Evansville court fines liquor seller and jail term
In Evansville city court Judge Gould fined George Selzer 50 dollars and sentenced him to 30 days in jail for selling liquor on Sunday. Selzer appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Gould
George Selzer
Sizer
Selzer
Hanover
Thomas Howard Cartmel
Elizabeth M. ‘Huntley
Cartmel
Miss Huntley
Hanover College
Brownstown
Fletcher National Bank of Indianapolis
Jackson County Court House
Rushville
Walter Aldridge
Wayne County Board of Charities
Physician Hart in Knox After Auto Collision
Vincennes reports Dr. Miller of Terre Haute suffered bruises in a head on collision with a car owned by George Ryan and driven by Lloyd Simpson near Bruceville and Wheatland road. Miller and his companion Dr. Packett were en route to Kentucky on a fishing trip when dust and wind obscured vision. Miller, hospitalized at Knapp sanitarium, said to recover quickly. auto occupants, including several young women, could not be identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
George Ryan
Lloyd Simpson
Miller
Terre Haute
Knapp Sanitarium
Packett
Bruceville
Wheatland
Kentucky
Indiana Mine Fatalities 1909 Report Highlights Roof Falls
The U S Geological Survey notes 379 deaths and 3559 injuries in 13 years of Indiana coal mine reports. In 1909 fifty deaths occurred, with seven from explosions and winded shots at Sunny Side mines in Vanderburgh County March 18. Half the fatalities stemmed from roof and coal falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
United States Geological Survey
James Epperson
Epperson
Fife
Sunny Side
Vanderburg
Family Burned Out as Fire Destroys Leach Home and Shops
In Sullivan on June 21, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Leach and family escaped a blaze that destroyed their home and two business buildings, with losses exceeding $20,000. The Leachs’ end of the house burned first, the Scott Brothers’ warehouse roof collapsed next door, and Mr. Leach suffered serious burns. Mrs. Leach, a Woman’s Suffrage party candidate and leader of Southern Indiana suffragette work, lost a $2,000 law library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
George W. Leach
Theer
Leach
Scott Brothers
Woman's Suffrage Party
Sullivan County
Indiana
Scott Brothers Hardw
Insurance Losses Reported for Multiple Insured Properties
The record lists losses from various insured properties including G. W. Leach losses of 6000 and 12000, Mrs. M. F. Shepler loss of 4000, John Thompson blacksmith shop loss 500, and Eliza Sant Briggs loss 500, with respective insurance coverage amounts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.W. Leach
G. W. Leach
M. F. Shepler
John Thompson
Elizasant Briggs
Shale Brick Industry Grows in Indiana
State geologist W S Blatchey notes a letter from N V Trautmat president of Medora Shale Brick Co praising shale brick progress. He recalls 1903 efforts on knobstone shale as brick material and cites vast deposits from Benton to Floyd counties with potential for expansion and homegrown factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Blatchey
N. V. Trautmat
Medora
Ind
Trautman
Indiana
Seymour
Benton County
Floyd County
Ohio River
Jasper
Benton
Tippecanoe
Warren
Montgomery
Boone
Hendricks
Putnam
Bartholomew
Jackson
Lawrence
Washington
Scott
Floyd
Popular Teacher Resigns From City High School
Prof J E Garten, after three years in the English department, resigns and plans to move to Montana with his wife. He cites health as a factor and says he may abandon teaching. He is praised for progressive methods and inspiring literature study. Ralph V Yenne also departs to Purdue University for mechanical engineering studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Garten
Garten
Lewistown
Montana
E. E. Hastings
Iis
Prof. Garten
State University
Northwestern University
Yale College
Ralph V. Yenne
Purdue University
College Romance Ends In Indiana Nuptials
Miss Helen Fish, long time Washington public school teacher and Terre Haute native, wed David Edwin LaDuke of Utica at First Methodist Church. The ceremony followed by a wedding dinner at the bride’s home then a short visit with relatives. LaDuke plans summer study at the state university and will teach in Vincennes High School next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Normal
Terre Haute
Helen
Fish
Washington Public
David Edwin LaDuke
Utica
First Methodist
F. A. Steele
Fifth Street
Leander Fish
Martin County
First Methodist Church
Gregory in Court
Mort Gregory faced Mayor McCarty in police court for assault and battery near Cochran resort on South street Saturday night. An Edmondson boy was involved. Gregory pled guilty and paid a $1 fine plus costs after officers traced him to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory
Mort Gregory
McCarty
Edmondson
Cochran Resort
South Street
Cregry
State Eyes Nine Classics for Eighth Grade Reading
Robert J. Aley proposes nine standard works for eighth grade reading across Indiana public schools. County superintendents at Indianapolis meeting call for uniform bi monthly and diploma exam questions based on these selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Aley
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Indianapolis
Department of Public Instruction
Aley
Thaniful
Great
Sleepy Hollow
Evangeline
Venice
Enoch Arden
Golden River
Horatius
Miner Fired From City After Washington Visit Beating
A Bicknell coal miner, claiming to be from Washington, was assaulted in Vincennes near the Dorris saloon on Fairground Avenue by a man he says was from Washington. The punch left him with a badly bruised jaw. the assailant escaped before officers arrived. Police released him to his friends after Dr. Bowers treated his injuries.
