Delightful Motor Trip Enjoyed By Local Group
Bery Farmer and guest Carl Montgomery of New Albany with Hazel Mason of Oklahoma and Harriett Farmer and Bess Smith motored thirty five miles Friday morning. They left at 5 30 for Stonington where Montgomery visited his grandfather. A breakfast stop was included. morning motor drives gain popularity in the area.
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Bery] Farmer
Carl Montgomery
New Albany
Hazel Mason
Oklahoma
Harriett Farmer
Bess Smith
Stonington
Mr. Montgomery
Derrick Dug3 Breaks Man Leg at P M G Quarry
Albert Sears, lodge foreman at the P M B quarry north of Oolitic, broke his leg Thursday at 3 PM when a dog broke into a derrick lift. The injury occurred as the dogs swung against him. he was treated by Dr. Simpson and transported to his home on West 15th street. His brother Leo Sears suffered a crushed leg at the Southeastern roundhouse the same day.
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Albert Sears
Oolitic
Sears
Dr. Simpson
West 15Th Street
Leo K. Sears
Southeastern Roundhouse
Files Damage Suit Against Monon
Thomas J. Hughes filed suit in the Lawrence circuit court seeking about $3,000 in damages from the Monon wreck at Sand Pit on June 8 between trains No 8 and 5. He alleges he was thrown to the car floor and suffered skin bruises and lacerations that left him unable to work.
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Thomas J. Hughes
Monon
Sand Pit
Lawrence
Boruff & Boruff
Old Soldiers Picnic Held At Comrade Prow Home
About fifty veterans gathered at Comrade Prow’s near Red Cross for their quarterly picnic on Sunday. The custom of meeting at Mr Prow’s home to fix papers and enjoy the day continued with a fine dinner as a feature of the occasion.
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Comrade Prow
Red Cross
Mr. Prow
Bloomington Liquor Man Ends Life in Bloomington
Wilhite H. Troutman 61 of Troutman and De Moss liquor firm shot himself in his Bloomington room. He sought relatives in Kentucky after asking partner E. S. DeMoss to send for them. A long health decline preceded the suicide and he left about $45,000 in fortune and a heavy life policy. Troutman, once of Shepherdsville Kentucky, had brothers and sisters there and a 98 year old mother also living in Kentucky.
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E. S. DeMoss
Kentucky
Wilhite H. Troutman
Troutman and DeMoss
Bloomington
Troutman
Shepherdsville
Lee Troutman
C. F. Troutman
Carrol
F. Combs
Sophia Troutman
Pension vouchers signed for old soldiers and widows
Monday brought crowds to the county clerk and auditor office for pension voucher signings and witnessings. Probation Officer Lucien E. Payne, well known in the county, served as a witness aiding many cases.
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Lucien E. Payne
County Commissioners Discuss Farm and Asylum Plans
The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session at the Court House. They discussed the proposed new county farm and the county asylum buildings but did not record any decision on the matter.
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Board of County Commissioners
Court House
Old Offender Schafer Fined Ten Days in Mayor Fields Court
John Schafer known as Sloppy, banished months earlier and then returned, faced a drunk in Mayor Fields court. He received a 10 day jail term and a fine of 10 dollars plus 20 dollars in costs.
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John Schafer
Fields
Schafer
Girl Injured In Bicycle Accident On Salt Creek Hill
Miss Ruth Mann of Indianapolis visiting her uncle Nate Mann on North O street suffered painful injuries when her bicycle rider lost control on Salt creek hill north of the city. She was thrown from the bike and badly bruised and cut, with no bones broken.
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Ruth Mann
Indianapolis
Nate Mann
North O Street
Salt Creek Hill
Surprise Birthday Dinner Crowd Attends Freeman Home
Mrs. Fred Freeman discovered at her Bryantsville road home that relatives and friends had gathered for a birthday anniversary surprise. Guests from the city brought a long lawn feast as part of the celebration and the hostess enjoyed the hearty dinner with the well wishers.
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Fred Freeman
Bryantsville
John Feltner
Otto Shoulty
Walter Route
Howard Fagan
Ida Feltner
Grace Starr
Charles Ltigler
Addison Younger
Robert Younger
John Younger
David Younger
Fred Edgar
L. J. Box
Mollie Box
Funeral for John Sears in Bloomington
The funeral for John Sears was held at his daughter Mrs Walter Robertson’s home in Bloomington at 3 p m Sunday. Dr J W Jones and Rev J C Todd conducted the service. Interment followed at Rose Hill cemetery with pallbearers Sanford Teter Edward Showers Noble Campbell Will Sears John Nichols and Jesse Fulwider.
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John Sears
Walter Robertson
Bloomington
J. W. Jones
J. C. Todd
Rose Hill Cemetery
Sanford Teter
Edward Showers
Noble Campbell
Will Sears
John Nichols
Jesse Fulwider
Icy Selkirk Peak Scaled by Explorer Palmer reports ascent
Howard Palmer, secretary of the American Alpine Club, announced the ascent of Mount Sir Sanford in the Selkirks. The 11 634 foot peak, a sheer ice wall, was reached on June 24 after eight attempts in six years. Only five expeditions reached the base and one prior group stood on the summit. The glacier enhances difficulty despite not being among the world’s highest mountains.
