Boone County mail carriers plan July picnic
Boone County Rural Mail Carriers Association held a meeting in the City building council chamber with about eighteen of thirty members. They voted to hold a county picnic in July inviting all post office officials and employees, with postmasters named honorary members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone County Rural Mail Carriers Association
East State Organization
Council
K. of P. Club
Thomas 0. Beck
Wilson
D. G. Edwards
Delbert Neese
Whitestown
Owen Curry
Thorntown
Lafayette
Boone County Association
Indiana Envisions 150 Autos Sold Daily This Summer
Indiana calls for licenses at the secretary of state's office show auto sales running at about 150 per day. So far 53 511 licenses issued for Indiana owned machines this year, with more new cars likely than last year though annual registration is new. Rural areas and small towns receive most deliveries while 480 dealers operate in the state. Motorcycles total 8597 and licensed chauffeurs number 1250. Transfers for second hand machines are being requested at two to twelve per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
May Reopen Center Township School Faces Attendance Test
Patrons northeast of Lebanon in Center township petition trustee Saunders to reestablish the Center Township School closed in fall 1913 for poor attendance. If average daily attendance exceeds twelve, the trustee will favor the petition. Other items note memorial services for Knights of Pythias, Lena Hays death, Mrs. Hendricks improving after operation, and Abe Caster’s eye surgery progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Center Township
Saunders
Ratsburg
Thorntown Chautauqua Week Ahead and Local Updates
Thorntown seeks a July 13 start for chautauqua activities while regional rains boost optimism. Sheridan connections appear in local news with Olmvier Wainscott named manager of Arcadia poultry house, Arza Millikan reporting two tons of alfalfa from two acres, and J B Kercheval named executor with a $50,000 bond. The Sheridan area estate includes 240 farm acres south of town and a sizable personal estate to settle. A two year old in Sheridan suffers finger injuries cutting a lawn mower. Zionsville notes Harry Phillippi resigns as Christian church pastor with trustees accepting, effective in sixty days. Canal Zone postings reach Ancon for W S Essex, and Governor Ralston to speak at Tomlinson Hall on Knights of Pythias memorials. Indiana Weekly association elects Ora McDaniel secretary treasurer. Wilbur Nesbit writes governor to express thanks for flag day honor.
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J. B. Kercheval
Robert W. Stephenson
Sheridan
J. C. Newby
Edy Thistlethwaite
Henry C. Mabrey
Berkshire hog sale yields top price of 220 dollars
The Berkshire hog sale at Thom town home of E J Barker drew breeders from fourteen states. Dr Lapp of Philadelphia bought the top pig at 220 dollars and secured five other top prices. Sixty five hogs sold for an average 63.50 dollars, with fourteen spring pigs and fifty-one older animals averaging 74.60 dollars.
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Berkshire
E. J. Barker
Thomtown
Lapp
Philadelphia
This Springs
Boone Co Boys Get Positions
William H. Burroughs of Advance, Wabash College, has been elected instructor in chemistry and physics at Spencer high school to replace Archie F. Drybread. Thomas R. Harney, former Lebanon resident, was elected professor of organic chemistry and food analysis at Danville Normal College and began duties last Monday. Harney will receive the A B degree from Indiana University this summer.
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J. B. Garner
Wabash College
Thomas R. Harney
Lebanon
Danville
Ind
Normal College
Harney
Wabash
Indiana University
William H. Burroughs
Advance
Spencer, In
Archie F. Drybread
Wabash Colege
Governor in Accident Near Home Hospital Gate
Governor Ralston traveled with five W R C members when Claude Pickett’s car collided with a Munden Brothers buggy near Carthage. Pickett said he was moving about fifteen miles per hour as the horse spooked, the buggy was smashed, and one brother was thrown beneath the auto while the other lay before it. The governor rode in the front seat and remained unscathed as the Home hospital visit continued on commencement day.
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Ralston
Claude Pickett
Home Hospital
Munden Brothers
Carthage
Knightstown Banner
Pickett
Claude
Frank family trips amid sister’s forthcoming operation
John Frank returns from a business trip to New York and Pennsylvania and heads to Chicago with his wife to be with his sister Mrs. Rose Wiesehan, who faces a serious operation. Plans to visit daughter Mrs. Carl Jones in Alexandria, Indiana follow once possible. Panama tolls repeal signed by President Wilson at 10 59 this day with no ceremony.
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John Frank
New York
Pennsylvania
Mrs. Frank
Chicago
Mr. Frank
Rose Wiesehan
Washington
Wilson
Panama
Farmers urged to hold wheat for $1 a bushel
The Farmers' Society of Equity based in Indianapolis with a Boone County branch asks farmers nationwide to withhold wheat until they can fetch $1 a bushel. It argues U S wheat could reach that price given costs and profit margins and calls on farmers and millers to join in a campaign to stabilize prices and restore confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Society of Equity
Indianapolis
Boone County
United States
Society of Equity
Eight Graduates at Big Springs Township Commencement
Eight graduates received diplomas at the Big Springs township commencement held Thursday evening in Union. Harry G. Hill of Indianapolis delivered the class address and impressed listeners with an instructive discourse on opportunities in scientific farming for rural school boys and girls. He noted many Boone county graduations in the past two weeks and warned that country boys who abandon farming may be replaced by city bred youths drawn by farmer independence and scientific study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Springs
Union
Harry G. Hill
Indianapolis
Hill
Boone County
Whites Town Man Bitten by Rat Fights Blood Poison
C. C. Campbell of Whites Town was bitten on the thumb by a large rat two weeks ago. The wound healed at first but blood poisoning developed this Monday, leaving him bedfast. He is reported improved today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Campbell
Whitestown
Mr. Campbell
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W. Z. Bryan
Champ Clark
Marshall
W. F. Stanton
Elkhart
Mr. Stanton
Gid
Nule Holoman
Darlingtown
D. Armstrongs
Hel
Ming McKenzie
James H. Black
State Bank
Patrons OF NO. 5
Indianapolis Star
Mace
Knights of Pythias Lodge
W. D. Headrick
Crawfordsville
Lena Hays
Geo. Hays
Vandalia
South Bend
Miss Hays
Darlington
Terre Haute
F. M. Hendricks
Kirklin
Abe Caster
Caster
Mr. Custer
Isaac N. Custer
Thorntown Times
Olmvier Wainscott
Arcadia
Tipton
Arza Millikan
Lingley Cox
The
Zionsville Times
Harry F. Phillippi
Christian Church
Board of Trustees
Times
Phillippi
W. 8
Essex
Zionsville
Canal Zone
Ancon Canal Zone
Tomlinson Hall
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Ora McDaniel
Morristown
Advance Hustler
Morristown Sun
Indiana Associated
Wilbur D. Nesbit
Ralaton
Nesbit
Boone CO
R. Harney
Danville Normal
Spencer
TV Phoce
J. W. Davidson
Oldendorf
Iacobell Bros
Merchant Tailoring
S. Lebanon
William
North
Meridian
Lebanon, Ind
Sss
Monarch
W. S. Ritchie
Coombs’ Drug Store
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