Twenty Year Old Baxter Killed in Motorcycle Crash Near Lebanon
Ernest Baxter aged twenty living near New Richmond died after a motorcycle collision on the Indianapolis road southeast of Lebanon. He and his brothers John and Frank were en route to Jefferson County to visit their mother and attend camp meeting. Baxter suffered a base-skull fracture and died about an hour and a half after arrival at Williams hospital. The funeral arrangements were set after the body was shipped to Deputy, Jefferson County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Baxter
New Richmond
Lebanon
Insianapolis
Baxter
John
Frank
Jefferson County
Irena Baxter
White County
Tippecanoe County
Lafayette
Mary Newman
South East Street
Ernest
Gochenour Farm
Frank Baxter
Taylor
Whites, Town
Charles Godenour
Williame Hospital
Young Baxter
Judson Baxter
Williams Hospital
Cory & Bratton Undertaking
Deputy
Funers
Charles R
Judson N
Francis H
John R. Baxter
Stella Baxter
Pearl Daisy Baxter
Methodist Church
Norway
Indianapolis
Zionsville Man Arrested On Bootlegging Charge
Frank Young a 42 year old from Zionsville was arrested in Indianapolis after offering to sell whiskey to a plain clothes patrolman. A second man, James Pender, is charged with foitering and held as a witness. The note mentions the governor’s likely absence for most of the week due to state business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Young
Zionsville
Senate Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Indianapolis
Paulsell
Young
James Pender
Fields
Yates
Pender
Woman breaks arm in fall at Indianapolis home
Mrs Nancy Parkhurst, aged over 84 from Indianapolis, visiting Mrs Ed Herod, fell on basement stairs at the latter's home and fractured her left arm in two places along with other injuries. She is mother of Mrs Ed Fowler of the city. Special City Council session Friday awarded brick pavement contract on West South street to Adams Bros after rejecting a petition for concrete wearing surface due to invalid property owner signers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Parkhurst
Indianapolis
Ed. Herod
West South Street
Adams Bros
Crawfordsville
Gullien
George T. Miller
Governor Ralston Travels by Wagon to Boyhood Home
Governor Ralston rode Monday from Owett county to the Latter'e Farm in Jecknon Township, revisiting his boyhood. He traveled in a new automobile though recalling his earlier mode, a wagon or two-wheel cart drawn by oxen, accompanied by Mrs. Ralston and Ruth Sears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralston
Owett ‘County
Waa
Ruth
Sears Ea
Thimble Party Honors Miss Catharine Richey
Mrs John Hornaday entertained a male guest group in Lebanon for Miss Catharine Richey of Uniontown accompanied by Mrs Irene Boweman of Chicago and Mrs Bowman formerly Miss Irene Howe. Golden glow flowers decorated the Abney home and the event ended with a luncheon served to guests acquainted on prior visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hornaday
Catharine “Richey
Uniontown
Irene Bows’ Man
Chicago
Bowman
Irene’ Howe
Lebanon
Abney
Gypsies Loot Homes in Mechanicsburg Aftermath
A traveling band ransacked the homes of Sam McMullen and James Buubaugh in Mechanicsburg on a Sunday. They carried off wearing apparel while families were away, with the theft not discovered until late evening after the gypsy group had left the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
Sam McMullen
James Buubaugh
Pocket Picked at Tuscola III in Bank Certificate Theft
Abraham Eckert of Perry township near Indianapolis was robbed in Tuscola Illinois of twenty dollars and a $500 First National Bank of Lebanon certificate. Eckert, five miles from town on the Indianapolis pike, was boarding a crowded car when the wallet vanished. He notified banks to stop payment on the certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Eckert
Indianapolis Pike
Perry Township
Tuscola, Ill
First National Bank of Lebanon
Eckert
Tuscola
Reunion of the Eighty Sixth Infantry Regimental Meet
The Forty-Ninth annual reunion of the Eighty-sixth Regular Indiana Volunteer Infantry will be held in Lebanon on September 4 and 5 with talk of making Lebanon the permanent meeting place. The unit, organized in Boone and Lebanon counties, saw action in Perryville, Stone River, Chicamauga, Mission Ridge, and many Atlanta campaigns before discharge in Indianapolis on June 6, 1865.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Lebanon
Boone County
Aaron Frazee
Perry Township
William Sims
C. 3
Hamilton
Morton
Perrysville
Stone River
Chicamauga
Mission Ridge
Knoxville
Barnardes
East Tennessee
Sherman
Resacca
Atlanta
Buzzard’n Roost
Kenessa Mountain
Marietta
The Importance of Road Maintenance
