pending and subject to review.
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W. A. Donerity
Accounts Board
State News In Brief From Indiana Aboard Local Clubs and Courts
Ft Wayne elects C A Dunkelberg president of the Anthony Wayne club for the year. Logansport reports Rev Walter Irohnson offered pastorate of Crawfordsville First Church. Shelbyville notes Mrs Will H Deprez abroad with her husband and the Deprez party in India. Goshen charges arson against Louis and Nathan Sik linger in a former store fire case. Shelbyville forms Shelby county corn growers association with Lux as president Ropp vice president Walser secretary treasurer. corn show planned for February. South Bend Michael Zappa sues Indiana Michigan Electric for damages after a flywheel strike on the job. South Bend Abraham Fisher and Miss Harriett Bunbury wed in secret ceremony. Columbus Bartholomew county fair and agricultural association organized. officers listed and plans pending.
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Ft. Wayne
C. A. Dunkelberg
Anthony Wayne Club
Logansport
Walter Irohnson
First Presbyterian Church
Crawfordsville
Shelbyville
Shelby County Corn Growers Association
Peter Lux
George W. Ropp
W. E. Walser
Points at Maturation Dance at Tanner Dancing Academy
A New Year afternoon dance at the Tanner Dancing Academy attracted forty couples, lasting two hours and fifteen minutes, breaking city records for duration. One participant fainted but recovered. no ill effects expected. The event spurred other Cancin academies to announce similar dances.
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Rte Warne
Tanner Dancing Academy
Cancins
Big land deal seals barter of properties in Missouri
N C Truelove and O M Vanne of Peoples Realty traded two parcels and stock worth 5050 dollars at Elnora for 544 acres of fine land near Sikeston Missouri. The deal, valued at 31200 dollars, was arranged through the agency of E J Keith of Sikeston.
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N. C. Truelove
O. M. Vanne
Peoples Realty Company
Elnora
Sikeston
Atency
E. J. Keith
Miller Son Sentenced After Wounding Marshal
Warsaw January 4 Austin Miller twenty son of Mr and Mrs Philip Muller of Gainesville Fla formerly of Terre Haute pleaded guilty to assault. He was fined 300 dollars and given ten days in jail for shooting and wounding Alonzo Howe marshal of Winona Lake on August 1 in defense of his mother s name. The boy began his term yesterday afternoon.
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Warsaw
Austin Miller
Philip Muller
Gaineville
Fla
Fomerly
Terre Haute
Jal
Miller
Alonzo Howe
Winona Lake
Prof W H Demotte Deaf Education Pioneer Dies
Prof W H Demotte a leading deaf and dumb educator in the United States died Monday at his Indianapolis home aged eighty He was born at Harrodsburg Kentucky Demotte taught the deaf and dumb for six years and was highly regarded in his field
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W. H. Demotte
United States
Indianapolis
Harrodsburg
Kentucky
Ammonia Tank Explosion Injures Six in Philadelphia Warehouse
Six men were injured Monday afternoon by the explosion of an ammonia tank in the warehouse of the Pennsylvania Cold Storage and Market company in Philadelphia. Fire from the blast was quickly extinguished.
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Pennsylvania Cold Storage and Market Company
Philadelphia
Rockefeller Jr Sworn Foreman in White Slave Traffic Probe
John D. Rockefeller Jr. was sworn in Monday as foreman of a New York City grand jury. The special mission is to investigate the alleged white slave traffic and related abuses in the city.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York City
Reports Show Fire Hazard From Overheating Stoves
The annual report of William Mc Cormick, retiring Washington fire chief, warns that overheated stoves caused more fires in 1909 than any other cause, despite quick fire company responses. Estimated losses range from 85 to 1,000 dollars per incident, with total three year losses near 15,928. Street Commissioner Jesse McGehee’s retirement summary highlights concrete curb and gutter work, sewer pipe installations, and other city improvements under his three year term.
