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The Decade Was 1900's
Various newspaper items concerning Boone County and its
residents in the early 1900's. You'll find a bit of everything ...
deaths, births, accidents, crime ... and even humor. All
items are transcribed exactly as they appeared in the
publication, so please bear in mind that it was a different
time and sometimes those editors wrote with a bit of flair,
and describing gory details seemed to be their specialty!
Even if you don't find an ancestor or two among these pages,
you'll still find it interesting to read the news of their
day. And if you *do* find a relative in some of these news
clips, you might turn up a real surprise or two!
Use the "find" feature on your browser
to locate particular surnames
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, Indiana
Friday, 17, May 1901, page 2
John DAVIS, a brother of Lebanon, 40 years old,
unmarried, was found beside the Big Four Railroad track,
west of Lebanon, early Tuesday morning with both legs cut
off and body bruises and a wound on the back of his head. He
was unconscious when found and died at 3 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon without regaining conscious. How the accident
happened is unknown. He was drinking heavily Monday evening,
but his brother, Jesse thinks there is likely to be other
causes of his death when fully investigated.
Transcribed by:
Janet Isley Price
(no relationship to individuals) - October 14, 2007
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, Indiana
Friday, 15 June 1900, page 4
Boone County Deaths
Mrs. Margaret R. Hamilton, west of Lebanon, died last
Friday, age 43 years.
Flora M. Brown, south of Lebanon, died Saturday,
aged 45 years.
Wm. Harrison, Harrison Township, died Saturday,
aged 77 years.
Mrs. Ellen Moran, Perry Township, died Saturday,
age 68 years.
Transcribed by:
Janet Isley Price
(no relationship to individuals) - October 9, 2007
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, Indiana
Friday, 13 July 1900, page 2
Boone County Deaths
Nelson W. Weakley, who was agent at Thorntown, and
one of the oldest employees of the Big Four Rail Road, died
Monday night.
Transcribed by:
Janet Isley Price
(no relationship to individuals) - October 9, 2007
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, Boone County, Indiana
Friday, 29 June 1906, Page 1
Thomas MITCHELL, aged sixty, of Thorntown, was
instantly killed Tuesday morning about 10 o’clock at the Big
Four pumping station in Thorntown. Mr. MITCHELL was
assisting in putting in a new boiler at the pumping station.
The chain used in hoisting the boiler broke letting the
heavy mass of metal fall to the ground. Mr. MITCHELL’s
head was caught between the boiler and the wall and was
badly crushed. Death was instantaneous.
Transcribed by:
Janet Isley Price
(no relationship to individuals) - October 9, 2007
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, Boone County, Indiana
Friday, 23 November 1906, page 1
Charles SLIDER, an engineer on a steam derrick train
on Chicago division of the Big Four, was killed at Thorntown
Monday morning. The train was crossing Sugar creek when Mr.
SLIDER was struck by the side of the bridge and
knocked from the engine, his body falling into the water
below. He was thirty-three years old and leaves a wife and
one child in Indianapolis.
Transcribed by:
Janet Isley Price
(no relationship to individuals) - October 9, 2007
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, California
August 03, 1902
POISON CLOSES
LIFE OF CRIME
Hunted Ex-Convict Commits Suicide at Winnemucca.
WINNEMUCCA, Nev., Aug. 2.—The mystery veiling the suicide of
the young musician at Golconda three days ago has been
cleared by the finding of letters written by the deceased.
The suicide, who during his short sojourn in this State was
known as Humes, was really A. P. McMillan, a
fugitive from justice. A note giving the history of his
crimes is addressed "To whom it may concern." From his early
youth he has languished in reform schools, jails and
prisons, and his record throughout the State of California
extends back over ten years. He deserted his wife, to whom
he was illegally married, In Klamath Falls, Ore., and, with
officers of the law closely on his trail and another term in
the penitentiary staring him in the face, he resolved to
cheat justice with suicide. In his letters McMillan
bemoans his checkered career and counts as his final act of
crime the ending of his own life. He took strychnine and his
body was not discovered for several days.
McMillan came to this place about two weeks ago
and seemed to be a man of more than ordinary intelligence.
He was loth [sic] to talk about his past, and, being unable
to obtain other employment, took a job playing the violin in
a local saloon. He was an excellent musician and master of
several instruments.
On last Saturday night he complained of being ill, and after
retiring for the night disappeared as mysteriously as he had
appeared in the locality. On Wednesday word came from
Golconda that the man's body had been found in a room In the
Golconda Hotel, where it had lain three days. Clutched in
one hand was a box that had contained stychnine. [sic] It
was clearly a case of suicide.
