Tolsons Arrested After Plant Fight in Plainville
Alfred Ward the plant superintendent and Charles Tolson with his father James Tolson faced Mayor Russell Saturday after eluding police since May. Sheriff Colbert and Captain Wallace detained the Tolsons at Harvest Home grounds where they ran a ranch and lemonade stand. Elder Tolson pleaded guilty to assault and battery with $1 fine. Charles denied the charge and was sent to circuit court in default of bail. Ward suffered a two inch knife wound. a large weapon used in the melee. Also, William Montgomery a one legged vagrant was fined for public intoxication and jailed after refusing to leave the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Gas Company
Alfred Ward
Charles Tolson
James Tolson
Tol
Rus
Colbert
Theodore Wallace
Plainville
Harvest Home
Tolton
Tolson
Ward
Tolsons
Young Tolson
William Montgomery
Russell
Montgomery
Farmers to Hear Horticulure Talks in City
Large turnout expected from Daviess county on Friday September 17 for horticulture talks. Purdue Experiment Station’s George R. Ryall or C G Woodbury will lecture at the court house on San Jose scale apple scab and coddling moth control and pruning and spraying. Afternoon demonstrations will be held at Grant Keith’s orchard near the city. Organizers credit Robert Barr for securing the meeting and invite all fruit culture farmers to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daviess County
Court House
George R. Ryall
Purdue Experiment Station
Lafayette
C. G. Woodbury
Game Institution
San Jose
Grant Keith
Robert Barr
Plainville man fined for running single board game
Sheriff Colbert arrested a man on Pleasantville home grounds for running a game of chance known as a single board. He pled guilty before Justice Daugherty and was fined one dollar plus costs. The arrest followed the sheriff turning the prisoner over to Constable Matt Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colbert
Garvest
Plainville
Matt Cox
Justice Daugherty
Linton Social Club Suspends Operations
Linton residents learn the Linton Social club will suspend its activities, ending its long run as a local gathering spot. The decision comes as the club, one of the first social venues in the town, determines its future course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Club dissolves as members quit business in Linton
The club in Linton announces voluntary shutdown with all goods in the Gastineau building on West Tennessee Street to be cleared by Monday night. Directors Jonas Meredith William Thompson and Frank Gibb resign to pursue other ventures, Thompson moving to Princeton to open a dry beer and soft drink shop, Gibb to Washington, and Meredith becoming traveling agent for Capital City Brewing while redeveloping the building for wholesale and retail operations.
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Linton
Gastineau
West Vintennes Street
Jonas Meredith
Wiliam Thomapson
Frank Gibb
Thompson
Princeton
Gibb
Washington
Meredith
Capital City Brewing Company
Public Schools To Open Next Monday In City
The opening of public schools, postponed from September 6 due to weather, will occur next Monday with expected heavier enrollment. Transfers from outside Washington require township trustees to authorize attendance at city schools. Buildings are cleaned and ready. 1909-10 term begins under auspicious conditions with new high school instructors Edith Wood and JC Rhodes joining Hamlet Allen and the existing faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. F. Axtell
City c
Edith Wood
Wood
Bloomfield
Anna Jones
JC. C. Rhodes
Indianapolis
J. C. Rhodes
Vincennes
H. J
Rhodes
Indianapolis Board of Health
Hamlet Allen
J. M. Vance
A. O. Fulkerson
Ralph D. Wadsworth
J. E. Garten
R. V.yenne
Pole Skies and Shifting Poles Across the Globe
The article explains how at the north pole night and day extend for months, how the magnetic pole drifts toward North America, and how the north star's position changes over centuries. It notes the procession of the equinoxes, the distance of Vega as a future guiding star, and references Dr. Cook’s Arctic findings about landmasses and ocean prominence.
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North Pole
North Star
Vice Verga
Indianapolis Star
North America
Greenwich
Hipparchus
B. C
Uran Minor
Vega
Lyra
Cook
Polar
Greenland
Africa
South America
Mother Earth
Meetings Set for Saturday in City Superintendent Office
A school notice states that a meeting of the grade teachers will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock and another session at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. Both meetings occur in the city superintendent's office.
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Ers
Ecity
Young Carpenter Charles Brown Dies After Scaffold Fall
Charles Brown age twenty five died at his West Shoals home after a four week battle following a scaffold fall at Shoals on August seven. Son of Lon Brown Shoals town treasurer he had worked with his father on the L D Hincher residence scaffold. A skull fracture led to surgical removal of bone but death followed as physicians could not save him. He was highly regarded as a skilled mechanic and prominent Shoals young man.