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William McCormick
Washington
Noo
Jesse McGehee
Russell
Oil Council
Mgeles
McGehee
Ividge
McGehees
Mee
Tata
Lurton Enters Supreme Court Bench at Noon
The new associate justice Horace H. Lurton of Tennessee took his seat on the United States Supreme Court at high noon Monday. After the commission was read by the clerk the oath of office was administered in the presence of attorneys and members of Congress.
Prompt payment made on policy by Evansville agents
F G Johns superintendent of agents for the Intermediate Life servance company and M Walker district agent collected at Mrs Elizabeth Flanagan s home on Tuesday and paid 1000 dollars for a policy carried by the late Mrs Flanagan in that company.
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F. G. Johns
Intermediate Life Servance Company
Evansville
M. Walker
Elled
Tiizabeth Flanagan
Dames Flanazay
Aeroplanes in Court Restrains Herring-Curtiss and Curtiss
Judge Mazel in the United States court at Buffalo New York granted the Wright brothers a preliminary injunction. It restrains the Herring Curtiss company and Glenn H Curtiss from manufacturing and selling aeroplanes pending further order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeroplanes
Mazel
United States Court At
Buffalo
N. Y
Wright Brothers
Herring-Curtiss Company
Glenn H.curtiss
Attorney General McCain Issues 100 More Warrants
Nashville Tenn law enforcement expanded action under the four mile liquor law as Attorney General McCain announced Monday that one hundred additional warrants were issued for violations and tippling without a license. This brings total warrants since Friday to about two hundred.
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McCain
Nashville
Tenn
Hobo Kills Teen at Empire Station Kentucky
Sixteen year old Thomas Smith was shot and killed Monday night at Empire station Kentucky. An unknown man riding between cars on a passing freight train fired the fatal shot on the station platform as reported in the dispatches from the era.
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Hobo
Kaintuck
Thomas Smith
Empire Stationy Ky
Obituary: Daughter of Mr and Mrs J in Steete Township dies
The daughter of Mr and Mrs J in Steete township died since day 3incay. Burial took place Tuesday afternoon at Plainville cemetery.
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Steete Township
Plainville
A Prosperous Year for Washington Merchants in 1909
Merchants in Washington report a profitable 1909 with inventories up and cross sales rising 20 to 50 percent from 1908. Wages increased. skilled machinists earned 100 to 150 dollars in December, road workers higher. Some push cash trade to lower prices, while overall trade conditions are described as the best ever.
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Washington
Skiller
McKernan Home Again After Contempt Case
Hugh McKernan Jr has returned to Washington and officers will not disturb him. The sheriff sought McKernan since the April term when he was found guilty of contempt of court by a judge.
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McKernan
Hugh McKernan, Jr
Washington
McKernan Fined for Contempt in Divorce Case
McKernan was cited by the circuit court at the insistence of his divorced wife for contempt for failing to pay court ordered support. He defaulted on appearance and was judged guilty with a $50 fine and costs, and commitment until paid. The side and accruing costs have been paid to the county clerk.
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Houghton
McKernan
Cour
Divorce Complaint Filed Against Harley Borders
Lottie Borders allegedly subjected Harley Borders to daily quarrels and insulting language. The divorce petition filed in the circuit court cites threats of violence, claims of neglect, and her intent to leave Missouri, with details of incidents including a book being thrown and an iron being used as a threat.
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Lottie Borders
Harley Borders
Boriers
Ashe
Tim
Ian
Missouri
Repsle
Washington Chapter 92 Install Officers In 1890s Event
Washington Chapter 92 held an installation on Monday night naming Rovert Russell as H P J F McGehee and several other officers including JT W Ramsey scribe William McCormick C of H Hedry Aikman secretary and Charles Aikman Ro A C Hedry Ailovan jr master Trail Albiog Herrail master 20 vail Fred Fitts master te sail William Waller guard.
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Washington Chanter
Rovert Russell
H. P
Memphis Man With Broken Neck Survives Overnight
Ralph Owens of Memphis walked St Louis streets ten days with a broken neck not realized until he sought rheumatism treatment at a city hospital yesterday. Surgeons operated last night. he is listed as a slight chance for recovery.
