Wreck on Sparksville Line Injures Engineer Humphrey
Enos Humphrey, city engineer, severely injured with crushed hips after a derailment near Sparksville on B C Southwestern Train 12. Fireman Harvey Pratt slightly injured. One passenger hurt. Washouts five hundred to fifteen hundred feet stretch tracks. property loss estimated at twenty thousand dollars. Trains detoured via Seymour Bedford and Mitchell with track clearance hoped for late afternoon. Mrs Humphrey travels to Seymour by special train.
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Enos Humphrey
Harvey Pratt
Sparksvile
Caseysville
Munols
B. & C. Southwestern
Humphrey
Sparkeville
Seymour
Sparksville
Thin Hill
St. Louia
Kelso
Zoe Humphrey
Indiana
Seymmour
Bedford
Mitchell
B. Carothers
J. R. Shuford
L. E B. Wood
Cinginnati
Chatr
Mitchel
Monon
Beymour Aun
Cinetmae
Sparkéville
Ihja Ciy
Eggina
Washington
West End
St.ig
Vandali Central
Southwstern
Ifelive
Starksvilla Weeek
Raine
Fragmentary Memo of Clergy Visit and Local Tales
A garbled 19th or early 20th century text mentions a Reverend visiting a church, attending a convention, and various people in a diocese. It references St Doling, an Endianaps bishop, and Boone’s hardware. The passage contains many misspellings and broken sentences, with no clear coherent event or outcome.
Republican caucus gambles to pick truant officer
The county board of education Republicans used a gamble to select the truant officer. Six candidates included Ellis and Stotts. after ballots, the envelope number eight was guessed as eleven, giving Stotts the post. Also set September 14 school openings and reading adoption for fifth and sixth grades.
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Republican Caucus
Trainey
Joe Statts
William Shma
Madison
Charles T. Els
Gilley
John Lucas
George W. Sulder
Joseph Bf. Stotts
Frank Wadeworth
Ellis
Stotts
Barria
Stuckey, Brown and Smith
Sims
Wadsworth
Godwin
Banta
Stells
Ellis and
811S
Joe Steits
Oden and Trustes
Stuckey
Veale
Stotis
Harry H. Crooke
Uf Board
Gorby
Steves
First Voter Urges Youth to Choose Democratic Path
The Mount Vernon Star editorial titled The First Voter urges the 1908 youth to vote with informed duty. It argues young voters should avoid mob bias, notes Republicans in a minority, and praises the Democratic Party as equal and people’s, encouraging a study-minded first ballot for the coming campaign.
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Mount Vernon Star
Republican Party
Dopa
Democratic Party
Perfidious Herald Aims to Oust Nugent in County Politics
The piece accuses the county machine led by Davie s county officials of orchestrating the rejection of Thomas Nugent as chairman. It portrays the Herald as a loyal Republican organ and condemns the alleged treachery as a betrayal of Nugent’s long service and standing in the district.
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Thomas Nugent
Basta
Daviess County
Nugent
the Herald
Fragmented 1890s notes on power, streets and rail lines
Fragmentary OCR text describes repairs to an electric light plant, gas and candle use, power outages, and street conditions around Main Street. Mentions B and O South Western lines near Arlington, lights rising at White Rivers, and supply issues with wood pulp products. Also references a marriage date and rail line disruption near St. Louis.
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Egypt
Africa
Rome
White Rivers
Marriage Ceremony for McAtee Groom at Simon's Church
Miss Ge tu marria Jian trulle McAtee was tint ed eight o'clock this morning. The ceremony at Simon's church. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Hing ot eau. The bridal party and attendants went to the bride's parents home for dinner. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Albert McAtee.
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Ge Tu Marria
Jian Trulle McAtee
Dowling
Simon
Mika
Albert McAtea
Iea
Bush
Hing
Pike County contractor takes Harrison system contract
A bid by Frank Jean of Petersburg led the Harrigan township road project with a $14,340 offer for four miles of improved roads. Other bids for extensions were listed for the Steven Drury extension and city street work, with various bidders including McCoy and Wilson. The county board granted several petitions for improved road extensions though funding and construction will extend over years.
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Harrigan
Frank Jean
Petersburg
Jean
Steven Drury
McCoy
Milton Wilson
Josiah G
Chaggei “Bogard Township
County Board of Commissioners
Venera
George’ A. Maith
Enginger
Robert Lester
Samuel’ Means Georg
Settlement Sought After Fourteen Year Deed
A court case notes Sarah Edwards and William H Bowman filed to set aside a deed for four and a half acres of land sold for 450 dollars. The complainants allege misdealings over the land transfer and seek an accounting of rents and profits, with improper valuation and consideration details mentioned.
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Dreakt
Sarah Edwards
Wiliam H. Bowman
Tha Blatntite, Son
Tranateriee
Bowman
Macy
Haneon
Logical Compromise Alters 1908 Campaign Dynamics
The passage notes Alvin Padgett and Davis coal figures in a near compromise for a nomination. It references Linton Call and William Moss of Linton shaping the central committee for the 1908 campaign, noting Moss’s prior service on the state car matter in 1892 and a Democratic lean.
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Alvin Padgett
Davis Coal
Cilroy
Selec Linton
William M. Moss
Linton
Moss
The Lion and the Mouse Play Heard
Readable lines describe a performance featuring Henry and B Hardsig praising a successful show. A note mentions May, Monday night, a game, and an audience applauding, with a mention that a performer could not sing tonight.
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Ally
Knights of Columbus to Host State Meeting in Watowwal
Knights of Columbus prepare for the state meeting in Watowwal with a members only reception Monday and a closed business session Tuesday. Rev Father Vaughan will lecture on Sermons from Shakespeare at the opera house with a public reception to follow for members and their guests. George Hopking travels to Terre Haute for the Modern Woodmen of America state meeting and seeks a delegate seat for the national gathering in Peoria. Indiana sends three representatives per district. Hopking aims to be one of them.
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Washington Knights
George Hopking
Knights of Columbus
K. of C. Hall
Father Vaughan
Opera House
Shakespeare
K. of C. Ball
Terre Hanth
Modern
Woodmen of America
Hopkins W
Midiane
Order
Peoria
Inola
Tyne
Indiana
Hopkins
FIRE EATER BURNED IN CLOWN STUNT ACCIDENT
A Petersburg entertainer performing a fire eating stunt suffered severe burns when a cotton wick soaked in gasoline ignited. The flame trapped his clothing as he fled a crowd, and bystanders helped smother the fire after a long dash, leaving him unconscious for hours but expected to recover.
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Petersburg
Tiper
Robert Smith
Taner
Washington High School Class of 1908 Graduation
The Washington high school graduation exercises will be held at the opera house on Thursday May 28. The class has thirty one graduates: ten boys and twenty one girls. Marie Doyle will deliver the tentatory address and Ruth E B Cunningham the valedictory. Mae Robinson will give a reading and tone solo. Mr Atel will secure a speaker for the occasion to address the class.
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Washington High School
Opera House
Doyle
Marie
Ruth EB. Cunningham
Mae Robinson
Scoble
Atel
Democratic Prosecuting Attorney Convention at Loogootee
The Democratic convention to nominate a prosecuting attorney for the 49th circuit will meet in Loogootee on June 20. The gathering includes twenty two delegates from Daviess and Martin counties with four from Baviesa and eight from Martiz. Two candidates from Daviess County are Arthur H. Greenwood and Chari Williams.
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Daviess
Martin Counties
Loogooteé
Baviesa
Martiz
Daviess County
Arthur H. Greenwood
Chari
Williams
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