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Charles Brown
Shoals
West Shoals
Lon Brown
Ehcals
L. D. Hincher
Brown
New Court House Contract Awarded in Dubois County
The Dubois board of commissioners awarded the courthouse contract to William F. Stillwell of Lafayette Indiana for 56200 after ten bids. The 100 by 75 foot structure follows a 75000 appropriation by the county council and is set to begin September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubois Board of Commissioners
William F. Stillwell
Lafayette
Ind
County Council
Eye cut by glass at Harvest Home grounds
A son of John Clark of Plainville sustained an eye injury on the Harvest Home grounds in Plainville on Friday while carrying an armful of items. The incident occurred at the town event and involved a broken pane of glass nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clark
Plainville
Bottle Explosion Injures Young Clark
A bottle explosion caused glass to cut the eye and ball of a young man named Clark. He was brought to the city and treated by Dr. A. B. Knapop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Clark
A. B. Knapop
Tomato Crop Shortage Forecast in Indiana and U.S. Pack Decline
Indiana tomato yields are expected to be half the average due to heavy rains washing away blossoms and weed shading preventing ripening. A light frost could benefit fields by killing vines and weeds. Nationally the total pack is projected to be about thirty percent below average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
United States
Married Monday Bride and Groom Surprise Friends
Raymond Burton son of Charles Burton and Miss Helen Badelette of East St. Louis daughter of Thaddeus Badelette a B O Southwestern conductor were married Monday in East St. Louis The bridegroom works at the M J Carnahan stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Burton
Charles Burton
Helen Badelette
East St. Louis
Thaddeus Badelette
B. & O. Southwestern
M. J. Carnahan
Farmer Sues B and O Southwestern Railway for 20000
George Russell of Lawrence County has filed suit in Lawrence circuit court against the B and O Southwestern Railway Company seeking 20000 damages. He alleges permanent disability and disfigurement after a train struck and demolished his buggy at the Walker crossing about four miles east of Mitchell last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Russell
Lawrence County
Lawrence
B. & O. Southwestern Railway Company
B. & O. Southwestern
Walker Crossing
Mitchell
Train accident maims Vincoennes worker at crossing
In Vin cennes at the Fifth and Hickman street crossing a fast freight struck John Evans a snapper at the Blackford Widow Glass plant. He was caught under the wheels and maimed for life his left foot cut off and the right foot toes mashed.
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Fifth
Hickman Street
B. & QO. Southwestern
Vincennes
John Evans
Blackford Widow Glass
Hfe
Evans
Baxter Wins State Golf Title at Marion
Baxter, the state golf champion announced last week at Marion, is well known in Washington and highlighted as the rising star in regional circuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Baxter
Marion
Indiana music figure Baxter remembered for recital and golf
A prominent Indiana musical figure Baxter, described as a vodicalist, will be remembered by locals for a recital given in the city two years ago at the music teachers association. Native of Scotland, Baxter has two fine baritone roles and is an avid golf devotee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Music Teachers’ Association
Baxter
Scotland
Waiting for tidings from the frozen north
Mrs. James W. Fortune, wife of a Jeffersonville attorney and former Louisville resident Mattie Verhoeff, follows reports of the pole discovery by Dr. Frederick A Cook and Commander Robert Peary. Her brother John Verhoeft, an explorer for the pole, disappeared in the far north after leaving the Peary expedition, last heard from Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Fortune
Jeffersonville
Mattie Verhoeff
Louisville
Frederick A. Cook
Robert Peary
John Verhoeft
Moore Sued Over Defective Scaffold Injury
Charles Bareford of Bedford sues Menlo Moore, theater owner with the Airdale chain, in Vincennes for $5,000 damages claiming a permanent injury from a defective scaffold while working for Moore. The suit names Moore as defendant in the action filed in Vincennes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menlo Moore
Airdorde
Vincennes
Charles Bareford
Bedford
Moore
Contracts Let For Homes Of Two City Officials
J. W. Ramsey won the contract to construct new houses for Ed List a noted engineer and A. H. Pett an engine inspector. Petts will build on north Meridian street between Herron and Flora. List will have a dwelling on Main and West Eighth streets.
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J. W. Ramsey
Ed List
A. H. Pett
Woman Dies Suddenly in Knox County
Mrs. Henry Karnes of Knox county died suddenly Tuesday morning. Her husband learned of the death while en route to Vincennes and upon returning home he summoned the coroner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Karnes
Knox County
Vincennes
Station Agent Henry Wilson Dies of Tuberculosis
Henry Wilson longtime station agent for the Southern Indiana at Williams Lawrence county died of tuberculosis at forty leaving a widow and one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wilson
Indiana
Williams
Lawrence County
Local Melon Exceeds Weight Expectations in Daviess County
Goshorn of Daviess county sent a Kolb Gbm watermelon weighing sixty three pounds. When cut it fed sixteen people and several baskets were sent to the hogs. The grower boasts of a large yield this year.
