Wabash Freshmen Top Thorn Town In Rough Basketball
Wabash freshmen defeated Thorn Town High in a fast rough game by 17 to . Gray led with nine points. Purdue beat Earlham 56 to 23 as Mc Vaugh scored nine field goals. Franklin High girls beat Madison 18 to 5 with Kathleen Gribben scoring all points. Maroons beat Indiana 59 to 30 in indoor track opener at LaFayette. Badger hoops trounced Indiana as Birch starred with ten field goals and five free throws. Wabash edged Butler 25 to 14 in a hard fought Butler gym game, Silver and Hutchins aiding. Chicago overwhelmed Purdue 33 to 17 at Bartlett, Sauer starring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Thorntown
Gray
Purdue
Earlham College
Boiler Makers
McVaugh
Conrad
Hartham
Franklin High School
Madison Girls
Kathleen Gribben
Franklin
Muncie
LaFayette
Memorial Gymnasium
Chicago
Maroons
Badger
Indiana
Sito
Cardinal
Hoosiers
Birch
Badgers
Minneapolis
Gophers
Butler Gymnasium
Butler
Irvingtonians
Thomas
Prade
Dircult Angles
Silver
Hutchins
Lambert
Stump
Roth
University of Chicago
University of Padurai
Bartlett Pyianisit
Proiami
Bloomington
Caqut. Sauer
Phe Marie
Gatrenie
Derndt
Indiana Liquor Law Restricts Saloons After New Bill
The article notes Indiana's new liquor law reducing saloon licenses and imposing strict fees bonds and restrictions. It describes license costs 700 for city saloon keepers and 500 for others plus 2000 to 3500 bond, and sets one saloon per 500 residents plus one per 1000 thereafter. Druggists exempted. remonstrances required six days before term and disqualified voters fined.
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Gov. Marshall
Commissioners Court
Fragmented verse notes from Washington scene
A garbled diary style passage references a boy, a grocer, and a father figure. It mentions an event last night and vague dialogue about being there and hearing something. Names and places are unclear due to OCR errors.
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Washington
Sapadl
Cleary
A Good Position for Paul Hampton in Gerald
Mr. Paul Hampton, a promising young man from Coatsville, has secured a good position at Gerald. A letter from Mr. Thughes and others expresses thanks and wishes him success, noting transportation help and clothing sent to support him.
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Paul Hampton
Coats- Ville
Gerald
Thumnpton
Hivcites
Pogust
Etumptan
Ome
Ile
Bean
Bine
Patville
Dre
Geoud
Phatiptonstredy
Gould
Vanderbitt
For Sale English Clover Seed Advertised
An advertisement offers English clover seed for sale from Hoytish Clover seed and Pelepione connections at Stilesville and Coatsville. Call soon.
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Stilesville
Coatsvile
Advertising in Home Newspapers Outshines Sideshow Tactics
The piece condemns local merchants who use street banners sandwiches circulars and slip sheets arguing such methods are crude and unconvincing. It urges spending on respectable home newspaper ads to build trust and reach readers at home with the prestige of the press.
Hicks Almanac 1911 for Word and Works at $1
The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Almanac for 1911 is now ready and widely sought. The magazine Word and Works offers both in one package for one dollar a year, with the almanac priced at 50 cents prepaid, from Word and Works Publishing Company in St. Louis Missouri.
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Irl R. Hicks
Word and Works
Word and Works Publishing Company
St. Louis
Two Farms For Sale In Northern Montana
Two farms offer 160 and 320 acre homesteads in Northern Montana. Snow depths promise a strong crop. buy this spring to avoid the fall rush. Free Montana literature and the United States Crop Report 110 available by mail from Claude G. Watson The Land Man HWlavre Montana Box 66.
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Montana
Lyli
United States
Claude G. Watson
Hwlavre
Skelton Freed of Charges in Liford Case
Monroe County Grand Jury found no sufficient evidence to indict Luana Skelton of Atmesville in the alleged arson that killed his fiancée Lillian Liford of Edettsville. Skelton was released after two weeks’ imprisonment and headed home on a train. Foreman Inman A. Gr. Flowe and Judge Wilson received the written report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
Luana Skelton
Atmesville
Lillian Liford
Edettsville
Wilson
A. Gr. Flowe
Mrs. Liford
Disaster Strikes Baltimore Pier in Daring Night Fire
A blaze and wrecks roared along Old Ray Dine Lilt Street wharves in Baltimore. The entire superstructure and the big tower were wiped out as freight cars leaped from the pier after a crane failure. Tug boats aided rescues while vessels sought safer berths. copper sheets burned away and damage nears a thousand in local currency, with freight loss around ten thousand.
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Bearbor
Baltimere
Fredbt
Abodt
Valentine Display by Scott and Wurst in Amo Ad
Scott and Wurst of Amo present the largest Valentines display with single and double folders hangers and stand designs and box Valentines priced from 1 cent to 1 50 plus comical cards for all tastes Read their ad in this issue for details.