An instructional piece stressing road upkeep as essential, noting no road is permanent and highlighting drainage, ditches, crowding, and drag use. It covers proper timing, moisture, and materials, plus machine and drag techniques to maintain earth and gravel roads for better longevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Charles S Williams Celebrates Fiftieth Birthday
About forty five relatives and friends gathered at his Indianapolis avenue home Sunday afternoon to honor the fiftieth birthday. A bountiful noon dinner followed the celebrants enjoyed the feast of good things.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Williams
Indianapolis Avenue
Armadillo Exhibit Goes Awry At County Fair
A chaotic scene at the Morris barn reveals an armadillo display misbehaving and other animals at large after a nest was torn. Officials report the animals, including badger and gophers labeled on cages, may have been released by a show at the fairgrounds. Four local men, Morris and Morgan among them, faced the incident as animals were found sick from tainted meat and the fair concluded without success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Morgan
Dragging earth roads and wheat growing discussed
A rural meeting at Sugar Plain Sugar Creek township covered wheat growing with County Agent Imel from Boone and County Agent Chitty from Montgomery present. The discussion included road dragging techniques for damp soil and timing, plus tips on maintaining road crowns and drag edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Plain
Sugar Creek Township
Imel
Boone
Agutit
Chitty
Montgomery County
Injured Man Dislocated Shoulder At Fair Grounds Parade
Irvin Bradley of five miles east of Lebanon suffered a dislocated right shoulder during a livestock parade at the fair grounds when race horses wrongly allowed on the track spooked a guiding heifer. Bradley was dragged about twenty feet before freeing himself. doctors Her man Beck and Higgins treated him and set the shoulder with ligaments badly torn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Bradley
Lebanon
Fair Grounds
Bradley
Arthur Beck
Herman Beck
Beck
Higgins
Whitestown School Contract Set. Bitters Co win heating
At Whitestown the school building contract is set. Bitters & Co of Kokomo won the heating bid at 1710 dollars and Snider & Co of Kokomo won the general contract at 8000 dollars. E Smith was the sole advisory board member present as Booker threshing clover seed. Next move in the case remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitestown
Bitters '& Co
Kokomo
Snider & Co
E. Smith
Booker
Personal Power sermon lowers own religious ties and strength
Governor Ralston to speak at next open air union service while the Lebanon orchestra expands to forty. Dr J C Todd of Indiana University preached on Personal Power, urging daily Bible reading and personal prayer to remain in Christ and bear fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralston
Lebanon
First Baptist Church
J. C. Todd
Bible Choir
Indiana University
Todd
Christ
Teachers Institutes Announced for County Townships
County Superintendent announces preliminary teachers institutes at multiple locations and dates. Marion and Union townships hold at School No 2 on Monday August Stat Center Clin ton and Harrison at Lebanon on September 2. Jefferson Sugar Creek Washington at Thorntown on September 2. Eagle Perry Worth at Zionsville on September 4. Jackson at Jamestown on September 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Superintendent Service
Marion
Union Townships
Marion Township
Clinton and
Harrison
Lebanon
Jefferson
Sugar
Creek
Washington
Thorntown
Eagle
Perry and
Worth
Zionsville
Jackson
Jamestown
Two Indiana Girls Swim Three Miles For Candy Prize
Spectators cheered as Clarice Weer and Meade Harvey swam three miles across Lake Wawasee to win a five pound box of candy. The DePauw and Indiana University students finished within an hour and a half, watched by a crowd from Lakeview to Buttermilk Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Dispatch
Indiana College
Lake Wawasee
Clarice Weer
Andersay
Meade Harvey
Ztonsille
Miss Weer
DePauw
Kapyo Alpha Theta
Indiang University
Vawter Park
Winthen
Lakeview
Oskwood Park
Buttermilk Point
Vawter Park Hotel
Flage
Vanterpal Hotel
Omers
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Ridge
Zios
Tuscarawas County
Ohio
Jackson Township
Owen County
South Street
Incs
Jecknon, Township
Thimble Party
John *Hornaday
Company of Friends
Livex
Tolypeutus Tricintus
Clogel Linteh
Alex
Morris Hag
bin Home
North
Lebanon Street
Fair Ground
Weitestown Middle
Service
Townshipa
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