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Vincennes
Bicknell
Washington
Dorris
L Avenue
Punch
Ants Oupwit Undertaker In Corridor Tactics
A focal undertaker shop observed ants invading a room through a floor crevice. An attempt with fly paper failed as ants circled it. The workers moved earth and gravel to form a path to sugar and within fifteen minutes carried away almost all the sugar, with few deaths.
Railroad officers investigate strike assaults reported
Indianapolis dispatch notes B and O Southwestern railroad officers in town to pursue alleged assaults by strikers who deny involvement. Officers reportedly hold names of those implicated and civil authorities are consulted for prosecutions. Prosecutor Hastings says no cases have been filed yet.
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B. & O. Southwestern Railroad
Indianapolis
Hastings
Bricker Sent To City Sanitarian Drink Cure
Anderson Indiana June reports that after years of arrest conviction and imprisonment for intoxication John Bricker is sent to a municipal drink cure sanitarium at city expense. Mayor Foster says no precedent is set but aims for public economy as Bricker had arranged for mail to be delivered to the county jail.
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Anderson
Ind
John Bricker
Foster
Bricker
Post Offce
Rooster Leads Motherless Chickens Through Spring
Mrs. Mary Hall reports a rooster caring for two broods of motherless chickens this spring. The bird guided the flock to the roost at dusk and protected them at night. By daybreak the rooster began scratching for his adopted family. Both broods matured into full-sized springers and no longer need his care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hall
Burial in Reeve for Typhoid Victim Jerry Prater
The body of Jerry Prater who died Sunday morning of typhoid fever was laid to rest in Oak Grove cemetery Reeve township. The funeral procession departed the city at 6:30 a.m. and services followed upon arrival at the church.
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Reeve
Jerry Prater
Oak Grove
Reeve Township
Unusual aeroplane sighting near Sullivan at 2:30 am
Abe Thuber, a rural mail carrier near Sullivan, reported an aircraft flying about 200 feet above ground at 2:30 am. The pilot asked for Sullivan’s location and direction to Indianapolis, then disappeared into the night. Indianapolis residents later said they had no knowledge of such a flight.
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Sullivan
Abe Thuber
Indianapolis
Mr. Thurber
Return of the Horse Gains Popularity in 1910
Washington residents wary of mortgages to fund cars may avoid such measures as Frederick W. Burroughs argues in New England Magazine. He contends 1910 will see horses regain favor for short pleasure drives while autos serve distance and utility. riding is safer, quieter, and suits bridled paths better than reckless speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frederick W. Burroughs
Milk Thieves Strike Back in Washington Neighborhood
Milk delivery men report widespread thefts as up to twenty pints of milk vanish from homes in a single area last week. Milkmen form detective committees and say suspects are being watched while police may be called if thefts continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ladies of Maccabees campaign for new members in Washington
Mrs. Katie S. Hopkins deputy supreme commander assists the Washington hive in a push for new members. The order claims about 8,000 Indiana members and boasts strong finances. Hopkins has led Mac cabee work for ten years and aims to recruit city wide before departing. The Washington hive has grown rapidly and features many leading city women on its roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie S. Hopkins
The
Ladies of Maccabees
Washington
Hopkins
Indiana
Evansville family seeks Pasteur treatment after rabies bite
In Evansville on June 21 three members of Walter J. Lewis’s family left for Indianapolis to receive Pasteur treatment after being bitten by a pet fox terrier confirmed rabid by state laboratory officials. Also bitten was Dorothy Gray, daughter of W. W. Gray, who will go to Chicago for treatment.
