The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-06
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OTHER CITIES.

NEWCASTLE The Henry county
board of education has reelected o. M
Cooper county attendance officer.
NEW ALBANY-While examining a
rifle William Newton accidentally shot
himself and is in a critical condition.
PETERSBURG John Wilson has
been elected county truant officer by
the board of education.
LAFAYETTE A. B. Letter of Fort
Wayne, Purdue student, was seriously
injured when struck by an auto.
FORT WAYNE-Mattin c. Norton
of Anderson, has assumed charge Of
the management of the Berghoff
brewery.
DELPHI-Mae Callane of Flora was
winner of the Carroll County oratorf-
cal contest. Lake Rariden of Delphi
was second.
Kinney, who was drowned when the
| steamer Somona sunk Saturday. has
been recovered
EVANSVILLE-Al local paper offers
prize of 500 for the greatest num-
Der of flies killed between May II
and "a.
NEW HARMONY-Elza Schlater
| was thrown from his motorcycle and
| dragged more than 100 feet. He may
recover.
TERRE HAUTE- Mrs. Emma J.
York has been awarded $1,975 in her
| suit against the T., H., /. & E. Ira :
| ton company for injuries.
MUNCIE-The Eighth District Med
| ical Society will hold a session here
Thursday. Sanitation following floods
| will be discussed.
NEWCASTLE- Guy C. Strong has
| filed suit for a divorce from Cora F.
| Strong, alleging that she would not
| live on farm and has abandoned him.
TERRE HAUTE-Preston West of
Jasonville, Is dead from injuries acct
dentally received while he and anoth
er boy were playing with gun.
FORT WAYNE A green banana
thrown from a train struck ]. R.
Clarke, a Nickel Plate fireman, with
such force as to knock him uncon-
scious.
TIPTON-Mrs. Olive A. Fulsome
has entered suit to set aside the will
of her father, John Pickett, alleging
undue influence on the part of other
heirs
HARTFORD CITY-Nine lodges will
join in honoring the memory of their
dead the second Sunday in June. The
meeting will be held in the new
theater.
EvANSVILLE-News reaches here
from Pueblo, Col, that Edward Ogden
of this city was killed by falling seven
stories from a building on which he
was working.
NEWCASTLE-The First National
Bank of Knightstown has filed suit
against Rose Whitinger, George L.
Whitinger and Fay Flory, to collect
SITS due on a note.
JEFFERSONVILLE Car
ter of Louisville has been held in
81, 900 bond on a charge of attempting
to blow up the home of Mrs. Indiana
Bennett with dynamite.
WASHINGTON Frank McCafferty
of this city has been chosen county
truant officer by the board of educa-
ton. Reports filed indicate loss of
more than 400 school children in the
county.
CULVER-Alva M. Drake saved the
| life of Edwin o. Pasal when their auto
upset in a ditch. Drake held his un-
conscious companions head above wa
ter until help arrived. Both are ca
diets.
HARTFORD CITY Contracts for
the James and Charles Mannix macad,
am roads were awarded to Albert
Clamme for s14.40 and $S.7s7 respect,
lively. The bids were $3.50 less than
| the estimated cost
| CONNERSVILI4E-W a circus
| advertised 9 side show of oriental
dancers the police witnessed a special
| performance, then refused permission
| for the entertainment.
WORTHINGTON- Blanch Poe, OF
Linton won first prize in the Greene
County reading contest, with Doris
East of Worthington second. In ora.
tory, Wallace Willoughby of Worth,
| ington, was first and Oscar Hegen-
meyer of Linton, second.
FORT WAYNE Linemen of the
Fort Wayne & Northern who struck
| for an advance have returned to work
The company granted slight increase
but refused the closed shop demand.
Linemen on the city lines are still out