Meeting opens at Battlegrounds annual society gathering
The Twenty First Annual Meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Northwest Indiana Conference opened at Battle Grounds with Mrs. J. A. Secor of Laporte and Mrs. A. L. Briggs of Valparaiso presiding. Appointments included enroll ment chair Mrs. Robert Armstrong Hammond and finance and nominating committees with greetings from Indiana and Gary settlement work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Briggs
Valparalao
Indianapolis
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the
Northwest Indiana
Battle Grounds
J. A. Secor
Laporte
New Hampshire
Valparaiso
Robert Armstrong
Hammond
Hattie Kinney
C. T. Jewett
Terre Haute
B. F. Veal
Michigan City
Alex McHarry
Lafayette
George Ireland
Monticello
Monroe Bush
Lebanon
G. R. Streeter
C. G. Miller
E. W. Teague
Plymouth
Henry Ostrom
Greencastle
Grant Teeters
Myron Campbell
South Bend
H. L. Rank
West Lafayette
Mr. Plank
May Thomas
West Lafayette Auxiliary
D. M. Wood
Hollywood
Cal
Carrie Barge
Delaware
Fairbanks Dinner Invites Indiana Republican Editors
Charles W. Fairbanks invites Indiana Republican Editorial Association members to his North Meridian Street home for an informal August 14 dinner. He also invites other Republican editors and state politicians to join, with speeches planned and weather backup at his large residence. The second item notes the Indiana State Fair boys livestock and grain judging contest on September 9, offering Purdue agriculture scholarships, with prizes of 100, 75, 50, and 25 dollars. Eligible ages are six to twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFall
Harry McFall
Marshall
Ralston
Young McFail
Tippecanoe County
Herschel Rexroat
Franklin
Johnson County
Indiana
Indiana Association For the Study and Prevention of
Thurber
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cincinnati
Fairbanks
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana Republcan Editorial Association
Ia North Meridian Street
Indianapolis
State Board of Agriculture
Purdue School of Agriculture
New Corporations Form as Citizens Automobile and Maple Park Amusement
Articles of incorporation filed with the secretary of state announce Citizens Automobile Company of Martinaville with capital $25,000 in the auto business, directors W. E. Hendricks W. A. Kennedy Hi. 1 Poston G. Cramer and Thomas A. Hendricks. The Maple Park Amusement Company of Hancock County with capital $100, directors Charles McKensis Caleb W. Moncrief James H. Sample O. M. Karting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Citizens Automobile Company
Martinaville
Capital
W. E. Hendricks
W. A. Kennedy
Hi. 1
Poston
G. Cramer
Thomas A. Hendricks
Maple Park Amusement Company
Hancock County
Amusement Company
Charles McKensis
Caleb W. Moncrief
James H. Sample
0. M. Karting
Wreck blamed on curve and brakes near Fortville
Fortville July 30 A collision between the Marion flyer and the regular limited on the Union Traction line east of town injured motorman Aaron Plank of Fortville and several others. The brakes on the limited failed to work as the flyer stopped for orders, ending with smashed ends and multiple injuries including a broken ankle and scalp wounds. The block signal and brake failure are cited as causes, with the Marion flyer and its crew identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortville
Union Traction Company of
Indiana
Here
Aaron Plank
Indianapolis
Charles Coates
Charles Jacobs
Limited
William A. Shaw
Lynn
Ind
Mildred Weshler
William Weshler
Anderson
Union Traction Line
Ella Shaffer
Elizabeth Martin
Plank
Brakeman Wilbur Pinnick Killed in Freight Wreck near Princeton
Wilbur Pinnick a 22 year old brakeman from New Albany died instantly in a Southern freight wreck at Douglas three miles east of Princeton when seventeen cars piled up after a split switch. Several outbuildings and part of a grain elevator were demolished as he was thrown from the top of a box car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Wilbur Pinnick
New Albany
Douglas
Pinnick
Lightning Cures Rheumatism in Connersville
Lightning struck the smokestack at the Connersville blower works and routed through the engine room where Martin Kelly, watchman, was hurled to the floor. The bolt knocked the breath out but left him signally relieved from rheumatic pains, with no recurrence since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connersville
Martin Kelly
Bonaparte Furniture Reappears in Brazil Home
