Sunflower cultivation grows in Spencer County crops
Rockport reports three carloads of sunflowers totaling 96 073 pounds shipped from Spencer County this year netting growers 3 002 75 dollars. Alfred Haines near Richland led with 30 dollars per acre as more than three hundred acres were planted this year with a prospect of two thousand acres next season. The crop yields 1 500 to 2 000 pounds per acre and can be thrashed on ordinary equipment.
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Rockport
Spencer County
Alfred Haines
Richland
Runstidt Hardware Company
Chicago
Kansas
Ray Matingly
Rhodesia
Ita
Portuguese East Africa
Southern
Rhodeasia
Brothers Die at the Same Hour in Distant Deaths
Otto Durre Sr of Evansville Indiana and Gustave Durre of Strassburg Alsace Lorraine died within the same hour local time on a day in December. Gustave died at 7:30 a m German time and Otto at 4:30 p m Evansville time from a sudden stroke of apoplexy. Both were born in Strassburg and were the last children of their family.
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Ivansville
Otto Durre
Washington Avenue
Edgar Durre
Vanderburg County
Gustave Durre
Strassburg
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Durre
Evansville
Stolen Bible Return Paid With $1 Gift
Decker Bros merchants received a letter from Harry A Loughmiller of Honolulu claiming he stole a small Bible from their counter a year ago and sent $1 in payment after a conscience conversion. The firm replied by sending the Bible back as a goodwill gesture and compliment.
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Anderson
Decker Bros
Harry A. Loughmiller
Honolulu
Decker Atore
Loughmiller
Public Utilities uses over fifty thousand Red Cross seals
Evansville officials state the Evansville Public Utilities Company will use more than fifty thousand Red Cross seals this year. More than twenty thousand seals have already been used, with every gas, electricity and heat service bill issued in November or December bearing a seal.
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Evansville
Dec
Evansville Public Utilities Company
Red Cross
War Veteran Disappears Amid Guardian Petition
Lebanon December 11 72 year old Peter Cox of this city has vanished while a guardian petition for him was before the circuit court. Authorities report he appeared despondent over the request and then disappeared.
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Lebanon
Circuit Court
Peter Cox
Youth Kites When Hunting Near Plainfield
Plainfield December 11 Paul Merritt seventeen son of Mr and Mrs James Merritt accidentally shot and killed himself while hunting near his home four miles north of Plainfield. The body was found six hours after death.
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Plainfield
Paul Merritt
James Merritt
Fourty Thousand For Depositors In Indiana Bank Failure
After seven years the United States Guaranty and Fidelity Company paid Abner McAllister clerk of the Spike circuit court $39,187 in full settlement of Charles Behrens bond, former cashier of Huntingsburg People's State Bank, who died in distress. A further $12,000 against the Sitzman estate, Warrick county, was collected, bringing depositors to more than $40,300 to be distributed from funds deposited in First National Bank. The trustee Fred Pearker will distribute the proceeds to hundreds of savers who lost their deposits when the bank failed.
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Petersburg
United States Guaranty and Fidelity Company
Abner McAllister
Spike
Chas. Behrens
Huntingsburg People's State Bank
Charles Behrens
Behrens
Pike Circuit
McAlister
Sitzman
Warrick County
First National Bank
Fred Pearker
Indiana News In Brief Highlights War Aid and Local Incidents
Indiana briefs report Putnam County Belgians campaign closes with about one hundred barrels contributed. Terre Haute sends one thousand barrels of flour for Belgians ready for shipment. Rushville worker injured from sixty foot fall at school site. Logansport survey of water supply underway to probe typhoid outbreak. Terre Haute Scots raise 150 for war relief. birthday concert and ball fund relief. Shelbyville hog attack injures man. bloodied leg injuries. Alexandria police confiscate dice from drug stores amid crackdowns. Anderson boy 17 bound for arson trial over barn fire. Shelbyville merchants donate 250 for poor children gifts to be distributed Christmas. Muncie investigates fires at Eaton and New Albany mills. losses total 34,000 with suspected arson.
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Greencastle
Putnam County
Terre Haute
Rushville
John Leys
Logansport
J. C. Diggs
State Board of Health
Viga County
Shelbyville
John Tillison
Fairland
Alexandrina
Angerson—Himer Bogue
Elwood
Bogue
Madison County Farmers Insurance Company
Elvira Reeder
Henry Schoelch
Associated Charities Organization
Muncie
Eaton
New Albany
Paul White
Albany Paper Products Company
Fort Wayne Corrugated Paper Company
Alexandria
Brown ‘County
Eathr Merriken
J.T. Reese
G.E. Grant
W.J .Hall
Rhodesia and its colonial outlook in a world map frame
The piece surveys Rhodesia as an empire-builder’s memory, noting limited sea access and surrounding German colonies. It discusses potential for stock raising, climate suitability for European settlement, and the economic and labor dynamics including white capital, Kafir tenancy, and farm labor arrangements.
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Hodesia
Cecil Rhodes
Montreal Family Herald
Weekly Star
Rhodesia
East German Africa
West German Africa
German West Africa
German East Africa
Argentina
South Africa
What sort of a chap is Johnson
A fragmented humorous snippet mentions two men in a corner with one bored to death and Johnson, implying a jokey character sketch. It references a Red Cross Ball promotion and vague lines about a kiss and apparel. The exact source context and attribution remain unclear.
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Johnson
Difficult Debt Exchange Sparks Private Dispute
A terse exchange reveals Jones claiming a five dollar loan to another man. the lender Finks responds he wished he had the money and needs it, highlighting a private dispute over a small loan.
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Jones
Finks
Bull rescued after apples intoxicate farm animal
Willis Howell reported his bull ate a large number of apples in the Newton New Jersey orchard and appeared intoxicated. The animal later fell into a well and required a block and tackle and a team of horses to be pulled out.
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Willis Howell
Willis
Newton
N. J
Dispatch
The
New York Tribune
Parisian duel veteran acts as witness at wedding
A young Parisian, famed for grace in duels, signs as a witness to a marriage. At the mayor’s office, he abruptly questions the arrangement, asking if the unhappy affair can be prevented, causing astonishment among attendees.
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Spencer County Farmers Market
BIG Supply
Indiana
Huntingburg Bank
Indiana News
Arief
Rhodes
Gorng
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