Field examiners arrive for state books audit under new law
Harry Embree of Princeton and William Maloney of Indianapolis arrive as field examiners in a secrecy driven audit of public books. Embree, a former Gibson county auditor, and Maloney, an Indianapolis Democrat, will audit township trustees and possibly extend beyond. They work in Republican-Democrat pairs and are paid ten dollars daily plus travel, with Aikman joining to cover southern counties.
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Harry Embree
Princeton
William Maloney
Indianapolis
Embree
Gibson County
Indiana
Maloney
William M. Aikman
Snowballing Under the Ban Sparks Police Edict
Police Chief McCrisaken orders officers to enforce an ordinance banning snowball throwing on streets after numerous citizen complaints. A farmer, Henry C Faith, was struck in the face by a snowball during a Sunday incident, prompting the crackdown and warning that violators may face fines.
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McCrisaken
Marshal McCrisaken
West End
Henry C. Faith
Faith
West Walnut Street
Revised Statutes In Force and Counterfeiting Laws
The first of the month saw the United States penal statutes, revised under W. D. Bynum as chair, take effect. Changes include a $500 fine and up to three years for concealing crimes, higher penalties for possessing counterfeit money, broadened manufacturing and dealing provisions, and a clarified definition of obligations for counterfeiting. No change to advertising representations of coins or bills, with penalties up to $500.
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United States
W. D. Bynum
Washington
Treasury Department
Petersburg Marshals Firm Prohibition Notice
Meredith Masters, newly appointed town marshal of Petersburg, issues a notice vowing to arrest anyone intoxicated in public. The dry town has seen increased drunken nuisance, with drug stores and alleged “slind piga” tied to the issue.
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Petersburg
Meredith Masters
Determined to Punish Violators of Illicit Liquor Trade
Citizens back strong action to curb illegal liquor sales and bring violators to justice. They urge lawmen to identify and prosecute those involved, seeking swift enforcement and public safety.
Republicans Plan February 3 Reorganization in Indiana
Indianapolis officials say the Republican state committee will finalize its reorganization on February 3 with precinct committeemen and district delegates elected January 28 and 29 and district committeemen February 1. The Second district meeting will be at Vincennes. A Claypool hotel dinner featured praise for the retiring committee and hints of future victory led by Senator Beveridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Vin‘cepnes
James P. Goodrich
Claypool
Republican State Committee
John Billheimer
Senator Beveridge
Billheimer
Washington, D C
Mr. Goodrich
State Committee
Harry S. New
E. H. Nebeker
Covington
Roscoe O. Hawkins
George W. Cromer
Muncie
John L. Moorman
Knox
Charles §. Hornley
Oscar, Montgomery
Supreme Court
Frank Millikan
Henry A. Starr
Chicago
Charles F. Remy
Charles G. Serrit
Washington
Henry M. Bennett
Arcale Graham
South Bend
Indiana statistician urges city clerks attention to reports
Letter from J L Peetz chief of the Indiana bureau of statistics warns city and town clerks to carefully answer report blanks. It cites 799 letters written in 1909, notes numerous reporting errors in 377 towns and 88 cities, and urges strict adherence to outlined items including all other receipts and expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daviess County
J. L. Peetz
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Ior
Philadelphia
Men tied to rail after switch key theft plot
Dan ial J. Matthews, fireman for the Central Railroad of Georgia, was tied face downward on the main line and later struck by a passenger train after four armed men attempted to steal a switch key to wreck a train. He lies in a local hospital in critical condition.
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Ted
Macon
Danial J. Matthews
Central Railroad of Georgia
Central Road
Nes Troes
No Monday Busthead in Indianapolis as Swank orders police
Indianapolis reports a dry Sunday for the first time in years. Mayor Samuel Lewis Swank issued police orders to ensure compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Samuel Lewis Swank
Witness Details on White Slave Traffic Case Emerge
George Kibbe Turner testified before the grand jury regarding the white slave traffic and described his information on its existence and reach. A new city clerk faces a heavy task as council records mix a personal speech into official minutes and clerks brace for scrutiny.
