Indianapolis 500 entrants loom in 1911 race field
The 1911 Indianapolis 500 International Sweepstakes, a 500 mile event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Memorial Day, attracts a record field with top American drivers like Brice-Brown Grant, Jagersburger and DePalma, plus European stars such as Hemery Goux and Zuccarelli. Entries open March 1 and close May 1, with expected total around fifty cars and a $25 000 gold purse.
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America
Fred J. Wagner
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
David Hrace-Brown
Automobile Club of America
Savannah
Harry Grant
Long Island
Joe Dawson
Indianapolis
Elgin
Louis Disbrow
Louis Strang
Brier-Cliff
Lowell
Joe Jagersburger
Fairmount Park
Bob” Burman
Herb Lytle
Brooklands
England
Ralph DePalma
Barney Oldfield
Ralph Mulford
Europe
Speedway
Hemery
Lancia
Nazarro
Italy
Wagner
Boillot
Sicily
Zuccarelli
France
Belgium
Goux
Spain
Regal
Clement-Bayard
Lion Peugeot
Speedway European
C. B. Baldwin
Frank Fox
Pepe Hartford
Harry Knight
Westcott
Louis Larsonneur
Gilbert Anderson
Spencer Wishart
W. H. Turner
Amplex
Fred Belcher
Knox
Fred Ellis
Jackson
Harry Cobe
Lee Frayer
Eddie Rickenbacher
Firestone Columbus
Joe Matson
Alph DePalma
Charles Merz
Ard Wilcox
McFarlan
Cutting
May L
Save The Bees and Spraying Cautions
A subscriber urges avoiding spraying when bees are present to protect pollination. Sprays on blooms can kill bees, harming fruit development. The note cites a Citizen article by Ceil Newby from over a year ago.
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Pen Ceil
Newby
Citizen
Rural Route 21 Try the Cook Furniture Co Knightstown
James O Gray and his wife enter rural route 21 to visit the Cook Furniture Co in Knightstown Indiana as a short social notice.
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Cook’Furniture Co
Knightstown
Ind
James O Gray
Cook Furniture Co
B. F. Stinger
Indianapolis
Enos Coffiin
Merril
Laurel
Tues
Land Down South of Town
An odd local note discusses the Blue River carp congestion near the straw board and questions whether the flooding carp could threaten corn crops. The writer humorously suggests the straw board might offer relief by filtering the fish with a tongue in cheek reference to a legendary galler.
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Cook Furniture Co
Knightstown
Ind
Blue River
Strawboard
Rural neighbors share visits and life events
Rural Route 23 residents and relatives visit kin in New Castle and nearby towns. Marjorie Hill plans a Chicago trip delaying university work. Rev. Jared P. Binford and wife attend Friends church in Carthage for the first time since Christmas. L G Madison of Kennard visits Melissa Overman. Co P Overman of Knightstown visits Julian Overman who has been ill. Herbert Anderson loses a valuable horse. Ross Souder and two children of Route 24 visit John Jessup family.
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Bertha Jessup
Blanche
Hazel
Gwynneville
Levi Jessup
Sybil Ifin
Charles White
White
Cievelanu
Henry Cobb
H. E. Wilcox
Fred Gates
James Layton
Frank Barrett
James Coppick
Morristown
John Morris
Robert Krammes
Rushville
Henry Forbes
Riverside
James Draper
Orville Kennedy
Samuel Kennedy
Arlington
Walnut Ridge
Levi Cox
Winchester
Josiah C. Binford
Chalmers Newsom
New Castle
Frank Morris
Marjorie Hill
Chicago
Jared P. Binford
Friends Church
Carthage
P. Overman
Knightstown
Julian Overman
Herbert Anderson
Ross Souder
Route 24
John Jessup
Mrs Clarkson Gause and Miss Helen Gause Visit Indianapolis
Mrs Clarkson Gause and her daughter Miss Helen Gause were in Indianapolis Tuesday. Miss Helen extended her stay to visit Miss Vera Moffitt.
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Clarkson Gause
Helen Gause
Indianapolis
Helen
Vera Moffitt
F. M. Coffin
Miss Hazel
Miles Coffin
Westland
Local residents engage in travel visits and shopping ads
The article lists numerous visits and short trips among Indianapolis, Knightstown, Rushville, Morristown, Westland, and Greenfield residents. It highlights Cook Furniture Co. promotions and Trabue's Big Store rug sales, plus local social events and musical appearances by Prof J Riley Small.
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Trabue
Knightstown
Chester Smelser
Rushville
Z. T. Small
W. A. Addison
Ruby
J. Riley Small
Indianapolis
F. W. Gottlieb
Morristown
R. C. Small
Carthage
Louisa Coffin
Charles Nelson
Greenfield
Bessie
Amy Smith
Tabernacle
Presbyterian Church
Hebrew Temple
Benjamin F. Miller
Richmond
Prof. Small
Martinsville
Arcadian
Indiana Music Teachers Convention
Shelbyville
Cook
Sharer
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Carthage High School
Indiana
the Speedway
C. N. Willson
Fletcher M. E
the Friends Church
Wm. G. Semen
Ud.ecs. H
Orchestra of
Lurena Thornburg
Lewis
Western Grove
Bert P. Leisure
Denver
Lewis Weingart
Littleton
Colorado
Mr Weingart
William M. Smith
Little Blue
Josephf Westland
Rebecca Binford
Harry Stinger
W. H. Porter
Try the Cook Furniture Co
Charles Pearson
Phebe Pearson
Julia Wrennick
Mary E. Jessup
Sunday
L. G. Madison
Kennard
Melissa Overman
Bimel
Columbia, Connersville
W. H. Sharer
Nob
R. H. Hill
R. L. Hamilton
Huntington
Dayton
A. H. Johnson
Clarence Weaver
Donald Warner
Chicago, Ill
Elizabeth J. Hill
Thomas Smith
Julia Headlee
Blue Ridge
William Bundy
Dalton Laverne Backous
J. O. Nelson
Oliver Young
R. B. Henley
Family
Charles R. Butler
J. A. Lineback
M. F. Lovett
Rev. C.S. Winslow
S. B. Hill
Betty Thornton
Elshe Wall
Cincinnati
Ruth Myers
M. H. Myers
Enos Henley
Roy D. Bundy
Cleveland
Ohio
Bernice Diltz
Elkhart
Bundy
Lida Rogers
Diltz
B. T. Washington School
1St Street Christian
Pierce
Thlyu
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