The case was one of mystery for two days until the letters
were found In the room formerly occupied by the suicide in
this city. They were as follows:
No doubt when this is found and read I will be no more. I am
not exactly crazy, but I am determined to put an end to a
worthless renegade. Ever since I was six years of age I have
done nothing but pile one wrong on top of another. When I
was thirteen years old my father put me in the reform school
at Plainfield, Ind. I was there until I was eighteen, when I
escaped, and came to California. Then I got in trouble and
went up to the Arctic on a whaler to escape punishment. When
I got back I went down into Monterey County, Cal., and
served
six months and was sent from Hollister to San Quentin in
'96. I got out in '97 and four months afterward married in
Mariposa County, Cal. After seventeen months I deserted my
wife and child and went to Ukiah under the name of Blake.
I stole a bicycle and went to Hanford, was arrested there
and sentenced to four months for embezzlement. I was taken
from there back to Ukiah and sentenced to six months for the
bicycle theft. I did thirty days and escaped and went to
Crescent City. I got into trouble there and had to leave a
few months later. Then I wandered down into Placer County,
at Ophir, under the name of E. Selma and left there
owing about $300 and took a cornet and a violin. Then I went
to Klamath Falls, Or., and married. I made many friends in
Klamath Falls. I lived with my wife two months when I had to
leave to evade officers. I had very little money so
appropriated other people's coin and a wheel. I have been
chased to this place.
Now I am sure no one will blame me for taking my own life
under these circumstances. I try constantly to reform, but
to no avail. It is utterly impossible for me to avoid these
spells, for I am only a criminal by fits and when I get
those fits I am helpless. I have concluded to commit one
more and quit for always—that is, kill myself. Hoping the
victims of my mania will in a way forgive me, I will now
administer final punishment.
A. P. McMillan.
P. S., Please notify my wife, Mrs. Edna McMillan,
Klamath Falls. Or.; also my father, A. McMillan, at
Lebanon, Boone County, Ind.
To whom it may concern: My name is A. P. McMillan. I
have been playing violin in Winnemucca for W. J. Bell
under the name of Humes. I have a wife living at
Klamath Falls, Or., Mrs. Edna McMillan. In case of my
death, please notify my wife, also my father, at Lebanon,
Ind., A. M. McMillan.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - September 17, 2007
Repository: The Library of Congress
Blue Grass Blade
Lexington, Kentucky
Sunday, April 30, 1905
CLERGYMAN
Stabbed One of His Flock In Argument Over a Negro
LEBANON, IND., April 15 -- A sensation was created here
today when Rev. John Dodge, pastor of the Holiness
Church, was arrested, charged with having stabbed Oscar
Johnson, a member of his congregation, during a quarrel
at a meeting which was being held to consider the
advisability of allowing a negro to preach to the
congregation.
During a heated argument between Miss Mamie Chambers
and the pastor the latter slapped the preacher's face. The
act angered the pastor's wife, who engaged Miss Chambers
in a physical encounter. At this juncture it is alleged that
Oscar Johnson took part In the encounter and almost
instantly he was attacked by Rev. Dodge. Johnson
received a serious knife wound in the back. Rev. Dodge
was released under bond. Johnson will recover.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - September 17, 2007
Repository: The Library of Congress
The Central Record
Lancaster, Kentucky
June 03, 1910
Bryantsville
Mrs. Fannie Bryant left Friday for an extended visit
to her sister, Mrs. Margaret Parr, at Lebanon Ind.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - September 17, 2007
Repository: The Library of Congress
Unknown Boone County Newspaper
July 1900
FAITHLESS LOVER
Miss Mary Griffith, Disappointed
in Love, Commits Suicide.
Broken-Heated [sic] Girl Confesses Cause of Her Act to
Physician -- Her Lover Charles Smiley, Weds Another.
[see original
news clipping for complete story]
Note: Per Indiana death records, Mary Griffith died
July 21, 1900, Marion Twp., Boone County.
Surnames in article: Griffith, Griffiths,
Davenport, Smiley, Padget, Padgett,
Hendricks.