George Ferguson of this city owns a four posted bed and a highboy once belonging to Charles Bonaparte brother of Napoleon. Bought at public auction by Ferguson’s father in Bordentown Maryland from the Bonaparte estate, the items have sat in storage for nearly twenty years and were recently used again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonaparte
Brazil
George Ferguson
Woman Thrown Through Plate Glass in Prairie Accident
Princeton July 30 Mrs Charles Garwood of PatoKa was badly hurt when a horse driven by her husband bolted after a train. The horse raced down the street and swung sharp at a corner, tossing Mrs Garwood fifteen feet through the air. She shattered a large plate glass window at the Boerke restaurant and broke the iron guard rail beneath the glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Charles Garwood
PatoKa
Garwood
Sledge Hammer Allegedly Falls on Laborer at Courthouse
In Brazil on August 1 a sixteen pound sledge hammer fell ten feet and struck Foster Ray a colored laborer at the new courthouse. The impact cut a gash in Ray scalp and he voiced strong indignation over the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Foster Ray
Ray
Philadelphia News item on fatal shooting child
White 14 Robert Lynn was shot and killed by Malcolm Latine colored 12 after a quarrel in Richmond on July 28. Latine is held by authorities as the case is investigated for motive and charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Robert Lynn
White
Malcolm Latine
White blackberries found on Cambridge farm near Dr. Smith
A bush of white blackberries is found on the farm of Dr. R. R. Smith southeast of Cambridge. The berries resemble ordinary blackberries in size and shape but ripen snow white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge City
R. R. Smith
Five thousand hatchery bass released into local waters
Five thousand small bass from the Mammoth Springs Ark government fish hatcheries arrived in Shelbyville on July 30 and were placed in the Little Blue river and Lewis creek to stock local waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Government
Mammoth Springs
Ark
Little Blue River
Lewis Creek
Legless Man Climbs Tree in Exciting Stunt
Jeffersonville report details George W. Stoner county auditor who, missing both legs, demonstrated tree climbing by shinning twelve feet up a bare trunk after a bull charged. He used shoes strapped to his stumps and climbed while John R. Scott county treasurer stood nearby. Scott later drove off the charging bull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
George W. Stoner
Mr. Stoner
John R. Scott
Scott
Stoner
Woman and mother kill rattlesnake at Freetown home
Mrs. James Young of Piqua visiting sister Mrs. Maude Mills near Freetown heard a strange noise and found a large rattlesnake dropping from the ceiling. They hurried with the six month old baby, then returned to kill the reptile in a fighting mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
James Young
Piqua, O
Maude Mills
James Barnes
Freetown
Here
Indiana News In Brief Sees Tragic Accidents Across Towns
Petersburg Harris, seventy five Civil War veteran, kicked in the eye by a horse likely fatally injured. Brown missing from Shelbyville since last Friday. Beck injured west of Petersburg after hay load incident. Richey missing from Evansville with wife and four children. DeWeese and Black hurt in a slate mine fall at Princeton. Jackman appointed trustee of Reeve Township. Wolfe fatally injured hauling hay near Westport. Grimes stabbed in Brazil. assailant Draper fled. Loveless injured in bazaar accident at Oliphant. Annual Christian meeting planned near Centerville. Schuck ousted after failed court case with Moninger. Mueller perjury plea by magistrate. girl returns to Louisville. St Peter Lutheran celebration near Corydon. Sanitary survey warns of winter air starvation in rural homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Calbert Brown
Petersburg
Alfred Beck
Here
Evansville
Frank Richey
Richey
Princeton
Alonzo
John Wolfe
Hays
Westport
Brazil
James Grimes
Joseph Draper
Bedford
Grimes
Draper
Buell Loveless
Rumbletown
Oliphant
Milton
The
Christian Churches
Wayne County
Jackson's Park
Centerville
F. C. McCormick
Christian Church
F. M. Jones
Charles Hale
Country Board
Brookville
Casper Schuck
Frank Moninger
P. T. McCammeron
Moninger
Schuck
Jeffersonville
Fadua Mueller
Mueller
Oscar L. Hay
Harry ©. Montgomery
Louisville
Frances Kipp
Neense
Corydon
St. Peter
A.T. Donaldson
County Board of Health
State Board of Health
