Vessel Sinks on Lake Huron In Fog Collision
Eighteen believed drowned after the steamer Frank H. Goodyear and steamer James B. Wood collide in thick fog on Lake Huron Monday morning. Five were rescued. A four member relief committee named is F. S. Gilbert J. A. Cadden G. Dixon and J. B. Purkiser. Mr. Donahue traveled to Washington in response to a summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Huron
Frank H. Goodyear
James B. Wood
F. S. Gilbert
J. A. Cadden
G. Dixon
J. B. Purkiser
Mr. Donahue
Washington
Donahue Made Illinois Division Superintendent Honored
Joe Donahue recently named superintendent of the Illinois division of the B and O Southwestern with headquarters at Flora NL received a diamond ring at the Meredith hotel. A committee from the Indiana trainment hosted the surprise presentation as a token of respect. the honor was highly appreciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe (Duffy) Donahue
Illinois
B. & O. Southwestern
Flora
Meredith
Indiana
Donahue
Delinquent Dog Tax Heads To Immediate Collection
Lester Lee assessor of the township has handed a dog tax delinquency list to Grant Keith township trustee and steps will be taken to collect. Under the new accounting system there is no escape from this debit and those who fail to pay will be proceeded against by the prosecuting attorney in due time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Lee
Grant Keith
Miss Hayes Engaged to John A McGahey of Pa
Miss Helen Hayes and John A McGahey announce their engagement. The wedding is planned in Stanton Virginia with Father Curren officiating. They will honeymoon in Virginia and New York City and reside in Basic City Virginia after July 10. Hayes family attends the wedding.
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Miss Hayes Wild
Helen Hayes
John A. McGahey
McGaheynville
Stanton
John Curren
St. Marys Catholic Church
Virginia
New York City
Basic City
Hayes
J. A. Gil
W. M. Hayes
Washington National Bank
Washington
Sarah McGahey
Bonnie Brook Place
McGaheyville
Richmond
McGaneyville
Old Ticket Reelected in Typographical Union Race
Reports from unions indicate most international officers of the Typographical Union will be reelected. James M. Lynch appears set to lead as president with a large, likely 7,000 vote majority. J W Hays may top 10,000 as secretary. Powell leads for trustee of the Union Printers Home. delegates to the AFL plan to attend the St Louis meeting in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
International Typographical Union
al Lihe
T. D. Fennessey
Los Angeles
Michael Powell
Ottawa
Canada
Sevral
Colorado Springs
James M. Lynen
J. W. Hays
James M. Lynch
Syracuse
N.Y
George A. Tracy
San Francisco
Minneap
Olis
American Federation of Labor
Freak Morrison
Chicago
Max S. Hayes
Cleveland
Hugh Stevenson
Toronto
Union Printers Home
George Ee Nichols
Baltimore
St. Louis
Death of Mrs. Elias Campbell in Frankfort
Mrs. Elias Campbell, 63, wife of the Seventh Indiana district deputy revenue collector, died Monday in a physician's office after an electric treatment. She came to Lafayette from Frankfort with her husband and collapsed after a gasp. Coroner Shill will conduct an inquest. she was active in church and charity work and former state treasurer of the Women’s Relief Corps of Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Elias Campbell
Frankfort
Indiana
Shill
Campbell
Women's Relief Corps of
Son Kills Father in Tennessee Farm-Tragedy
Near Lebanon Tennessee Wr R Scudders, a wealthy farmer, is slain by his son Salem after a violent confrontation. Salem wounded his father with a pistol and knife during a dispute over the elder Scudders mental state. A second attack targeted Salom before Salom fired in self defense.
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Lebanon
Tenn
R. Scudders
Salem
Scudders
Salom
Robert
Independent candidate urges bid for Indiana legislature seat
Linton May 25 Judge J B Filbert urged to run as an independent for a state House seat though against county local option law. He plans to appeal to voters who want repeal while noting rival parties support the law. He sees no difference between Kern and Beveridge on the senatorial question. Princeton May summary Hughes, 35, a miner, is arrested for assault and battery with intent to kill his wife after beating her and a gunshot grazing her head. he claims the shooting was accidental.
