Deaths and Burials in Maple Grove Cemetery
Infant Hedge in Maple Grove buried Monday after birth and death occurred Saturday. Steve Cockriel, longtime resident, dies Monday at his Outer Second Street home after several months illness. Survived by wife, three daughters, and three grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday. interment Maple Grove cemetery.
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Goai Hedge
Maple Grove Cemetery
Steve Cockriel
Outer Second Street
Raleigh Gaines
Raymond Kirsch
Theodore Wells
Louisville
URMA Quality and Savings Promise Test
An old URMA advertising pitch urges readers to test URMA quality and savings by clipping the price list, visiting the URMA store nearest their home Saturday, and comparing prices and products with competing stores. It touts fixed lines of quality, careful supervision, and dealer lists not shown in Friday ads.
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ARMA
the Times
Maurer’s Stock Reduction Sale Proves Big Success
J Maurer conducts a stock reduction sale from July 2 to September 1. The cash basis store offers unusually low bargains as he reduces prices on a large stock regardless of cost. Many shoppers have flocked to the department store seeking those discounts.
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J. Maurer
Maurer
Smaaller
Real Estate Transfers and Local Visits in Boonville and Newburgh
Real estate transfers include Claude M. Koutz to William F. Koutz in Boonville for 1 dollar and Ernest C. Purdue to C. M. Wilhelmus in Newburgh for 900 dollars. Other transfers: Sherman Matthews to Philp Lutz Jr in Boonville for 1 dollar. Sherman Douganto and Claude Wood to buyers in Selvin for 650 dollars. Adeline W. Steinmetz to Otto Hart in Chandler for 100 dollars. Stuart E. Stroud to Mabel A. Burns in Newburgh for 1 dollar. A Rea Williams to Ella Littlepage in Boonville for 1 dollar. Local visitors include Herman Woerner of Milwaukee visiting his brother William Koerner. Mrs J H Winchell and children visiting. Sherman and Virginia Ruth of Tell City visiting relatives. Indiana state politician Joseph H. Madden of Lynnville and Syd Bingham of Hart township were in Boonville on business. both Democrats active in county affairs. Ladies' Aid of the M E Church elected officers for the ensuing year.
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Sherman Matthews
Philp Lutz, Jr
Boonville
Sherman Douganto
Claude Wood
Selvin
Adeline W. Steinmetz
Otto Hartloff
Chandler
Stuart E. Stroud
Mabel A. Burns
Newburgh
A. Rea Williams
Ella Littlepage
Joseph H. Madden
Lynnville
Indiana
Syd © Bingham
Hart Township
Inquirer
Soviet Hamlet Burlesque Rehearsed in Moscow Theater
A Soviet edict commissions a stage production titled Hamlet rewritten as a burlesque with revolutionary rhetoric. Pinmilet is portrayed as a communist leader and Lloyd George is echoed in Polentus speeches. The piece aims to reflect Shavian modern drama influences in a Soviet setting.
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Shakespeare
Russia
Thamiet
Moscow
Commissariat of Education
State Institute of Theatrical Art
Pinmilet
Lloyd George
Polentus
German engineer builds walking motor truck driven by logs
A European dispatch to the Philadelphia Public Ledger describes a German invention that moves without wheels. The machine strides on two long skids ten feet each, lifting and shifting with the load, walking four to six miles per hour, and even turning in place or walking sideways while navigating deserts swamps and rivers.
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H. G. Wells
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Revival of the Bicycle Gains Public Support in England
A strong revival of cycling emerges in England as doctors proclaim cycling healthier than other pursuits and emphasize muscular effort and regular breathing as key health benefits. The Olympia show displays a magnificent range of British pedal cycles.
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England
West Norwood Poet recounts two knockdowns by motorcyclist
A West Norwood man who described himself as a poet told the magistrate he had been knocked down twice by a motorcyclist. The comment from i London Punch notes the judge’s implied advice to give up poetry after the first incident.
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West Norwood
London Punch
Baltimore Woman Tries Burlesque Night Smoke
A Baltimore woman, visiting New York, visits a burlesque show after touring the city. She lights a cigarette, prompting the manager to scold her for breaking house rules. She defends herself by noting she smoked at the opera the night before, while the manager laments the “respectable house” image.
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Baltimore
New York
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Parker Grocery
Evansville
United Retail Merchants of
America
United States
URMA
William Goad
Hayden’s
Westminster Guild of
Hemenway Memorial Presbyterian Church
Thelma Goad
Third Street
George R. Murray
Jacob Lutz
Main Street
Mr. Murray
Warrick County
Agricultural Department
Oakland City College
Claude M. Koutz
Wm. F. Koutz
Ernest C. Purdue
C. M. Wilhelmus
Herman Woerner
Milwaukee
Wis
William Koerner
J. H. Winchell
Robert. Sherman and
Virgina Ruth
Tell City
George W. Haynie
Charles Inderrieden
West Walnut Street
Ladies’ Aid
M. E. Church
P. N. Hoover
Herb Meyer
Clara Roth
John Schurmeier
George Bohannon
Fannie Ketcham
Charles Williams
Robert Thornburgh
Mickie
Lissen
James Green
8Th Street
G. L. Patton
South Second Street
Ranger
Geo. Kuntzman, Sr
E. Locust St
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