Submitted by:
Julie Townsend - September 7, 2007
Coshocton Daily Times
Coshocton, Ohio
Monday, May 3, 1909
Fred Graves, prosecuting attorney of Boone county,
Ind., was drowned when his canoe was swept over a dam near
Lebanon.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - August 20, 2007
The Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska
Friday Morning, July 24, 1908
Page 5
Up-To-Date
Friends of Judge Samuel R. Artman, of Lebanon, Ind.,
are booming him for the prohibition nomination for
president. He is a circuit court judge of Boone county,
Ind., and gave a decision against the constitutionality of
licensing saloons on February 13, 1907. According to the
decision the state of Indiana had no more right to license
liquor selling than to license gambling, being dangerous to
public morals and public safety. The decision supported the
claims of the anti-nuisance league of Indiana and was hailed
by prohibitionists as affording a means of combating liquor
selling throughout the nation. Since the decision Judge
Artman has been in demand as a lecturer for prohibition.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - August 20, 2007
The Newark Advocate
Newark, Ohio
Wednesday Evening, February 5, 1902
Death Bed
Gift Leads To A Remarkable Discovery.
Man for 25 Years Recognized Two
Wives in Different Cities -- Affecting Scene
Chicago, Ill., Feb. 5 -- A death-bed gift has led to the
discovery of a remarkable story of two homes maintained by
one man.
Mrs. Sarah A. Wright and her daughter, Mrs. Lillie
Felmlie, have just returned from Whitestown, Ind. where
they secured proof that Wm. Wright, their husband and
father respectively, had for a quarter of a century
recognized two wives in different cities. Wright, a
respected wagon maker of Whitestown, died a month ago. At
that time he gave out the information which led the wife
with whom he was living to find the wife he had deserted
after she had borne him six children.
Wright was married to his first wife in 1865, and
lived with her until 1874. At that time trouble caused the
couple to part and Wright drifted to Indiana from
Chicago. Two years after he arrived at Whitestown he married
his second wife. This was twenty-one years after his first
marriage. For years Wright did not visit his first
wife in Chicago, but finally the longing became so strong to
see her that he came. After that he visited here frequently.
She refused to live with him because her family by that time
became able to support themselves and her at the same time.
Just before his death Wright told his Whitestown wife
of a son, Charles Wright, who lived in Chicago, and
requested that his gold watch be sent to him.
After the funeral the Indiana wife wrote to Charles Theodore
Wright of this city and the correspondence which
followed proved to her that the first wife of the man to
whom she supposed she had been legally married for
twenty-five years was still living and that consequently she
had been living with a bigamist.
Mrs. Sarah Wright of this city, accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. Lillie G. Felmlie, went to Whitestown
a few days ago and the scene between the two wives was
affecting.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - August 20, 2007
The Newark Advocate
Newark, Ohio
Tuesday Evening, November 10, 1903
TRAVELED
Like Baggage Because He Could Not Talk -- Strange Malady of
an Indiana Man.
Crawfordsville, Ind., Nov. 10 -- W. T. Lawell of New
Rose, [sic] Ind., has just passed through the unique
experience of traveling all the way from Texas like a piece
of baggage.
He stepped from a Big Four train bearing a tag which read:
"This is W. T. Lawell. He cannot talk. He is going to
New Ross, Ind."
Without a word of warning he appeared at his home and only
after hours of labor was able to make his family understand
his strange dilemma. He was at work in Texas for a big
lumber company and was injured in some mysterious way. The
wife tried in vain to learn his trouble, but the man seemed
dazed and has not sufficiently recovered to explain his
condition. Lawell is suffering from paralysis of the
brain, caused by a blood clot. He cannot talk and his mind
is a blank. With a moan he points to his head, indicating
that he has been badly injured. Not one word to solve the
mystery has been received from the Hildergard Lumber
company of Laurelia, Texas, by whom he was employed. He will
probably die.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - August 20, 2007
The Daily Review
Decatur, Illinois
May 30, 1901
Atwood
James Weatherly has just returned from Boone county,
Ind., where he has purchased a farm.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - August 20, 2007
The Daily Review
Decatur, Illinois
February 28, 1908
M. L. Deck and Miss Cora Deck have been called
to New Ross, Ind., on account of the death of Mrs. Deck's
mother Thursday. Mrs. Deck went to New Ross last week
and was with her mother at the latter's death.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - August 20, 2007
Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
October 27, 1902
YOUTH TO THE FORE
New Head of Sons of Veterans Youngest Man to Hold That
Office
Frank Martin the new commander in chief of the Sons
of Veterans, is the youngest man ever elected to the
position and the only one ever chosen without opposition.