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Linton
J. B. Filbert
Indiana
Judge Filbert
Kern
Beverdge
Princeton
Mayoy
Tilden Hughes
Hughes
Hughs
Doctor's buggy wrecked near Montgomery
Dr S L McPherson and D E Scott of Louisville traveling sales man for a drug house had a narrow escape when a runaway team struck their buggy on the State road just out of Montgomery. Both were thrown into a barbed wire fence and escaped with minor injuries. The wagon was demolished and the mules stopped by entangling wheels after a brick wagon loaded at the factory. They returned to Montgomery and rented another buggy to finish their trip to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. McPherson
Louisville
Washington
Montgomery
McPherson
Mr. Scott
Opera House to be run by Nelson Horrall this year
Nelson Horrall signs a contract with owner H. C. Claflin to manage the Washington opera house with Morton Horrall as secretary treasurer and Will Roby as stage carpenter and manager. Jesse Horrall handles advertising. High class attractions booked. renovations planned before fall opening to modernize the venue.
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Opera House
Washington
Nelson Horrall
H. C. Claflin
Flora
Morton Horrall i
Will Roby
Jesse Horrall
Horrall Brothers
Horrall
Ridley Elected Grand Master Of Indiana Masons
William Ridley of Corydon was chosen grand master of the Indiana grand lodge of Masons at a May 25 election in Indianapolis. A banquet for 600 Masons followed. officers elected include Deputy Grand Master Willan H. Schntz and grand treasurer Frank E. Gavin. The Grand Secretary reports 536 lodges with 54,710 members, up 2,195, while the treasury balance stands at $16,972.27.
Damages Awarded in Suit Against Good Shepherd Society
A jury in the county circuit court awarded Mamie Smith damages from the Good Shepherd society a Roman Catholic sisterhood that runs a homes in Indianapolis The verdict follows her claim she was imprisoned against her will for six years and forced to work in an unsanitary laundry Her father placed her in the home and she later ran away at fifteen and married Attorneys for the defendants said they would seek a new trial alleging a woman friend of Mrs Smith influenced two jurors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Good Shepherd Society
Mamie Smith
Mamie Sullivan
Timber Cutting Planned on Acreage Near Bradley Arkansas
Thomas C. Myers plans to move a saw mill outfit from Wheatland to Bradley Arkansas to cut timber on 700 acres owned by John C. Billheimer of Indianapolis and partners Thomas Nugent J. G. Alten of this city. The work will take several years and will employ local laborers. Myers, who lives in Epsom, expects to depart within a week or two.
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Pradley
Ark
John C. Billheimer
Indianapolis
Thomas Nugent
J. G. Alten
Thomas C. Myers
Wheatland
Mr. Myers
Epsom
Myers
Bradley
Miner Henory Osha Weds Miss May Sanford in South Washington
Henory Osha a coal miner and Miss May Sanford both of South Washington married Tuesday night. Osha is a son of George Osha of South Washington.
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Henory Osha
May Sanford
South Washington
Osha
George Osha
Hudgins Is Honored and Cumberland Church Action
Dickson Tennessee May 25 Suits at law to regain possession of Cumberland university at Lebanon Tennessee were directed by the general assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. A new board of trustees will be named to direct litigation. The assembly ratified Rev J L Hodg gins election editor of the Cumberland Presbyterian of Nashville. Opposition to liquor and temperance measures faced pushing for prohibition penalties and criminalization of whisky. Rev J F Gill led the opposing forces with Hudgins a former pastor of the Cumberland church in Fals City previously in Washington and Union City Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudgins
Dickson, Tenn
Cumberland University At
Lebanon
Tenn
Board of Trustees
Presbyterian Church of the United States of America
General Assembly of the Cumberland Chure
J. L. Hodging
Cumberland Presbyterian of
Nashville
Temperance
Prohibition
United States
J. F. Gill
California
Neal Nominated by Ninth District Republicans in Indiana
In Lebano on May 25 E E Neal of Noblesville won the Ninth district Republican nomination for Congress on the twenty second ballot. Opponents included Edward Daniels Tipton B F Harness Kokomo Irvin Douglass Crawfordsville and F W Hutchinson Lebanon The platform backed tariff opposition to the Payne Aldrich bill endorsed United States Senator Beveridge and President Taft The convention also backed a national law banning liquor shipments into dry territories.
