Changes at Court House Early Next Year
Changes in county offices begin January 1 with shifts in treasurer recorder and sheriff. George Godwin and Truclove lead new terms, with Maud Godwin as deputy. Henry J. McCracken will replace Smoot as recorder, and Fielding Colbert becomes deputy. John G. Shanks starts as board president, with H. Sefriz and W. Killions in new terms as commissioners. William Aikman continues as county attorney.
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John Shanks
Court House
Sharem
Tipublicans
Afpiiatio
Yom Nugent
Alf Wallace
George Godwin
Romeo H. C. Truclove
Reeve Township
Maud Godwin
Godwin
James E. Gilley
Mr. Truelove
Peoples Realty Company
William P. Smoot
County Recorder
County Board of Commissioners
John G. Shanks
Hanks
Henry H. Sefriz
William ¥. Killions
William al. Aikman
Road Supervisors Elected in Boxtown and Sugarland Districts
Elections held this morning between 9 and 12 chose men to oversee dirt roads. Men receive two dollars a day for sixty days. In Boxtown Ed McCoy and Bazil Decker tied with twenty five votes each. Sugarland reported no votes cast and seven Amen went to the polls.
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Boxtown
Ed McCoy
Bazil Decker
Sugarland
Senator Slage to Speak in Franklin Lecture Series
Senator L. Ert Slack of Franklin will deliver the second lecture in the men course at the First M E church next Thursday night December 19. He will arrive on the B and Southwestern No 1 from the east and will be escorted by a committee chaired by Rev I W Baker including A O Fulkerson E C Faith Dr R M Smiley E E Hastings D M Vance M M Mitchell Admission free and all invited to attend.
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Franklin
Meng
Dober
B. & . Southwestern
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A. O. Fulkerson
E. C. Faith
R.M. Smiley
E. E. Hastings
D. M. Vance
M. M. Mitchell
Senator Stack
December Attractions at Coats & Moment Opera House
Managers announce December shows including The Woman of Mystery on December 16 and Human Slave on December 18. December 25 features Texarkana with an afternoon matinee, and Quincy Adams appears on December 28. The Lilly and the?
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Coats & Moment
Opera House
Texarkana
Quincy Adams
Uber
Lilly and the
Glass Water Sets and Haviland China Plates Offerings
Fragmentary ad-like text shows glass water sets priced from 6.5 to 28.00 dollars and Haviland china plates listed with values around 70 to 125 dollars. Also mentions plate items in various odd spellings and prices.
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Haviland
Drilling Starts at Odon Prospecting Site in Stoy Switch
The Odon Prospecting Company begins drilling a thirteen inch hole at the Stoy switch, with its own plant and round‑the‑clock work planned. The workforce is mostly Derréss County men, capitalized at 50000 dollars, as crews rush to complete the new well.
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Odon Prospecting Company
Stoy
Poinjaz
Ilog
Stoy Switch
Dariéss County
Fragmentary report of sheep disaster in Washington valley
A partial 19th century despatch describes a group of sheep being driven near a winter valley when sleet caused ground to give way. Several animals fell into a river or precipice, with one leader killed and others drowned or missing as plans to save them failed.
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Daca
Golden Valley Cantata to Aid Local Charity
The Ta ties Matinee Musical plans a Tuesday evening performance of The Golden Valley Cantata at the Christian church. The work, based on a 11th century Breton legend, follows Sir Izuch de Van and Sybil as a flower legend unfolds and ends with a rescued maiden and a triumphant restoration.
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Izuch de van
Sybil
Hugh Ale
Presbyterian women unite for Pastor's Aid agenda
Women of the Presbyterian church vote to consolidate into one Pastor's Aid society aimed at assisting the pastor and church officers and raising funds. Mr. Powell known as Brotherhood Powell to speak on Women's Work in the Church and later on The Brotherhood Movement and Revivals.
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Powell
Sundas School
Ponmer People’s
Y. Pls Cokat Eh
Biseu Sie
Sir Powell
Beasley Trial Set for Monday in Linton
Defense blocks state motion delaying hearing as George Beasley faces wife murder charge in Bloomfield. Indictment cites June killing witnessed by three children. Beasley held at Sullivan with health failing. Insanity defense anticipated. over two hundred potential witnesses summoned.
