Second Fountain county commencement draws vast turnout
115 graduates in cap and gown receive diplomas as representatives of nation state county and township attend the second annual Fountain county common schools commencement in Ravine park Attica. The day featured a parade band speeches and a call for stronger industrial training.
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Ravine Park
Fountain County
Indiana
Sterling
Supt. Livengood
Covington
Shawnee
Troy
Wabash
Fulton
Main Street
Sterling Building
Jackson
Perry Streets
National
Livengood
Mullinns
Myers
Attica
Perry Street
Main
Jackson Street
Park
A. H. S. Glee Club
C. W. Postill
Haydn
Co. Supt
Curtiss Co To Supply Aviator For Attica Aviation Day
Merchants Association at Attica signs contract with Curtiss Exhibition Co to provide a renowned aviator for Attica’s second Aviation Day on June 26. Glen H. Curtiss is president of the company, with six top aviators in reserve. Committees named and plans for attractions progress toward a bigger event than last year.
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Attica
Merchant’s Association
Curtiss Exhibition Co
Glen H. Curtiss
Curtiss
Wild Cat Attack Leaves Farm Owner Bitten
Mark Whicker reports a wild cat bit him on his farm near Attics Street yesterday morning. The animal showed no fear and clawed his wrist before he kicked it away. Residents fear rabies as the cat was killed and sent to Indianapolis for analysis, with alarm spreading in the neighborhood.
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Mark Whicker
Mars
Mark
Attics
Ast
Hall
Lndianapolis
Damage Suit Adjusted After Settlement Talks
Henry Davis settled a damage claim with an insurer for Indiana Springs Co after his Madlavia car collided with his buggy on Perry street last March. Davis received 575 dollars plus a brief Mudlavia treatment and his attorney Fred S. Purnell had sought 10 000 dollars. The case was not filed as talks continued and a compromise was reached. Also noted is a Presbyterian church children day plan shift with a single service led by Rev. T W Stewart and no Sunday school. Mrs Roscoe M Cord returned from Indianapolis Wednesday.
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Greathouse
Indianapolis
Bureau of Public Instruction
Indiana
Virginia
Commonwealth of
United States
P. P. Claxton
Washington, D. C
Claxton
Paris
Troy
America
Thru
Henry Davis
Insurance Company
Indiana Springs Co
Kramer
Presbyterian Church
T. W. Stewart
Hillsboro Grain Elevator and Granaries Destroyed in Fire
A fire at Hillsboro destroyed Morrison, Finch & Co. grain elevator and granaries, causing about 25,000 dollars in loss with partial insurance. The Big Four depot across the tracks was saved only by a bucket brigade. Sparks spread to nearby homes, burning some grain and 3,000 bushels total. Mrs. Harry Martin reported back from Chicago.
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Morrison, Finch & Co
Hillsboro
Big Four
Big Four Railroad
Bucket Brigade
Altho
Death Claims Three Young Men
Gustave Schmid 24 died of a bowel hemorrhage at his parents home after a two year illness. Born in Germany and raised here he was buried in the Catholic cemetery after a mass at the Catholic church. Harry Foxworthy about 28 died after a short illness and is mourned by his family in Richland township. Vernon Hillyer 19 died after a few days illness. a funeral is set for Sunday at 2 PM.
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Gustave Schmid
Anton Schmid
Hot Springs
Ark
Germany
America
Father Oberholtz
Harry Foxworthy
Richland Township
Daniel Foxworthy
Vernon Hillyer
George Hillyer
Rainsville
Attica Wedding of Bertha Hall and Frank Mosier
Miss Bertha Hall and Mr. Frank Mosier wed in Attica's Methodist church with Rev. C W Postill officiating. About eighty guests attended the ceremony followed by a wedding breakfast at the bride’s home and a brief Indianapolis honeymoon. The couple will reside at 400 Monroe street after July 1.
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Attica
Bertha Hall
David Hall
Frank Mosier
C. W. Postill
Georgia Whittier
Shubert
Mabel Thorpe Jones
Heart
Lohengrin
Ulric Hunter
Mr. Hunter
Ethel Martin
Mary Huber
Bonnie Barclow
Pearl Haller
Juliet
Pauline
Geraldine Reed
Mr. Mosier
Indianapolis
English
Monroe Street
City
Middleton Barclow
Bonnie
Wm. Burbridge
Lafayette
Etta Collins
Thomas Station
Charles Dixon
Otto Hobough
Clay Mitchell
West Lebanon
John Talbert
Familyiof
Kramer
Horation
Henry Talbert
Marshfield
Ethel Hall
Rankin, II
Evening With Whistler Delights Art History Club
At Mrs. Will Zeigler home the Art History club closed its season with An Evening with Whistler. Mrs. A. P. Green compared Whistler’s moodful painting to music from Cho pin and Beethoven. Miss Zula Zeigler accompanied with Beethoven and Chopin pieces as Whistler’s works appeared on screen. The club begins its 15th year next September.
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Will Zeigler
Art History Club
Whistler
A. P. Green
Chopin
Bethoven
Zula Zeigler
Beethoven
Rose Levi Weds Lawrence Loeb in Simple Chicago Home Ceremony
At Mr. and Mrs. David Levi’s Chicago home on Monday their daughter Rose married Lawrence Loeb son of Mrs. Henry Loeb Sr. The ceremony by Dr. Schonfaber drew immediate family. The house featured peonies ferns and palms with music by a harpist and two violinists followed by an eight course dinner. The couple will reside in Chicago where the groom works for the Schwarzschild Sulzberger clothing house after a brief New York wedding trip.
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David Levi
Chicago
Rose
Lawrence Loeb
Henry Loeb
Schonfaber
New York City
Schwartzschild- Sulzberger Clothing House
Local Singers Present Opera Chimes of Normandy
Crowded house hears local talent in the comic opera Chimes of Normandy staged by the Musical Art Society. Forty singers supported by a strengthened chorus, led by Mrs Kathryn Martin, delivered well in Martha style and The Bells of Corneville, with notable performances from Mrs Beatrice Nave and Guy Sutton.
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Normandy
Musical Art Society
Flotow
Martha
Fred S. Purnell
Serpolette
Altho
Beatrice Nave
Germaine
Louis Johnson
Gaspard
Russell Newlin
Bailli
Ralph Chavez
Lafayette
Jean Grenicheaux
Louise McKee
Elizabeth Allen
Lillian Voliva
Katherine Fippen
Kathryn Martin
J. R. Martin
Georgia Whittier
Veedersburg Woman Dies After Barn Fire
Mrs. John Ratcliff died at home Sunday night after burns from a blaze that destroyed a barn at her Veedersburg residence two weeks earlier. The fire origin remains unknown. A $38,000 car in the barn burned. Funeral held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. Rev. B. B. Kessler of Lafayette led services.
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Veedersburg
John Ratcliff
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Second County
PR Clarton
Federal Commissioner OF Education
Curtiss CO
Merchants Association
Roscoe M.cord
Harry Martin
Chas. A. Greathouse
Indiana Bureau of Public Instruction
J. G. Collicott
Werkinger Photo
Manford F. Livengood
Fountain County Schools
Crowded House
Frances Steimley
Benoit Bertrand
Pine Village
Rosa Polk
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