New Methodist pastor chosen for Washington church
The First Methodist church announces no Sunday service but all other regular services will proceed. Rev Festus A Steele will not arrive until Tuesday and will preach his first sermon on Sunday October 10. Steele, formerly of Hall Place Indianapolis, is praised as a strong Indiana Methodist leader. His family includes a wife and a 13 year old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Festus A. Steele
Steele
Hall Place
Indianapolis
Indiana
Stele
Washington
Fred W. Hart
Franklin Church
Hart
Franklin
Tulsa
Okla
James W. Baker
Escapes From Officer In Vincennes After Fines
Tom Deering of Vincennes was arrested here Tuesday night for intoxication and fined in police court Wednesday. Lacking cash he was jailed by the mayor until Captain Wallace agreed to take him to Vincennes to collect the fine. While walking with an acquaintance Deering vanished as the officer stopped to greet someone. Police promised to arrest Deering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Deering
Vincennes
Wallace
Deering
Strats for Alaska to Wed in Hanna
Lane Township Miss Martha Keil begins a journey to Alaska to marry Guy Wing, who left her twelve years ago with a promise to wed once fortune is made. Wing reported a ready home and planned clergy wedding, breaking twelve years of silence with the news Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Alaska
Guy Wing
Hanna
Riley Nabs Post as Indiana Railroad Commission Secretary
Joseph L Reiley of North Vernon elected secretary of the Indiana railroad commission by the commission. Reiley will start October 1 succeeding Charles B Riley who resigned. Salary for the secretary position is 2500 dollars annually.
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Joseph L.reiley
North Vernon
Democratic State Central Committee
Railroad Commission of Indians
Mr. Reiley
Charles B. Riley
Rushville
Commission
State's Only Saloon Burns in Tennessee
McMinnville Tenn Sept 30 News reached here today of the burning yesterday of Tennessee's only licensed saloon after a fire broke out in the building causing extensive damage and prompting investigations into the cause and potential arrests for fire related concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMinnville
Tenn
Tennessee
Health rules tighten in schools across Indiana
State officials report trustees and teachers are waking to cost and health rules for public schools. New printed guidelines cover room crowding air volume illness reporting ventilation sanitation site and building standards to protect students and staff.
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Health
State Board of Accounts
Indianapolis
Board of Accounts
Board of Health
Board
Health Board
Marriage License Issued in Lawrenceville Illinois
A marriage license was issued last week in Lawrenceville Illinois to M. B. Tane of Oil City Pennsylvania and Eva Jones of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceville, Ill
M. 8. Tane
Oil City
Eva. Jones
This City
Neighborhood News Adds Names and Travel to Local Life
Local column records Monday visits to Washington by John Fanning George Drew and others. Family travels include Miss May Hart visiting James Hart and Mrs. Kate Heffernan’s Indianapolis trip. Community events cover church conferences funerals and a M E B gathering with multiple attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Hart
Shoals
James Hart
Lyman Carrico
Otto
Washington
Kate Heffernan
Indianapolis
Monte Davisson
Dubois County
Montgomery
Harrold Myers
Vincennes
J. M. Dant
J. M. McClellan
Mary A. Doyle
Frank Doyle
George B. Brown
Linton
William A. Murray
Artists in Brown Descend On Nashville for Fall Painting
Nine Chicago artists will arrive around October 1 to stay in Brown County hills through November. They plan to capture Brown County scenery famed for its autumn colors, joining other artists and their wives who have found Nashville a home this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Brown County
Chicago
William Pittman
Nashville
Rev Fes tus A Steele to resign hospital board post
The Rev Fes tus A Steele plans to resign as secretary of the Methodist hospital trustees within days after moving from Hall Place church to Washington. He cites inability to attend to duties living outside Indianapolis and departs despite protests from Dr. W T Graham and other trustees. Steele helped push a major $60 000 hospital addition and laid plans for a modern annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Festus A. Steele
Hall Place
City
First Methodist Church
Washington
Indiana Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Hospital
W. T. Graham
Steele
Board weighs future as Rev Steele seeks resignation
Trustees face unfinished plans for a new building and may elect a successor. W C Van Arsdel may call a special meeting to choose a secretary. Rev Steele plans immediate move to Washington. he was invited to return to Hall Place in a surprise closing session.
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Steele
Graham
Washington
Hall Place
Jury verdict in Berry vs Slinkard and Fanning case
In circuit court Elvis Berry sued Charles W. Slinkard and John Fanning for damages over a horse purchase. The eleven jurors ruled for the defendants on the complaint and for the defendants on the cross complaint. Berry sought 140 dollars. The case closed with a verdict described as a standoff. James M. Clark filed foreclosure suit against Alonzo Cook Maud Cook George Harper and Marla Harper seeking 803.35 and a court-ordered sale of property, with Alvin Padgett named receiver and approved to manage Teal estate during redemption year and collect rent if possible. property described as the old barn at east Eig¢ath and Main streets east of the tone feed barn.
