Death of Mrs. Mary Margaret Hall McPherson in Louisville
Obituary notice reports the July 10 death of Mary Margaret Hall McPherson of Louisville. She was the eldest of nine children of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. Hall of Taylor township. An obituary by Clara and Kathryn Hall of Humboldt will appear next week. A parade is scheduled for August 9 at 10:00.
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Mary Margaret Hall McPherson
Louisville
Clara
Kathryn
Humboldt
South Dakota
Democrat
McPherson
Chas. F. Hall
Taylor Township
Harrison County First 500 Draft Drawn Names List
The paper publishes a two page supplement listing the initial 500 Harrison county youths drawn by War Department officials last Friday for the selective draft. Next week the 760 remaining names will appear in order of drawing. All readers are urged to preserve the supplement for future reference. the list will lead to Corydon on August 9.
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Harrison County
War Department
Fishing Party Outing From Elizabeth Presbyterian Church
Last Thursday the Elizabeth Presbyterian Sunday School classes five six and seven took a day trip by hay wagon and automobile to a camp. Few fish were caught but girls and boys swam and played ball while the young ladies served a large dinner. Attendees included teachers Herman Prage Sallie Rush Mia Wolpert and Carrie Wolpert plus students from Akron Toledo Louisville Camden and other nearby areas.
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Elizabeth Presbyterian Sunday School
Herman Prage
Beatrice Crosier
Mary Cramp
Mary Clark
Mildred Cooper
Helen Prage
Helen Crosier
Olive Funk
Inez McHifresh
Pearl Tuell
Irene Kron
Sallie Rush
Wayne Kirkham
Denzil Crosier
Akron
Ohio
Theodore Cooper
Esley Tabler
Robert Flanagan
Wallace Davis
James Toy
Louisville
Walter Clark
Jack Flanagan
Morris Bassett
Camden
New Jersey
Herman Deatrick
Mia
Carrie Wolpert
Ella Prage
Anna New
Ruth New
Virgie Tuell
Helen Goode
Emma Cline
Mildred Deatrick
Lillie Best
Kentucky
Medals Struck in Gold Presented to Joffre Poincaré and Viviani
In New York on July 17 the first gold medals were sent to France and presented to Marshal Joffre, President Poincaré, and former Premier Viviani. Copies are being made both here and abroad to raise funds for the war relief.
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New York
France
Ane Morgan
Marshal Joffre
Poincar
Viviani
Indiana News Items in Brief
Razing of the Columbia City Baptist church begins with a new $21,000 structure planned. Elizabeth Fugit of Greensburg wins a suit to contest Sidney Williamson's will involving a $15,000 estate. John Alexander of Pranaville dies after taking medicine for nerves. Homer Scott of Shelbyville fined $250 for dynamiting fish. released with family help. Hammond manufacturers decry labor importation from the South stirring union fears. Four injured in Winchester auto crash. Edgar Strickler gravely hurt. W. J. Hoovar arrives to lead a coal inquiry in Indianapolis. Perrot and associates in Indianapolis fraud case drop bid for new trial. Public Service Commission hears protests against reduced gas heat units. Dr. Hurty on future military acceptability. Purdue warns fertilizer shortage this summer. Four Indiana youths selected for Franco relief work. George Murr seeks $5,000 in slander suit in Indianapolis. State statistics show job placements from employment bureaus. many applicants and placements across major cities.
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W. J. Hoovar
Federal Trade Commission
Indianapolis
Samuel V. Perrot
Police
Ehfief
Federal
Public Service Commission
Indiana
Indiana Gas Association
Crawfordsville
Les Men
Franklin
Martinsville
Brandegee Seeks Census Estimates on Draft Figures
Senate adopts a resolution by Senator Brandegee requesting information on census bureau population estimates used for army draft. Senator Lodge charges the north had inflated figures while southern states were reduced, with others decrying alleged injustices and noting Canton Ohio’s discrepancy between local and official estimates.
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Brandegee
Washington
Census Bureau
Senate
Lodge
Pomerene
Ohio
Connecticut
Canton
Germanic opposition to Michaelis chancellorship seen in press
Copenhagen reports that Bavarian and imperial press link Michaelis appointment to ending moves toward parliamentarizing empire administration. Bavarian and other papers warn a parliamentary minister would ruin the empire’s federal system. An imperial council idea with five representatives from government and Reichstag was dropped according to Germania.
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Copenhagen
Georg Michaelis
Imperial Council of Representatives
Bavaria
Othe
Bethmann Hollweg
Bamiesath
Germania
Money for Propaganda in United States
A prominent unnamed statesman reports that German gold funds large scale propaganda reachs Americans. He says German bought newspapers publish openly under the government's nose and many ministers export pro German bias. The issue is national, not local, and raises concerns of a hostile propaganda climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
American squadron hosts charity football game in Montevideo
Admiral Caperton and other officers of the American squadron attended a football match in Montevideo for Red Cross relief. The American sisters were identified as members of the Young Men's Christian Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uruguay
Admiral Caperton
Red Cross
Privett Cassidy Found On Tracks Near Dominion Mine
Globe Arizona report states Privett Cassidy of a U S cavalry unit on strike duty was found on railroad tracks near Old Dominion mine with throat cut and body crushed by a freight train. Coroner begins investigation.
