Veale Township forms Big Windy and Sandy Hook Telephone Co
Veale township farmers organize a nine mile line to connect Washington and Veale township towns. The Big Windy and Sandy Hook Telephone Company will link with the Home Telephone line to Petersburg. Twenty farmers are stockholders with officers W A White president Thomas Singleton secretary and Emery Lett treasurer. A committee of Perry Singleton Ed Mahoney and Will Scudder selected.
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Washington
Sandy Hook
Veale Township
Big Windy and
W. A. White
Thomas Singleton
Emery Lett
Perry Singleton
Ed Mahoney
Will Scudder
Wire and Material Purchase Discussed with Home Telephone Co
Representatives arrived today to confer on a purchase of wire and material with Manager E K Hertfdra of the Home Telephone Company.
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E. K. Hertfdra
The
Home Telephone Company
Rise and Fall of a Politician in Bloomington
A prominent Bloomington businessman who once led a Democratic circle quit drinking four years ago and left politics. A returning visit to Bloomington led to a mock Democratic convention and a tense reunion with his wife who feared he might drink again. The tale frames old habits versus belief in change and ends with a reminder about a spring tonic, Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
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Bloomington
Washington
Iit
State
Expolitician
T and i
Fried
Charley
Ple
Old Charge Recalled In Seymour Shooting Case
Charles McNichols, held in Brownstown, faces a long standing charge of shooting with intent to kill after a window in the Carpenter home was struck. Prosecutor Wesner says letters threatening Miss Iva Carpenter, thought to be McNichols’s target, may be turned over to federal authorities for possible action.
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Seymour” Democrat
Charles McNichols
Brownstown
McNichols
Carpenter Home
Hin Nemba Township
Bpe
Iva Carpenthar
Pis
U. S
Wesner
Dog Tax Surpluses Reported by Township Trustees
All township trustees except Hirawa Sims of Van Buren report dog tax surpluses returned to the county auditor. About 81500 collected last year suggests many dogs taxed though some funds reserved for future claims. remaining balance transferred to the county auditor.
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Hirawa Sims
van Buren
Audicop
Local Notables Show Ills and News in West End
Mrs Henry Alberti and John Savage both ill in the west end. Mrs Sherman Sithena and Mrs James Hogan visited in Vincennes. Mrs Anos McKinster confined with grippe. Mrs James Stevens seriously ill with doubtful recovery at her east side home. A. F. Hicks visiting from Spllivan with Mrs N G Read. J W Oyden leaves for Kentucky after a death in the family. John Allen to move into Mrs Hayes property after fire. Red Men to hold district meet in Worthington. John Wedding to visit relatives enroute Lipton to Loozgated. Alligator died arriving for Miss Emma Carnahan. Jobo Mallett, Gazette printer, returns home ill and resigns. Ash Wednesday observed with services at Catholic churches and St John’s Episcopal Church attended despite bad weather.
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St. John’ S Episcopal
Personal notices from Vinecannes Petersburg and Covington visiters
Local column lists arrivals and departures including C A Paul from Vinecannes J M Stafford from Petersburg John Norman from Bicknell O T Lester and Mrs in city from Chicago Miss Gertrude Evans returning to Covington Ky Charles Head in city from Bronville visiting W H Feagans and Mrs Margaret Agan visiting friends Miss Mary Auberry arriving from Linton to Montgomery for a few days
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John Norman
Bicknell
West End
O. T. ‘Lester
Chicago
Gertrude Evans
Covington
Mary Auberry
Linton
Montgomery Jin
Elderly Pioneer Woman Eliza Barber Dies in Daviess County
Mrs. Eliza Barber aged 92 died Tuesday evening at nine at her daughter Mrs. J A Palmer’s East Walnut street home. A lifelong Daviess County resident born in 1816 in Lebanon County Kentucky she lived with blindness and debility but kept a cheerful outlook. Survived by daughters Mrs. J A Palmer and Mrs. Laura Morehead and son Nelson Barber. Funeral Thursday at the Palmer residence with Bethel church services and burial in Bethel cemetery.
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Eliza Katherine Barber
J. A. Palmer
East Walnut Street
Daviess
Lebanon County
Daviess County
J.A. Palmer
Laura Morehead
Nelson Barber
Veale Township
Palmer
Bethel Church
Barber
Bathel Cemetery
Local Notices And Classifieds From Lindellan Pharmacy To Charity Lodge
A page of small ads and notices includes a for sale item at Lindellan's Pharmacy, a picture matting board ad at Gazette office, a help wanted posting for a girl at 308 E Walnut Street, a charity lodge meeting notice for Charity Lodge No 400 on March 8 1915 with W M C A Yenne and Henry Aikman, and an old health pitch claiming Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cures lingering coughs.
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Charity Lodge No. A
C. A. Yenne
W. M Henry Aikman
Washington dog taxation case sparks multiple prosecutions
In Washington an income of tax evasion concerns dog ownership with officers planning more prosecutions. Justice Kellams presided as William Smith, a Black man, faced a trial date set for Friday afternoon after pleading not guilty to failure to pay dog taxes. Smith argues the dog was born after April 1, 1904 and thus not taxable.
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Washington
J. W. Kellams
Con
William Smith
Smith
Muslin Underwear Sale at The Boston Store
Readable fragment notes a muslin underwear sale at The Boston Store from March 6 to 11 with emphasis on discounted garments and storewide offers. The item lists dates and the venue in a compact shopper notice.
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Boston
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Lindeman’s
Main St
Hollister
Liedeman
Against Him
Henry Alberti
John Savage
Mae
Sherman
Sithena
James Hogan
Vincennes
Anos McKinster
James Stevens
A. F. Hicks
Spllivan
N.G. Read
North East Fifth Street
J. W. Oydon
Kentucky
John Allen
Mrs Hayes
East
Walnut Street
Red Mes
Worthington
Dis
John Wedding
J. R. Wedding
Lipton
Loozgated
Emma Carnahan
Florida
Jobo Mallett
Gazette
Mr. Mallett
Vincennes Capital
C. A. Paul
Vine
Cannes
J. M. Stafford
Petersburg
Eliza Barber
Lindellan’s
Frank Landis
Dr. Wood
Hatfield & Palmer
Foren Weil
DeVoe
Renender
Hatfield & Palmer CO
C. D. Taylor
Washington, Ind
F. Hunnemeier’s
Armér
M.S. Gust
Hawesville, Ky
Wy Mountain
Lindeman's Pharmacy
Pommany Maine
Cardus
Portland Economic League
Ruan
Cardui
Peter
F. B. Fornwald
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