Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1917 — Indiana News Tersely Told [ARTICLE]

Indiana News Tersely Told

Miss Andrew Ogle, eighteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ogle, Connersville, obtained the Margaret Thiebaud memorial scholarship, which carries a year’s free instruction in Earlham college. Marion B. T. Mien, a farmer living th rep miles north of Greencastle, committed suiplde by hanging himself in his barn. Three masked bandits entered the home of Dr. O. L. McCay in the village of Romney, knocked Doctor McCay unconscious and bound and gagged Claude Nedworth, a guest, and escaped with about S2OO. Contracts for Perdue university’s new armory at Lafayette awarded to Leslie Colvin of Anderson. Third annual convention of the Indiana Retail’ Dry Goods association will be held at Indianapolis June 12. Greenfield high school has graduated a class of 49. Graduating class from the Elwood high school numbered 50. Columbus high school alumni canceled the annual dance on account of the war. Sixty-seven graduates from the New Albany high school this year. Independent Red Cross chapter of 225 members formed at Columbia City. C. C. Took, superintendent of Middletown schools has resigned. At Bedford Thomas W. Box, former sheriff of Lawrence county, took horse medicine by mistake, but quick work saved his life. Joseph F. Zimmerman, traveling salesman of Evansville, arrested for alleged passing of fraudulent checks. William E. Pence, forty-eight, farmer, blew his heart out with a shotgun fit Marion. * Newton Jasper Brown, aged sixtyfour, first person born in Sharpsville, has gone to the county farm to spendthe rest of his days. The 1918 meeting of Indiana Span-ish-American war veterans will be held at Culver. Rush county Fish, Game and Bird.; Protective association has been formed “ at Rushville. Helen, six-year-old daughter of Mn and Mrs. Frank Sawyer, who live on a farm southwest of Elkhart, is dead as the result of burns received while playing in a field in which her father was burning off the grass. W. IL 11. Milleh. seventy-seven, attorney general in President Harrison’S cabinet, died at Indianapolis. The high price of foodstuffs may re-, suit in Columbus deciding not to extend an invitation to the next Sunday school convention to meet in that city. The Worthington board has received word from the Carnegie Library association that SIO,OOO for the new library building has been allowed. The home of Norah Swafford at Bloomington was burned to the ground. At the time of the fire Swafford was ill with pneumonia and had to be carried from the house. Boy Scouts of Shelbyville are actively at work selling Liberty bonds. Charter for the Delaware County National Farm Loan association No. 19> has been received at Muncie.

Striking ice wagon drivers of Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago, and Indiana Harbor secured their demands of SIOO per month. The new city directory of Bicknell gives a population of 6,917. Heber H. Ellis, former graduate manager of athletics of DePauw university, elected secretary of Greencastle Booster club. Thieves stole the new touring car of John Hayes, a Burney merchant, tA slight scratch on the hand of Frank Schoenberger of Elvyood has developed a case of tetanus. Icebox raiders are at work at Rushville. Rev. S. R. Hawkins, superintendent of northwestern district of Christian church, has moved to Warsaw and accepted pastorate of local Christian church. < John Serlght succeeds W. A. Risinger as city engineer of Elwood. Lelah Jearl Coin, seventeen, highschool graduate of Frankfort, has not been absent or tardy during her 12 years of schooling. Department Commander S. M. Mench of the Indiana G. A. R. directed the attention of all posts in the state to “Flag day,” June 14. He also named his staff as follows: Assistant adju- ' tant general, J. R. Fesler, Indianapo- ' lis; chief of staff, Daniel Waugh, Tipton ; inspector, Oscar ” Rankin, Terre Haute; judge advocate, James S. Nodge, Elkhart; chief mustering officer, Byron Parsons, Evansville; patriotic instructor, Alonzo Murphy, Greensburg. A special election in the Sixth Indiana congressional district, to choose a successor to the late Daniel W. Comstock, was called for June 26 by Governor Goodrich. Von Collins of Marion struck a dog with his revolver and shot himself in the foot. Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of President Wilson, is resting at Indianapolis, fatigued from constant travel while making a concert tour of the West for the benefit of the Red Cross."' -• ■ , ' . O. C. Lemond of Princeton, a Southern railroad conductor, fell- frOTtr a freight car near Centralia, DI., and suffered a broken leg and other injuries. At Seymour little son of Mr. and iMrs. Ralph Hodapp is dead from infantile paralysis. ' Bose park playground, donated by Banker Theodore F. Rose and wife,, w dedicated at Muncie. 1