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Newspaper

Boone County Progressive

Location

Boone, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1914

Page

10

Lebanon Defeats Navy 14 To 4 In Local Ball Game

In a local clash Lebanon reserves overwhelmed the United States Navy team 14 to 4. Laddy Link returned as a married man and fanned 19, allowing six hits and one walk. Heflin and Pearce led with three hits apiece, while Pearlce’s grand hit drove in runs as Lebanon struck for multiple innings and held the Middies to two scattered runs after half a dozen frames.

Lebanon United States Navy Laddy” Link Benedict Morman Navy Miller Link Hanna Bauman Heflin Bunny” Pearce Randal Midland Tattle Guard Carr Mitchell Royal Carl Prairie Creek Heyman Bunny Umpa Emmert Bayman Ludwig Abrhoa Weber Dd Ltd McCann Rice Py Mears Mesker Wea Robinson P. Efi ANON Vibe Heflin Pearce Tomlinson Tevesveer Locolostaoi Stolenier Hanne Emmert Biice

Inside the Money Ed Dillon and Mary Rosalind Shine at Frankfort

At Frankfort on Friday two Lebanon horses placed in the money in the 2 25 pace. Ed Dillon owned by Ed Denny won third money and Mary Rosalind Parr took fourth. Mary Rosalind earned third in all three heats yet under the old placement method Ed Dillon earned first and beat her for third.

Ed Dillon Mary Rosalind Frankfort Lebanon Ed Denny Mary Rosalind Parr

Gets Four Months A Term Of Jail For Bootlegging

Raymond Slack of Marion was convicted in Frankfort city court of bootlegging at the county fair. He received four months in jail and a $100 fine plus costs after police found four quart bottles of whisky in a trunk and more in his room. A separate federal charge for placing bulk whisky in bottles with government stamps was sent to Indianapolis for analysis. a possible $1,000 fine and federal prison term could follow if upheld.

Raymond Slack Marion Gard Frankfort Slack Buntin Lebanon Indianapolis

Prize wheat crop described from Kansas letter home

Mrs Minnie Eaton Gibson of Kinsley Kansas writes of a vast prize wheat harvest nearly all threshed with yields claiming up to 1000 bushels on large plots. She notes extreme heat 110 to 125 degrees, drought, wind, abundant flowers in Kansas and plans to sell the ranch and return to Lebanon while holding one of the best Edwards county farms.

Minnie Eaton Gibson Kinsley Kas Kansas Indiana

Annual Reunion of 154th Indiana Volunteer Infantry

Secretary and treasurer A N Grant invites comrades to the 32nd annual reunion on September 2, 1914, at the G A R ball in Lebanon Indiana. Report at 10 AM, parade to First Baptist church for rifations, welcome by Rev A W Cash, and call to inform secretary of attendance for dinner.

A. N. Grant 154Th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry First Baptist Church A. W. Cash First Christian Church Lebanon

Kentucky Pan ama-Pacific Exposition public publicity agent named

Julius Thornton, ex Lebanon reporter now with Louisville Times, chosen publicity agent for the Kentucky Panama-Pacific Exposition Commission. He will prepare announcements and press articles to boost the exposition, reaching Kentuckians through the press, while not interfering with his duties. The position carries a handsome salary and honors Thornton’s writing ability.

Julius Thornton Lebanon Louisville Kentucky State Commission Ferrest Thornton

County Auto Contest Boosts State Fair Parade

Hundreds of county cars will parade to the State Fair with Hoosier Motor Club backing. Counties compete for 100, 40, and 25 dollar prizes for largest lineup and best decorated car, parade to start September 9 from county seats, with free parking at the fair gates. Marion County excluded.

Wnder Weyl State Board of Agriculture Hoosier Motor Club Indianapolis Marion County Wedneday

Dorcas Class Entertains Friends At Taylor Farm

The Dorcas class of Methodist Sunday school entertained their young men friends Thursday evening at Miss Helen Taylor's country home west of the city. August birthday girls Miss Taylor and Miss Blanche Godfrey and Miss Lucya Smith hosted. Guests arrived via hay wagon, enjoyed music and games, and refreshments of homemade ice cream and cake were served.