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New York
Sir Sanford
Selkirks
Howard Palmer
American Alpine Club
Mr. Palmer
American Geographical Society
Sir Sandford
Canadian Rockies
Captain Culver
Winnipeg
Indiana State Fair to Stage Harness Meet in September
The Indiana State Fair at Indianapolis will host its premier harness racing week starting September 2. New rules curb stable monopolies, increase class entries, and ensure advance starter counts. Purses total about $20,000 with four races daily except two, each near $1,000.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Fair Management
State Board of Agriculture
Fair Board
Purdue Experts to Instruct at State Fair
A corps of twenty Purdue University instructors will work during the Indiana State Fair opening Sept 2. They will teach agricultural and household economics in the Purdue building near the Coliseum, with demonstrations, livestock and corn judging for Indiana boys ages 16 to 20 who have not attended Purdue courses. Contestants must send names to Charles Downing before Sept 3 for prizes of free Purdue scholarships.
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Purdue University
Purdue
University At
Lafayette
Indiana
Charles Downing
State Fair Outdoor Attractions at Indianapolis 1912
The Indiana state fair committee announced free outdoor attractions for September 2 to 6 1912 in Indianapolis featuring Prevost Brown Bartelli Murphy Kroneman Bros That Tall Dancing Lady Casey Milligan Abdallah Troupe Whirlwind Acrobats and The Five Merkel Sisters with acrobatic feats and comedies.
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Indianapolis
Ind
America
Prevost & Brown
Bartelli & Murphy
Kroneman Bros
Casey & Milligan
Abdallah
Merkel Sisters
Country house design in rural America by William A Radford
William A Radford discusses suburban and rural home design emphasizing country site planning, window placement for sun, and using local materials. He describes a broad, low gambrel house with a large central hall, living room, dining room, kitchen, four bedrooms, bathroom, and cost estimate of 3500 dollars.
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Old Home
America
Ape Attacks Woman on Oxford Street in London
An ape in a blue coat riding an omnibus with a fashionable woman attacked a fellow passenger on busy Oxford Street. The conductor pulled the animal away as the two women vanished into the crowd. The injured woman wore long gloves and was not seriously hurt.
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Oxford Street
London
England
Halt in Snodgrass Case Stalls Catskill Inquiry
In Catskill New York officials probe the death of Misa Dorcas I Snodgrass the Mount Vernon nurse found dead in Cubis creek last Sunday The district attorney says no new leads emerged and that Miss Snodgrass sister Mrs John L Crider has returned to California The county will not spend more money without tangible progress
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Catskill
N. Y
Misa Dorcas I
Army Bill Reported Seeks Larger Military Budget
The army appropriation bill was reported to the senate with a total of 94 million 420 thousand 630 dollars and 98 cents, up from 87 million 777 thousand 257 dollars and 18 cents, urging a renewed struggle over the chief of staff provision and signaling possible conference action. The House adopted the conference report on the military academy appropriation bill.
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Washington
Senate
Wood
House
Rebuff to Medill McCormick Probed on Roosevelt Candidacy
Illinois members of the house rebuked Medill McCormick Chicago backer of Colonel Roosevelt for sending a telegram seeking views on the presidential candidacy. The warmest reply came from Representative Rodenberg who wired that the inquiry was impertinent and that he denied McCormick the right to interrogate any Republican candidate about his attitude.
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Washington
Illinois
House
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Roosevelt
McCormick
Rodenberg
Judge rules against gas appliance tampering in Wagner case
Minneapolis August 3 judge Montgomery of the municipal court ruled against the gas firm after the trial of Thomas Wag ner salesman of a patent appliance. Wagner was installing one of his devices in a house when arrested on a complaint from a gas company employee charging tampering with a meter.
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Minneapolis
Montgomery
Thomas Wagner
Wagner
Felons Held After I W W Leaders Guilty Verdict
Six leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World in San Diego were found guilty of felony for alleged conspiracy to violate the city traffic ordinance aimed at stopping street speaking. Attorneys EB Kork and Harry M McKee, plus Jack Whyte H Kiser F W Hubbard and Robert Gausden were named among the convicted. Eight other workers were acquitted.
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Industrial Workers of the World
San Diego
Cal
EB. Kork
Harry M.mckee
Jack Whyte
H. Kiser
F. W. Hubbard
Robert Gausden
Bandit Bandits Rob Express Train in Mexico
Mexican bandits from Zapata's army hijacked a northbound oceanic railway train near Vera Cruz on Wednesday night. They looted the express car of $3,000 and forced the engineer to travel into the mountains before taking refuge.
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Mexico City
Zapata
Oceanic
Vera Cruz
Fhey
Vurault
Prohibition party nominates Eugene W. Chafin at Wisconsin event
In Waukesha Aug 2 a formal notification announced Eugene W. Chafin of Arizona as the Prohibition party presidential nominee. Dr. O H Meade delivered the address at Cutler Park during the national convention exercises. In Los Angeles a separate county jail clash left one prisoner dead after an outbreak.
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Waukesha
Dr. 0.H. Meade
Wis
Eugene W. Chafin
Arizona
United States
Prohibition Party
Cutler Park
O. H. Meade
Los Angeles
Cal
Chicago Woman Promises Weekly Auto Ride for Maid
A Chicago woman offered a maid a weekly automobile ride as inducement. The only applicant asked to see a picture of the chauffeur. The remark suggested that true joy in a ride requires joyousness in the experience.
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Chicago
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Teddy
Oyster Bay
Brown County
Mins Freeman WA
Selkirk Peak
Explorer
Honest Horse
Grandstand
Wiliam
A. Radford
William A. Radford
West Jackson Boulevard
Ape
Woman
M. M’cormick
Colonel Roosevelt
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