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Evansville
Walter J. Lewis
American Trust Company
Indianapolis
M.S. Stewart
Lewis
Ewing B. Lewis
Katherine Lewis
Dorothy Gray
W. W. Gray
Chicago
State health board flags birth return delay
The May bulletin of the state board of health deems the twenty day limit for birth returns defective. A campaign targets health officers and physicians to improve promptness. Birth statistics arrive a month late and physicians have tended to neglect the statistics department.
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State Board of Health
Statistics Department
Railroads Withdraw Freight Tariffs Against Indiana Plan
Railroad companies leverage current opening to withdraw tariffs filed earlier with the Indiana railroad commission. The new tariffs, which had shown a sizable increase, are cited as the basis for the withdrawal action.
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Indiana Railroad Commission
Railroads pause higher tariffs under federal ruling
Freight rates across several lines were halted from July 1 as the federal government enjoined higher charges. An agreement barred the tariff increases while junction salts and offending tariffs were set aside for the time. Indiana railroad commission granted permission to withdraw proposed higher tariffs with several companies acting on the suggestion.
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Indiana Railroad Commission
Hailstorm Ravages Pike County Homes and Crops
A severe hailstorm and cloudburst struck the Pike County area between Petersburg and Orwell. Homes in Algiers suffered shattered windows and a destroyed dwelling, livestock injured, and crops including wheat oats corn and oats severely damaged. Estimated total damage around 100000 with individual losses noted at 1000 by farmer William Sherman.
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Petersburg
Pike County
Orwell
Herschel Horton
Algiers
William Sherman
Floods drown near Haw Creek injure two men and horse
Two Washington youths visiting relatives below Whitfield faced a three foot flood at Haw Creek Sunday. Their horse and buggy were swept off the road into the current and lodged beside a fence. They freed the horse, then reached shore with difficulty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loogootee Sentinel
Washington
Whitfield
Haw Creek
Slow-Foot Barker Arrested After Clash With City Marshal
Petersburg June 24 reports Slow-Foot Barker a glass blower fought his wife last night. City Marshal Masters arrived to arrest him Barker kicked the marshal under the chin and fled Masters fired twelve shots none struck Barker was finally captured an hour later after attempting to hire a liveryman to spirit him from the county
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Barker
Petersburg
Masters
Badge with 1860s silver badge has long history
James L. Mitchell of Greenfield wears a silver badge with a remarkable Civil War history. He served in company A, Nineteenth Brigade the iron brigade with General Burnside in the Virginia campaign. The badge was lost near Fredericksburg in 1864 and later found by a Virginia farmer who returned it.
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Greenfield
James L .Mitchell
Mitchell
Iron Brigade
Burnsides
Virginia
Fredericksburg
Snake Bites Farmer in Farmyard Encounter
Walter Surface, tenant on the J. T. Grubbs farm four miles east of Greenwood, fought a black snake entwined around a horse’s foreleg. With only a pocketknife he killed the four and a half foot reptile after the snake sank its fangs into his hand during the struggle.
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Greenwood
Walter Surface
J. T. Grubbs
Here
Surface
Thimble Club Hosts Friendly Afternoon at Home
Mrs J B Graham hosted the Thimble club last Friday afternoon in Loogootee with guests Mrs Clay White of Long Beach California Miss Catherine Brownback of Pendleton Miss Lena Waller of Taylorville Wisconsin and Mrs Will Fisher. Miss Mary Revers played piano selections and refreshments including ice cream strawberries cake and salted almonds were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thimble Club
Loogootee Sentinel
J. B. Graham
Clay White
Long Beach
Cal
Catherine Brownback
Pendleton
Lena Waller
Taylorville
Will Fisher
Mary Revers
Sexton Nominated for State Senator by Owen Monroe Counties
The Republicans of Owen Monroe and Greene counties nominated Oscar Sexton a Gosport merchant for state senator. Two candidates stood but Sexton won solid support from Owen and Monroe counties totaling twenty four votes while Faulk received Greene county backing of twenty one votes.
