Indiana fair to host historic pageant in centennial year
The Indiana state fair September pageant billed as the grandest outdoor display in state history will reenact Hoosier history from precolonial times to the Civil War. J Saunders Gordon of St Louis directs a 500 foot stage with hundreds in costume and a fireworks finale featuring figures such as LaSalle Tecumseh Harrison Clark and Lincoln. The five periods cover Native life French exploration Fort Kaskaskia Tecumseh and Harrison, Corydon's founding, Corydon church, Civil War mobilization, and Morgan’s raid with Col Schuler pursuing.
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Indiana Commonwealth
Indiana
J. Saunders Gordon
St. Louis
Hoosier
ueSalle
Col. Hamilton
Fort Vincennes
George Rogers Clark
William Henry Harrison
Tecumseh
Allen Wiley
Abraham Trincoln
Indianapolis
Washington
Morton
Lew Wallace
Shuler
LaSalle
Fort Kaskaskia
Gen
Harrison
Tippecanoe
Corydon
Morgan
Col. Schuler
Man Unloads Three Cars After Taking Tanlac
J H Upton of Muncie Indiana 64 says after two years of stomach trouble he found relief from Tanlac the Master Medicine He reports improved digestion and says he can work again His wife also benefits from nervous trouble Tanlac is sold at Donaldsons Drug Store Denver Indiana Ady
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Muncie
Ind
J. H. Upton
Indiana
Denver
Donaldson's
Ady
Kinzie family reunion at Easter home draws 141 relatives
Twelve Mile notes report Kinzie kinfolk and relatives gathering at Lee Easter’s Union Township home on August 13. A 65 foot barn table overflowed with over 40 varieties of food as Samuel Kinzie gave thanks. Frank Swank humorously crowed after eating too much chicken.
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Kinzie
Lee Easter
Union Township
Samuel Kinzie
Frank Swank
Kinzie Reunion Held with Elections and Readings
A Kinzie family reunion featured dinner and group photos by Jack Bixler. Attendees included William Friend and John Swanks with multiple Kinzie members. readings and songs followed, and the next Kinzie reunion is planned for the second Sunday in August 1917 with officers Daniel Winzie and Jake Kinzie elected.
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Henry Dillman
Colonel Kinzie
Jack Bixler
William Friend
John Swanks
Abram Kinzie
Willie
Thomas Skinner
Hoover
Kinzie
Daniel Winzie
Twelve Mile
Jake Kinzie
Mexico
Iman i
Miss Dillman
Cle Tom
Local Happenings in Columbia City and Surrounding Areas
Local column notes a blend of small town events and travels. Collected items include a food spot find in Goffs restaurant, a wagon sale by Harry Hag ee in Peru, Lee Fisher's business trip through Rock Rapids Iowa and Brookings South Dakota, and teachers from Denver vicinity at a Peru institute. Several visits and motor trips are recorded among residents.
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Lee Fisher
Rock Rapids
Iowa
Brooking
South Dakota
Denver
Vicinity
Teachers Institute
Peru
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Ibn Uns
Holton Bros
Zouave
Ewing
Bell & Sullivan Studio
North Broadway
GEO. C. Miller & Sons
Columbia City
Goffs
the Tribune Ndiana
T the Post Office
Dick & Dick, Editors and Publishers
Indiana Fair
Oscar Brown
Kokomo
J. A. Upton
Tantac
George Brown
Manda Jones
Woolley
Sugar Grove Farm
Argos
Goffs Restaurant
Birdsell
Harry L. Hagee
A. T. Ronk
Sidney, Ind
Albert Fouts
J. M. Lee
Deedsville
John Cole
Glen Cole
Albert Berger
Dutch Street
Lake Erie & Western R R
Michigan City
Lake Michigan
Walkerton
Koontz Lake
Rochester
Lake Manitan
M. Graff
W. Second St
E. Ss. Kline
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