Crawfordsville interurban hits fire wagon. two killed and injured
At 12 15 today in Crawfordsville a T B I E interurban car struck a hose wagon at Woodlawn and Pike, killing Clarence Williams of Company No 2 and injuring Fire Chief Hurley. Motorman Tangman and Conductor Reader said the crossing bell rang as the wagon failed to clear the tracks. Williams died instantly. Hurley suffered a crushed shoulder and possible permanent disability.
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Clarence Williams
Crawfordsville
Burley
T. B., I. & E. Interurban
Leba Ton Station
Woodlawn
Pike Streets
Tangman
Reader
Williams
Hurley
Williams Ekull
Aut
Company No. 1
Tesched Lebanon
Inter Nos Club Hosts Thimble Party For Mothers
The Inter Nos club entertained their mothers with a thimble party at Miss Edith Lewis home on South Fest street. Miss Verne Lowman and Miss Lucila Edwards provided music with a piano solo by Edwards and a Holson Diamond Disc machine.
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Inter Nos Club
Edith Lewis
South Fest Street
Banner from Boone County court house flag note
In Boone County a torn and discolored flag at the county courthouse stands as a somber relic amid rising war talk across the Atlantic. The piece laments the flag’s condition while contrasting American peace with European preparations. The scene underscores national sentiment as global conflict looms.
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Atlantic
United States
Boone County
Court House
Governor Ralston Opens Laporte Picnic for Boys and Girls Club
Governor Samuel M. Ralston gave the keynote at Laporte County’s first annual Boys and Girls Agricultural Club picnic at Fox Memorial Park. He praised agricultural progress, noted Indiana's schooling in agriculture, and lauded county agent L. B. Clore for organizing the event and the expansive turnout. The governor’s address followed a morning program and a luncheon at Hotel Humely.
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Samuel M. Ralston
Fox Memorial Park
Laporte
Westville
L. B. Clore
Humely
Indiana
Laporte County
L. B. Clare
Three Bidders File for West South Street Contract Let in August
Special council session hears bids from Adams Brothers Pat Shahan and Son and George T Miller for West South street improvements and Noble street hearing. Bids cover straight circular and gutter curbs cement walks brick pavement sewer work and concrete approaches with multiple lineal feet and square yard estimates from Veedersburg Clinton Bloomfield Poston Knobstone and Brazil blocks. Contract to be let August 24.
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West South Street
Noble Street
Adams Brothers
Pat Shahan
George T. Miller
Irick
Veedersburg
Clinton
Bloomfield - Poston
Pat Shahan & Son
Poston
Sane Cejenen
Brazil
Gatch Basin
Noble
Dairy Cream Separator Company
Charles M. Dickerson
Chicago
Women and moral duty in a reforming home life
Amid calls for female awakening and ballot power, the piece argues women must lead in home care and moral example. It urges noble speech and action, rejects prejudice, and links motherhood to civic responsibility. It laments changing homes, urges kindness, discipline, and charitable conduct within families and society.
Laborers Strike Over Higher Wages At Frankfort Work Site
Seven white laborers on the treat gang repairing aging bricks along the T H I E line in Frankfort struck at noon Monday when a colored man from Indianapolis was placed at work for more money. The dispute centers on wage differences and job assignments in the aging brick project.
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Frankfort
Indianapolis
Mission Circle Hosts Meeting at Miss Lou Cox Home
The Young Ladies Mission Circle of Central Christian met at Miss Lou Cox's Indianapolis avenue home with hostesses Miss Ethel Casey and Miss Hazel Whittinghill. Attendees enjoyed a program on Forms of Missionary Work led by Mrs. May Callane, a letter from Mrs. P. C. Hedges about Africa, and decorative touches in Brown and gold. Out of town guests included Miss Jane Giles Gatayette and Miss Margaret McCain Richmond among others. refreshments followed games and puzzles.
