The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01

SCISSORS report.
May 31-Memorial day is observed
by entire city. exercises held at coli
scum with Judge Ira c. Christian of
Noblesville, principal speaker.
JUNE.
June q. Bennett Gordon sewers
connection with Item. General Evan
gelical Lutheran Synod convenes at
coliseum.
June 4.--Dr Richard E. Haughton.
age 81, Oldest practicing physician in
city dies. Major James S. Ostrander,
former mayor of city and Civil war
veteran, dies at the age of II years.
June 7.-Grand jury reports to
Judge Fox and fails to indict Joel
Railsback for the killing of Alexan-
der Meek and his son Raymond. Jury
holds that Railsback acted in self de-
Tense. Railsback is released from
county jail Last case Of smallpox
is released from quarantine.
June S-Thirteenth annual exhibit
of Richmond Art associations opens
at Garfield school building. Young
Mems Business club meets and an
nounces that it will boost the Fall
Festival and also offers prize for best
slogan for city.
June I'D. & w. traction car
crashes into buggy at West Alexan-
dria, Ohio and fatally Injuries Mr.. and
Mrs. Dick Prunhagen.
June 14.-F'lag day is fittingly OBJ
served in the city. Miss Mary Emily
Smith bequeaths $4,000 for the pur-
pose of endowing or establishing an
orphans home. Delegates to Baptist
State Sunday school convention and
B. Y. P. U. convene at First Baptist
church.
June 15-Earlham trustees at meet
ing ignore petition of Dublin quarter
ly meeting of Friends and other petit
tons demanding resignation of Prof.
w. n. Trueblood. because he voted
wet" Earlham college celebrates
semi-centennial anniversary.
June 16.-Orville and Wilbur
Wright were honored by Earlham col
lege comforting masters degree on
them at graduation exercises.
June 22.-Richmond Art association
closes it's exhibit after great success.
Charles Wiggans was struck by pas
senger train in Pennsylvania yards
and instantly killed.
June 25.--lndiana Municipal league
meeting at Lafayette. chooses Rich
mond as place for 1910 meeting. c..
w. Merrill, elected secretary.
June 2S.-Dr. John Littleton Adams,
6rIISvc Ji CT
for Is years in this city, dies.
June 22.-Y. NJ. B. c. selects Oct.
6, 7 and s as the date for the Fall
Festival and appoints principal COM
mittees.
JULY.
July 4-July the Fourth, falling on
Sunday. is celebrated in a. very quiet
manner.
July 5.-Monday. which was desig-
mated as a legal holiday was celebrated
in fitting manner. 1t was safe and
sane holiday. there being very few ac-
cidents. Rain and cold weather great
ly hampered the exercises.
July Joshua Hunt. aged So years,
a Mexican war veteran, and veteran
printer. dies from complication of dis
eases at the Reid Memorial Hospital.
July civilian NJ Mitchell. aged "a
years, prominent employee of the Hoo
sier Drill, dies from complication of
diseases.
July 7.-Council takes steps for the
Improvement of Eighth street between
North and South A streets and orders
cement sidewalks. curbs and cutters
along South A street from Second
street to Twenty-first street.
July S-Harry Rife of Boston, Ind,
murders Mrs. Ida Griswold at Eaton
in the public library and afterwards
attempts suicide by shooting. but is
unsuccessful. Jealousy the cause.
July 9.-Richmond Home Telephone
company takes out a 100000 mora
gage a record breaker for this county.
Frank R. Adams. when seen here de-
MES that he is the husband of the wo-
man who killed herself at Indianapolis.
July 11.-Pennsylvania railroad COM
pany takes action to acquire part of
Eastern Indiana Hospital land for the
purpose of establishing a double track
ing system between Richmond and In
dianapolis.
July misrepresentation of the
Richmond City Water Works meet
with the board of works and announce
willingness to negotiate for new
franchise. South Side Improvement
association offers bonus of $4,000 to
officials of National Automatic Tool
Works. of Dayton. Ohio, to locate the
factory in Beallview, which is accept
ed.
July o4-Ed Dye resigns position as
street commissioner. Young Mems
Business Club selects Richmond, the
Panic Proof City as being the best
slogan for this city.
July o1.-Twentieth annual fair
opens at Hagerstown, Ind, with good
attendance. and under excellent wealth
err conditions.
July 29-Edmund Herbert Bell, nur-
seryman and proprietor of the Auto
Inn. dies at his home east Of the city
from heart trouble, at the age of 81
years.
July 29-Cash Peck. former council
man. dies from injuries received in a
fall July Il.
Irly 3n-Creat damage done in the