Mr. Martin is a native of Lebanon, Ind., and is now
in his thirty-second year. He has been prominent in the
affairs of the Sons of Veterans for several years and in
1895, while still in college, was elected state commander of
the order in Indiana, holding the office for two terms. For
eight years he has been deputy auditor of Indiana.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - July 17, 2007
Freeborn County Standard
Albert Lea, Minnesota
July 11, 1900
Sarah Place celebrated her one hundredth birthday in
Lebanon, Ind.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - July 17, 2007
Des Moines Daily Leader
Des Moines, Iowa
December 8, 1901
Shot Father and Himself
Lebanon, Ind., Dec. 7 -- Arthur Gobble, aged 24,
after shooting and seriously wounding his father, John
Gobble, 55 years old, a farmer, today, went home, told
his mother of his deed, fired a shot into his head and fell
dying at her feet. The old man was working in a field when
Arthur approached and demanded that his father collect a
bill that was due him. Upon the old man telling his son that
he would attend to his own affairs without advice, the boy
drew a revolver and fired three shots. The old man was
seriously injured but will recover.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - July 17, 2007
Coshocton Daily Age
Coshocton, Ohio
May 17, 1907
Friday, Page 1 and 7
LESLIE DAWSON GOT $100 AND SIX MONTHS
Coshocton Man Admits Bigamy Charge in Indianapolis Court
-- Sentenced Today
Indianapolis, Ind., May 17 -- (Special) -- Dawson was fined
$100 and costs and sentenced to six months in the county
workhouse at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
______________________
Indianapolis May 17 -- "Mon Cher Minette: They can't hang
me darling. They can't kill me. And they can't keep me in
prison all my life. And when I do get out we two will live
together in a nice little country[?] home where life will be
one long sweet song.
"A thousand kisses for yours."
The note, rich in
sentiment, ___ scribbled on very plain paper that was
supplied to Leslie Dawson by an attaché of the Marion
County jail [?] was addressed to Mrs. Minnie Dawson,
No. 2. It was read in evidence in Criminal Court, this
afternoon, where Dawson was on trial, charged with
bigamy.
He Pleads Guilty
Judge William Irvin, at the conclusion of the hearing
of the case, indicated that he would find the man guilty of
bigamy today, but he said he wanted time to consider what
proper punishment would be in the case. John W. Kern,
the bigamist's lawyer, pleaded guilty for his client but
said much at the close of the case about "mitigating
circumstances" which lawyers for the state and others about
the court room thought were mythical.
Poor Memory
Dawson was on the witness stand. He admitted that he
married Minnie Kinney -- she who received the note
and the thousand kisses -- without knowing that Mrs. Minnie
Dawson of Coshocton, O. had been divorced from him.
He said he had heard through a friend that she had applied
for a divorce, but his memory was rather hazy about this.
The Ohio Minnie Dawson was here to testify against
her husband and she told how he had deserted her and their
three little children at a time when she was ill and could
do nothing toward her own support.
It was shown how Dawson had been arrested here for
deserting his former wife a short time after he had married
the second time and how his Ohio wife learned, through her
inquiries about him here, that he had married another woman.
He succeeded in avoiding the embarrassment of letting Minnie
Kinnie Dawson know he was a bigamist until the Ohio
wife caused his arrest here a short time after he had given
bond [?] at Coshocton to support his wife No. 1 and his three
little children.
The Second Wedding
Mrs. Dawson No. 2, who appeared to have a real
affection for her husband -- she to whom he sent the kisses
-- told how she had come to Indianapolis from her home
near [?] Zionsville and had found employment in an Illinois
street boarding house where Dawson was manager. They
loved and they wedded three months after her arrival from
the farm. And she said they were happy until the law placed
a barrier of iron between them.
Mr. Kern told a joke about a man who was charged with
bigamy and otherwise seemed not to regard the
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offense particularly seriously. He said a certain man was
charged with bigamy and that the judge when it came time to
rule on the case, declared that since the man had seven
wives, he was not guilty of bigamy at all, that he was
"guilty of pleurisy."
Attorneys for the state and others in the court room,
including Judge Irvin, smiled. Mr. Kern
laughed, Dawson smiled. She of the thousand kisses
laughed quite heartily. But she of the three little children
at Coshocton, O., did not smile. The whole procedure
appealed to her as being a very serious matter.
