Death notices recount town deaths and long lives
Millie Sargent, 19, dies after brief illness in Bedford. widow Ray Sargent and one child survive. Mrs. Mary A. Clark of New Albany dies in Washington after gastritis at 71. survived by husband J. R. Clark, son S. C. Clark, sister Mrs. Watsen, and brother Henry Peck. Mrs. John Nimblack of Wheatland dies after a few hours illness. husband and children survive. Mrs. Frances Ebler of South Washington dies suddenly. heart disease cited. nine children survive. Burkhardt is her maiden name. Catholic church member.
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Millie
Ray Sargent
Bedford
Arnold Helton
Boxtown
James Sargent
West Main Street
Mary A. Clark
New Albany
Washington
George Watsen
East Flora Street
Clark
Watsen
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church of New Albany
John Nimblack
Wheatland
Eary Nimblack
Terre Haute
Frances Ebler
Adam Ebler
South Washington
Out of the Ordinary Tales and Oddities Across America
A collection of brief notes covers New York City’s portable firehouse blacksmith wagon, a Topeka man using a tire to hide liquor, a Georgia breeder shipping game cocks to South America, Missouri packing houses’ rising output, radiation variation in ison laws, Smithsonian observations, and a German chemist’s radish peel extract as a sensitive detector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Topeka
Moultrie
South America
Missouri
Smithsonian Institution
Mexico
Police chief foils robbers surrender of suspects song aid
Seymour police chief Abel Wednesday received word from Shoals about a gang of white and Negro men wanted for robbing a drug store of razors scissors knives and other items. Six men fled as officers approached the B&O trains but proved not to be the wanted trio after checks showed they were from Washington and seeking work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Abel
Shoals
Southwestern
Washington
B. & O. Southwestern
Meeting Date Change For County Miners Exam Board
The county miner's examining board, formed at the April term, will meet at 9 o clock Monday morning at the courthouse and stay three days. It will then travel to Montgomery for two days and to Can ne r burg for sessions Saturday Monday and Tuesday. A shortage of books and certificates from Indianapolis delayed business on Wednesday and postponed the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Templars
Knights
Indianapolis
Masonic Temple
Montgomery
Cannerburg
Failare
Law and Liberty on Child Labor Reform
An Indianapolis News editorial argues laws regulating child labor must balance reform with liberty and fairness. It cites two young brothers supporting their tuberculosis-stricken mother, warning against rigid regulations that hurt the needy while urging discretionary details in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
Tyro
Editorial Tribute to Retiring Newspaper Proof Reader
A Kansas City Star tribute lauds a retiring head proof reader who served 26 years, leaving for the west to pursue other work. Collier's Weekly also honors similar faithful service, noting how such workers quietly sustain newspapers and deserve public appreciation.
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Indianapolis Star
Kansas City Star
Collier's Weekly
Far West
Enlisted Again Stephen J Booles Reenlists in Army
Stephen J Booles of this city rejoined the U S Army at the Vincennes recruiting office on Tuesday marking his third enlistment in the infantry. He previously served with the 18th Infantry in the Philippine Islands with the Machine Gun Platoon and earned expert rifleman before being discharged as a sergeant.
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Stephen J. Booles
U.S. Army
Vincennes
18Th Infantry
Phillipine Island
Ad Suggestion for Foley Kidney Remedies
An advertisement touts Foley Kidney products by Smith & Winton promising prompt relief for urinary and bladder disorders. The promotion urges readers to try the remedies and buy through the listed sellers.
Is the Law a Force Against a Fugitive
The article questions whether governing law punishes a criminal who plans a crime out of state and flees to California. It argues the law would excuse distant plots and denies that punishment requires the offender to be present at the scene, calling that notion foolish and urging amendments to prevent escape through geography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Star
McNamara
Justee
California
Los Angeles
Times
Emplorers’ Association
Old Homestead Neighbors Hear Words on Forgiveness
Joshua Whitcom addresses fathers and mothers after supper, urging patience with wild boys and forgiveness for mischief. He closes by inviting all to return in June when nature’s father proves best and scarlet runners recall childhood.
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Joshua Whitcom
Natur
Mrs McKernan Sings at Green Castle Sacred Concert
A Sunday night sacred concert at College Avenue Methodist church in Greencastle featured Mrs Mary Peek McKernan of Greencastle as a soloist. The Greencastle Banner notes her two years of faithful soprano work and states she will return home to Daviess county Tuesday, leaving behind friends in church college and community.
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M'Kernan
College Avenue Methodist Church
Greencastle
Mary Peek-McKkernan
McKernan
Bethel M. E. Church Dedication Program Set
The Bethel Methodist church will be dedicated on Sunday May 14 with Rev W R Halstead of Terre Haute in charge The week features sermons nightly May 10 11 12 13 by various pastors and a Sunday program including dedicatory sermon at 10 30 am and two more sermons by Rev W S Biddle and Rev W R Halstead with a basket dinner and district superintendent remarks
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Bethel M. E
W. R. Halatead
Terre, Haute
M. S. Heavenridge
E. A. Dougherty
Hayden Allen
W. S. Biddle
W. R. Halstead
Abe Martin in the News Boycott Mentioned by Ex Editor
Ex-Editor Dale Fluhart recalls hobos once boycotted the paper after it printed a list of dishes to make from leftover food. The piece notes sympathy for the poor and critiques perpetual soaking rains as a metaphor.