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Globe, Ariz
Tully
Privett Cassidy
United States Cavalry
Old Dominion Mine
Potato Prices Fall Across Markets in Chicago
Potatoes slid another 75 cents per barrel this week after a $1 drop last week. Virginia spuds moved from 4.50 to 4.74 per barrel last Saturday to 5.75 to 6.25, signaling a broad price decline in the market.
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Chicago
Virginia
Inmate Nora Lee Dies in Railway Tragedy at Richmond
Mrs. Nora Lee aged 47 of Portland, an inmate at the Eastern Indiana Hospital, is dead after stepping in front of a Pennsylvania train amid a personal crisis at Richmond Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Nora Lee
Portland
Eastern
Idiana Insane Hospital
Kaiser Wilhelm Accepts Chancellor Resignation with Heavy Heart
London dispatches report Kaiser Wilhelm accepted former Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg's resignation "with a heavy heart" in a letter quoted by sources. The note frames the political shift amid ongoing pressures in Germany.
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London
Kaiser Wilhelm
von Bethmann-I Tollwee
Liner Sylvan Sent Down Nearing American Port
Cable advices report the Leyland liner Sylvan of 4,858 tons, sailing from England bound for an American port, has been sunk. The incident was reported from New York on July 17.
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New York
England
Japan Aid War Victims Fund Closes in Tokio
The Japanese national fund for the Entente sick and wounded soldiers has been closed, totaling 1 million dollars raised.
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Japan
Tokio
Japanese National Fund For the Entente
Hoover Seeks Faith of New York Poorest Women
Hoover tells Miss Tlolen Todd that New York ghetto women losing faith in him should be brought to hear him. He says he can beat flour and bread prices to relieve the food bill and warns he may go to the country to expose the men blocking action.
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Washington
Herbert
Hoover
Tlolen Todd
New York
Sites for nitrate power project eyed for future study
The site selection process is temporarily closed while the site committee of cabinet officers conducts further engineering studies. It has long been assumed the nitrate project needs substantial water power, making water-powered sites the most likely to be considered.
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Ing
Shipbuilding Plans Halted
Government shipbuilding program halted as Major General Gocth ale plans to reconsolidate steel merchant ships and break two government owned shipyards for producing fabricated steel ships.
Nitrate Plant Project Planned At Four Million Cost
Secretary Baker announced immediate construction of nitrate plants from atmospheric nitrogen at about 4 million dollars with no water power use. Sites not selected and further discussions by capable parties followed amid uncertainty over locations.
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Baker
Washington
German Submarines Destroyed in Allied Convoy Action
Four of Germanys largest and most modern submarines were destroyed by American warships escorting the first American troop convoy to France, a Berne dispatch to a Rome news agency and forwarded from Rome by Central News reports.
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Corve
Eontk
Lorion
Tely
France
Berne
Rome
Central News
Golf Club Compulsion Reported in Blanked Quote
A fragment reports a coercive remark about joining a golf club and meeting business contacts on the golf links, attributed to a person named Mr Growcher in a Washington Star excerpt. The text is damaged and contains quotation breaks.
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Growcher
Public highway location proposed in Harrison County Indiana
Notice filed in the Harrison County Auditor's office requests a hearing before the Board of Commissioners at the August term 1917 to establish a new public highway in Taylor township. The petition lists freeholders from the area and describes the proposed route beginning on the pike in section 27 and extending northwest and southwest to connect near the Beuna Vista and Salt River Road. It names landowners along the route including Benjamin Applegate Clarence Colvin Harris Colvin Johan Hedden and others and seeks appointment of three viewers to mark the highway as required by law.
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Harrison County
Indiana
Taylor Township
Board of Commissioners of
State of Indiana
Board of Commissioners
County of
Harrison
Immidente
Benjamin Applegate
Frank B. Zeigelbauer
Colvin Ferry
Beuna Vista
Salt River
Said
Benna Vista
Salt River Road
Clarence Colvin
Harris Colvin
Johan Hedden
Hatzie Hedden
Neltie Cook
Stella Reader
L. B. McKnight
R. Maurer
Joseph Fink
John Fink
Hattie Hedden
L. B. McKxnight
Nellie Cook
Sam C. Mauck
Posey
Taylor Townships
Petition to lay out a gravel road between Posey and Taylor townships
Notice filed in Harrison County Indiana requests a gravel road along the township line from sections 8 to 17 with grading draining and 30 foot width and stone paving. A board hearing is set for August 7 1987 with appointment of engineer and viewers and signatures include Willa H Deatrick James F Tuell Ivan Wilson and Rawhel Wilson among others.
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Commissioners Court
Board of Commissioners
Harrison County
Posey and
Tas
Possy “and
Taylor
Said
Pusey
Willa H. Deatrick
James F. Tuell
Ivan Wilson
Rawhel Wilson
For Sale Deeply Bred Mare and Colt in Indiana
For sale a well bred mare and her three months old colt. A sister sold for 4000 dollars and a brother for 7000 dollars. Contact J. L. Shaw DePauw Indiana R R 1 Hureka Phone jy2 aw.
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J. L. Shaw
DePauw
Ind
R. R
Hureka
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