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Ard
Harlem
Jap Tigoner
Picont
Fnally
George Kibbe Turner
Piconi
Republicans To Meet In State Reorganization Plans
Officials announced calls were sent to Republican district and county chairmen for a January 28 29 meeting to select delegates to district conventions. All districts vote February 1 with February 3 set for reorganization in Indianapolis. Daviess county will choose delegates to the Second district at Vincennes with apportionment based on votes from 1908. Rockefeller Indictments Highlight New York Grand Jury Session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daviess County
Indianapolis
Vincennes
Winfield T. Durbin
Daviess
Martin
Knox
Greene
Monroe
Lawrence
Owen
Sullivan
J. G. Allen
Republican Committee
PHYSICIAN S THEORY ON STERILIZATION IN LAW
Dr H C Sharp of Indianapolis urged sterilization for habitual criminals the insane and degenerate at the Sunset club in Milwaukee noting new Indiana Connecticut and California laws and arguing charity avoids evolution while sterilization saves the weak and limits unfit breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
H. C. Sharp
Indianapolis
Sunset Club
Hotel Charlotte
Indiana
Connecticut
California
Freedly Baton Dies From Pneumonia in Cornettstown
Miss Beulah Carroll of Elnora visits her parents Mr and Mrs Sheeman Carroll. Local residents and visitors from Washington and Plainville frequent the area with Monday visits. Dr Vance May of Washington and several families were noted at Washington and Lettsville during the week.
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Cornettsville
Beulah Carroll
Elnora
Sheeman Carroll
John Keith
Epsom
Frank Werts
Washington
Jacob Cornett
Curtis Myers
Vance May
H. Patterson
Washingtom
Frank Garner
Plainville
Harrison ‘Eaton
Charles Thrk
Lettsville
Health Officers Confer on Duties Under 1909 Law
State Board of Health plans Friday meeting at the state house to assign a conference date for county health commissioners and city officers. Many appointees seek full instructions and pledge to aid in making the new health law a success. Dr J N Hurty predicts lower death and illness rates in 1910 with unified enforcement.
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State Board of Health
State House
Rew
Paralyzed Woman Saved After Fall Into Open Grate
In Princeton on January 12, Mrs. Zenas Finney collapsed while talking to her daughter Jennie, an exchange operator. Jennie alerted neighbors by phone after hearing the fall. Mrs. Finney was found in flames but is expected to live, doctors report.
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Princeton
Zenas Finney
Jennie
UW district meetings announced by J W Gilley
J W Gilley presiding elder of the Washington district of the United Brethren church announces quarterly meetings in Montgomery on January 22 Eaglesville charge on January 29 Odont on February 7 Plainville on February 12 Washington on February 19. Quarterly services will be held at Burns City in Martin county February 5.
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Jones ‘& Son
Jackson
A. W. McCafferty
A. P
W.F. Colbert
A.P
Aoe
Nathan Gregory
Os P. B. Fornwald
Ee Aeeee
Home Insurance Co Eves
J. D. Adams Co
A. A. Poth
Eeeeee Sa
John Smith
Fund—necei
Etee
Cervae
Cer Oes
C. D. Russell
Austin Russell
Robert Pride
Miles Jones
Grant ‘Bingham
Zed McCafferty
Daniel C. Horrall
A. F. Alnen
Daily Brothers
Grant Jackson
Ewe
T. F. Young
Patrick Kane
Mary Godwin
Teylor Allen
Weet
John W Robinson
John W. Able
Grant Jackson Ve
Willis G. Stone Nee
Robert Pride Ee
Hatfield & Palmer
John W. Able Wee
Robert H. Pride
Ivy J. Gilley
Andrew J. Smith
John Rekers
W. J. Bacon
Thomas Nugent
M. J. Carnahan Co
Hetfield &Palmer Renee
Ballast
Ween Eee
Bee Ween Eee
Renee
Ee Eas
John D. Toy
Alex Lundy
Joseph Snider
Michael Disser
Martin J. Doyle Wate
J. W. Gilley
Washington
United Brethren Church
Montgomery
Eaglesville
Odton
Plainville
Burns City
Martin County
Notary Bond Filed for George A Faith in County Clerk Office
Bond of $1,000 to serve as notary public appointed by Governor Marshall has been filed with the county clerk. Surety is E C Faith, brother and postmaster.
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Marshall
George A. Faith
E. C. Faith
Local man Charles O’Brien named IH agent for region
Charles O’Brien of this city has been appointed an agent by the International Harvester company. His territory embraces a number of counties in this part of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O'Brien
International Harvester Company
Piano Contest at Hugh L. Cox & Co Ends February Fifteenth
Five weeks remain in the Hugh L. Cox & Co piano contest with February fifteenth as the closing date. Prize standings show Eastern Star leading with 198245, while K of C club, Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen, and several churches and individuals trail behind in a busy town contest for coupons.