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Scott & Wurst
Amo
Reverend criticizes governor’s repeal bill remark
Rev. W. Parr blasted Gov. Marshall at a Grace M. E. Church banquet for predicting paralysis if county option repeal passes. He urged the minister to study his Bible and seek religion, saying such deadly wishes show a man out of touch with reality amid Indiana’s harms.
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Marshall
Indiana
Convicted of Blackmail at Danville Circuit Court
Allen Weeney was found guilty of blackmail after a sixteen hour jury deliberation at Danville circuit court. He faces a penitentiary sentence of one to five years. The trial drew attention due to the involved witnesses Daniel Clark and sisters Leah and Cunt, with relatives of the Clark family present. Weeney allegedly threatened to shoot Daniel unless paid 7.50, then rode toward the Clark farm with a revolver before arrest.
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Allen Weeney
Danville
Mit Verdiet
Mir
Phe
Daniel Vi Clark
Leah
Oorother
Set EE Clark
Padisanapolis
Deeney
S Kev
Peter Keeney
Lafayette
Vip County
Jo Saies Chirk
Othe Marion
Pheodreks
Circhs
Daniel
Weetley
Chiks
Chork
Assembly Notice For Sunday Lin Meeting
A notice announces a Sunday afternoon assembly at the issue daily, with a pledge to attend by all and an invitation from the Honorable MoE. Poles. The event concerns the ten andl Wonton and requests broad participation from the community.
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Moe. Poles
Prohibition Bill Prompts Quick Licenses Surge Across Indiana
After Gov. Marshal signed the Proctor Bill, numerous liquor license applications flood the state. The 500-person cap may block many, favoring early applicants in Brownsburg and Pittsboro. Pending suspensions of ex-saloons give those holders priority. Danville may follow. Coatsville likely blocks new licenses due to anti-saloon sentiment.
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Proctor
Marshal
Anti-Saloon League
Ittendricks County
Brownsburg
Pittsboro
Lawrence Fox
Wright Jordan
William Selch
Danville
Coatsville
Tragic Incidents and Legal Troubles Highlight Indiana Roundup
A string of dire events unfolds across Indiana and Illinois. Cliff York, despondent after a drinking bout, hanged himself in Seelyville. Neilsen, an escaped Longcliff asylum patient, was captured near Ilebron. A dog bite outbreak sickens Omar Lewellen and wife after they aid a grand daughter attacked by a rabies dog. Ben Hur traction may extend to Danville if foreclosure sale proceeds by June 1. Verne Dyer fatally injured in a runaway near Hammond. Clyde Dyer seriously hurt. Mrs. Henry McAllister returns to Terre Haute, provoking her husband and triggering a guilty plea fine. Charles Weideman loses reason as his wife dies at 88, mother of ten. Henry Meyers dies of lockjaw after a foot injury. A 13-year-old runaway boy is killed near Bellefontaine. a police letter linked to Edward Whaley and Kenneth Rumsey is found. Isaac Peck suffers watery lung disease. two Peck daughters hospitalized. George Reprogle is jailed for bootlegging two pints from Lovansport. Orrin Crane badly injured by a knife while helping butcher hogs, near Winamae.
Remarkable Musical Talent Carried by Mrs Cunilla Little
Mrs Cunilla Little of Plainfield aged seventy shows exceptional musical ability for a woman of her years. Daughter of Gustavus Lilly and sister of Eli Lilly of Indianapolis, she studied at Asbury University now DePauw after early childhood talent. At a recent Wiiman’s Club meeting at the Shaw home she entertained with instrumental music and noted that her two daughters and three grandchildren share the talent as well.
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Cunilla Little
Plainfield
Little
Gustavus Lilly
Eli Lilly
Indianapolis
Asbury University
DePauw
Wiiman’s Club
EJ. Shaw
Debate over Peary Polar Proofs Draws in Cook Commentary
Dr Frederick B Cook argues Peary’s polar proofs remain unconvincing, questioning the accuracy of sun altitude readings and geographer methods. He criticizes National Geographic Society members who defend Peary while noting the broader dispute centers on measurement errors and interpretation rather than simple facts.
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Geographical Society
Robert RB. Peary
North Pole
Frederick EB. Cook
Peary
Cook
Tn the
Arctte
United Press
National Geograge Ie Society
Theo
Stich Cheba Mistai
Dre
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MR. Proctor
Tearrison Sitlieis
Rev. Hicks
Skelton
Baltimore
Valentine
Old Hendricks
Cliff York
Seelyville
Mr. Neilsen
Huntington
Longcliff
Logansport
Ilebron
Omar Lewellen
Alert
Ben Hur Traction Line
Ilinois
Verne Dyer
Clyde
Hammond
Verne
Henry McAllister
Terre Haute
Charles Weideman
Valparaiso
Cook County
Illinois
Henry Meyers
Richmond
Meyers
Bellefontaine
Madison
Edward Whaley
Kenneth Rumsey
Rochester
N.Y
Isaac (. Peck
Noblesville
Pecks
George Reprogle
Kokoto
Maritin Bligh
Lovansport
Orrin Crane
Winainae
Pip
Orrin
Tie
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