Joint initiation for Hibernians and Montgomery auxiliaries
Division 3 Ladies Auxiliary AOH and Division 2 Ladies Auxiliary Montgomery plan a joint initiation at the K of C wall on Sunday June 4. About fifty candidates will be received into the order.
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Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Ladies Auxiliary of
Montgomery
K. of C. Wall
Order
Prosecutor Seeks Dissolution of Four Trust Charters
A notice filed in the New Jersey supreme court indicates prosecutor Gaven will apply on June 7 for an order dissolving the charters of Armour & Co Morris & Co Swift & Co and the National Packing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey Supreme Court
Gaven
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Swift & Co
National Packing Company
Foot Mangle Incident at Seymour B and O Yard
Mrs. Thomas Farrell of Seymour suffered a badly mangled right foot Tuesday when a freizut car was pushed in the B and O Southwestern yards while she gathered a basket of coal, the mishap occurring without her noticing the danger.
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Thomas Farrell
Seymour
Grocer Hayes Buys Five Passenger Touring Car
M. J. Hayes, a local grocer, purchased a five passenger touring car from Rezal Motor Sales. Delivery is scheduled for next week.
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M. J. Hayes
Rezal Motor Sales Company
Farmer Builds Longest Sassafras Fence in State
A Noble county farmer reports an eighty rod fence with posts twelve feet apart all made of sassafras. The claim cites sassafras as the best native post wood noting rapid rot in ground versus air exposure and that no memory records such a fence length in sassafras posts.
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Sassafras
Noble County
Gootee Sues Indiana Union Traction for 10000 Damages
Frederick Gootee of Loogootee files in Marion circuit court seeking 10000 damages from Indiana Union Traction Co alleging incurable injuries from a car alighting incident at Tippecanoe while returning from Elwood visit. He is in serious condition at his Loogootee home. accident date March 10.
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Frederick Gootee
Loogootee
Marion
Indiana Union Traction Company
Tipcer
Elwood
Gootee
Trustees Notice Veale Township and Adjacent Townships
Trustees announce monthly office hours and locations for Veale, Reeve, Washington, Bogard townships. Frank Swann meets on second and last Thursdays in Veale. R V Cox on Saturdays in Alfordsville. Washington township office at Waller’s harness shop corner Fourth and Main. Grant Keith on Fridays for poor business. Daniel I Myers at residence on Tuesdays and Fridays. Contact trustees to transact township business.
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Veale Township
Frank Swann
Reeve Township
Alfordsville
R. V. Cox
Washington Township
Waller
East Fourth
Main Streets
Grant Keith
Bogard Township
Daniel I. Myers
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Avery
W. ). Bacon
E. Main
E. van Trees
F. B. Fornwald
E. Main Street
Washington, Indiana
Main Street
Jackson’s
E. E. Forsythe
Hington Realty CO
Jackson
Wall. Keifer
Tillie Riester
Earl Mills
Miss Riester
George Riester
Mr. Mills
Boston
J. L. Hudgins
C. P. Church of Fals Clty
Union City
N. W. Martin Co
Mattingly G Myers
Wilson Bldg
Dariels County
Washington, Ind
T. J. Smiley
H. J. Miller Smiley & Miller
Stark
Stark Nursery
Stark Delicious
Stark Aas David
Stark King Philip
Stark Bro’s Nurseries and Orchards Co
Louisiana, Missouri
Mir
Continental Fire Insurance Co
Dia Ahat Peete
Washington Realty Co
Daviess County
J. H. McCafferty
War
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