Origin of Labor Day Peculiar Accident and Nearby News
The report notes 15 year old Will Cook, son of Capt. William Cook, fracturing skull after falling on a Lincoln Avenue curb while chasing a ball. It also covers a prospecting well near Loogootee, a potato glut in Minnesota, Monon railroad growth, and a historical overview of Labor Day origins and celebrations in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Capt
William Cook
Lincoln Avenue
Young Cook
Family Reunion Honors Rev. Levi Batman in L Street Home
Mrs Dr J B Duncan hosted a Saturday evening family reunion on L Street for Rev Levi Batman of Mansfield Ohio. A six o'clock dinner was served to the Batman brothers and their families including Ira C Batman Emma Gordon James Levi Robert Fred Henry and grandmother Mrs Emily Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Duncan
L Street
Levi Batman
Mansfield
Ohio
Ira C. Batman
Emma
James Batman
Gordon
Robert
Fred
Henry Batman
Emily Bailey
Death of Walter L. Peyton From Log Cart Accident
Walter L. Peyton about 18, of Mt. Olive, died when a loaded rock cart shifted after a horse balked at Rock Ledge. He was a booker for Isaac Williams hauling stone to the railroad crusher. An extra horse helped pull the carts up to the crusher, and a frightened horse caused the fatal crushing blow. The body was brought from Rock Ledge to be prepared for burial and buried at Linnville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Peyton
Rock Ledge
Southern Indiana Railway
Peyton
Mt. Olive
Isaac Williams
Small Blaze at Avenue Hotel Sparks from Gasoline Stove
A small blaze started in the ironing room of the Avenue Hotel on Friday afternoon from a gasoline stove leak used for heating smoothing irons. The Fire Department arrived to find employees had already extinguished the flames. The drip saturated the floor and ignited carpet and wall, but damage remained minimal.
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Avenue Hotel
Chaplain Lozier Honored Veteran Leader Remembered
The Greensburg News profiles L H Lozier of Mount Vernon Wisconsin a veteran Chaplain and major who served with the 85th Indiana Regiment and as sanitary aide for the western army. He is celebrated as Father of the Soldiers Orphans Home at Knightstown and famed for his battlefield restraint and later eloquent lectures. He attended the 83rd Ben Spooner reunion at Summan and continues his work in the far west with enduring esteem for his service.
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L. H. Lozier
Mount Vernon
Wis
Greensburg
Lozier
37Th Indiana Regiment
Atlanta
85Th
Morton
Stanton
Knightstown
Major Lozier
J. H. Lozier
Stone River
Assembly Hall
Thomas Shirk
83Rd
Ben Spooner
Summan
Far West
Labor Day Parade in Indiana Highlights Union Rise
The Labor Day parade drew about 3,000 marchers in a 30 minute procession with unions in uniform. Awards favored Stone Lawyers Union for best body of men and McCarrell for best float. The Indiana Baptist Outlook merged into The Standard, and a reception at Dr. and Mrs. A W Dierking honored Miss Florence Brazil and Miss Eva Seward with music, dancing and formal dress.
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Tom Box
Hilda Bickenhouser
Chas. McCarrell
A. W. Dierking
Politic
Florence Brazil
New Albany
Eva Seward
Bloomington
Clyde McDowell
Rosa Perlman
Dierking
Mable Hennon
Miss McDowell
Mr. Bender
Grace Farmer
Anna Smith
Gertie McDowell
Mebet Hennon
Mary Sexon
Miss Ellison
Carmichael
E. Blackburn
K. Blackburn
C. Butcher
Messrs
Mack Carmichael
Claude Fish
Otto Sexon
John Paul
Orville McDowell
Fred Giles
Patrick Mathews
Otto Carmichael
Andy Carmichael
Minnie Ellison
Mitchel
Frank Holland
Fort Ritner
E. A. Bender
Notable visitors and crops mark Medora notes
Medora Indiana reports Dr J Morton Callahan visiting his brother and taking a professorship in European History at West Virginia University while continuing Boston research in Washington. Also featured is 86 year old Joseph Louis Panze born in Toulon who fought in the Crimean War and later joined the Union Army. Local crops note White River valley corn yield 75 to 100 per acre, early frost risk, good potato crop, peach crop failed, apples present, and long-time preacher Uncle David Brown departing for multiple towns after fifty years in ministry.