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St. iLouis
Jan. F
Ralph Owens
Memphis
Histead
Insane Deputy Arrests Three in Diamondale Case
In Diamondale Michigan on January 4 Deputy Sheriff Brewer went violently insane and arrested three well known locals including ex Postmaster Sloan and a Diamondale News employee. He will be taken to Kalamazoo insane asylum for treatment.
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Charlotte, Mica
Brewer
Diamondale
Diamondale News
Kalamazoo Insane Asylum
All’s Well in Nicaragua Campaign Advances
General Estrada’s forces push into western Nicaragua with the provisional army moving by river to Chile as base supplies, after victory at Hecero. A decisive battle may occur at Acoyapo as operations continue.
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Nicaragua
Estrada
Provisional Army
Hecero
Mico
Chile
Rama
Acoyapo
Two More Executed at Sing Sing in Double Killings
A double execution occurred at Sing Sing prison in New York on Monday morning. Two murderers paid the penalty for their crimes within moments of each other, marking a grim pair of executions in succession.
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Sing Sing
New York
Printers Union Plans Pension and Welfare Provisions
Wartime style notes reveal the International Typographical Union collecting member data at Indianapolis to fund pensions and a union home in Colorado Springs. A one year member period triggers death benefits of 75 dollars, with fees from earnings supporting rental and benevolent funds. Contracts mailed to Minneapolis for 1910. Minnesota convention details cited.
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Indianapolis
Union Printers
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Ta- Micnapolis
James M. Lynch
Washington
Tadiana
Andorism
Sur Tay
Jmnerfaba
Kidnapping Suspect Helen Trosle Grimly Ill in Jail
Mrs Helen Trosle incarcerated with her husband James Boyle and William Whitla, all convicted of kidnapping in Willian and Sharon, reportedly serving a twenty five year sentence in the Western Pennsylvania penitentiary. Helen Trosle is seriously ill with appendicitis.
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Ile
Pittsburg
Jan
Helen Trosle
James Boyle
Passenger train collision injures dozen near Bowling Green Kentucky
A Louisville and Nashville passenger train 10 was side swiped early yesterday near Bowling Green Kentucky by through passenger train 3 from Cincinnati. About twelve passengers were seriously injured though no fatalities were reported.
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Passengelys
Louisville & Nashville
Bowling Green
Kky
Cincinnati
Home to Mama as Brazilian Government Plotters Return
Samuel R Ferker of New York and Hubert G Kinchard of Moose Jaw Canada survive a band of nine men who left at New Year three years ago to topple Brazil's government. They returned yesterday aboard the steamship Verdi after most of their time in Brazil was spent in jail.
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Mama
New York
Samuel Rferker
Hubert G. Kinchard
Moose Jaw
Canada
Brazil
Perry Davis Painkiller Promoted For Quick Relief
An old advisory promotes Perry Davis Painkiller as the remedy for cramps and bowels pain in fall and winter. It urges taking the medicine in warm sweetened water at the first sign of a cramp, claiming relief at once and touting Perry Davis as the sole Painkiller.
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Perry Davis
Kem Balsam Promoted as Best Cough Remedy by Doctors
Safe and sure medicine endorsed by physicians and druggists, Kem Balsam is presented as the most effective cough care for years, with high esteem among informed people. If Kem Balsam cannot cure a cough, alternatives are promised to be announced.
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Mle Pe
Will H. Deprez
J. G. Deprez
Jeypore
India
S Goshen
Louis and
Nathan Silinger
Dodge
South Bend
Michael Zappa
Indiana M Ohigan Electric Company
Jle
Abraham F. Fisher
Grand Rapids
Mich
Niles Mich
Harriett Bunbury
Coluumbus
Bartholomew County
PresJent
A. R. Fisher
Retmon
John Gant
Vprcdup Opera House
Oman
Aiherdia
Payne Map Iit
Pegsey
Washell
Taft
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