Dorcas Methodist Sunday School Helen Taylor Miss Taylor Blanche Godfrey Lucya Smith Taylor Farm

Biographer Russell Dinamore Stricken with Typhoid at Camp

Russell Dinamore became ill with typhoid fever two days after arriving at Fort Benjamin Harrison. He was removed from the field hospital Thursday to his home near Lebanon.

Russell Dinamore Fort Benjamin Harrigon Lebanon

Indian Service Appoints Lixton Teacher at South Dakota Agency

Nitia Hall of Lixton is named as a teacher in the Indian service and will be stationed at the South Dakota Indian agency. The appointment places Hall within Lixton’s education system and connects to federal service duties.

Nitia Hall Lixton South Dakota Agency Nitis Hall Lizton Indian Service South Dakota Indian Agency T* A

Mothers Shape Greatness in Famous Lines on Love

A collection of quotes from Lincoln Edison Moody and others praising mothers as the driving force behind achievement. It extols mothers’ sacrifices, the quiet labor at home, and the need for simpler living over outward display, urging kindness and steady virtue as paths to happiness and success.

Lincoln Thomas Edison Dwight L. Moody Jean Paul Richter Benjamin West

Back to School Say Lebanon Prepares for opening

Local students head to colleges and universities as Lebanon braces for the new school year. Improvements at Stokes and the high school accompany a wave of youths listing Indiana University Purdue University Wabash Northwestern Swarthmore and DePauw among pursued destinations with dozens bound for sophomores juniors and freshmen status in fields across disciplines.

Lebanon New Stokes

September Storm Period Predicted With Eclipses And Frosts

Weather notes forecast a September storm period culminating around the 4th to 6th with rising barometer and cooler air afterward. The report mentions auroral displays, electric disturbances, and a series of storms crossing the Atlantic Pacific coasts, plus anticipated frosts into the north regions. It quotes multiple university affiliations and lists several names connected to the period analysis.

Hicks Atlantic Ocean Gulf Sea of West Indian Magnetic and Electrica Perio Earth Globe Atlantic Pacific Coast Great Lakes North Atlantic Pacific Ocean High Barome University of Michigan Ter Edward Honan Eugene Thornton Cent Department John D. Coonstral Ou/Jr

Died of meningitis in Flora infant dies in Indianapolis

John Walter Stamats eighteen months old son of Harvey and Ethel Stamats died at his parents home on Indianapolis avenue at 8 06 Thursday evening. Cause meningitis contracted days earlier. Born Flora Indiana February 19 1918. Survived by parents and sister Gretchen. Body taken to Flora via Frankfort, funeral held Saturday at Flora Burial, Zick Cemetery near Bors.

John Walter Stamats Harvey Ethel Stamats Indianapolis ‘Avenue Flora Ind Gretchen Frankfort Flora Burj Dalyat Zick Bors

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Minnie Eaton Kentucky Commission Young Ladies M. E. Dorcas Class Fort Harrison Institutions of Learning Indiana University Helen Kenworthy Ruth Herdrich Roze Moore Pauline Wilson John Benz Okla Sicks Richard Porter Rex Dale Sophoranre Harry Jones Mort Pardee Purdue University Clark Berry Ralph Goodwin Ralph Lowman William Duff Paul Huber Hugh Mattix Ralph Worley Marguerite Busby Wabash College Lowell Dale Charles Vallane Fred Morrison David Morrison Thomas King de ‘Pauw University Lois Jones Clarence Ball Hazel Henderson Alva Wynkoop Northwestern University Edith Shelby Joy Shelby Madge Shelby Swarthmore College Roy Comey John Bell Preasly Kimmel ST. Louis North Sky Illinois Women's College Corrine Stephenson Audra Miller Bradley Polytechnic Peoria Ilinois Leona Winn Helen Titus Notre Dame Lawrence Kileinhantz Berman College Gaingville Georgia Nina Beck St. Mary’s of the Woods Rearda Robinson Herron Art Institute Lillian Stephenson Butler College Cordelia Higgins Ward-Helmont College Nashville Tennessee Helen Ritchin Thomas Normal College Detroit Michigan Ester Bravhard Methodist Training Schoolor Glee Bowen Columbia University Paul Ward State Normal Ralph Schenke Louisville Medical College Iora Flannigan John W. Stamats
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