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George 2.Beasley
Linton
Bloomfield
Beasty
Beasley
Sullivan
Suits Against DuPonts Filed In Indiana Courts
In Haute Indiana December 14 damage suits against the DuPont powder company mount as property owners seek judgments. Some cases allege personal injuries including 15000 for Maude Thomas and 10000 by her mother. The company offers rebuilds only on board assessed terms and has paid cash based on its own appraisals. Nine injured remain hospitalized in Terre Haute as relief committees aid Fontanet families with provisions and temporary housing.
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E Haute
Ind
Khown
Maude Thomas
Joaneca
Powder Company
Sinc
Teyre Haute
Jrelief
Fontanetj
Fontanet
Storm damages Pensacola shipping and New cotton supply update
A Pensacola storm caused substantial damage to local shipping interests. The world's visible cotton supply stands at 4 164 497 bales versus 4 072 155 last week. US business failures reach 284 in the week, up from 272. Northwest liberal receipts and rising stocks weigh on Chicago wheat. Dr Thomas Gilmore, former Lycoming county coroner, commits suicide in Williamsport office. William Shields dies by self-inflicted gunshot at Parkersburg. Indian affairs report notes millions lost yearly to dead timber on reservations. Commercials signal weekly changes with cautious optimism per BR. G. Dun & weekly review.
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Northwest
Chicago
I Thomas Gilmore
Lycoming County
Williamsport
Wiliam Shields
Parkersburg
Church Mass Schedule and Clergy Listings
The entry lists masses at St Simon's and St Mary's churches with times 8 am 10:04 am and 3 pm vespers, and notes clergy including Rev J W Doyle Rev Patrick Griffin and Francia Torbeck. St John's Church rector listed with 10:30 time.
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Tor
Patrick Griffin
St. Mary's Church
Loly
Francia Torbeck
St. John's Church
Nervy Escape, of a Wounded Man, South Band, Ind
Lewis Baker, a railway foreman, attacked his wife and fled into Lake Shore Railway yards. Police engaged in a running battle as Baker fired on officers, was struck in the face by a glancing bullet, and escaped by jumping to a locomotive pilot during a freight train chase.
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Wayne
Ind
Ada Williams
Jacob Schnelry
John Schaefer
Samuel Lewis
United States
Logan
Lewis
Brady
Nervy
South Band
Lewis Baker
Lake Shore
Baker
Freshmen Outwit Upperclassmen At Masonic Hall Banquet
Freshman class members staged a playful ruse by disguising their president Harold Colbert as a girl to slip past upperclassmen at a March banquet in the Masonic hall. Colbert and a classmate were later discovered inside. several pranksters were detained briefly but released. The event drew about ninety attendees with games and contests.
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Cape Ture
Colvert
Elmer Oliphant
Olphant
Art Exhibit by H H Wesser at Vonderschmidt’s store
H H Wesser presents an art show at Vonderschmidt's music store next week. He has spent two years in Paris studying and has exhibited in major cities. About forty pictures will be shown with W E Bryan from Cincinnati accompanying and presenting water colors and etchings in Washington.
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Vonderschmidt
Tor
Art Academy
Cincinnati
Wesser
Washington
Indiana Delegation Faces Denver Fundraising Start
A local note estimates Indiana delegates need about $400 each to cover railroad and hotel costs for the Denver trip, plus the usual expenses, as a starting fund to present a united front.
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Denver
Corn Prices Drop Amid Elevator Market Activity
The Cop has declined to thirty eight Coates at the elevators this week. Judge John Caress in the White River valley predicts prices may rise later, noting contracts set earlier in the season. The Elnora Star reports a market for corn is currently contracted.
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John
Caress
White River Valley
Elnora
Texarkana Set for Christmas Attraction at Opera House
An advance representative of the Texarkana dramatic company visited the city announcing a special Christmas attraction at the opera house with both matinee and evening showings. The notice urges audience to prepare stockings in white and blue and to fill them.
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Texarkana
Taxark Will
Opera House
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