Local notes on visits and events across towns
Local brief highlights list visits and trips to and from Lebanon Advance Zionsville Frank Riner’s grave July 7 and a range of social calls. Postmaster Ross notes a postal savings bank opening August 1. Several family gatherings, dinners, and church activities fill the week.
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Mangus
Frank Riner
Ross
Postal Savings Bank
Mire
W. F. Baldwin
Oxford
Jd. W. Waters
Band concert draws crowds for Saturday night
Communities from miles around attended a band concert last Saturday. Today the band performs at the dedication of the Boone County courthouse with a strong turnout anticipated.
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Boone Co. Court House
Circuit Court Adjourns For Summer Vacation
The April term of the Boone circuit court adjourned Saturday. The summer vacation extends to the second Monday in September when the term reconvenes.
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Boone Circuit
Mrs Hall Dies Of Heart Attack At Dover
Mrs George Hall aged fifty four died suddenly at 10 30 Friday morning from organic heart trouble at her Dover area home. She was known locally and survived by three children Maude Harlow Arkansas Iva Latherton Thorntow e and Edith Clawson near Dover. Three half sisters also survive. She was a Dover Christian church member. Funeral was held at the church Sunday at 2 pm with burial in Maple Lawn Cemetery Thorn town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hall
Dover
Hall
John Irwin White
Maude Harlow
Arkansas
Iva Latherton
Thorntowe
Edith Clawson
John C Havers
Katherine Jackson
Advance
Mollie Knight
Lebanon
Dover Christian Church
Maple Lawn Cemetery
Thorntown
M E Church Sunday School Reports Attendance and Talks
Sunday School attendance reached 99 with a $2.83 collection and 598 chapters read. Visitors from Logansport attended as Rev. Moore of the Anti Saloon League spoke against liquor. New Ross church dedication set for July 21 with Dr Leazenby preaching in the morning and Dr Hickson of Crawfordsville and Dr McKenzie to speak at 2 30 with a basket dinner on the campus.
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Logansport
Rev. Moore
The
Anti Saloon League
New Ross
Leazenby
Hickson
the First Church
Crawfordsville
McKenzie
Local residents visit and social notes from Danville and Lebanon
George Brown and co from west of Advance spent Sunday with Chas Brown and family. Mrs. Chas Jackson of Lebanon visits Mrs. Jane Kibbey. Harve Sheets and John Kernodle and wives spend Sunday in Danville. Residents attend Leba air grounds meeting. Vida Graham days with her parents. John Richardson and Mrs. Mace noted in parish entries.
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George Brown and
West of Advance
Chas. Brown
Chas. Jackson
Lebanon
Jane Kibbey
Harve Sheets
John Kernodle
Spen
Danville
Vida Graham Day
John Richardson
North Christian Sunday School Update Pennant for Front Rank 1912
Attendance at Sunday School last Sunday was 136 with a collection of $618. Brother Cook visited from Sunday morning to Monday night and added the last point on the front rank star and the gold seal for its canter. On August 16 at Bethay Park in Indianapolis the school will receive a pennant bearing Front Rank 1912. Brother Cook oversees 750 schools in Indiana and is pleased with the progress.
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Brother Cook
Bethay Park
Indianapolis
Indiana
Five Room House With Front Veranda And Outbuildings
Property listing describes a five room house with veranda, back porch, coal and wood house, driven well, cement milk trough, and a good bara prize of 12 dollars.
Four-Room House With Porches and Driven Well
A four room house features front and back porches and a driven well with a coal house. Asking price set at $800 for the property.
Concert Program for Saturday Night Titled by Directors
The program lists Mareh The Show Boy Haff March Greetings to Thomasville Waltzes Oliveste Miller Mareh Electric King Brown Serenade Sweet Repose Rockwell Song They gotta quit kickin my dog around Perkins sung by ip Wisceve SAOs SAC stay Chas Ross Waltz Life's Golden Hours March American Soldiers Keifer Meyera H Beaver director
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Mareh
Haff
Thomasville
Electric King
Brown Serenade
Rockwell
Perkins
Wisceve
Saos
Chas
Ross Waltz
Local farms and town properties advertised for quick sale
Real estate listings promote rental investments and farms in Boone Hendricks Montgomery and Putnam counties from 10 to 260 acres. Several farms must be sold within 30 days. Agent invites buyers with money to invest to contact.
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Boone
Hendricks
Montgomery
Putnam
Local folks enjoy a day of fishing and visits
Advance R. R.21 reports Chas. Canada and family, George Ray and wife, and L. E. Woodard went fishing one day last week. Oaklie and Lawrence Riner spent Sunday evening with Cleo. Broshar Logan Woodard and family visited Chas. Canada and family. Stella Nicely traveled to Lebanon on Monday.
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Chas
Canada
George Ray
L. E. Woodard
Oaklie
Lawrence Riner
Cleo. Broshar
Logan Woodard
Stella Nicely
Lebanon
Nealia Jackson and friends enjoy El River picnic outing
Nealia and Ethel Jackson Alice Scott Tina Utterback Roxie Coomis spent last Friday on El River picnicking. Lish Reese with his wife and son Earl shared Sunday time with Harve Sheets and family.
