Train Restores Service on Southeast Line After Cyclone
The Southeastern passenger train, due here at 9 15 northbound, resumed Friday morning for the first time since last Wednesday’s cyclone washed out the roadbed and bridges between here and Seymour. Conductor Charles Wilson and Engineer Geo McGinnis led the run. the train arrived 25 minutes late but with no mishaps. Officials expect all trains on the line to regain normal time within days.
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Southeastern
Here
Seymour
Charles Wilson
Geo. McGinnis
Jerome Dixon Sentenced to Sixty Five Days at Putnam Farm
Jerome Dixon was taken Friday morning to Putnam County Farm to serve a total of sixty five days. He appeared in police court Thursday afternoon where he was fined 25 dollars and costs and given a 30 day sentence on the charge of intoxication. Officer Sherman Pleasant transported him to the state penal farm in Putnam County.
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Jerome Dixon
Pum County
Sherman Pleasant
Weathered harvest delays hit Southwestern Indiana crops
Sivansville Indiana reports heavy rains delaying harvest across Southwestern Indiana. Threshing is postponed as grain sprouts in fields. Little new wheat delivered. local flour remains scarce and mills shut down awaiting fresh grain.
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Sivansville
Ind
Indiana
ALOE BASKET MEETING AT TUNNPELTON CHURCH
The Methodist Church of Tunnpelten led by Rev. Fred Reynolds hosts an all day basket dinner aid meeting at Guthrie Grove on the fourth Sunday in August. Attendance is noted as good and the day is expected to be enjoyable. Ayes Mverschods invited. Rey Jackson, who visited with his parents near the city, has returned to Toledo Ohio for a new position.
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Methodist Church of
Rey Jackson
Frank Jackson
Toledo
Ohio
Robert Allen
Salem
Newton Allen
Mr. Allen
Elias
McCray
Grain Dealers National Association
Herford
Tlent- Land
American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association
Metleas
Alana
MecCray
Discount and Deposit State Bank
Struck Ziba Inman at Peerless Quarry Friday morning
Report says Ziba Inman was struck at the Peerless Quarry Friday morning and was knocked unconscious. Details on assailant and motive were not available.
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Ziba Inman
Peerless
Sewing Club Delights Both Ladies and Guests
Mrs Milt Blackwell hosted a Thursday sewing club at I Street with needlework music and a delicious lunch. A quarry accident injured Zaibaliman at Peerless when derrick dogs broke throwing heavy objects hitting his head. he received treatment and was sent home.
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Zaibaliman
Ingalls
Peerless
Inman
Kemina Himmer Dies at Seven Months in City Home
The seven months old daughter of Joseph Himmer died at her north city home on Wednesday night. Burial was held Thursday.
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Kemina
Joseph Himmer
Spider Found on Bananas Captured at West Side Fruit Store
A large tarantula was found on a bunch of bananas at the West Side Fruit Store by Charles Danner and was captured under heavy glass exhibit. Police Court notes include Faley acquitted of provoking a charge. Local residents Helen Baker, Mrs. Willi Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Wmn. Jackson, and Chloe Pace are mentioned in visitor and health updates.
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West Side
Charles Danner
Mr. Danner
Trush
Marooned Woman Reaches Home After Storm Ordeal
Mrs. Clarissa Hillman of Kurtz, long marooned since a recent storm, finally reached home today on the Southeastern train. She visited distant cousin John Owens, 21st and G streets, for the first time in 59 years, finding the reunion enjoyable after decades apart.
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Clarissa Hillman
Kurtz
John Owens
Warren T McCray Positioned for Indiana Governor Run
Warren T McCray of Kentland emerges as a leading Republican gubernatorial hope. The Newton County Enterprise notes his business success and broad support from Indiana leaders, farmers, bankers, and cattle breeders as he contemplates a state wide campaign.
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Warren T. McCray
Kentland
Newton County
McCrey
Indiana
McCray
Fidiana
Commonwealth of
Warren 3
Republican Party
Lincoln
Morton
Meixin- Jey
Party of Progress and Achievement
Warren WY
Wil Warren T. McCray
Brook
Greenberry W
Martha Gerry McCray
Montgomery County
Indlana
Warren McCray
Wentland
W. Kirkpatrick
Walton Gisceery
Samuel Mitchell
Warra
Reformatory Artes Quit At Indiana Reformatory
The Board of Trustees of the Indiana Reformatory at Jeffersonville voted to end the agreement with Indiana Manufacturing Company at its October 1 expiration. About 36 inmates formerly employed will be settled later. For years the company sold surplus foundry output and supplied materials, fuel, and foremen while paying wages to the reformatory. Labor unions have objected to inmates competing with free labor.
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Board of Trustees
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Indiana Manufacturing Company
West street man suffers sun stroke at home
Ray Denniston of West Street suffered a sun stroke Thursday while working in his garden at his big home. Dr. Maddox attended him and Mr Denniston was reported to be slightly better Friday afternoon.
