Wheat fields down south of town figure large yield
Weather brings 104 degree heat as farmers thresh wheat, with James Forbes’s barn area near straw stacks threatened by fire but saved within feet. Reports of heavy rainfall, corn promising, and wheat yields estimated at 40 bushels per acre. Mentions visiting relatives, local gossip, and a note on Ford Auther visiting J. D. Holford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Forbes
W. T. Handy
Greenfield
Art Winslow
Z. T. Small
W. A. Painter
Henry
Middletown
Phshaw
Visits and social notes from Elwood and area
Miss Mae Kennedy visits sister in Elwood this week. Charles Anderson spends Sunday with his mother at Elwood. Several local boys ride to Cincinnati Sunday. Miss Avis Cunnoway calls on Miss Ethel Dennis Sunday. Miss Hallie King of Indianapolis visits relatives here. Miss Emma Waggoner on sick list. Supt Robbins hosts Junior Society at his east town home Sunday evening with ice cream and cake. all report a good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Kennedy
Elwood
Charles Anderson
Cincinnati
Avis Cunnoway
Ethel Dennis
Hallie King
Indianapolis
Emma Waggoner
Supt Robbins
Threshing in Full Blast Near Center as Wheat Grades Strong
Threshing is in full blast in this vicinity with wheat turning out well and grading from 50 to 60 lbs per bushel. Bill Bryant and others attended the Wallace show at Rushville on Saturday. Ray Bowles and his sister Bertha called on Miss May Reddick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Bryant
Rushville
Ray Bowles
Sister Bertha
May Reddick
For Sale A New Blousehold Sewing Mia Hae
For sale a new blouse household sewing machine in good condition listed as the Sazeo type priced at 16 dollars. Inquiries to the Re corp office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorp
Flying Ships Emergence: Santos-Dumont’s Balloon Flight Rehearsal
Paris reports hail the Santos-Dunbar airship tests as a success with multiple controlled ascents and landings on chosen spots. Santos-Dumont demonstrated graceful flight, ascent and descent, noting minor defects quickly fixable while prophesying air navigation parity with ships over the sea.
Polar expedition sails for pole from Tromsoe harbor
The Baldwin-Ziesler Arctic expedition ships hoist Stars and Stripes and Norwegian flags and depart from Tromsoe. Evelyn Baldwin speaks confidently of reaching the north pole as the fleet heads first to Archangel, then to Franz Josef land with Heuningsvang, and plans to meet Prithjof along the way.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Bekdwin-Ziesler
Franz Josef Land
Heuningsvang
America
Prithjof
Workmen Carried to Their Death on Bridge Crash
Three freight cars plunged through the Nickel Plate bridge at Crooked Creek near East Springfield Pennsylvania. Engineer William Griffith and Conductor Phil A Moore were aboard. Moore was killed outright. Ten workmen died as the bridge crew labored below while a film crew shot scenes and about twenty five workers stood nearby.
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East Springfield
Crooked Creek
Conneaute
William Griffith
Buffalo
Phil A. Moore
Noted deaths and legal troubles across cities
The report covers George avotte, a Cincinnati brewer charged with stealing $200 from the estate of Kotte, who is 24. Daniel Butterfield dies at Cold Spring. Frail health noted, widow left. Dr Francis Trath, calling himself a divine healer, is arrested in Denver for practicing medicine without a license after posting bond. Tolstoy’s fever reportedly violent but improving in Britain. Snor Feraruviz, Chile’s president, dies after more than a year of frail health. elected June 25, 1898, term to 1903.
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George Avotte
Cincinnati
Er. Kotte
Cinelz
Povebkerpsie
X. Y
Joly
Daniel Butterfield
Aracside
Cold Spring
Pizht
Tie
Denver
Col
Jay
Francis Trath
Divine Hesler
Denver Times
Buerss Ayres
Snor Federino Eerasuviz
Chili
Lnte
Erresuviz
Amalgamated strike signals possible early settlement
Pittsburg dispatch reports the Amalgamated Association's strike order being widely followed as mills of the American Tin Plate American Steel Hoop and American Sheet Steel firms shut down. Officials confirm about 74 000 idle workers across three companies with talks in New York set to outline next steps toward settlement.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
American ‘Hinpiate Company
American Steel Hoop Company
American Sheet Steel Company
Sheet Steel
Steel Hoop
Pnts
American Tinplate Company
Amalgamated Assoet Action
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Warner Arms
Shaffer
Costly Affair in Pittsburg Steel Strike
Pittsburg reports show the steel strike costing three companies about 210,000 daily and the workers 150,000 in wages. The American Tinplate company loses over 20,000 daily from 28,000 boxes of tinplate sidelined, while the American Sheet Steel and gas stove sectors incur sizable daily losses. Delivery of 1,060 tons of American Sheet Steel production is reduced by about 10 tons daily, with 70,000 in daily losses for steel hoops and ties. The tin workers also face a 6,000 daily loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ittsburg
Wworkler
American Tinplate Company
American Sheet Steel Company
American Steel Troop Company
Strike Idle 65,000 Anthracite Workers In Wyoming Region
Wilkesbarre reports 33,000 stationary firemen idle in the Wyoming district stretching from Duryea to Nanticoke as railroad crews join the strike. No coal is mined or hauled to breakers, raising total regional idleness to about 65,000 workers and impacting Lackawanna mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Wyoming
War dispatches and accident reports reach from far places
Kitchener’s Pretoria dispatch notes a brigade surprise at Reitz with fugitives and captured papers. In Kansas City Leslie Colburn of Pawpaw Mich. dies as the 21st victim of the tre n wreck. Lottie Still dies in Hornellsville at University hospital. In Cordova a train on the Vera Cruz and Pacific line is attacked at Tierra Blanca. seven men killed.
