Eighth grade graduations reach county high total
A. 0. Fulkerson announced results from April 15 and March exams in Daviess county township schools. Of 143 graduates, 87 passed in March and 56 in April, marking one of the largest public school classes. Names from Barr Bogard Elmore Harrison Steele Van Buren and Washington townships listed among graduates.
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Fulkerson
Daviess County
Barr Township
Regia Williams
Cecelia Hunter
Amelia O. Donaghue
Bernard Heffernan
Edward Carpenter
Emmet Lavely
Mary Hart
Lacey Brewer
Louis Hart
Katie Healy
Agnes Matthews
Annie Morrison
Lillian Sinnott
Helen Matthews
Walter Connaughton
Rose Fanning
Bogard
Gladys Grove
Starlin E. Bowman
Katie Daily
Clara Peachee
George Bynum
Ray Carpenter
Frank Sause
Mary Sause
Elmore
Arnold Crosby
Harrison
Ala Blagrave
Madison
Eva ‘Connell
Ada F. Howard
Chesta Ramsey
Rosa Barden
Myrtle Mowery
Clarence E. Kidwell
Washington Township
Madalene Billings
Hazel Billings
Charlie Thomas
Earl Allen
Lee Amble
Z No Washington
Helen Smith
Lillian Drury
Lillian Summitt
Armon Whte
Civic Need of the Hour
Indiana Catholic calls for renewed patriotic sacrifice amid labor capital tensions. It warns that violence against laws, bribery, or dynamite makes one an enemy of civilization and freedom, urging societies to promote loyalty to the republic.
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Indiana Catholic
United States
Indiana Legal Notice in Daviess County 1911
The State of Indiana Daviess county court alerts defendants to appear by September 1911 to answer the complaint in Arthur Wetmore vs James L Williams et al. The action seeks to discharge a lien and quiet title to real estate. nonresidents are named for service by publication. Clerk WM A Wallace signs with Hastings Allen Hastings as attorneys. 1973
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Indiana
Daviess County
Daviess
Arthur Wetmore
James L. Williams
Williams
James . Willams
William A. Hyatt
Theodore Hyatt
Ralph E. Hyatt
Laura Blanche Hoover
Walter R.hyatt
Louis R. Hyatt
Herbert H. Conway
Margaret Conway
Leslie Conway
Martha B. Largent
Wiliams
James L. Wil Lame
Court House
Washington
Appointment of Elizabeth Meyer Estate Administrator in Indiana
Notice from Daviess circuit court announces Charles F. Meyer appointed administrator of Elizabeth Meyer’s estate in Daviess County Indiana. Hastings Allen Hastings attorneys listed with address 2007.
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Daviess
Daviess County
Indiana
Eliza‘beth Meyer
Charles F. Meyer
Hastings
Allen & Hastings, Attys
Citizens urged to place country over trade and selfishness
The message condemns legislators who sell votes and employers who boycott unions as threats to the republic. It warns that both buyout and labor extremism endanger public peace, urging citizens to defend the nation over personal interests and economic disputes.
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Republic
Court House Grounds Bloom With Geraniums
Court House Custodian Myers placed about one hundred geraniums around the courthouse lawn and along the path to the south entrance. The plants, purchased from two local florists, are mostly in bloom now.
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Court House
Myers
Woman jumps from streetcar dies in Terre Haute outing
Miss Mary Frischman, 23, leaped from a moving Terre Haute streetcar to join a hayride party. Her fall fractured her neck and crushed her head, killing her instantly as she left her seat after hearing friends’ calls.
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Mary 'Frischman
Terre Haute
Wilson Admitted to Evansville State Hospital
Notice received by WA Wallace from the hospital superintendent states Moses Alexander Wilson will be admitted to Evansville institute. Wilson, resident of Cornettsville, was recently adjudged insane by a lunacy commission.
Local visitors observe Graham Farms mobile plow in action
Several local residents interested in scientific farming visited the Graham farms this week to watch the large mobile plow work. The implement plows eight rows at a time, demonstrating its efficiency.