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Nealia
Ethel Jackson
Alice Scott
Tina Utterback
Roxie Coomis
el River
Lish Reese
Earl
Harve Sheets
County Meeting At Lebanon Draws Wide Attendance
The First Christian churches of Boone county held their annual meeting at the fair grounds with services morning and afternoon. About three hundred attended the morning service and five hundred the afternoon. Rev J P Barrett of Dayton preached on Getting Right with God and Spirit of God Working in the heart. A big noon dinner followed and the event was declared a success.
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Boone County
Fair Grounds
J.P. Barrett
Herald of Gospel Liberty
Dayton
Ohio
Lebanon Man Fatally Hurt by Freight Train
John W. Tracy was struck by a Big Four freight train near the west street crossing in Lebanon and died at 2 a.m. at Williams Hospital. Earlier he escorted Eula Metzger to Nugget Brandenburg’s home on Railroad Street and urged Metzger to join him to Lafayette, but she declined due to an engagement.
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John W. Tracy
West Street
Lebanon
Williams Hospital
Tracy
Eula Eula Metzger
Nugget Brandenburg
Railroad Street
Metzger
Lafayette
Brandenburge House
Metz
Ger
Tragedy at the tracks as Tracy saved then hospital delay
Metzger tried to stop Tracy from boarding a fast moving train but failed. Tracy fell between the cars and suffered a skull fracture a fractured collar bone a badly cut right hand and a leg injury. Dr Williams initially refused hospital care citing lack of funds until the crowd pledged to cover costs. Tracy was removed to the hospital after more than forty minutes of delay as aid finally arrived.
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Metzger
Tracy E
West Street
Tracy
W. H. Williams
Williams
Beck
Acci
Accident prompts call for county hospital, delays noted
A painter named Tracy died after a street accident where ambulance response was delayed. Police ensured an ambulance was summoned and funds covered hospital care. Tracy, 27, left a father mother two brothers and six sisters, funeral at First Christian church and Oak Hill cemetery.
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Bis Four
Albert West
Tracy
Williams
Painters’ Union
First Christian Church
Thuiil
Oak Hill Cemetery
Quotations on Women From Classic Authors
A collection of brief quotes attributes views on women to Ouida Hardy and Rablaig. The excerpt includes Ouida’s remark on women corrupting the youth and Hardy’s jab about wives being provoked yet never fully right. It also notes a speaker mourning a wife and considering another marriage.
Quotations on Women from Classic Authors
A collection of famous lines about women from Barrie Thackeray Reade and others. The remarks cover love, social dynamics, affection, and gender perceptions with pointed, period tone.
Facts and Fancy in Daily Life
This compact collection of maxims notes ideas on work faith and society. It juxtaposes observations on weather or science with reflections on marriage deceit and ambition. The tone is brisk aphoristic and opinionated.
Big home wedding guided like a Broadway show
A couple recalls a large private ceremony held at home. They hired a Broadway director who staged it as if in a musical comedy, and the event reportedly passed off smoothly with theatrical flair.
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Rex
Mary Shinn
Lebnon
Woile Bede
Kentucky
Joe Wall
Rev. Fisneis
Jas. Nicely
Eac
Ezra Envoert
Win
Wells
Dan Waiteman
Ed Hamilton
Dr. Hamilton
N.S. Garter
Chas. Mills
Dorie Farkbonser
Zionsville
Hannah Dean
Mrs. Wm. Owens
Mat Cassady
Wm. Ross
Nanca Schoen
H.O. Bennett
Mark Wall
Mary Ailes
Bergge
Emmett
Cecil Kihher
Newport
W. P Kibbey
Allen Huffsen
Mary of Greevessdle
Theo
Shinwood
Lyle Thompson
H.D Thompson
McClaine
Jas. Sanford
F- Wily
Joe. Whitecotton
Jawierce
Joe Frazier
Myrick Sublette
Scott County
Con McClaine
Tom Burrin
Rock Lake
North Dakota
Frank Yager
Fred Sullivan
Austin Wall
Arthur Yager
Jex Pratt
Chicago
Simcon Canada
Je2 Wall
Strarco
Frank River
H. O. Bennett
Lutheran Church
Whitestown
Roy Melson
Dougst Ry Thora
Marion Mays
Brookston
John Logan
Mertie
Carl Loop
Mary
London
England
Ches Thompson
Katherine
Henry Loop
Lew Owens
Jacob Lafollette
Anna Ragsdale
Serena
Glen Paugh
Joseph Beck
Jake Beaver
Mary Katherine
Chas. Bean
Cora
North Christian Church
Day Sheets
North Salem
Ruth, Ruby and
Lucile Fall
Vernin Ashwell
Leaton Day
Lawton Ward
Letha Whitecotton
Sarah McConaughy
James Nicely
Jefferson Township
Ladies Aid Society
Rose Davis
Miss Davis
Frank Sparks
Summerville Academy
Augusta
Georgia
Chas. Sparks
Soldering
Bank of Advange
Claude Lucas
Perry Poljyrer
M. E. Church
Leba Air Grounds
Pagrta
Mrs. Mace
North Christian
Waltzes
Miller
Keifer
Meyera
H. Beaver
Advance R. R
Thomas Hardy
Francois Rabelaig
J. M. Barrie
William Makepeace Thackeray
Charles Reade
Haliburton
Hippolyte A. Taine
Belgium
God
Daisy Fly Killer
Gra McDaniel
Miss Nina Waters
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Joan F, Minter
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Advance Lodge
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Claude Mangus
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Isa Errington
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