Will Test Water Council Employs Prof Floyd Davis
Des Moines Iowa officials hire Prof Floyd S Davis to test the city water for drinking suitability at Bird School lab. He will be paid 750 and report to council, aiding a 20000 lawsuit over alleged water pollution by Hawkins creek and city dumping. He warns river water near Indianapolis is impure and notes sulfates from Wilsons coal mine.
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Knighthood Lodge Installs Members in Petersburg
Local Knights of Honor lodge members traveled to Petersburg today to install a new lodge with thirty charter members. Attending from this city were Hugh Faith Hugh Cox John Cain Gus Keiser Ed Gillick Frank Lewis Ed McCafferty Robert Lelcher Henry Senj Arthur Newland John Smith Will Parris John Desjeans Joseph Faut M Alexander of Loczootee. Education is like agriculture results depend largely on the soil.
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Petersburg
Hugh Faith
Hugh Cox
John Cain
Gus Keiser
Ed Gillick
Frank Lewis
Ed McCafferty
Robert Lelcher
Henry Senj
Arthur Newland
John Smith
Will Parris
John Desjeans
Joseph Faut
M. Alexander
Loczootee
Father and son in shooting on stairway at law offices
David I Padgett, 23, deputy prosecutor, shot his father Arnold J Padgett on a stairway above Enzert’s jewelry store during a dispute over drinking. The shot passed through the left thigh without breaking bone. the elder Padgett expected to recover in days. Police released the son with no charge likely, citing accidental discharge amid a heated quarrel. The incident drew wide attention due to the men’s prominence in local politics and law.
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Georgetown
Aged Woman Dead at Evansville Home
Mere Louisa Williams wife of Howard Williams died this morning at their Evansville home from stomach trouble. She was sixty three and had lived in the city until two years ago. She leaves a husband and several children including Frank of Indianapolis Willard Q of Evansville Charles and Joseph of Evansville Mrs Attie Walters and Miss Cora Williams plus another daughter in Tennys ea. Two sisters Mrs Thaddeus Williams and Miss Sarah J Bruner also survive. The remains will be brought here Saturday evening and buried at Oak Grove cemetery Sunday.
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Tennysea
Race tensions rise in Westphalia over land claim threats
Citizens in Westphalia protest Senator Wolcott's land acquisition and alleged plan to import workers, warning of bloodshed if nonwhite labor is used. The town faces fear and potential conflict while the Odon school board confirms next year’s staff led by Superintendent F M McConnell and principal Arthur T Mayfield.
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McConnell
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Ashington
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Notlee Daughters of Rebekah Called Meeting
Eureka Rebekah lodge 781 schedules a called meeting tonight at 7 30 to arrange the funeral of sister Louise Williams. Deventa Crang NG Manceshrry Dexuak Sec. fs 5 &dlt
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Man Charged With Bigamy Involving Two Wives
Chandler faces bigamy charges after living with a second wife while claims of divorce from the first remain unresolved. His first wife, with child, resides in Owensville and seeks equity indictments. ongoing effort targets Chandler in Sullivan County and Terre Haute. A trial and custody disputes loom as letters allegedly prove Chandler knew he had not divorced.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reforms at Pittsburg station
The Baltimore and Ohio introduces a new signal department overseen by Loree with G Rawn as director and Leo Montgomery injured in an incident at Spring Valley. Plans involve signal plants and a single track rule, with service to Pax and Riv between Bedford and Pittsburgh.
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