Under the law, the man might be fined in any sum not
exceeding $1,000. To this might be added imprisonment of not
to exceed six months in jail. Or, he may be sentenced to
from 2 to 5 years in the state prison.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - April 14, 2007
Transcriber Note: Indiana marriage records show that
William L. Dawson married Minatta L. Kinney on
21 November 1906 in Marion County, Indiana. Source: Marion
County Indiana Index to Marriage Records 1906 - 1910, Book:
43, OS Page: 519. On the 1910 census, Minnie Kinney
is shown as single and living in the home of her parents,
Jeremiah and Margaret Kinney in Eagle Twp.,
Zionsville, Boone County, Indiana.
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana
November 25. 1908
FOUND DEAD AMONG HIDDEN WEALTH
LEBANON, Ind., Nov. 24 -- At the home of David Slayback, a
bachelor who was found dead near Lebanon Saturday, the
neighbors yesterday found in a pile of corncobs an even
$2,000, all in gold. The money had originally been tied up
in paper, but rats had been at work and the coins were well
scattered through the pile of cobs.
Mr. Slayback drew $4,700 in cash from a Lebanon bank last
spring. He was eccentric. A few years ago he was worked for
$3,000 by sharpers who sold him some worthless paper.
Two years ago he built a church at Rosston for the
congregation there paying all of the expenses himself.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - March 11, 2007
Decatur Herald
Decatur, Illinois
November 10, 1905
HAS GONE TO FAMILY REUNION
M. L. Deck Will Meet With Relatives
at Whitestown, Ind.
M. L. Deck left Tuesday for Whitestown, Ind., where
he will attend a family reunion. There he will meet his
sisters, Mrs. J. A. Dishner of Tennesee[sic],
Mrs. William Harr of Whitestown, and his brother,
Joseph Deck of Urbana, Ill, The reunion there is the
first time that they have been together in thirty-five
years. M. L. Deck has met his brother and sisters
several times during those years, but it was only recently
that Mrs. Dishner and Joseph Deck met for the
first time in thirty-five years, and now they have arranged
for a meeting before Mrs. Dishner returns to her home
in Tennessee.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - 1/20/2007
State Social and Personal News
The Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana
October 31, 1909
THORNTOWN
Bert Aldridge was home from Indianapolis Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Stall were in Chicago Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. E. A. Godley and daughter Caroline have returned
home from a visit at Winamac, Ind.
The Over the-Teacups Club was entertained at the home of
Miss Jeanette Jaques Monday evening.
The Wild Cats Club will give a Halloween party Monday
evening at the home of Miss Hester Seawright.
Mrs. M. O. Wallace, Mrs. M. E. Cahill and P.
J. Wallace, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Johnson, returned to their home in Milwaukee Friday.
Miss Gladys La Rue, a student and a member of the
Alpha Phi Sorority at De Pauw, was home Sunday. She was
accompanied by Miss Inez Gass, also a member of the
same sorority.
LEBANON
Mrs. Ivory C. Tolle was hostess to the Magazine Club
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Ruth Dame of Franklin was the guest of Mr. And
Mrs. H. G. Brown Sunday.
Mrs. Salome McCain of Crawfordsville was the guest of
Mrs. C. P. Rodman Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry O. Thomas of Toronto, Canada, are
the guests of Lebanon relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Whitaker were guests of their
daughter, Mrs. W. E. Dutchie, at Indianapolis Monday
and Tuesday.
Mrs. Ella and Lizzie Hoffman, Mrs. Harry Hicks
and Mrs. Frank Hicks of Indianapolis were guests of
Mrs. W. C. Halfman Sunday.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - December 26, 2006
Social Side of City
The Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana
December 30, 1909
Mrs. S. R. Artman gave a pretty Christmas frolic for
the members of her Sunday school class of the Central
Christian Church yesterday afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock.
The rooms were trimmed with ropes of holly and laurel and
Christmas bells. During the afternoon a delightful musicale
was given by the Misses Elsie McKee, Bonnie
Ralston, Minerva Searles and Gretchen Spegg.