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The
Central Christian Church
Lou Cox
Inianapolis Avenue
Ethel Casey
Hazel Whittinghill
May Callane
P. C. Hedges
Lungs
Africa
Janet Giles
Lafayette
Mia
Jane Giles
Gatayette
Missea Lucile
Pearl Washburn
Attica
Misa Edna Ayatt
New Harmony
Margaret McCain
Richmond
Verily This Message by Wire Goes Awry at Garage
A bizarre tale recounts Charles McClaine and a garage employer devising a scheme to remove loafers. A crippled man named Tandy Shumate sits wired in a front-seat setup, inviting passersby to talk as the chair is electrified, causing crowd reactions and amid satirical commentary on diplomacy and war.
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Charles McClaine
Tandy
Shumate
McClaine
Oliver Proctor
Huerta
Mexico
Germany
de Pisate
Tandy” Vings
August Weather Forecast From St Louis Prophet Parson Hicks
The weather outlook for August, as issued by Parson Hicks, predicts repeated storm periods centered on the 1st 2nd and 3rd with lingering cloudiness and drizzling rains across much of the country. A regular storm period centers on the 7th and 8th, with a full moon on the 5th increasing disturbance. From the 9th to 12th expect westward to eastward disturbances, rising barometer and cooler air, followed by a second reactionary period around the 12th and a long regular period from the 11th to 29th with danger dates near the 21st to 23rd and continued activity into late August.
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Parson Hicks
Relatives Await News From European Tour Members
Relatives in Boone County and Thorntown anxiously await word about Mrs. Nannie Neptune and her daughters Celine and Helen after a six week tour of Europe now in Holland. Henry Wolfe of Wabash and Miss Victoria Dook of this city are in Europe with unconfirmed reports placing them in Brussels Belgium. The Niven family of Thorntown also awaits further news.
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Boone County
Europe
Nannie Neptune
Celine
Helen
Holland
Henry Wolfe
Wabash
Victoria
Dook
Brussels
Belgium
the Niven
Thorntown
Pre
Old bank to continue trade as new bank plans falter
Promoters of a proposed Advance bank failed to meet the purchase deadline for Advance State bank. Differences were quietly settled and the old bank will keep operating at its current location. Seventeen new stockholders join the old bank’s promoters, boosting prestige of the established institution.
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Advance Bank
Advance State Bank
Thairopm
Boost Baptist Assembly at Franklin College in Indiana
Unusual interest marked the Indiana Baptist Summer Assembly held at Franklin College last week with 180 enrolled, an increase over last year. Activities ran 8 to 12 mornings and 8 evenings with lectures daily, notable speakers, Bible study, art instruction, and recreation. Diplomas were awarded to sixty attendees after twenty lectures, including two Lebanon participants Ada Bonwell and Leota Saunders.
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Thendiana Baptist
Franklin College
A. B. Strickland
Myrtle Huckleberry
George Guille
Moody Bible Institute
William B. Chalmers
Chas
Stanton
Home and Foreign Missions
Marguerite Glenn
Laporta County
John Ruthven
Chicago
James A. White
Louisville
G. M. Dinsmore
Beng
Ada Bonwell
Leota Saunders
Hardy
Her Own Attorney In Courtwoman Wins Alimony Case
In San Francisco on August 4 acting as his own attorney Charles Paff argued to reduce alimony from two hundred to fifty dollars a month. His ex wife Bertha M Paff aided by an absent attorney spoke against the motion. She used her newly learned procedural skills from the divorce to interpose an objection and outmaneuver him.
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San Francisco
Charles Paft
Bertha M. Paff
Decorating Work On Stolkes Building Begins Today
Painting and interior decorating of the Stolkes building will commence today. Long and Potter of Elwood have the contract. The work is proceeding smoothly and the pallet will be completed in plenty of time.
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Stolkes
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East
Adam
An Weitzel
West South
Vivian Stewart
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Street Gang
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C.B. Wilcox
Charles Shepard
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Erre Simmons
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