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Elvis Berry
Charles W. Slinkard
John Fanning
Berry
James M
Clark
Alonzo Cook
Maud ‘Cook
George Harper
Marla Harper
Alvin Padgett
Eig¢ath and
Main Streets
Tone Feed Barn
Woman's Club of Washington Organizes Tenets and Leaders
A new club named the Woman's Club of Washington is organized with fifty-member limit. Meetings occur on alternate Tuesdays at member homes to study nature and household economics. Officers include President Mrs. Hiram Hyatt and Vice President Mrs. Lucian Corning. board members are Mrs. Jake Beltman and others. The club's flower is chrysanthemum with green and waste colors. It has 25 members and will join the Indiana State Federation of Clubs. First regular meeting set for October 12.
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Woman's Club of
Washington
Twe
Hiram Hyatt
Lucian Corning
Carl West
Claire Sefrit
Jake Beltman
Charles G. Sefrit
George L. Parr
Lucia Booner
Martha Rogers
Will Scoble
Anderson
Harry V. Hyatt
Indiana State Federation of Clubs
State Banks Prosperous Report Shows Higher Resources
The auditor of state reports prosperity among 263 banks with September 1 tallies. Total resources and liabilities reach 69,266,073.38, up 3,203,852.90 from June. Loans rise 1,307,961.86 and deposits climb 3,248,968.73 to 54,263,945.74. Total loans stand at 50,059,329.99 and available cash at 16,630,640.80. Incomplete private bank reports are expected to show a similar increase.
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Tthe Bank Department
Office of the Auditor of State Prosperity
L. W. Wiles
Judge Zollars Undergoes Kidney Operation
Fort Wayne Indiana September 29 Judge Allen Zollars a highly regarded northern Indiana jurist underwent his third operation for kidney troubles. The entire affected kidney was removed and doctors say the condition is grave but recovery remains possible.
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Zollars
Ili
Ft. Wayne
Allen Zollars
Indiana
Mayor Russell Enjoys Veiled Prophet Invitation
The St. Louis Veiled Prophet ball invitation delights Mayor Russell who admires the finely printed parchment showing scenes of city progress and visions of future transport. The chrome on the front and elaborate design reflect St. Louis booster spirit ahead of the centennial celebrations.
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Russell
St. Louis
Elphant
City of
Bruga
Hudson
Gulf
Great Northern Mail Train Arrives Ahead of Schedule
The Great Northern sixty hour mail train from St. Paul reached Seattle at 6 28 am thirty two minutes early and continued to Tacoma. It will run west daily and is touted as the fastest long distance mail train reducing St Paul to Seattle time by eleven hours.
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Seattle
Great Northern New
St. Paul
Tacoma
Child eats pills endangers life in Bloomington
In Bloomington on Sept 29 Mrs. Isaac Goodwin’s two and a half year old daughter Mildred found a box of liver pills and ingested fifteen. Physicians treated her for several hours and her recovery remains doubtful.
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Bloomington
Ind
Isaic Goodwin
West
Mildred
Navy torpedo boats arrive for St Louis centennial
Four United States torpedo boats the MacDonough Wilkes Tingey and Thornton arrived in St Louis unexpectedly seventy two hours early to participate in the centennial celebration and to escort President Taft on his river voyage to New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
United States
MacDonough
Wilkes
Tingey
Thornton
Ner
Taft
New Orleans
Vines Damaged in Cold Spell Hit Sweet Potatoes
Farmers reporting frosts say little damage to crops overall but sweet potato vines were killed in many areas. Distressed growers gathered remaining green vegetables to salvage what they could amid fears of heavy losses.
Mayor Russell Heads to St Louis for Centennial Week
Mayor Robert Russell will travel to St Louis next week to attend a centennial celebration. Invitations have been extended to mayors of more than a thousand cities in this region and a rousing week of events is planned in their honor.
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ST. Louis
Robert Russell
Indiana school heads convention set for Indianapolis dates
The annual convention of the Indiana state associations of city and town superintendents and school boards will meet in Indianapolis on November 4 5 and 6. Programs for the meeting have been received here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Associations of City and
Indianapolis
Barber Union Delegate Bound for Milwaukee Convention
Jesse Burris of the Washington union of barbers will leave Sunday to represent the local barbers' union at the Journeymen Barbers' International Union of America convention in Milwaukee, which convenes on October 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Burris
Washington Union of Barbers
Milwaukee
Barbers’ Union
Journeymen Barbers
International Union ‘of America
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Senator Beveridge
Henry Rudolph
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Elizabeth Bowman
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Mt. Union
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Petersburg
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James Callilan
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Pauletta Carrico
W. T. Bell
W. E. Bell
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E. E. Bell
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Carerie Wood
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Annesburg
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Father Burger
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Zita Hunter
Henry Hunter
James Rielly
William McDonald
William Westchafter
Mary Rielly
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Cornettsville
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Richard Williams
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