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Sexton
Spencer
Junea
Owen
Monroe
Greene
Oscar Sexton
Gosport
Owen County
Mr. Sexton
Pp. H. Faulk
Greene County
Mr. Faulk
Entertainer Honors Sister with Card Party
Mrs John Burns of George street entertained a few friends Monday night for her sister Miss Lucile Johnson of Cincinnati. The group played euchre from 9 to 12 with prizes going to Miss Lucile Jones Mrs Bradford and Mrs Herman Dant. Refreshments were served.
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John Burns
George Street
Lucile Johnson
Cincinnati
Lucile Jones
Bradford
Herman Dant
New Train Schedule Benefits Barr Township Towns
A large number of Cannelburg residents visited the city Saturday for shopping. The updated train schedule allows stops at Montgomery and Cannelburg, aiding local citizens and boosting business for Barr township merchants who gain customers from neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loogootee Sentinel
Cannelburg
Montgomery
Barr Township
Wheatfields Under Sickle In Davies County Harvest
Davies County reports a bumper wheat crop with yields near twenty bushels per acre in many fields despite earlier setbacks from a warm March and a fly infestation. Oats also flourish, with harvest slated for next month and overall farmer satisfaction amid a slightly smaller yield than last year.
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Daviess County
Daviess
Forfeit Despite Close Play Clouds Local Baseball Game
The S. I. G. W. team forfeited to Plainville Red Sox after Plainville walked off in the ninth inning over a dispute with umpire Lents. With two out and the locals at bat the decision on a close play at second base led to the forfeit. The score stood 4 to 3 for Plainville when they left the field. Local management lamented the incident as the new S. J. G. W. uniforms debuted in the game.
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Loogoater Sentinel
Plainville Red Sox
Plainville
Lents
Plainville J
Plainville Boys
Elesart
Walnut Street School septic tank bid set for Friday
The Walnut Street School trustees will receive bids Friday at 2 pm for a concrete four hundred foot underground septic tank to serve sanitary toilets already let. The Nelson company of St Louis supplies the purification system with chemical treatment and netting basins to render sewage impurity free. The tank will be buried to prevent freezing and its design mirrors water purification methods used at the pumping station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Street
la Constructin
Nelson Company of
St. Louis
Red Letter Signs Warn at Indiana Rail Crossings
Large red letters forming the word Danger appear at Indiana grade crossings under orders from the railroad commission. Railroads report adoption of the standard crossing sign, which conveys menace and teaches citizens to guard themselves and their livestock against accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiana Railroad Commission
Ellis Boy Injured At Home In Sugarland
Charles Ellis, son of farmer George Ellis, was injured Friday afternoon when his foot tangled in a rope and his hand was drawn into a hay pulley. He suffered a deep cut but no bones were broken. Dr. C. H. Yenne dressed the wound requiring two stitches.
Shoals Plant to Bring Light to Towns and Farm Districts
James F. Lynen of Danville, holder of the local electric lighting franchise, plans to start construction of a plant at Shoals. The facility aims to supply Mehit and power to neighboring towns and the surrounding agricultural community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoals
James F. Lynen
Danville
New Daughter Born as New Mexico Statehood Arrives
Dr. G. L. Parr reports via telegram the birth of his daughter to Homer F. Parr in Carlsbad New Mexico. The baby was born on the day New Mexico achieved statehood, marking a historic coinciding milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Parr
Homer F. Parr
Carlsbad, N. M
New Mexico
Supreme Court of Honor Convening in Indianapolis
The supreme meeting of the court of Honor will be held in Indianapolis this week. The session will convene today and will continue until Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme
Supreme Meeting of the Court of Honor
Indianapolis
Heating Plant Progress Nears Completion at Jackson Building
John Greenwood is finishing a steam heating plant in the Jackson building at Main and East Second streets. He will then install a heating system in a larger Main Street business building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Greenwood
Jackson Building
Main
East Second Streets
Main Street
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Knox
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