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Graham Farms
Sullivan County Negro School Population Figures
The full enumeration shows Sullivan county has only twenty five colored school children out of a total nine thousand four hundred forty five.
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Sullivan County
Shave Deaths From Blood Poisoning Reported
Abner Gordon thirty two from three miles outside Tipton died after cutting himself shaving last week, blood poisoning led to his death. Henry Miller near Huntington died of gangrene from toe soreness. A 100 member committee led by E L Hoggee plans May 29 to June 3 campaign to raise 75000 for a Vincennes Y M C A building.
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Abner Gordon
Tipton
Henry Miller
Huntington
E. L. Hoggee
Vincennes
ABE MARTIN IN NEWS
Note of ABE MARTIN style humor warns that a party faces time pressures and consumers appear among the injured when decisions are made, reflecting a common rural insight in era dialogue.
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Abe Martin
Day Nursery Opens in North Vincennes
The civic federation bank opened a day nursery in North Vincennes where mothers can leave babies for five or ten cents while they work.
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Civic Federation Bank
Vincennes
Family Poisoning Case At Worthington Explored
Odus Sparks his wife and five children were violently ill at Worthington with signs of arsenical poisoning. A physician was called and a baking powder box is to be analyzed for toxin evidence.
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Odus Sparks
Worthington
Vincennes Plans Weeklong Carnival Under Knights of Pythias
Vincennes will host a seven day carnival from May 22 to May 27 under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias in that city. The event aims to entertain residents and attract regional visitors while honoring local fraternal activities.
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Vincennes
Knights of Phthias
Lafayette dealer fined for threatening postcard acts
B W Price a Lafayette furniture dealer was fined twenty five dollars for sending threatening post cards to a man who owed him one dollar seventy five cents.
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B. W. Price
Lafayette
Ater
Four injured as stage coach overturns in Valparaiso parade
During a wild west show parade in Valparaiso on Wednesday an automobile frightened stage coach horses causing the coach to overturn. Four performers were injured and removed from the scene.
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Valparaiso
False Teeth and Pneumonia Blamed for Porter Teak’s Death
Porter Teak of Clarks Mill dies after pneumonia linked to a denture fragment lodged in his lung during dental work. Ten citizens form a committee to petition county commissioners for a $25,000 hospital appropriation, hoping for approval and construction within the year.
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Porter Teak
Clarks Mill
Shots Fly In Hotel Row On Meridian Street
At Lyons Hotel on Meridian near the B&O Southwestern railroad two shots fired in a fight between owner L W Howard and dayclerk Walt Johnson. Johnson fired twice but failed to hit. bullets tore plaster in the hallway. Johnson was arrested and may face shooting with intent charges as the grand jury investigates.
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Lyons Hotel
Meridian Street
B. & O. Southwestern Railroad
L. W. Howard
Walt Johnson
Johnson
Howard
Tthe Hotel
McCrisaken
Kermode
Odon
Deoot
John Sullivan
Railroad Commany
Sullivan
Southwestern Cole
Local fruit crop seen as largest in years
Growers forecast a record fruit crop this year due to favorable winter and spring weather. They note a mild past winter and lack of frost during blossoming, with blossoms already heavy enough to threaten fruit damage.
Linton White Socks Set to Clash With Plainville Sunday
The Linton White Socks from Greene County will play Plainville at Plainville Sunday afternoon. A large local crowd plans to attend. Garages are arranging rides to Plainville for $1 per person.
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Linton
Plainville
Linton White Socks
Greene County
Ccat
O'Donnell Bar Rowsochran Co. Loses Spencer Bourtgholzter
Spencer Bourtgholzter quits his position with the O'Donnell Bar Rowsochran company marking a leadership change. Details on successor were not disclosed.
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Spencer Bourtgholzter
O'Donnell- Barrowsochran Company
Egg dealers adopt new plan to buy only upon approval
Indiana officials and about thirty poultry and egg traders met in Indianapolis to outline a system where dealers will pay only for eggs that pass examination. H E Barnard announced enforcement under a recent law, targeting bad eggs, rot, or spots, with penalties for farmers, hucksters, and dealers. Placards already warn of the department’s approach as the egg season opens.