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Hugh L. Cox & Co
Eastern Star
C. Club
Knights of Pythias
Antioch Church
Mary M. Weaver
Eagle Lodge
Eeeer
Bochuren
M. BE. Chur
St. Johns Church
Edith H. Myers
Sesanora Davis
AJM
E. Church
Red Men
lOdd Fellows
Marvel Padgett
Prescriptions for Liquors Raise AG Opinion
An informal attorney general opinion finds veterinarians may issue prescriptions for intoxicants to protect pharmacists if they limit sales to treated animals, while dentists cannot prescribe intoxicants for themselves as the law does not recognize such a prescription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meust
Ragman Leaves Fortune for Heirs Hidden in Vault
St. Louis January 10 A fortune of sixty thousand dollars in gilt edged securities awaits the heirs of Jeremiah Moynihan an elderly ragman who died here Friday. Though destitute Moynihan was to be buried in the potter s field yesterday the public administrator found a key to a safety deposit vault among his effects and recovered bonds worth at least sixty thousand dollars Moynihan was eighty years old lived alone and had two known relatives in the county.
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St. Louis
Jeremiah Monynihan
Moynihan
Potter's Field
Fire at Evansville clothing store causes big loss
A fire probably due to leaking gas pipes and an explosion caused about $125000 damage to the Progress Clothing store in Evansville at 5:30 Sunday afternoon. Adjacent firms Asaby Furniture Henry Jewelry and Warren Music suffered smoke and water losses. Losses are fully covered by insurance.
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Progress Clothing
Evansville
Asaby Furniture Company
Henry Jewelry Company
Warren Music Company
Cough Beats Knife In Pa. Appendectomy Tale
Pittsburg. January 16. Surgeons at Kittanning Pa. prepared to operate on Norman Barnett son of George Barnett for appendicitis but a coughing fit struck before the incision. A stray needle watch is believed to have caused the illness. The boy is rapidly recovering.
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Pittsburg
Kittanning
Norman Barnett
George Barnett
Keiths Move to Scudder Property on Van Trees Street
Isaac N. Keith and family moved from Sugarland into the Scudder property on east Van Trees street after its recent purchase. Dr. Scudder and family occupy the C. H. Brown property at Main and east Eleventh streets.
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Washington
Isaac N. Keith
Scudder
Amish Couple to Wed in Barr Township
A marriage license was issued by the county clerk to Victor Knepp and Caroline Graber, an Amish couple living in Barr Township. The rest of the text touts Doan’s Kidney Pills with testimonials from William S. Karr of Washington, Indiana, dated 1906 and 1909, and ends with standard advertising copy.
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Victor Knepp
Caroline Graber
Barr Township
Washington
Dean
William S. Karr
Southeast
Seventh Street
Ind
Jackson's
Deans
Karr
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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Bar of Justice
McCarty
Harrison Township
Eddie C. Potter
D. H. Goble &Co
Gazette & Herald
Robert ‘Pride
Taylor H. Allen
Fatrick Colvin
Horrall Brothers
Seeeae
George Ward
Fae
Patrick Colvin
Eeesee
Aae
Eae
Ee Ueeesee
Hamlet Robinson
Aes
Rae
Roy C. Wallace
Paneer
the Democrat
Sanae
Wee Hamlet Robinson
Robert Pride Eure
M C. Jones Ae
John Wick
J. Ib. Meade Hee Ee
George E. Ward
U. S. Express Company
Bo Hamlet Robinson
Fatrick Colvin Eere
D. H. Goble
Arthur Greenwood
S. D. Kiger & Co
Helen Ward Ee
Ephraim Gregory
John C. Lemmon Ae
Clarence Evans Seen Nee
Eunice Brown Lene Peeeee
Helen Ward Ference E Ene
Austin Emerling Ey
John C. Lemmon
Ephraim Gregory Eee
Helen ‘Ward Ee
Ea Tee
Clarence Evans
Joan C. Lemmon
Austin Emerling
Bernard Gillooly Ee
Bernard Gillooly
Sete
Enn Ene
Wee Ewe Ee
Eunice Brown
Einice Brown Ee
Orel Chapman Tee Ke
Helen Ward We
John C. Lemmon Wee
Envhraim Gregory Eee Eae
Milas M. Wilson
W. F. Axtell
Frank Swann See
Helen Ward
Helen Ward Sr
Anna Roll Sees See
A. Summers
Walter ‘White
Clyde Wallace Ee
Luther Potts
Ferent
A. Summers Eh
John €. Lemmon
A. Summersee
Walter White
Clyde ‘Wallace
Luther Potts Wee
Wwe
Anna Roll Sete
Miles M. Wilson
Ween Ee
Schn C. Lemmon Ae
Washington eRalty Co
John F. Steen
Joseph Bordinett
Eevee
James Ax
Belen Ward
Eee Nee
Clarence Evans Ee
Charles McCafferty
Cral Chapman
John W. Robinson
T. R. McCafferty
Austin Lett
W. H. Boone
Hatfield & Palmer Co
Tombs
Tae
Souacey
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