Richmond Honors Tim Nichol After Eightieth Birthday
In Richmond Indiana a tribute honors Tim Nichol a longtime state charity worker who retired February first from the Indiana state board of charities after six decades of service. Nichol, 80, has led Quaker affairs as clerk of the Indiana yearly meeting and previously chaired the board of charity committee on arrangements.
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Richmond
Timothy Nicholson
Nicholson
Indiana State Board of Charities
Friends Church
Indiana Yearly Meeting
Corn for the Rabbits plan at state forest reserve
Henryville Freeman chief forester proposes corn patches to lure rabbits from young trees at the state forest reserve. He considers ferrets and notes Aaron Cummins has exclusive hunting rights paying one cent per rabbit. Hundreds of rabbits already killed by multiple hunters.
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Henryville
Will Freeman
State Board of Forestry
Mr. Freeman
Aaron Cummins
Louisville
Cummins
Wheat farming boom draws settlers to western Canada
A Canadian immigration feature highlights 277,376 new residents in Canada in the past year with 56,551 arriving from the United States. It extols free 160 acre homesteads, yields of 20 to 60 bushels of wheat per acre, and up to $35 per acre profits in Southern Alberta. A letter from Frank Morrey of Kelvington Saskatchewan describes grain success, ample water, fuel, and growing communities of Germans and Americans, urging inquiry through Canadian Government Agent E. T. Holmes in St. Paul. It includes an extended seed catalog advertisement from John A. Salzer Seed Co. and various agricultural notes.
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Dakota
Montana
United States
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Rhone
Germany
Fatherland
Russia
Lancashire
Yorkshire
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Mississippi
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Alberta
E. T. Holmes, Esq
St. Paul
Minn
Wadena
Canadian Northern
Frank Morrey
Kelvington
Sask
Bakers
Thas
Paso
Salzer
Wells Worth
Sach
Hzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Friends church confer ence backs citizenship focus in Richmond
The recent general conference of the Friends church in America held in Richmond drew praise for its success and noted Mr. Nicholson for his active roles in citizenship and civil affairs. The banquet at Reid Memorial church drew 300 guests. A separate item reports Cleo Lucile Swanger, 14, being granted a divorce from Lewis Swanger, 28, after their Mishawaka elopement to St Joseph Michigan two years earlier.
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Friends Church In America
Nicholson
Reid Memorial Church
Daniel G. Reid
New York City
Richmond
South Bend
Cleo Lucile Swanger
Lewis Swanger
Mishawaka
Swanger
Cleo Lucile Stockbarger
Fred Stockbarger
St. Joseph
Mich
Body of Missing Man Found in Elkhart Cistern
Ferdinand Clayton aged 58, a pioneer resident, was found dead in a cistern beneath his home. The disappearance that troubled police has been solved as Clayton, who had been in a despondent state, apparently jumped into the cistern.
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Elkhart
Ferdinand Clayton
Clayton
Girl Kills Baby Brother in Whitestown Tragedy
Six year old Flossie Ford shot and killed her three year old brother with a revolver at the home of Wesley Wolf in Whitestown. The father Quincy Ford was so shocked he became a raving maniac.
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Whitestown
Flossie Ford
Quincy Ford
Wesley Wolf
Train Kills Doctor On Main Street Crossing
Dr. O. P. Dillon, a prominent Rushville physician, was fatally struck crossing Main Street by a passenger train of the C., H. & D. railway. His body was found seated upright on the engine pilot after the impact. An official investigation followed, led by C. B. Riley, secretary of Indiana state railroad authorities.
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Rushville
O. P. Dillon
Main Street
C. B. Riley
Indiana State Railroad
Freeman Notes Surprising Rabbit Growth Foils Corn Diet
Mr Freeman observes two rabbits appearing where one grew, linking the change to the corn diet and ferrets. The remark hints at unexpected population shifts and animal interactions in the field.
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Mr. Freeman
Slayer Not Guilty Policeman Case Ends
In Frankfort the jury found Policeman Benjamin Martin not guilty of manslaughter after about an hour's deliberation. The courtroom crowded as jurors were escorted to their boxes by Bailiff Baker. In Noblesville two men James Kern and Oliver Bradley were arrested forattempting to dynamite a cottage, charged with malicious trespass. they were heard by Mayor Wilson and discharged.
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Frankfort
Benjamin Martin
Baker
Noblesville
West Chestnut Street
James Kern
Oliver Bradley
Blanch Harless
Wilson
Indiana Lincoln League Endorses Fairbanks for President
The twentieth Indiana Lincoln league convention voted unanimously to endorse Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks for president. United States Senator A. J. Beveridge addressed the delegates as officers were elected. In Evansville Mrs. Mary Stockwell fought a court date, delaying her suit to March 14 to avoid the unlucky 13. In Anderson a Grand Opera house meeting promoted a factory fund plan to bring nine new factories, creating 4 000 jobs and a 2 000 000 annual payroll with a 2 500 000 equipment outlay.
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Evansville
Mary Stockwell
Anderson
Grand Opera House
Foster
Tramp Confesses Loss of Pocket Book With $20,000
A tramp claims ownership of a found pocket book containing $20,000. Police query proof of loss as the tramp notes a big hole in his pocket, while reflecting on life’s hardships and heat.
The Old Lady Was Willing Delinquent Sub Might Beat Editor
A letter from a persistent subscriber promises to confront the editor, while the assistant editor taunts him to come at once. The piece also promotes Defiance Starch claiming superior strength allows thinner, clearer starch for laundry.
Doctor's paper prescription amuses rural mother tale
A west physician treats a sick boy then returns to find him improved. The mother explains she kept the paper close so the boy could almost read it, joking about not swallowing the prescription. The item sits among a miscellany of 19th century ads and quips.
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Harper’s Weekly
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedy With Life Saved
Manning Iowa resident Mrs T C Willadsen writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her life after years of suffering from severe female complaints. She followed the remedy's advice and regained perfect health, urging other women to try it. The letter touts the product as a 30 year standard cure for female ailments and related symptoms.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Iowa
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
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