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H. E. Barnard
Pure Food and Drug
Indiana
Western Ohio Poultry Asociation
Indianapolis
Poultry and Egg Dealers
Barnard
Johnson Case Set For May 22 Trial At Lyons Hotel
Johnson a day clerk at the Lyons hotel faces an indictment for assault and battery with intent to kill after firing twice at L. W. Howard owner of the hotel property following a Tuesday quarrel. He pleaded not guilty and the court appointed John H. Spencer to defend due to pauper status. The trial date was set by Judge J. W. Ogden for May 22 in the circuit court.
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Johnson
Howard
West South Street
John H. Spencer
Kennedy
New Observation Cars to Join Cincinnati St Louis Trains
The B and O Southwestern will add two observation cars to the Mound City Limited and Queen City Limited on the Cincinnati to St Louis afternoon runs. The cars named Onook and Glen Summit feature twenty two revolving chairs four observation platform seats and include electric lights and fans. Foley Kidney Pills praised for quick kidney and bladder relief by Huntington Indiana resident Mr TH Culers and offered by Smith and Winton.
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B. & O. Southwestern
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Mound City Limited
Queen City ‘Limited
Cion ‘Onook
Glen Smmit
Foley
TH Culers
Huntington
Ind
oFley
Smith & Win, Ton
Community Day With Tables Spread Within the Building
Everyone is invited to spend the day with us. Tables will be spread within the building. Come bring baskets well filled and let us break bread together. A good speaker will entertain you at the noon hour.
Routes Surveyed for Vincennes Interurban Extension
Albert Arnan of Cleveland surveys routes for an Vincennes Washington and Eastern Traction Company interurban line to South Vincennes Industrial Addition. First route via Third Broadway Nicholas Fifteenth, second via Busseron to Fifteenth then south. Company aims to extend track to board of trade addition with steady service and rail operation costs discussed by Arnold J. Padgett.
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Vincennes
Albert Arnan
Cleveland
Toe Vincennes
Washington and Eastern Traction Company
Arnan
Third
Broadway
Third Street
Nicholas
Fifteenth
Busseron Street
Board of Trade Addition
Arnold J. Padgett
Washington
Carl
City Eyes New Transit Line With Subsidy Vote
A Canadian Construction official A DeMayo arrived to survey Vincennes route feasibility for a proposed transit line extension. The project aims to spur rapid growth by adding factories and boosting the liveliest parts of the city if a subsidy is approved.
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Vincennes
A. DeMayo
Canadian Construction Company
Cleveland
Cty
State to take 25 percent of county tax to state treasury
George Godwin county treasurer received state auditor notice from the May 12 board of finance meeting. Counties must pay 25 percent of state tax due at the June settlement into the state treasury by May 22. Daviess County's share is about $3,000. Godwin has already remitted $6,000 in advance payments since March.
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George Godwin
Auditor of State
State Board of Finance
Daviess County
Godwin
Graduation Near At Washington High School
Washington high school commencement exercises are set for next week. Store windows display many presents for graduates as final exams begin in the grades and will conclude next Wednesday.
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Washington High School
Unwritten Law and neighbor chickens in new flower beds
A quirky note asserts that in this era of new flower beds it is not a crime to kill neighbor chickens that stray beyond their bounds. The remark frames a local folk attitude toward livestock and property issues in a humorous, archaic tone.
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WM. A. Wallace
Hastings, Allen & Hastings
Attrs Plaintiffs
T. W. Ogdon
Ralph Kennedy
B. & C. Southwestern Railroad Company
Seymour
Joseph McNeeley
Western Union Telegraph Company
J. W. Ogdon
Smith & Win
Plainville Milling Company
Iil
Plainville Band
Washington's
Marseilles
Ecru
Moos
Kid Colt
Dorothy Dodd
John N. Crossmake
Iossible
John Reinsel
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