Parade to Move Down Central for Centennial Opening
The opening day parade will begin Monday July third and end its route after passing the arch on Central Avenue. The pageant will be held July fifth with a separate, later program. The procession includes mounted police, Fire Department, Commercial Club, bands, floats, G A R, industrial parade, school children, and automobiles from Connersville and five other cities.
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Central Avenue
Ninth Street
Fire Department
Commercial Club
Connersville
Indianapolis News
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Cambridge City
Harrison
Eighth Street
Third Street
Reward Offered for Conviction of Trespasser in Snider McCann Lands
A valuable son of Frank Snider was wounded by a shotgun blast on his east of East Comneraville property. An offer of reward seeks the trespasser who fired, as landowners fear hunting bans and lawbreaking disrupts farming. Snider notes this is not the first incident in the area and urges enforcement.
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Frank Snider
East Comneraville
Snider
McCann
Qwan
Hant
Evening News Briefs From Yesterday
An afternoon event at three o'clock featured Mr. Thomas, a young farmer, and Mrs. Glenwood in a neighborhood ceremony. The notice appears as a social item from the local paper.
Sunday Schools End Largest State Convention
In Muncie Indiana on June 22 the fifty second annual state Sunday School Convention closed with officers elected and Terre Haute chosen as the 1917 meeting place. E H Hasemeier Richmond was re elected president Edward Jackson Newcastle vice president George P Harvey Indianapolis recording secretary and G S Dearborn Indianapolis treasurer. The gathering was the largest ever with about 1000 more delegates registered than any prior convention.
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Muncie
Ind
Terre Haute
E. H. Hasemeier
Richmond
Edward Jackson
Newcastle
George P. Harvey
Indianapolis
G. S. Dearborn
Mrs Richard McMullin Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Richard McMullin a respected county resident died at her home nine miles northeast of the city after several months illness She was sixty five born Gertrude Wood and leaves a husband four daughters and a sister and brother Funeral services will be held Sunday at Doddridge Chapel with Rev F M Westhafer officiating Interment at Doddridge Chapel
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Richard McMullin
Gertrude Wood
Pennsylvania
Levin Wood
Abbington
Walter Knollenberg
Richmond
Ward Hanson
Dorothy
Mary
Doddridge Chapel
Dixie Highway Poles to Mark Route with Yellow Bands
The Dixie Highway through Connersville will be belted with yellow painted poles bearing insignia. Sign posts will guide travelers toward Connersville with miles marked ahead. Local painters delayed by high costs. work to proceed at reasonable price. A rally at the Gibson House in Cincinnati will celebrate the route with a Dutch lunch and a jubilee. Tourists already use the Dixie road as a short scenic path from the lakes to the sea.
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Connersville
Fayette County
Dixie Line
Gibson House
Cincinnati
Brookville Shooting Match Sees Murley and Miller Win Prizes
Milton Indiana on June 22 Fred Murley and W H Miller attended a Brookville shooting match. Murley scored 93 of 106 in first class and won a prize. Miller posted 76 of 100 and also received a prize.
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Milton, Ind
Fred Murley
W. H. Miller
Brookville
Murley
Ae. Miller
Miller
Second Auto in Fayette County Parade Highlight
The Centennial Celebration will feature an automobile parade with each township displaying its own color banners. Oliver Thornburg of Posey drives Fayette County’s first automobile, a steam Locomobile that exploded. his current Oldsmobile will also appear. Dr. Derbyshire owned the third auto, another Oldsmobile, noted for starting unreliably. A flood of later buyers followed.
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Fayette County
Oliver Thornburg
Posey Township
Thorn
Mr. Thornburg
Oldsmobile
Mass
Lambert Transfer Garage Opens On West Sixth Street
A newly completed Lambert Transfer Garage on West Sixth Street features a solid outer foundation cement floor sloping to a rear sewer opening and a rear turntable for easy machine reversal. Brick veneer walls, ample light from large rear windows, and a northeast office with a well equipped ladies’ toilet define the convenient layout. Thornburg Brothers occupy an auto display room in the west, fed from the former Auto Inn offices.
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Lambert Transfer Garage
West Sixth Street
Thornburg Brothers
Auto Inn
Mrs Edwin L Cooley dies after illness and surgery
Mrs Edwin L Cooley a respected local resident dies at Fayette Sanitarium shortly after an operation on Monday Ill health had plagued her and doctors deemed the surgery unavoidable She was born May 16 1885 in Adamsborough Indiana and married seven years ago to Edwin L Cooley She is survived by her mother Mrs William Reynolds two brothers Gilbert and John Reynolds two sisters Mrs Nellie Staunton and Mrs Minnie Reynolds an adopted child Florence and her husband in this city
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Edwin L. Cooley
Long Wu
Fayette Sanitarium
William Reynolds
Adamsborough
Indiana
Cooley Funeral Held Saturday at Central Christian Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Edward Cooley were held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at Central Christian Church with Rev. L. B. Brown officiating. Many friends and relatives attended. bearers included Edward True, John Hamilton, Frank Huxtable, John Cates, Edward Buell and George Fancher. Interment followed at the city cemetery.
