Oxford to Host Fall Festival With Diving Horses
Oxford plans a fall festival in Benton county featuring diving horses once seen in Attica. A recent meeting discussed bringing the act back if possible, aiming to attract a large crowd. The town also sees local travels and gatherings, with residents visiting Indianapolis and Chicago for business and family.
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Oxford
Benton County
Ir. Attica
Attica
Charley Shideler
Feirman Small
Lafayette
Crawfordsville
Tungsten Farm in Colorado Produces World Deposits
The article describes a large tungsten deposit area in Boulder County Colorado known as the tungsten farm. It explains ore formation and history, uses of tungsten in steel making and electric filaments, price control by farm owners, and mining methods of gathering rock and shipping it via chutes to bins near a railroad.
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Netherlands
Boulder County
Colorado
Denver
Burden Link to Canadian Premier Spurred by Royal Blood Claim
John Burden a longtime Ledger office compositor is described as a quiet respected citizen who may be related to Robert L. Borden Canada’s premier. The Saturday Evening Post suggests Borden’s government role and traces ancestral lines from Normandy to England and to Nova Scotia and Fall River Massachusetts with a 1755 move to Nova Scotia.
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John Burden
Ledger
Saturday Evening Post
Robert L. Borden
Canada
William the Conqueror
England
Borden
Government of
Grand Pre
Nova Scotia
Normandy
Conqueror
Richard
John Borden
Kent
Provincetown
Mass
Bordens
United States
Samuel Borden
Fall River
Massachusetts
Wind Destroys Tent in Small & Travis Addition
Milton Bunch and his wife were not inside the tent when a Saturday night windstorm hit the city. The tent on the lot they purchased was blown down and torn, damaging furniture. They stayed with Milton's father Jesse Bunch that night. the tent contents were moved to Jesse Bunch's barn and a house is to be secured before winter.
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Carlton McFayden
Williamsport
Attica
Carlton
Orville Sherato
Donald Walters
Jerry Fannin
Raymond Knochs
Fountain
Warren
Vermillion
Newport
Covington
John Burns
Otterbein
Than Pearson
Isaac Rader
W. R. Hickman
Carbondale
Abe Clawson
Henry Brutus
Dan Rex
Lloyd McFerran
Independence
Gus Gephart
Rainaville
W. H. Small
Dan Young
Monroe Street
Billy
G. L. McConnell
West
Lebanon
Ind
George Holder
Chicago
Indianapolis
Everett Hanna
C. W. Power
Milton Bunch
Small & Travis
Milton
Jesse Bunch
Mr. Bunch
Uncle Sam Seeks Truth in Florida Land Frauds
Alfred Carlson, working in Lafayette, visited Sunday with his sister Mrs. Amos Crow. Chas Drake traveled to Chicago Tuesday to testify before a federal grand jury regarding dealings with the Murdock Land Co. and a Florida tract purchase. Authorities aim to expose alleged land fraud and seek justice if guilt is found.
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Chas. Drake
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Murdock Land Co
Florida
Murdock Co
Sam
Hillsboro Times
Alfred Carlson
Lafayette
Amos Crow
Wabash Railroad Invests in Safety With Track Improvements
The Wabash Railroad announces extensive improvements along its line after recent wrecks. Night track walkers monitor sections. four carloads of laborers from St Louis replace defective rails and lay double tracks. New block signaling with semaphore signals and concrete battery walls will enhance safety, with rules ensuring trains stop at danger signals and proceed only when clear.
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Wabash Railroad Company
St. Louis
Lebanon
American Railway Association
Old Soldier Erick Seeley Surprise Birthday in Newtown
Erick Seeley one of Newtown’s oldest soldiers was honored with a birthday surprise Saturday evening planned by his daughter Mrs. William Sink. About fifty guests attended a two course supper in his new southwest Newtown home with flags and bunting, including out of town guests Mesdames Daniel and Charles Westfall and son of Attica.
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Erick Seeley
Newtown
William Sink
Mr. Seely
Mr. Seeley
Mesdames Daniel
Charles Westfall
Attica
Notice to Non-Resident in Fountain Circuit Court
The State of Indiana Fountain County with J and B Moos v Wolfe Hirsch in debt and attachment. Defect: Hirsch a nonresident. appearance required September 2 1912 or default will be entered. Clerk Leroy Sanders signs. Covington June 8 1912. Grace Milford attorney for plaintiff.
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State OF Indiana
Fountain County
Fountain Circuit
Fountain Circuit Court
Covington
Fountain Pen Free with Hoosier Farmer Subscription Offer
Mrs. F. C. Helmes and daughter Zealta of near Aylesworth visit Monticello while a second daughter Mrs. Fred Rice of Newtown shops in the city. The Hoosier Farmer offers a three year subscription for 50 cents with a prepaid fountain pen. Box 243 Monticello Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello, Ind
F. C. Helmes
Zealta
Aylesworth
Fred Rice
Newtown
Attica Vet Opens Practice at Reece Livery Barn
I am now permanently located in Attica for the practise of veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry, with office at the Reece livery barn. If DEAN REECE, D. V. M. Miss Leah Cheak, of Williamsport, was a guest Monday of Ruth Van Reed. She went to Lafayette Tuesday for a visit with relatives.
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F. M. Shipley
New York City
William Mullinnix
Indianapolis
Attica
Reece Livery Barn
Dean Reece
Leah Cheak
Williamsport
Ruth van Reed
Lafayette
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Hallet & Davis
Conway
J. A. Coffing
Hallet & Davis Piano Company
Boston
Herbert Foster
University of Ilinois
Champaign
National Fire Proofing Construction Company of
New York
Crabbs
Reynolds Taylor Co
Wingate
Overland
Fowler & Rusk Hardware and Automobiles
Burden
Uncle Sam
Land Co
Wabash
Hugh Marlatt
James
Marlatt
South Perry Street
Omar Thompson
San Diego
Calif
Leroy Sanders
Milford
Hatton’s Drug Store
Challenge Company
Fil River Street
Batavia
Illinois
O.m.meeker
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Attica, Indiana
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