Danville News Roundup Of Local Visits And Surprises
Danville reports visitors from Indianapolis and Indianapolis as well as two wedding notices for Thus Irons and Myrtle Sallee, Roy Elrod and Mary Hale, and Miles Tudor with Mary Gossett. A Chicago salesman named C H Heater was jailed after a bad check incident at local stores. Winter storms crippled streetcar service and caused heavy snow and impassable roads.
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Ray Elrod
Mary E. Hale
Thomas R. Irons
Myrtle Sallee
Pitteboro
Ind
W. W. Leachman
Rev. Anderson
The
Christian Church
Frank J. Christie
Geo. Montgomery
R. Irons
Roy Wilson Elrod
Miles Tudor
Mary Elma Gossett
Judge Orbison Praises Washington as Patriot in Hendricks Speech
Judge J Orbison delivered a patriotic address on Washington the Patriot to a packed Assembly hall in Coat esville Sunday afternoon amid bitter east winds. He framed Washington as a fourfold patriot: soldier leader citizen and public official, urging voters to participate in primaries and elections and to resist political party demagoguery. The talk closed with Lincoln’s pardon of a sleepily sentenced soldier, a sermon on duty, and a program of patriotic songs.
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Assembly
J. Orbison
Washington the Patriot
Hendricks County
August Schmidt
America
Napoleon
Judge Orbison
Washington
Indiana
Lincoln
Methodist Church Orchestra
Todd
Fires From Defective Furnaces Rise Amid Cold in Indiana
Indiana stave fire marshal reports a surge in fires from defective furnaces and stoves due to cold weather. January saw over twenty one such fires, with the winter total higher than the prior weeks, nine furnace related fires in January alone, caused by improper installation and proximity to walls, floors, and rafters.
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Indiana
The Boy and Girl Problem Sermon on Child and Church
Rev. C. O. Smock warned that many detained youths lacked early opportunity and urged training beginning before birth. He emphasized the mother’s pivotal role, the child’s natural religiosity, and that all children belong in the church regardless of parentage. He contrasted Protestant and Catholic approaches to children’s church involvement.
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C. O. Smock
Methodist Church
Samuel
Elkanah
Hannah
Heaven
Hell
Little Samuel
Letter from Coatesville resident Joan Walton in 1914
An old Coatesville resident writes to the editor noting a mild winter with eight snowfalls and abundant ground moisture. She mentions grasshoppers threatening crops, a half crop last year, and warm weather that reduced need for coats. Walton closes a money order request to renew her subscription.
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Coatesville
Coatesville Herald
Lin
Joan S. Walton
Awful Blizzard Paralyzes Dakota Area with Record Snow
An intense blizzard driven by a freezing gale dumped six to ten feet of snow in places. Trains paused, business halted, and travel stopped as roads were drifted high. Schools closed for two days and no fatalities reported despite severe cold. Temperature plunged to 10 degrees below zero Monday night, marking the storm's end.
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Indiana
A. H. S. Notes On Contests and Mock Congress Progress
High School notes from Paul H Hope report A D Johnson meeting with the County High School association in Indianapolis for April contests. The senior class advances domestic science, and basketball heads to Martinsville. A mock congress forms with Miss Eva Gross as speaker and Paul Hope as clerk. sessions every Wednesday at 7 15.
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A. D. Johnson
Indianapolis
The
County High School Association
Martinsville
A. H.S
New Winchester
Butler College
Butler
Sly
Itabile
A. Als
C. A. Phillips
Eugene Pickett
House of Representatives
Winifred Elrod
Massachusetts
Virgil Steward
Alabama
Agnes Lakin
New York
Paul Hope
For Sale Pair of Mules and Seed Oatspriced at 60 cents
For sale one pair of mules two and three years old perfectly matched with large bone and ear and fine style. Two hundred bushels of regenerated Swedish select seed oats that yielded 35 bushels per acre three years ago. Price 60 cents per bushel. Also mixed oats with Iowa Silver Mine at 50 cents per bushel. Also some young cows that will be fresh soon. L A Downs, Phone Lem Kellar.
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Iowa
L. A. Downs
Lem Kellar
Sale Postponed For Wm H Brown Property
Public sale of Wm H Brown advertised for Tuesday February 24 postponed to Saturday March 14 at 10 am due to billiard issue. Sale to be held on Mr Bro farm 3 miles south of Stilesville, east of Belle Union, and west of Monrovia. All terms remain as previously advertised.
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Wm. H. Brown
Bilyard
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Danville
W. R. McClelland
John W. Trotter
Grace Welshans
Emma Welshans
Paul Pullman
Mrs. Geo. T. Pattison
Mrs. Hawley
Toledo, Ohio
B. J. Clark
New Court House
Clark
Drs. Barker
Jane Wills
Pittsboro, Ind
John Edwards
Dr. Bennett
Florida
Irene Somerville
North Salem, Ind
Lou
Friends Church
Washingtons
Louis Weible
McCartney
Beulah Conn
Acton
Morristown
Master Byron Cole
Mrs. Esther
Browning Club
Julian H. Hogate
Judge Brill
Evansville, Ind
John R. Brill
EK. W. Homan
Mr. Homan
R. R. McDaniel
Miss Jones
W. C. Osborne
C. H. Heater
Chicago
Wilson & Shartle
Mr. Shartle
Louisville, Ky
Mr. Hendricks
Heater
Hendricks
Charles Clark
First National Bank
Christie
Marshall
Mr. Heater
Terré Haute
Justice Kennedy
C.D. Knight
G. W. Bryant
Frank Brown
Geo, Archer
Emmett Bourne
Vert Wisehart
Orlie Cline
Harry Irving Greene
Barbara of
Holly, Cole
BY Paul H. Hope
Clayton Presbyterian
Greencastle
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