Among the guests were the Misses Lillian and Corrine
Stevenson and Carrie Martin of Lebanon, who were
formerly members of Mrs. Artman's class at her old
home in Lebanon, and Miss Helen Monjan of Rushville,
Ind. Mrs. Arthur Carr gave several monologues.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - December 26, 2006
Shelburne Reunion
The Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana
September 8, 1908
Society Women Section, page 7
Mrs. L. S. Kean, Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Shelburne
and Mrs. O. Baker of this city and Mrs. M. Baker of
Stinesville will leave Wednesday morning for Whitestown to
attend the reunion of the Shelburne family.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - 9/2006
UNEARTH GIANT'S BONES
WORKMEN MAKE DISCOVERY
The Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana
Wednesday, October 28, 1908
Indiana News
Skeleton of Indian Goliath Found Near That of Small
Animal In Shallow Gravel Pit at Whitestown
Whitestown, Ind., Oct 27 -- While a number of farmers were
loading gravel at the gravel pit on the farm of Rhenus
Isenhour, three miles north of Whitestown, Monday, they
found a human skeleton of great size at a depth of about
four feet. A slight cavein [sic] from the side of the pit
revealed the skeleton, which lay in a horizontal position.
David Neese and Linsey Hine, supervisors of
the roads north of Whitestown, directed the men to remove
the bones carefully, and they succeeded in exhuming them
practically intact. Resting beside the skeleton were the
bones of a smaller animal, resembling those of a dog.
The skeleton was removed to Whitestown and Dr. P. B.
Little pronounced it to be that of an Indian of immense
stature. The bones forming the lower half of the skull are
very large, especially the jaw bones, which contain perfect
sets of teeth. The skeleton was left at the office of Dr.
Little, where it has been viewed by great numbers of people.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - 9/2006
The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Tuesday Morning, January 14, 1902
INDIANA POSTMASTERS NAMED FOR MANY BIG TOWNS
WASHINGTON - Jan. 13 - The president to-day named the
following postmasters for Indiana: Chauncey D. Sherwin,
Goshen; Albet S. Peacock, Attica; Elliott E
Barnard, Delphi; Andrew Laird, Frankfort; Andrew
M. Willoughby, Greensburg; Ellis G. Darnell,
Lebanon; William C. Vance, Noblesville; Andrew
Morrissey, Notre Dame; William H. Mallory,
Veedersburg; William O. Protsman, Vevay; Robert S.
Potts, Thorntown; B. W. Scott Wiseman, Culver.
Charges of an unimportant character were preferred against
Sherwin, of Goshen, and there was local opposition to
Protsman, of Vevay, and Willoughby, of
Greensburg. The senators stood by their original
recommendations in every instance.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - 10/2006
The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Sunday, February 2, 1902, Page 8, col 3
CITY NEWS
On Monday evening the Rev. J. O. Rose, of Lebanon,
state superintendent of the good citizenship department of
the Christian Endeavor society, will address the Union
Christian Endeavor meeting at Plymouth church.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - 10/2006
The Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana
October 25, 1908
Page 17, For Sale - Miscellaneous
FOR SALE -- Piano purchasing coupon for $78.50, issued by
the Story & Clark Piano Company; will take $25
cash. Address EDWIN M. HOBBS, Zionsville, Boone
County, Indiana.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - 10/2006
The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Thursday morning, March 11, 1909
JUDGE ANDERSON A NOTED JURIST
CHICAGO, March 10 - Judge A. B. Anderson who presided
at the retrial of the celebrated Standard Oil case, was born
in Zionsville, Ind., February 10, 1857. He was graduated
from Wabash college in 1879 and then studied law at
Crawfordsville and Indianapolis. He was admitted to the bar
in 1881 and began the practice of law at Crawfordsville. He
was a prosecuting attorney for Montgomery county, Ind., for
three years, and since December 18, 1902, he has been United
States district judge for the district of Indiana. His home
is in Indianapolis. Another famous case at which Judge
Anderson presided was that against John R. Walsh,
former president of the Chicago National bank, who was found
guilty of misapplying the funds of the bank and was
sentenced to serve a five years' term in prison at
Leavenworth, Kas. Walsh's case is now pending in the
court of appeals.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - 10/2006
The Weekly Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana
January 24, 1906
HEARS SERMON BY PHONE
Prevented by illness from attending church services, Miss
Ara Vaught, by means of telephone arrangements made
expressly for her benefit, was enabled last night to hear
the entire revival service at the M. E. church. Miss
Vaught has been an invalid for several years and has not
been able to attend church. She is a devout Christian. Miss
Vaught recently expressed a desire to hear the pipe
organ in the new church and yesterday the Lebanon Telephone
company made arrangements whereby her wish could be
gratified. A megaphone attached to a telephone was placed in
front of the pulpit in such a way that every word uttered by
the pastor, the Rev. Tillotson, and every note of the
pipe organ was caught up by the megaphone and transmitted
through the telephone. It was a rare treat for the invalid
and was deeply appreciated by her.
Transcribed by: T. Stover - October 30, 2006
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