Old Newton Home For Sale On St Martin's Street London
A notice board outside a plain building on the east side of St Martin's street near Leicester Square proclaims the Newton house for sale. The property carries historic interest as the former residence of Sir Isaac Newton during the last 17 years of his life, though the street and building appear dingy today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Martin's Street
Leicester Square
Newton House
Jermys Street
Isaac Newton
Mint
Royal Society
Martin's Street
Sir Isaac Newton's Dining Delay and a Satirical Dinner Tale
Ambassadors and scientists filled Sir Isaac Newton's St Martin's Street residence for entertainments. Doctor Stukely waited for Newton at dinner, found a boiled chicken served to him, and only then did Newton appear apologizing that he had dined, remarking that studious people forget their meals. The house is now used for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Isaac
Sir Isaac Newton
St. Martin’s Street
Dr. Stukely
Sir Isano
Sir Tsano
Stukely
Sleeping Through August The eighteenth century Hart tale
London recalls Nicholas Hart, a man famed for annual August sleep fits. Advertised as sleeping in St Bartholomew's hospital last year and planning to sleep at Cock and Bottle in Little Britain, his case inspired Spectator reports. Hart reportedly enters a period of drowsiness August 1st through the 11th each year, with signs from yawning to snoring before waking for small beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nicholas Hart
Hart
Daily Courant
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Cock and Bottle
Little Britain
The
Spectator
Addison
Splintering Sign Crashes at London Opera House
A ragged urchin watched as a $5,000 glass sign bearing Mile Polaire’s portrait was hoisted to the London Opera House roof. The chain snapped and the sign shattered on the pavement with a cannonlike report, casting light when illuminated would have been visible for a mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mile. Polaire
Two Abernathy boys lead a newspaper man to church
In Indianapolis, the two Abernathy siblings pass through on motorcycles bound for New York. They visit the home of N. M. who hosts them. After a playful bedtime surprise they invite the host to church, and he admits he has not attended in six months, choosing to accompany them to services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abernathy
Indianapolis
New York
N. M
Temple
Louis
Indianapolis News
New Clothes and Shoes on the Budget Debate
A playful exchange between Mrs Newlywed and John over necessities. She insists on money, clothes, shoes, a hat, and a coat while John questions the extent. She concedes to compromise on the amount of money needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
How That House of Plungers Stands Out
A fragmentary notice mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething and gum relief, with a remark about clever children avoiding mischief. It hints at late hours and spicy breath revealing a man, in a casual newspaper style.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
Women from Warren Indiana and Esmond Rhode Island report relief from menstrual and bearing down pains after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Statements describe improved health, steadier energy, and better spirits following treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Hamilton
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Artieton
R.F.D. No
Warren, Ind
Eamond
R.I
Anna Gan
Esmond
Rhode Island
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Battleground
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
C. EB. Kendrick
Gary
Society
Alma Shultz
Methodist Church of
Indiana National Guard
Fort Benjamin Harrison
McKee
Hospital and
Signal Corps
Lynn Knowlton
Walter Dowell
Madison Company
Edwin Ball
Madsen
Madison
Dowell
John J. Boaz
Hospital Corps
Walter McKinney
Washington
Abel Lee
G. A. R. Executive Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Smith
Ralph Bamberger
Robert F. McBride
Merrill Moores
Allen C. Vestal
Theodore Portteus
Charles Maguire
William H. Armstrong
Clarence D. Boyd
Indiana Librarians
Earlham College
Carl Earnhardt
Barnhardi
Snake Fade
Indiana News
William Harris
Old Newton
Rip van Winkie
London Opera House
Wallington
Paper Man
Warren
Carter
Decutas
John Mpv
Shawmup Ave
New Snedford
Abe Pines
Btewart &@ Co
Tuleda
Obie
Fort Wayne
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