Teacher assignment list omits Mrs Carrie Myers
The public schools’ list of teachers for the coming year omits Mrs Carrie Myers. Miss Myers is assigned to grades 1A and 2B at the main school building.
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Carrie Myers
Lst
Miss Myers
Kidney remedy claims health through English physician quote
Folby's Kidney Remedy is marketed with a questionable quote attributed to Dr. Abernethy claiming watchful care of kidneys prevents life danger. The ad promises healthier kidneys, corrected urinary irregularities, and overall system toning sold by Smith & Winton.
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Abernethy
Lfe
Folby
Smith & Winton
Methodist Ministers Meet Farewell Plan For Rev Bacon
Indianapolis ministers met at Roberts Park M E church to arrange a farewell for Rev Charles F Bacon whose term as superintendent of the Indianapolis district will end. The conference will name his successor at a September 18 meeting in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Roberts Park
M. E
Charles F Bacon
Washington
Foley's Urine Laxative Promises System Cleansing
Health and Beauty Aid advert asserts Foley's Urine Laxative clears pimples blotches from complexion by cleansing the system and aiding indigestion liver troubles and constipation. Sold by Smith & Winton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Smith & Winton
No Wonder He Suffers Tony Lapelta’s Agony At City Hospital
Tony Lapelta aged forty years was found on his doorstep in Chicago writheing in agony and was carried to the emergency hospital. He told Dr Wall that he had eaten cherries ice cream peanuts and drank beer. He was taken to the city hospital and may not recover.
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Tony Lapelta
Phorty
Iis
Chicago
Lapelta
Dr. Wall
Warning on cough remedy sale by Smith & Winton
An advert warns readers to use Foleyi’s Honey and Tar for coughs bronchitis hay fever asthma and lung troubles. The product is sold by Smith and Winton with a strong health claim and no alternative remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foleyi
Smith &Winton
Rabbit season closes to November 10 in open fields
The open season for shooting rabbits ends this month and it becomes unlawful to kill them until November 10 after October 1. The law aims to prevent roaming shooters from harming quails when flushed, not to protect rabbits.
Spaulding Arrested After Drinking Incident
Tom Spaulding was arrested Sunday by Marshal Corning after excessive drinking. He appeared before Mayor Russell and was fined 1 dollar plus costs.
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Tom Spaulding
Marshal Corning
Russell
ZEMO Marketed as Cure for Eczema and Itching
A new liquid product named ZEMO is advertised for external use to stop itching and permanently cure eczema and all itching skin or scalp diseases. Druggist Mr Lindeman touts ZEMO as the most successful remedy sold for prompt relief and cure. Customers are invited to ask for a sample and view photos of cures.
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Zemo
Lindeman
Veale Township Trustee Plans Monthly Office Hours
Frank Swann, trustee, announces he will host office hours at his residence in Veale Township on the second and last Thursdays each month to transact any township business that may be brought before him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veale Township
Frank Swann
Township Trustees Notice of Weekly Meetings
Reeve Township trustee will be in his Alfordsville office Saturday to transact all business. R V Cox, Trustee. Washington Township trustee office is over Waller s harness shop at East Fourth and Main and all business will be attended to on Friday. Grant Keith, Trustee.
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Reeve Township
Alfordsville
Aim
R. V. Cox
Washington Township
Waller
East Fourth
Main Streets
Pdor
Grant Keith
Coroner Links Death to Blow In 1909 Daviess County
Coroner Union H. Holder reports an inquest into the body found in Sherman woods on August 30 1909. He identifies the deceased as James McDonald age thirty five with dark eyes and hair and about five feet six inches tall. The cause of death is a blunt instrument blow to the skull delivered upward from the left ear with the date of death around August 19 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union H. Holder
Daviess County
Indiana
Sherman Woods
James McDonald
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Beneft
Gamster
Liquor Club
Walnut Street
Ophelia Roddick
Edna Wilson
Josephine Sanford
Katherine Foster
Pauline Sanford
Katherine Wilson
Amy Barr
Myrtle Bennett
Mary D. Aikman
Pansy Horrall
West End School
Mary Shirley
Edith Cottingham
Cora Hunter
Margaret Walsh
Mary Harvard
Stella O’donald
J. H. Hopewell
J. E. Gilley
South Side
Harriett Cook
Irene Spitz
Mary McGravell
Eula Sanford
Lucy McGeehee
Mary H. Wright
Helen Fish
W. P. Denningan
Negro School
C. F. Maxwell
Young Carpenter
New Court House
Health and Beauty Aid
Netice
DR. O'C. Fairhurst
Fairhurst
O’c. Fairhurst
Hyatt Hotel
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