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War Office
Kitchener
Pretoria
Pod
Reitz
Steyn
Orange River
Kansas City
Leslie ‘Colburn
Pawpaw Mich
Ih’s
Ee UN
Lottie Still
Hornellsville
N. Y
University Hospital
Cordova
Mex
Vera Cruz and Pacific
Tierra Blanca
Theft of Monticello Race Horses Sparks Hound Pursuit
July 18 Monticello Indiana. Dr Reed owner of the Monticello bloodhounds organized a posse to track thieves who stole two valuable race horses from the fair grounds stables. The chase led to a dense grove where shooting erupted, the thieves abandoned the horses and escaped. A rig belonging to Wilson Ven Meter was taken and left to aid the getaway. Farmers met to form an association to capture the outlaws and pursue justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Ind
Racinl
Fair Grounds
Dr. Reed
Up Against It in Indiana Electric Rail Line Rails Delayed
Promoters of electric lines in Indiana and several railroads clash with the steel trust over rail supply. An outside inquiry for 3,000 tons of rails was met with questions about road use, then a report that orders are so heavy rails cannot be supplied until next year. Second-hand rails are possible but not preferred for first class material.
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Indianapolis
Eectric
Indiana
Steel Trust
Mangers
Fire in Broad Sapple destroys homes killing two boys
In Milford Indiana a fire started by coal oil explosion at Broad Sapple home claimed the lives of Roy and Bryan Jones aged 1 and 4, sons of John W. Jones. Mrs Jones suffered burns while attempting rescue. Estimated loss about $1,000. A separate incident reports a 60-year-old man suicide on the Big Four line near Marion, leaving two letters addressed to Benjamin Ludden, Barracks No. 1, Spkners' Hone.
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Indianzpolis
Broad Sapple
Yesterany
Roy
Bryan Jones
John W. Jones
Jones
Fae Luss
Milford
Ind
Benjamin Ludden
Spkners’ Hone
Marion
Evangelist Drowns in White River Incident
Martinsville Indiana July 13 Rev A J Cheeseman a Methodist evangelist was bathing with two sons in White river and drowned He warned the boys the water was not deep enough then moved out farther stepped over a log into swift deep water and disappeared Two men in a nearby boat reportedly saw him struggling but did not aid him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Ind
A. J. Cheeseman
White River
Tragedy at New Albany in July Shooting
At New Albany Benjamin Shadley fatally shot Robert Wright after a scuffle over alleged remarks about Wrights daughters. Wright died at 7 50 last night and Shadley is jailed. Also from Terre Haute a man named James Dyer lost a leg after falling from a Vandalia caboose while boarding. he had just left a pesthouse with malignant smallpox.
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New Albany
Robert Wright
Benjamin Shadley
Lavinz
Wrisht
Shadley
Wright
Terre Haute
Ind
James Dyer
Lightning Kills Man in Marion Rain Storm
During a rain storm yesterday afternoon in Marion Indiana John Dager was instantly killed by lightning. The tragedy occurred during a period of heavy rainfall as witnesses reported a sudden flash and with it the fatal strike. Local authorities are investigating the incident as a weather related fatality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
John Dager
Oil Worker Killed in Franklin Township Field Accident
A 35 year old oil worker employed by Wilson and McCulloch was struck by something described as Hgbbning while at the Franklin township field, resulting in his death in the line of duty and affecting his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson & McCulloch
Franklin Township
No Indictments Returned In Indiana Insanity Inquiry
Indianapolis July 12 The grand jury investigating the alleged insanity trust made a special report but returned no indictments against dispensary employees or the justices of the peace. Marion July 13 John W Smith died from lockjaw after being struck on the head with a hoe in a quarrel with John M Maulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Aleged Insanity Trust
Marion
Ind
John W. Smith
John M. Maultan
Woman outwits rail agent over passes and pig fare
A St Louis freight agent insists passes are only for livestock, not people. A resourceful woman buys a pig to justify two passes for her two sons, then wins the argument after the agent reimburses two bits, ending with an improvised lesson in misapplied policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Snipp Ug Live
Poe
Lin
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Household Hints on Cleaning and Comfort
Practical tips for home care include hanging brooms to keep them pliant, trimming lamp wicks, sealing plaster cracks with calico, adding turpentine to floor wash for freshness, making lamp wicks from felt hats soaked in vinegar, and airing beds thoroughly by opening bedroom windows to let in sun and fresh air.
If You Want to Measure a Man by His Neighbors
An old Chicago News aphorism states that to gauge a man's greatness you should ask him, but to judge his shortcomings you should ask his neighbors. The quote reflects a community view on reputation and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Advertising fragment for medical salve by Marsh and Co
An advertisement lists Banner Salve for tetter eczema piles sprains scalds ulcers and open sores. It states an advertised dealer is authorized to sell or distribute the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
DS. Marsh & Co
Marsh&Co
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