Death of J W Cole prompts Duran notices
Circuit Clerk T D Embree returns from Duran New Mexico after news of his brother in law J W Coles death at 53 due to stomach peptic disease. Interment was in Duran cemetery with Odd Fellows rituals. He was cashier of Duran Trust & Savings Bank, member of Christian Church for 35 years, and affiliated with L C O F Calvin No 141 Ardmore Encampment. He leaves wife Laura B Cole and five children.
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T. D. Embree
Duran
New Mexico
J. W. Cole
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Saves
P. m
Jose
Peereaes
Odd Fellows Lodge
Duran Trust & Savings Bank
Christian Church
Calvin
Okla
Ardmore
Laura B. Cole
Lightning Strikes Rich Hill Area Causing Fire Damage
A severe electric storm hit Rich Hill Saturday morning striking several buildings. J C Griggs barn at the smelter caught fire from the strike and was fought by Griggs to prevent spread. Carl Gench’s house and John Wilson farm barn also took lightning damage with light or minor effects. Mrs Marks was in the Wilson barn during the strike while a man was knocked down but not seriously hurt.
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Rich Hill
J. C. Griggs
Griggs
Carl Gench
John Wilson
Marks
Local Notes From Belle and Area Readers
Community items report moved office rooms, painting, visits among neighbors, and family updates. Wheat harvest begins and some illnesses noted. Local trades include a mare sale, a new binder purchase, and a well digging project. Bridge repairs and farm moves are mentioned alongside ongoing farming activities in the Belle region.
Fights on Pike's Peak Endangers Summit House Caretaker
In an early morning struggle atop Pike's Peak 14,000 feet high in Colorado Springs John A. Clark and George Shipley of the University of Chicago are jailed while Howard H. Robinson, Summit House caretaker, lies between life and death at St. Francis Hospital. The melee stemmed from a quarrel over lodging charges. the students say Robinson attacked them after they woke him, and they defended themselves in the total darkness on the summit.
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Colorado Springs
Pike's Peak
John A. Clark
George Shipley
University of Chicago
Howard H. Robinson
Summit House
St. Francis Hospital
Robinson
Harvest field work shifts to wives and daughters in Indiana
Evansville June 28 reports scarce harvest hands in Gibson and Spencer counties pushing farmers to employ wives and daughters. Indiana farmers boast larger families help cover crops ahead of Kansas where many workers ride freight trains. Women in Spencer Perry areas work corn and tobacco, proving strong and enduring. Trade notices promise 20 percent savings post July 31 with Drysdale and Sheurick catalog plan.
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Evansville
Ind
Gibson County
Spencer County
Indiana
Kansas
Perry County
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J. J. Walker
William G Miller
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Harpers Subdivision
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