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Abe Martin
Dale Fluhart
Taft Urges Noninterference at Peace Conference
President Taft, opening the Third National Peace conference, urged the United States to keep hands off and refrain from extending its domain or acquiring foreign territory. Though he did not mention Mexico, listeners sensed a link to the South American tensions and the international reports about the Da[e] situation.
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Baltimore
Taft
United States
Mexico
Taft Affirms U S Territorial Policy and World Role
President Taft spoke to thousands at the Lyric Theater arguing there is no public desire for U S territorial expansion. He warned against overpromising peace from an arbitration treaty with Great Britain and urged cautious, steady reform in world affairs. Cardinal Gibbons and others joined the platform backing the peace effort.
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United States
Lyric
Cardinal Gibbons
Dickson
Gore
Oklahoma
Andrew Serene
The Deadly Cat in New Harmony Households
New Harmony housewives view with dismay the censure of cats by medical experts. Health officers warn that household cats spread microbes and diseases, listing germs linked to ptomaine poisoning blood poisoning sore throat intestinal troubles and kidney diseases in a cautionary notice from the New Harmony Times.
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New Harmony Times
New Harmony
Jcat
Night Rider Awarded Damages in Federal Case
J. F. Van Hoosier of Clarksburg Tennessee won a federal court verdict against A. A. Robinson and nineteen others, awarding him $2,500 after claiming night riders forced him to leave Kentucky to avoid meetings and to take a night rider oath when a noose was placed around his neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensboro
J. F. van Hoosier
Clarksburg
Tenn
A. A. Robinson
van Hoosier
Foley Kidney Pills Claim Quick Relief for Kidney Ailments
Mrs TH Cullers of Huntington Indiana reports severe kidney trouble with frequent action and back pain. She credits Foley's Kidney Pills with correcting the ailments after only a few doses and recommends them. Sold by Smith & Winton.
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Foley
TH Cullers
Huntington
Ind
Smith & Winton
Young Couple Married in Westminister Church
Miss Maud M. Winterbottom wed Ray A. Stone at Westminster Presbyterian Church at 1 pm in a simple ceremony. The couple, from Washington families, left for a bridal trip to Chicago and will reside at 10 Harned Avenue where Stone has a new home. The bride is Thomas E. Winterbottom’s daughter. Stone is a jeweler with N. H. Jepson Jewelry, son of ex-councilman Henry T. Stone.
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Eouple
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Maud M. Winterbottom
Ray
A. Stone
Washington
W. P. Hoskin
Roy Winterbottom
Pearl Winterbottom
Mr. Stone
N. H. Jepson Jewelery
Henry T. Stone
Jepson son marries in San Francisco hideaway
N H Jepson receives notice that his son John Jepson, well known in the city, married April 15 in San Francisco to Catherine Agnes Kieller of San Francisco. The marriage was kept secret and surprises relatives. Jepson, a traveling salesman for a Newark jewelry firm, with headquarters in San Francisco, plans a short visit back home with relatives in a few weeks.
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N. H. Jepson
John ‘Jepson
San Francisco
Cal
Catherine Agnes Kieller
Jepson
Tragic Local Suicide Follows Divorce Filing
Rushville May 4 Reuben Gregor living near Falmouth died by self inflicted gunshot to the head. His thirteen year old son Arthur was mowing the lawn and learned of the tragedy later. Gregor's wife had filed for divorce last Thursday alleging neglect of family and缺 financial support and sought custody and alimony.
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Rushville
Reuben Gregor
Falmouth
Arthur
Dregor
Striking railroad workers gain support for broader walkout
Striking Pennsylvanian railroad shop men in the Pittsburg division say enginemen, train men and conductors will soon join. Shipping clerks in the transfer department joined the strike, boosting a 200-strong walkout in the transfer department that halted freight at Pitcairn.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pitcairn
Safe Medicine For Children Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound
A notice asserts Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound is safe for children and free of opiates or harmful drugs. It identifies the genuine product by its yellow package and notes it is sold by Smith and Winton.
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Foley's
Smith & Winton
Ely Cream Balm Advertises Hay Fever Remedy
Broad claim of curing sneezing nasal discharge and coughing with Ely Cream Balm for La Grippe and colds. Promotes liquid form with atomizer and spray tube option at 50 to 75 cents. Sold by druggists or mailed from Ely Brothers New York address.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
N. Y
Mellvaine Lumber names new management in Vincennes
Vincennes May 4 The Mellvaine Lumber company with 40000 capital stock elected T H Garrett of St Louis as president F S Sheldon of St Louis as general manager and H R Mellvaine of Vincennes as secretary treasurer John A Cox resigned as president The notice notes a management shake up and leadership changes at the firm.
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Vincennes
Mellvaine Lumber Company
T. H. Garrett
St. Louis
F. S. Sheldon
H. R. Mellvaine
John A. Cox
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Sattly & Aver
W. J. Bacon
Wilford Adams
Lexington
Smith
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