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Ray Denniston
Title Street
Western States Donate Generous Aid to Belgium Campaign
Western states show unremitting generosity to the destitute Belgians as reports to the Commission for Relief in Belgium indicate continued activity. Michigan reports strong progress in the Buy-a-Sack of Flour drive, aiming for 380000 dollars. bids for 400 tons of flour were awarded after testing samples in Detroit. Grand Rapids contributed a carload and other cars, and a Chicago shipment of wheat and flour arrives, totaling about 759 tons valued at roughly six hundred thousand dollars.
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Belgium
Commission For Relief In
Broadway
New York
Michigan
Charles B. Warren
Michigan Committee of the
Commission
State Committee
Dime Bank
Detroit
Warren
Grand Rapids
W. 7. Chalmers
Everett L. Millard
Oolitic Fire Victim Plans New Dry Goods Venture
Joseph Daher of Oolitic, who lost heavily in Wednesday night’s blaze, visited the city to arrange a fresh dry goods business. He estimated about $3,000 in insurance, to be split with Keach and Walls Agencies, and aims to reopen with a full line once repairs are complete.
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Joseph Daher
Oolitic
Dahr
Iim
Arrapecuenia
Keach
Wails & Walls
Large Catalpa Tree Cut Down at Mike O'Brien Home
A catalpa tree measuring thirty by forty three inches was cut down on the lawn of Mike O'Brien on West Thirteenth Street. Some residents question the tree's age with estimates ranging from about sixty years to planted thirty one years ago by Mrs. Edmondson.
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Mike O’brien
FourYearOld Girl Injured by Glass After Step
Pauline Clayton four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Clayton living four miles west of the city stepped on broken glass a few days ago. A local doctor removed a three fourth inch piece from her left foot and she is resting easier.
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Pauline Clayton
George Clayton
Hog Cholera Alarms Warned By Local Veterinarian
Dr. QC Dobbins reports hog cholera spreading in this region with many farms visited for sick hogs. He has vaccinated more than 200 head of swine during the past week as the illness runs high in the area and adjoining sections.
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QC. Dobbins
Dobbins
Curfew Disturbs Black Birds Fleeing Bell Alarm
A local scene reports black birds stirred by a distant bell clang in a tree as curfew hours approach. The disturbance causes shifting, fluttering, and brief gathering but resolves as the bell tolls pass.
Birds Return to Bell Entrancing Denniston’s Trees
Local tale tells how W. M. Denniston built a dinner bell from his veranda to scatter thousands of black birds. The bell’s ringing now lures birds from nearby areas, drawing large droves to his trees. David N. Pierce sold New Castle Indiana property for a 480 acre Greene County farm through KL Dobbins.
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W. M. Denniston
David N. Pierce
New Castle
Ind
Greene Cony
Mr Pierce
KL. Dobbins
Injured Bedford worker faces threat of blood poisoning
Homer Bates of the Bedford Machine Co plant suffered a spike wound in his left hand while working in the foundry last Friday. The injury is severely inflamed and the physician fears blood poisoning, though treatment continues and hopes for a quick recovery.
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Homer Bates
Bedford Machine Co
Conductor Charles Bowers Improves After Auto Crash
Charles Bowers of the Southeastern Railway, injured in a Peot road accident, showed marked improvement and was conscious at times. Doctors believed he would recover fully barring complications, and he slept well Thursday night.
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Charles Bowers
Leeching For Leonard Terrill After House Fire
Leonard Terrill's residence and furnishings were destroyed by a fire. Neighbors reported the blaze and neighbors offered clothing and aid while authorities investigated the cause.
Rumor of Jesse Johnson Arrest in Indianapolis Debunked
A circulating city rumor that Jesse J. Johnson, once in the meat business here, was arrested and charged in Indianapolis police court is proved false after investigation. Officials note a similarly named Jesse Johnson arrested May 11th there and later acquitted, but he is not known locally. Marshall Prosser of Mitchell visited the Prosser family on South I street.
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Jesse J. Johnson
Indianapolis
Jesse Johnson
Jesse Z. Johnson
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Manhattan
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Jarl Junter
Jesse Pace
Theo Heiger
Oscar Skerd
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Harry Blackwell
Judson Mitchell
Roca
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Faley
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Williams
Willi Russell
New Albany
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Bedford
Chloe Pace
Herdin Burton
Huron
Tere
Mendland
John Ade
Philadelphia
Durbin
Northern Indiana Hospital
Marshall
Indiana State Conard of Agriculture
Western State
Paign
Miepanes
Catalpa
West Thirteenth Street
Uttle Girl
Pase
Deter
Leech
Leonard Ter
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Furni
Ture
Leonard Terrill
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Marshall Prosser
Mitchell
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