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Edward Cooley
Central Christian Church
L.” BE. Brown
Edward True
John Hamilton
Frank Huxtable
John Cates
Edward Buell
George Fancher
Centennial Pageant Book Now Circulating in Connersville
Thousands of Connersville Centennial Celebration pamphlets and Pageant Books are circulating, produced by the Tri Kappa Sorority to benefit the Centennial Association. The book covers event schedules, episode arguments, cast lists, dialogues, appreciations, and the official three day program with details on speakers, fireworks, and events.
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Connersville
Tri Kappa Sorority
Iayette Uanitarium
Memorial Hospital
James E. Watson
Ralston
Keifel Hurt In Collision At Whitewater Park
Connersville captain and catcher George Keifel broke an ankle when Richmond runner Cather Sullivan slid home in the fifth inning at Whitewater park during a game with Richmond and Camneraville. Keifel, taken to Palace hotel for care, then to Cincinnati for X rays, faces weeks on the shelf as Richmond won 6 0.
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George Keifel
Connersville
Cather Sullivan
Richmond
Whitewater Park
Camneraville
Sullivan
Keifel
Palace Hotel
Cincinnati
Famine in Horses Cancels a Plan
Indianapolis dispatch reports that the Indiana National Guard may mobilize at Fort Benjamin Harrison on Saturday unless War Department orders otherwise. Governor Ralston and Adjutant General Bridges discuss forming an infantry brigade, while Conde may retire and Coulter named successor. political pressure and a stalled cavalry regroup hamper preparations.
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Indianapolis
Ind
War Department
Indiana National Guard
Fort Benjamin Harrison
John Toffey
Ralston
Franklin Bridges
Indiana Guard
Henri Conde
Colonel Conde
Guard
Conde
Henry Coulter
Vincennes
Indiana
Worry Not Work: Public Health Bulletin Highlights Health Tips
The U S Public Health Service urges lifestyle changes to extend life noting worry versus work reduces longevity. It cites a cold bath as a complexion remedy and discusses malaria reductions and typhoid and pneumonia death rates while stressing fly control and clean wells to prevent disease.
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Washington
Public Health Service
U. S
Weather Signs From Science and Folk Observation
A St Nicholas Magazine piece outlines simple weather indicators. It notes that red sunsets predict clear weather, a moon with a clean edge foresees little rain, steady west winds bring fair skies, rising chimney smoke signals approaching bad weather, a gray dawn hints at a fair day, and heavy dew at night rarely precedes rain. It also mentions animal behavior, including spiders, as cues to weather changes.
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St. Nicholas Magazine
Gift at Parting Before Fort Benjamin Harrison
Marion Ind June 23 Mia J W McCullough wife of a local banker presented members of the First Separate Battalion Band with 100 before their departure for Fort Benjamin Harrison. The money was the basket tobacco.
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Marion
Ind
Mia
J. W. McCullough
Fort Benjamin
Harrison
Baee Fey. Tobacco
Old Patent Shown to Anderson Folk
Anderson Ind June 21 The Madison county recorder displayed a government patent issued in 1837 filed in Pipecreek township portion now part of Elwood City The land was entered by Ebenezer Douglas of Decatur county and the deed was signed by Martin Van Buren then president of the United States
Murray Home Struck by Lightning On North Western Ave
Last night around 1am a lightning bolt ripped into W. T. Murray's home causing a fallen chimney and displaced stove while fuses on the lower floor burned out. No one was hurt though the family endured a severe nervous shock as they surveyed the scattered debris and damaged gear. The article notes lightning safety ideas and the enduring fear of storms.
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W. T. Murray
North Western Avenue
Central Begins Large Addition to Plant
The Hoosier Construction Company, led by superintendent John Doyle, starts foundation work for a new addition to Central Manufacturing's main plant in Connerville. The structure will run along the west side behind the office, measure fifty by four hundred feet, and include concrete foundation with brick above. The one story building will blend with the plant, expanding space and signaling continued growth.
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Hoosier Construction Company
John Doyle
Connersville
Central Manufacturing Company
Gonneraville
Ita
Pageant in Ten Episodes Draws Wide Local Interest
Miss Harriet E Williams leads a grand panorama the Historical Pageant of Conn ersville and Fayette County in ten episodes. The production features early families traders educators and civic leaders with episodes spanning 1758 to 1916 and includes Mrs Christian a Conner descendant in a key role. Local citizens are rallying to participate and support promises a highly entertaining instructional spectacle.
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Harriet Wiliams
W. FE. Ochiltree
Connersville
Fayette County
Harriet E. Williams
Miss Williams
Matthew Hull
First Aid Society
Michigan City Prison Escapees Re caught in Homecoming Week
Two inmates George J. Redmond and James Meek escaped from state prison during homecoming week. Redmond, held for forgery, was recaptured in Independence Missouri and sent back to prison. Meek, serving larceny time, was captured in Clarion Pennsylvania and is being retrieved by a prison official.
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Michigan City
Ind
BH. J. Fogarty
George J. Redmond
James Meek
Redmond
Independence
Meek
Clarion
Ft. Wayne
Peru
Jett
Redmont
Allen County
Mint Pa Ieee Utr
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DIXIE
Second Auto
Lambert Garage
Lambert Auto Transfer Company
L. Cooley
Cooley
Indiana Regiment of Cavalry
Anderson
Murray
Central
John Conner
Jonas Williams
Claypool's Inn
New Capital Committee
The
Masonic Lodge
Ben Davis
Indianapolis-Connersville
School of the Forties
the Singing School
Harrison-Tyler
Christian
Fogarty
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