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North West
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnesota
New York City
Knights of Labor
New York
Central Labor Union
Central Union
Union Square
Robert Price
Lonaconing
Richard Griffiths
Uncle Dick
George K Lloyd
Oregon
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Colorado
Indiana
California
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Medora
Ind
J. Morton Callahan
Alva
F. E
Hast
Johns Hopkins Press
Baltimore
West Virgina University
Washington, D. C
Joseph Louis Panze
Toulon
France
Italy
Russia
Sebastopol
America
White River Valley
Record corn crop expectations and autumn weather forecast
The article projects a U S corn crop of about 2 59 billion bushels this year, larger than last year's and possibly meeting global needs for two years. It notes production costs, regional acreages, and prices, plus a 1900s weather outlook predicting frequent storms and frosts from early September through the month’s end, with a caution on unusual seismic and electrical phenomena.
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Earth
Lawrence County Teachers Institute convenes at First Christian
The Lawrence County Teachers Institute met Monday at 9:30 a m in the First Christian church under County Superintendent W E Stipp with remarks by Stipp and talks by J E McGilvery of Cleveland Ohio on pedagogy and reading. Mrs McRae led sessions on reading and biography with arithmetic talks by H Holmes and discussion on life philosophy and teaching.
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Lawrence County Teachers Institute
First Christian Church
W. E. Stipp
Emma Mont McRae
Supt. Stipp
J. E. McGilvery
Cleveland
Ohio
Richard Edwards
Mason
Holmes
McGilvery
Sidney Lanier
Booker T. Washington
Miss Arda Knox Arrives From Martinsville
Miss Arda Knox, principal of the High School, arrived Saturday afternoon from Martinsville where she had spent the summer with her parents Rev and Mrs Knox.
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Arda Knox
Martinsville
Rev
Mrs. Knox
Prisoners Escape Jail After Door Hinges Cut
Deputy Sheriff George Smith observed a jailbreak at 5 30 Sunday when prisoners used a saw to cut the top hinge and pull the door inward. Ambrose Niexlesies and Sam Jackson escaped after sprinting from the jail. pursuit failed to stop them and they were not recaptured by press time. Meanwhile Rev Levi Batman preached at First Christian Church Mansf ield Ohio praising the Cross and noting additions to the church by letter and confession.
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George Smith
Smith
Ambrose Niexlesies
Sam Jackson
North Bedford
Levi Batman
Mansfield
Ohio
First
Bro. Edwards
Jubilee Cattle Show Promises Large Indiana Fair Exhibits
Indiana State Fair at Indianapolis during the jubilee week of Sept 12 will feature extensive cattle shows with premium growth. Total prizes rise to 5000 dollars and overall awards reach 65000 dollars, attracting livestock from across Indiana and the nation. Parades and brass band concerts accompany the events as cattle from major herds compete for top honors.
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Indiana
State Board of Agriculture
Indianapolis
Americ
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J. F. Quigley
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Edwina Day
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H. Noble Sherwood
J. L. Clauser
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Robert Tirey
BE. Faris
Emma Beaver
Olin Norman
Minnie Burton
Oliver L. Rayburn
C. Consalus
H. H
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Willis Holliman
Howard Franklin
S. S. Railroad Company
Elnora
Elnora News
Ed Gardiner
M. C. Hart
Oolitic
U.S
the Daily News
Bowling Green
Bedford— Bowling Green Stone Co
D. Y. Johnson
S. H. Avery
Brothershoods
Stone City
Roney’s Boys Concert Co
Boston Ladies Symphony Orchestra
Parke
Concert Co
Melvin Robinson
David Garrick
David Copperfield
Mr. Robinson
Boston Ladies
Alexander Macey Irving
Alex Irvine
John J. Craig
Craig
Bellevue Cemetery
Kentucky Advocate
Danville
E. R. Andrews
University of Chicago
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